Posts Tagged ‘bush administration’
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Tags: auto market, baby boomers, bush administration, depression, employment crisis, fannie mae and, financial sector, obama, recession
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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 [...]
Tags: barack obama, bush administration, claire mccaskill, conservatives, embryonic, embryonic research, embryonic stem cell, george-hw-bush, harry reid, human embryonic stem cell, human embryonic stem cell research, john-mccain, lie, livescience, manipulation, michael-j-fox, nancy pelosi, NIH, politicization, president, President-Bush, republicans, stem cell ban, stem cells
Posted in 2006 US Senate Races, 2008 Presidential Race, Ethics, Idiot of the day, Media, media bias, National Politics, Political Correctness, Politics, The Media | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: bailout, bush administration, community reinvestment act, economic policies, economic welfare, fannie-mae, freddie-mac, house speaker, jimmy carter, nancy pelosi, partisan, political ploy, Politics
Posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Ethics, Fed Policy, Government, Idiot of the day, Legislative Process, National Debt, Politics | 5 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 [...]
Tags: bush administration, business budget, college diploma, congress, corporations, harry reid, inflation, minimum-wage, nancy pelosi, obama, socialist agenda, tax cut, unemployment
Posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Entitlement Programs, Fed Policy, Fun with Numbers, Idiot of the day, Political Correctness | No Comments »