DOJ seized WH, FoxNews phone records
- Posted on May 22, 2013
- in Department of Justice, video
- by Jerome
Some people are over the top about the Department of Justice requesting phone records from news agencies to find out who leaked national security information, but when they searched FoxNews I had no problem with this. FoxNews is almost like watching a terrorist channel, every story is negative towards America. [...]
Continue reading...Cartoons from the 2nd week of May 2013
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- in cartoons, IRS, Obama Administration
- by Jerome
Continue reading... A Senators vote against background checks stirs passion in town hall meeting
- Posted on April 30, 2013
- in gun laws, gun rights, Senate
- by Jerome
The daughter of a Newtown victim confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte during her first town hall meeting since she voted against expanded background checks on all commercial gun sales. The confrontation erupted in a small meeting building filled with more than 100 people who came to condemn or support the senator’s [...]
Continue reading...Political cartoons from the third week in April
- Posted on April 29, 2013
- in 113th Congress, Bush administration, cartoons, Transportation department, Washington DC
- by Jerome
Continue reading... Gun compromise reach by the Senate, but it isn’t much
- Posted on April 10, 2013
- in 113th Congress, gun laws, Senate, video
- by Jerome
The Senate has reached a compromise on the gun bill, but it isn’t much. Listen to this Senator explain what is in the compromise but realize how much is missing. Criminals and mentally ill people still can by a gun at anytime to kill as many people they want with [...]
Continue reading...Obama gives powerful speech on why we need gun control now
- Posted on March 28, 2013
- in gun laws, gun rights, Obama Administration
- by Jerome
This is a great speech by Obama explaining why Congress should act now: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Continue reading...The Supreme Court heard arguments for and against California Prop 8 and the Defensive Marriage Act of ’96
- Posted on March 27, 2013
- in Gay Rights
- by Jerome
Over the past two day, the Supreme Court of the United States was listening to lawyers argue for and against Prop 8 and Defensive Marriage Act of ’96 to see if it should be overturned. Conservative see the gay rights issue as a god given right to discriminate, but liberals [...]
Continue reading...Cyprus averts bankruptcy in time to not hurt the U.S. economy
I’m sure you’ve heard this before, another bank in a small country almost went bankrupted. Cyprus’s banking system is different because in January there were some €126.4 billion ($162.6 billion) worth of assets on the books of Cypriot banks. That’s almost seven times the size of the the country’s GDP [...]
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Hillary Clinton Endorses Gay Marriage is Proof she IS running is 2016
- Posted on March 23, 2013
- in 2016 presidential election, Gay Rights, Hillary Clinton
- by Jerome
Hillary Clinton gave an interview March 18th endorsing gay marriage making her the second Democratic candidate to do so. The first is Vice President Joe Biden. Of course, neither one have announced they’re running yet, but the writing is on the wall. Hillary Clinton is clearly testing the waters. Making [...]
Continue reading...Why the assault weapons ban was dropped from Senator Reid Bill
- Posted on March 21, 2013
- in 113th Congress, Democrat party, Federal Government, gun rights, Senate
- by Jerome
This isn’t a big surprise; the federal government once again failed to do its job to protect the American people. One day after the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq war, our politicians announced they would not vote to ban military-style weapons on our streets. Many police chiefs around the country [...]
Continue reading...The Grand Old Party is trying to clean house
- Posted on March 18, 2013
- in Republican party
- by Jerome
The Republican National Committee released an audacious set of recommendations on Monday aimed at revitalizing the party following the drubbing suffered by GOP candidates last November, calling for sweeping changes to the party’s infrastructure, outreach and nominating process to contend for the White House in 2016. The RNC’s 100-page report, [...]
Continue reading...Obama signs expanded Violence Against Women Act
- Posted on March 7, 2013
- in 113th Congress, Two Party system, women rights
- by Jerome
On International Women’s day, President Obama signs the Violence Against Women Act into law again. This bill expired last year and wasn’t renewed because of Republicans in Congress. The bill passed a few weeks ago when John Boehner was forced by Eric Cantor to bring it to the floor for [...]
Continue reading...New bipartisan gun bill could be the new law of the land
- Posted on March 5, 2013
- in 113th Congress, Democrat party, Federal Government, gun laws, Republican party
- by Jerome
Reports out of Washington states a new bipartisan bill on gun laws could be introduced this week in the Senate. After several national gun massacres, Washington D.C. is finally getting their act together. The last gun massacre in New Town, CT may have broken the camels back as far as [...]
Continue reading...State of the Union Speak in 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson call for the Voting Right Act
President Johnson spoke to a joint session of Congress regarding the voting rights of all Americans. He focused on the denial of equal rights to African-Americans and stressed that all citizens must have an equal right to vote. Courtesy of the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas…this is the library of C-Span:
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