Here in Butler County, Ohio we have seen the same financial struggles as rest of the country. County agencies are cutting staff and services are becoming more scarce. With all that going on, there’s one thing that still see’s the money – dues to organizations: Every year taxpayers foot the bill for county politicians and […]
It doesn’t matter what President Obama does. The only thing that matters to Republicans is to oppose it: The National Republican Trust PAC, currently the best-funded and most aggressive independent Republican group, has dispatched a round of letters to Republican senators threatening to go after senators who back President Obama’s judicial nominees. “I encourage you […]
Well, Specter, take [Sen. John] McCain with you. And his daughter [Meghan]. Take McCain and his daughter with you if you’re gonna… Republican Leader Rush Limbaugh on news of Specter switching parties. That’s a pretty bad statement, but even worse is his rationale for it: …..It’s ultimately good. You’re weeding out people who aren’t really […]
If you been following my blog for awhile you know that I take the demise of the GOP very seriously. Sure they are fun to pick on and its funny to watch, but our democracy is reliant upon a two party system to enact a system of checks and balances. That very ideal is in […]
Pelosi was ready for Mukasey’s refusal to enforce the contempt citations. Now the next step – court: “By ordering the U.S. Attorney to take no action in response to congressional subpoenas, the Bush Administration is continuing to politicize law enforcement, which undermines public confidence in our criminal justice system. “Anticipating this response from the Administration, […]
That’s the day Dennis Kucinich is planning on introducing articles of impeachment against Bush. He is also going after Pelosi: He also fired a volley at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California who has maintained that impeaching Mr. Bush is not on the table for Congressional Democrats. “If impeachment is off the table,” Mr. Kucinich […]
Hillary told Tim Russert that Bush would have gone to war against Saddam with or without a resolution. Excuse me, but WTF? That’s not a good statement for someone who wants to be President to make. Congress declares war – not the President. If he would have gone to war without the resolution then that […]
I have had jobs in management and owned my own company, and if anyone blatantly defied something I said needed to be done, they would either be looking for a job or be reassigned to a lessor capacity. So why doesn’t the chief executive of this country follow such a simple business philosophy? When news […]
Bush during his press conference, talking about Russia’s diplomatic reform; “I emphasis to them that checks and balances are important”. Why yes they are Mr. Bush! Mr. Putin – to learn about these checks and balances, just watch George Bush. Whatever he does – do the opposite. Also wipe “executive privilege” from your vocabulary.
This brings into light a new and interesting development in the NSA wiretapping scandal: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program that monitors Americans’ international calls and e-mails when terrorism is suspected. The department’s Office of Professional Responsibility […]