July 29, 2010
Tax Fight
In 2001, right after President Bush took office, his people pushed hard for Speaker Hastert to pass through a huge tax cut. The economy was slowing down as the tech bubble burst, and the Bush team wanted a big enough...
July 28, 2010
Thune
I ran into Congressman Jimmy Duncan in the hall of the Capitol and we had a little chat. Duncan is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet, a savvy politician who is completely honest and to the untrained...
July 27, 2010
Beyond Obama – Via votesane.com
In the early days of Saturday Night Live, a recurring character on the show, a retired baseball player named Chico Escuela (played by Garret Morris), had an iconic line: Baseball has been bery, bery good to me. In the spirit...
July 27, 2010
Play
“The play’s the thing,” Hamlet said as he went to work to find out who killed his father. “Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.” Play and work. Work and play. If you Google “play,” you get 1.93 billion...
July 26, 2010
Soak The Rich
The Obama White House wants to get those damn rich people. If there is any clear message coming from these characters that are currently running Washington, it is that rich people are bad and they must be taxed more. This...