Archive | March, 2009
Democrats Suddenly Opposed to Filibusters Again
Actually, it goes well beyond that this time. Peter Orszag, Obama’s budget director, is threatening a scenario in which Republicans would be stricken of their filibuster power. It’s called the “reconciliation” process and would mean that major legislation would require just a simple majority to pass. The White House budget director said Tuesday that the [...]
GOP Takes Lead in Rasmussen Reports’ Generic Ballot Polling
17. March 2009
For the first time in years. The closest Republicans have gotten to a lead since at least 2007 was within a point back during the election, but the GOP now has a several point lead. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while [...]
Caterpillar Cuts Over 2,500 Jobs After Obama Said Stimulus Would Save Them
17. March 2009
But he saved the jobs of all of those still employed there, right? At least that will be the narrative from the bulk of the mainstream media and the left (but I repeat myself). Here’s what Obama said while selling the massive stimulus package back on February 12, 2009: And I’m not the only one [...]
Obama Appoints Someone to Oversee…Culture
17. March 2009
So the economy is still flailing, Russia is rearming, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons at an alarming rate, and the Washington Post says the AIG bonuses are depleting Obama’s political capital. What is a young president to do? Why, create a new position to oversee American culture, of course. Because that’s what America needs right [...]
Senate Passed Dodd-Sponsored Amendment that Allows AIG Bonuses
17. March 2009
Which is why I said it was all petty populist fauxrage. Congress knew damn-well what it was allowing when it passed the massive porkulus. Amendments sponsored by Chris Dodd and voted into law don’t simply fly under the radar. Just about anyone could’ve seen the bonuses, whether from AIG or other troubled companies, coming. Senator [...]
Change: Russia Announces Rearmament by 2011
17. March 2009
Hey, Hillary and Joe? I don’t think the reset button worked exactly as you had planned. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Moscow will begin a comprehensive military rearmament from 2011. Mr Medvedev said the primary task would be to “increase the combat readiness of [Russia's] forces, first of all our strategic nuclear forces”. Explaining [...]
The Vast Left-Wing Media Conspiracy
17. March 2009
The left has never been hesitant to accuse Fox News of serving as an outlet to bring right-wing blog topics into the mainstream media. But Politico reports today that hundreds of left-wing reporters, bloggers, and opinion journalists have been communicating and sharing information on an off-the-record website for years. For the past two years, several [...]
The Hypocritical Incompetence of Congress
16. March 2009
With news of AIG giving out $165 million in bonuses comes the fauxrage from the White House, Congress, and even populist crusaders. How dare the company do something it wasn’t prohibited from doing in a mad dash to bail it out? Barney Frank is outraged! Outraged, I tell ‘ya! “These people may have a right [...]
Pew: Support for Obama Slips
16. March 2009
Americans are seeing President Obama less as a pragmatic moderate and more as a liberal ideologue, sending his approval rating down to 59% and his disapproval rating to 26%. That’s according to a new Pew Research poll released this morning. A new poll by the independent Pew Research Center for the People & the Press [...]
Obama Moves on to Alienating Brazil
13. March 2009
Weren’t we supposed to reset relations and engage in smart diplomacy? When do we actually start on the latter? Fresh off of snubbing the British, the Obama Administration has moved on to alienating the Brazilians. Brazil has become a major U.S. trading partner, with cautious economic policies that have helped it weather the crisis better [...]
17. March 2009
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