It's just a question of priorities : Something like 97 percent coverage for people already here, at a total cost somewhere in the $1 trillion range. Bear in mind that the Bush tax cuts cost around $1.8 trillion over a decade. We can do this — and have no excuse for not doing it. Just a little fact check to throw at your Congressional reps when they're out waving the flag in your supposed interest...
Former President George W. Bush looked back as far as the signers of the Declaration of Independence and as recently as the U.S. soldiers fighting wars abroad as examples of the patriotism and bravery that define Americans.
A rural Oklahoma town greeted George W. Bush today with thunderous applause. Bush was given 6 standing ovations as he spoke on Independence Day in a remodeled rodeo arena. The New York Times reported, via Free Republic : Former President George W. Bush spoke amid thunderous applause in a rural Oklahoma town to celebrate the Fourth of July, calling the U.S. the ''greatest nation on the face of the earth.''...
Big tea parties across the country today, and check this out: " Over 15,000 attend Freedom Rally Tea Party in Tulare ." Here's the report from KFSN-TV/DT Fresno, " Tea Time in Tulare: Thousands Angered About Taxes ." Gateway Pundit reports on the St. Louis tea party," 1,500 Turn Out At St. Louis-Washington Missouri Independence Day Tea Party Rally ." Also, " Thunderous...
WOODWARD, Okla. | George W. Bush spoke amid thunderous applause here to celebrate the Fourth of July, calling the U.S. the “greatest nation on the face of the earth.” The former president was given six standing ovations as he spoke Saturday in a remodeled rodeo arena in Woodward, a community of about 12,000 residents in northwest Oklahoma. About 9,200 tickets were sold for the event,...
Former President George W. Bush surprised city leaders in Woodward -- population 12,000 -- by accepting their invitation to speak at festivities celebrating the $25 million renovation of a local park.
I’m reading Sarah Palin’s statement again, because this still makes no sense this morning, and this had me laughing: I will support others who seek to serve, in or out of office, for the right reasons, and I don’t care what party they’re in or no party at all. Inside Alaska – or Outside Alaska. But I [...]
Items commemorating the upcoming visit of former President George W. Bush are on sale at The Cowboy's Tack Shop in Woodward, Oklahoma. (Photo: AP) read more
Flashback a few years, and there would be howling outrage from those on the Left, screams that Boooooosh!!!! is shredding the Constitution, that he is spying on Americans, well, it would look something like this No one could scream like Sam Kinison. Surprisingly, none on the left are doing it when we flash forward to July [...]
The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials. President Obama said in May that government efforts to protect computer systems from attack would not involve "monitoring private-sector...
Here is Specter earlier this week : "My voting record has been more in line with the Democratic approach than Republicans, and I'd been urged for many years by (Vice President) Joe Biden and (Gov.) Ed Rendell to become a Democrat. Specter claims that he votes more in line with Democrats than Republicans. However, the most comprehensive voting scorecards all indicate that simply is not true: According...
The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials. President Obama said in May that government efforts to protect computer systems from attack would not involve "monitoring private-sector...
Morality is always a hot topic in America and has been since the pilgrims first slipped on moss-covered Plymouth Rock. And in that discussion, it's easy to see that George Bush's concept of morality is a sort of Yale philosophy class taken via Cliff's Notes.
Sultry actress Pamela Anderson reveals he is planning to give U.S. president elect Barack Obama a book of essays, titled “One Can Make A Difference.” it is a book that features thoughts, stories & musings from notable names, like Sir Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Petra Nemcova, Moby, & Kevin Bacon.
With only a handful of days left, the Bush administration is polishing the Edsel-in-Chief’s corroded image. But at the end of the day, if there's a turnaround, it's because you can afford to be charitable when the effects of presidential crapitude aren’t so direct.