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September 7, 2005 by Island Dog
Since the liberals here love polls it doesn't look good for your pathetic "blame Bush" tactics. CNN) -- A majority of Americans believe the city of New Orleans will never completely recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the resulting flooding, according to results of a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday. Fifty-six percent of 609 adults polled by telephone September 5-6 said they believe the hurricane devastated the city beyond repair. And 93 percent of poll respond...
June 16, 2006 by Island Dog
What a plan..... DEMOCRATIC House members unveiled their version of the Contract with America yesterday - a plan for governance should their party win control of the House of Representatives in November. The agenda items of their "New Direction for America" include stem-cell research, promoting energy-efficient technology, raising the minimum wage, making college tuition tax deductible, preventing the privatization of Social Security and restoring budget discipline (which is code for ...
June 14, 2006 by Island Dog
I believe this is the kind of economy the democrats want. What do you think? During the period from 1980 to 2000, only two OECD countries, Germany and Greece, recorded slower growth in income per capita than France. But Germany had to go endure the huge costs and trauma of reunification with East Germany. Greece was hurt by the wars in the Balkans. What's France's excuse? Second, whatever growth there is in France does not trickle down to the poor. Many young second-generation immigr...
June 14, 2006 by Island Dog
Does anybody know what it is though? I can take one guess "raise taxes". "Today's report confirms that the Bush economy continues to go in the wrong direction for millions of American families, who are living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to make ends meet. Gas prices have doubled, oil company profits have tripled, while real income has stalled. Middle-class Americans are feeling squeezed, while the Republicans' Big Oil cronies are rewarded with tax breaks and subsidies that are...
June 14, 2006 by Island Dog
So much for the starving teenagers. CHICAGO - Older American teenagers living in poverty have grown fatter at a higher rate than their peers, according to research that seems to underscore the unequal burden of obesity on the nation's poor. "Today the percentage of adolescents age 15-17 who are overweight is about 50 percent higher in poor as compared to non-poor families, a difference that has emerged recently," said Johns Hopkins' sociologist Richard Miech, the study's lead author. ...
June 14, 2006 by Island Dog
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Governor Jon Corzine's massive tax hike will do little to alleviate New Jersey's budget woes and attract new residents, according to a new study from the non-partisan National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF). After reviewing years of data, NTUF found that despite over $3 billion in tax increases since Fiscal Year (FY) 2002, New Jersey is still sliding further into debt. http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20060522/pl_usnw/update__more_taxes_won_t_...
June 14, 2006 by Island Dog
She's not too popular with the leftist loons now. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew boos and hisses from an audience of liberal activists yesterday as she defended her opposition to a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, and later she received an implicit rebuke from Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) for failing to acknowledge that her support for the war was a mistake. Clinton's and Kerry's appearances at the Take Back America conference at the Washington Hilton put on...
June 13, 2006 by Island Dog
Another loss for the left. WASHINGTON - Top White House aide Karl Rove has been told by prosecutors he won't be charged with any crimes in the investigation into leak of a CIA officer's identity, his lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney Robert Luskin said that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald informed him of the decision on Monday, ending months of speculation about the fate of one of President Bush's closest advisers. Rove testified five times before a grand jury. http://news...
June 12, 2006 by Island Dog
What nutjobs. ORLANDO, Fla. - As Tropical Storm Alberto threatened to strengthen into the ninth hurricane in 22 months to affect Florida, former President Clinton predicted Monday that Republican environmental policies will lead to more severe storms. "It is now generally recognized that while Al Gore and I were ridiculed, we were right about global warming," Clinton said at a fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party. "It's a serious problem. It's going to lead to more hurric...
June 12, 2006 by Island Dog
A perfect example of how to take down business. New York legislators, not satisfied with having the second highest tax burden in the nation, are pondering what some call "the biggest tax increase in the history" of the state, in order to force businesses to provide employee health care. The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that legislators are considering the potential $ 8.4 billion tax increase as part of the "Fair Share for Health Care" bill: The bill would levy an additional t...
June 12, 2006 by Island Dog
This original translation by my translator-colleague, who goes by the nom de guerre of "Sammi," comes from a notebook kept by an Iraqi intelligence agent. It provides evidence of a cooperative, operational relationship agreed to at the highest levels of the Iraqi government and the Taliban. The notebook is lengthy and we will present it on the FOX News Web site in a series of postings. It deals extensively with meetings between Maulana Fazlur Rahman, an Al Qaeda/Taliban supporter, and Taha ...
June 12, 2006 by Island Dog
Economic growth is the key to increasing living standards. Our economy has been growing strongly. with real gross domestic product increasing at a 5.3 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2006. Growth means higher productivity, and higher productivity translates directly into higher wages. Productivity has also grown strongly, with the most recent numbers showing 3.5 percent annual growth since the business cycle peaked in the first quarter of 2001. Economic growth and producti...
June 11, 2006 by Island Dog
Another hurricane is heading towards Florida and the only logical reason is because of Bush. Al Gore says global warming is causing all the hurricanes, so naturally Bush is to blame.
June 9, 2006 by Island Dog
Since our resident democratic party hack thinks Zinni is the best thing in the world. Let's take a closer look at Zinni. It looks to me like he's another hack. But Gen. Zinni’s current affiliations are even more interesting, given his severe criticism of the President’s actions in the War on Terror and the liberation of Iraq. It seems the General is a Distinguished Military Fellow on the Washington, D.C. staff of the Center for Defense Information www.cdi.org. The mission statement ...
June 9, 2006 by Island Dog
Tell me again how the democratic party is not based with loons. Las Vegas -- Two years ago, the first bloggers credentialed to cover the Democratic National Convention in Boston were treated as a novelty, guests at the restricted club where mainstream media reporters and politicians hobnob. This weekend, in a sign of how new media is reshaping politics, some of the nation's top Democratic politicians are flocking to the first major offline convention inspired by a political blog, th...