Brian Beutler at TPM said Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker “ginned up” a “budget shortfall“. As if on cue, Jamelle Bouie at The American Prospect said Walker’s deficit reducing plan was “a ginned up crisis“. Political fiction writer Steven Benen (that’s what his posts are) says Walker is insincere. The Constitutionally confused Ezra Klein claims the “Badger State was actually in pretty good shape. It | Read More »
It’s apparent Senate Republicans have made some kind of deal with Reid and Senate Democrats. But why?
For awhile now, the city of Chicago, under the thumb of Mayor Richard M. “Shortshanks”* Daley, has had established a minority set-aside program to award city contracts to businesses owned by people that liberal statists call minorities. Being Chicago, this program was illegally manipulated by Democrats to defraud the city of $100 million in contracts (see the last paragraph of this piece; H/T: JWF). The | Read More »
This is what it’s like to work with statist politicians like Barack Obama and Harry Reid, those who adhere to the Darth Vader approach to deal making. Did Republicans learn anything? I know Democrats didn’t, but they don’t care. So first we get this really bad tax deal (which will probably pass the House; even Paul Ryan says we have to “suck it up”), now | Read More »
Robert Stacy McCain ends his post with the title of my post. Democrats are trying to jump on some comments conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly recently made: “One of the things Obama’s been doing is deliberately trying to increase the percentage of our population that is dependent on government for their living. For example, do you know what was the second-biggest demographic group that voted for | Read More »
Gee, who would have thought Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) wasn’t going to do the big cave-in? Well, now he’s got the big “L” for loser stuck on his forehead. Here’s Stupak taking the word of the most pathological of liars, and the most pro-abortion and pro-infanticide politician, ever to sit in White House to get this done. So not only are Stupak and the other | Read More »
The treatment of retiring Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) by the left is nothing if not remarkable. It’s not remarkable for its intellectual honesty, but remarkable for its complete lack of intellect and seriousness. We’re being told that Bunning is holding up extending $10 billion in unemployment benefits for those who have been out of work for some time. The $10 billion the Democrats want us | Read More »
Yes and No. It’s besides the point; I’m just glad I have a reason to use the picture. And what a reason: (CNN) — Iran may be working on secretly developing a nuclear warhead for a missile, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday in a draft report.
If you’re prescribed blood pressure medication, take it now before watching. As Ace points out, there is math in the video. Don’t let it worry you and stay with it. In fact, the math is what sets the point made in the video in complete context. Before you see it, remember who is in charge of the Treasury. Remember who had been previously in charge | Read More »
…moron. Or, more accurately, morons. Cassy Fiano makes this very pertinent point: Let’s recap the current economic state of our country. Our deficit has been quadrupled in one year. The unemployment rate is in double digit territory, the highest its been since 1982. We’ve lost 16,000 jobs a day since the stimulus package was passed. The public debt is around $11 trillion. Teh Won has | Read More »
All I can say is that when Matt Yglesias makes statements such as this, in a whiny post about the filibuster [emphasis mine]: If the framers had deemed it crucial that the Senate operate via supermajority, they could have written that into the constitution. What’s more, it’s not really clear what relevance the framers have here—they wanted an un-elected Senate, they wanted slavery, they wanted | Read More »
And they are going to get more than one lesson. Look at the arrogance of the The Won, via DRJ at Patterico’s [emphasis mine]: “If there’s one thing that I regret this year is that we were so busy just getting stuff done and dealing with the immediate crises that were in front of us that I think we lost some of that sense of | Read More »
There is a double standard when it comes to identifying who is a racist. It’s no surprise that Harry Reid (D-NV) got a pass today from every Democratic Congressional member (the CBC), Democratic supporting group (the NAACP), or race hustler Al Sharpton. The same, of course, cannot be said about Rep. Joe Wilson (D-SC) who famously yelled out “You lie” while The One was giving | Read More »
So is every single solitary Democrat who claims they are either conservative or pro-life; they aren’t either of those things as far as I’m concerned. Call him a whore or call him Judas, he had a price, he was able to be bought in order to sell America out. If he thinks the language in Reid’s amendment regarding abortion is anything approaching to the amendment | Read More »
Over at Huffpo, Dishonorable Congressturd Barney Frank penned a long-winded screed to slam Republicans for their “amnesia” about how they, and not Democrats, are the only ones culpable for the current financial crisis. As anyone with a brain will notice (which cancels out those from Frank’s district who keep voting for him), it is nothing more than an attempt to deflect from his own malfeasance | Read More »
Dan Riehl: Greenwald tries to shift the blame for those AIG bonuses from Dodd back to Treasury. He’s relying on this FDL post but that’s mostly half-truth, as well. Treasury didn’t simply “demand” Dodd loosen any restrictions so these bonuses could be paid. He informed Dodd his legislation was flawed and would only lead to more trouble, including expensive law suits. AIG is a Democratic | Read More »
Anybody want to wager that the fix was in to pass the $410 billion omnibus bill? Don’t bet against it; it’s a sucker bet.
Kansas Republicans stood firm against Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ attempt to tax refunds and paychecks for government workers hostage in that state’s recent budget crisis: Sebelius’ budget director had asked the Kansas Finance Council — made up of Sebelius and eight top lawmakers — to approve the transfers Monday to get the state through a cash-flow problem. The state had already borrowed $550 million from | Read More »
Here’s the roll, 246-183. Every Republican that voted went against it (176; 2 didn’t vote). A big thank you from me to John Boehner and Eric Cantor for lining up against this travesty, along with every other Republican (Rep. Price, Rep. Shaddeg, etc.) who presented the American people with all the ethically questionable activity by the Democrats in getting this bill passed, and for standing | Read More »
Not long after 9/11, President George W. Bush made famous his phrase “You’re either with us or against us in the fight against terror.” He was making those remarks towards foreign governments who were known to have had assisted Islamist terrorists, most notably Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya. Bush was helping to rally the country for the long fight ahead, trying to ratchet up the | Read More »
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