And the Circus Begins
This morning marked the beginning of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee, Sonya Sotomayor, and it seems that we’re in store for some serious political theatrics. Already, just in the opening statements from a…
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Too Much Heat in the Kitchen
It appears that Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin has found that there is too much heat in the kitchen and has opted to leave … mid-term. Citing in her resignation speech the amount of negative attention…
Conscience Rule Still on the Books
Like Barbara Coombs Lee of the Huffington Post, I cannot be silent about the fact that the Obama Administration has not yet rescinded this onerous regulation, that puts the consciences of anyone working in and…
ACLU Challenges Patents on Human Genes
Image via Wikipedia Got this one in my email today … and I have to agree with their stance: There is something fundamentally wrong with companies being able to own the rights to pieces of…
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“Right to Refuse” Rescission Up for Comment
Posted on Regulations.gov on March 10, 2009 is document HHS_FRDOC_0001-0050 which describes the process for submitting comments relative to the rescission of the Regulation entitled “Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do…
Wake Up Mr. Liddy … Kill the Bonuses!
The ‘bonus’ situation on Wall Street, and more particularly with AIG is beginning to seriously anger American taxpayers, especially since we are the ones who enabled them to remain in business and not go under….
Ensign Touting GOP Line Against EFCA
I’m not a fan of organized unions, but that’s another discussion for another time. However, I do draw the line at the tactics now being used by Senator Ensign to promote the Republican line against…
They Raised the Debt Ceiling Again!
I find it interesting that in all that we heard about HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the stimulus bill), we never heard the media telling us about the provision that…
Change We Can Believe In?
Today… President Obama has earned his first Flip-Flop award for flip-flopping on his campaign promise to change how business is done in Washington through vetoing bills with excessive earmarks. Behind closed doors, he signed the…