Author: BooMan

The Tea Partiers

USA Today attempts to define the Tea Partiers. They deny that bigotry or rejections of Obama because of his race are part of the movement’s appeal, a perception fueled by YouTube videos showing racist signs at some Tea...

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Poor Dubya

I was somewhat surprised to see that historians consider one former U.S. president to have been more stupid than George W. Bush (pdf). I knew Warren Harding was corrupt and disengaged, but I didn’t know he had the...

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The New Maverick

Mavericky!! After attending 183 meetings and devoting more than 120 hours of scheduled Senate time to the [climate] matter, Graham dropped his co-sponsorship of the legislation when the Senate majority leader, the Democrat Harry...

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Quote of the Day

The Bush tax cuts of 2001 were passed under the socialist Senate procedural move known as budget reconciliation, so they sunset after ten years. Next year, all those tax breaks will go away unless Congress renews them. Candidate...

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