Way to go Mr. President: Faced with an unprecedented level of obstruction in the Senate, the President announced his intention to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts. While the President respects the critical role the Senate plays in the appointment process, he was no longer willing to let another month go by […]
Michele Bachmann is telling people to break the law and calling for civil disobedience: At a rally at the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, Bachmann declared illegitimate the potential route that House Democrats could take to pass the health care bill. She was specifically railing against a parliamentary tactic by which the House could skip […]
Wow what an interesting statement. I wonder if the right will treat him the same as they did Howard Dean when he said the exact same thing in 2005?
OK this is beyond priceless: Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to “do what it takes to win.” “Make no mistake. Signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries,” […]
Our nation received the following letter: Dear America; Your nations highways are a disgrace. Your bridges collapse anytime a car drives over them, and your roads are the equivalent to driving down railroad tracks. It’s truly amazing that you still have a population at all, let alone an auto industry. Perhaps you should look into […]
From The Nation: When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans. Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic […]
John McCain has received a damming indictment from a predominant Evangelical leader: Richard Cizik is one of the country’s most powerful and outspoken Christian evangelical leaders. He happens to be a Republican, and he has known the GOP’s presidential nominee for many years. “I thought John McCain was a principled person,” Cizik says. “But John […]
It appears that way. On Tuesday I blogged about the Pelosi plane controversy started by the Washington Times. Josh Marshal was all over this story and said that it was not Pelosi wanting this plane, but rather the military. You can read that full posting here. Well Pelosi just held a press conference and said […]
Untitled document While the Republicans worked hard yesterday to protect Bush and his administration from political prosecution for war crimes, a judge ruled that former administration officials don’t have immunity. A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a […]
I was flipping through the channels, when I came across FOX news. They were talking about Chavez’ comments to the U.N. today, but that wasn’t the biggie. The highlight was when they said he was heading to Harlem tomorrow to talk about poverty. The reporters on FOX of course blasted him because “he doesn’t address […]