US House Republicans Stand Up for a Second Day
I don’t always like some of the things that Steve King says (I think he may have good motives, but perhaps suffers from Bushitis), but I was glad to see he was still in Washington DC along with a number of other House Republicans to continue protesting the No...US House GOP Members Continue Fight To End Vacation
Allahpundit over at Hot Air brings us news that Republicans in the US House, who staged a dramatic protest Friday over the closing of business in Congress for a month while the Energy issue sits languishing, plan to continue this effort anew on Monday. From House...Gasoline idiocy from the left
(Cross-posted from BitsBlog) John Cole is miffed at Obama for suggesting that the solution for oil supply problems is to find more. Apparently to Cole, that’s not painful enough for us. Look, I know that there are people who are suffering because of high gas prices....Internet Explorer Users: Sorry About The Outage
To those of you who are Internet Explorer users, I apologize for the fact that you were unable to get to The Conservative Reader during the past 12 hours. I’m not 100% sure of the cause of the problem, but it has something to do with a tool called...Iowa Smoking Ban In Court
Bar owners got their first shot in court to get a stay ordered on the 2008 Iowa Smoking Ban. Some bar owners say they are losing business, some preparing to shut down for good. Although one admitted that gasoline prices and other economic issues may be impacting...Exxon Just Can’t Win
Exxon Mobil Corporation reported record earnings today, a record for any major corporation, but still came up short. Earning 2.27 per share was still 10% below market expectations. So, Exxon stock took a 4.7% slide. Not really a big deal, since the close today was...Oil Prices Back Up a Bit
“Everyone knows…” are words I’m getting tired of hearing. It is a subtle form of manipulation by forcing one to either immediately agree or disagree and by disagreeing become an outsider. Katie Couric this evening says “The...The Housing Bill Is Law
As expected, President Bush signed HR 3221 into law this morning, making billions of federal dollars available to home owners, shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and providing closer oversight of the financial aspects of home ownership to the Administration and...Ted Stevens’ Indictment An Opportunity… For Republicans
Although we may all support the notion that one is innocent until proven guilty, we (and Stevens) have a responsibility to ensure that we not only keep our noses clean, we do all we can to avoid the appearance of impropriaty. The fact that Ted managed to get himself...Stay in Touch
