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Archive for August, 2009

RNC Says Survey Was “Inartfully Worded”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Health Care Reform, Politics, Republicans

The Republican National Committee has had second thoughts about the survey I wrote about yesterday:
RNC spokeswoman Katie Wright, e-mails to say the “survey” sent out under RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s signature was “inartfully” written but reflects legitimate concerns about confidentiality.
“Inartfully” seems to fall short of a loaded question which seems to have little basis in [...]

Banks That Were “Too Big To Fail” Have Become Bigger, Still Might Fail

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

What a shock; another government program that didn’t work:
When the credit crisis struck last year, federal regulators pumped tens of billions of dollars into the nation’s leading financial institutions because the banks were so big that officials feared their failure would ruin the entire financial system.
Today, the biggest of those banks are even bigger.
The crisis [...]

Tax Tips For Democrats

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politics

David Boaz offers some advice for the Obama Administration:

H/T: United Liberty

Barney Frank: Vote On “Audit The Fed” Bill By October

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics, Ron Paul

The Chairman of the House Banking Committee says that H.R. 1207, Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve Board will get a House vote by October:

Public Turns Off The Media’s Kennedy Hagiography

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

For the past several days, the mainstream media has been devoting endless hours of coverage to the death, and life, of Edward Moore Kennedy.
And, the public hasn’t been watching:
Fox News maintained its top ranking among the cable news channels Wednesday as its competitors turned most of their coverage over to the death of Sen. Edward [...]

Meet The New Police State, Same As The Old Police State

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Homeland Security, Individual Liberty, Politics, Privacy, Property Rights, War On Terror

The more things change, the more they stay the same:
The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search — without suspicion of wrongdoing — the contents of a traveler’s laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic device, although officials said new policies would expand oversight of such inspections.
The policy, disclosed Thursday in [...]

Virginia’s North-South Divide

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 27th, 2009. Filed under Virginia, Virginia Politics

Today’s Washington Post takes a look at the differing attitudes of people in Northern Virginia and people in the rest of the state:
Northern Virginians, who face some of the nation’s worst traffic, were twice as likely as voters in other parts of the state to cite transportation as a top issue in the governor’s race. [...]

Democratic Senator Announces Opposition To “Public Option”

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 27th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics

The Democrat’s health care reform efforts appeared to suffer a blow yesterday when Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu announced that she would not vote for a bill that contained a “public option” plan:
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she does not support a “public option” plan or national health insurance reform and would not vote for [...]

Majority Of Americans Oppose ObamaCare

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

The latest Rasmussen poll has more bad news for advocates of health care reform:
As August winds down, the good  news for President Obama and congressional Democrats is that support for their proposed health care legislation has stopped falling. The bad news is that most voters oppose the plan.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey show [...]

Idiot Baptist Pastor Prays For President Obama’s Death

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics, Religion
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