Politics
The current financial crisis demonstrates just how out of touch Congress is from the needs of our country and from their duties as elected representatives.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Time for a new surge–in Patriotism
We joke about political pork. We laugh at the Defense Department paying $600 for a toilet seat. We tolerate the confused craziness of the farm subsidy program. Forty years ago, former Illinois Republican Senator Everett Dirksen said, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you are talking about real money.” Adjusting for inflation, “A trillion here, a trillion there . . .”
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hillary could be president with one word
Poor Hillary. She is clinging like a jilted lover, using her claws to hold her tenuous position trailing Barack Obama and not a thing to be done to make up her deficit. This should be the presidency that was lost on one word–NO. If only she had said NO to the war in Iraq when [...]
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