michaelscomments.wordpress.com - 2/24/2009
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The Ice House. Al Gore must have made an unannounced visit to our neck of the woods. This is up one of the local canyons about a half hour from home. We passed lots of snow machines (we call them snow mobiles, but if Sarah Palin says “snow machines,” sign me up) and kite boarders. [...]
Going to Be Worse
eschatonblog.com 3/10/2009 — Sadly I think they're still being somewhat optimistic. March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. jobless rate will reach 9.4 percent this year and remain elevated through at least 2011, threatening the nation’s longer-term growth potential, a monthly ...
First Dog – a job I could do without :: Bo, the First Dog
blogs.telegraph.co.uk 4/13/2009 — So there I was, name of Charlie, minding my own business. Next thing I know, I'm being told I'm to become the First Dog Of The United States ( FDOTUS ) and my new name is "Bo". Do I have a choice in the matter? Nope, I'm just a pawn in a bigger game - ...
Blue Dog Coalition
house.gov 3/3/2009 — Welcome to the Blue Dog Coalition website! The fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition was formed in 1995 with the goal of representing the center of the House of Representatives and appealing to the mainstream values of the American ...
CHANGE FOR THE WORSE
nypost.com 1/30/2009 — WASHINGTON - Buried deep inside the massive spending orgy that Democrats jammed through the House this week lie five words that could drastically undo two decades of welfare reforms. The very heart of the widely applauded Welfare Reform Act of...
Blue dog Democrats oppose card check | Arkansas News
arkansasnews.com 2/18/2009 — According to Arkansas opponents of the federal Employee Free Choice Act, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have a tough time getting moderate Blue Dog Democrats to support the union-backed legislation more commonly known as card check. If passed, the ...
Let's Have Even More House Members
corner.nationalreview.com 2/27/2009 — Since the Senate has now passed the bill to give DC a voting representative, I have a modest proposal for the House as it takes up the bill next week. Let's have even more representatives. After all, as long as Congress is using its authority under ...
Obama stresses fiscal responsibility —
First Read 2/23/2009
From NBC's Athena Jones President Obama returned to the theme fiscal responsibility in speeches today, while also arguing that health-care reform was essential to long-term deficit reduction.
In a morning speech to the National Governors ...