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Who Left The Biggest Pile In The Sandbox?

April 10, 2011

I don’t know but it seems to me that the fighting over the budget going down to the wire not only isn’t a good way to do business, but is more reminiscent of trying to get youngsters to play nice in the sandbox.  Each is concerned with building their own sandcastle rather than pooling their [...]

Tagged as: 2011 Budget, 2011 Budget Process, Democrats, Republicans, Tea Party

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DITTO! Independents Have Problems With President’s 2011 Budget (VIDEO)

February 17, 2011

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) went on the PBS News Hour yesterday to voice  concerns about President Obama’s 2011 Budget.  The type and timing of the proposed budget cuts are worrisome during this time of high unemployment and especially given recent statistics of the middle class slipping into poverty quarter-by-fiscal quarter. Click Photo Here To View [...]

Tagged as: 2011 Budget, Cayman Island Tax Haven, Community Action Committees, Dealing with the Deficit, deficit, Democrats, Extension of tax cuts, Exxon, Falling Into Poverty, Fiscal Reduction Committee, Heating Grants, Independents, Middle America, Middle Class, Military, Pell Grants, President Obama's 2011 Budget, Republicans Debt Reduction, Social Security, U.S. Budget Cuts, Ul.S. Debt, unemployment

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Is The Second Bow A Cover-Up For The First Bow?

November 16, 2009

President Obama’s 90 degree bow from the waist to the Emperor Akihito of Japan has been met by the mass media with a “so what, who cares–get over it” attitude unlike the uproar caused by President Clinton’s nod to Emperor Akihito back in 1994 . It is inconceivable that this was just a spur of [...]

Tagged as: 2010 Congressional elections, Bow to King Abdullah, But As For Me.com, Commentary, Obama Bows To Emperor Akihito, Pearl Harbor, Presidential Protocol, Reformed Liberal, Veterans Day, WWII veterans

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