News Team | December 31, 2009
U.S. to Lose $400 Billion on Fannie, Freddie, Wallison Says – Betty Liu and Matthew Leising 12-31-09 (Bloomberg) – Taxpayer losses from supporting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will top $400 billion, according to Peter Wallison, a former general counsel at the Treasury who is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “The situation [...]
News Team | December 29, 2009
Planning for Mundell memorial begins Stacey Mulick, The News Tribune 12/28/09 Planning began in earnest Tuesday for a public memorial honoring the life and sacrifice of slain Pierce County sheriff’s deputy Kent Mundell. A group of 50 representatives from throughout the county set up inside the county’s Emergency Operations Center to plan the event. A [...]
News Team | December 28, 2009
Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Attempted Bombing of U.S. Plane Associated Press 12/28/09 CAIRO — Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner on Christmas day, saying it was retaliation for a U.S. operation against the group in Yemen. In a statement posted on the Internet, [...]
WebTeam | December 26, 2009
Hey Harry: Where is Nevada’s gift? SHERMAN FREDERICK, Las Vegas Review/Journal op-ed 12/25/09 I’m very disappointed. It’s Christmas morning and I can’t find one single gift to Nevada from Sen. Harry Reid under the health-care “reform” tree. Louisiana got a nice package. Florida and Connecticut, too. And Nebraska scored a really big present. Just three [...]
WebTeam | December 26, 2009
Those who serve Nationally – Our Troops and those who keep us safe in Our Community – Our Police and Fireman We are grateful for the men and women who put their lives on the lives for our safety and freedoms. Below is a list of links that honor them, and many ways for us [...]
News Team | December 23, 2009
McKenna rips health care bill’s special deal for Nebraska Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times 12/23/09 Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is joining several other Republican AGs in protesting a special deal for Nebraska that was inserted in the Senate health care bill. That provision reportedly was added to win the support of Nebraska Sen. [...]
WebTeam | December 22, 2009
Another Failed Presidency Geoffrey P. Hunt, American Thinker Barack Obama is on track to have the most spectacularly failed presidency since Woodrow Wilson. In the modern era, we’ve seen several failed presidencies–led by Jimmy Carter and LBJ. Failed presidents have one strong common trait– they are repudiated, in the vernacular, spat out. Of course, LBJ [...]
News Team | December 22, 2009
Washington State Got Whacked! Bob Clark, redcounty.com 12/22/09 500 Million Medicaid Shortfall? While our missing Governor Christine Gregoire is literally going insane over the Al Gore Global Warming swindle, the Washington State budget took a major hit in the Senate Healthcare Bill with more than 500 million in unfunded mandates. Merry Christmas taxpayers in Washington [...]
News Team | December 11, 2009
US health care tab to keep growing under overhaul RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP 12/11/09 WASHINGTON – Democrats trying to push President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may harm the program. A new report from government economic analysts [...]
News Team | December 11, 2009
For feds, more get 6-figure salaries Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY 12/11/09 Average pay $30,000 over private sector The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data. Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil [...]