The fine print in the stimulus bill authorizing the AIG bonuses, which was rushed through the U.S. Congress at lightning speed, has led to a renewed call for politicians to read legislation before they vote on it.
That kind of rule may seem like plain common sense, but it’s surprisingly common for members of Congress to [...]
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RUSH: So Snerdley walks into my palatial broadcast studio this morning and says, “How long is this AIG stuff going to go on?” I said, “As long as they need it to go on to distract us from all the other things they’re doing.” The big point about this AIG business, as I mentioned [...]
WASHINGTON — Under withering criticism from veterans and Congress, President Obama on Wednesday abandoned a proposal that would have required veterans to use their private health insurance to pay for the treatment of combat-related injuries.
David K. Rehbein, national commander of the American Legion, said the president had indicated at a meeting on Monday that he [...]
President Obama continues to provide a “shock and awe” assault on everyday common sense with his seemingly endless stream of proposals that advance incredibly arrogant, illogical and foolish ideas.
The latest shock concerns the proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for treating disabled veterans.
As reported, in part, at Yahoonews:
“The leader of the nation’s largest [...]
Is President Obama able to conduct a news conference without a teleprompter? Is he an automaton in answering questions? With all the jokes about Karl Rove as George Bush’s brain or cracks during the 1980s about Ronald Reagan supposedly being an amiable dunce, could you imagine the reaction if either president had used a teleprompter [...]
