Archive | April, 2009
Democrats Not So Thrilled With Reid’s Deal to Get Specter
Apparently one of the assurances that Arlen Specter got before breaking last month’s promise and jumping parties was that he’d keep his 28-year seniority in Congress. In other words, he’d get to leap ahead of other Dems on committees and would be essentially viewed as if he’s been a Democrat from the beginning. Well, other [...]
Good News: Second Mortgages Added to Mortgage Bailout Plan
29. April 2009
Yes, as in the types of mortgages that people secure for home improvements and other projects. Just when you thought that the mortgage rescue plan couldn’t get atrocious enough the Obama Administration makes it worse: The Obama administration unveiled an expansion of its $75 billion foreclosure prevention plan yesterday, providing new subsidies to mortgage lenders [...]
Good News: Feds Knew that AF1 Flight Would Scare New Yorkers
28. April 2009
And yet they refused to even tell the mayor of New York about it? They need all of that secrecy to update a stock photo of the president’s plane? Here’s an idea: Let New Yorkers know that sometime on Monday the Air Force would be flying over the city for a picture. No one scared, [...]
Arlen Specter Finally Becomes a Democrat
28. April 2009
As soon as I saw the headline “Specter switching parties” I thought he was becoming a Republican. Apparently he was a Republican all along. Who’da thunk it. “I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all [...]
House Dem Admits Real Purpose of Obama Health-Care Plan
28. April 2009
The White House and Congressional Democrats have been claiming that a $634 billion health-care plan they want passed won’t crowd out private insurers, but only restructure the delivery of health-care. Don’t you worry your little head about things like socialized health-care or nationalization, they say to sooth over the general public. We’d never do that! [...]
Chuck Schumer Opposed Flu Pandemic Funding in Stimulus
27. April 2009
I wouldn’t be bringing this up except that the left is attempting to place blame on the GOP for opposing funding that would go to preparing for a flu pandemic. The Nation, which would blame the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Bush if it could get away with it, writes: When House Appropriations Committee chairman [...]
Multiple Swine Flu Cases Confirmed in the United States
25. April 2009
Two confirmed cases in Kansas and eight probable in New York City. And that’s just in the United States. Mexico is looking at 60 deaths and 1,000 likely suspected cases of illness from the swine flu outbreak. President Felipe Calderone has declared a state of emergency, Mexico City has cancelled all public events, and the [...]
Obama Wants to End Legal Representation Requirement in Interrogations
25. April 2009
Here’s the way the law works now: When a suspect (domestic — not terrorist) requests an attorney for questioning, the police are required to provide one. It’s your right to legal representation during the interrogation, basically. Well, guess what? The Obama Administration thinks that’s a totally overrated right and is seeking to eliminate it. The [...]
Situation Rapidly Deteriorating in Pakistan
23. April 2009
This is the result of the Pakistani government appeasing terrorists rather than simply fighting them. You give the Taliban an inch and it’ll take a mile. May this be a lesson to governments (ahem) looking to negotiate with the organization. There are fears that the Taliban, who have already been handed control of the Swat [...]
Obama Intelligence Chief: Those Harsh Interrogations Were Vital
22. April 2009
Enhanced interrogation techniques utilized by the Bush Administration produced vital information about our nation’s biggest enemies and their activities, President Obama’s Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair announced in a memo. The New York Times reports: President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned [...]
29. April 2009
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