You’d think the Democrats would be doing the snoopy dance during this election cycle. They have accomplished so many of the things Obama promised he’d do during the campaign (and his two Chamber Maids, Reid and Pelosi, guaranteed they’d support) so long as Americans elected Democrats to office. We did, and they have accomplished much. Yet, I don’t see a great deal of talk about | Read More »
Former President Bill Clinton, while speaking at an event sponsored by the Center for American Progress Action Fund recently, said this: [W]ords have consequences as much as actions do, and what we advocate, commensurate with our position and responsibility, we have to take responsibility for. Mr. Clinton makes an excellent larger point about our Political Heroes in general and President Obama in particular, though this | Read More »
[image via Vanity Fair fluff piece] On Friday 19 February, it was reported that President Obama was planning to: publish his healthcare plan as early as Sunday or Monday, combining features of the two Democratic bills passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, congressional aides and healthcare advocates said on Friday. Yet the very same day we’re told he wants to hear from Republicans | Read More »
The moment in history from which our so-called “Tea Party” movement of today takes its name was a singular event; refusing to pay Parliament’s levy on tea (because doing so would be to acknowledge Britain’s authority to tax the Colonies) was the Colonists’ way of standing up against the tyranny of a King and his Parliament. It was a symbolic gesture on the part of | Read More »
Of the many things the American Revolution gave us, the weapons we would use if we ever needed to fight another one were the most significant. And, they were locked, loaded, and fired at point-blank range in Massachusetts last night: ballot boxes. That this latest “revolutionary skirmish” was engaged where the original Revolution began is not lost on most of us…but of course, VA and | Read More »
It’s not even what’s IN this 2,000 page monstrosity of a healthcare bill that is at issue anymore, it’s what enacting it represents. Remember, it was only a couple hundred years ago that a King’s tyranny and despotism gave birth to a Nation of men and women more willing to die for liberty than live for the whims and fancies of an elite class hell | Read More »
PM Maliki announced agreement on a security pact with the United States to end any foreign military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011. This is excellent news no matter which side of the Iraq divide you consider yourself to be on. Excellent because the Iraqis now consider themselves ready to confront their own challenges with no outside assistance. What remains to be seen, | Read More »
The Constitution requires a simple majority to be present for the House to conduct business. I have a challenge for each member of the GOP, and any Democrat who now suggests they support legislation to allow offshore drilling. Block a quorum, and do NOT return to Capitol Hill until October 2nd. You guys are still out on your 5 week vacation, and we’re all still | Read More »
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