Archive for March, 2009
Honest Lies
The President’s new budget has a special feature – truth in advertising – at least, that’s what we’re told by the White House and its spin team.
“President Obama is to be commended for sending Congress an honest budget that doesn’t play hide and seek with the government’s revenues and expenses. This isn’t the “Fudget” we’ve [...]
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Tags: allen sinai, ben bernanker, center for economic and policy research, dean baker, decision economics, economy.com, honest budget, honest lies, jim rogers, mark zandi, moody's, new york times, phony budget
Must Get Stoned
It’s just not easy these days, being Barack.
“I feel it’s unfortunate that they don’t continue the policy of the Bush administration, which was much more pro-Israel,” said Akiva Homnick of Jerusalem.
Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so good,
Only six weeks into the Messiah’s reign, and people are already [...]
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Tags: Bush, dylan, everybody must get stoned, Hillary, homnick, Israel, Obama, rainy day women, S&P
Illegal Ink
Upholding the law is trouble in the Obama administration.
Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action.
Government agencies doing the right thing? Could bring [...]
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Tags: deportation, ICE, illegals, immigration raid, Obama, tattoo, undocumented
Competence
Sometimes one wonders if competence is part of the American vernacular any more.
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Tags: chuck scarborough, competence, fire alarm, wnbc
Half of What
I’ve been meaning to mention. George W.’s last budget deficit was an astounding $450 billion.
Meeting with the congressional leadership of both parties, as well as a range of business, academic, financial and labor leaders, Obama warned that the country cannot continue its current rate of deficit spending without facing dire economic consequences.
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Tags: bailout, Bush, stimulus, universal health care, war
State of the Meltdown
I’ve gotten too old, I suppose, to take this seriously. Tim Geithner, the nervous prep school boy who was given the most important position in the government at this moment, is twitching into the chamber.
Now, I know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will [...]
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Tags: budget, education, meltdown, Michelle, naked eyes, Obama, promises, social security, spending cuts, state of the union, stimulus, universal health care
Without Peer
Hats off to Andy Roddick. Funny, the political figure lacked the political savvy of the tennis star.
Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty says he went to Dubai for a week because, well, “I always wanted to go.”
Perhaps Fenty could have done what was right. But that would have been… apolitical.
So what’s the problem [...]
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Tags: adrian fenty, andy ram, andy roddick, dubai, shahar peer, tennis tournament
Dream Weaver
Flash-back to 2004.
Education Secretary Rod Paige called the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, “a terrorist organization” during a private meeting with governors Monday.
The NEA naturally demagogued the matter.
“It is morally repugnant to equate those who teach America’s children with terrorists,” Reg Weaver said. “Yet this is the kind [...]
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Tags: nea, reg weaver, rhee, rod paige
For the Children
Can there be good education with the teachers unions standing in the way?
Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee says the District is no longer exploring the idea of seeking federal legislation declaring the school system in a “state of emergency,” a move that would have freed it from the obligation to bargain with the Washington Teachers’ Union.
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Tags: chancellor, charters, dc schools, Obama, performance pay, rhee, seniority, tenure, unions, washington schools
News Talent
Just so you know – not all news anchors are completely devoid of talent.
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Tags: anchors, commercial break, eyewitness news, news, news talent, spots, stop set, talent, wgn
