The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Good Monday morning. Anyone still in town after the long Senate weekend and before the short Thanksgiving week? The players we'll be watching, Hotline OnCall's Starting Lineup: REP. DENNIS MOORE: The KS Dem, serving his 6th term, will become the first member of Congress to retire without seeking another public office when he announces later today that he will not run for another term, the Kansas City...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Actually, it isn't just Carl Levin who is standing up and saying that if Obama wants to escalate the war in Afghanistan he's going to have to figure out how to pay for it without charging our great, great grandchildren, Bush and Cheney having already bankrupt our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Keep in mind that each additional soldier in Afghanistan costs around $1 million, which...
Berman Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Glenn Beck (Fox News) went after John Murtha (D) for corruption. It is not as if he does not have a lot of material to work with. Video embedded below .
One Utah (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Via Raw Story (emphasis added): Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts like a sweeping health care overhaul. …The group included House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey; Representative John Murtha, who chairs that panel’s defense subcommittee; [...]
Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This AP story at HuffPo uses the wrong lede: WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all major deliveries of troops and supplies to go by air. His wording suggested that, as expected, Obama will soon approve an increase in the already record...
pamibe (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey and Representative John Murtha want a War Tax tacked on to our income tax to pay for the Afghan war, starting in 2011. “Regardless of whether one favors the war or not, if it is to be fought, it ought to be [...]
El Campeador's Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Hill A trio of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that would impose a surtax to pay for the war in Afghanistan. Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Dave Obey (Wis.), Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha (Pa.), and Democratic Caucus chairman John Larsen (Conn.) say that the bill would end the practice of paying for the war with [...]
Six Meat Buffet (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Why do you keep electing that slimeball, John Murtha? I saw this on Glenn Beck last night: Republican William Russell couldn’t even come within 15 points of Murtha in the 2008 congressional election. Sheesh. Western Pennsylvania…are you stupid, apathetic, or just bought off? Russell is gearing up for another run at Murtha in 2010. [...]
Military Times - News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Pentagon should rewrite ethics rules for retired generals who work as advisers for the military while representing defense contractors, Arizona Sen. John McCain and other lawmakers said Wednesday.“The important thing is that they avoid the appearance of conflict,” McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in an interview.McCain was among several members...
The WyBlog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By now we've all had a good laugh over the many phantom Congressional Districts cropping up in Obama's Recovery.gov database . You know, the database which is supposed to provide us with transparency and accountability as he spends $787 billion dollars of our tax dollars. Perusing the list for New Jersey I noted that contracts were awarded to recipients in the 15 th , 25 th , and 26 th Congressional...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
EXAMINER: Dirty Money Watch: Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
If you're trying to get an early read on how the stimulators plan to rob us next, David Leonhardt's column is a good place to look for information. Right from the start, you can tell this isn't going to go well: The one highly visible success of the stimulus bill has been the cash-for-clunkers program. It induced a boom in vehicle sales this summer that clearly would not have happened otherwise. Industry...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
If General Stanley McChrystal's request of President Obama for 40,000 additional troops for Afghanistan is to be met, the cost would be $40 billion to $54 billion a year, according to an internal government estimate published by The New York Times on November 15. The General originally requested 80,000 additional troops. The Times reports, "The rough formula used by the White House, of about $1...
Georgia Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
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Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
This is the sort of farce our democratic institutions degenerate into when the government is run by crumbs like the treasonous porkster John Murtha: On a tip from TED....
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