Yesterday… Yesterday, thirty plus United States military personnel were still alive. Today they are not; Coalition forces suffered the largest loss of life in a single incident since US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 when a transport helicopter crashed during a raid in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 US and seven Afghan special operations forces. The [...]
Tomorrow, golfs. They always call Obama a historic President, today he breaks ground again; Standard & Poor’s announced Friday night that it has downgraded the United States credit rating for the first time, dealing a huge symbolic blow to the world’s economic superpower in what was a sharply worded critique of the American political system. [...]
A video crossed my desk, put out by Congressman Darrell Issa’s office. It’s making the rounds on Facebook, and was covered very succinctly here about Border Patrol Agent and former Marine Brian Terry. Terry was killed in action at his post in the Arizona desert in December 2010 by some of the same weapons allowed [...]
Ezra Klein is one who’ll never understand the world beyond what some college professor told him once or twice. “The system, young Ezra, is inherently unfair. It’s up to you to see to it that money is forcibly taken from the evilll rich and the wealth is spread around equitably. Read Alinsky. Robin Hood. Misdirect. [...]
Well, that’s what the headline should read. Russia last week, China this week; China, the largest foreign investor in U.S. government securities, joined Russia in criticizing American policy makers for failing to ensure borrowing is reined in after a stopgap deal to raise the nation’s debt limit. Note they were not impressed by the bi-partisanship, [...]
The rhetoric surrounding the debt ceiling deal could only come from the “Funkytown” that is modern day Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House John Boehner said late Sunday night: “We got 98% of what we wanted” A question for the Speaker: Just who is WE? With friends like these we sure don’t need enemies. One [...]
The rhetoric surrounding the debt ceiling deal could only come from the “Funkytown” that is modern day Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House John Boehner said late Sunday night: “We got 98% of what we wanted” A question for the Speaker: Just who is WE? With friends like these we sure don’t need enemies. One [...]
Moms, you know what to do Sinister, working the chil’ren this way… Yeah, they’re everywhere. Wonder about that “Johnny Quest” dude…
Sound familiar? It should, it’s been a trick of the Democrats to pin that label on Republicans for years; “The Party of NO.” I submit to you that despite media reports and observations to the contrary, that label is now firmly stuck not only to the Democrats, but President Nobama Obama as well. No Plan [...]
Get a grip! When trying to strike a deal with an ideologue who refuses to budge, do you keep banging your head on his desk, or leave and find another way? That’s the situation Rep. Boehner is in this week. The situation in trying to deal with Obama has gotten so bad, in fact, Boehner [...]