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Only 12% of Americans have “confidence in Congress”

Posted by: ST on June 20, 2008 at 10:58 pm » 8 Comments

According to a recent Gallup poll, which states that’s the “lowest ever for any U.S. institution.” The mediots didn’t fare much better – they came in at 24%. The Presidency rated 26%. The criminal justice system: 20%. The highest confidence rating? The US military, at 71%.

 

Americans For Prosperity’s hot air balloon tour grounded in Nashville

Posted by: ST on June 20, 2008 at 10:17 pm » 4 Comments

On Tuesday, the Americans for Prosperty group launched the second leg of its hot air balloon tour on June 17th (the full schedule is here). According to the website, the tour is designed to, “expose the ballooning costs of global warming hysteria.” There was tour stop in Nashville today, planned specifically so the group could [...]

 

Liberals to Obama: Dude, who the hell are you? (PLUS: OBAMA’S “PRESIDENTIAL SEAL”)

Posted by: ST on June 20, 2008 at 8:56 pm » 14 Comments

Yesterday, I wrote about how badly the far left were disappointed over the House Democrats’ “cave” on the FISA bill (btw, the House officially voted today to pass it, and the WaPo reports that the Senate will likely follow their lead). Most lefty blogs were filled with bloggers expressing “betrayal” and “disgust” at how House [...]

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on June 20, 2008 at 11:45 am » 5 Comments

It’s gonna be another one of those days. I’ll be back later this afternoon or evening.

 

Obama may run ads during the Olympics

Posted by: ST on June 20, 2008 at 8:50 am » 1 Comment

AdAge reports that the Obama campaign is considering an Olympic games ad blitz (via HuffPo): WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — Those tuning in to NBC Sports’ Olympics coverage this year will see spots from General Motors, McDonald’s, Budweiser, Nike and — just maybe — Sen. Barack Obama. Though the Obama campaign is keeping mum about whether it [...]