Patriot Act – Not Just a Bad Acronym
News out of Washington today suggests that President Obama is ready to support several aspects of the Patriot Act scheduled to expire at the end of the year. You’ve heard of it and may have even received a notice from your employer about it, but do you know what the Patriot Act is? Officially known [...]
An ACORN Falls
With autumn just days away, I can see why one might be confused about the ACORN stings that have been all over the news. No, we’re not talking about oak tree thievery here. This is a much juicier Dinner Topic. It’s all about a couple of employees at ACORN’s Baltimore offices allegedly dispensing free advice [...]
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
It’s getting more and more embarassing to even talk about politics lately since the politicians are behaving worse than grade school children, but there’s no avoiding Joe Wilson’s remarks toward President Obama at the lunch or dinner table today. If you didn’t watch the speech last night and haven’t read any headlines yet, Joe Wilson [...]
White House Events
Two events coming out of the White House have been sticking around the news the past couple days, so let me get you up to speed with a very brief explanation. Van Jones, the White House environmental adviser, resigned because of comments he made BEFORE joining Obama’s administration back in February. A video is floating around [...]
Martha’s Vineyard: More Yard than Vine
You’ve heard about it a million times in the news lately since President Obama and his family are currently vacationing there, but do you actually know where or what Martha’s Vineyard is? Martha’s Vineyard is an island in New England, officially a part of Massachusetts. No, it’s not the same thing as Nantucket – that’s [...]
U.S. Supreme Court 101
Every several years, the President nominates a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, and oftentimes the nomination and subsequent confirmation by Congress resembles a slow-moving comet: something we all understand is significant but somehow passes in the quiet of the night. Yesterday, President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayer Sotomayor to the Supreme Court to replace retiring [...]
Chrysler Bankrupt, But Not Gone
Chrysler has been forced into federal bankruptcy protection, but that doesn’t mean your days of buying a Town and Country minivan are over. The bankruptcy, forced by U.S. President Obama (he can do that now since the U.S. government pretty much owns a piece of… well… every struggling business in America), turns over control of [...]
Stimulus and Bailout – 2 Different Things
Because the amount of money being doled out are similar in both cases, there is often confusion that the U.S. government’s bailout policy is the same thing as the stimulus package currently in the news. Make no mistake, they are very big, very expensive, and very different things. The $700 billion bailout is known as [...]
