Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman had an interview with The Hill and discussed some of the problems facing this Congress, especially as it pertains to the war in Iraq.
Lieberman is a strong supporter of the war in Iraq and says we should also keep our eyes on Iran.
It seems Independence has set him free to vote [...]
Can tou beleive this guy? Self-preservation is a strong instinct.
Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, whose home back in Alaska was raided by federal investigators Monday in a wide-ranging corruption investigation, has threatened to place a hold on the Democratic-drafted ethics legislation just passed by the House and expected on the Senate floor by week’s end. [...]
Tell me this isn’t crazy. Sounds like they’re doing the American peoples work. Yeah Right!
Well, I guess you could say they learned from the best.
House Democratic leaders are intent on sidetracking bipartisan attempts to change course in Iraq at least until fall, officials said Tuesday, rather than allow nervous Republicans to vote [...]
I guess the Democrats aren’t wasting any time.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., appears to have flip flopped on his pledge to sign federal legislation replacing all federal taxes with a 23 percent sales tax, according to an unedited FairTax.org video reviewed by ABC News.
“He has not taken this pledge,” Thompson spokesperson Linda Rozett told [...]
Michael Yon has another of his fine dispatches up telling of what’s going on in Baqubah.
Right now Michael is in Singapore getting some much-needed rest.
In the first of two parts he tells of some of the things going on in Baqubah. The first quote is something from the Al Qaeda Islamic State. Propaganda. [...]
What is going on? Seems like even the Republicans are giving more money to Democrats.
July 31 (Bloomberg) — Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm that’s home to Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Bush administration official Jay Lefkowitz, have given more to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign than to all of the top Republican [...]
In a land where human life has no meaning the Taliban has executed a second South Korean, who had gone into Afghanistan as part of a church group to help the people of Afghanistan. The Taliban has promised to kill more if their deadlines for concessions are not met.
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — Police discovered the [...]
Ahmed Belbacha, an inmate at Guantanamo from Algeria, would rather stay at Gitmo in solitary confinement than return to his native country where the authorities or Islamists will torture or kill him.
An inmate of Guantanamo Bay who spends 22 hours each day in an isolation cell is fighting for the right to stay in the [...]
It’s official now. The Iraqi Parliament has adjourned until Sept. 4 without passing legislation that would address the benchmarks Congress has set for us to keep our troops in their country.
I’ve been reading for several days they’ve been having a problem with even getting a quorum of 100 people present and yesterday the Speaker [...]
Thanks to the Washington Post, far from a Republican newspaper, there is a list. Go read.
Here’s a sample:
Party Voting Totals
92.7% Democratic (233 members)
84.2% Republican (202 members)
88.7% All Members (435 members)
100% - Charlie Norwood (R-GA) DEAD as of Feb. 07
100% - Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
99.7% - Nita Lowey (D-NY)
99.4% - Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
99.1% [...]
It is becoming clear that we have very few honest politicians left in Washington. These power and money hungry individuals have themselves so entrenched in their part time jobs as legislators that it seems the only way to remove some of them is through investigations by the FBI, IRS and local authorities.
While [...]
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