The Second Stimulus

    It was this past week in which Barack Obama said that deficit spending could cause a double dip recession. Nonetheless, a “New Consensus Views Stimulus as Worthy Step.” That, at least, is the headline in the New York Times as it tries, on its front page above the fold, to push for a second stimulus. But things are not as they seem. Remember, Obama says | Read More »

    The Stimulus Will Fail. The GOP Will Rub It In.

    Excellent work guys. House Republicans are setting up “a stimulus-watch program” that will allow watchdog groups and private citizens to report findings as contractors and agencies start spending billions of dollars on roads, schools, renewable energy projects and other initiatives, said House GOP Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia. Here’s the thing: the stimulus will fail. Even the Congressional Budget Office says the stimulus, as passed, | Read More »

    Mitch McConnell Lost His Testicles and Now Infects the Senate GOP With a Cancer

    Allow me to be blunt: There are some of you who have fallen under McConnell’s spell in the same way the lefties have fallen under Obama’s spell. McConnell can do no wrong. You all wet your pants when McConnell publicly rebukes Reid and engage in private actions that might cause you to go blind behind closed doors in the bathroom to his floor statements against | Read More »

    Mitch McConnell puts brakes on stimulus package

    We’re going to need constant mitchslapping in the 111th Congress. This should cheer some Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Monday threw cold water on Democratic hopes of passing a massive economic stimulus package in time for President-elect Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 inauguration, exactly two weeks after the 111th Congress convenes for the new year. With estimates for the stimulus package reaching as high | Read More »