Harry Reid To Rescue?

With the Boehner bill failing, Harry Reid moves forward…

Federal Judge Orders Richard Nixon’s 1975 Watergate Testimony Unsealed

“Undisputed historical interest far outweighs the need to maintain…secrecy…”…

Tea Party Hero Allen West Slams Tea Party For Wanting To Primary Him

Tea Party favorite Congressman Allen West is being targeted by that group because he is supporting John Boehner.

“I think what we have to ask ourselves is ‘if you’re telling me that I need to vote no against the Boehner plan’ then what am I voting for?” Rep. Allen West (R-FL) said on The Laura Ingraham Show.

“I’m going to stand with this Boehner plan and once again, if the folks who one minute they’re saying that I’m their ‘tea party hero’ and what, three or four days later ‘I’m a tea party defector.’ That kind of schizophrenia, I’m not …

Ex-Astronaut Lisa Nowak Forced Out Of Navy; “Other Than Honorable” Discharge

Submitted by William

“Complete disregard for the well-being of another service member”…

Obama Vs. Bush On The Deficit In One Simple Graph

Submitted by Dan Weymouth

Alan posted the National debt chart yesterday. Here is another chart that shows Bush vs. Obama on the issue of debt, via Ezra Klein.

What’s also important, but not evident, on this chart is that Obama’s major expenses were temporary — the stimulus is over now — while Bush’s were, effectively, recurring. The Bush tax cuts didn’t just lower revenue for 10 years. It’s clear now that they lowered it indefinitely, which means this chart is understating their true cost. Similarly, the Medicare drug benefit is costing money on perpetuity, not just for two or …

A Plea On Sex Scandals

by Stuart Shapiro

Well this week’s sex scandal is now over and David Wu has resigned.  Let me take the opportunity to vent on a pet peeve.  I often see in the comments here, comments about how Democrats can’t keep their pants on and how Republicans are perverts.  Here is a brief list from the past few years of sex scandals.

Democrats: David Wu, Anthony Weiner, Eric Massa, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards

Republicans: Christopher Lee, John Ensign, David Vitter, Mark Sanford, Mark Foley

I could go back further but I don’t have to.  …

Woman kicked Out Of Walmart For Wearing String Bikini

Sandi McMillin was trying to fight 90 degree Portland, OR heat, but Walmart says customers complained when they saw her in her string bikini, and they had to take action.

Minutes into the trip, McMillin says a Walmart employee instructed her to either put a shirt on or leave the store, citing a possible health code violation.

“I was horrified,” she told KVAL News. “I am embarrassed. I hadn’t done anything obnoxious or outlandish.”

McMillin says she was then escorted outside the store.

Walmart spokesperson Ashley Hardie told KVAL that McMillin was actually not forced to leave, but that …

U.S. National Debt Chart Shows Bush Created Much More Debt Than Obama

Submitted by Andrew

George W. Bush’s policies: $7 trillion in debt; Barack Obama’s policies: $1.4 trillion

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No Vote On Boehner Plan Thursday Night As Originally Planned

Republicans supporting Boehner busy trying to get tea party faction to change their minds…

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Flip-Flops On Gay Marriage

After saying he was fine with New York allowing gay marriage, Texas Governor Rick Perry remembered he might be running for president, and tried to have it both ways when talking to Family Research Council president Tony Perkins.

After initially telling reporters that it’s “fine with me” if states like New York legalize same-sex unions through their own legislature, Perry is pulling a 180 and calling for a Federal Marriage Amendment…

“I probably needed to add a few words after that ‘it’s fine with me’ and that it’s fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to …

Michele Bachmann Defends Getting Federal Loans She Opposed

“It’s almost impossible buying a home…without the federal government being involved”…