What’s that? Retirement? It’s a great Cafferty Question from Thursday. The comments make for some great (if depressing) reading and the statistics Jack presents are ghastly.
$$$ worries for retirement?
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: What’s happening to the American dream? Among other things, a lot of Americans are worried they won’t have enough money for their retirement years. A new Gallup poll shows 47% of those surveyed are concerned about outliving their money after they retire. That number jumps [...]
Tags: Economy, Jack Cafferty, Retirement
Categories: Economy
Clinton-style. A good month. No, make that a GREAT month. Will it help her turn the tide? Probably not, if Obama does raise more $$$$.
Clinton raises $35 million in 1 month
Rebounding from weak fundraising in January, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to raise $35 million in February, a figure rival Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign said it would surpass, a campaign [...]
UPDATE: Clinton camp says there were a lot of $100 donations, signalling that she wasn’t just calling on big-money support.
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Obama
We’re either not being given the big picture, or the government is digging into something it should stay away from. Any guesses?
The odd details of the IRS’s latest church investigation
Federal tax law, as it relates to tax-exempt religious ministries, is pretty clear — houses of worship may not legally intervene in political campaigns, either in support of or opposition to a candidate or a party. Those who violate the law run the risk of losing their tax-exempt status. What’s less clear is why the IRS [...]
Tags: IRS
Categories: Bush Administration · Taxes
If you thought Abu Ghraib was simply part of history, think again. Be warned, these new photos are graphic. EXTREMELY graphic. via Wired Magazine’s “Danger Room” blog
Awful New Photos from Abu Ghraib
As an expert witness in the defense of an Abu Ghraib guard who was court-martialed, psychologist Philip Zimbardo had access to many of the images of abuse that were taken by the guards themselves. For a presentation at the TED [...]
Tags: Torture, Abu Ghraib
Categories: Torture
Seems our economy is hurting right now, even though the President likes to think it’s just slowing down a bit, nothing serious.
Economy Slows to Near Crawl
The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gross domestic product increased at a scant [...]
Tags: Economy
Categories: Bush Administration · Economy
February 28, 2008 · 1 Comment
Why is it that I just don’t trust this guy? Mark Penn. Clinton’s Chief Strategist. He doesn’t come off well during TV interviews. I’m not convinced (at all) that his “strategy” has done a thing for the campaign. And I’m certainly not convinced he’s been worth $4.3 million…
How is Mark Penn spending his gigantic haul?
As of early February, the Clinton campaign had paid or owed chief strategist Mark “automatic delegate” Penn’s firm over $4.3 million. What is Penn spending that money on? Hillary Rodham Clinton’s pit-bull pollster and chief strategist Mark Penn has his Washington, DC, neighborhood in an uproar. He recently started multimillion-dollar renovations on his house on O [...]
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Mark Penn
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
Barack Obama is a great speaker. He’s a marvelous motivator. So much so, perhaps, that his supporters haven’t taken the time to look at his record. A couple of examples for you tonight:
Obama’s Hearing Problem
In December, I did some research into how Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each used legislative machinery at their disposal in the Senate to get some sense of their “executive abilities”. For some reason, I expected Hillary Clinton to be too busy for things like subcommittee hearings and Obama to be drilling in and learning as much as he could because his experience in federal level legislative affairs might be perceived as weak. I found the opposite — and discovered that [...]
A Skeptical Progressive Examines Obama’s Record, Concludes ” Count Me Out”
…He started thinking he didn’t know too much about Barack Obama other than the change meme, so he did some pretty exhaustive research on his voting record. As a result, he says, “Count Me Out.” Check out his issue by issue comparison and then his conclusion: [...]
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Obama
Ah, yes. Politics and the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Fun times, for all.
Road Map
Hopefully, everyone can now see the McCain strategy for running against Barack Obama. Yes, we have some general points on taxes, culture wars and McCain as war hero who can protect us in ways that flash-in-the-pan pretty boy Barack Obama [...]
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain
Categories: 2008 Election · McCain · Obama
Trouble for the Obama camp? The debate over NAFTA hasn’t been easy for either Obama or Clinton. Allow me to drag you north, to Canada, for a quite amazing report:
Shocker: Obama Campaign Reveals Fake Stand on NAFTA [Video UPDATE]
Must-see VIDEO UPDATE: A Canadian medical professional (no more to protect anonymity) reports to me: “This story made headlines tonight in Canada in all major Canadian news networks. Barack Obama has been caught lying. Spread this as much as you can because it is true and factually supported. I think the people of Ohio [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, NAFTA
Categories: 2008 Election · Obama
I know the president doesn’t gas up his limo, but you’d think he might have heard about where gas prices are headed. Wouldn’t you?
Bush: I’m ‘focused’ on gas prices but unware of $4 gas.
During his press conference today, a reporter asked President Bush what his “advice” would be to the “average American” who is “facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline.” Bush replied, “That’s interesting, I hadn’t heard that.” Yet a few minutes later, Bush wouldn’t answer a question regarding donations for his presidential library because, he [...]
Tags: Economy, Gas Prices
Categories: Bush Administration · Economy
Let’s just say – we haven’t learned a thing, have we?
It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
Dateline: America, 2001. I read over at Jill’s place that American flight schools have granted FAA certifications to thousands of foreign student pilots who have not been given the requisite background check by the TSA and do not have the specific type of visa required to enroll and obtain pilot licenses. Muses Jill, cynically: [...]
Tags: Flight Training
Categories: 9/11 Conspiracy
It’s all so they can try to convince us how great things are going in Iraq. Sadly.
Republicans betting debate on Iraq works in their favor
Senate Republican’ decision to engage Democrats in an Iraq debate this week represents a risk that could further tie the party’s political prospects in November to the war. The change in strategy from defense to offense was so quick that it caught Democrats by surprise [...]
Tags: Iraq, Senate
Categories: Congress · Iraq War
We’ve almost cleared another full week! I sincerely hope that yours is a productive one. We’ve been trying to get an extra hour or so of sleep each night, in an effort to “catch up” and not wake up exhausted. Doesn’t seem to be particularly successful. As I get to the point in the day (evening) when I have time to work up some blog posts, I’m pretty well beat. Hopefully, we’ll maintain some energy tonight!
And we begin in the interest of fairness. It took them the better part of the week to conjure up the comments, but the GOP in Alabama is going after 60 Minutes over the Don Siegelman story. We’ve talked about it before, so – here’s the other side:
Alabama GOP to “60 Minutes”: Put Up, or Shut Up
In the MSM’s desperate desire to smear all things GOP, 60 Minutes recently ran a hit piece on Karl Rove, somehow trying to blame Mr. Rove for the downfall of Alabama’s corrupt, former Democratic governor Don Siegelman – the Alabama GOP has responded to the smear: Dear Mr. Pelley, Last Sunday, you aired a piece on 60 [...]
Tags: Don Siegelman
Categories: Bush Administration
