Politics

Liberals – Is this what you signed up for? Nelson pay off is criminal

By Steve McGough | December 19, 2009 |

So much for compromise and working in good faith. Our country may be lost … lost to innovation, prosperity, economic growth and good will. Your federal government has so much power and cash they can simply steal from the people and use cash to buy off the votes of other Congress-critters.

Symptom of the Disease: Abortion funding by government

By Steve McGough | November 3, 2009 | Comments Off on Symptom of the Disease: Abortion funding by government

Many Democrats are concerned about the language in the $1.2 trillion health care presented by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that allows for a loophole – there’s that word again – to indirectly fund abortion.

Symptom of the Disease: New York’s 23rd House race

By Steve McGough | November 2, 2009 |

All politics, are no longer local. With the coming of the information age, broadband internet and online credit card processing, we’ve entered into the blood sport of manipulating United States House and Senate races in far-away states and districts of which we have never been, nor will likely visit in the future. Is this a…

The Spending Clause – Article I, Section 8 – and the general welfare

By Steve McGough | October 29, 2009 |

With the Sound Off Sister providing legal commentary on the General Welfare clause, I thought I’d toss in my opinion since the subject is closely tied to my Symptom of the Disease series. With no doubt, the interpretation of the Spending Clause is the root of many problems we have right now. Let’s take a…

First cash for clunkers – now free golf carts

By Steve McGough | October 18, 2009 |

In a twist that will tick-off taxpayers, the federal government’s plan to provide tax credits to buyers of electric vehicles has turned into a boon for golf cart manufactures. The IRS allows the full credit – $4,200 to $5,500 – to be applied to electric golf carts as long as they are road-worthy. Some buyers…

Symptom of the Disease: Tax dollars indirectly used for abortions

By Steve McGough | October 14, 2009 |

Charmaine Yoest has an interesting post about the Capps Amendment designed to set up accounting mechanisms to ensure tax dollars do not directly fund abortions. An accounting mechanism? The problem is that direct funding may be blocked, but there is no way to ensure indirect funding is not used for abortions. This is another example…

Senate GOP caving on government health care option? Update: Video, Nelson says yes

By Steve McGough | October 7, 2009 |

Political junkie Erik Erickson who blogs over at Red State hears from a reliable source that during meetings today, Republican members of the Senate became agreeable to the government health care option.

White House using NEA funding to promote Obama policies

By Steve McGough | September 21, 2009 |

As an update to yesterday’s post, here is the link to the Big Hollywood expose by Patrick Courrielche on the National Endowment for the Arts using federal funds to promote Obama administration policies and projects. Is this a blockbuster? You make the call…

Symptom of the Disease: Axelrod still getting paid by Obama’s marketing firm

By Steve McGough | August 18, 2009 |

Nice gig if you can get it. David Axelrod, adviser to President Obama and White House spam director, sold his Chicago-based Democrat-exclusive consulting and marketing firm in December. The sale included a deal where he would still get paid $2 million the firm owes him – or he owes himself – while serving as senior…

Compare ‘promote’ and ‘provide’ in your dictionary and get back to me

By Steve McGough | August 17, 2009 |

I have not been blogging as much as I would like lately and there is no one good reason. It’s summer and I’d rather be out riding my bike, I’ve been busy at work, have a couple of other projects in the works and, well, it’s summer. That said, sometimes I feel like a broken…