Press reports indicate that there is a tentative agreement between Republicans and Democrats to trim $33 billion of spending for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Here are a few blurbs from a story in The Hill. A source familiar with the talks said members of the Senate and House Appropriations panels are working [...]
Archive for March 31st, 2011
If the Obama-GOP Budget Deal Is a Kiss-Your-Sister Agreement, Claudia Schiffer Ain’t My Sibling
Posted in Big Government, Debt, Deficit, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, tagged Big Government, Debt, Deficit, Federal Budget, Fiscal Policy, Government Shutdown, Government Spending on March 31, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Obama, Libya, and the Late-Night Comics
Posted in Humor, Political Humor, tagged Humor, Libya, Political Humor on March 31, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I don’t have any strong feelings about the Libya situation. I don’t think we should be there, but I also won’t shed any tears if a cruise missile lands on Qaddafi (I still remember Pan Am 103). But I do appreciate clever political humor. Here are Jay Leno’s jabs. President Obama addressed the nation on [...]