http://spolitics.com/blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:28:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en June 22, 2006 Barack Obama sent out a podcast telling listeners that he opposed the Kerry Amendment to the Iraq War Resolution because it imposed a specific timetable. He argued a firm, arbitrary deadline would not give commanders enough flexibility to implement a strategy to stabilize Iraq, create the ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/23/obama-was-against-timetables-before-he-was-for-them/ What exactly are the benefits of being addicted to crack? To hear Thomas Friedman tell it, you'd think there were a lot. After all, he compared our oil use to an "addition" to crack. Of course, crack doesn't provide nutrition to the body whereas oil is the ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/20/we-are-not-addicted-to-oil-anymore-than-we-are-addicted-to-food/ Apparently, we are getting a gas tax holiday. Only it's not in the form of Congress lowering taxes. They just haven't raised them on us yet. From the AP: Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/19/democrats-want-americans-to-pay-even-more-for-gas/ According to ABC's Political Radar, a "veteran Democratic operative" has found a slanderous message in John McCain's latest ad: "a l q D." "al qD" is meaningless by itself. [And] The "l" is actually the capital "I" in "Iraq..." Despite this meaninglessness, ABC goes on to say that the McCain never should ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/18/democrat-makes-crap-up-abc-reports-it/ Just a little something to keep in mind before our congress enacts the largest expansion of federal powers in decades in order to reduce said emissions. http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/18/there-is-no-evidence-carbon-emissions-cause-significant-global-warming-none/ From the New York Times: The United States and Iraq have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for the "further reduction of U.S. combat forces in Iraq" following the improvement in security conditions in the country, the White House said Friday. But apparently this development wasn't juicy enough for the Times.  ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/18/ny-times-bush-admits-us-will-not-stay-in-iraq-forever/ The big news today was that prior to Schumer's reckless publicity stunt, Indymac Bank was not on the FDIC's problem list -- a list of 90 banks at-risk of failing.  It's time to pony up, Senator.  You said you made your letter to regulators public because you were tired of being ignored.  ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/14/pony-up-schumer/ Be afraid.  Be very afraid.   http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/14/warning-theres-a-bank-hating-schumonster-on-the-rampage/ Senator Schumer, you allegedly sought to prevent IndyMac Bank from failing by publicly suggesting it might fail.  Of course, as a result of your actions, the bank failed and you don't seem to concerned about it.  It's hard to believe you are so naive that you didn't understand the ramifications ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/13/a-question-for-chuck-schumer-are-you-incompetant-or-did-you-do-it-deliberately/ Perhaps the only thing worse than the fact that Senator Chuck Schumer caused a run on deposits that led to a historical bank failure is the lack of accountability and arrogance the senator has displayed after the fact.  According to the AP: "The breadth and depth of the problems of IndyMac ... http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/07/13/schumer-shows-no-remorse-and-shirks-responsibility/