Archive for the 'Government Policy' Category
So this “GOP spending $150,000 on Palin family wardrobe” thing seems to be pretty good fodder. But it’s possible it’s more serious than that. In 2002, a Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act was passed that basically set some limits on how much parties could spend on campaigns. This reform also referred to unregulated […]
People like Edward N. Luttwak should not be allowed to talk, let alone morph policy. When talking about the obstacles John McCain faces, he notes:
But the particular Republican president in office happens to be very unpopular. At this point in history, all of George Bush’s achievements have been forgotten or discounted, including the defeat of […]
Obama: Zero.
McCain: Zero?
Obama: Yes, zero.
Me: Priceless.
From Bloomberg:
Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 vowing to destroy Russia’s oligarchs “as a class.” Within two years, he’d driven two into exile and imprisoned another.
Now, he may use the global markets meltdown to finish the job.
The $50 billion that the prime minister and President Dmitry Medvedev have pledged to lend cash-strapped companies will […]
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How the US Government Works, from House.gov:
The US Government was structured in order to preserve a balance of power between the three respective branches of government. The three branches are known as the legislative, judicial and executive. Our forefathers, concerned that one branch of government would become too powerful created a system of […]
From The Nation:
Myth 1. It’s a dangerous world. We face an array of serious national security threats that require an experienced Commander in Chief.
Myth 2. The surge has worked. To withdraw from Iraq now would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and embolden Islamic extremists.
Myth 3. We cannot allow Afghanistan to become a safe […]
Mickey Edwards, Princeton lecturer and former Republican congressman:
Oh, brother. What idiot came up with this stunt?
It ranks somewhere on the stupidity scale between plain silly and numbingly desperate. McCain and Obama are both members of the senate and they’re both able to help craft a solution if they wish to do so without putting the […]
Patriot Act? That killed the Constitution.
This year’s mammoth financial bailout? That made the US more communist than China.
John McCain “suspending” his campaign (hmm, note to America: this was the Mother of All Red Herrings since earlier in the day it was divulged that McCrook’s campaign manager Rick Davis’s lobbying firm was on Fannie Mae’s payroll […]