If I said that then some on the left would attack me saying I don’t know what’s in the bill, but how about when someone who does know what’s in it makes the statement? “I don’t sleep well,” Mr. Sanders said. “I am struggling with this issue very hard, trying to sort out what is […]
I don’t condone the attacks on children of politicians. I really think it isn’t right, but that’s just me. I can see other people getting into it and even having some Photoshop fun. But just as attacking the children is wrong, so is using them for political cover. How often did we see the Obama […]
A brilliant post by Andrew Sullivan: In all the discussion of John McCain’s recently recovered memory of a religious epiphany in Vietnam, one thing has been missing. The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts. It involved sleep deprivation, the withholding of medical treatment, stress positions, long-time standing, and beating. […]
Barack Obama and John Cornyn call for an investigation into the VA using our veterans as guinea pigs with respect to new drugs. Interesting enough, one of the drugs the VA has been testing on our veterans is Chantix, which is supposed to help you quit smoking. I tried Chantix last year, and it didn’t […]
That’s Hillary’s excuse for lying at least four times about the Bosnia trip? Clinton said she was “sleep-deprived” and “misspoke” when she said last week that she landed under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996, when she was first lady. So what would she say if that 3am phone call came in? […]
Our sinking dollar is causing oil to rise to new records. Today our dollar sunk even lower: The euro traded at $1.5769 in midday trading in Europe, up from $1.5687 late Friday in New York. The euro rose as high as $1.5904 earlier Monday. But don’t worry. Bush says they are “on top of it“. […]
A lot of people are praising Obama for how he handled the pressure last night from Clinton. I was thinking the same thing at first, but then I got thinking long term. Would Obama’s unity message cut it against a Republican contender? I doubt it. I had bits and pieces gong through my head as […]
As markets around the globe open things are looking bad: Share prices in Asia and Australasia continued to fall sharply on Tuesday, a day after global stock indexes tumbled amid fears of a global recession. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index plunged 1.5% in the first minute of trading. South Korean and Australian shares dropped by around […]
While people are losing their homes, the CEO of Country Wide is getting ready for a big payday: Angelo Mozilo, the co-founder and public face of troubled mortgage giant Countrywide, is eligible for tens if not hundreds of millions in compensation and perks on the sale of the company to Bank of America. During calendar […]