The post-election protests in Iran continue for the third day. Major news outlets are starting to cover it now (people are back to work on Monday?), but the best immediate coverage is still on Twitter, hands down.
This blog now sports more green in support of a free Iran.
Step aside, Kim Jong-il, the U.S. news cycles this Fourth of July weekend aren’t going to be about your threatened missile launch aiming at Hawaii. Americans want to know why Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to step down mid-term.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will become the new governor of Alaska in the end of July.
Ever [...]
Happy birthday, America!
Jul 4
It’s Independence Day, great citizens! Today we celebrate the birth of the greatest nation on Earth. For most folks, it’s a weekend to be celebrated with family and friends, enjoying grilled meals and beers, then maybe catch the local fireworks show.
The American colonies declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. It is [...]
The Minnesota Supreme Court declares 5-0 that Al Franken (D) is a senator from Minnesota:
“We affirm the decision of the trial court that Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled…to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota.”
Opponent Norm Coleman respectfully concedes. Senate [...]
President Obama seems a bit confused when it comes to foreign policy. He’s ticked off the Brits, French, and Germans in Europe, shown no support for the oppressed Iranian protesters over a fradulent election, and now he is backing Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (a friend of Chavez and Castro, by the way).
President Zelaya wants to [...]
President Obama must be happy that the House passed his climate change (cap-and-trade) legislation before the start of July, and now he wants everyone to know that the White House wants to help save Americans’ electricity bills by announcing new standards for lamps:
Obama said the new efficiency standards he was announcing for lamps would result [...]
I’m sure you are curious as to which Republican House members sided with the Democrat majority:
Mary Bomo Mac (CA-45)
Mike Castle (DE)
Mark Kirk (IL-10)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Well, at least Minority Leader Boehner tried to “filibuster” it.
Let’s hope the outcome in the Senate is more encouraging.
Cap-and-trade hurts economy
Jun 26
There is nothing wrong with a collective effort to reduce harmful pollutants into our environment, but is the proposed cap-and-trade legislation the right way to go? The WSJ offers a warning:
The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity [...]
Many prominent conservative bloggers and pundits (e.g. Patrick Ruffini) are arguing that adulterous Gov. Mark Sanford shouldn’t resign over his affair with a woman in Argentina:
At the core of the Sanford and Ensign episodes is the cloud of “hypocrisy” that hangs over any Republican who strays from the bonds of their marriage. (Quickly forgetting that [...]
You read it right. The WSJ even calls it the “Maine Miracle“:
This month the Democratic legislature and Governor John Baldacci broke with Obamanomics and enacted a sweeping tax reform that is almost, but not quite, a flat tax. The new law junks the state’s graduated income tax structure with a top rate of 8.5% and [...]
Yes, maybe it’s a bit drastic, but if the Republican Party wants to have any chance of a comeback, it needs to think about purging those who have skeletons in their closets. Extramarital affairs, embarrassing addictions, alcoholism, closet socialists, etc. — step out now and do your party a favor, please.
Many people are just shocked [...]
This sucks for the Republicans.
Republican Gov. Mark Sanford had gone missing over Father’s Day weekend, thought to be hiking in the Appalachians Trail, but was sighted in Atlanta’s airport and today drops a bomb at his press conference: I have an affair with a woman in Argentina.
Sanford had so much going for him. He had [...]
The Washington Times is reporting that President Obama had sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in May seeking improved relations with the nuclear nation. Obviously Khamenei isn’t too interested in the President’s overture and ordered a crackdown on the recent post-election protests which claimed the lives of nearly 20 people and [...]
During yesterday’s press conference on Iran, President Obama had an exchange with Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney that seemed to be pre-arranged:
“Nico, I know you and all across the Internet, we’ve been seeing a lot of reports coming out of Iran,” Obama said, addressing Pitney. “I know there may actually be questions from people in Iran [...]
What’s been going on and still happening in Albany would make a great reality show for MTV. There’s nothing more amusing than adults behaving like teenagers, but the problem is that these adults were voted as lawmakers by the good people of New York.
So, good people of N.Y., have you called your lawmaker yet?! Stop [...]
President Obama’s pick for State Dept. protocol chief, Capricia Marshall, failed to file tax returns for 2005 and 2006:
In her written answers and in accounts she gave to government officials, Ms. Marshall has said the errors were unintentional. She has said that her husband failed to recognize that the couple’s accountant had included the tax [...]
