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Archive for October, 2009

GOP Favorability Rating At Lowest Point In Ten Years

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, October 24th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Congress, Elections, George W Bush, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Not surprisingly, the Republican brand is still pretty unpopular among voters:
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Republican Party’s favorable rating among Americans is at lowest level in at least a decade, according to a new national poll.
Thirty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they have a favorable opinion of the [...]

Employees Already Leaving Firms Because Of Obama Pay Restrictions

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Well, that didn’t take very long at all:
NEW YORK — Even before the Obama administration formally tightened executive compensation at bailed-out companies, the prospect of pay cuts had led some top employees to depart.
The administration had tasked Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury Department’s special master on compensation, to evaluate the pay packages of 25 of the [...]

Pakistani Taliban Targeting Pakistani Nuclear Weapons ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, War On Terror

Well this is the kind of thing you really don’t want to read when you wake up in the morning:
The Pakistani Taliban targeted an air base believed to be one of the country’s secret nuclear weapons facilities on Friday among a wave of suicide bombings that killed at least 25 people across the country.
The attack [...]

Peter Schiff Talks To Judge Napolitano On Freedom Watch

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Peter Schiff, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

“What America has succeeded in creating is not an economy impervious to shocks, but merely one which enables their consequences to be postponed to a later date.”

Which Religion Should You Choose ? Check This Flowchart

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Religion

Question To Nancy Pelosi: Where In The Constitution Is ObamaCare Authorized ? A: Are You Serious ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, History, Individual Liberty, Nancy Pelosi, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, U.S. Constitution

The Speaker of the House demonstrates her contempt for the Constitution of the United States:
(CNSNews.com) – When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance–a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill–Pelosi dismissed the question [...]

Nearly 50% Of Republicans Don’t Think Obama Loves America

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

According to a new Public Policy Polling poll:
A national survey by Public Policy Polling found that 48% of Republicans (and 26% of Americans generally) endorsed the unsupported smear that President Obama doesn’t love America (27% of Republicans said Obama does love America and 25% were not sure).
Even weirder results from the same poll include the [...]

Saudi Husband Lists Wife Under “Guantanamo” On Cell Phone

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Humor, In The News, Saudi Arabia

Heh:
A woman is seeking a divorce after discovering her husband nicknamed her ‘Guantanamo’ on his cellphone.
The Saudi woman made the discovery after checking her husband’s contact information on the phone when he left it at home one day.
She’s now considering to end their 17-year marriage over the naming flap
I wonder why…..

Obligatory DWI In A Lay-Z-Boy Post

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under In The News

This guy has a problem:
DULUTH, Minn. – A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk.
A criminal complaint said 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minneso.ta town of Proctor on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers.
Prosecutors say Anderson’s blood alcohol content [...]

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Filed under Gay Marriage, Individual Liberty

“If I were putting money on the future of gay marriage, I would bet on it. The secular arguments against gay marriage, when they aren’t just based on bigotry or custom, tend to be abstract in ways that don’t find purchase in American political discourse. I say, ‘Institutional support for reproduction,’ you say, ‘I love [...]

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