Pelosi & Obama Blame the Tea Partiers
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 22nd, 2011 4:28 am by HL
Pelosi & Obama Blame the Tea Partiers
Michael Walsh, New York Post
The stakes for 2012 couldn't have been set out more clearly than two recent speeches by a pair of women who aren't making the decisions these days in Washington.Speaking at Tufts University — right in the midst of the negotiations over the 2011 budget — ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi whined: “To my Republican friends: Take back your party, so that it doesn't matter so much who wins the election — because we have shared values about the education of our children, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, our security and civil liberties, how we respect our…
Should You Worry About a U.S. Default?
Catherine Rampell, NY Times
Standard & Poor’s, the ratings agency, lowered its outlook for the United States to “negative” on Monday, a warning that the country’s top-notch, triple-A credit rating may be lowered. Credit ratings are supposed to give crucial insight into a debtor’s likelihood of default, so a lot of investors and pundits made a big deal about this announcement.Given the lackluster job that S.&P. and other agencies did in rating mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis, some critics have questioned the relevance of the…
It’s Not 2008 Anymore
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
If it is true, as Michelle Obama said in February, that her husband isn't smoking anymore, maybe he'd better start mellowing out with the cigs again before it costs him the presidency.The Barack Obama we've been seeing lately is a different personality than the one that made a miracle run to the White House in 2008.
U.S., Europe Step Up Aid to Libya Rebels
Karen DeYoung, Washington Post
The United States and its allies have entered a new stage of involvement in Libya, sending assistance and advisers directly to opposition military forces, which have been unable to break Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s stranglehold over much of the country despite help from NATO airstrikes.France and Italy said Wednesday that they would join Britain in dispatching military advisers to assist the inexperienced and disorganized rebel army, primarily in tactics and logistics. President Obama authorized sending $25 million worth of nonlethal equipment, including body armor, tents,…
