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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 [...]

When Obama won in 2008, he brought a lot of Democrats in with him.  That was just the icing for what had been a slow erosion of the Republican pinnacle of the early 21st century.  Republicans have rarely wielded a whole lot of power in the Senate and Congress, so being outnumbered probably meant a [...]

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 [...]

OK, I got this email.  I thought it was kinda funny: 1947   Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little over 60 years ago, witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object (UFO) with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. This is [...]

Here we go.  The members of the US Senate class of 2008 haven’t even been fully seated and we are already sepculating on 2010.  CNN has already decided the Republicans are in trouble in 2010 simply because, get this, they had trouble in 2006 and 2008.  Logical huh?  Wikipedia references something called the Cook Political Report [...]

In 1979 the US government bailed out Chrysler.  It was a resounding success as Chrysler restructured, cranked out new and innovative vehicles, and paid back the loan in four years. In 2008, Chrysler, GM, and Ford are back at the begging table for another bailout. In 1979 I was a teenager more interested in babes [...]

Nancy Pelosi famously denied Democrats had any responsibility for the financial crisis that we are dealing with right now.  She stills sticks with that fantasy.  However, I don’t think too many people believe her.  Today the Washingtonwatch blog listed the members of Congress who voted for the 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act which allowed trading credit [...]

Earlier this year, a pretty good flap was made over Barack Obama trying to understand country life.  He basically came to the conclusion that in order to live in places where people aren’t walking on top of each other, you had to be kind of bitter, and cling to things that aren’t made of concrete [...]

This is getting too predictable to ignore.  However, the media in general pretty much has.  See if you can follow me on this. In 2000, we were definitely changing presidents.  It was a neck and neck race with two very politically diverse candidates running.  One was a staunch conservative Republican and the other was a [...]

Russell Brand, the British comedian who I honestly had never heard of, had some things to say during the Video Music Awards, which I never watch.  First, he attacked the Jonas Brothers for advocating no sex before marriage: Now, I’m sure that sat real well with the religious crowd in the US. He then attacked [...]