Debt Ceiling Raised to 9.8 Trillion
That means it will go over ten trillion when the D's take office. In fact at the burn rate we have now, the treasury secretary's first act in office will be to ask for a raise from congress to 10-11...
View ArticleAnn Coulter's New Book - Free
Or how to get to the number one list on Amazon without really trying. It looks like NewsMax and the RNC is running a little desperate here. But the $5.95 in shipping and handling kinda threw off the...
View ArticleCure Vs Containment
As we all know now from the frequent Diaries of Health Care Experts here, and a recent diary on Stem Cell Research, Big Pharma is not interested in a curing chronic disease. Containment is where the...
View ArticleCops who think-A Conservative's thoughts (not) on Iraq
I got this while reading a few articles at Soldiers for The Truth (Sftt) who were behind getting Dragonskin on NBC. This is the non-profit that Colonel Hackworth founded before he passed away in 2006....
View ArticleThe Obama Smear Spreads
I don't read candidate diaries unless I'm in a car wreck watching mood. I have read Bob Johnson's Diary Anatomy of a smear with a great deal of interest. I Picked Edwards along time ago. My personal...
View ArticleNSA: The BackDoor Into Your Computer
This is a short one. A friend  sent me an email from a trusted source that obviously makes it hard to authenticate. But, as a basic Geek, when I saw it , I froze. I, too, was concerned about the...
View ArticleSuggestion: Readable Candidate Diaries
We all went into reasons today in a great diary on site traffic trends. There was another one that researched how many times a candidate diaries occupied the rec list by percentage. It dovetailed...
View ArticleA Snippet of Schumer on Clinton
I hit the net version of MTP and I heard this ( From The Transcript) Russert: Senator Schumer, if Barack Obama was ahead at the end of this primary season in elected delegates, states won and popular...
View ArticleThe McCain Gambit-How He Buys Your Vote
I'm not one to piss on parades...well yeah I guess I am. I am one of the delusional Obama supporters. I read his health Care plan. I was Ok with it because I know he has to deal with congress. Then I...
View ArticleNewsweek "Why McCain Might Win"
While browsing for some commentary on the Bear Stearn's collapse, I caught this headline from Newsweek.He can sit back while the Dems tear each other to shreds. No kidding. Not only that the GOP may...
View ArticleEmail Smears on Obama- Let's end it
I got another email slur a few days ago which I'll post. Â What is the best way of stopping these things as even the campaigns are struggling with it? Then I had an idea. First lets look at the smear on...
View ArticleSarah- What About Venezuela and Bolivia?
Secondary Title: While we weren't looking. As they say in the news business, this Russia story has legs. What could be more evident than the news today that Russia had flown two Tupelev Bombers to...
View ArticlePushing Out a Lone Voice of Reason
Bloomberg is reporting that Timothy Geithner, looks like he is flexing his new found power and "May" be trying to push Sheila Bair out as head of the FDIC.Yes she is a R, but she has been the lone...
View ArticleFast foreward- 1980 - Present: A primer for hard recessions
From 1980 to 1986, I was a lowly traveling salesperson. My territory included parts of Indiana, Michigan, North Ohio, Western Pa and West Virginia. It was there I saw and felt the devastation of what...
View ArticleRhyme and Reason may Prevail: Bailing out Banks
If you are like me, when I hear the acronym TARP I can feel my sphincter tighten. I can feel , yes feel, my blood pressure rise. Angry can't possibly do justice to the way I feel about how our...
View ArticlePa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash
Short diary here to call out attention to an article I tripped over. This is privatization in action and I think this should be thrown into any GOP or DEMs face who help facilitate a transfer of govt...
View Article"Out of work and challenged on benefits, too"
I go to sleep to one outrage and wake up to another.. But for a growing proportion of U.S. workers, the troubles really set in when they apply for unemployment benefits.More than a quarter of people...
View ArticleOutrage now and Crickets then
As I sit here in disbelief reading about the OUTRAGE over the 165 Million in bonuses given to people that the taxpayers bailed out , I seem to recall the sound of crickets in the last 8 years over...
View ArticleLatvian Hookers Signal No Recovery
I ran across this at Bloomberg News and I thought it was worth sharing. We have heard about green shoots and a the latest pronouncement by Bonddad today that he now agrees with Krugman even though he...
View ArticleForeclosing on Houses the Banks didn't own.
That's a real simple and totally indefensible soundbite . Lets start off with the article lead in : Robo-signers: Mortgage experience not necessary Banks hired hair stylists, teens to process...
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