March 20, 2009 – 1:17 pm
You know things are going badly when Democrats have lost the New York Times (even if the story was only on page A20) The question was direct and prescient. Representative Joseph Crowley, Democrat of New York, asked the Treasury secretary in an open hearing what could be done to stop American International Group from paying […]
March 18, 2009 – 8:00 am
‘Memba this? “I believe in the Second Amendment, and if you are a law-abiding gun owner you have nothing to fear from an Obama administration,” Obama said. “This has been peddled again and again. Here’s what I believe: The Second Amendment is an individual right. . . people have the right to bear arms. But […]
March 17, 2009 – 11:35 am
The cap and trade scheme is not going so well in the Senate Eight Senate Democratsare opposing speedy action on President Barack Obama’s bill to combat global warming, complicating prospects for the legislation and creating problems for their party’s leaders. The eight Democrats disapprove of using the annual budget debate to pass Obama’s “cap and […]
March 17, 2009 – 8:33 am
President Neophyte is working hard to tick off some of his biggest cheerleaders The new president became the first since Grover Cleveland in 1885 to say no in his first year to the Gridiron Club in, an exclusive gathering of editors, columnists, and TV and newspaper executives. Mr Obama attended in 2006 as a senator […]
March 15, 2009 – 9:14 am
You know things are not going well with Obama’s talking points (this wasn’t really a promise, just a complaint and position by That One) when even the New York Times is calling him on it, albeit softly: Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits The Obama administration is signaling to Congress that the president could support taxing some […]
March 14, 2009 – 8:17 am
The Obamateur Hour has managed to annoy yet another ally Brazil has become a major U.S. trading partner, with cautious economic policies that have helped it weather the crisis better than almost all other major economies. With huge new offshore oil finds and abundant ethanol, Brazil could be key to helping wean the U.S. off […]
March 14, 2009 – 8:07 am
On Monday, The One signed legislation reversing the Evil!!!!! Boooooosh’s (I spend too much time at the DU) ban on using federal funds for embryonic stem cell research, saying he would put “sound science over politics,” and liberals/progressives/surrender monkeys rejoiced. But, they might want to hold off finishing the mary jane brownies and grape kool […]
March 13, 2009 – 9:43 am
That’s is the question the Washington Post wants to know One of the better spoils of winning the presidency is the power to appoint nearly 100 top prosecutors across the country. Unless you are President Bush, and then you will be villified for legally firing any of them. But filling the plum jobs has become […]
March 12, 2009 – 7:54 am
Here’s your humor for the day, President Obama today called on other countries to join his efforts to revive the flagging global economy by working together to aggressively stimulate spending, production and tougher regulations. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Obama noted that the world economy is linked and that […]
March 11, 2009 – 6:26 pm
That last part is the actual NY Times headline, followed by President Obama on Wednesday signed an “imperfect†spending bill packed with special projects in order to keep government running, but he vowed that it will be the last one and proposed ways to curb lawmakers from abusing the process in the future. Mr. Obama, […]
