government oversight

A new poll out conducted by Public Religion Research is bad news for those 6 of 10 Republicans who believe that the solution to their historic losses 2 weeks ago is to become more partisan and more conservative.

During the last three years I've been involved with a team that discussed and allocated a $589,000 federal block grant for Salemtown that is supposed to be used to make streetscape improvements. I learned during that process that there are tight restrictions on what amounts to a microscopic portion of the federal budget.

I received the following via email...

People are angry about the economy. They have heard many things, a mass of confusion mostly, and what they have not received so far is some real “Straight Talk” from their politicians. So here is some straight talk on the economy.

Tell the people whose house just got foreclosed, lost their job, and can’t afford gas how Bill Ayers is relevant to them.

U.S Senate candidate Bob Tuke on America’s financial crisis:

As we review the last 8 years of the Bush presidency, as we remember the many refused subpoenas, the many claims of executive privilege, the withholding and destruction of information required for government oversight, the abuse of power by signing statements, the manipulation of the judiciary, the war crimes of torture and detention of suspected [...]

WASHINGTON (IP) — Sen.

My dream ticket, Obama-Feingold, seems to be slipping away...for shame.