Archive for July 2011
Rubio vs Kerry on the debt ceiling
This is from Hot Air and normally I would not post on something like this … but just point you to the video during the show. But a couple close friends found this floor speech so powerful that I had to put it up.
Read MoreIt’s a deal … We’ll add just $7 trillion to debt instead of $10 trillion
The President moments ago announced a budget ceiling deal. Details still coming out but my guess is this will have a tough time getting through the House. Details below the fold but one thing you should know, the bond rating services seem to indicate all this does is solve the short term deal. Long term term still…
Read MoreResponsibility for the national debt part deux: control of the purse strings of Congress is the real determinant
While presidents bear some responsibility for the debt and deficit spending, the major responsibility lies with Congress.
Read MorePat Caddell Hugh Hewitt slug it out over debt debate
What a fight … who’s to blame? Hugh and Pat slug it out. The adults in the room.
Read MoreWho’s responsible for our nation’s $14 trillion debt? Ed Morrissey from a Hot Air joins the debate today
It is been the singular issue driving the tea party movement for the last 3 years, our nation’s debt. At 14 1/2 trillion dollars and with the prospect, and the Barack Obama’s budget projection of another $10 trillion by the end of the decade, it’s not just a discussion of the faculty lounge. Clearly our…
Read MoreKrauthammer: Compromise or run the risk of being blamed for economic ruin
Well we’ve come to a crossroads my little mobsters and at state could very well be who controls Congress in 2012.Charles Krauthammer tries to make the case that the tea party freshman in Congress are conservatives gone mad. If these young freshman says Charles, turn down the banner deal, they run the risk of taking…
Read MoreBoston students still bussed,, but now it is based on school quality, not race
Have you ever wondered why, despite the claims of knowing what is best for our children and the millions of dollars thrown at the public education system, schools in cities and states exclusively controlled by Democrats aren’t the most wonderful and perfect schools in existence? Where is the liberal utopia that is promised every election…
Read MoreBoeing, Airbus must share American Airlines contract thanks to union issues
Boeing used to be the exclusive supplier to American Airlines until recently, but now, they have to share the largest aircraft order in aviation history with Europe’s Airbus. Boeing got less than half the order.
Read MoreRepost: Federal tax figures from 2008
Jim just sent me a text asking to highlight the post I wrote in April looking at federal tax figures from 2008. Click here to read that post, and click here to read the other April post titled Go ahead, tax the rich … let’s run the numbers.
Read MoreCavuto: don’t cave to Wall Street
It’s you classic Cavuto but a surprise nonetheless. Neil understands the importance of Wall Street but like the rest of us, he too has grown weary of the fear mongering. In Neil’s closing monologue last night he makes the case that even with the impending debt ceiling crisis no deal is better than a bad…
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