Republicans in the House and Senate today announced an alternative to Pres. Barack Obama’s universal health care proposal. The Patients’ Choice Act, will be introduced in the Senate by Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC), and in the House by Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Devin Nunes (R-CA) aims for universal coverage but without the […]
Archives for 2009
Michael Steele: GOP Must Confront Obama Head-On
I’ve been swamped for the past few days and haven’t been paying close attention to the new but one thing that did catch my attention was Michael Steele’s speech at the RNC Chairman’s meeting yesterday. It was a great speech… Greg Hengler has the whole 30-minute address at Townhall.com but this 10-minute clip should give […]
Help Rob Simmons Retire Chris Dodd
Rob Simmons needs your help… He’s looking for 400 donors by midnight to help him send Chris Dodd into retirement 2010. If you can chip in a few dollars, click here.
Association of Former Intelligence Officers Responds to Nancy Pelosi
Gene Poteat, president of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, offers the following statement on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the CIA lied to her in their briefings: Those CIA officers chosen to brief the Congress, and especially the intelligence committees, are very senior, experienced officers, who well know the reputation and future of […]
John Larson Backs Pelosi, Calls CIA Liars
I found this clip over at Johnny Dollar’s place… It’s mainly about Nancy Pelosi but listen to Congressman John Larson’s (D-CT) remarks at the beginning of the clip: Am I crazy or did he just call the CIA liars? H/T: Hot Air.
Reminder: We’re Done with Dodd Rally This Saturday
Just a quick reminder… The We’re Done with Dodd Rally sponsored by by Connecticut Resistance is this Saturday, May 16th from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. outside Senator Dodd’s Office at 30 Lewis Street, Hartford, CT 06405 Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform Senator Chris Dodd and Congresswoman Rosa Delaura will be holding a […]
Leon Panetta: Angency Briefed Lawmakers Truthfully in 2002
CIA Director Leon Panetta today released a statement defending his agency from charges that it mislead mmeber of Congress: There is a long tradition in Washington of making political hay out of our business. It predates my service with this great institution, and it will be around long after I’m gone. But the political debates […]
Dead People Get Stimulus Checks???
Ever the model of inefficiency and incompetence the Federal Government is apparently sending dead people stimulus checks.
Barack Obama: U.S. Long-Term Debt Load ‘Unsustainable’
From Bloomberg News: May 14 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries. “We can’t keep on just borrowing from China,” Obama said at a town-hall meeting in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, outside Albuquerque. […]
Miss California USA Pageant Co-Director Shanna Moakler Resigns
I saw this over at Ace’s place last night and I wasn’t going to say anything about it but there’s something about Ms. Moakler’s self-righteous attitude that sticks in my craw: The day after Carrie Prejean was told she could keep her Miss California crown, Shanna Moakler has resigned, she confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively. “Since […]
Joe Lieberman: ‘I Totally Disagree’ With Pelosi Assertion that CIA Lies
I disagree with Joe Lieberman on a lot of things but I like him and I respect him… and this is an example of why: MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell: “Speaker Pelosi came out today and essentially when asked if the CIA is lying, she said, ‘they mislead us all the time.’ Do you agree with that? […]
AP: Stimulus not Stimulating
The AP’s Matt Apuzzo yesterday examined Vice President Joe Biden’s first quarterly report of the Stimulus plan and found the picture to a bit more cloudy than the White House claims: Capturing the full effect of the stimulus at this early stage is difficult, but the administration has set high bars for success. In championing […]
CNN: Aide Told Pelosi Waterboarding Had Been Used
CNN reported yesterday that a source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has confirmed her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, told her in early 2003 that waterboarding had been used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah: WASHINGTON (CNN) — A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was told in February 2003 by […]
Stupidity: FDA Calls Cheerios a Drug
This is a joke right… The FDA can’t be serious about this? From AFP: WASHINGTON (AFP) – Popular US breakfast cereal Cheerios is a drug, at least if the claims made on the label by its manufacturer General Mills are anything to go by, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. “Based on […]
Neo-Nazis Thugs Attack Concentration Camp Survivors
I can not find words to to express my outrage at this… From the Daily Mail Online: Survivors of a Nazi death camp were shot at and abused as they gathered to remember their liberation. Masked neo-Nazi thugs screamed ‘Heil Hitler!’ and ‘This way for the gas!’ at ten elderly Italian men and women, who […]