Yesterday, Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI-01) said “We’re not going to refight the past” as he introduced his “new” The Path to Prosperity, A Responsible Balanced Budget … and today, the House Republicans brought forward a bill to “refight the past”. The House with near universal Republican support (228-3) ramrod through H. R. 890 which [...]
We have a lot of debate and conversations about government. What it is – and isn’t, what it does, what it should and should not do – there is relatively little agreement, but a lot of opinions. Some of that opinion is better informed than others. This post presumes to take a look at some [...]
Quote of the Day : “This is a fantastic country with fantastic resources. Go past the political silos and appreciate that these are precious human lives that politics has affected.” – Dr. Jeffery Auletta, a hematologist and oncologist, on the impact of health care reform. The comment by Richard Mourdock expressing that “life is always [...]
Aphorism : “The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes over and over again and expecting different results.” Donna Cassata pens a piece for the Associated Press : Listen up, voters, you’re the boss. Your employee has barely produced the past two years, has hardly showed up for work, hasn’t cooperated with others and [...]
Voters will go to the polls with a choice … Mitt Romney advocates increasing the military by 100,000 (without explaining what their mission would be although he acknowledges that he agrees that American and coalition troops will be out of Afghanistan in 2014) … or Barack Obama who has used Executive Orders to force changes [...]
Proof that Mitt Romney is a good businessman that knows how to invest and get the return he desires … Remember when 47 people attend the first ever American presidential fundraiser on Israel soil, at a price of $50,000 per couple in which Mitt Romney observed – “Thank you for your support today. May God [...]
So the Strib polls says that President Obama’s lead is within the margin of error and now the Romney campaign is touting that it will advertize in Minnesota ($30,000 by the campaign and $1.1 Million by his SuperPAC friends) …. hmmm … but wouldn’t he do better to escape SuperStormSandy and visit Minnesota … or [...]
Republican Richard Mourdock participate in a debate in New Albany, Indiana on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 and offered his stance on abortion : “… I struggled with it myself for a long time. But I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible [...]
While Minnesotans are beginning to debate whether to incorporate into the state Constitution to limit the Freedom to Marry, the State of Iowa has allowed same-sex marriage for years. Whatever horrors that some may want to promote as inevitable or even remotely possible, so a poll of Iowans may put some of those assertions and [...]
Iowa prides itself in being the first state to weigh in on nominating candidates for President. The 2012 Republican caucuses thought they had picked the next president when it announced that Mitt Romney had won only to have to retract it later in favor of Rick Santorum. Well … it was close … so surely [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
