I wonder if they are related to the dead voters
The Agriculture Department sent $1.1 billion in farm payments to more than 170,000 dead people over a seven-year period, congressional investigators say.
The findings by the Government Accountability Office were released Monday as the House prepared to debate farm legislation this week that would govern subsidies and [...]

There have been numerous theories over the years about aliens and what might be their planet of origin. What if we found out that planet was none other than earth and they were living right beneath us?
Since ancient times the exploration of the North was of immense interest to humans. It was [...]

I’ve been reading about the storms that have caused serious flooding in Great Britain.

Thousands are without power, buildings are flooding and more rain is in sight.
Since so many people thought Hurricane Katrina was caused by President GW Bush, I wonder how many Britons are blaming him for their floods?
At least, from other articles I’ve [...]

When I was a union member and then a union officer I had to walk the picket line. When I was an officer I was in charge of two picket lines and walked them both.
This is hot, tiring and discouraging work. People couldn’t receive union benefits for pay unless they walked the picket [...]

The New Republic has been publishing stories written by someone who goes by the pen name of Scott Thomas.
Evidently the Weekly Standard read these posts and questioned them. They went to the base where this writer is supposed to be stationed and started checking.
The claims made by this phantom poster are pretty hard to [...]

It’s time to call a spade a spade in a headline and I’m doing it the best way I can.
I’m going to give you a partial quote from this article, which I haven’t read yet and probably will not:
While Washington is mired in political debate over the future of Iraq, the American command here has [...]

I admit it, I am a sucker for a child’s smile.
When I saw these beautiful little ones at Jack Army this morning, it reminded me once again that the simplest things in life can bring delight to such precious cargo.
While the pictures are few, they are precious. Thanks Sgt. Nichols, for sharing with them [...]

The story pretty much speaks for itself but my heart does go out to his family.
The latest wrinkle in the recovery of Tim Johnson is his still-to-be-determined return to the Senate after a debilitating brain hemorrhage — and the complications of it for South Dakota Republicans who are considering challenging him.
Two Republicans, Joel Dykstra [...]

I know that lately visiting here seems like your in liberal territory. That’s not the case. Most of the posts you see are liberal because my fellow conservative Bloggers are either sick or have other obligations that need to be attended to. Please don’t stop visiting if you are conservative because things will [...]

Someone needs to chide this bugger. I wish the Democrats would vote someone else in as leader.
Senate Republicans are preparing to take aim at Majority Leader Harry Reid over the August recess for being “all talk but no action” and helping drag the Democrat-led Congress’ approval rating to a historic low, according to a [...]

Seems like this administration is breaking new ground everywhere.
I’ve posted this under disloyalty because these people aren’t helping President Bush. I only wish that he could see what the people around him are doing.
White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration’s top diplomats, including a PowerPoint [...]

I don’t know why he was shocked. I hate to say it but this administration doesn’t listen to anyone.
They have their own ideas on how things are supposed to be done and that’s the way it’s going to be. No discussion.
I also think that the do nothing Congress should not go on vacation [...]

I guess Mr. Law and order has taken a turn to the dark side.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s aides, including one of his closest advisers, improperly used the State Police to gather information about the governor’s chief rival, Joseph L. Bruno, the State Senate majority leader, in an effort to plant a negative story about Mr. [...]

Self-explanatory.
According to a new American Research Group poll, just 25% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. These are record lows for the survey.
When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 23% approve and 73% disapprove.
Poll

I hope they take this all the way and use everything at their disposal to prosecute these people for making a mockery of the justice system.
I’m not for these investigations but why wouldn’t they cooperate if they have nothing to hide?
House Democrats on Monday targeted two of President Bush’s longtime aides for criminal contempt [...]

I hope they get everything they have got coming. We have gone to support the troops whether they are in combat or home.
Frustrated by delays in health care, injured Iraq war veterans accused VA Secretary Jim Nicholson in a lawsuit of breaking the law by denying them disability pay and mental health treatment.
The lawsuit [...]

As usual CNN, the most trusted name in news, screwed it up. The format was horrible and the moderator was terrible.
I can’t wait for the Republican debate under the same conditions.
Hillary did clean house.
Democratic presidential candidates shared the spotlight Monday night with ordinary citizens from around the country in a two-hour debate that [...]