What’s happening in Wisconsin, is happening in Ohio too. From Huff Post: Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) says he expects the state’s Republican-controlled House to pass a bill that would bar all public workers from striking and limit the bargaining rights of their unions. The measure would limit the bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 teachers,…
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Fake AIG Outrage
And I thought “Change” was coming. Sounds like it’s the same ‘ol situation. Obama and pals are “outraged” at the bonuses AIG execs received while at the same time they’ve taken the company to the crapper. However, Senator Dodd, as well as Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner knew about the bonus payouts, new they were going…
More Bailouts: Auto Industry
This is getting ridiculous. I ranted about the bailouts before, I’ll do it again. SAY NO TO THE BAILOUTS! Now, Pelosi and Co. want to bailout the auto industry. ARE THEY FREAKIN’ NUTS!?! The most sensible comment on this actually came out of the White House: White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the companies had…
2004: Realignment, Now More than Ever
An 2004 article by Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard, after the Republican victories in the House, Senate, and with Bush being reelected, exclaiming how the Republican majority was “expected to last for years, maybe decades”. Listen to Walter Dean Burnham, professor emeritus at University of Texas at Austin, who is the nation’s leading theorist…
It’s All About The Money
As the election season heats up I think we, as ordinary citizens, watching the convention coverage and the morning talk shows, listening to the left leaning or right leaning commentators, the pundits, the gurus, the historians, the know-it-alls, the O’Reillys, Limbaughs, Matthews and Olbermanns, need to remember that [IMHO] it’s all about one thing: $$…
RNC and Palin’s Speech
Took some time to watch the RNC the last two nights. I thought Fred Thompson was good, along with Mitt Romney. However I thought Giuliani was horrible. I can’t understand how people would pay to hear him speak. And after watching him speak last night, I realize now why I don’t think Giuliani and McCain…
Why Clinton should be worried
A good writeup in Politico, as to why Hillary Clinton should be worried. This is besides the fact she had to lend her campaign money ($5 million), and that some staffers are apparently working without pay (a la Rudy)