Month: July 2007

Happy Energy Dependence Day

Can we ever rein in this president?  Last week, Arlen Specter introduced the Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2007.  The bill is designed to stop Mr. Bush’s use of signing statements that Specter calls an...

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Looking Back at A Clean Break

When I was a child I used to play a lot of World War Two board games. I got a kick out of playing a General and deploying my troops here and there, trying to change the outcome of history. I finally learned, for example, how to...

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GOP Candidates Can’t Keep Lights On

The Republicans have big problems. Romney, a multimillionaire, has now lent his campaign a total of about $9 million. Without the loans from his personal fortune, Romney would have only about $3 million in the bank to spend this...

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This is what we are celebrating today?

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane & My Left Wing click to enlarge I am just saying, we can’t be very independent if we get all our oil from the Middle East and all our manufactured goods from China. Have a good Fourth of...

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