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 [...]

How did Obama make the decision for more troops

When decisions are made in our government, the American people are not often privy to the way the review process happens.  We now have the accessibility to read bills and amendments prior to votes in Congress and we have accessibility to more topic discussions in government than ever before – from the smallest city council [...]

Most Enjoyable Books of 2009 for Reasons Other than the Story

As Amazon so eloquently put it, “ranking books is crazy.” At Old Musty Books, there may be the occasional “this is probably one of the best books I’ve read this year,” but ranking any of the books read and reviewed would be incredibly difficult.
One reason for not ranking books on Old Musty Books is one [...]

Digital Domain Will Have A Special Effect On St. Lucie

On Monday night, the proposed Digital Domain animation studio project will go before the Port St. Lucie City Council for conceptual approval.The nuts and bolts of the deal are as follows $50 million in grants, bonds, land, and tax abatements for the company as incentives to locate their new studio here, five hundred $60,000 [...]

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