Archive | January, 2009
No Lobbyists In This Administration…Until There Are
President Barack Obama made a big promise in regards to ethics to the American people: Lobbyists won’t be working in areas of his administration of they formerly lobbied in that same industry. And he planned on sticking with that…until it got inconvenient. Then he decided to waive his ethics rule and promise. The Obama administration [...]
Bipartisanship Ends: “I Won”
23. January 2009
Remember how President Barack Obama was going to listen to all sides and work in a bipartisan matter to “Renew America”? Yeah, well, as Jim Geraghty of National Review says, all of Obama’s promises have expiration dates. All of them. During a morning meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, President Obama acknowledged the philosophical [...]
Obama’s Airstrike Kills Three Children
23. January 2009
What, the headline? Oh, it’s just a matter of a little payback for the media that would concentrate on an unfortunate side effect of an operation rather than the success of the operation itself. Now the Messiah’s in office, so why should things change? As they say, payback’s a bitch. Security officials said the strikes, [...]
Holder’s Firm Represents Detainees At Gitmo
23. January 2009
How convenient. The prestigious D.C. law firm where Obama Attorney General Eric Holder is a senior partner, Covington & Burling, just happens to represent 17 detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Just the latest disturbing development regarding a guy who lobbied for pardoning convicted FALN terrorists against the judgment of the FBI and U.S. attorneys. Hey, it’s [...]
Report: RNC Keeping Palin Clothes in Trash Bags
23. January 2009
From David Frum’s New Majority website comes a report that the expensive clothes purchased for Sarah Palin’s vice presidential run are being kept in trash bags, rather than being donated as promised. Despite the Republican National Committee’s promise to donate Sarah Palin’s $180,000 campaign wardrobe to charity, word has it the Alaska governor’s clothes remain [...]
FEC Raises Federal Candidate Contribution Limit
23. January 2009
For the 2007-2008 cycle, even non-political junkies became acquainted with the $2,300 contribution limit to federal candidates. Well, the Federal Election Commission announced today that it has raised that cap another $100 for the 2009-2010 period. (CNN) — The Federal Election Commission announced Friday increased contribution limits for the 2009-2010 federal campaign cycle. Donors may [...]
Obama to Authorize U.S. Aid Money to Fund Abortions
23. January 2009
Paging Doug Kmiec, paging Doug Kmiec. The man you, a strong pro-lifer, endorsed will sign an executive order allowing federal aid funds to go to groups that promote or perform abortions. We’re talking about the repealing of the Mexico City policy, of course. President Barack Obama will sign an executive order later Friday ending the [...]
Gillibrand Received More From Norman Hsu Than Clintons Did
23. January 2009
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the Congresswoman reported to have been chosen by Gov. David Patterson to replace SoS Hillary Clinton, received $25,000 from fugitive Norman Hsu. That actually amounts to a larger donation than he sent to Clinton. (Via JG) Judge Kornreich is ordering four campaigns to hang onto Mr. Hsu’s money. They include those [...]
Freed Gitmo Detainee Becomes Al Qaeda Chief
23. January 2009
Yesterday President Barack Obama signed an executive order that requires the Guantanamo Bay detention center be closed within a year. Of course, what wasn’t included in any of the orders signed yesterday was what would be done with the detainees currently there. The question as to what to do with them became a little more [...]
Good News: Geithner Statement Expected to Anger Chinese
23. January 2009
Hey, what’s the worse that could happen? Oh, right, China could sell-off its huge reserves of dollars. Craptastic! Why, it’s just what we need right now. WASHINGTON: Timothy Geithner, who took a big step toward confirmation as Treasury secretary on Thursday, told senators that the Obama administration believes China is “manipulating” its currency, suggesting a [...]
23. January 2009
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