Month: January 2007

Evaluating The House’s first full week

(cross-posted at Daily Kos) Today marks the end of the first full week that the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress has been in business. Given that, I think it’d be a good idea to evaluate just how Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

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Sen. DeMint Saves Earmark Reform

If you have heard the term ‘earmarking’ but don’t really know exactly what it means, here is the Wikipedia definition. In the United States legislative appropriations process, Congress has, within the powers...

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The Scariness of Bush’s World View

Cross-posted at: New Era Politics Bush’s most recent speech on the surge of troops in Iraq has given yet another look at the world view of George W. Bush.  At a private meeting prior to the recent speech, Bush...

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IMPEACHMENT: The Last Refuge of Patriots

The only way to excise the madness of King George is rebellion. No, not me and you in streets with pitchforks to chase the monster from our midst. I mean rebellion through the legal provisions as provided by our Constitution. I...

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