Now think to yourself about why Osama became our enemy instead of our asset in the early 90’s as you read this: Congressional Republicans killed a provision in an Iraq war funding bill that would have put the United States on record against the permanent basing of U.S. military facilities in that country, a lawmaker […]
A true look into the current chance of Americans rising to the top has taken place and what we use to say about our land is no longer true: America may still think of itself as the land of opportunity, but the chances of living a rags-to-riches life are a lot lower than elsewhere in […]
Let’s take a moment to look at the problems facing America today: War on terror War in Iraq Economy ready to burst A devastated region of the country Increasing numbers in people without health care Record deficits Civil liberties under attack Children testing lower than many other countries You get the idea. I could go […]
Following the Medicare/Medicaid debacle that happened first of this year it seems like Republicans are scrambling to once again distance themselves from Bush and also try and save that some of the vital senior votes this fall. This from Reuters: President George W. Bush’s plan to cut $36 billion from Medicare ran into stiff opposition […]
The following is the text of the letter Tom Delay sent to colleagues announcing his resignation as Majority Leader (via the Associated Press) Dear Colleague: Today, I have asked Speaker Hastert to convene our conference for the purpose of electing a new majority leader, the position I have been honored to fill these past three […]
The Republicans are pulling a strictly political stunt tonight in order to try and insult the Democrats. At approximately 7:00 tonight, they will be holding a vote on a plan to pull troops out of Iraq. The full resolution, which can be viewed at Raw Story, is very simple compared to that offered by Rep. […]
A new sign of turmoil over the neo-con ran House is emerging. This time the moderate Republicans are showing concern over the leadership of the House and feel that the agenda being pushed by Tom Delay, Dennis Hassert and Roy Blunt does not fulfill the agenda of the entire Republican party. Five-term Republican Rep. Charles […]
Keeping with talking about Delay (after all he is so much fun to talk about), here is an interesting little piece of news fromPolitical Money Line: Rep. Tom DeLay filed a report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicating he received free travel valued at $13,998.55 from Fox News Sunday for “officially connected […]
If you missed the hearing today on the Downing Street Memo you missed some of the most compelling and interesting testimony in the capital since Iran-Contra. The stories ranged from heart-breakers of soldiers who have given the ultimate sacrifice up to our vice-President over seeing the intelligence to make sure it fits the administrations agenda. […]