Month: October 2005

Down in the halls of Washington, Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)is fighting a lonely battle:

According to the Matheson, given the high costs of the Iraq War, the rebuilding effort on the Gulf Coast, and the rising energy prices, Congress should  waive the 1.9 percent cost-of-living increase schedued to go into effect on January 1st.

More on the flip…

His first in FOUR months (since May) …

President Bush scheduled a news conference on Tuesday, his first after a string of major developments, including his naming of two Supreme Court justices, two massive hurricanes, and the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. […]

[Bush is to] open the news conference with a statement summarizing recent developments and calling on Congress to work with him on pressing ahead on his agenda. … NYT

CNN, etc. will carry it live. The New York Times has live video, as does the White House, WaPo, and C-SPAN.

and 1 good one.

See the ePluribus Media opinion piece Top 10 Bad Reasons for Staying the Course…and 1 good one by writer Jeff Huber.

Huber debunks the reasons for staying in Iraq in a Letterman-like countdown.  

10. Democracy takes time. America needed 13 years to write its Constitution.

The American Revolution analogy is ludicrous. Britain did not invade the American colonies in order to liberate us, and we did not ask them to stick around for more than a decade to help us form our government.

9. If we leave now, we’ll embolden the terrorists.

They’re not exactly shrinking violets now. The longer we’ve stayed, the bolder they’ve become.

8. Withdrawing will show lack of American resolve.

Getting in a bar fight over a girl shows resolve. Waking up in jail with your nose broken shows how stupid you are.

Read all ten at 10 Bad Reasons to Stay in Iraq and tell us which debunking you think is the best.

ePluribus Media editors and fact-checkers:  JeninRI, DEFuning, Sue in KY

And many heartfelt thanks to all the folks at Booman Tribune who are so supportive of our work!

Larry Kudlow is the most dangerous conservative economic pundit. He is one of he prime architects of the “phrase tax cuts pay for themselves.”  Obviously, he has never bothered to examine these tables from the Congressional Budget Office – especially table 3 which clearly prove tax cuts decrease revenue.   Never let the facts get in the way of a fiscal agenda that has racked up nearly 5 trillion in debt in 17 of the last 25 years.  (By the way Larry – it took 200 years to get to the first trillion.  Way to over-achieve).  Now he is arguing that the increased debt load from hurricane Katrina relief is “no big deal”.  

You’ve all heard the expression that the enemy of my friend is also my enemy…What about the friend of my enemy is also my enemy?  The way that Harry Reid and some other Dems are reacting to the nomination of Harriet Miers is brilliant…but is it on purpose?