Perhaps a good place to start looking at government waste is in the military contracts, specifically those tied to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: A new report from a bipartisan commission set up to scrutinize the unprecedented use of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan concludes that the United States has wasted tens of billions […]
For those that have never heard of Sam and Charles Wyly, well here’s all you really need to know. They are huge donors to conservative candidates and causes and were some of the major funding for the Swiftboat Vets. Well and this – now they are accused of over $550 million in insider trading by […]
Somebody just took a big dump in the Christmas stocking of all the wingnuts: A report by the Congressional Research Service says ACORN hasn’t broken any laws in the last give years, but the filmmakers who secretly taped ACORN workers may have violated state law. The CRS report, however, will give the organization’s backers some […]
You take something highly contagious like H1N1, add a bad economy and throw in the employer practice of not giving sick days, or giving too few to employees: Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, […]
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 […]
This one is really nice: [Rick] Santorum, who alluded to his rocky relations with the press as he hopped from room to room to meet with regional caucuses earlier in the morning, later refused to talk when a Patriot-News reporter approached with a question about Iran. He complained about what he called biased coverage. “I […]
He sure doesn’t like being told what is legal and illegal: President Bush on Friday criticized a federal court ruling that said his warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional, declaring that opponents “do not understand the nature of the world in which we live.” “I strongly disagree with that decision, strongly disagree,” Bush said, striking his […]
Finally we have a case of identity theft hit someone who might be able to do something: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid discovered this week he was the victim of identity theft after someone used his MasterCard number to charge about $2,000 at a Wal-Mart and other stores in Monroe, North Carolina. The Nevada Democrat […]
We hear that the administration “wants to be more upfront with the American people” yet Tony Snow is proving that false: QUESTION: In his news conference with John Howard, was the president giving kind of a backhanded confirmation of the stories that the NSA is compiling telephone lists? SNOW: No, he wasn’t. If you go […]
This is the framing for an interesting battle Key White House tax proposals would cost the U.S. government tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue, the Treasury Department said on Monday, although the administration says they will help boost revenues in the long run. Making permanent expiring tax breaks for dividends and capital gains, […]