Post Scripts

By Tina Grazier

The queen bee of the House of Representatives flits around making proclamations of disdain against the President and the policies of the GOP while her court holds its breath waiting for November to usher in what she believes will be the start of Camelot Deux. Meanwhile the problems of the average American and the business of the nation can just sit in the outer chamber and waitand waitand wait. Take oil supply for instance

A Willing Producer, Investors Business Daily

Energy: As Congress futzes around on offshore drilling, Colombia is doing the exact opposite discovering and producing lots of new oil. So why does Congress withhold free trade from such a helpful ally?
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We’ll Protect Taxpayers From More Bailouts

In the first 100 days of our administration, we will look at every agency and department and expenditure of the federal government and ask this simple question: Is it serving the needs of the taxpayer? If it is not, we will reform it or shut it down, and we will spend money only on what is truly in the interest of the American people. John McCain & Sarah Palin

An ambitious (and oh so necessary) agenda. Given the state of Washington its hard to imagine they would be able to get very far but if the American people care about our country, and indeed the rest of the world, we will elect these two and give them a shot.

In the mean time, the Queen Bee Speaker of the House continues to do nothing, play politics, and point fingers as she slinks out of town.

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Petraeus on the Move, by Peter Wehner

Yesterday General David Petraeus handed over the flag of his command, known as the Multi-National Force in Iraq, to General Raymond Odierno. The ceremony, held at the U.S. military headquarters at Camp Victory on the western outskirts of Baghdad, was moving and memorable. Graced by the presence of Secretary of
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Fannie Mae CEO to Democrats: You Are Our ‘Family’ and ‘Conscience’, by P.J. Gladnick

A stunning example of the incredible disconnect between the mainstream media and the blogosphere is this video of the interim Fannie Mae CEO, Daniel Mudd, addressing the Congressional Black Caucus, including Barack Obama, at their swearing-in ceremony in 2005. *** …Mudd talks about the problems of Fannie Mae yet that didn’t keep Obama and other Democrats from taking large contributions from that organization or doing anything to try to fix it. Here is a transcript of CEO Mudd addressing the Democrats:

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WASHINGTON- In what prosecutors said was a significant step in fighting the drug wars raging on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Justice Department said Wednesday that 175 people believed to be connected with one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels were arrested this week in a dozen states.The arrests Tuesday and Wednesday were part of a 15-month investigation led by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration targeting the drug trafficking organization known as the Gulf cartel – LA Times

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WASHINGTON – Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. The Republican campaign for president calls the tax increases their Democratic opponents propose “painful” instead of patriotic. Under the economic plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, people earning more than $250,000 a year would pay more in taxes…

Just what Americans don’t need right now.

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“Central figure in $48M DC tax scam pleads guilty” by SARAH KARUSH, Associated Press Writer

“WASHINGTON A former manager in the District of Columbia tax office on Tuesday admitted to cutting dozens of fraudulent property tax refund checks in a scheme that drained more than $48 million from the city’s treasury over almost two decades. *** Harriette Walters, 51, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money
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“An angry Sen. John McCain indicated today (yesterday) that as president he would launch a 9/11-commission style investigation into what he called ‘the old-boy network and Washington corruption’ that created the current Wall Street crisis and has endangered peoples’ savings and retirement funds. *** And Obama, campaigning in Golden, Colo., said McCain’s proposal for a 9/11 style commission to look into Wall Street’s fiscal follies was an attempt by the Republican to ”pass the buck.'” ABC News

The maverick is willing to investigatethe community organizer, who got a bundle from Fannie Mae lobbyists, wants to pass the buck and stick with blaming the GOP.

I think we need to know exactly what happened no matter how many heads of either party roll!