Congressman Jim Moran’s August 25, 2009 town hall meeting at South Lakes High School in Reston, VA. is turning out to be a goldmine for commentators… First because of Rep. Moran’s demand to see a constituent’s ID before allowing him to ask a question and Howard Dean’s remarks on tort reform. Now there’s Officer Wesley […]
Archives for August 2009
WSJ: Connecticut Follows Trenton and Albany up the Tax Charts
The Wall Street Journal takes Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell to task for her proposal to raise income taxes on individuals with incomes above $500,000 from 5% to 6.5% this morning… The editorial titled “Jodi Corzine” pulls no punches: Connecticut grabs $7,007 in state and local taxes per man, woman and child resident, according to the […]
Arrogance: Congressman Asks For Voters ID Before Answering Question – Updated
I’ve have to hand it to Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia… I didn’t think members could be anymore dismissive or condescending towards constituents than Steny Hoyer or Nancy Pelosi, who called town hall protesters un-American in a USA Today op-ed… But Congressman Moran found a way to sink to a new low by demanding to […]
ObamaCare Would Compel IRS to Share Tax Records with Health Care Bureaucrats
If you’ve spent even a small amount of time reading through the massive House Health Care Reform bill (H.R. 3200) you know the devil is in the details. You also know the deeper you dig the more devilish the details become… Take, for example, Sections 245, 431 and 1801 which, as CBS’ Declan McCullagh, notes […]
WSJ: U.S. Biofuel Boom Running on Empty
There’s must read article on the biofuels industry in today’s Wall Street Journal… The full article is subscriber content but here’s the extract: The biofuels revolution that promised to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil is fizzling out. Two-thirds of U.S. biodiesel production capacity now sits unused, reports the National Biodiesel Board. Biodiesel, a crucial […]
Senate’s Liberal Lion Passes, Ted Kennedy Was 77
Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away Tuesday night of complications related to a cancerous brain tumor: U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his family said. “Edward M. […]
Train Wreck: GDP Decline Twice as Bad as Obama Admnistration Forecast
Ouch, this isn’t good news for President Obama’s agenda… The White House has been using some pretty rosy economic forecasts to sell his agenda. However, those rosy forecasts have finally crashed head-on into economic reality. In short, GDP declined roughly twice as much as they predicted and their out year deficit forecasts will be roughly […]
Reid, Conyers Vulnerable in 2010?
If current polling is accurate you can add Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to the list of vulnerable Democrats in 2010. The Las Vegas Review Journal reported last Sunday that Sen. Reid is trailing both likely Republican challengers in recent polls: It’s the highest stakes ever for a Nevada election, and […]
Ted Kennedy: Hey Lets Change Elections Rules… Again.
You have to admire the chutzpa of Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy… In 2004 when it seemed John Kerry would win the presidential election he urged the Massachusetts legislature to change the state’s succession law to require a special election. Kennedy pushed for that change for purely partisan reasons, he didn’t want the then Republican Governor, […]
Are ObamaCare’s Individual Mandates Constitutional?
The answer would appear to be no, at least that the conclusion of an op-ed by penned David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey in last Saturday’s Washington Post: President Obama has called for a serious and reasoned debate about his plans to overhaul the health-care system. Any such debate must include the question […]
Sarah Palin: No Health Care Reform Without Legal Reform
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is once again wading into the debate on health care reform via her Facebook page. Last week she raised questions about the end of life counseling provisions contained in the proposed legislation… provision that have since been removed from the Senate Finance Committee bill. This week she raises questions about […]
Poll Question: If the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary were being held today who would you vote for?
[poll id=”16″] I’m not crazy about Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee so they’re not even on my short list. I love Sarah Palin but I think she’s been to damaged by partisan attacks to be viable candidate… Ditto for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, he’s to much of a lighting rod. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty […]
Leon Panetta: Idiot
Remember that whole Nancy Pelosi, the CIA lied to Congress brouhaha? Turns out Leon Panetta’s an idiot… Joseph Finder at the Daily Beast has the details: CIA Director Leon Panetta’s emergency testimony to Congress about an illegal assassination program has set off a crisis at the spy agency. The Daily Beast’s Joseph Finder exclusively reports […]
Pres. Obama Backs Offshore Drilling… Just Not in U.S. Waters
I was going to comment on this Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday but I didn’t get to it… In short the Obama Administration has finally embraced offshore oil drill, unfortunately it’s not in the U.S.: You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil. The U.S. is going to […]
Cash for Clunkers, a Clunker, Says a Liberal Democrat
Ouch, keep in mind that Congressman blowing the whistle on problems with the supposedly “wildly successful” cash for clunkers isn’t a Republican or even Blue Dog Democrat… He’s a liberal Democrat: The federal government has only reimbursed auto dealers for 2 percent of the claims they’ve submitted through the popular “cash for clunkers” program, a […]