July 1st, 2009
Like an oasis in the desert, the 60-vote Democratic supermajority is a mirage.
Yes, former comedian Al Franken is now Minnesota’s senator-elect — thanks to the state Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday — giving Democrats enough members in the Senate to hit a filibuster-proof majority. This is no laughing matter.
But that’s on a really, really good day. For all intents and purposes, Democrats don’t truly have 60 votes in the Senate.
Democrats’ Senate Supermajority Not as Strong as Advertised - Political News - FOXNews.com
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June 30th, 2009
OUR effort in Iraq passed a major milestone today: Our troops are leaving the cities.
Advisers remain in place. Joint patrols will still occur. And our forces will wait nearby to respond to Iraqi calls for support. But the last of the bases and US-only outposts within Iraq’s urban centers will be vacated.
BYE-BYE, BABYLON - New York Post
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June 26th, 2009
House Passes Milestone Energy, Climate Change Bill
Sorry to see this happen especailly considering the 8 republican defectors could have made the difference.
Fortunately it will probably not pass the Senate. Fingers Crossed.
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June 25th, 2009
Pop Legend Michael Jackson Dead at 50 - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment - FOXNews.com
I am of course sad to see Michael Jackson leave us. For me he will always be remembered more from what he was, not so much what he turned into. I prefer to remember the good times.
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June 24th, 2009
How is it that the people in charge of investigating ethics issues in the Senate are the Senators themselves? These are the idiots we want running health care, I think not.
Regardless of the outcome of an Ensign probe, however, we are concerned that — as blogger Paul Blumenthal has written on the Web site of another watchdog group, the Sunlight Foundation — the Senate Ethics Committee is “a black hole where investigations go to die.”
The committee never took action in the case of former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), despite abundant evidence that an oil contractor rebuilt his house and gave him other gifts never reported on his financial disclosure forms.
Editorial: Black Hole? - Roll Call
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June 24th, 2009
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June 23rd, 2009
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office released their analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill that had proponents of the bill claiming we could save the planet for just $175 per household. That was the figure CBO estimated cap and trade would cost households in 2020, which “includes the cost of restructuring the production and use of energy and of payments made to foreign entities under the program, but it does not include the economic benefits and other benefits of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and the associated slowing of climate change.”
The trouble with the analysis is that costs are grossly underestimated. The trouble with legislation is that it will have virtually no impact on climate.
CBO Grossly Underestimates Costs of Cap and Trade
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June 22nd, 2009
To allow the government to have more control over our health care responsibilities and the trillions of dollars it will cost, is nothing in comparison to the Freedom and Liberty we will have to surrender.
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June 22nd, 2009
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June 20th, 2009
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June 19th, 2009
Khamenei tells Mousavi to toe the line over election or be cast out - Times Online
The moderate Iranian leader who says that he was robbed of victory in last week’s presidential election faces a fateful choice today: support the regime or be cast out.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has told Mir Hossein Mousavi to stand beside him as he uses Friday prayers at Tehran University to call for national unity. An army of Basiji — Islamic volunteer militiamen — is also expected to be bussed in to support the Supreme Leader.
Prime example of Bizzaro Democracy.
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June 18th, 2009
Bush takes swipes at Obama policies - Washington Times
Former President George W. Bush fired a salvo at President Obama on Wednesday, asserting his administration’s interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector — not government — will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care.
“I know it’s going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we’re in,” the former president said to applause from members of a local business group. “You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.”
The castle is starting to crumble for the Bamster.
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