The House  republicans set an example  for the jelly spined republicans in the Senate to which to uphold.    The Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Plan passed the House nary a single republcan vote.  David Espo, AP:

WASHINGTON – In a swift victory

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Eric Florack on January 28th, 2009

The Washington Post:

Republican criticism of the stimulus package that the House will vote on tonight has focused on its soaring price tag, but some Democrats on Capitol Hill and other administration supporters are voicing a separate critique: that

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davidl on January 26th, 2009

PopcornPass the popcorn. The all ‘rate cage fight is on. Say what you will about Barack Obama, but nobody ever called him the sharpest knife in the drawer.   Yet as dull as BO may be, even BO can figure out

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davidl on January 25th, 2009

Barack Obama(BO) picks a fight he can not win, Byron York, National Review, quotes Rush Limbaugh:

Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn’t Merrill have

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davidl on January 22nd, 2009

Great quotes:

Said by many after Nine-Eleven:  We are all Americans.

Said by  Dubya and  many Americans after the Soviet invasion of Georgia:   We are all Georgians.

What should be said after Charlies Rangel and Robert Reich a/k/a Shorty, write

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davidl on January 22nd, 2009

DavidL's Breakfast ScramblePeace versus Freedom, have noticed comments that while 43 tended to talk about Freedom, the one tends to talk about Peace.    The two are not synonymous.   If BO  is as smart as the leftards would like us to believe

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Nancy PelosiFrom Brian Faler, Bloomberg

A Congressional Budget Office analysis of President Barack Obama’s plan found that most of the approximately $355 billion in proposed discretionary spending on highways, renewable energy and other initiatives wouldn’t be spent before 2011. The

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Eric Florack on January 19th, 2009

On Saturday, Brian Douglass opened up over at Pajamas Media:

A little over a year ago, Honda’s luxury Acura brand was criticized for not offering a powerful V8 engine in its flagship sedan. After all, the pundits opined, luxury buyers

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davidl on January 16th, 2009

Breaking, from the Associated Press:

Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it has agreed with liquidators to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal.

The computer retailer that

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Eric Florack on January 12th, 2009

Near the end of Q&O’s weekly podcast this week, Dale makes the point that FDR was able to get us out of the depression only by means of turning the entire country, essentially, over to war production.

He’s quite

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davidl on January 6th, 2009

Barack "BO" ObamaBarack Obama, a/k/a BO wants bipartisan cover for his Raw Deal, Steven R. Hurst

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was “bad and getting

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davidl on December 28th, 2008

BO’s (Barack Obama) plan to reward his union buddies and give the shaft to the American tax payer has a price tag.   David Axelrod has pegged the cost of the Raw Deal,  Sharon Otterman, New York Times:

Regarding the

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davidl on December 14th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleMcCain-Palin had Joe the Plumber.  Now Bitsblog debuts Mike the Electrical. Comments by, or about Mike as transcribed by yours truly:

  • Politics in Chicago is morally bankrupt.
  • Bring back “Cowboy Capitalism”
  • Textile Industry never got a bailout.
  • Small business never

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davidl on December 13th, 2008

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We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on

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davidl on December 12th, 2008

Michael O’Brien, Hill, reported that  Jennifer Granholm(D – Canada ) has called Senate Majority Leader Dirty Harry Reid (D-NV) Un-American:

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) said it was “un-American” for senators to have voted against approving a bailout of

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