Posts Tagged ‘congressional black caucus’

Armenia: Sacrificing the future to dwell on the past

March 5th, 2010 | No Comments

“Two years ago, I criticized the Secretary of State for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, after he properly used the term ‘genocide’ to describe Turkey’s slaughter of thousands of Armenians starting in 1915. … as President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide.” Sounds simple enough.  Sounds nice enough.  Only problem is [...]

Fannie Mae is now an entitlement program

May 11th, 2009 | No Comments

A lot has been made over the collapse of Fannie Mae.  For a while, peeps kept insisting it was apparently a short term blip and that a huge infusion of cash would apparently make everything good.    Other peeps, like me and a few others, have argued that unless they change the rules and allow [...]

Anyone seen my $13 BILLION helicopter?

May 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments

Ever wonder how we have trillion dollar deficits?  Here’s a good example.  This was the original request: The Presidential Helicopter is responsible for the safe, reliable transport of the President in administrative and contingency environments, worldwide. The VH-71 is being developed to replace the existing VH-3D and VH-60N helicopters, which currently serve as “Marine One”. [...]

Congressional Black Caucus visits Cuba

April 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Barbara Lee, Laura Richardson, and Bobby Rush met with Raul and Fidel Castro yesterday.  They met the Castro brothers under the auspices of the Congressional Black Caucus.  They will report their findings to Nancy Pelosi very shortly. Now, someone help me here.  Why would the Congressional Black Congress be negotiating US policy?  Wouldn’t it make [...]