Yesterday’s big sell off wasn’t due to the recent down-grading of the U.S. credit rating. Sure it played a very minor part in it, but if you look at the markets yesterday there is something very interesting the sticks out. Investors still rushed to buy treasury bonds, which drove the 10 year interest rate below […]
If there weren’t grounds for impeachment of Dick Cheney, there certainly are now: The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not […]
In my poll last month I asked what issue people thought would be the greatest grounds for impeachment. The warrantless spying came in first but a lot of people thought the Downing Street Memos were of greater importance. If that poll were run now, the outcome might be different. Today another document has surfaced in […]
Here are the final results from the December poll. POLL CREATED: 2005-12-03 What should our military do in regards to Iraq. TOTAL VOTES: 56 Immediate Pullout 47% 26 Set Definitie Timetable For Iraqi Forces To Take Over 41% 23 Stay As Long As It Takes 11% 6 Not Sure 1% 1 Now for this month’s […]
Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution states that the power to declare war is granted to Congress. While the President is command in chief of our forces, only Congress can declare the war. So why is it that Congress holds this awesome responsibility, yet the President can authorize major attacks on a nation without […]