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Within one day after President Obama was sworn in for his second term, Harry Reid was putting in motion the vote to eliminate most filibusters. Here is the list of the Senators that think this is such a good idea they chose to co-sponsor it: Sen Baldwin, Tammy [WI] – 1/22/2013 Sen Begich, Mark [AK] [...]

Love an inopportune headline. The message is obvious. Due to the inferred agreement between the House and Senate, the debt ceiling has been raised, ending the speculation that the United States might default on its loans. Only problem is, the rally didn’t last, so the headline looks kinda stupid.  And, it was from the onset [...]

This is getting nuttier every day.  In 1993, when the Democrats controlled everything in DC, they passed a piece of legislation that pretty much everyone hated.  It was affectionately referred to as the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994“.  Now, a lot of people don’t keep track of things like they should so [...]

The Senate passed the finance reform package.  They’re sending it to Congress.  It’ll pass.  It’s 2,300 pages.  It’s 390,000 words.  When I asked a finance person what the impact would be on my personal bank, and my investments, he said “very little, if any”.  Obama’s advice was a little more direct: “Unless your business model [...]

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 [...]

OK, quit laughing.  Paul Krugman, the guy who won a Nobel prize for economics for criticizing George Bush ad nauseum, still lives on that one trick.  Citing a laundry list of bizarre claims, he criticizes Bush even though Bush had nothing to do with any of the issues.  But, the issues are complex and many.  [...]

Hassan Nemazee has been charged with all kinds of stuff of late.  Basically, it’s now a charge of running a $292 million pyramid scheme.  Not terribly sure how that’s different than Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme.  But, I don’t really care.  What I do care is Nancy Pelosi assuring everyone that all Republicans were corrupt, and [...]

Charlie Rangel, who everyone has to love, is in a little trouble with the IRS, and possibly the FBI I would imagine.  The FBI just usually sort of comes along with the IRS.  Here’s the abbreviated list of what he’s in some doo-doo over: Rangel’s papers over the past 10 years show no reference to [...]

I’m sure Nancy Pelosi has given the “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are yet another example of the failed Policies of George Bush”.  Haven’t seen it in print, but I’m sure she’s just figuring the time and place to say it.  Everything that happens, according to her and Harry Reid, are Bush’s fault.  But, what [...]

Due to not really being terribly glued to the tv over this election, I gotta admit I have been fairly clueless to guessing VP picks.  The media throws so many names out so fast, then criticizes the names they threw out themselves, and then writes off the names they threw out themselves.  So, the whole [...]