The Heart of the Economic Mess
Posted on 04. Aug, 2008 by Editor in Election 2008, General
The Federal Reserve Board’s “beige book” for June and July offers a clear explanation for why the economy has slowed to a crawl. It shows American consumers cutting way back on their purchases of everything from food to cars, appliances and name-brand products. As they do so, employers inevitably are cutting back on the hours [...]
We’re in two wars, the economy sucks, and 76% say the country is on the wrong track. And the WSJ dedicates 1,400 words to whether Obama is too skinny to be elected in an overweight nation.
Posted on 01. Aug, 2008 by Editor in Election 2008
Is Obama too skinny to be president? I know, it’s a dumb question. In fact, it would be a struggle to think of a more irrelevant and mind-numbing question to ask related to the presidential election. But it’s currently plastered on the front page of the WSJ online. We’re engaged in two wars, the economy [...]
Before leaving office George W. Bush will issue a mass pardon, the largest collection of presidential pardons in American history.
Posted on 27. Jul, 2008 by Editor in Election 2008, General, Police State
Bush will pardon himself, Vice President Cheney, and a long list of officials involved in torture, eavesdropping, destruction of evidence, the CIA leak case, and a range of other potential crimes. As George Bush signs the pardons and boards the helicopter to depart Washington as his presidency finally ends, even then he and those pardoned [...]
Ted Kennedy flew to DC after his daily brain treatment to vote for Medicare on Wednesday. John McCain hasn’t voted in the Senate since April 8, 2008. Today is July 11 of the same year.
Posted on 11. Jul, 2008 by Editor in Election 2008
Senator Ted Kennedy, who suffers from a life-threatening brain tumor that requires daily treatment, has now officially voted more times in the last few months than John McCain. And Kennedy’s only voted once since being diagnosed on May 20. Kennedy wanted to make the Senate vote on the recent Medicare bill—which halted a 10% pay [...]
