Barack Obama’s ‘It wasn’t me’ protestations about the ballooning federal deficit are so patently false even the Associated Press is calling him on it: WASHINGTON (AP) – “That wasn’t me,” President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually […]
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Democratic Scandal Scorecard
Most ethical Congress in History? Umm, yeah, not so much… Jim Geraghty has the list, starting with Connecticut’s own Chris Dodd: SEN. CHRIS DODD (D., CONN.): Dodd is most notably and recently in trouble for the provision of the stimulus bill that ensured that already-existing contracts for bonuses at companies receiving federal bailout money would be honored. In […]
Is April 21, 2009 The Day Bipartisanship Died?
There’s no doubt that our political process has become poised by hyper partisan rhetoric but so far we have resisted the temptation of criminalizing policy differences. That all changed on April 21, 2009 when Pres. Barack Obama suggested that Bush Administration lawyers who advised the CIA on the law and interrogation practices may subjected to […]
Paul Ryan: The GOP’s Alternative Budget
Paul Ryan the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee lays out the GOP’s alternative budget proposal in an Op Ed in Today’s Wall Street Journal: Here’s an outline of what we propose: – Deficits/Debt. The Republican budget achieves lower deficits than the Democratic plan in every year, and by 2019 yields half the deficit […]
Yeah, What He Said… Sort of.
This video needs no introduction or explanation: Tea party anyone? I disagree vehemently on a several points not the least of which is the repeal of the Electoral College… Look at this map of county by county election results from 2000 and you’ll understand why. The Electoral College is the buffer that prevents less densely […]
Stimulus Bill’s Healthcare Provisions Hazardous to Your Health
Buried in amongst all the questionable spending and policy provision of the democrats Stimulus plan is what amounts to a socialized medicine Trojan Horse. The bill calls for, among other things, the creation of a new government bureaucracy, called the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. The goal of the new bureaucracy is to reduce […]
Tom Coburn: The Stimulus Package Is More Debt We Don’t Need
I wanted to mention Sen. Tom Coburn’s Op Ed in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, but I didn’t get chance. Coburn gets right to the heart of the matter this pork stuffed crap sandwich “will not only fail to stimulate the economy, but could seriously delay economic recovery.” As the Senate considers a massive $1.1 […]
Daschle Withdraws Nomination
Former Senator Tom Daschle has with withdrawn his name from to be Barack Obama’s secretary of Health and Human Services. Former Democratic Senate leader Tom Daschle withdrew his name from nomination to be President Barack Obama’s secretary of Health and Human Services today. The action occurs after revelations that Daschle failed to pay $128,000 in […]
Smoot-Hawley Rides Again???
The Washington Post has a detailed report on protectionist language in the Democrat’s pork laden stimulus bill that could trigger a trade war: The stimulus bill passed by the House last night contains a controversial provision that would mostly bar foreign steel and iron from the infrastructure projects laid out by the $819 billion economic […]
WSJ: You Won’t Believe What’s in That Stimulus Bill
Stimulus plan my ass: In selling the plan, President Obama has said this bill will make “dramatic investments to revive our flagging economy.” Well, you be the judge. Some $30 billion, or less than 5% of the spending in the bill, is for fixing bridges or other highway projects. There’s another $40 billion for broadband […]
So Much for Bipartisanship
Connie Hair at Human Events reports on the latest power grab by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to re-write House rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is unable to have any influence on legislation. Pelosi’s proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect […]
The Department of Peace & Non-Violence??? This is a Joke right???
Kim over at Wizbang points out this post at The Corner which points us to HR-808 which is a the “Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act”. The Department of Peace and Nonviolence is new cabinet level department Democrats are proposing it would include: Office of Peace Education and Training Office of Domestic Peace Activities Office […]
Crash & Burn: $700 Billion “Crap Sandwich” Goes Down In Flames!
Whoa… I was expecting a close vote on bailout bill but this is a complete shock. The bailout bill has crashed and burned in the House. The vote was 228 nay to 205 yea with 1 not voting. Democrats supported the bill 140-95, while Republicans opposed it 65-133. Is this the reason? Nancy Pelosi’s floor […]
Video: In Their Own Words…
Video: Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?
This video has been floating around the web for a couple of days… It provides a detailed look at how the Community Reinvestment Act was used to push banks into sub-prime mortgages and how that distorted the housing market… And helped create the bubble that burst. A couple of caveats though… First it lays the […]