Saturday, November 07, 2009
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 06:49 pm
That’s 44%. And there are probably more, given how broad and riddled with loopholes congressional reporting requirements are (remember that it wasn’t until the Countrywide scandal broke that anyone learned…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 05:32 pm
Cute kid, and his point is well made, but stunts like this always make me uncomfortable. Embedded video from CNN Video I just don’t like this sort of emotional politics. …...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 04:56 pm
An interesting analysis from Politico: With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 32 Democrats have said they will vote…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 04:51 pm
If you miss the live broadcast you can catch a re-broadcast of the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night shows on URLRadio.net from 11:00am - 12:00pm central time. Also, KHND AM1470…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 04:45 pm
Which illustrates perfectly, I think, exactly the sort of finger-in-the-wind politician Obama is. He doesn’t want to just give General McChrystal the troops he needs to succeed because that might…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 02:38 pm
A tenuous link, to be sure, but certainly a troubling one. Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Conservatives have been laughing at Obama’s transparently bogus “jobs created or saved” numbers. But now as the grim reality of Obama’s economic policies set in, the “created or saved” numbers…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 10:20 am
In a vote yesterday that, not surprisingly, didn’t get reported by the fawning North Dakota media Rep. Pomeroy helped pass a jobs-killing bill foisting new regulations on the chemical industry. …...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 09:03 am
But hey, we’ve got money to burn right? Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee today commented on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) more detailed cost…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 08:57 am
Hope everyone is being safe out there....
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 08:30 am
If this were a Republican, or Sarah Palin’s daughter’s ex-boyfriend, it’d be big news. But Barney Frank is a Democrat, so the usual double standards apply. Perhaps the most hilarious…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 08:11 am
And given the heft of the several-thousand-page document, as Ed Morrissey points out, the bill would essentially be filibustering itself: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 08:01 am
That didn’t take long: Congressman-elect Bill Owens was sworn in at noon today. Owens indicated in a press release that he was now in favor of the bill…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 07:45 am
Ok, but what happens when the amendment is voted down? Do these pro-life Democrats then vote for the bill anyway feeling their duty to their pro-life principles has been filled?…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 07:02 am
That $5 billion figure is a bit low. Remember that Freddie Mac had to make a $1.3 billion payment to the treasury for the original bailout. Too big to fail:…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 06:45 am
There were hints yesterday about having to postpone a vote, but that might have been a feint to dissuade opponents from last-minute opposition efforts. President Barack Obama is…...
By
Rob
on November 7, 2009 at 06:29 am
Which doesn’t mean that the attack was linked to terrorism in any way, but it does mean that those who are speculating about terror links aren’t the crazy, racial-profiling idiots…...
By
Proof
on November 7, 2009 at 12:01 am
What was that line that Whoopi Goldberg used about Roman Polanski? Oh, yeah! It wasn’t rape rape when he drugged and raped a thirteen year old girl! Well, in California,…...
Friday, November 06, 2009
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 04:41 pm
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is worried about Hitler analogies in the health care debate. Because that sort of thing is divisive. I will continue to say what I’ve said…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 03:48 pm
Well, given that he was apparently screaming “allahu akbar” while he was murdering people it’s a pertinent part of the crime. Morning Meeting host Dylan Ratigan on Friday appeared uncomfortable…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 03:38 pm
No joke: The gunman who killed 12 people today at Ft. Hood appears, based on current media reports, to be Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who was listed as a participant…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 03:27 pm
After the utter failure of the last “stimulus” plan, rumor on capitol hill is that the Democrats are threatening to pass a second stimulus spending spree. But Democrats who are…...
By
Pilgrim
on November 6, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Sigh. I don’t gamble. Not because I have any moral problems with it - I don’t - it’s just that I don’t win. Ever. Therefore, I don’t gamble. Nor am…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 12:25 pm
One thing that has bothered me about the Ft. Hood massacre since I heard the first reports has been the rank of the shooter: Major. I’m no expert on things…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Earlier today I posted about Nancy Pelosi refusing to post the finalized House version of the health care bill online before forcing a vote on it. That’s depressing news given…...
The Grand Forks Alerus Center Financial Disaster on the Prairie We actually did this on Monday, but with all of the Alerus news coming out I didn’t get a chance…...
I just had a short meeting where my boss told us the alarming news that our workers’ compensation (AKA Workforce Safety and Insurance) bill was doubling. All my boss got…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 11:23 am
Obama’s war on people who disagree with him continues. Scientists who don’t toe the line on global warming will be “dealt with.” News organizations that don’t show a sufficient level…...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 10:46 am
This must be the new era of ethics and transparency the liberals are always talking about. But hey, why let Americans get a look at the bill before it’s passed. …...
By
Rob
on November 6, 2009 at 10:30 am
Because a significant chunk of the group is upset about the endorsement. The American Medical Association’s decision to endorse the House reform bill before its members had a chance to…...
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