John 3:16 Thursday’s annual gathering will face pious competition from the Occupy crowd. President Obama and much of official Washington, D.C. will troupe to the Washington Hilton Hotel on Thursday for the 59th National Prayer Breakfast. Past speakers have included every president since Dwight Eisenhower, along with luminaries such as Mother Teresa, former British Prime [...]
“There is sufficient justification to question whether outside forces triggered, capitalized upon or magnified the economic difficulties of 2008,” the report says, explaining that those domestic economic factors would have caused a “normal downturn” but not the “near collapse” of the global economic system that took place. Suspects include financial enemies in Middle Eastern states, [...]
National Education Association’s retiring top lawyer, Bob Chanin, speaking at the NEA’s annual meeting in July, 2009: “Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is [...]
Who’s Gunning for Lindsey Graham? His vote for Elena Kagan’s nomination is just the latest conservative heresy from South Carolina’s senior senator. Samuel Jacobs on the Tea Party’s preferred challenger: Love Gov. Mark Sanford. Lindsey Graham is toast—or so say conservatives nationwide and at home in South Carolina. On Tuesday, Graham cast a vote in [...]
Roberts: Scene at State of Union `very troubling’ By JAY REEVES (AP) – 16 hours ago TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama’s State of the Union address was “very troubling” and the annual speech has “degenerated to a political pep rally.” Obama chided the [...]
Welcome to the future, where the Gubment gets paid more than the private sector…your head may explode after reading. Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. Accountants, nurses, chemists, surveyors, cooks, clerks and janitors are among the [...]
File under crazy world. As the controversy heats up over the DOJ lawyers who once represented, or advocated on behalf of, al Qaeda and Taliban members, it is worth taking a quick look at their body of work. Neal Katyal is now the principal deputy solicitor general. Previously, Katyal was a law professor and represented [...]
Amazing how some believe in giving “rights” to non-citizens… White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was asked today about criticisms several conservative groups and Republican lawmakers have launched against Justice Department officials who previously supported or represented in some way the rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. More>
After all the talk about being a conservative, after all the talk about “the people’s seat”, Scott “Benedict” Brown shows his true colors. When will politicians “get it”? Things have changed and we “the people” don’t have to accept you…here’s another one termer. WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – A modest job-creation bill advanced in the [...]