It appears that the Bush Administration lawyers who authored the so called ‘torture memos’ are going to escape prosecution, the Justice Dept. will instead refer them to State Bar Associations for disciplinary action: The Justice Department said it is nearing completion of an internal probe that is expected to recommend professional sanctions but no criminal […]
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100 Days, 100 Mistakes for the Obama Administration
The New York Post has compiled what may be the only retrospective of Barack Obama’s first 100 days you need to read… Of course the Post probably shouldn’t throw stones considering the major gaff they made. Here’s the top ten: “Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of ‘earmarks,’ urging changes in the way […]
Obama Administration Seeks Broad Power to Seize Firms
This is rather frightening, the Obama administration is not only seeking broad power to regulate risk on Wall Street, they’re also seeking the broad power to seize companies that the Treasury Department thinks may represent a risk to our economy if they fail: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner is set to argue for the new […]
Janet Napolitano: This Week’s Biggest Idiot in Washington
From Newsmax.com: The new term for terrorism being used by President Obama’s secretary of Homeland Security would be comical if it were not so scary. Instead of referring to threats from terrorists, Janet Napolitano is referring in her speeches to “man-caused disasters.” In an interview, a reporter for Germany’s Spiegel Online asked Napolitano whether her […]
Obama Administration Backtracks On Veterans’ Insurance
Well, well it looks like the Obama Administration is backing away from plans to to charge veterans’ private health insurance for the treatment of service related injuries: President Barack Obama reversed course Wednesday on a highly charged proposal to have private insurance companies, instead of the Veterans Affairs Department, pay for veterans’ service-related injuries. The […]
Obama Administration Considering Plan to Charge Veterans Private Health Insurance for the Treatment of Service Related Injuries
My Father, a World War II veteran, passed away in January… I hate to say this but I’m glad he’s not here to see this: The Obama administration is considering a plan to charge the private health insurance of veterans for treatment of service-related ailments that currently are paid for by the Department of Veterans Affairs […]
Christina Romer: Insurance Taxes Not Off The Table
One of President Barack Obama’s top economic advisers, Christina Romer, said during an appearance on “Meeting the Press” yesterday that the White House was opposed to taxing health insurance, but that she wouldn’t rule it out. When you couple Ms. Romer’s remarks on “Meet the Press” with this Sunday New York Times story you have […]
Breaking: Charles Freeman Withdraws Nomination
Via the Washington Independent: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed. Director Blair accepted Ambassador Freeman’s decision with regret. I’d say something snarky like another one bites the dust but I don’t […]
44 Out Of 800???
Chris Wallace tossed out an interesting factoid on Fox News Sunday this morning… Out of 800 cabinet positions that require Senate confirmation Barack Obama has only nominated 44 and of those only 28 have been confirmed. I’m hoping I heard that wrong it strikes me as being an absurdly low number seven weeks into an […]
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 […]