The sky’s the limit
As expected, the Senate has cleared the way to confirm Ben Bernanke, invoking cloture by a vote of 77-23. I favor keeping Bernanke as head of the Fed.
The Senate also voted to approve a $1.9 trillion boost in the amount of debt the federal government can take out. The measure passed by [...]
Steny Hoyer just doesn’t get it - says Voters upset about ‘GOP obstructionism, not Dem agenda’
Is House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer stone deaf to reality, or what!
After all, how could Hoyer actually hold the absurd belief that the “angst voters have expressed early this election year is the result of GOP obstructionism, not the Democrats agenda,” especially since Scott Brown has run against Barack Obama’s big government, big spending, agenda [...]
On the One-Yard Line?
Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod said today that supporters of Obamacare are “right on the one-yard line.” It is interesting that he said this less than 24 hours after Fresno State, in this season’s first college football bowl game, also was on the 1-yard line very late in the game. At that point, a [...]
Starting Gun for "Polanski Peel-Out Pool"
Reuters announces that Roman Polanski was released into house arrest yesterday, December 4th, 2009.
The clock is now ticking…
We’ll see who called it closest anent jumping bail.
The current pool positions stand as follows:
Release day: Captain Ned *
December 6th: GW
December 7th: Sachi *
December 10th: Mr. Michael
December 12th: Resolute
December 16th: Dafydd
December 25th: [...]
Dubious Distinction
The Obama administration is shattering all records for spending in its first year:
In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent $3.52 trillion — $2.8 trillion in 2000 dollars, which sets a benchmark for comparison. … [C]ompared with other presidents’ first years in office, Obama is running circles around them.
Bush spent $1.8 trillion in 2001, according [...]
Obamalemma
Why, oh why is President Barack H. Obama taking so blasted long deciding what to do about Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy and troop request in Afghanistan?
The Commander in Chief let it languish at the Pentagon for a month before even requesting it. Obviously, he already knew what was in it; the Pentagon leaked it, [...]
