Oh, how conservatives hate government spending. It’s all you hear from the conservatives and their teabagger ilk! Cut gubbermint spending! Quit bankrupting our childrens’ future! No more socialism! No more taxes! Cut Spending! Cut Spending! Cut Spending. Conservatives really HATE “big government” and want to cut spending on it…
Except…
Rank-and-file conservatives actually like big government. [...]
Government is back in business tomorrow. It’s still “liberal leave” but at least stuff will get done.
Who am I kidding? I’ve been busier these last few days of “Government Closed” than I usually am on a regular day.
Today, for instance. I recorded the soundbites for a podcast I’ll produce tomorrow about how the NIH Clinical [...]
As I said yesterday, for the four years I was a federal employee in the Bush administration, we never had a day where the government was closed for bad weather.
Tomorrow will make the 5th day in a month… 4th in a row.
It was hellish out there today. Nearly two feet of snow, and now it’s [...]
It seems as if the second part of this Snowmageddon has descended upon us. The snow started falling in earnest at about 4 or so. There’s been about 2 inches so far, and they’re calling for 6 to 10 during the overnight with total accumulations of 12 to 18.
The government will be closed again tomorrow… [...]
I’m feeling slightly more sympathetic about the plows not having come through yet. As I said earlier, the Federal Government is closed and I’ve been hearing from a lot of my colleagues who say THEIR streets haven’t been plowed yet, either. And yet another storm approaches tomorrow with a potential of 8-10 inches to add [...]
When one considers that Republicans support the teabaggers…
And the teabaggers are notorious for carrying racist signs at their racist hate rallies…
One finds it odd that these SAME Republicans are gnashing their teeth and rending their garments over something stupid Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said two years ago.
Should Reid lose his leadership position? Sure! [...]
Yes. They’re serious.
A new group wants former Vice President Dick Cheney back in the White House.
The organization – “Draft Dick Cheney 2012″ – launched on Friday, and unveiled their new Web site. Their aim: To convince the former vice president to seek the Republican presidential nomination in the next race for the White House. But [...]
