- Six Months to Go Until The Largest Tax Hikes in History ATR
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011
Just what we need during a recession - thank you Obama and Democrats!
- Gunfire hitting City Hall prompts Texas AG to ask for more troops on border El Paso Times
"More than 1,300 people have been murdered in Juárez this year as a war continues relentlessly between the Juárez and Sinaloa drug cartels," he told Obama.
He also said the "time for talk has passed."
The number of people being killed in the drug war is staggering, meanwhile Obama gives a speech to mollify his pro-amnesty base.
- Florida school district bans Bibles on Religious Freedom Day Orlando Sentinel
“How sad that on the eve of Independence Day, when we celebrate the religious and political freedom our forefathers won for us at the cost of much blood and great sacrifice, we are compelled to sue to protect the right simply to make free Bibles available to students in public schools,” said Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel founder.
Sad indeed. But typical of public schools.
- Supreme Court gun rights ruling will add to death toll The Hill
By Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.)
Amid one of the most violent and deadly summers Chicago has ever experienced, in which only the last few weeks have seen shootings that left 81 wounded and 13 dead, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an almost 30-year-old citywide ban on handgun ownership is unconstitutional.
Yeah, um, cuz that gun ban thing y'all have going is working out so well for ya!
- Crist says no hookers on Bahamas trip Tampa Bay Times
Beth Kigel, a lobbyist, fundraiser and member of the state party executive committee from Palm Beach County, told investigators she had heard about a men-only trip to the Bahamas and that "women were involved and paid."
Threw that one in there just for fun!
- Why Obamanomics Has Failed WSJ
The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible. But they want new stimulus measures—which is convincing evidence that they too recognize that the earlier measures failed.
EXACTLY! Instead of blaming Bush, get up and do something about it! Kind of like Gov. McDonnell did!
- In her own hand: Kagan’s manipulation on partial-birth abortion Hot Air
By Ed Morrissey
Note the deletion of the word “not” in the original statement, which originally read (emphasis mine), “This procedure, however, may not be the best or most appropriate procedure in a particular circumstance to save the life or preserve the health of a woman, and the doctor should be allowed to make this determination.”
This has to be seen to be believed - Kagan's handwritten notes cross out the word "not" so as to completely change the sentence!
- Obama Mocked Commissions, Then Established Four CBS
Here's Mr. Obama on September 18, 2008, not long after the economic collapse: "Senator McCain's first answer to this economic crisis was - get ready for it - a commission. That's Washington-speak for 'we'll get back to you later.'"
"Folks, we don't need a commission to spend a few years and a lot of taxpayer money to tell us what's going on in our economy," he continued. "We don't need a commission to tell us gas prices are high or that you can't pay your bills. We don't need a commission to tell us you're losing your jobs. We don't need a commission to study this crisis, we need a President who will solve it - and that's the kind of President I intend to be."
And...today there was a meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - they'll get back to us later.
- Blagojevich Should Have Told Obama to Stuff It. Publicly. NBC Chicago
Under the Constitution, the president doesn’t have a right to stack the Senate with his own picks. Filling vacancies is up to the states. This ensures that Congress will be an independent body, unlike the Chicago City Council, where Mayor Daley gets to appoint replacements for jailed aldermen.
Isn't this the third time Obama has gotten involved in attempting to determine who gets a Senate seat? Sestak? Romannoff? Anyone?
- W.H. quiet on Obama-Blago link Politico
Reconciling the accounts of Balanoff and Craig could come down to the question of what the White House’s definition of “communication” is.
Is that kind of like defining what the meaning of the word "is" is?
