Archive for November, 2009
Dollars fly overseas to military bases
The annual military construction spending bill is not generally a big deal for Congress, which treats it as an opportunity to fund gyms and chapels at district military bases. But the bill’s funding for overseas military installations is worth scrutinizing for what it reveals about the Pentagon’s global plans. In fact, the version currently under [...]
Suspected cop killer’s clemency haunts Huckabee
Maurice Clemmons, the alleged gunman sought in the recent slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was released from a Washington jail just six days ago, but it’s his prior release from an Arkansas prison that is returning in news accounts to haunt the then-governor of the state, Mike Huckabee.
Nancy Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between June and October. House Majority Whip James Clyburn has a thing for Chantilly Donuts, spending about $265 at the Virginia shop in the past quarter. And Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), a fiscal conservative, decided to give about $2,000 in unused office funds [...]
Healthcare freedom or healthcare bureaucracy?
The U.S. Preventive Task Force caused quite a stir recently when they revised their recommendations on the frequency and age for women to get mammograms. Many have speculated on the timing for this government-funded report, with the Senate vote on health care looming, and cost estimates being watched closely. Just the hint that [...]
Cleaning out the climate science cesspool
As frigid Copenhagen prepares for the upcoming Climate Armageddon confab, a predictable barrage of hothouse horrors has been unleashed, to advance proposals to slash hydrocarbon use and carbon dioxide emissions, restrict agriculture and economic growth, and implement global governance and taxation.
Massive tax hikes & new taxes on the way, America!
Oh, please tell me you did not buy the lies out of Washington that the government is going to tax the rich to pay for Socialized Medicine otherwise known as ObamaCare? Surely you didn’t fall for that!
