Posted in Campaign 2008, Congress, Politics, education, ethics on June 1, 2007 | 11 Comments »
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FactCheck.org does it again. In their analysis of the Fair Tax proposal they pay close attention to the numbers and the spin placed on those numbers by Huckabee, Tancredo and Hunter. Some of what they have to say is reprinted below:
Americans for Fair Taxation offers the following plain-language interpretation of H.R. 25:
Americans [...]
Posted in Bush, Campaign 2008, Congress, Iraq, Nixon, Obama, Politics, White House, power, presidency on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Okay, so I support Barak Obama. That being said, my bias out in the open, I believe he is the only viable candidate that makes sense on ending the Iraq War. With a White House out of control, refusing compromise with the loyal opposition on matters of the war, and with the [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Iraq, Politics, War, White House, education, peace, power, presidency on May 9, 2007 | 6 Comments »
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George W. Bush wants to hold every school child in the United States accountable for learning and every teacher in the public sector accountable for teaching what must be taught. Yet in his own behavior as President, accountability seems not to be an issue.After vetoing the Democratic Iraq war funding bill, the Democrats [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Iraq, Military Spending, Politics, War, White House, hubris, military, power, presidency, terrorism on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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When Bush breaks out the veto pen he does so objecting to what he calls an artificial withdrawal timetable. But what is your plan Mr. President? For the past four years you have insisted that you have a strategy for victory in Iraq and the conflict just deepens. For four years [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Politics on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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With the war in Iraq raging on without an end in site, gas prices at over $3.00 per gallon, and scandals plaguing the White House is it any wonder that Bush’s approval rating is falling? This lame duck president acts as if he has no responsibility to the electorate, supports those that benefit [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Constitution, Iraq, Politics, War, White House, presidency on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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The debate is an ancient one. Where does sovereignty rest? Is the sovereign concept embedded in the voice and actions of the leader(s) (the crown) of nation-states or does sovereignty rest in the voice of the people and/or the elected representatives of the people.The Bush White House opts, it seems to me, [...]
Posted in Congress, NRA, Politics, gun control, guns on April 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
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Another case of a PERSON WITH A GUN KILLING PEOPLE WITHOUT GUNS. One has to wonder whether David Howard Thurm woke up in the morning with homicide on his mind, whether he went to his perfectly legal locked gun safe, removed his revolver from the perfectly legal gun safe, removed the appropriate trigger [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Gonzales, Iraq, Politics, Scandal, War, White House, presidency on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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I am saddened for the nation as I watch the president hunker down in his last months in office. He announced that in spite of the increased deadly bombings in Iraq that the troop surge is working and all we need is a bit more patience. He has increased confidence in Alberto [...]
Posted in Congress, Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Literacy, NCLB, Politics, Reading First, education, school reform, teaching on April 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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While the DoED is praising the outcomes of Reading First through an internally funded study, the House Education and Labor Committee is investigating potentially criminal behavior at the DoED surrounding Reading First.
Rep. Miller scolded Mr. Doherty at one point.
“Was your mantra, ‘Mistakes were made’?” Rep. Miller said. “You don’t get to override the law [...]
Posted in Congress, Gonzales, NRA, Politics, Pragmatism, bipartisan, gun control, guns on April 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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It is a start in the right direction. If this truly becomes a bipartisan issue then a chance for fair and reasonable legislation may emerge. One of my hobby horses has been that we have had far too much partisanship over the past 12 years in this country. All that has [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Gonzales, Politics, Scandal, presidency on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Finally a bipartisan issue for Congress to wrap its head around. Who would have predicted that the Alberto Gonzales scandal would find Republicans running to the other side of the aisle? And is it any surprise that the White House announces that George II is firmly behind Gonzales.
The growing disconnect between the [...]
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