Must Read Blogs and Op-Eds — Feb 28, 2009
What a wild week! I must state I have been reading some tweets from Karl Rove, and just wondering why he simply does not get it. Let-me-explain-it-so-you-understand-it-Karl — the American people no longer wish to run the country the way they did 8 years ago. The republicans were defeated. Gone! Finished! The minor party, and if [...]
Must Read Blogs and Op-Ed’s — Sun, Feb 22, 2009
The Economy has hit the pages once again, with lots of talk and lots of rambling of such words such as “nationalization” and “depression”. I am finding it increasingly difficult to read about our financial establishments, American people in denial, and whether or not Barack Obama will walk across water to get to Congress [...]
Must Read Blogs and Op-Ed’s — February 15, 2009
Have the Democrats just lost their mind and drunk so much of the Obama kool-aid that they cannot even see the power of politics played against them? Why are Senators Snowe, Collins, and Spectre the new national media darlings because they went to the other side of the aisle and voted with the Democrats [...]
Top News Stories — Feb 11, 2009
Agreement Announced in Race For Stimulus Bill — Yahoo Bankers Vow To Work For Financial Freedom — Yahoo Madoff’s Wife Took 15 Million Before His Arrest — Yahoo Geithner Defends Lack of Details In Financial Plan — Bloomberg Salmonella Found At Georgia Plant Since 06 – MSNBC Bookmark It Sphere: Related Content
House Vote Allows Rangel To Remain Chairman
WASHINGTON – House Democrats voted down an attempt Tuesday to remove Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee during an ongoing ethics investigation. The action came on the same day the House ethics committee voted to reauthorize a subcommittee of three Democrats and three Republicans to investigate Rangel, a New York Democrat [...]
Top News Stories — February 10, 2009
Tornado Eruption in Oklahoma — Yahoo Sirius Contemplate Bankruptcy — Reuters Some Banks Want to Return Washington Money — NY TIMES Israeli Election Now To Close to Call — UPN 3 Trillion — Senate, Fed, and Treasury Attack Financial Crisis — Yahoo Senate Passes Obama Stimulus Plan — Yahoo Stocks Tumble After Government Unveils Financial [...]
Obama’s First Press Conference Transcript
Obama’s First Presser East Room 8:01 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. Please be seated. Before I take your questions tonight, I’d like to speak briefly about the state of our economy and why I believe we need to put this recovery plan in motion as soon as possible. I took a trip to [...]
AP: Obama Fact Check
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least Route 31 is a road to somewhere. President Barack Obama had it both ways when he promoted his stimulus plan in Indiana and later at a prime-time news conference. He bragged in Indiana about getting Congress to produce a package with no pork, yet boasted it will do good things [...]
Must Read Blogs and Op-Ed’s — Feb 10, 2009
“The Federal Government is the only entity left with the resources to jolt our economy back to life,” [...]
The Action America Needs
By now, it’s clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression. Millions of jobs that Americans relied on just a year ago are gone; millions more of the nest eggs families worked so hard to build have vanished. People [...]