Did you miss the 60 Minutes program last night? If you did, please watch. Makes you wonder why Occupy Wallstreet isn't Occupy Congress. This was an enlightening episode exposing all the millions made by Congress with Insider Trading LEGALLY. From the sounds of it, both sides of the political aisle are reaping financial rewards with insider information and are unwilling to make this cash cow illegal. Nancy Pelosi, when confronted with 60 Minutes ,sure looked nervous and used all the red-herring arguments ... Read More

Apparently, the finger goes up. I couldn't resist this post when these three images showed up on Drudge in unrelated articles. "Republicans Don't Want A Place Where People "No Matter What They Look Like" Can Succeed." At a forum on American Latino Heritage, President Obama goes through a litany of ideas that he is for, including his new stimulus, and ends with "none of this matters to Republicans in the Senate. (Transcript here) Top 10 Obama lies Iran calls terror plot a lie. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has laughed ... Read More

  ***UPDATED BELOW*** Crony capitalism is a term that describes an economic system where people with good connections to the center of power - the "cronies" of the government - manage to place themselves in positions of undue influence over economic policy, thus deriving great personal gains.   I think that sometimes, when people think of capitalism, they think of the definition above. A shame, but I fear of late, it happens way too often, and we as a people should be so much ... Read More

Even though Pelosi said she would run the most ethical congress ever, and she didn't, even though she and her democrats were going to FIX the "skyrocketing" gas prices that we had under Bush and didn't, even though unemployment is higher than ever with no solution in sight during her reign, don't think this has been a bad time for her... From The Hill: Pelosi's wealth grows by 62 percent House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saw her net worth rise ... Read More

At a time when more and more entities, even nursing homes, are acquiring waivers from Obamacare, it's interesting to note WHERE some of the waivers are coming from: From the Daily Caller Nearly 20 percent of new Obamacare waivers are gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi’s district Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama’s administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Northern California district. That’s in addition ... Read More

You remember Pelosi when she had some strong words against Bush about the price of gas? With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to Republican big oil and gas company cronies. Americans this week are paying $2.91 a gallon on average for regular gasoline – 33 cents higher than last month, and double the price than when ... Read More

"After years of historic deficits, this 110th Congress will commit itself to a higher standard: Pay as you go, no new deficit spending. Our new America will provide unlimited opportunity for future generations, not burden them with mountains of debt." ~Nancy Pelosi, lying through her teeth to the American people. If you knew a person who spent recklessly and kept on spending, and then borrowing,  and had no idea where the funds would come from to repay the debt, you would ... Read More

If you ever had a doubt that our representatives read the bills they sign into law, spending trillions of dollars, or if they really care about transparency about what is IN the bills they sign, let Pelosi answer this for you. In answer to the Health Care Bill, she says, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." ... Read More

This year, when you're filing your tax forms, and perhaps  writing that check to your government, you might want to consider (besides all the other foolish expenses) the cost of our officials recent trip to Copenhagen. From CBS NEWS Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill  (TRIPS TO COPENHAGEN COST OVER $1,000,000...) For 15 Democratic and 6 Republican Congressmen, food and rooms for two nights cost $4,406 tax dollars each. That's $2,200 a day - more than most Americans spend on their ... Read More

“This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail.  It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.” “H.R. 3962 provides that an individual (or a husband and wife in the case of a joint return) who does not, at any time during the taxable year, maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for himself or herself and each of his or her qualifying children is subject to an additional ... Read More

Coming out from behind closed doors is Pelosi's Health Care bill longer in length than the first one at 1990 pages long. The CBO Puts House Health Bill Total Cost At $1.055 Trillion . Believe it or not, with an estimated 10-year cost of $894 billion, that comes out to about $2.24 million per word. Republicans aide said a print-out of the bill weighs more than 19 pounds and stands nearly nine inches tall. If you want to read the bill, be aware, ... Read More

Remember durning Obama's campaign the word "transparency" was said, and often, to the cheers of many people. I am not surprised that nine months into the presidency, we are looking for this transparency, in particular with the new legislation that no one even reads, they just vote on it. On Yahoo News: The push for transparency has become a running side debate in Congress, with lawmakers — often minority Republicans, but some Democrats too — pressing leaders to post measures online for 72 ... Read More

Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India.  This, we know. It would be a bureaucratic nightmare overseen by a confusing web of government agencies that would take and redistribute trillions of dollars from family budgets and workers payrolls.  This, we also know.  Even Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) admitted in the Washington Post this morning that: “The truth is, nobody knows for sure how this is ... Read More

The so called reason for this large tax increase? In all it sounds good, limit pollution and usher in an era of cleaner energy. Critics of the legislation have said it will cost too much to our already weak economy, so they wanted safeguards in place. Even as Democrats have promised that this cap-and-trade legislation won't pinch wallets, behind the scenes they've acknowledged the energy price tsunami that is coming. During the brief few days in which the bill was debated ... Read More

Found on FreeRepublic.com: It happened last night. There was debate on the floor of the House over some amendments to a spending bill. The amendments were offered by Republicans and concerned funding for ACORN and an investigation into Nancy Pelosi's problems with the CIA. As I understand the story, the Democrats announced that there would be no more votes that evening, and Republicans started heading home. When enough Republicans were gone the Democrats headed back to the House floor and ... Read More

Pelosi asserts that enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement are “un-American.” Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for recent remarks that insulted federal law enforcement officers. That’s quite a powerful word – ‘un-American.’ And it’s quite a spectacle to have the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives call the actions of our law enforcement men and women ‘un-American.’“We should praise them, not insult them, for enforcing our immigration laws. “Twelve million Americans are out of work. Seven ... Read More

e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism  (ĭ-lē'tĭz'əm, ā-lē'-) n.   The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class. Pelosi has always had issues with traveling from San Francisco to D.C., in spite of the greens wishing she wouldn't hire private jets, she persisted that she should. Lately ... Read More

Saw this You Tube on Brit and Grit... While Obama visits his 57 states, Pelosi has us at over 100% unemployment. Where do we get these people?   U.S. Population: 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.) Still makes you wonder if they don't have world takeover in their minds. I mean, he's adding states, and she's adding people...   ... Read More

President Barack Obama got the $825 (or $1.2 trillion over a decade) stimulus package through the House of Representatives with a  244 to 188 vote. Not a single Republican voted for the bill. Now you can buy into the notion that this is politics as usual, or you can read the bill and know it's a VERY BAD BILL. When our children live in a collapsed economy, please remember these gloating faces. Now Nanny Pelosi didn't get her birth control "stimulus" but ... Read More

From Human Events: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to re-write House rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is unable to have any influence on legislation. Pelosi’s proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect Obama has of bipartisan cooperation will be rendered impossible before he even takes office. Pelosi’s rule changes -- which may be voted on today -- will reverse the fairness rules that were written around Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America.” In reaction, ... Read More

The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency "rescue". I am not surprised. In fact, to me it never looked like a good idea. On the up side, oil dropped $10 a barrel. The Republicans are blaming the defeat on a Pelosi pre-vote speech and an Obama's indifferent attitude and being very little involved. The Democrats said something different, "The Republicans killed this,'' said House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Barney Frank. Democrats noted that a majority of Republicans had opposed the bill, while ... Read More

The legislation is coming together in a remarkably secretive process in which decisions are concentrated in the hands of just a few lawmakers such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis. The unusual process means thousands of lawmakers' pet projects of the very sort blasted by GOP presidential nominee John McCain on the campaign trail would escape scrutiny, including up to $5 billion worth of such "earmarks" in the defense ... Read More

While we consider big Oil and the price of gas (petrol)... Oh by the way, did you know that big oil companies DON'T control the majority of the oil, about 70 - 90% is owned by, guess what. GOVERNMENTS, depending how you count it. Now it all starts to make sense: Yet Big Oil is pretty small next to the industry's true giants: the national oil companies (NOCs) owned or controlled by the governments of oil-rich countries, which manage over 90% of the world's ... Read More

You remember Nancy Pelosi? The one who PROMISED to fix the struggles of Americans at the gas pump? In a press release dated April 24, 2006, Pelosi said, “Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.” Not only has she not kept this promise, The ... Read More

Apparently, "Nanny" Pelosi made a promise to reduce gas prices: In a press release dated April 24, 2006, Pelosi said, “Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.” I think it's time that someone pointed out that the price of gasoline has spiked $1.18 since ... Read More

  Nancy Pelosi's somewhat new democrat controlled congress, hasn't been able provide any new legislation (and perhaps for that we should be thankful), but, now all back from their vacation break, has been able to acquire a whole new gourmet menu for the House of Representatives. Well at least they all settled on something. The processed cheese has been replaced with brie. The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles. Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi ... Read More

  How does one get a lucritive job that pays $180,000 a year and you don't even have to show up at the Nebraska office? You wait for your mom to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as did Paul Pelosi Jr, who got the job the day after his mom was elected. He also gets to keep his day job in California. But this kind of job doesn't seem to be new for children of Speakers of the House. The son of former ... Read More