“Norman! It’s Hillary. What am I going to do with you Norman? You are working so hard for me, that I, I just don’t know what to say anymore. I’ve never seen anybody who has been more loyal and more effective and really just having greater success supporting someone, uh, than you. Everywhere I go, [...]
Archive for May, 2009
22 May
Feds Throw the Book at Hsu
Democrat fundraiser Norman Hsu was convicted Tuesday of violating campaign finance laws by making thousands of dollars of donations through straw donors in order to bypass limits on individual contributions to a candidate. Hsu also pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a Ponzi scheme he used to bilk investors out of more than $20 million. [...]
22 May
Notable Legislation
*****The House and Senate passed the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act this week, and President Obama signed it, naturally without the five days for public scrutiny that he guaranteed on the campaign trail. The Associated Press says the bill “would expand [individual eligibility for] an existing $300 billion program that encourages lenders to write [...]
22 May
Rep. Waxman: “I don’t know the details. I rely on the scientists.”
I’m sure he was well meaning on this, but he just looks foolish . . .
22 May
Democrats Hot for Global Warming Legislation
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) won a victory on his 1,000-page cap and trade (read: cap and tax) bill Thursday when it passed his committee on a party line 33-25 vote. The bill ostensibly tackles global warming by creating a system in which industrial producers of greenhouse gas emissions would be [...]
22 May
Huh? This Week’s ‘Alpha Jackass’ Award
“Families should not have to stare down loaded AK-47s on nature hikes.” –Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign [Huh? Where did that come from?]
22 May
Credit Card ‘Reform’ Clears Congress
Sweeping legislation that will fundamentally change the way credit card issuers do business sailed through the House and Senate and is now on its way to the White House for President Obama’s signature. Among the changes set to be in place by February 2010 is a prohibition on charging consumers for paying credit card bills [...]
22 May
The Big Lie
“[E]ven as the price to build these cars and trucks goes up, the cost of driving these vehicles will go down, as drivers save money at the pump. And this is a point I want to emphasize: If you buy a car, your investment in a more fuel-efficient vehicle as a result of this standard [...]
22 May
The Obama Auto Show
Hope ‘n’ Change: The Obama Auto Show The 2010 Obamobile Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants the president of the United States the power to be commander in chief of the armed forces (subject to declarations of war in Congress), to make treaties with other nations (subject to ratification in the Senate), [...]
22 May
The Jihadi Virus in Our Jails
via: jewishworldreview President Obama’s speech on homeland security was 6,072 words long. Curiously, he chose not to spare an “a,” “and” or “uh” on the New York City terror bust that dominated headlines the morning of his Thursday address. Did the teleprompter run out of room? After a yearlong investigation launched by the Bush administration, [...]
