Get Over It: New Deal Didn't Do the Job
“We have tried Spending money. We are Spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.” Sound like Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, or perhaps another exasperated Republican stalwart, lamenting President Barack Obama’s inclination this week to try to spend our way out of the Recession? Listen again: “I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our...

Crist holding a slim lead
"A new statewide Poll shows Gov. Charlie Crist holding a slim lead in the three-way race for the U.S. Senate." A survey by Quinnipiac University of 1,133 Registered Florida Voters shows Crist's independent bid slightly ahead of Republican Marco Rubio. Crist received 37 percent to Rubio's 33 percent while Democrat Kendrick Meek received 17 percent in the Poll taken June 1 through 7. " Crist has small lead in Senate ". See also " Poll: Crist leading Senate race by tiny margin ". From ...

The "Tax Mahal": A Shrine to Corporate Socialism
by William Norman Grigg According to architect Jonathan Levi , the renovation of the IRS regional headquarters in Andover, Massachusetts is a "visionary" project that "will be relevant 50 years from now." This is true in exactly the same sense that the Soviet-era monuments that still disfigure the Russian countryside remain relevant reminders of that omnivorous state. Our descendants would be exceptionally fortunate if the Andover IRS "service center" were among the institutional tombstones...

SD, NJ House Results
By Tim Sahd SD AL State Rep. Kristi Noem (R) won a come-from-behind victory in SD-AL, defeating a better known Candidate (Sec/State Chris Nelson ) and better funded challenger (NRCC "On the Radar" Candidate/state Rep. Blake Curd ), 41%-35%-23%. Noem outraised underfunded Nelson, but was nearly doubled up by Curd, who spent heavily on TV Advertising to introduce himself to voters. But Noem's TV ads were very well done, and allowed her to rise above the pack. Curd was in the NRCC's "Young...

Teabaggery funny but scary
Well, at least Orly Taitz lost. The Republicans of California haven’t completely lost their minds, and we can take some comfort in this. In general, though, I find that I’m deeply concerned about the Far Right nutjob patrol’s gallant and often successful efforts at taking over the Republican Party.  If you thought the previous Republicans were Extremists---and let’s face it, they often were---the Teabagger crop is even more so.  I posted here about how the...

Primaries and polls show tea party's organizational struggles
The national "Tea Party" movement's recent winning streak broke with Tuesday's Primary results, providing fresh evidence of the decentralized conservative network's struggle to convert Activist anger and energy into electoral results. This Story View All Items in This Story View Only Top Items in This Story That struggle is likely to continue as Republicans head into General Elections without knowing whether conservative Activists will throw their support behind more moderate GOP ...

Financial Reform or Financial Dementia?
Richard W. Fisher Financial Reform or Financial Dementia? Remarks at the SW Graduate School of Banking 53rd Annual Keynote Address and Banquet Dallas, Texas June 3, 2010 I understand from Scott MacDonald that tonight is the 53rd annual keynote address and banquet of the SW Graduate School of Banking-an impressive Anniversary, which reminds me of a story. A couple is deciding where to dine on their 10th Wedding Anniversary. They settle on the Ocean View Restaurant because that is...

There's nothing greens love more than a nice, juicy oil-spill disaster
By James Delingpole If anything is going to cause more long-term damage to the planet than the gallons of Oil being spewed out by the Deepwater Horizon drilling Disaster, it's the toxic clouds of posturing cant and alarmist drivel billowing forth daily from Environmentalists. Most especially from their cheerleader in the White House, Barack Obama. Barack Obama's behaviour throughout this Oil crisis has been a disgrace

In Photos: Triumphs and defeats on Super Tuesday (The Newsroom)
Primaries held in a dozen States Tuesday had been expected to demonstrate a powerful anti-incumbent mood in the American electorate. But the results were mixed, as establishment Candidates managed to win hard-fought races in Arkansas , California and Virginia.

Obama's federal spending doubletalk
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, above, along with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, announced that President Obama wants all nonsecurity agencies to Cut Spending by 5 percent. We have seen this act before. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images file) White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orzag announced with great fanfare Tuesday that President Obama wants all nonsecurity agencies to Cut Spending by 5 percent. As the...

Joe Arpaio's Candidates Steve Poizner, Bill Hunt, Jay LaSuer All Lose Big-Time in California
OCWeekly Joe Arpaio, Extremist Barbara Coe, and loser Bill Hunt in November It's official: Joe Arpaio's endorsement is worth squat beyond the confines of Sand Land, particularly when we're talking about California. All of the politicians Arpaio plugged, campaigned for, raised money for, or just had a kind word for went down in flames in California primary and local Elections yesterday. Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Poizner had won Arpaio's nod for his Anti-Immigrant grandstanding...

From Bat Bombs to Goo Guns: Crazy Military Experiments
<< previous image | next image >> Military researchers have poured blood, sweat, tears and Taxpayer Dollars into all sorts of wacky experiments. There are plenty of reasons that they are willing to take a take a chance on just about anything. Some may feel that we need to invest in risky projects to keep an edge over our adversaries. Others may view unusual projects as a way of raising money for their own personal crusades. Above: Bat Bombs Toward the end of World War II, the Air...

House Readies Bill to Zero Out Capital-Gains Taxes on Small Firms
By MARTIN VAUGHAN Washington—A Bill to eliminate Capital-gains taxes on many investments in small businesses could come to the House floor as early as Thursday. The Bill builds off of proposals from President Barack Obama aimed at giving small businesses more access to Capital so they can hire workers and invest. It also would establish a $30 Billion Lending facility managed by the Treasury Department. House lawmakers are readying the Bill for a vote as early as Thursday, House...

Will the Military Industrial Complex Save American Foreign Policy?
Missing from most of the commentary on the Secretary of Defense’s big defense Spending

TEXT-Bernanke testimony to US House Budget Committee
Developments in Europe Since late last year, Market concerns have mounted over the ability of Greece and a number of other Euro-area countries to manage their sizable Budget Deficits and high levels of public Debt. By early May, Financial strains had increased significantly as investors focused on several interrelated issues, including whether the fiscally stronger Euro-area governments would provide Financial support to the weakest members, the extent to which Euro-area Growth would be slowed...

The Year of the (Conservative) Woman
If one wants to know what is going to happen in November, the surest sign of which way the winds are blowing is primaries in the spring and summer. The Democratic landslide of 2008 was presaged by Obama’s startling defeat of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential Primary. In 1994, the victories of Senate Candidates like Oliver North in Virginia, Pro-Life Mike DeWine in Ohio, and Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania in GOP contests foreshadowed a conservative wave at the polls. The same...

Embattled Rangel Compares Obama to Bush, Cheney
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-center in a White suit, waves as Gov. David Paterson, foreground second from right, joins him with others during an event where Rangel announced his campaign for re-election to the 15th Congressional District Sunday June 6, 2010 in New York. (Credit: AP) Rep. Charles Rangel (D - NY.) may be under fire for potential Ethics violations, but that hasn't kept him from risking further alienating the White House. Over the weekend, Rangel blasted President Obama for his...

US House Morning Whip-Up, June 9, 2010
Today House Republicans will bring the third winning YouCut proposal to the House floor for a vote. This week's winning proposal, sponsored by Reps. Hensarling and Garrett, would not only save Taxpayers $30 billion in the next decade, it would also reform the notorious Bailout behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-the out-of-towners who never leave, clean out the fridge and never say thank you. It should be a no-brainer for both parties in the House. We can either act today to cut Spending,...

The Knee-Jerk Election Year
2010 is fast becoming a “knee-jerk” Election year—one in which voters angrily react to the status quo and do the unexpected.   That certainly was the case in Arkansas, where Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln roared back from presumed doom, defied the polls and Big Labor’s War-chest, and won renomination. And in never-expected results in South Carolina’s 4th District, Republicans[/celeb">]GOP Rep. Bob Inglis found himself running second to a challenger and headed for a Runof...

U.S. Talks Strategy, China Implements Strategy
The Barack Obama Administration released its 2010 National Security Strategy (NSS) on May 27, just after the conclusion of the Strategic & Economic Dialogue (S&ED) meeting with China in Beijing May 24-25. The connection between power and wealth was explicit in both events, but often expressed in contradictory ways. The Obama team clearly wants to embrace the liberal nostrums of classical Economics, especially the notion that Trade promotes peace. Yet, it cannot ignore the cold fact that...

Obama Should Flush Jim Messina And Rahm Emanuel Down The Toilet
The tall douchebag talking to Emanuel is Messina Last night in the midst of all the Election returns a breathless post by the least reliable of all the Inside the Beltway "reporters," Politico 's Ben Smith, someone who personal experience has shown me is more than willing to make up his own facts to move forward an agenda, roiled the blogosphere. According to Smith, "a senior White House official" called him as the returns were rolling in "with a very pointed message for the...

$19.6 Trillion
$19.6 Trillion is that amount that our National Debt is expected to reach by 2015 . And in the face of this massive Debt overload, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told CNN today that, at the moment, there is no plan to cut the Budget Deficit or the Debt. Translation: That "change" Obama promised during the election campaign is driving us all to the poor house, and as long as he and the Democrats are in control of the government, the only "change" we're going to see is for the worse....

Primary elections gives renewed hope to the Republican Party
Women who have been executives and understand how to run a business won in the primaries yesterday.  Tea Party Candidates also made enrodes toward the November Elections. Incumdents who only thought the American public was fed up with them, now know the are going to have a battle to win in November. The voters of Maryland have best take notice of what is going on in the rest of the nation. "Throw the bums out," is not just a slogan it's reality just as," out with...

Rep. Reichert's cynicism is showing
WHAT was 8th District Congressman Dave Reichert thinking? Reichert, three-term congressman from Auburn, told a recent gathering of Republican precinct committee officers that to remain in office there are "certain moves, chess pieces, strategies I have to employ." He said he toes the party line most of the time but suggested a few select environmental votes keep environmental groups from spending millions of dollars to defeat him. How cynical. Reichert should never have shared such feelings...

Norton Courts the Right in Colorado
An anti-Washington message? Check. Touting positions bound to be popular on the right, like vowing to work for the Repeal of the new Health Care law and to prevent future Bailouts? You got it. Jane Norton, a Republican Candidate for Senate in Colorado, courts the disaffected and Conservatives in her latest television advertisement, as she tries to avoid the fate of other more establishment Republicans running for Senate this Primary season. In the advertisement, the former lieutenant Governor...