Ken at Popehat has found an absolutely fascinating piece of information — the White House bills the President for his food. Not for state dinners, but for regular meals he and his family eat, he gets to pay out of… Continue Reading
Before being elected, Barack Obama said that he’d rather give up smoking than his BlackBerry. He’s addicted to it. Uses it all the time to keep up on news, e-mail his friends and family, and make phone calls. You know,… Continue Reading
“A strong dollar is in America’s national interest,” says Treasury Secretary-Designate Timothy Geithner. Yes, but what exactly are we going to do about that? Apparently something, and that something is allegedly going to be done against China. Geithner also praises… Continue Reading
New York Governor David Paterson has, apparently, nominated U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed to the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. It seems that Caroline Kennedy had some tax and not-precisely-documented household help problems. Representative Gillibrand… Continue Reading
Take a listen to Jill Biden at about 1:45 during this interview with Oprah: There’s a “clarification” later which basically disclaims the whole thing that Dr. Biden blurted out (and which caused her husband’s face to turn red).
I know that the President’s words in his inaugural address are true — America is, and Americans are, capable of doing great things under very pressing circumstances when they are of a mind to do so. We have done much… Continue Reading
From a new website called New Majority, Rudy! talks about what the GOP has become and how it can get better again: Yes, to some extent, it’s the same thing over and over again in the “Republican Reboot” posts here… Continue Reading
Please note for the record: George W. Bush stepped down today in a peaceful transfer of power. He did not suspend the Constitution or the 22nd Amendment. He did not declare martial law. Army troops in Colorado Springs remain on… Continue Reading
Barack Obama is not the forty-fourth President of the United States. No, I’m not talking about the de minimis error in the wording of the oath he swore this morning (which was John Roberts’ fault, and Roberts can be forgiven… Continue Reading
As I write, it is in the very last minutes of the Bush Presidency. Barack Obama will take the reins very shortly and begin the unenviable job of leading the country through a difficult economic crisis, and a substantially more… Continue Reading