Planes, trains or automobiles. An Irreverent View of Amtrak. 

By Shamus McConomy 

Amtrak: a train wreck in more ways than one.

Two phenomenon have occurred to make trains popular in America, the animated television character “Thomas the Tank Engine” and Vice President Joe Biden.  During the 2008 presidential campaign he became the national poster child for Amtrak.  Stories of him commuting between his Delaware home and Washington D.C., on Amtrak, provided an interesting vignette of Senator Joe Biden as just an “average Joe.”  The problem with Vice President Biden’s love affair with trains is 

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 There is a House in Washington…

by Tom Bortnyk

Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to reinstate “PAYGO”, the pay-as-you-go spending policy that requires expenditures to be financed with currently existing, rather than borrowed funds. On the surface, this appears to be a fiscally responsible guideline; during the Clinton years, PAYGO helped control the deficit and, coupled with the economic boom and a number of other factors, lead to the budget surplus.

But dig a little deeper and you’ll find that nothing about this bill addresses (more…)

Republicans will steal from you too, so don’t feel too confident around GOPers either

By Chris Ingram

Facing dwindling poll numbers following the Obama-care fiasco, President Obama is now attempting to fool Americans into believing his Number One concern is jobs and the economy – as opposed to socialism and a government take-over of 1/5th of our economy. O-say-anything-Bama is also touting his concern over the federal debt – which is the Number One peril facing America’s future and its children.

Suddenly, Obama thinks fiscal stewardship, responsible government, and controlled spending are a bright idea. Of course, he’s full of (more…)

Washington politicians continue to pander, avoid tough problems, and focus on next election — not next generations. America gets what it deserves. Remember, we elected these people…

– Chris Ingram

CBO: Federal deficit projected at $1.35T

By Andrew Taylor, AP

WASHINGTON – The Senate Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the federal deficit this year despite glaring new figures showing the enormity of the red-ink threat.

Read the full AP story by clicking here.

Brown shakes up Obamalism; trouble still looms for the GOP

By Chris Ingram

This morning’s news is dominated with stories about the stunning upset Republican Scott Brown managed over Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat.

Yesterday I expected Coakley would pull it out in a squeaker — admitting I hoped I would be wrong. And I was. So today I eat crow — gladly.

The brakes have been applied to the liberal agenda of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. Democrats across the country are wetting their pants wondering what to do. The handwriting is on the wall: Americans have had enough of uncontrolled spending, mindless government programs, and saddling our children with more debt.

Yesterday plans were in place to pass Obamacare by (more…)

An occasional look at what people are talking about in politics

By Chris Ingram

Republicans will be disappointed

In Massachusetts, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 3:1. In the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama bested John McCain by 26 points. Massachusetts is home to large labor unions and one of the most liberal state legislatures in the country.

But if you believe the most recent polls, Republican State Senator Scott Brown is poised to defeat Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley in the race to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate.

The GOP sees this as a great opportunity to hand (more…)

None Dare Call It Socialism

By Larry Thornberry  

In toney, left-wing circles it’s considered rude, as well as prima-facie evidence of yahooism or worse, to suggest that Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the merry majority in Washington today are socialists. Conversations with liberals either end or get testy when this word comes up. The charge of socialism, they huff, is too outrageous to even consider.

A primo example of this came on one of the yak-yak shows Sunday morning where uber-liberal Bob Woodward of the “Washington Pest” pronounced that (more…)

Chinese drywall cleaned up with taxpayer dollars financed by…China of course.

By Chris Ingram

I just read in the newspaper that the Hillsborough County Commission (Tampa, Fla.) is considering making federal “community block grant” money available to local homeowners who have Chinese drywall. If you’re not familiar with Chinese drywall it’s drywall that was made in China (probably in a forced prison-labor camp) that emits a sulfuric (think poop) like smell and causes corrosion in copper pipes and other metals in the home.

So now, our government in its infinite wisdom is going to (more…)

I swear, this is the last post EVER about Jim Greer

By Chris Ingram

I just couldn’t resist forwarding this little piece of information… (more…)

“The Fat Lady has sung!” “You’re Fired!” “You’re out” (or something like that…)

By Chris Ingram

The Associated Press has reported that Jim Greer, Florida’s highly controversial and ineffective party chairman has resigned.

As readers will recall, I predicted Greer’s imminent departure back on December 16th. Of course I was only partly correct in as much as I figured the walking papers would have come in December. 

In typical Greer fashion, in his resignation letter he chose to (more…)