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Who’s Coming To Hang Out With Obama In Our White House? »

You may recall that when Bush was president, it was like pulling teeth trying to find out just who had visited the White House. Let’s just say he dug in his heels a bit on releasing that information. Maybe it had something to do with Cheney’s “secret” Energy Meeting, who knows, but it [...]

Obama’s Economy of Torture »

(This is essential reading that I bumped up - Susan)
Remember when George Bush and Dick Cheney could rely on the many in the media to help them euphemize that dirty word, “torture?” It wasn’t torture, it was “enhanced interrogation.” That’s like calling the amputation of a leg, “enhanced skin removal below the waist.” [...]

I’m Just Wondering… »

Why the hell most of us pay our taxes. Because it seems to me that it is just the regular folks out there who are bothering to do that. Believe it or not, I am not even talking about Tax Fraud Director of the IRS, Tim Geithner, either. Are you ready for [...]

Kathleen Sebelius’s Political Cronyism Problem: Obama Appointee to HHS under Investigation for Misused Medicaid Funds »

Once again Obama cannot choose an appointee who is not ethically challenged.
Centrist, milquetoast Democrat Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) hopes to resign from her position as Governor of Kansas in order to assume the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services under her friend Barack Obama. But she is yet to be confirmed for the [...]

Another One (Or Two) Bites The Dust »

Oh, y’all are gonna love this story. I am sure everyone remembers that our new Secretary of The Treasury is a big ol’ Tax Frauder. So are Tom Daschle, and several other people Obama has nominated for positions - TOP positions - in our government. (I still cannot believe that our Senate approved [...]

Sorry Howie, no room at the inn. »

Howard Dean reacts to being told he has no shot at being the new head of HHS
Barack Obama would not be where he is today without Howard Dean. The former Vermont Governor and DNC Chairman created the blueprints that David Axelrod would expand upon to garner the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination for [...]

The Cost of “Enabling” Obama »

In his UK Telegraph piece Barack Obama Is A Novice - And It Shows, Toby Harnden details the rookie stumbles of the new President. For me, this is less about condemning Pres. Obama for making such errors in judgment or losing control of his message, or even that he does not practice in office [...]

“Savior-Based Economy”? »

So says my governor, Mark Sanford, of SC in this interview with John King on CNN (MAJOR H/T to SusanUnPC at No Quarter for this story):
Embedded video from CNN Video
A “Savior-based” economy. Well, Heaven knows, Obama has certainly been set up as The Messiah, so it makes sense that this would be the kind [...]

Ruin your health with the Obama stimulus plan. Better yet, just die. »

Editor’s Note: Thanks, Uppity, for a great piece, for which I’m planning a follow-up. This is precisely what terrified me about Obama’s health care and privatization plans for Social Security, which his ga-ga supporters utterly ignored because they were in fantasy land over this phony baloney post-partisanship (whatever that is, well, it’s nothing but B.S. [...]

“The Fierce Urgency of Pork” »

So the Senate has hammered out their version of the stimulus bill. Despite their claims, they have actually added $7 BILLION to the House Stimulus version. Now, the two will get together and haggle out the differences. Great. Sure will be interesting to see what stays in the “Stimulus Bill” and [...]

Is Barack Obama on the Precipice of Becoming Jimmy Carter? »

We are only sixteen days into the age of the new messiah and his angel wings are in danger of falling off.
Consider, for example, that The One promised a new way of doing business in Washington but is responsible for managing the vetting of prospective nominees that green-lights not one but three tax [...]

Obama Concedes Defeat on Daschle while Republicans Declare Victory on Judd Gregg and Daschle’s Downfall »

(Steve Clemons’ blog is The Washington Note; he was a finalist for “The Best Very Large Blog” in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Steve Clemons serves as Senior Fellow & Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation and, in his spare time, as Director of the Japan Policy Research Institute.)
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If you take money that belongs to your employer, it’s called embezzlement. »

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(Above) Tom Daschle shows his former colleagues the apparent size of his tax debt
I’ve been spending a [...]

[Update x3] Is Judd Gregg Really What the Democrats Want? »

Bumped up from early morning, with these additional thoughts:
UPDATE #3 (uh, did Obama know this when he decided on Gregg?): “Gregg Voted to Kill Commerce Before He Agreed to Lead It”, CQ Politics, February 2, 2009:
President Obama’s new candidate to run the Commerce Department voted in favor of abolishing the agency as a member of [...]

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Daschle [Mon. a.m. Breaking News] »

(bumped up from Sunday . for some reason, the phrase, “It’s the cover-up …” keeps running through my mind, especially since Daschle knew about these tax problems clear back in June but failed to disclose them. NEW: Musings on Daschle’s chances for confirmation, by David “Diapers” Vitter and Sunday’s Fox news panel, from NoQuarterUSA’s YouTube [...]