Government

Voters Ready to Punish Democrats?

By Jim Vicevich | February 10, 2009 |

John has been following the polls very closely, once again compelling us to push up his link on the page. it also deals directly with one of our polls yesterday … are Democrats overreaching. I am not so sure. But it is an interesting narrative. The parties are now in a virtual dead heat, with…

800 Billion Reasons To Be Worried

By Jim Vicevich | February 10, 2009 |

So who gets the money from the Porkapalooza … Reason on line … did the homework. Ughhh. Make sure you read it all … but here’s a sample. 1. Billions of dollars in spending exclusively devoted to benefit federal employees. $5.5 billion for making federal buildings “green” (including $448 million for the Department of Homeland…

Headed For European Socialism?

By Jim Vicevich | February 10, 2009 |

That’s what Senator Mitch McConnell says will happen if we pass the Porkapalooza.  He also tries to put into perspective Obama’s charge that the national debt doubled under George Bush. Says McConnell, increased spending for sure … but as a percentage of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product … nothing like what we are about to…

Don’t Drill … Just Send Money – Update

By Jim Vicevich | February 10, 2009 |

Today’s media m0ment took place at the staged town meeting in Florida. A local municipal official took the mic to first praise her man … and then to ask for money for a new commuter railroad … cause she a. doesn’t like the Arabs, b. can’t drill for oil locally because the scenery is really…

Culture Of Corruption Part Deux

By Jim Vicevich | February 9, 2009 |

We have listed this before … but I may have missed a few of the new ones. It does seem to grow on a daily basis. Oh and yes … Chris Dodd (D-Countrywide) made the list. The most recent candidate in the malleable ethics sweepstakes is Ron Sims, chosen Monday to be the deputy secretary…

Rosa DeLauro and Rahm Emanuel – Perfect Together

By Jim Vicevich | February 9, 2009 |

Well it beats having your kids still living in the basement. Rep. Rosa DeLauro has received some attention lately for the apparent generosity of providing Obama’s chief of staff, former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a place to crash in the capital. The Web reports have accused him of living illegally in her DC house. Emanuel’s lodging would…

Rights guaranteed – responsibilities not required

By Steve McGough | February 8, 2009 | Comments Off on Rights guaranteed – responsibilities not required

How come liberals talk about rights that should be guaranteed, but not responsibilities required? I would think that if you are going to be guaranteed rights by the state, the state would set detailed responsibilities from those benefiting from those rights. Author note: While I’m away from the computer, I’m republishing my top 20 posts…

Boxer to Graham:”Hello Pot … My Name’s Kettle”

By Jim Vicevich | February 8, 2009 |

It’s always do I say with Democrats, not as I do. Or maybe its just they project on conservatives what they always seem to do themselves. Maybe that’s why they love to play gotcha. Here’s video of Senator Barbara Boxer, one of the most theatrical senators in Congress, calling out Lindsey Graham for being ……

Define Bipartisan Please

By Jim Vicevich | February 7, 2009 |

This is simply a great catch by the folks at Powerline and it is a must read. We first noted the trend here and thought it was just peculiar to the thinking patterns of Chris Matthews. But Powerline notes the redefinition of bi-partisanship has spread to the Washington Post as well. Please click and read…

Obama order represents payoff to unions

By Steve McGough | February 7, 2009 |

Here come the payoffs. Whether you think the government spending $1 trillion-plus to stimulate the economy is the right or wrong thing, there is absolutely no reason why President Obama should shut out non-union labor from even bidding on any of the stimulus package pork dollars. But that is exactly what he has done. Here…