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Don’t Confuse The Tea party With AIG Populism

By Jim Vicevich | March 22, 2009 |

(Editor’s Note: This commentary was written by Chris Murray, organizer of the Ridgefield Tea Party. We are posting it in it’s entirety.) Perhaps you noticed the “Tea Party” protest on Main Street in Ridgefield this past Saturday.  It is important to clarify how the Ridgefield Tea Party was distinct from the headline-grabbing bus tour of…

Dodd Man Walking?* Video

By Jim Vicevich | March 22, 2009 |

Kevin Rennie takes another look at Chris Dodd’s Irish Country Cottage and his conveniently vague and incomplete answers. After fist denying, than admitting, than blaming Treasury (W apparently wasn’t available) for that AIG Bonus Loophole he authored … Rennie says he’s being less than honest about the value of his Irish Ranchero too, and who…

Ridgefield Tea Party Draws 300 – Media Ignores – Update:Video

By Jim Vicevich | March 22, 2009 |

Update: This video of the Tea party comes courtesy of one of our chat room chatters, “Wayne” via Michelle Malkin. Why do we care. Well Wayne writes:

Temporary Tax Hikes and Other Fairy Tales

By Dave in EH | March 20, 2009 |

The mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, is proposing a temporary increase to the city’s property and sales taxes and a “fill-up” to the city budget. “The sales tax would rise by one percentage point to 8 percent for three years, beginning July 1, pending approval by state lawmakers. Taxes on residential and commercial real estate…

Banana In The Tailpipe

By Erik Blazynski | March 20, 2009 |

As people protest in the streets of NYC I am struck by the notion that they are protesting in the wrong place. Time to protest in Washington.

WSJ’s Dan Henninger on SOC

By Jim Vicevich | March 18, 2009 |

Daniel Henninger is deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page and his column’s are among the most quoted on radio and TV today. When he writes, people read and think. And he will be our guest on SOC at 10:35 am In particular we will be discussing this column, “The Obama Rosetta Stone”…

ACORN to “Help” with US Census

By Dave in EH | March 18, 2009 |

The “community organization” under investigation for voter registration fraud in multiple jurisdictions has now partnered up with the U.S. Census Bureau to assist in the 2010 Census.  Never mind that the Census is supposed to be free of politics or the myriad allegations of fraud against the partner,  they are now one of the partners…

Happy St Patty’s Day Senator Dodd, from the RNSC

By Jim Vicevich | March 17, 2009 |

Nothing to add here, except this is from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. They have Dodd in their crosshairs. For more on Dodd and his troubles see what we have written here …. and then here. And for a complete listing (too much to list individually) just do a site search … keyword “Dodd”.

Stimulus money for sale. Update: Deal Off

By Erik Blazynski | March 15, 2009 |

California cities are selling misappropriated stimulus to each other.

Dodd … Stand By Your Friends

By Jim Vicevich | March 15, 2009 |

Chris Dodd is coming out but the answers still ring hollow. Connecticut’s senior senator tells Channel 3’s Dennis House: Hey, Countrywide’s Robert Feinberg’s lying … no sweetheart mortgage deal No I will not release my mortgage papers … everyone already saw em … for a day The Irish cottage thing … hey the appraisal said…