When the Democrats regained control of the Senate on a wave of “anti-corruption” one of the first things they did was pass something now known as “rule 44”. In a nutshell what rule 44 says is that any earmarks/congressionally directed spending must be reported before a vote can proceed. Last night John Cornyn asked if […]
It was 30 years ago today that eleven young people were trampled to death while trying to get in to see The Who in concert in Cincinnati. The main cause of the tragedy was “stadium seating”, where patrons got their seats on a first come first serve basis. It lead the way to Cincinnati imposing […]
Sarah Palin is a big liar. Last week she blew off reports of an audit of the clothes. Now it turns out there is one: Her father, Chuck Heath, said Palin spent part of the weekend going through her clothing to determine what belongs to the Republican Party. “She was just frantically … trying to […]
Awww there must be trouble in paradise. McCain wants to use Bush for fundraising, but doesn’t “want the president to appear too often at his side”. Don’t worry about it John. We have enough memories of you two together: I think it’s time for a little project. We need to remind people exactly how close […]
Keith Olbermann did a follow-up last night to his report last week on O’Reilly saying U.S. soldiers killed Nazi’s in cold blood at Malmedy. This was a blatant alteration of history on O’Reilly’s part, and even worse – an insult to the memories of the U.S. soldiers who were massacred on that bloody day. Olbermann […]
With the Associated Press picking up on the Vanity Fair article about Abramoff and Bush is a real good thing: Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff says President Bush knew him well enough to joke with him about weightlifting. “What are you benching, buff guy?” Abramoff said Bush asked him. The president has said he doesn’t know […]
Senator Grassley has just said he can not understand why their is no outcry over the leaking of this program as compared to the outcry of the Valerie Plame leak. Can this guy be serious or is a member of the judiciary committee that blind to the law? He also said that if hypothetically the […]