Things categorized as 'Escape from D.C.'
Bev's Holsters
I Have a Plan!
• Dr. Strangelove: Sir! I have a plan! [standing up from his wheelchair] Dr. Strangelove: Mein Führer! I can walk! [discussing the Doomsday machine] President Merkin Muffley: How is it possible for ...Argentina seizes pension funds to pay debts. Who’s next?
% Here is a warning to us all. The Argentine state is taking control of the country’s privately-managed pension funds in a drastic move to raise cash. It is a ...
What’s the Difference between a Million, Billion, and a Trillion?
• See if you can wrap your head around this: One Million seconds equals about 12 days. One Billion seconds equals about 31 years. One Trillion seconds equals about 31,000 years.
China Crushes our Mythical Domestic Green Jobs
• President Barack Obama is spending $2.1 million to help Suntech Power Holdings Co. build a solar- panel plant in Arizona. It will hire 70 Americans to assemble components made by ...
Even Liberals Are Giving Up on President Obama
• Wow. Paul Krugman (The Conscience of a Liberal at the New York Times) writes: He Wasn’t The One We’ve Been Waiting For And across the great and mighty pond, the Germans proclaim: Read More →Washington is Wall Street. Wall Street is Washington.
• It's amazing how Washington D.C. gives the chosen few on Wall Street unlimited funds - paid by the American Taxpayer. Where is the change?Fort Hood Official Report Does Not Mention “Islam”
• This week, the U.S. Military released its 86-page report: "Protecting the Force, Lessons Learned from Fort Hood," an independent review by the Department of Defense. The report is suppose to cover ...The Genocide Chart
• The Human Cost of "Gun Control" Why must all decent non-violent people fight against "gun control"? Why is the right to keep and bear arms truly a fundamental individual right? Read More →
Progressives Go After Rahm Emanuel
• What a surprise! (ahem.) Who would have imagined that Liberal Agenda Elites like Rahm Emanuel would be turned on by his own "party"? (cough.) CNN reports that a liberal group is ...The Massachusetts Miracle
• Author's Note: On January 19, 2010, a special election will be held in Massachusetts to select a new US Senator. Mainstream media pundits would have you believe Democrat Maratha Coakley ...
New 9/11 Gov’t Data Released Contradicts Previous Gov’t Data
• This kind of thing makes my head spin. Remember flight 77? It was the plane that allegedly flew into the Pentagon. It was also the plane that had the story of ...
What, Pelosi Worry?
• In the midst of our Great Recession, Nancy Pelosi sports a shiny new jet! Queen Pelosi wasn't happy with her old jet. It was a USAF C-20B jet, Gulfstream III. ...
Got a 401K? Guess Who Is Going to Bail out the Treasury Market
• From Businessweek: The U.S. Treasury and Labor Departments will ask for public comment as soon as next week on ways to promote the conversion of 401(k) savings and Individual ...America Rising: An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians
• Video author's note: "We elected you on a promise of hope and change. We regret it. In 2010, we are taking the country back. Blue collar democrats, independents, and conservatives. ...
Here We Go Again – Unexpectedly, unexpectedly
• You may recall my previous post on how I was getting so sick and tired of our Mainstream Media and our White House Leadership feigning “surprise” over and over ...
The TSA is Out of Control
• Award winning war correspondent Michael Yon was detained and handcuffed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Yesterday by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel. Mind you, you may be next.
Senator Mary Landrieu – If The Price is Right
• In case you miss the context of this cartoon, take a peek at these stories:White House Investigating Rogue Network of Moles?
• Griffin Tarpley has just reported that officials in the Obama White House are considering the possibility that the Christmas day attempt by Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Mutallab to blow ...
SEC and Obama Administration Preparing for Next Financial Disaster?
• ZeroHedge wrote up: This Is The Government: Your Legal Right To Redeem Your Money Market Account Has Been Denied Jesse's Cafe Americain went on to analyze: "A key proposal in the overhaul ...
Your Government as Financier
• Taxpayer losses from supporting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will top $400 billion, according to Peter Wallison, a former general counsel at the Treasury who is now a fellow at ...
Obama’s Utterances Are Hollow
• Saturday roundup of three National Review Online articles that are a must read: War? What War? The Obama administration refuses to admit that we are at war. ...More jarring still were Obama’s ...
US Blocked Dutch Install of Full-Body Scanners
• Well, the coincidences and conspiracy theory correlations just keep marching on! The United States prevented Dutch authorities from installing full body scanners before the suspected Christmas Day bomb plotter ...
New York Times finally mentions Obama’s Interpol Order
2 Their take: There's nothing here. Move along. Resist Tyranny wrote up an interesting piece about this subject. Check it out.
Napolitano is “worked” by John Lott
% Janet, you just can't escape John's logic. If only you D.C. bureaucrats would say what you mean and mean what you say. I hold you in contempt of common sense. Read More →
Terror Suspect Tip-off Act of 2009
• Dave Codrea writes up a great piece about how anti-gun Senator Schumer of New York has given us a sneak peek at legislation he is proposing.
Washington D.C. Detective Brings Gun to Snowball Fight
• Washington police are investigating the incident, when the off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of the light-hearted battle. About 200 people from a Washington D.C. neighborhood had gathered to ...
Climate Debt
% Climate Debt. Climate Debt? Oh, you mean "Cap and Trade? Carbon Trading?" Funny how Politicians are incredibly uncomfortable with anyone talking about Climate Debt. (See COP15). Climate Debt is ...