Above The Beltway
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Located Spokane, Washington USA
Tags Politics, Washington DC, economic stimulus, barack obama, economic stimulus check, federal budget, congress, war crimes, tarp
Scrutinizing the Absurdities of Washington. Voice your opinions at AboveTheBeltway.com
Latest Blog Posts
- Obama To Use School Children As Census Collectors on Aug 27, 2009 in 2010 Census
If Team Obama could send their ACORN foot soldiers into taxpayer-funded schools to collect Census data, they would. Instead, they’re turning your own children into proxy Census collectors. Specifically targeted: Bilingual children whom the governme...
- Fairness Doctrine Threat Rears Its Ugly Head on Aug 27, 2009 in Free Speech Watch
In case you missed it yesterday, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck spotlighted Team Obama’s direct and indirect threats to free speech — and how the Fairness Doctrine (or some stealthier form of it) might be reinstituted. Watch the whole thing. Rush h...
- Sebelius, Specter get preview of the tough sell lawmakers face over health care reforms. on Aug 3, 2009 in Healthcare Watch
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter got a preview Sunday of the tough sell lawmakers will face over health care as audience members booed and jeered them during a town hall meeting in Philadelphia. Among those...
- Michigan or Kansas prisons eyed for Gitmo detainees. on Aug 3, 2009 in National Security
The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-security prison. Several senior U.S. officials sa...
- Democrats Have Contingencies to Push Health Care Through Senate, With or Without Republicans on Aug 3, 2009 in Healthcare Watch
Frustrated with the pace of bipartisan talks, Democratic leaders on Monday promised to push a sweeping health care bill through the Senate whether they get Republican support or not. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the third-ranking Senate Democra...
- White House not ready to rule out a tax hike to fund Obama's health care overhaul. on Aug 3, 2009 in Tax Watch Healthcare Watch
Two of President Barack Obama's economic heavyweights said middle-class taxes might have to go up to pare budget deficits or to pay for the proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system. The tough talk from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...
- No price is too high when it comes to shoring up national security on Jul 21, 2009 in National Security
From: FoxNews.com7/20/2009 Government leaders are not adequately protecting America and are setting the country on a course toward catastrophe if national security policy is not dramatically changed, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday.&nb...
