A Strategy for Fiscal Conservatives
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 16th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
A Strategy for Fiscal Conservatives
Keith Hennessey, KeithHennessey.com
Several conservative House and Senate Members, dissatisfied both with the spending cuts enacted so far and with repeated short-term appropriations negotiations, are threatening to oppose another Continuing Resolution. I think that’s a mistake.Conservatives are expressing two concerns – spending cuts are not being enacted quickly enough, and short-term CRs lack funding limitations (e.g., No federal funds may be appropriated for [National Public Radio, implementing ObamaCare or new EPA regulations, Planned Parenthood].)
Japan Regains Some Control at Troubled Nuke Plant
Yuka Hayashi, WSJ
Japanese officials appeared to have regained some control of northeast Japan's troubled nuclear power plant Tuesday afternoon, at least for now, after spikes in radiation levels that followed a new explosion at one reactor and a fire at another earlier in the day put the nation on high alert.Officials stressed it was too early to say the worst has been averted at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has suffered serious problems in four of its six reactors since Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.
Glenn Beck Site Bites NPR Video
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Guess who's raising serious ethical questions about conservative James O'Keefe's sting video that shook up NPR's management? Right-wing icon and self-described “rodeo clown” Glenn Beck.Yes, Glenn Beck.Beck's website The Blaze, of all places, examined O'Keefe's unedited video of NPR executives caught in the sting and found grossly misleading edits.
Obama at Wheel of Father’s Oldsmobile
Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
