Today is d-day, as in debt: The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, setting in motion an uncertain, 11-week political scramble to avoid a default. The Treasury Department plans to announce Monday it will stop issuing and reinvesting government securities in certain government pension plans, part of a series […]
It all started early in this week. On the front page of Drudge was a big story saying that President Obama’s India trip would cost $200 million per day. By the next day it was being pushed by the GOP: However, instead of answering that question, Bachmann wanted to talk about President Obama’s upcoming trip […]
The AP has been becoming more and more vile in their claim of propriety. Last year they wanted people to pay a ridiculous amount of money to quote any of their articles and now, well they are going after the artist who made this famous poster: On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was […]
On the great fundraising job you did today! Matt sums it up best: Amount of money Americablog readers raised for body armor for a soldier in a few hours? $5000 Amount of money Bush raised for the reconstruction of Iraq in a few weeks? $600 That friends is the power of the blog! UPDATE: Editor […]