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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars have been lost or wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee said.Sen. Robert Byrd said some of the money and weapons have wound up in the hands of insurgents in the war-torn countries, CNN reported.The West Virginia Democrat is calling for contractors accused of bilking the U.S. and Iraqi governments to be arrested and put...
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Caption This! (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
1. Robert Byrd has already complained that this picture isn't white enough. Also, she's getting cooties all over his sheets. 2. "Hello, Subby. The spirits have sent me to make your journey less frightening. Shall we walk into the light together?" 3. "Make sure you keep my hideous, talon-like toes out of the frame, okay Mr. Photographer?"
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cold fury (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Your Democrat rulers hard at work — keeping gas prices unreasonably and unnecessarily high, and your household budget wrecked, in the name of fellating their nutjob envirowhack masters: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other liberal leaders on Capitol Hill are gripped by cold-sweat terror. If they permit a vote on offshore drilling, they know they will [...]
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Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Okay, you read this and tell me who’s in the thrall of Big Oil: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other liberal leaders on Capitol Hill are gripped by cold-sweat terror. If they permit a vote on offshore drilling, they know they will lose when Blue Dogs and oil-patch Democrats defect to the GOP position of increasing [...]
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
In "January 19, 2009: The One-Day Cheney Presidency, and the Planned Pardon" (November 6, 2007), I predicted that Bush was going to issue a large...
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Main and Central (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
It's refreshing to finally see some congressional oversight being exerted over the VA, Pentagon, and the Private Contractors. Something that was woefully lacking for much of Shrub's tenure at the helm... As McClatchy reports on a recent Senate Veterans'...
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The Buzz Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Let me get this straight. Two years ago the Democrats ran on promises to ease our pain at the pump. Oil and gas prices rise sharply to record levels. Democrats pooh-pooh John McCain’s call for a summer elimination of the Federal Gas Tax because $.18 per gallon is insignificant. Now oil and gasoline prices have eased a [...]
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Liberally Conservative (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
John Fund, writing in the Political Diary (subscription), discusses how living politicians are using taxpayer-funded projects to name “monuments” after themselves and spouses. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is intent on raising $30 million for a new academic center in his New York district — a center with his name on [...]
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The Redhunter (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Yesterday the Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno for his new position of commander of Multi-National Force - Iraq, and Gen. David Petraeus as commander of CENTCOM. The vote for Odierno was 96 - 1, with Petraeus by a vote...
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California Conservative (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
GEN David Petraeus was confirmed by the Senate as the new commander of Central Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) while LT GEN Ray Odierno was promoted to 4-star GEN and confirmed to replace GEN Petaeus as Multi-National Force-Iraq commander in Iraq. The Senate voted 95-2 for Petraeus and 96-1 for Odierno with Democratic Senators Robert Byrd [...]
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
WASHINGTON -- Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate on Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief military officer in Iraq.
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BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press - Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief military officer in Iraq. The Senate voted 95-2 in favor of Petraeus with Democratic [...]
