Archive | February, 2009
Obama To Have Charges Dropped Against USS Cole Conspirator
President Obama will likely order the Department of Defense’s Military Commission to drop all charges against a man accused of being the mastermind in the U.S.S. Cole bombing, which killed 17 sailors. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri may later be charged in a civilian court, but will remain in custody…without charge. ABC News has learned that on [...]
Stimulus Spends Extra $1 Billion on Census
5. February 2009
Found by Purple Avenger. Heck, what’s another $1 billion for the census. As PV quips, those ACORN workers had to do something in their off season. For an additional amount for ‘‘Periodic Censuses and Programs’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010 Why stop at an extra billion? Why not $10 billion or a [...]
DeMint’s Amendment to Remove Religious Discrimination Fails
5. February 2009
Sen. Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) amendment to remove religious discrimination from the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Act of 2009 has failed by a vote of 43-54. The bill currently bans renovation money from going to schools that permit religious groups to meet on campus. By the way, the DeMint amendment wasn’t without its Democratic supporters. Senator Evan Bayh [...]
Solis’ Husband Finally Pays 16-Year-Old Tax Liens
5. February 2009
The husband of Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, has only now paid-off thousands of dollars in tax liens that’ve been in effect for over a decade and a half. Yet another Democrat who has trouble paying his taxes. The husband of President Obama’s Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to [...]
Tapper, Gibbs Spar on Pertinence Of Cabinet Appointees Paying Taxes
5. February 2009
In which an obviously-in-over-his-head Robert Gibbs has a bit of a melt-down. Jake Tapper of ABC News, one of the more objective reporters in existence today, asks a question about transparency and cabinet appointees paying taxes. Gibbs tries to pass off these questions as impertinent, which Tapper doesn’t let go of. Gibbs takes one more [...]
CBO: Obama Stimulus Package Will Harm Economy
5. February 2009
You know how the administration insists that we can’t just ignore the economic crisis? Yeah, well, the Congressional Budget Office says that doing nothing would do less damage to the economy. The Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Act of 2009 will harm the economy, the non-partisan government office said Wednesday. President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt [...]
Graham Attacks Obama’s Politics of Fear
5. February 2009
The man who promised an end to the “politics of fear” took to the editorial pages to scare Americans into supporting the $1 trillion crap sandwich. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), recognizing the hypocrisy, goes after The One for his “leadership” on the legislation. A bit surprising, actually. The fact that Obama’s resorted to fear-based coercion [...]
Reid Says He Has the 60 Votes to Pass The Stimulus
5. February 2009
He believes he has support from two Republicans, and we can confirm that Collins (Rino-Maine) will bend over for President HopeNChange. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Thursday that he has enough votes to pass a more than $900 billion stimulus bill out of the Senate. Reid said he believes at least two [...]
President Obama Continues Scaring Americans Into More Debt
5. February 2009
The message from the White House to Americans is now clear: Either spend upwards of $1 trillion for no guaranteed results or we may be never recover. You see, without $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $6 billion for university building programs, $600 million for a heritage trail in Mississippi, $650 million [...]
Panetta Received $700,000 From Banks That Were Later Bailed Out
5. February 2009
President Barack Obama’s choice for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, received $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees in 2008 alone. A significant portion of that money came from banks that the federal government would end up having to bailout at taxpayer expense. Mr. Panetta received $56,000 from Merrill Lynch & Co. for [...]
5. February 2009
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