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Senate Hearings On Gun Control Start Today
While gun and ammo shortages across the nation continue, today the Senate begins hearing on possible gun control measures introduced since Sandy Hook. President Obama has promised to push his gun control measures as far as he can, while using … Continue reading
It Is Time For Some R&R (Romney & Ryan)
The big news this weekend was the Romney campaign’s announcement that he has chosen Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate for the 2012 elections. I can say that I was pleasantly surprised by Romney’s pick. I was expecting … Continue reading
Obama’s Mission Accomplished Speech
President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and signed a historic agreement that details how the U.S. plans to end the war in Afghanistan. This happened on the anniversary of the mission … Continue reading
Will Republicans Get Serious And Proposes Fundamental Tax Reform?
Congress is back to work and getting through some very important items on their agenda such as honoring Jack Nicklaus and Mark Twain. In the meantime House Republicans are strategizing as to how to go about tax reform before the … Continue reading
What Would Republicans Do If They Controlled Washington?
Many have called this November’s election “the most important of our lifetime.” They have said that if President Obama gets a second term and if Republicans do not take both houses of Congress that America as we now know it … Continue reading
Is Congress Broken beyond Repair?
2011 has been a tough year for everyone. The economy has been slugging along at a snails pace, unemployment is at extremely high levels, and the housing situation is still at rock bottom. This means people are spending less money, … Continue reading
Right Coming Out Against Occupy Wall Street – Lines Being Drawn
The battle lines are being drawn in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests. More and more the GOP and people on the right are coming out against the OWS protesters, while Democrats, moderates, and people on the left are coming … Continue reading
Tea Party Debate Tonight
CNN’s Tea Party GOP Debate is tonight! Another chance to see the frontrunners, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney go at it. Will Perry stick to his guns and continue to call social security a ponzi scheme? This week we’ll be … Continue reading
Deregulators in the Super Committee
Why did I bring up Glass-Steagall yesterday? When the announcements for the super committee were made I did some digging into each candidate. When I saw that Pat Toomey was one of the people responsible for the repeal of Glass-Steagall … Continue reading
USA Debt Downgrade
For the first time in history the USA debt has been downgraded from the top AAA rating to AA+. Why did it happen? What does that mean? Who cares? The S&P said specifically that the political environment in Washington was … Continue reading
