Rick Perry was one of the heroes of that whole “Tea Party” crap, speaking out against the stimulus and rejecting part of it. Now governor secession wants federal money to cover – well the stuff that would have been covered by the rejected stimulus funds: Now that the state is dire straits, however, Perry is […]
I think back to a time so long ago, when states were upset over the federal government using their national guard troops for a war in a foreign land. In a time when a small town in California didn’t want military recruiters there, so that town would quickly be labeled as some sort of traitor. […]
This Tuesday is when Senate Democrats will vote on Lieberman’s fate, and that vote will be by secret ballot: Senate Democrats will decide by secret ballot Tuesday whether to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman‘s chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — a post from which he oversees U.S. security issues, as well […]
The Constitutional damage of George W. Bush continues: The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years. The proposed changes would revise the federal […]
It’s a good question that needs to be answered by the Republican nominee: In both 1993 and 1994, McCain voted against the anti-terrorism measure. On each occasion, McCain was one of thirty radical anti-choice Senators to oppose the bill Fortunately, despite McCain’s opposition, it passed the Senate by a 69-30 margin. At the time, right-wing […]
Interesting argument and mostly true, but wasn’t it McCain’s party that was responsible for most of that spending? John McCain blamed overspending by the federal government in part for the nation’s economic troubles as South Carolina voters Friday received the sobering news that the state unemployment rate had hit 6.6 percent, the largest one-month increase […]
We all know billions of dollars have gone missing in Iraq and Bush hasn’t batted an eye about it. I suspect we will see the same lack of concern over the billions wasted in Iraq: After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military […]
In the weeks leading up to last month’s elections, there were tons of stories coming out of possible wrong-doing by mostly GOP candidates. Well now it seems that the FBI is playing catch up with investigations into these claims, and here is another one to add to the mix: A federal investigation is underway after […]
This is how the Republican’s manage our government: The federal government erroneously has reimbursed about 230,000 Medicare recipients for monthly premiums they paid this year for prescription drug coverage. For many, the checks — totaling nearly $50 million — have already arrived. The refund will undoubtedly cause confusion, particularly because it comes with a letter […]
Bush will do whatever it takes to protect his rich buddies: The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some of the wealthiest Americans, specifically those who are subject to gift and estate taxes when they transfer parts […]