Taken from Feb 13th:
Today is the last chance to stop this. The final version of the stimulus package just passed the House with the following vote:
Yea: 246 Democrats
Nay: 183 (176 Republicans and 7 Democrats)
One Democrat voted “Present” and one Democrat plus two Republicans did not vote.
Now you will recall on Tuesday that little [...]
I’m down with it.
If you care to read…
http://www.readthestimulus.org/
As they state on the website – $850 Billion, 1588 pages, and counting… somebody needs to read it!
This year I have resolved to become more politically active. I cannot stand idly by and allow our country to become more socialist than it already is. TARP and the Stimulus Package that has passed through the Senate this week do just that.
So let’s recap what has happened. The House Democrats unilaterally constructed the most [...]
What I was trying to tell your mother in 1993:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs
“One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions”
In other words, if you’re 60 years [...]
“…targeted, timely, and temporary…”
Especially that last word – TEMPORARY. Conceptually, this Democrat has it right. We need to figure out how to put some weight behind his proposal (I admit I have not read it, but if the article is accurate, it’s the preferable solution, compare to Porkulus.)
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/Blue-Dog-nips-Obama-with-a-better-stimulus-idea-39358182.html#comments
Of course, if you only listen to Country, you don’t have much of an issue anyway, but here is a slideshow of folks in the entertainment industry who are conservatives or who have at least expressed some support for conservatives.
http://wcbstv.com/slideshows/Conservative.Celebrities.20.824701.html
I was a bit surprised at some of the musicians who made the list.
A handout for those who do not pay taxes, yeah that is why I work so hard. So other do not have to.
Embedded video from CNN Video
Was his response to Joe the Plumber a slip-up or was it our first real look into what this man truly believes? Look, I won’t re-summarize here what this 2001 Obama interview says. Ed Morrisey of Hot Air has already performed that task much better than I ever could. But, I will add to his [...]