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QUESTION/ANSWER #1: From “Meet the Press” on Sunday, July 24, 2011 David Gregory asked William Daley, White House Chief of Staff the following question regarding a suggestion that a “super-committee” would be tasked with making the hard choices on budget cuts at…
While the President has been conducting his dog-and-pony show from the White House Briefing Room berating the House Republicans for their fiscal inflexibility and Rupert Murdoch is being demonized and we continue to bomb Libya in support of I don’t know…
Some of you may not be old enough to remember Wimpy. Wimpy was Popeye’s friend in cartoons. He was very intelligent, and well educated, and also something of a scam artist. I was reminded of Wimpy when I was reading…
Americans are speaking loud and clear but the Obama regime is not listening. The news of late is dominated by the Debt Ceiling negotiations and the American people clearly believe that the deficit must be reduced by spending cuts. While…
According to a recent Rasmussen survey, eighty-five percent (85%) of voters are following the debt ceiling story closely and 52% believe it would be dangerous to raise the debt ceiling without making significant cuts in government spending. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of…
The U.S. Treasury Department has options available to it right now to avoid default in the short term and provide the time required to engineer a long term solution to the problem of unrestrained government spending. The U.S. does not have…
Obama found his way to the presence of the White House Press Corp (that’s pronounced “core.” Mr. President) to use his bully pulpit and expose his affinity for the white hot lights once again. His message was about the status of…
I am not sure who chose the venue, but the choice was superb. The backdrop of the hearing was a magnificent vista of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Under bright sunshine and blue skies the red tops of beetle…
The US House took a half-stand on the Libyan War yesterday. Despite being ignored and marginalized by the Commander-In-Chief regarding his defiance of the War Powers Resolution, the House voted only to prohibit military aid to Libyan rebels battling Moammar…
After some high-stakes, high-octane negotiations between the opponents of ethanol subsidies and the agricultural state senators, a deal was announced on Thursday that may be the beginning of the end for the high profile subsidies that have been in place…