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Nancy Pelosi is getting hammered - even by the liberals!Democrats take “Do Nothing Congress” to a whole new level.

( Congress and Policy and Politics )

Pelosi pulled off a hat trick of sorts recently, with three major failures in just one week of “work” in the House of Representatives.  Count them:
• Failed to override President Bush’s principled veto of the bloated SCHIP re-authorization
• Failed to tie the President’s hands regarding use of wire taps to hunt down terrorists
• Failed to even keep her [...]

In case you missed it: U.S. Tightening the Screws on Iran

The Bush Administration’s increasing concerns over the continued march toward nuclear weapon capabilities by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the lack of consensus by the international community to do anything about it have reached a crossroads.  Tomorrow, the White House is expected to announce new sanctions against Iran along with accusations that the Quds division of the [...]

Stark Revelation

Pete Stark (D-CA) in his 18th term in the Congress representing the San Francisco Bay area, and currently the Chairman of the Health Subcommittee for Ways & Means, exploded with one of his tantrums October 18, 2007 on the House floor that was over the top even by his standards. Well known to go “off [...]

More Evidence that Shutting Down the Roan is Unconscionable

We’ve written before about the absurdity of the efforts primarily by Gov. Ritter, Sen. Ken Salazar, and Cong. Mark Udall to nix the environmentally sensitive plan to harvest the massive natural gas reserves under the Roan Plateau in western Colorado. A newly released study by Americans for American Energy provides additional evidence of the lunacy [...]

Bumper Sticker of the Month

Well, it was spotted in Boulder….

Pelosi: Memo to God, Stay Away from My Flag

 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has sided with the Architect of the Capital is striking “God” from an inscription request for a Capital Flag certificate from an Eagle Scout.
Did we mention Pelosi is a Democrat from San Francisco?
The issue erupted when Andrew Larochelle, a new Eagle Scout and constituent of Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) requested that [...]

Tip of the Hat: Operation Redwing and all that serve

Colorado native and Navy Seal Danny Dietz died in a firefight with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan June 28, 2005 along with his Team Leader Lt. Michael Murphy and Matthew Axelson. Dietz and Axelson were awarded the Navy Cross posthumously, and on October 22 in a White House ceremony Murphy’s father will accept the nation’s highest [...]

Hard to argue with that…

I ran in to a Democrat friend the other day and had to ask, “Who do you like in the Presidential derby?”
The answer: “Well, I kind of like both Hillary and Obama. Problem is she’s got too much baggage, and he doesn’t have enough.”

Good News of the Month: Go Rockies

We’re all Rockies fans right now. The run they have been on and improbable ways that they have continued to excel and win have ignited Colorado in a way that may not be repeated in anyone’s lifetime. Most inspiring, I believe, is the “way” that they have kept winning; team work, individual sacrifice for the betterment [...]

Salazar and Udall to Condemn Obama?

As pointed out previously by A Line of Sight, Ken Salazar and Mark Udall quickly boarded the MoveOn.Org-ProgressNow-Media Matters bandwagon to attack Rush Limbaugh for a comment about “phony soldiers” that the two Democrats decided defamed all men and women in uniform. Anyone who listens even sporadically to Limbaugh realizes his respect and admiration for [...]