GOP Looks To Change Spending Process – Obviously, Some Have A Problem With This
Posted on December 2, 2010 - Filed Under Congress, Conservatives, Democrats, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Republicans | Comments Off
A very interesting notion is coming from the Republicans, especially the new guard
House Republicans seem intent on blowing up the staid appropriations process when they take power in January — potentially upending the old bulls in both parties who have spent decades building their power over the federal budget.
The plans include slicing and dicing appropriations [...]
Why has Media Not Played up Republicans Taking Obama’s Senate Seat?
Posted on December 1, 2010 - Filed Under Barack Obama, Democrats, Elections, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Republicans, Senate | 2 Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
Wouldn’t you think it would be a big deal if a Republican president lost his senate seat to a Democrat only 2 short years after he was elected to the highest office in the land? I mean, don’t you think the media would think that a Republican president losing his own former [...]
Dispatches From The Climate Conference In Exotic Cancun
Posted on December 1, 2010 - Filed Under AGW hyposterics, Agenda based science, Cap & Trade, Collapsing Science, Congress, Fraud/misrepresentation, Global Warming, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Hypocrisy/Situational Ethics, IPCC, News, Propaganda, Science/pseudo-science, Senate, Socialism, Taxes, UN, man-made science | Comments Off
Welcome to sunny, wonderful, exotic Cancun, where the water is warm, the drinks are cool, and airports are very busy!
Via Campesina will bring 4,000 Mexicans – indigenous peoples, farmers and their allies to Cancun, and a few hundred from the Global South. The Bolivian government is flying in 90 people, and Venezuela is [...]
FCC Moving Ahead With Net Neutrality
Posted on December 1, 2010 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Congress, FCC, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Internet, News, Politico, Politics As Usual | Comments Off
Something seems to be missing from their idea regarding what the Internet should be about, though
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is moving forward with a net neutrality order at the agency’s December meeting, setting the stage for a likely fight over the contentious web rules on Capitol Hill.
Genachowski released the [...]
How did Australia dodge the GFC?
Posted on December 1, 2010 - Filed Under Australia, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, News | Comments Off
Martin Hutchinson tells how a number of countries have recovered well after the GFC but omits the real standout economy — Australia — possibly because Bondi beach is all he knows about Australia. So maybe I should fill in a little gap there.
The first point to note is that Australia had NO crisis [...]
