Hearing the Republicans pound their chests as the anti-earmark crusaders has me laughing. I decided it was time to look for some historical data on earmarks, which ended up validating my suspicions. First thing you will notice is that the source of this chart is from the very conservative Heritage Foundation, using data from the […]
There has been a lot of talk today about a WSJ article talking about the totally insane rise of overseas trips taken by members of Congress on the taxpayers dime. If you read Ed at Hot Air you can quickly see where the problem is: Democrats ran on the Culture of Corruption charge in 2006 […]
Just in time for midterm elections comes a political move that will hopefully revive the dwindling support of the right. That move is called “Operation Troop Withdrawalâ€ÂÂ. General George Casey said today we could start seeing a “substantial†pull-out starting as early as next spring. Iraq’s prime-Minster has asked for a speedy withdrawal of US […]