Archive | July, 2009
Senate Votes to Strip F-22 Funding, Kill American Jobs
Because we really can’t afford that $2 billion for national defense and job creation when we’re looking at spending $1.5 trillion on healthcare socialization, $2 trillion to fight global warming, and possibly another multi-billion stimulus package. We can afford trillions for junk science, but God forbid we spend even a fraction of that on national [...]
Poll: Plurality Say ObamaCare Will Make Situation Worse
21. July 2009
The poll comes from that harbinger of conservatism that is The Politico. In case you were wondering why Barack Obama has begun attacking Republicans for obstructing something that have absolutely no power to obstruct, this is why. ObamaCare isn’t bleeding support anymore — it’s hemorrhaging support. In addition, more respondents said government-managed solutions would make [...]
Wow: California Budget Permits Oil Drilling Off Santa Barbara Coast
21. July 2009
We’re finally seeing a rational policy coming out of Sacramento. In order to fix the state’s massive $26 billion deficit, California has come to an agreement to cut major aspects of the budget, change some things around in the accounting department, and even allow oil drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara. California could allow [...]
Obama: The Elderly? Let Them Use Painkillers
21. July 2009
Just a little taste of what our nation’s senior citizens can expect under the proposed ObamaCare our elected representatives are actually considering. Jane Sturm told Barack Obama that her 100-year-old mother required a pacemaker but was denied by the doctor she initially saw. She did finally locate a surgeon willing to implant the pacemaker and [...]
Democrat: Cap-and-Trade the Worst Piece of Crap I’ve Seen
21. July 2009
If there’s any hope for sanity in Washington over the next year, it rests with Blue Dog Democrats who are concerned about pissing off their voters and generally oppose big government, tax-and-spend legislation. Rep. Dan Boren (D-Oklahoma) is one of this Blue Dogs to count on. Having just dropped off the screen for opposing his [...]
Obama Gitmo Task Force Report Delayed By Six Months
20. July 2009
Apparently shutting down the terrorist detention center isn’t as simple as the left made it seem during the campaign. Turns out it’s a complex legal situation and viable countries aren’t exactly lining up to accept the most dangerous terrorists in the world. Go figure. The task force, set up on Obama’s second day in office, [...]
Government Paid 2x Regular Price for Ham
20. July 2009
A lesson in why a government agency should never respond directly to a link regarding sliced ham on the Drudge Report. Go here and here for background. After the Department of Agriculture attempted to downplay its expenditure of $1.19 million for sliced ham: The references to “2 pound frozen ham sliced” are to the sizes [...]
Study: 83 Million Would Lose Private Insurance Under ObamaCare
20. July 2009
Via Michelle Malkin, Philip Klein of The American Spectator points to a study that shows just how bad ObamaCare would be for those currently with private insurance. Not only would those Americans have to pay for the socialized healthcare through their taxes, but 83 million of them would lose their private insurance: Democrats and President [...]
Recovery.gov: $16.7 Million for Canned Pork
20. July 2009
The federal government spent $16,784,272 on canned pork in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, represented by Rep. Tim Walz (D). According to the $18 million Recovery.gov website, the massive expenditure for an unspecified amount of the meat was awarded to Lakeside Foods Inc. after a sealed bid competition with just two offers received. Lakeside Foods is [...]
Obama: My Healthcare Program Will Bring Greater “Inefficiencies”
20. July 2009
The Politico calls this a gaffe but only in the sense that he didn’t mean to tell the truth. “The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system,” Obama said in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers. “And greater stability [...]
21. July 2009
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