President Obama had his first television interview as President, with Al-Arabiya television based in Dubai. His diplomacy isn't working yet, since there was a shooting outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen yesterday. Clearly they aren't feeling the hope and change yet. Meanwhile, Iran is probably going to have enough uranium for a nuclear weapon before the end of the year, and Hillary Clinton wants to talk to them, probably as part of "repairing damage" caused by the Bush Administration.. Don't forget your burqa, Hillary.
Obama wants to ban weapons in space. That's the best way to put us behind the rest of the world militarily.
According to CIA sources, Mexico is the biggest crime threat to the United States. Not that that's a reason to secure the southern border or anything…
After the outcry over putting "family planning" money in the Omnibus Democrat Agenda Bill and calling it "stimulus," the money may now be removed from the ODAB. Now Republicans are going to try and get the money for ACORN removed too. How about the money for "great sex" that's included, or the other wasteful projects?
A new Congressional Budget Office report shows that the ODAB is too slow to actually stimulate the economy. That's just one of the reasons that Republicans are going to oppose the bill. This must-read has been going through the blogosphere recently, despite being over a year old that proves that real tax cuts work better than the rebates that are in the ODAB.
Al Gore is supposed to have a Senate Committee hearing tomorrow morning, just as a winter storm watch is issued for Washington, DC. It's the Gore Effect at work. Meanwhile, the global warmers are trying to use penguins as reasons to fear global warming. By the way, President Obama is about to find out that it's not easy being green, especially when it interferes with Ted Kennedy's view from his yacht.
Democrats are working on pushing socialized medicine this year. They've already got their "down payment," the SCHIP bill, which wouldn't even require proof of citizenship for coverage. But hey, it's for the kids.
Fannie Mae wants a bailout. Aren't they already government-owned?
A new bill in the General Assembly would require that all cities, counties, and school boards with budgets of over $1 million to post their budgets online. There's another new bill that would tie the property tax grants to overall state revenues, but would pay for the grants this year.
Cities do not like the proposal to limit property tax assessments.
Macon and Bibb County came up with their $444.5 million request for "stimulus" money.
Another Republican, State Rep. Austin Scott, has thrown his hat into the ring for Governor.
A new report is out showing that Georgia's massive education spending just isn't worth it.
7 Japanese diners were sent to the hospital after eating bad blowfish testicles.
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