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Moneyball
It is a classic good news/bad news situation in the news. This week is opening week for the national pastime and my favorite sport – baseball. Next week Congress returns from one of its many vacations. Baseball will provide hours … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, Arnold Schwarzenegger, B.A.T.F., BATF, budget, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Chuck Hagel, Congress, continuing resolution, Danny DeVito, Department of Justice, E.P.A., Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, House, House of Representatives, jobs, Justice Department, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, NRA, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Senate, Tampa Bay Rays, Tea Party, Treasury, White House
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Reining In Rand
This week’s big political theater was Tea Party/Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky taking to the Senate floor for an old fashioned talking filibuster. The session lasted just short of thirteen hours and may have contained 15 minutes of substance … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 election, 2014 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Arizona, C.I.A., Central Intelligence Agency, Chuck Hagel, CIA, CIA Director, Democrats, filibuster, Florida, GOP, John Brennan, John Cornyn, John McCain, Kentucky, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, Mitch McConnell, money in elections, money in politics, politics, radical right, Rand Paul, Republicans, right wing, Secretary of Defense, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Utah
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Go Figure
Yesterday afternoon the Senate finally confirmed Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense by a vote of 58-41. Getting there was an adventure!
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Tagged 113th Congress, Alabama, Chris Christie, Chuck Hagel, cloture, Democrats, filibuster, Frank Lautenberg, Kentucky, Mike Johanns, Nebraska, Obama, politics, Rand Paul, Republican, Richard Shelby, Robert Bacharch, Secretary of Defense, Senate, Tea Party, Thad Cochran
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The New F Word
I plead guilty; I actually watched CSPAN’s coverage of the Chuck Hagel cloture vote on Thursday. I wish more Americans did because it was a farce worthy of William Shakespeare. Republicans filibustered Hagel’s confirmation but went into long and convoluted … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, Alaska, Arizona, Benghazi, C SPAN, Chuck Hagel, cloture, Constitution, David Vitter, Democrats, filibuster, foreign policy, Harry Reid, Illinois, Iran, Israel, James Inhofe, Jeff Merkley, John Cornyn, John McCain, Kentucky, Lamar Alexander, Libya, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Johanns, Mississippi, Mitch McConnell, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Obama, Oklahoma, Oregon, Orrin Hatch, politics, Republicans, Secretary of Defense, Senate, South Carolina, Susan Collins, Tennessee, Texas, Thad Cochran, The Cable, Tom Udall, United States Constitution, Utah, William Shakespeare
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If A Than B
Monday President Obama put forth the name of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. What interested me was why and what does that tell us. Hagel, the former Republican Senator from Nebraska, had been rumored to be in line for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cabinet, Chuck Hagel, defecit, Defense Budget, defense contractors, Defense Spending, Democrats, Department of Defense, fiscal policy, gay rights, House Budget Committee, Israel, military bases, military budget, military spending, military-industrial complex, natioanl debt, national security, Nebraska, Obama, politics, Republicans, Secretary of Defense, security, security budget, security spending, social safety net, Tea Party, terrorism
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The Second Time Around
2012 is ending and with it the 112th Congress. At noon on January 20th President Obama’s fist term officially ends and his second begins. It is natural at a time like this to review what has occurred in the recent … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, Chuck Hagel, Congress, Democrats, Dr. Susan Rice, FDR, filibuster, Franklin Roosevelt, hispanics, House, immigration, immigration reform, John Boehner, latinos, New Deal, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Republicans, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Senate, Susan Rice, tax reform, Tea Party
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