Month: January 2011

Stupid Republicans

Somewhere north of 84% of the people who watched the State of the Union last night approved of the president’s proposals but it caused blood to spurt from Glenn Beck’s ears and eyes and his wife had to take him to...

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Winning the Future

Mark Halperin’s take on the State of the Union speech was pretty typical of the Beltway pundit crew. The president delivers a boffo performance… …Obama’s presentation was close to flawless: upbeat and...

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A Brief Interruption …

… to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming. Queensland, Australia is suffering massive flooding like no time since the 19th century. The Middle East is ablaze with citizen protest movements taking to the streets to oust...

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Stabenow to Chair Ag Committee

I had to hunt around to confirm it but, as I expected and predicted, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) leap-frogged more senior members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to become the chair. I think it is...

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Republican Response

Remarks of Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) – As Prepared for Delivery House Budget Committee Hearing Room, Washington, DC January 25, 2011 Good evening. I’m Congressman Paul Ryan from Janesville, Wisconsin – and...

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