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**Written by Doug Powers The US Postal Service is losing so much money that at first glance you’d think they gave up on mail delivery and went into the stimulus-backed solar panel business. The USPS is facing a $10 billion loss for the fiscal year. Additionally, thousands upon thousands of layoffs, or even a complete [...]

Lessons on what not to do?

**Written by Doug Powers And you thought the global warming loveseat was crowded before… From NJ.com: In case anyone had any doubts on where Gov. Chris Christie stands on climate change, he made his position crystal clear this afternoon: It’s real and it’s a problem. In vetoing a bill (S2946) that would have required New [...]

**Written by Doug Powers We already know that unemployment and food stamps are are great ways to stimulate the economy and create jobs, and Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey now adds government regulations to the list. Transcript by way of Weasel Zippers: “Now the Texas governor Rick Perry has also said that the EPA is a [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Update: Some think that, in the video, Lautenberg is saying “eliminate the waste” instead of “rich.” You be the judge… it sounds as if that could be the case. ***** New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, whose net worth is in the neighborhood of $50 million, either made a Freudian slip or [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Perry just jumped in so we’ll have to see what it looks like when the dust settles and voters have had a chance to kick the tires so to speak, but this can’t be disappointing to his newborn campaign: Texas Governor Rick Perry, the new face in the race for the [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Not-so-bold prediction: History will record this “Super Committee” plan as the worst “great idea” to come from Washington since their last great idea. Mitch McConnell has said Republicans on the Committee should be open to compromise, all six Democrats on the Committee earned an “F” from the National Taxpayers Union, and [...]

**Written by Doug Powers The age of austerity is upon us, except the pitch for this particular brand of “fiscal responsibility” comes across more more like an ad for a sale at a furniture store: “The more you spend the more you save!” Washington Times: U.S. debt shot up $239 billion on Tuesday — the [...]

The Sith Sense

**Written by Doug Powers Lots going on this weekend, and not all of it is debt ceiling related. Here’s a quick rundown: –Funny how the Democrats and mainstream media outlets started talking about Republicans taking “hostages” almost simultaneously. It’s almost as if it was planned somehow. –Shortly after the White House began its Twitter spam-fest, [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Given Sen. Brown’s brief Senate voting history (i.e. this and this), it won’t be surprising at all if he votes for Harry Reid’s debt bill. It’s just too bad that the fact Brown is in Kennedy’s old seat makes him feel compelled to ask “what would Ted do” before deciding how [...]

**Written by Doug Powers In January, Congressman and first runner-up in the 1986 Fred Gwynne lookalike contest Steny Hoyer called on Americans to tone down the “intense political rhetoric”: “Far too many broadcasts now and so many outlets have the intent of inciting people to opposition, to anger, to thinking the other side is less [...]

**Written by Doug Powers (Scroll down for updates) Two more debt plans are bouncing around Capitol Hill today — the Boehner and Reid plans (Obama just endorsed the Reid plan). As you read the summaries, note the trick Harry Reid employs to artificially bulk up his “cuts” in order to make them more attractive — [...]

Impasse

“Do you have a degree in economics?”

**Written by Doug Powers Is there anybody in Washington at the moment who articulates the conservative philosophy more effectively than Florida Senator Marco Rubio? Rubio was on Face the Nation this morning and dismantled each one of Bob Schieffer’s points, counter-points and regurgitated talking points. I wish more conservative Republicans in Congress could communicate this [...]

Sticking the race card to the debt ceiling

**Written by Doug Powers Democrats such as Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi approve of the McConnell plan. In Republican circles, that fact alone should automatically disqualify it from consideration, but according to Speaker Boehner, it’s still on the table: “Mitch described his proposal as a ‘last-ditch effort’ in case we’re unable to do anything else,” [...]

Selective non-secularism

**Written by Doug Powers How many signatures is the latest effort to recall Bobby Jindal falling short? So far only 907,945: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An effort started six months ago to recall Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has fizzled, but the Opelousas man behind the petition will continue trying to oust the governor by [...]

**Written by Doug Powers When I heard Wallace ask Michele Bachmann if she’s a flake I cringed a little, and I’m not surprised Wallace ended up apologizing. (Update: Apology not accepted?) You know, when I think of political figures who have made questionable statements and embarrassing gaffes in the past few days, Michele Bachmann isn’t [...]

**Written by Doug Powers File this one under “Romney finally catches a break on the praise from liberals” — not that it seems to bother him a whole lot. First Read: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, reviled by conservatives for ushering Democratic legislation through Congress during Obama’s first two years in office, told reporters Tuesday [...]

Another well reasoned argument

Weekend Weiner dump

**Written by Doug Powers Donald Trump went off on Anthony Weiner today. HAP has the full video, but here’s a partial transcript I jotted down just to give you an idea: Many people have been asking me about Anthony Weiner, the congressman from New York who had big ambitions and wanted to run for Mayor [...]

And they’re off…

**Written by Doug Powers It looks as if the other Weiner thread is almost tapped out, so we’ll switch at least some of the discussion here for another day and use this space for any updates. Here’s a rundown of some of the stories coming off the Weiner Wire this morning: –Nancy Pelosi has called [...]

**Written by Doug Powers You probably guessed it: Raise taxes. Oh, and spend less — but without a doubt that last part isn’t on the agenda: “All I know is, whenever you have any type of a problem and the problem is one that you spend more than you are actually bringing in then you [...]

If outlaws are outlawed, only outlaws will be outlaws

**Written by Doug Powers How economically un-American and devious is the Republican field of presidential candidates? They’ve already managed to control the automobile purchasing habits of Congresswoman and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the chairwoman of the DNC, ripped into Republican presidential contenders who opposed President Obama’s 2009 bailouts for [...]