CNSNews.com is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry is ‘likely’ to use a tax bill passed by the House in March as shell for enacting the Senate health care bill: A senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CNSNews.com that it is “likely” that Reid will use H.R. 1586—a bill passed by […]
Washington Times: Firefighters lose large U.S. grant to ACORN
From the the Washington Times: Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group. The grant to ACORN’s Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2, less than three weeks […]
Nancy Pelosi: Value-Added Tax is “On the Table”
I’ve mentioned before that the Democrats were laying the groundwork for a European style Value Added Tax or VAT… I wish I could tell you I was wrong but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed that a VAT tax is “on the table” during an appearance on the Charlie Rose show Monday night: A new value-added […]
Sarah Palin: Dollar’s Troubles Show Need for Energy Independence
Two days ago the British newspaper The Independent published a rather dubious report by Robert Fisk claiming that oil-producing Arab states along with China, Russia, Japan and France were conspiring on a plan to dump the dollar for oil trading, a move which would seriously weaken our currency and influence abroad. The Arab states named […]
Jack and Squat
Sometimes fact is funnier than fiction: Ouch.
Unemployment Climbs to 9.8%
If there’s a silver lining in the September Jobs report I can’t find it: U.S. employers cut a deeper-than-expected 263,000 jobs in September, lifting the unemployment rate to 9.8 percent, according to a government report on Friday that fueled fears the weak labor market could undermine economic recovery. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate […]
Rio Gets the Games, Chicago Eliminated in the First Round
From the Wall Street Journal: Rio De Janeiro will host 2016 Olympics, the International Olympic Committe announced, bringing the Olympic Games to South America for the first time and besting a Chicago bid that was strongly backed by President Obama. Rio won in the third round, after Chicago was eliminated in the first round and […]
Michael Yon: Don’t Kid Yourselves; we’re in Serious Trouble in Afghanistan
Michael Yon has spent more time in Iraq and Afghanistan than any other journalist. His dispatches from the front lines are required reading for anyone who wants to know what’s happening at the pointy end of the war on terror so when he say we’re in serious trouble you should pay attention: The Greatest Afghanistan […]
Palin Already a Best Seller.
This should drive liberals nuts… Sarah Palin’s book hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already a best seller: Sarah Palin’s forthcoming memoir, “Going Rogue,” has reached the top spot on the Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com sales rankings – more than a month and a half before it will hit bookshelves on November 17th. […]
Alan Grayson: Idiot
Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) took to the House floor Tuesday and let fly with what may just be the most idiotic remarks in the history of American politics: Grayson is a first term Congressman representing Florida’s 8th Congressional District… A traditionally Republican leaning district. He’s vulnerable, he knows it and he’s letting it all hang […]
Video: French President Thinks “Obama Is Very Naive and Egotistical”
I’m generally suspicious of anonymous sources but given French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s public remarks I’m inclined to take Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Jack Kell at his word here: From the Telegraph: Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, came close to mocking his American counterpart for the good intentions, which Mr Obama had heralded as an “historic” step […]
Gallup: 61% of Americans See Health Insurance as Personal Responsibility
The results of this new Gallup poll aren’t really surprising, this is still a center right country that believes in traditional principles like limited government and individual responsibility… that more more than anything is what dogs Democrats in the health care debate: In a recent Gallup survey, 89% of Republicans, 64% of independents, and 61% […]
Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Option — Twice
The Senate Finance Committee rejected two amendments earlier today that would have add a government-run public health-insurance plan to the health care reform legislation currently before the committee: A key US committee on Tuesday rejected a push by liberal Democrats to have a government-run healthcare option included in the $856bn centrist bill taking shape in […]
Sarah Palin’s Memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” to be Release November 17th
Sarah Palin has finished her memoir, the 400 page book titled “Going Rogue: An American Life,” is set to be released on November 17th: Sarah Palin’s forthcoming 400-page memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” will hit bookshelves just in time for the holiday shopping season. More than 1.5 million copies of Palin’s first book are […]
New York Appeals Court Dismisses Dan Rather’s Suit vs. CBS
This should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the whole sorry “Rathergate” affair… A New York State Appeals Court has dismissed Dan Rather’s $70 million wrongful termination suit against CBS: A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed […]