Obama’s plan to stop speculators from driving up the price of oil

Here are excerpts from the text of the four-part “Obama Plan to Crack Down on Excessive Energy Speculation,” as provided by the campaign:
1) Fully Close the “Enron Loophole”: One of the reasons our energy market is particularly vulnerable to excessive speculation is the so-called “Enron Loophole” … [which means] Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is [...]

Obama — finally a democrat with a spine!

For years, the right-wing pundits have capitalized on the constant whining and spinelessness of the democrats. That continues today. There is overwhelming evidence that Bush has broken many laws and is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. So where is the support for impeachment? Bill Clinton gets impeached over getting a blow-job but Bush is [...]

John McCain’s Connection to Big Oil & The Enron Loophole

Tribute to Tim Russert on Meet the Press

We often take things in life for granted — friends, family, and the few good programs on TV. Meet the Press has been one of those few good programs and it something I looked forward to every Sunday morning.
This morning on Meet the Press was a tribute to Tim Russert. Many of the big names [...]

Dishonest surveys

I just received a call from a survey company. The caller told me that if the tax cuts from 2001 and 2003 were rolled back, average residents of Colorado would see an increase in their federal taxes of about $2000. He asked, “knowing that, do you favor making the tax cuts permanent?”
The purpose of this [...]

Tim Russert died today

Tim was one of my favorite reporter/commentators. He seemed like a good natured guy, but he didn’t take any crap from anyone. We saw that during Scooter Libby’s trial. He was honest and sincere. I never once thought I was getting spin from him.
Sunday mornings won’t be the same without him. He will be missed.

Empathy for Hillary Supporters

I’ve been critical of women who have been supporting Hillary Clinton in part because she’s a woman. They’ve overlooked her lies and bad decisions because they wanted a woman to be president.
This morning, my wife said something to me that made me understand. There has never been a woman president and women feel under-represented in [...]

White House Exaggerated Iraqi Threat, Senate Report Finds

As Gomer would say, “Surprise, surprise!”
Link to Washington Post article
And here all along we thought they were being candid!
Well, we still have a few months left to impeach Bush and Cheney, which may not be a bad idea. If Bush is impeached, he won’t be allowed to pardon anyone. Actually, if he’s under investigation [...]

Clinton’s claim to have won more votes ignores caucuses

Hillary Clinton’s claim to have won more of the popular vote is just plain dishonest. Say we include Michigan, even though Obama followed the rules and took his name off the ballot — therefore received no votes. That gives Clinton 17,822,145 and Obama 17,535,458. Those are the numbers Clinton has been bragging about.
The problem [...]

It ain’t over until Hillary is happy

Obama wrapped up the nomination last night, but Hillary’s not going away. She’s already publicly saying she wants to be his VP. Actually, she wants to be the co-president.
If Obama puts her on the ticket, we could have another Kennedy/Johnson situation where Hillary will have to be locked out of meetings. It would guarantee Obama [...]