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 [...]
Crime Doesn’t Pay: 17 Year Old Girl Beats Muggers
April 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A note to would be criminals… Don’t pick on 17 year old girls or this might happen to you: QUARTZ HILL, Calif. (AP) A 17-year-old high school marching band student beat up two assailants who tried to mug her as she walked to school in this high desert community about 40 miles north of Los [...]
Arlen Specter Switching Parties Today
April 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is leaving the Republican Party today and I can’t say I’m sad to see him go… Specter, was one of three Republicans to vote from Pres. Obama’s pork laden stimulus plan and was expected to face a tough primary challenge from Pat Toomey next year. Here’s Specter statement: I have been [...]
TARP Price Tag Could Reach $2.9 Trillion?
April 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CNSNews has a rather frightening report on the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s report to congress. In short the report says that although Congress limited the Treasury Dept. to spending only $700 billion on TARP the program’s partnerships with the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation could bring the [...]
Democratic Scandal Scorecard
April 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
It’s No Fun Being Chris Dodd These Days…
April 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Consider this anecdote from the Register Citizen, it illustrates Sen. Dodd’s ongoing political troubles quite nicely: Just how much trouble is Sen. Chris Dodd in as he runs for re-election next year? You’ve seen the surprising opinion polls showing record unfavorability, and other poll finding that any Republican — even those virtually unknown across the [...]
Scenes from the Rebellion: Woodbury Tea Party
April 25, 2009 By 2 Comments
Roughly 300 Connecticut residents attended a modern day “Boston Tea Party” in Woodbury’s Washington Park this morning. Here’s a few pictures from the rally:
Reminder: Woodbury Tea Party
April 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
“It does not take a majority to prevail…but rather an irate, tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom and liberty in the minds of men.” -Samuel Adams Just a reminder to readers I’ll be covering the Woodbury Tea Party tomorrow morning. The rally kicks off at 11:00 a.m. in Kennedy Park at the the [...]
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