You no doubt are asking, “If the Tea Party won, and Mitch McConnell won, and John Boehner won, then how come Obama is doing his ‘Dance-at-Versailles’ “? In part, it’s a show. But in part, it’s not. Yes, this has…
Author: vassar
Cry Havoc! Or just Cry?
This from the AP at 6:30 AM, Sunday morning, stating the two-tiered Boehner/House plan originally sent to the Senate on Friday, will be the template for a deal that lets Obama get his debt ceiling raised thru the election next…
Seeking the Approval of Our Enemies
Some years ago someone said that he couldn’t understand actors whose entire self-worth was based on the approval of strangers. Most of you will agree that to need the approval of your enemies would be a much stronger incongruity. By…
Mini-Shutdown at FAA, 4000 Federal Workers Laid Off
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry. See how a tax stand-off really works. See the Debt Crisis in microcosm unfold before your very eyes. Going almost without notice, and certainly no media fanfare, the House GOP and Senate Democrats had been wrangling for…
“You Break It, You Own It,” The Fine Art of Blinksmanship
For once in my life I agree with “Blinky” Dick Durban, Democrat spokesman for the Gang of Six, when he said today, “You break it, you own it.” What Durbin failed to say was who gets to decide who that…