Archive | December, 2009
Official Report: Senate Health Plan Would Increase, Not Cut, Health Spending
Reality has been harsh to Congressional Democrats lately. When the non-partisan, official Congressional Budget Office isn’t revealing that their plans would hike the deficit significantly, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reporting that revised plans would increase — not cut — health spending. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. healthcare spending would rise by about [...]
UN Draft: Hey, Let’s Further Punish Developed Countries!
11. December 2009
The world is in the midst of a prolonged recession, with the United States racking up massive deficits and countries like Greece fearful of going into default. So what are world leaders doing about it? Proposing international agreements that would further harm the economies of developed countries (read: the United States and its western allies). [...]
House Approves Barney Frank’s Massive Power Grab
11. December 2009
The House of Representatives approved yet another expansion of the federal government today, creating yet another regulatory agency and ensuring taxpayers will be bailing out companies well into the future. 27 Democrats joined with all Republicans in voting against the legislation, but liberal Democrats were able to ram it down America’s throat anyway. Rep. Charlie [...]
Obama Pay Czar Limits Pay for Mid-Level Employees
11. December 2009
Hey, just in time for the holidays, too. And lest you think the federal government is happy just limiting pay at companies bailed out by taxpayers, the pay czar wants his limits applied industry-wide. BigGovernmentPalooza!
Al Qaeda Number Three Killed Yesterday?
11. December 2009
As I said when the original reports came out, the dead terrorist in question was neither Osama Bin Laden nor Ayman Al-Zawahiri. It was likely that any big fish killed in the attack would be limited to third in command and down, though that wouldn’t be insignificant considering intelligence agencies believe the third in command [...]
South Carolina’s First Lady Files for Divorce
11. December 2009
An inevitable conclusion to a bizarre and sad story. A family wrecked, a governor nearly impeached and likely to be censured, presidential ambitions destroyed, a state put through turmoil… All so Mr. Appalachian Trail could spend time with his Argentine “soul mate”. CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina’s first lady, a former Wall Street vice president [...]
Sign the Petition: Free the Navy SEALS
11. December 2009
Two Navy SEALs have been brought in for court-martial after a barbaric terrorist, the one responsible for killing and mutilating American contractors before hanging their bodies from a bridge, accused the American heroes of punching him. I’ve covered this case here before. Since then multiple members of Congress have called on Secretary Robert Gates to [...]
Surprise: It’s Boom Time for Federal Workers
11. December 2009
Nice to see there’s one segment of the workforce not suffering in this prolonged recession. Too bad the sector in question involves controlling the lives of Americans and creating more red tape. Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs [...]
Max Baucus (D-MT) Gave Girlfriend Salary Increase
11. December 2009
I believe we have a word for the process wherein one pays individuals to secretly sleep with him. Oh, yes, “prostitution“. That’s the word. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, gave a nearly $14,000 pay raise to a female staffer in 2008, at the time he was becoming romantically involved [...]
The Horror: Private Contractors May’ve Helped Snatch Murderous Terrorists
11. December 2009
People employed by the federal government yet not directly located within the military ranks helping to carry out raids against some of the world’s most wanted terrorists? Danger, Will Robinson! Leftist heads exploding everywhere! WASHINGTON – Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, [...]
11. December 2009
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