Posts Tagged ‘bush administration’

Change we can believe in – civil liberties, Gitmo, indefinite detentions

May 14th, 2009 | No Comments

On August 1, 2007, Obama posted on his site a long list of what he would do as President. Part of that included: …..This brings me to the fourth step in my strategy: I will make clear that the days of compromising our values are over. Major General Paul Eaton had a long and distinguished [...]

Bailing out the baby boomers?

November 25th, 2008 | No Comments

We’ve seen a lot of ramifications this year from what initially was the collapsing housing market.  The crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spilled over to the private financial sector, with ramifications continuing even of today.  That credit crisis spilled over to the auto market, which is leading to an employment crisis.  Things are [...]

Return of the Stem Cell debate

November 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The most screwed up political issue of the Bush administration will be returning I imagine very shortly for the Obama administration.  First, I want to make sure people understand where I’m coming from: The “Bush ban on stem cells” originally was passed in 1999.  Bush wasn’t president, Bill Clinton was.  This was a complete ban [...]

Nancy Pelosi delivers the worst, speech, ever

September 29th, 2008 | 5 Comments

The gall and stupidity of Nancy Pelosi never ceases to amaze me.  Today, with arguably the economic welfare of the United States on the line, and for that matter, several other countries of the world, Nancy Pelosi assured the world an agreement to bail out the struggling spec market was at hand.  She’d have it [...]

Unemployment jumps to five year high ( I told ya so! )

September 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Almost two years ago, I warned Nancy Pelosi what would happen if they jerked around with the minimum wage without adjusting other funding to account for it.  She’s a stubborn old bag and didn’t listen.  They promptly crammed it through Congress. July 1, minimum wage went up 70 cents.  That’s about a 13% increase. One [...]