How Republicans Could Get My Vote

I’m an Independent voter. I voted Democrat mostly in 2008, but my vote is up for grabs this fall. Here’s a list of things that could earn Republicans my vote in November.
- If President Obama or one of his commie underlings actually comes out to the house and kills grandma.
- If you actually let the [...]

The Lack of Healthy Political Discourse

Over the last year or so, I’ve been following the protests of those that associate themselves with the Tea Party; and I’ve followed the subsequent stone throwing between those that are assumed to be conservatives and those that are assumed to be liberals.
My question is this:  Why is it natural to assume someone is of [...]

What Others Are Saying About The Health Care Overhaul Bill

As you probably know by now, the House has passed the Senate Health Care Overhaul bill and the President will be signing it into law shortly.
Kaiser Health News has done a great job of providing links to news articles over the past day regarding the House passage of the health care bill.  In an effort [...]

Republicans want Oompa Loompa NOW

Much like Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who has everything she could possibly want and hope to get, the Republicans want their Oompa Loompa now. Its not good enough that their core “common-sense” ideas are included in the Senate health care bill, they want to start over.  At some point, it will [...]

Congress Is Broken

Whether you are a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent or a member of the Tea Party Movement, as an American Citizen, you know Congress is broken.
With out-of-control special interest contributions to politician’s war chests, there’s little hope of anything being done to fix it. Today, the AP is reporting that the Supreme Court ruled Thursday [...]

Catch and Release

Well, it’s easy enough to say. It even has a nice ring to it. And what a great approach to fishing – what a great way to be ‘environmentally aware’ at a time when the significance of “going green” carries so much weight in both business and everyday life.
I applaud those of you on the [...]

President Obama: 2009 In Review

In 2009, the biggest news regarding President Obama’s Administration’s first year has been that there is so much misinformation out there, that no one seems to know exactly what the Administration has or hasn’t gotten accomplished this year.
For example, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) that set aside $700 billion for fending off the financial [...]

Supporting Veterans Needs To Mean More

Local Congressman Tom Rooney celebrated a major victory this week in his crusade to increase mental health funding for our soldiers and veterans. Reps. Michael E. McMahon (D-NY) and Rep. Rooney announced $492 million for medical research, Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological health research, counseling and treatment programs included in the Defense Appropriations Act, which [...]

Single Payer Health Care Best Solution

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont spent half an hour yesterday on the Senate Floor, making the case for a single payer universal Health Care plan. Senator Sanders proposed an amendment to the Senate Health Care Reform bill, which he withdrew when Republican Senator Tom Coburn forced a word-by-word reading of the amendment to obstruct the [...]

The Truth is Out There

Over the past few weeks, we have posted a great deal of information about websites that offer governmental reports, datasets and analysis.  We haven’t added much commentary to many of these articles, because we just wanted to show our readers where to find them.
Transparency in government is a good thing.  For too long, the American [...]

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