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Today, we just learned of the country’s biggest bank failure – Washington Mutual ("WaMu"). As any business person will tell you, take your eye off the ball and you lose your business. Business are in the business to make a profit. Period. Get distracted by and making the latest social fad of the day more …
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Be still my beating heart! Obama vows deep cuts in spending GREEN BAY, Wis. — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama moved to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility in a roiling economy, vowing on Monday to slash federal spending on contractors by 10 percent and saving $40 billion. Urging members of his own party …
As you well know, Members of Congress have voted themselves sufficient pay raises to be be in the top 5% of all income earners in the US (that boundary is about $145,000/year). Even though most of them are quite wealthy on their own, they generally give the reason that they have to support two houses …
Pelosi + Murtha + Reid = Newt? + + = In 1995, Newt Gringrich and President Clinton played a "game of chicken" concerning the funding of the government; both fundamentally lost . While Clinton lost the funding, Newt lost the PR war; in politics, the latter was more damaging. Well, …
As Ronald Reagan once said, "A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers." (H/T: RightWingNews) I received an email from a nationally based Republican organization. In it, they are trying to "bumper sticker" …
I have read of Rep. Baird in the news – for someone that is a news/political junkie, how could I have not have? And not have heard of the tremendous flap that it has caused among the MoveOn.org types – those that are advocating for snatching defeat from an impending victory. War is often a …
Was listening to Fox News and they were doing a story about a place where almost everyone there was being intolerant and divisive. They called this other group "those people" and basically ran them down and slandered them. Where? Seattle. Who was the people with their noses stuck in the air? The liberal elite of …
Elections Matter…they do! Is this a harbinger of a new Democratic controlled Congress that already is fielding calls to defund the troops? US Navy welcomes the USS Bill Clinton Sunday July 2nd ’06 Vancouver, BC, Headed for Seattle, WA. The US Navy welcomed the latest member of its fleet today. Pictured above: …
UPDATE 1: They caved! No, not the airport – the Rabbi and the lawyer. Seems that public opinion turned against the Rabbi (according to this CNN story) Christmas trees are going back up at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Pat Davis, president of the Port of Seattle commission, which directs airport operations, said late Monday that maintenance …
Which sentiment: P.C., Anti-Christian, or “to heck with it”? Read More »
Two reports – one from WCBS in NY; the other from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer MADD Urges Hi-Tech Drunken-Driving Foils Years ago, MADD started off by a mom tired that no one was trying to do anything to stop or hinder drivers under the influence. That organization has saved a lot of lives and heartache. They …
Technology to the rescue, or more government instrusion? Read More »
