Ethics – Two Michigan Democrats, Michael McGuinness (Former Democratic Party Chair), and Jason Bauer (Operations Director) have been charged with forgery and other counts for their roles to create fictitious Tea Party Candidates to siphon off votes in key state races.
The Budget – The Congressional Budget Office has revealed that the Obama Budget plan for FY2011 will lead to a debt that is 2.3 trillion dollars worse than the administration claims.
Social Security -More than eight in 10 Americans now see the country’s Social Security system as headed for a crisis, and most think a major overhaul is in order, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Wisconsin - A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order last week blocking the state's new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect, raising the possibility that the Legislature may have to vote again to pass the bill.
Huffington Post - Some Huffington Post contributors have gone on strike, and propose taking up collective bargaining.
Libya – So what is the difference between military action in Libya and Iraq? If it is warranted in Libya it was warranted in Iraq since the citizens of both nations were subjected to genocidal tyrants. The daily cost of the Libyan conflict has been 100 million dollars for missiles alone. The Arab League who originally requested the no fly zone has now condemned those efforts once they started. Now a senior White House official claims “It is not on our shoulders how the Libya conflicts turns out”. U.S. efforts in Libya have been turned over to NATO, but reports are also surfacing the U.S. is arming the rebels in the conflict.
Claire McCaskill – The Democratic Senator from Missouri is selling her personal plane to help pay for over 287 thousand dollars she owes in back taxes on the plane.
ObamaCare – Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, who was for the new healthcare reform law has changed his mind stating it would be nightmare for businesses. Starbucks provides healthcare coverage to even part time employees.
Oil - During a visit to Brazil this week, President Obama encouraged the nation to drill for oil so that the United States could import it. Domestic drilling permits have been collecting dust for over a year since a moratorium was put in place.
Hugo Chavez - The Leftist leader of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has suggested that capitalism may have ended life on Mars.
Islam - White House officials have applauded advocacy efforts by the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though they have been associated with the Islamic terror group Hamas, and several of its employees and members have been jailed or expelled for jihadi-related terrorist offenses since 2001. In other news, Senator Dick Durbin's office has begun to hold hearings on Muslims civil rights. They are being held by the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, which Democrats founded this year and that Senator Durbin now chairs. Still, in other news the DOJ is suing a school district that is denying a teacher a 3 week vacation for a Mecca pilgrimage.
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