The news is full of coverage of the anniversary of 9/11. You can change the channel without being reminded of what happened 10 years ago today. It was one of the most tragic days in American history and one none of us will ever forget. And while we spend the day remembering this anniversary, let’s […]
I love it. Every time some new big outrage rips through the nation, politicians take to the airwaves to whip it out and see who has the biggest. Take Mike Huckabee for example: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says execution is the appropriate punishment for the leaker who provided thousands of State Department documents to […]
Looks like the Rev. Terry Jones got an unexpected visit today: A few men entered the Dove World Outreach Center building today who identified themselves as FBI, they did not make any comments to the press. Both Pastor Terry Jones and his associate pastor are saying they are carrying weapons because of death threats. I […]
Well we all saw this one coming: Several hundred Afghans chanting “Death to America” rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church’s plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The protesters, mostly students from religious schools, gathered outside […]
Via TPM: Washington, D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement about an article in Rolling Stone regarding the top military officer in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal: “Obviously a General and his top brass don’t make statements like these without being frustrated, so I hope that the President’s meeting with […]
And we can thank Tom Coburn for this: Extended unemployment benefits will temporarily expire for thousands of Americans on Monday because the Senate went on its spring recess without approving a one-month deadline extension. The extension, which had bipartisan support, would have cost about $10 billion, but a lone Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, said no […]
Rightwing rag magazine Newsmax has published an article saying that a military coup “to resolve the ‘Obama problem’ ” is not “unrealistic“. Will the leaders in the Republican Party denounce Newsmax for pushing acts of treason? Doubtful. Instead they are probably planning on ways to get on board with them.
Something we aren’t used to seeing; oversight of an administration, being conducted by the administration’s own party: A congressional oversight committee opened an investigation yesterday into whether the Obama administration is circumventing a law that limits lavish pay for executives at firms benefiting from the $700 billion federal bailout. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of […]
John Ensign just said on Meet the Press that the states aren’t hurting and there won’t be any teacher or firefighter layoffs. That statement right there should qualify right up there with “the foundation of our economy is strong”. The Republicans are clueless to what is happening in the economy and instead want ways to […]
Following up on my post about Andy Card demanding Obama “respect the Oval Office” and where a suit jacket at all times, I have no found this picture via HuffPo: Maybe Andy should have spent time making the same demands of his former boss, instead of running out to get him cheeseburgers. But Bush isn’t […]