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LeDuff to Uncle Sam: What About Us? There was no parade downtown today. No ticker tape. No headlines in the newspaper boxes trumpeting: WAR OVER. Standing here on Michigan Avenue in the mechanical heart of the American Empire, there wasn’t enough traffic to bother an alley cat. After nine years of war in Iraq, $800 billion spent (not including the interest), nearly 5,000 Americans dead, another 32,000 wounded and another 100,000 Iraqis killed, we cut and ran Thursday following a 45-minute...Read Full Story

This is no surprise to me. Any group that constantly bloviates on about ethics, correctness (some of them in the religious sense by quoting scripture to you...) and how awful anyone who isn't them... always seems to do so to hide the 800-pound gorilla standing right behind them. Hi there, Mr. Gorilla! I've seen you for a while now. And Mr. Gorilla - zip it up.Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little...Read Full Story

I MAY HAVE MISSPELLED POTATO, BUT I KNOW THE UNITED STATES HAS 50 STATES!!!!!When Vice President Quayle had read the card at a school spelling contest incorrectly he was ridiculed by the press. How much? RELENTLESS!! He will be remembered for nothing else. That's how much. Obama stated he believes the United States has 57 states. Where is the sneering? Where is the relentless press and Saturday Night Live satire? Where is David Letterman? Here is a shining example of the Left inequality in...Read Full Story

Hey...OBAMA...I question your damned patriotism! Who the hell do you think you are, to tell the AMERICAN people...not to question you? Who the hell do you think you are to order me around? Screw you little man! I...am AMERICAN and you are NOT my ruler or KING...child! I have many, many expletives I really, REALLY want to use right now; alas, I must refrain.At no time in AMERICAN history has a Presidential candidate EVER announced his candidacy from a terrorists (A Bomber of Americans land and...Read Full Story

How long before some pathetic ultra right-winger picks this up as proof that they are "better than" others? And that being conservative makes them "better" people?While I don't consider myself a full-blown liberal, I will take reality & truth over "justification" any day. I don't find it o.k. to justify the death of our soldiers in an illegal war any more than visiting prostitutes paid for by lobbyists while preaching family values to be justifiable.The stopwatch won't tick long for the happy...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / POTUS 2008, Politics | / Obama and Hillary in DEAD HEAT nationally for the nomination according to Pew and CNN polling May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): According to a poll I’m reading right now, the two main contenders - Sen(s). Clinton and Obama - are in a statistical “tie” according to the Associated Press. According to a study done by the Pew Research Center, Obama had a 10-percentage point lead over Clinton in March. His image among...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / POTUS 2008, Politics | / Sir Elton v. the FEC - My money is on Uncle Sam… April 17, 2008 “Sir Elton John is not a citizen of the United States and is therefore prohibited from making any contribution to Senator Clinton’s presidential campaign.” Judicial Watch’s President, Tom Fitton Washington, D.C. (RightCommentary.com): Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it filed a formal...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Security, Security & Defense Policy | / US Defense Dept. to let troops to get security clearances without disclosing psychiatric help May 1, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday urged U.S. troops to get psychiatric counseling for wartime mental health problems, saying it is «not going to count against them» later if they apply for national security clearances for sensitive jobs. Gates announced a new policy under which troops and...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Economics, US Economy / Fascinating Charts from the NY Fed Bank April 3, 2008 If you haven’t seen this - you need to look at it… it’s fascinating…. http://www2.newyorkfed.org/mortgagemaps/ It’s an interactive map of the mortgage markets across the United States. You can punch in your zip-code and have access to the Fed’s data on housing conditions, foreclosure activity, % of ARM loans, % that will reset, etc. What struck me the most about this was the average LTV...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Economics, US Economy | / It’s is time to drill for OIL in ANWR May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): To drill or not to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been debated since the 1970s. The time to drill is now. Many polls have indicated a majority of Americans favor not drilling in the ANWR. Overnight, the national average price Americans pay to gas up rose 0.4 cent overnight to a record $3.603 a gallon, according to a survey...Read Full Story