Archive | January, 2010
Who is Ellie Light?
You’d be forgiven for being confused by the title of this post. For weeks now, someone writing under the name “Ellie Light” has been publishing defenses of Barack Obama in newspapers across the country. Each defense is nearly identical, but her listed location always happens to be in the newspaper’s circulation area. The Cleveland Plain [...]
Justice Dept. Refuses to Release Black Panther Documents
23. January 2010
But of course. The Justice Department, citing privilege claims, has refused to release e-mails and other documents sought under an open records request by The Washington Times to explain its decision last year to dismiss a civil complaint accusing the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place. In a letter, [...]
Little Rock Shooter Claims Al Qaeda Ties
22. January 2010
Abdulhakim Muhammad, the man accused of shooting and killing an American solider outside of a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, has decided to plead guilty. And now, for the first time, he claims to have ties to an Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen. “I wasn’t insane or post traumatic nor was I forced to [...]
Surprise: Dems Try to End Filibuster
22. January 2010
It’s actually doomed to failure, but this shows how little powerful Democrats care about their fellow party members. Massachusetts, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 3:1, voted for Scott Brown on the promise that he’d filibuster the Senate health care legislation. Senate Democrats respond by trying to end the ability to filibuster. Oh, why is this legislation [...]
Thoughts on the Citizens United Decision
21. January 2010
Regardless of how you view corporations or unions, the case was decided correctly. McCain-Feingold reeks of unconstitutionality. The now-dead provisions directly limited free speech. It never jived with the First Amendment. Don’t assume corporations will suddenly inundate the political system with treasury funds backing or opposing candidates. Formally taking a political position risks alienating customers. [...]
Breaking: Air America Ceases Operations
21. January 2010
Boy, this is a suckish week to be a liberal. First, a Republican gets elected to what used to be Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat on a promise of killing universal health care. Next, Speaker Pelosi announces she doesn’t have the votes to pass said health care. Then, the Supreme Court rules that First Amendment rights [...]
Pelosi: I Don’t Have The Votes for ObamaCare
21. January 2010
The entire political landscape changed after the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts. The latest such change takes place in the House of Representatives, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says she doesn’t have the votes to pass the Senate health care reform legislation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she does not have the [...]
Breaking: SCOTUS Strikes Down Chunk of Campaign Finance Law
21. January 2010
The United States Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that bans on the use of corporate and labor funds to directly oppose or support a candidate violates the First Amendment. The ban had been in effect for decades. In the same case, Citizens United v. FEC, the court struck down a major aspect [...]
Surprise: Jobless Claims Rise….Again
21. January 2010
And yet the media still did not expect this news in the least. The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week as claims delayed from the year-end holidays were pushed through, government data showed on Thursday. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 36,000 to a seasonally adjusted [...]
Dems Seek To Increase National Debt by $1.9 Trillion
20. January 2010
Senate Democrats have proposed borrowing an additional $1.9 trillion, bringing the national debt to a record $14.3 trillion. You know, because our nation doesn’t have enough financial problems as it is. The unpopular legislation is needed to allow the federal government to issue bonds to fund programs and prevent a first-time default on obligations. It [...]
23. January 2010
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