I'm sure all of you remember that disaster of a "stimulus" bill that was passed earlier this year with only two GOP votes (Specter didn't count then, he counts even less now). The drumbeat was that we had to do something and we had to do it now or really bad things would befall the […]
President Barack Obama has promised to have the most open and transparent administration ever. He's made good on this promise by releasing "torture" memos that advantage terrorists around the world, despite the urging by the current CIA director and four of his predecessors that the president not do so. President Obama would have none of […]
Unlike 90 percent of bloggers and pundits who have spent the past couple of weeks expressing outrage at the "torture" memos, I actually took the time to read them. They're not exactly fun reading, so I understand why people would be reticent. However, if you're going to decry the "torture" that they approved, you should […]
Earlier this month I noted that the Associated Press' "Fact Check" feature was more critical of President Barack Obama than Politifact.com's when it came to whether or not the increased cigarette tax violated Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000. On Obama's 100th day, the AP came out with another […]
The same government that did this, could never achieve what the conspiracy nuts claim they did on 9/11/01. Workers and residents evacuated themselves from several downtown Manhattan buildings Monday morning after a low-flying Boeing 747 was spotted above the city's skyline. The aircraft was a White House plane taking part in a government-sanctioned photo shoot, […]
UPDATE! This post has been updated! First off, Norah O'Donnell is a moron. Evidence: Second, the Democratic machine in Washington State successfully stole the 2004 gubernatorial election there from Republican Dino Rossi. The state has settled intrepid blogger/citizen Stefan Sharkansky's public records lawsuit for $250,000. The lawsuit stemmed from my December 2004 request for a […]
President Barack Obama announced plans yesterday to spend way too much money on a high-speed rail system. Apparently he's enthused because Amtrak has done so well. But the one part that really got me was this one: "Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city -- no racing to an airport and across […]
Vice President Joe Biden has famously said that paying taxes is patriotic. Yesterday was tax day and Biden went out of his way to make sure that he maximized his "patriotism" by minimizing his charity. The White House on Wednesday also released the tax return for Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, […]
President Barack Obama is pushing a cap-and-trade program that has the ultimate goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the name of halting global warming. It accomplishes this by artificially raising prices of carbon-based fuels -- coal, natural gas, gasoline -- in order to discourage their use. It's called cap-and-trade, but it's really a big […]
If you're lucky enough to still have a job in this economy, for many unpaid furloughs and/or pay cuts are the price you pay for continuing to get that paycheck. That's true for California workers too who are forced to take one day a month off unpaid. The furloughs are necessary to help save money […]