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George Bush has had his bluff called. The House of Representatives passed the FISA bill today which if penned into law would give the intel...
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David Addington, one of Dick Cheney's top advisors, told the Senate that he was not the person responsible for drafting the legal memo ...
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This recession has been dubbed as possibly one of the worst in history, maybe even worse than the recession experienced during the Great Dep...
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It's still early in Michigan, regardless of the time zone you look at, and it is possible that Michigan might just yield a third Republi...
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For people have lost power in Florida today following a number of lightning and thunder storms it went to the area. The power outage is mass...
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By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, February 26, 2009; 2:12 PM Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced today t...
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CNN is reporting that 21 people were shot at Virginia Tech today by a lone gunman, who is also dead making 22. Separate reports are indicat...
Dow Jones Down 513 Points
The bailout package has a lot of supporters mostly trying to do something as opposed to nothing and many more people that see no benefit in throwing a trillion dollars after bad money.
WaMu Just Failed, Seized by FDIC sold Off
They are reporting that all deposits in WaMu including those over $100k are safe. Shareholders in WaMu just lost all value remaining in the company.
Separately, the meeting at the White House tonight failed again with House Republicans very unhappy, a new meeting scheduled without House Republicans is set for 11:30 am.
Keeping With The Theme
Pakistan Issues Orders to Fire on US Invaders
It would appear that the US has dropped the last straw on the camel before that camel's back will break in Pakistan. Pakistan issued orders to its military to fire on any US troops that cross the Pakistan border from Afghanistan, following US commando raids last month and missile attacks as the US fought to chase rebels on the western border of Pakistan where it is thought Osama Bin Laden is hiding.
Market Dropping - War on Terror to Get Serious?
Oil continues to drop this morning and is right now at $92.76.
It is going to be a long day for finance. As its September 15, just 4 days after the anniversary of 9/11, I can't help but think that I do not want to see the terrorist win by defeating us financially.
People have been talking about how the people of the United States have not really gotten involved in the War on Terror, in part because we did not have to field a personal and direct price. I would agree that this is mostly true for most Americans due to the way that our country went to war.
That said, as the markets move towards directions that have not been witnessed since the precursors to the Great Depression, I can't help but think that there will really be hell to pay once Americans do have to pay a personal price. Americans may have gotten a little bent out of shape on 9/11/2001, but I suspect that in retrospect that will be nothing compared to what will come as a consequence of multiple years of very high oil prices.
WSJ-Baby Formula Contaminated Like Pet Food
The Chinese Ministry of Health is reporting that Melamine has been found in baby formula or baby powder. This is the same substance that was deemed to have killed thousands of pets last year. The chemical was added to pet food in order for the protein levels in the food to appear higher.
So far 59 infants have come down with cases of kidney stones in China this year. So far China has not identified if or how much of this baby formula may have been exported around the world.
This is not China's first problem with baby formula. In 2004, 13 or more babies died after drinking fake formula with no nutritional value.
Charlie Rangel on His Own Mini Tax Scandal
Charlie Rangel found himself embroiled in a Mini Tax Scandal and as far as I can see this is primarily relevant in that the US tax system is so complex that not even a member of Congress with several accountants and advisors is unable to stay on top of things.
Obviously, there is indeed a need for a change, but a change that simplifies the tax code instead of adding additional layers, exceptions, and breaks.
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If reading through those articles don't make you feel like fixing washington politics and the tax code is impossible, making you just want to scurry under the closest rock, I don't know what is. But we have to crawl out dust off, hit the tub with some beautifeel and get to work doing something. Or else victims of a broken code and government we will remain.
Man With Rifle and Grenade Arrested in Washington, DC
This report just came in off the AP Wire.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police arrested a man Friday after they found a grenade and several weapons in his car several blocks from the Capitol building.
Christopher Shelton Timmons, 27, of Orange, Va., was charged with carrying a deadly weapon and possessing unregistered firearms and ammunition, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.
Timmons was detained after he stopped to ask a police officer for directions and the officer saw a rifle case in the car.
A search of the car, a Jeep Cherokee, turned up a rifle, a live grenade, a pistol, ammunition, magazines with ammunition in them and several other "items of concern," Schneider said.
Police closed nearby streets for several hours while conducting the search. The incident occurred near the Library of Congress southeast of the Capitol.
The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and District of Columbia police assisted in the investigation.
During the week of the convention it seems like the crazies have really come out of the wood work on all sides. That was probably to be expected but I think we have to hand it to law enforcement for being on top of things, strapped in on the streets and roof tops picking out the loons with Nikon binoculars and so far arresting them before anything bad happened.
We do need a major over haul in this country, but I do not believe that it should be spurred on about violence.
WasillaAlaska Reacts to Palin's Daughter's Pregnancy - Teen Father to Attend Convention
So now Republicans are going to show case teen parents at the Republican National Convention. For a Governor that vetoed benefits for teen mothers in her own state, believes in abstinence and does not believe in providing teens with birth control, this RNC event is shaping up to be either the height of hypocrisy for Republicans or possibly the opportunity of a political lifetime for Republicans to get real, grow up, and take a step towards the middle ground of America when it comes to teen sex and teen pregnancy.
Regardless, the Republicans have finally figured out how to get back in the saddle and they didn't do it by placing a lady on an english saddles riding sideways, they went straight at the thing with a down to earth woman charging into the fight riding bareback on a Mustang).
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