From the South Carolina Times and Democrat: Although Congress has approved settlement funds in the Black Farmers Discrimination case, a local state legislator says making payments to claimants is still at least a year away. State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Denmark,
From Politico: House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years. The vote
Today, in 1807, future Confederate General/Traitor Robert E. Lee was born. Also today, in 1809 Edgar Allen Poe was born. We leave it to you to discuss the similarities.
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch: Why do I defend Palin in this case? I don’t agree with her political philosophy: She is an arch conservative. I am a liberal with sanity. I know that I am setting myself
…I did not see symptoms of dementia or anything like that while he was in office… I wasn’t thinking, “Gee, I’m seeing signs of Alzheimer’s here.” In the liberal commentator’s new book, he says it’s fact that the his father
Fireworks start at the 4:00 mark: I think that she has got to slow down and be more careful and think through what she’s saying and how she’s saying it. There is no question that she has become more controversial,
A Presidential bow to our creditors.
Charlie Gasparino in today’s New York Post: The municipal-bond market is in crisis, with prices fall ing and investors running for cover — and for good reason. Munis — bonds sold by states, cities, counties and other localities to finance
Georgia farmer Willie Head discusses how and why the government and USDA county committee members who had no oversight and their own agenda, were able to create a situation where black farmers have lost their land. Be wary when you
Today is the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday.
George Will in today’s Washington Post: Unlike most of the 111 that preceded it, the 112th Congress must begin the process of restoring the national regime and civic culture the Founders bequeathed. This will require reviving the rule of law,
From LA Times: Fuller, a disabled veteran and former campaign volunteer for Giffords, was charged with making threats, intimidation and disorderly conduct and was involuntarily committed for a psychiatric evaluation, Ogan said. In an interview with Democracy Now on Thursday,
Today, in 1991, the first Gulf War against Iraq began. Twenty years later, we’re still there.
From Reuters: President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday loosening more restrictions on U.S. travel and money remittances to Cuba, a further step in his efforts to reach out to the people of the communist-ruled country. The latest
Today, in 2001, Wikipedia was launched.
Tonight, the RNC elected Reince Priebus as the next RNC Chair. As state chair in WI, Priebus managed to shrink the number of both small and major donors. (There is a reason the GOP is called the stupid party.) Donate
Today, the RNC selects a new Chair. Either Michael Steele, Ann Wagner, Maria Cino, Sal Anuzis or Reince Priebus will lead the party into the critical 2012 elections.
From The Economist blog ‘Democracy in America’: Still, freakish death is profoundly unnerving and facing its immunity to reason tends to aggravate rather than soothe our cellular fear of disorder and death. Far from leading us to resignation, the inscrutability
From Reuters: The House of Representatives will resume debate next week on legislation to repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday. The House had been expected to act this week on the repeal
From Rasmussen Reports: Americans have closely followed news stories about the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others in Arizona on Saturday, and most don’t feel politics was the cause of it. A new Rasmussen Reports
Today, in 1968, Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom Prison.
To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who,
From The Hill: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the Arizona shooter who killed six and injured 14, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), was motivated by political views. In an interview with CNN Wednesday Clinton, who
In an exclusive statement, famed attorney and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz defended Sarah Palin’s use of the term “blood libel” from multiple detractors. As the Media Matters/MSM/Democrat narrative on the Tucson tragedy unravels, they are getting a lot more
From the New York Times: The police were sent to the home where Jared L. Loughner lived with his family on more than one occasion before the attack here on Saturday that left a congresswoman fighting for her life and
This morning, Sarah Palin posted a video, reacting to Saturday’s tragedy in Arizona, to her Facebook page. Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. A quote: There are those who claim political rhetoric is to blame for
Today, in 1737, John Hancock was born. Would love to see a doctor’s signature on his birth certificate.
From CBS News: Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country’s heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll.
This is a face of evil. The mug shot of Jared Loughner.
On March 23, 2010 at 6:41pm, Sarah Palin’s infamous “cross-hairs” map was posted to her facebook page. It instantly sparked controversy. On March 26, 2010, at a rally for Senator John McCain, Palin clarified her intentions with the map and
From Reuters: The suspect in Saturday’s shooting rampage in which a U.S. congresswoman was critically wounded was unstable and had been known to make death threats in the past, the local sheriff said. The FBI is investigating whether the man
George Will in today’s Washington Post: Now we have explainers. They came into vogue with the murder of President Kennedy. They explained why the “real” culprit was not a self-described Marxist who had moved to Moscow, then returned to support
Today, in 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations opened in London. We’ve had peace ever since.
Glenn Reynolds in the Wall Street Journal: American journalists know how to be exquisitely sensitive when they want to be. As the Washington Examiner’s Byron York pointed out on Sunday, after Major Nidal Hasan shot up Fort Hood while shouting
From The Economist: Politicians have repeatedly given in, usually sneakily–by swelling pensions, adding yet more holidays or dropping reforms, rather than by increasing pay. This time they have to fight because they are so short of money. But it is
Jack Shafer in Slate: Sheriff Dupnik’s political sermon came before any conclusive or even circumstantial proof had been offered that the shooter had been incited by anything except the gas music from Jupiter playing inside his head. For as long
From the Associated Press: Federal prosecutors brought charges Sunday against the gunman accused of carrying out an assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at a political event in Arizona. Investigators said they carried out a search
Today, in 1916. the last Allied troops were evacuated from Gallipoli.
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama’s statement about the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in Tucson on Saturday: This morning, in an unspeakable tragedy, a number of Americans were shot in Tucson, Arizona, at a constituent meeting with
UPDATE: Initial reports said that the Congresswoman had died. TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at