Domestic Issues
Friday, November 20, 2009
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 03:42 pm
It’s not a public service message. It’s a metaphor per a Hot Air commenter who says: “Brees is … throwing the ball (a paycheck, a job, whatever) to the kid…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 03:04 pm
They’re claiming that they’re not carrying it because their customers don’t want it, but c’mon. Nobody in San Francisco wants a tell-all book about the McCain-Palin campaign? Not one liberal…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 11:55 am
Last night I posted about Byron Dorgan, facing a possible challenge from popular North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, having a health care problem. Today comes news of a poll illustrating…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 11:41 am
For what it’s worth, Todd Palin has won the 2,000 mile Iron Dog snowmobile race four times. He also, before Sarah’s rise to national prominence, worked as an oil production…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 10:50 am
I wonder how the children of Great Britain ever survived before they had government bureaucrats inspecting their homes for safety. Health and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 10:28 am
Brought to you by the same people who want to make your health care more efficient for you: The quasi-government agency announced this week that it lost $3.8 billion in…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 10:22 am
After her shenanigans holding committee meetings all by herself to cram cap and trade legislation through, Senator Boxer richly deserves this:
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By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 09:52 am
Over the weekend the Democrats will be forcing a vote to begin debate of the health care bill in the Senate. This is a procedural vote, and if they get…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 09:30 am
The decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court in New York is not sitting well with the public at large. But from the very moment…...
By
Rob
on November 20, 2009 at 09:12 am
And not just manipulating data, but also plotting with one another to keep data inconvenient for their global warming alarmism crusade out of the publics’ hands. The University of East…...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 11:19 pm
An interesting analysis from Peter Robinson, who notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes to pass the health care bill but may have a difficult time finding…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 05:05 pm
Don’t expect Obama’s to be hitting the campaign trail very often in support of his fellow Democrats in next year’s election season. President Obama’s approval rating has hit a new…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 04:16 pm
Sure. Why not. We’ve got money to burn, right? Legislation has recently been introduced in the House of Representatives that will extend the current biodiesel tax credit from it’s current…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 03:45 pm
The excuse they’re using is that not all Americans have sufficient access to broadband internet. That’s the “crisis” they’ve manufactured so that they can solve it by expanding government power…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 03:04 pm
I’ll be sure to use that one the next time I get audited. President Obama brushed off criticism over his administration’s inaccurate reporting on job creation Wednesday, telling…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 02:57 pm
So says Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska: Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska said in a Thursday conference call that Harry Reid’s abortion language in the Senate health care bill was…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 02:28 pm
They passed the “doc fix” bill takes cuts in payments to doctors out of the House health care bill. Previously the Democrats were using these cuts to hide the deficit…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 01:35 pm
This map (first posted by Whistler over in the forum) shows rising unemployment rates, by county, from 2007 to September of this year. It’s scary stuff. What’s particularly interesting is…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 01:14 pm
I gotta admit, I disagree with Fred on this one: “It really doesn’t matter how President Obama divides the Afghan baby, how he splits the difference between McChrystal and Biden.…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 11:38 am
Here’s a list of the top ten biggest “stimulus” spending projects by dollar amount and the amount each of those jobs created has cost us. # Savannah River Nuclear Solutions,…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 11:21 am
What is it with these liberals and not paying their taxes? President Barack Obama’s choice for a top job in the Treasury Department did not disclose all of her…...
By
Eugene Graner
on November 19, 2009 at 10:15 am
Dow Jones News is reporting this morning: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday called on banks that received government aid during the financial crisis to boost lending, saying limited…...
By
Rob
on November 19, 2009 at 10:49 am
Why, exactly is he a hypocrite? Because while he was Governor and Secretary of Agriculture he, uh, got his health care through his employer. The government. Oh, and the Governor…...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 02:34 pm
It’s kind of sad that Eric Holder has to be told during a Congressional hearing, after already choosing to put one of the most notorious terrorists in history in trial…...
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 02:28 pm
Like it or not, this woman is a star: Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the talk show host her highest rating in two years. Monday’s…...
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 02:08 pm
After taking office, Obama established a task force to study how to health care more efficient, and thus cheaper, for we Americans. On Monday I posted on one of the…...
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 01:17 pm
An increase of $26 billion from the year before. But here’s the thing: The rate of improper pay outs stayed the same. It’s just that we spent so much more…...
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 01:08 pm
Well, that’s one solution I guess. Don’t solve the problems. Just tell the people complaining about them to shut up already. Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2%…...
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 10:31 am
Bad news for Democrats who are thinking they’ll just rip the pro-life amendment that was key to the health care bill’s passing in the House out of the bill. …...
By
Rob
on November 18, 2009 at 10:15 am
The national debt just clicked past $12 trillion and even Obama is making noises about deficit reduction (not by cutting spending but by taking more of your money, naturally). But…...
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