First they take the lead from their king: (h/t Bob) Then they eliminate the key facts: Only the stimulus package to be approved this week, the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program passed four months ago and $168 billion in tax cuts and rebates approved in 2008 have been voted on by lawmakers. The remaining […]
Priceless: “In discussing with the American people his approach to the stimulus of our economy, he has first really used some dangerous words,” said Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican. Mr. Kyl added, “It seems to me that the president is rather casually throwing out some careless language.” Kyl sure didn’t complain […]
Following the news on Michal Steele’s possible legal problems, National Review’s Steve Haywood tries to spin it into some sort of DOJ problem: <p>Not until you reach well down on the jump page do you learn this interesting little detail: “The U.S. attorney’s office inadvertently sent the confidential document, a defense sentencing memorandum filed under […]
It turns out that peanut company has a history of problems, but see if you can notice something interesting here: As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection records show. Federal law forbids producing […]
This is exactly why we need net neutrality passed asap: For some sports fans, ESPN360, the online version of ESPN’s television channel, is a cornucopia of more than 3,500 sporting events each year, viewable from the convenience of a computer. For others, it’s a total bust. The only difference: their ISP. The culprit is ESPN’s […]
So some of the bailout money could be going to hookers: Visa, Mastercard or American Express? Or maybe a credit card from JP Morgan Chase? Wall Street CEOs, lawyers, bankers and media executives chalked up thousands of dollars in prostitution charges on their corporate credit cards — swiping their cards for $2,000 an hour prostitutes, […]
This is classic Obama and we need it now more than ever. Luckily he rolled back out his classic attacks against the GOP smear machine last night. I wonder if he was following the advice of Paul Krugman.
And the wingnuts are going wild, accusing him of having no class. You know, the kind of class a previous President had when he got on a blind reporters case about wearing sunglasses.
Your weekly radio address from President Obama via the YouTube. This week – you guessed it! The economy stupid!
Oh this is just priceless: Republicans wrapped up their retreat Friday by signaling they are losing patience with President Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress. Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) criticized the new administration on Friday, saying it had promised to reach out to Republicans on the Capitol Hill, but then offered an economic […]