Category Archives: Government
Front Runner
Rick Perry avoided the Iowa Straw Poll, but he seems to be the straw that stirs the drink at the Tea Party. While offending fellow Texan Karl Rove by using the T word to describe Ben Bernanke’s easy way with money, he galloped to the front of the GOP pack in the Rasmussen Poll.
Entitlement State
As the usual flash mob of national leaders showed up to blame Tea Party terrorists for the debt ceiling deal, Paul Samuelson named the real hostage takers.
Downgrade Meltdown
The president appeared on TV today – 5o minutes late – to calm the markets in the wake of the S&P downgrade on US debt. He proclaimed that the United States always has been, and always will be, a Triple A country. Then he resolved to raise taxes. The Dow tanked 635 points.
Man of the People
The president celebrated his birthday in style while the stock market suffered its worst week since March 2009. Here’s an exchange between ABC’s Jake Tapper and press secretary Jay Carney over the collapsing stock market on Thursday.
Tea Party version 1.1
Aside from being jihadists, hostage takers, and terrorists, some say that the Tea Party version 1.1 (version 1.0 was racist) has no interest in governing.
