Let’s talk “Big Oil”
The nation is grumbling about fast-rising gas prices and Congress is trying to “solve” the issue via “solutions” that have proven in the past to only make matters worse.
Obama hypocrisy watch
Barry Oh! has been out on the stump today in North Carolina criticizing his opponent on the issue of the economy and gas prices, but what he’s not telling people about are the ties his campaign has to evil subprime lenders, lenders who both he and his legions of supporters/followers have relentlessly attacked the last several months (as part of the overall downturn of the economy), especially when some of those same supporters tried to tie McCain to the subprime lending ‘crisis’ several months ago.
Think Charlie Rangel’s “tax reform” plan is bad?
Last Thursday, I blogged about House Ways and Means Chair Charlie Rangel’s “tax reform” plan, which really does nothing but trade off one set of bad tax laws for another set.
Less people in poverty now than in 2000, BUT …
… the media finds a way to spin it into a negative:
John Edwards “two Americas” theme takes a big hit
Here (sub. req’d) is what the slick Senator from North (or is it South?) Carolina won’t tell you on his campaign stops where he discusses ‘declining wages’ (emphasis added):