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Date: May 12th, 2010

Attack of the 50 Foot Pelosi

12 May, 2010 (14:12) | Politics | By: ricjames

Saw this over at Too Conservative and liked it so much I figured I’d spread the word!

Congress’ latest concern? Potty parity.

12 May, 2010 (13:54) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

High unemployment. Energy policy that’s insufficient for our national interests and security. Border insecurity. Job-killing “reform” measures that are already proving to be larger expenses instead of savings like they were supposed to be. Homeland security measures that appear to rely on luck more than anything else. So what’s Congress spending time and effort on? [...]

Is hay the solution to getting the oil out of the Gulf’s water?

12 May, 2010 (11:03) | Energy, Environment, Human Interest, Technology | By: ricjames

I have no idea if this would work on a larger scale and there are supply issues to be considered but given the ineffectiveness of the attempts thus far, what could it hurt to give this a try?

Second incumbent congressman loses primary bid for another term

12 May, 2010 (08:45) | Politics | By: ricjames

Over the weekend Senator Bennett (R-UT) was removed from contention by the Utah GOP in a convention that narrowed the field to 2 candidates. The candidate for the general election will be decided in a primary run-off but it was Bennett’s stance on spending and his support for the TARP bailouts that spurred Republicans there [...]

McCain is now a supporter of border security and… the fence???

12 May, 2010 (00:30) | Crime & Punishment, Immigration, Politics | By: ricjames

Via HotAir we have a vid of a John McCain ad touting his support of border security and – seriously – the border fence: So Senator “Jam-Amnesty-Down-America’s-Throat”, Senator “I’ll build the g-ddamned fence if they want it” is the go-to guy on matters of border security and he’s perturbed that the border fence hasn’t been [...]

CBO now estimates that Obamacare’s promised deficit reductions were mostly vapor

12 May, 2010 (00:01) | Economy, Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

Remember how Obamacare was supposed to “bend the cost curve down”? That it was going to produce a savings of just over $100 billion? Well the CBO released the latest estimates today and they show it’s actually going to cost $115 billion more than previously thought. Congressional Budget Office estimates released Tuesday predict the health [...]