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Seriously.  He does: “The massive layoffs we have had in America today, of course, are rooted in the last administration, and it is very clear that private sector jobs are doing just fine. It’s the public sector jobs where we have lost huge numbers, and that’s what this legislation is all about,” he said. BLS [...]

Every week opensecrets.org highlights some group.  This week, in honor of President Obama declaring this month “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month”, opensecrets targeted the Human Rights Campaign: Among them. the Human Rights Campaign, which was founded in 1980 and boasts more than 1 million grassroots supporters, has some of the deepest pockets. During [...]

I don’t think anyone ever assumed Harry Reid is a modest man.  But, he recently had this to offer: ‘You know, but for me we’d be in a worldwide depression.’ They want to know what I have done for them.” Just curious: QuestionsView Results

Pete Stark did his best in his effort to win the honor of most unhinged Representative.  It’s damn good too.  Hank Johnson going into obsessive detail over his concern of Guam tipping over ranks right up there as well.  Nancy Pelosi confidently assuring us that once we pass health care reform we’ll find out what’s [...]

OK, so some economist said a whole bunch of people might lose their jobs.  Then, the actual numbers came in less than what might have been. Harry Reid was thrilled.  You can see the excitement in his eyes.  You can hear it in his voice: Now, this is where it gets dicey.  The immediate assumption [...]

People all over the country are really bothered by the fact that Senator Jim Bunning shut down the federal government.  I mean, people are really bothered by this: Just a few more months of his idiotic ranting and he is finally finished!! and Jim Bunning has the intelligence of a dead gnat, and that’s being [...]

President Obama is complaining because the minority party is holding up 200 of his judicial appointments. “I respect the Senate’s role to advise and consent, but for months, qualified, non-controversial nominees for critical positions in government — often positions related to our national security — have been held up despite having overwhelming support,” Obama said [...]

A full year into Obama‘s four year term, he’s still passing the buck: “Today’s report from C.B.O. confirms that the recession inherited from the Bush Administration continues to erode the budget’s bottom line,” said Representative John M. Spratt Jr., the Democrat of South Carolina who is chairman of the House Budget Committee. From the start [...]

Transparency is a word that wasn’t used a whole lot up until a couple of years ago.  Convinced Bush and his cronies were making all the important decisions behind closed doors, Obama started preaching about the need for transparency.   A lot of people took it to mean that if elected, Obama would open his doors [...]

OK, Paul Krugman thinks this bill is far from perfect, but is a huge step in the right direction.  He’s an economist.  He should know.  I’m not an economist.  I’m an employer.  Different view of things obviously.  Here’s what I see: The Senate health care bill includes a well-known “employer mandate” provision that would require [...]