National Politics
You may have come across the commentary that the co-chairmen of a debt and deficit commission initiated by the president offered to the National Governor’s Association: The commission leaders said that, at present, federal revenue is fully consumed by three programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “The rest of the federal government, including fighting two…
Well, at least that would be sort of related to space, unlike the goals themselves, which have apparently been … withdrawn. [NASA Administrator Charles] Bolden caused a global stir last week when he said President Obama had asked him to reach out to Muslim leaders on science issues. He made the comments during an interview…
Don’t miss John Fund’s widely cited premonition that President Obama and the Congressional Democrats are planning implementation of a last-minute wish list after the election: It’s been almost 30 years since anything remotely contentious was handled in a lame-duck session, but that doesn’t faze Democrats who have jammed through ObamaCare and are determined to bring…
Look, I know that for the first time in eons, a GOP chair visited the state and threw the RI GOP some red meat and there was much rejoicing. But it looks like he’s engaging in some purely disingenuous political hackery here: Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama’s choosing.…
Kevin Williamson has totaled America’s public debt, and his essay makes for scary reading: So that’s $14 trillion in federal debt and $2.5 trillion in state-and-local debt: $16.5 trillion. But I’ve got some bad news for you, Sunshine: We haven’t even hit all the big-ticket items. … … “Half the states’ pension funds could run…
Jonah Goldberg spotted in the news an instance in which the Obama Interior Department appears to have misrepresented the opinion of some scientists whom it consulted regarding a possible ban of offshore drilling: The draft these experts saw was substantively different from the document that bore their names. The draft called for a moratorium on…
To paraphrase, “Government acres is the place to be, government jobs are the life you see…”: Under the Obama administration, the government is doing such a good job that it’s decided to reward itself. Last year, Uncle Sam paid out $408 million in bonuses to 1.3 million federal workers…That $408 million figure only counts bonuses…
… of course, Katrina was not Bush’s Katrina. The only “serious” criticism that could be leveled is that he failed for several days to read the minds of a Governor and a Mayor who couldn’t stop sitting on their hands long enough to pick up the telephone and ask for help. But I’m risking an…
The video quality may be poor but the words from Alabama congressional candidate Les Phillip are some of the best I have heard in a long time. Rainy Day Patriots Speech Highlights. Here, again, is his ad posted earlier. His campaign website is here.
Reposting a December 5, 2008 post entitled Even Lenin would be impressed: Melanie Phillips: Trevor Loudon has got hold of a fascinating analysis of Prez-elect Obama’s administrative appointments by Mark Rudd and Jeff Jones, two former Weather Underground terrorists (chums of Obama’s old ally [chance acquaintance], the unrepentant former WU terrorist William Ayers). The two…