Hard to picture Jimmy and Angel playing bridge, sipping sidecars, then heading out to some fish house for an early bird special, but such are the ways of time… Happy birthday, James.

If only they’d have the good sense to define themselves as non-essential, we could get to work fixing this country. See my earlier post here. President Obama just embroiled our military in a Libyan civil war, an elected “humanitarian” engagement. Our armed forces are already deployed on a number of additional fronts, fighting in several theaters. But the Dems — lead by the Commander-in-Chief, are willing to withhold military pay

At least, so says the New York Post‘s Charles Gasparino: The president and the Democratic Party apparatus, including its friends in the media, are sure to demagogue Ryan’s bold solution. Yet the very people looking to lead the charge against Obama and his bizarre economic theories in the 2012 election, the GOP presidential candidates, appear to be running for cover. Sure, the candidates offered vague praise for Ryan after the

AP: House Republicans advanced legislation Thursday to avoid a government shutdown for one more week, cut spending and fully fund the Pentagon, but the White House labeled the measure a distraction and said President Barack Obama would veto it. Obama said in a statement he believes “we need to put politics aside and work out our differences” on a spending plan that covers the government through September, when the current

Adam Bitely and Rebekah Rast, Netrightdaily, report on what it is exactly that is blunting John Boehner’s tan: Federal Workers What will happen to federal workers in the event of a government shutdown? First, not all federal employees will be affected by a shutdown. Non-essential employees will not report to work, but essential employees will. In the past, even though the non-essential workers were at home and not working during

Legalizing online poker. Now, it’s true that onlinepoker.org is paying me for this one-time advertising link; but it’s also true that I wouldn’t have accepted the money if I didn’t fundamentally believe in the idea: as government takes away more and more of our liberties, I find myself more and more committed to fighting for just about every freedom adult citizens in a country predicated on self-governance — where we’re

“I mean, shit, brother. I’m already trying to give you all bullet trains. You’re gonna have to do at least some of the work, you know? “– alternately, do what I did: get yourself elected President. Then it’s all personal planes and limos. Which, come on now. I deserve that, being historical and whatnot.”*

Of course they were: In a US Senate vote on proposals to limit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s authority to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act, the Republican advances were fought off successfully by a narrow Democratic majority yesterday (6 April). However, Republicans have insisted on continuing to fight the EPA’s efforts to regulate emissions on a federal level, which had been confirmed by the US Supreme Court in