Maybe the media should think twice about considering Matt Drudge some sort of news source. Appearing on the Drudge Report this morning was this link: There’s a big problem with that. Government Motors is the right wing meme for General Motors because of the bailout they received. But look at the actual article Drudge was […]
The big question of the day – will he or won’t he? That’s what everyone has been asking about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his jumping into the 2012 GOP race. He has a news conference scheduled for 1pm eastern today, but as usual the news is already out – he won’t. Nope, the […]
Ouch: Fla poll: Romney 28%, Cain 24, Gingrich 10, Perry 9 Debates matter. So did Florida’s straw poll. Just ask two guys: Herman Cain and Rick Perry. Cain is now running in second place in Florida now that his support surged nearly 19 percentage points after last month’s Republican Party of Florida’s Presidency 5 debate […]
Republicans have been lobbing that “class warfare” meme at President Obama ever since he said that the wealthiest should pay their fair share in taxes. It’s pretty funny, considering the idol of the GOP, one Ronald Reagan, also thought the same way. We’re going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the […]
Bloomberg has just published a huge story exposing Koch Industries and their skirting the law to make sales to Iran: A Bloomberg Markets investigation has found that Koch Industries — in addition to being involved in improper payments to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East — has sold millions of dollars of […]
Another big blow to al Qaeda occurred over night: A missile fired from an American drone aircraft in Yemen on Friday killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical American-born cleric who was a leading figure in Al Qaeda’s affiliate there, according to an official in Washington. Samir Khan was also killed in the attack. We should all […]
Republicans and Democrats have come together to offer a new jobs package in the House. Well should I say “Republican” and “Democrat” in the names of Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE2] and Edolphus Towns [D-NY10]. The two have introduced HR 3035, the “Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011”, which gives this quick summary: To amend the […]
E.J. Dionne has a great piece today talking about the Buffett tax plan. Conservatives have been on a constant attack against Warren Buffett over his claims that his tax rate is to low. Of course all the focus has been on Buffet, but there are other’s in Buffett’s tax bracket that feel the same: Advocates […]
Bev Perdue, the governor of North Carolina, has an interesting suggestion: North Carolina’s Democratic governor suggested this week that the U.S. suspend congressional elections for two years so the people’s representatives won’t have to focus on reelection while they work to solve the nation’s budget woes. “You have to have more ability from Congress, I […]
If you ask Democrats the Republicans controlling the House are the problem. If you ask Republicans the problem lies in Senate and and the White House. None of that should really matter though. The problem is that our government is broken and Americans are fed up with it according to a new Gallup poll that […]