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The most ethical Congress EVAH … Rangel charged, will face trial

By Steve McGough / July 23, 2010 /

I’m happy that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been able to get through all of the red tape and finally work towards her pledge to fight ensure Congressional ethics. Funny though, she’s been unusually quiet about Rep. Charlie Rangel (D- N.Y.), maybe she should make a big splash by walking down Pennsylvania Avenue with…

Congress acts, and thousands lose jobs in American Samoa

By Steve McGough / May 26, 2010 /

Hello American Samoa! We’re from the government and we’re here to help you. We’re going to ensure you earn a living wage by forcing employers to pay you a minimum wage equal to workers in the United States. Sounds great right?

Stupak offered legislative bribes to accept health care abortion language

By Steve McGough / December 24, 2009 /

Senior administration leaders in both the White House and Democrat party are encouraging Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to keep his opinions on current abortion language in the Senate’s health care bill to himself until they can explain the legislation’s language to him. He says “no thanks” and by the way, stop trying to bribe me

Pelosicare explained

By Jim Vicevich / November 9, 2009 /

From Congressman and Republican leader John Boehner’s office. The latest chart revisions to Pelosicare. H/T Ray Dunaway’s links. Click to enlarge. The big PDF version is here.

What the Pelosi health care bill really means – Update: Cost

By Jim Vicevich / November 7, 2009 /

UPDATE: Make sure you read the details but the latest costing of the Pelosi bill is now out. How’s $3 trillion grab ya. Guess our Congresspeople are going to have to update their web sites. Ha! Ed Morrissey has his take on the number but I think it’s perfectly valid. The cost is the cost,…

House Vote On Health Care – Call to action. Now!

By Jim Vicevich / November 7, 2009 /

The House is taking up the Pelosicare bill today and Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats need your help if we are going to stop this piece of crap that will do a wide vareity of bad things and very little good. If you need a refresher course … here’s the link to the SOS posts…

Media Matters: Pelosi misrepresented and Fox misleading

By Steve McGough / September 20, 2009 /

Rich, but certainly not surprising. A few bloggers have pointed out the libelous reporting/commentary being dished out by 501(c)(3) group Media Matters for America concerning one of Glenn Becks reports on the recent ACORN videos. At the same time, Media Matters is complaining that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is being “misrepresented” by the media.

Cylla and Charybdis

By SoundOffSister / August 10, 2009 /

Homer’s “Odyssey” tells the tale of Odysseus, a hero of Greek mythology.  Odysseus encountered two beasts while trying to sail through the Strait of Messina.  On one side was Cylla, a six headed sea beast.  On the other was Charybdis, a massive whirlpool. Today, we call Cylla ,”a rock”, and Charybdis, “a hard place”.  Between which, much like…

Nancy Pelosi … Bush Lied

By Jim Vicevich / May 14, 2009 /

When all else fails … 

Pelosi Denies Reports: “I did not know about torture.” UPDATE: Hoekstra “Pelosi Knew”

By Jim Vicevich / April 23, 2009 /

UPDATE: You can hear Speaker Pelosi’s comments for yourself below … but Congressman Peter Hoekstra says either the Speaker was asleep or she just wasn’t paying attention because the intelligence briefing laid it all out. Asleep or not paying attention, either way, with Nancy in charge … we are doomed.