Today in Washington – June 10, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 10th at 10:00 AM  | 

Conservatives argue that government usually makes a situation worse when it tries to help.  A great example of this is the decision by President Obama to impose a drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the spill.  From the LA Times, “Interior Secretary Ken Salazar also reassured congressional representatives from the beleaguered gulf states that a six-month moratorium on drilling that | Read More »

This Week in Washington – June 7, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 7th at 06:00 AM  | 

Rahm Emanuel on November 19, 2008 in a Wall Street Journal video product 2008 Shaping the New Agenda uttered the now famous words: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.  What I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Evidently, the left will not allow the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ”crisis to go to | Read More »