Feb
27
2009
According to the Los Angeles Times, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon will lift its long-standing media ban on photos showing the remains of dead American service members returning home from war.
The ban on these images was first put in place by the administration of President George H.W. Bush during the first Gulf War. The administration of Bush’s son, George II, drew criticism from some quarters Continue Reading »
Feb
26
2009
Reuters reports leading Republicans in Congress are not too happy with the $3.55 trillion federal budget being proposed by President Barack Obama.
You know what this means. Fight! Fight! Fight!
Although the president’s party controls both Continue Reading »
Feb
25
2009
Illinois Sen. Roland Burris has a message for his fellow Democrats in the world’s most deliberative body: I’m stayin’ here whether you dig it or not, so suck it up and deal with it, bitches!
The New York Times reports Burris “refused to resign on Tuesday, rebuffing a call from the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, who argued that the embattled Illinois lawmaker has little hope next year of winning the seat vacated by President Barack Obama.” Continue Reading »
Feb
24
2009
A Congressman/woman in the House of Representatives from Washington, D.C.? Say what??? It could happen soon.
According to The Washington Post, the Senate is expected to hold a cloture vote today on legislation that will grant our nation’s capital a full voting member in the lower house.
That’s just what this country needs, another Democrat in Congress! To be fair though, the legislation is being sugarcoated for Republicans with a provision that will give rabidly conservative Utah another seat in the House. Continue Reading »
Feb
23
2009
Has our government sent military advisors to Central Asia to combat the growing threat of terrorism over there? Do leaves grow on trees?
According to Eric Schmitt and Jane Perlez of The New York Times, U.S. military officials have confirmed more than 70 covert operators are lending secret assistance to Pakistan’s military in its fight against Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in that country’s Wild West-like tribal regions. Continue Reading »
Feb
22
2009
Now that President Obama has set one milestone by becoming the first African-American to make it to the White House, he aims to set another one – cut down that hideous monster known as The Deficit.
According to Ross Colvin of Reuters, “President Barack Obama wants to slash the ballooning deficit in half by 2013, U.S. officials said on Saturday, after massively increasing public spending to stem the worst economic crisis in decades.” Continue Reading »
Feb
21
2009
I’m sure by now all of you have heard about the outrage over a recent political cartoon from the New York Post that shows two policemen shooting a chimpanzee. If only the American public could get this mad at Congress for being so inept.
Some people are saying the cartoon is racist because it portrays President Barack Obama as a primate. Sean Delonas, the artist of the controversial cartoon, says the chimp is supposed to represent Continue Reading »
Feb
20
2009
Over the years, Uncle Sam has done a lot for his buddies across The Pond. For instance, when there was a crisis going on in the former Yugoslavia, he led a military coalition into the area and kicked some serious ass. Oh, and Sam also saved Europe’s keester in two world wars. So where are our European friends when we need them? Apparently they’re AWOL. Continue Reading »
Feb
19
2009
The Secretary General of NATO wants everyone to know his organization is not about to lose in Afghanistan anytime soon.
According to BBC News, Gen. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told NATO and partner defense ministers at a recent meeting in Krakow, Poland, that “We cannot afford the price of failure.” Continue Reading »
Feb
16
2009
Well, it’s Presidents’ Day again, so you know what that means: Another pointless ranking of the POTUS’s. A new list has just been released based on a C-SPAN survey of historians.
Here is the list of presidents who made the Top Ten.
10. Reagan
9. Wilson
8. Eisenhower
7. Jefferson
6. Kennedy
5. Truman
4. T. Roosevelt
3. F.D. Roosevelt
2. Washington Continue Reading »
