I have a new game for you, name the president/bill ( Read more... )

So, I was taking a nap, and right before I fell asleep, the thought came to me:

They keep saying they will cut $500 billion from Medicare to help pay for the Health Care Reform bill...

Why don't they do that anyway and regain some credibility with the American people?

Okay, i admit, I am watching the news. I was watching C-Span 2 yesterday to see if they would vote to end debate on the "American Recovery Act of 2009," or as I am choosing to call it, "Spendulus I."

The ironies though came when I left the news on and found myself watching the New Great Communicator (more on that later) in his first press meeting ( Read more... )

So I have been looking over the senate bill, and as should come to no surprise to anyone who has read one of these journals, I don't like it, and I don't like it for numerous reasons ( Read more... )

So, I have been on the road for a couple of days and just got the news of Blago's impeachment, apparently without a dissenting vote. Although I do agree with the impeachment, there are a few facts that I would like to know.

First, why were his subpoena's not heeded? All I had heard was that they were denied, and that the trial was essentially four ( Read more... )

So, for those of you who aren't watching President Obama as he talks about how good his stimulus package would be, there are a few things that I find interesting about it.

First, we the people don't have access to it to see what is in it. This become interesting when you think about why it is that they are trying so hard to court Republicans when ( Read more... )

So, I was going through my new today and discovered this little article [link=http://]www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE4BU53T20081231?sp=true[/link]Read more... )

Okay, so the Citizenship thing with Obama.  Here are my thoughts and the legal side of it.  And this is primarily for US citizens, since most people outside of the US seem to have a better idea about what is going on here than the people living here ( Read more... )

Okay, so for those of you who don't know that our country has once again screwed itself into a corner, here is something to explain things very briefly, and as unbiased as I can possibly make it ( Read more... )

So for those of you who aren't following the news, here is a break-down of what has happened in the last 24 hours with the Russia/Georgia conflict ( Read more... )