Sorry for the tardiness, gents, work is still kicking my ass and I had to rearrange all the furniture in my office today. So, without further ado -
Port St. Lucie down on the east coast of Florida has come up with a way to handle its foreclosure crisis ..
declare itself a disaster area. Yeah, as if a hurricane of irresponsibility has swept through.
Take a look at this article from ABC News:
Upper-Income Taxpayers Look for Ways to Sidestep Obama Tax-Hike Plan. This is real, folks. This isn't me typing out a summary of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged." Read the article and tell me how Obama's tax plans are going to be a benefit to our society.
Taxpayers for Common Sense has compiled a list of the
top 10 Senate earmakers in this $410 billion omnibus spending bill.
We've lost $3 trillion in American wealth since the election. Investors are walking away. Capital is on strike. Why?
According to Investor's Business Daily, the people with the money just have no confidence in the person with the power. Not good.
How about a double-dip recession? Now THAT'S change we can believe in. Just do everything exactly opposite of what Reagan did to get out of the 1981 recession .. and expect it to work.
Saw this one coming .. Obama is willing to drop the missile shield plan in Eastern Europe so that Russia will
help pressure Iran on its nuclear program.
The Obama administration has made public
some secret anti-terrorism documents from the Bush administration.
A case being heard today before the Supreme Court might determine just
how far the Congress can go in regulating political speech. Heads up.
Pat Buchanan says that it is
pitchfork time.
Blago gets six-figure advance to write a book. Anyone got six-figures? I can start writing immediately.
This one is going to cause trouble. Thomas Sowell writes a column on the eloquence of Adolf Hitler. Then he mentions Ronald Reagan and ... (gasp!) Barack Obama. Before the end of the day somebody is going to be screaming that Sowell has suggested that Obama is Hitler.
The CEO of Freddie Mac is
resigning after just six months. That's never a good sign.
Roll Call columnist Stuart Rothenberg
wonders if the Republicans can loose even more seats in congress. Well .. judging by their continuing betrayal of their supports with mucho pork in the latest budget bill... I would say the answer is "yes."
Here we have
yet another Barack Obama nominee with tax issues. This time it is Ron Kirk, the nominee for US Trade Representatives, who owes nearly $10,000. He says he will pay up.
Democrats want to drag some of the Obama children's classmates out of their Sidwell Friends school and send them back to government schools. Will Obama stand up for these children? What? Are you kidding me? Not only no, but hell no. Not with the teacher's unions watching his every move.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would consolidate and centralize the information
on how banks use bailout money. What a concept!
Pennsylvania's
had it up to here with Arlen Specter.
Apparently Nancy Pelosi has a naughty list ..
would you care to see who is on it?
The Obama administration is
still trying to fight the birth certificate crowd. Give it up, folks. The guy is president.
Remember the new $621 million Capitol Visitor Center in Washington?
Turns out to be more trouble than it's worth. Sounds about right for government.
Want to take any guesses as to the
median price of a home sold in Detroit lately? I'll give you a hint ... $7,500. No I am not missing any zeros.
A new study is out: "
Freedom in the 50 States: Index of Personal and Economic Freedom." Can you guess which states are ranked as the most "free"?
One out of every 55 residents in Louisiana is incarcerated, making it
the #1 incarceration rate in the country.