As Congress begins work on putting President Barack Obama's goal of universal health coverage into law, administration officials and allies sought to sidestep an unpopular tax on existing benefits and Republicans' objection to a government competitor to private plans. ...more

June 14, 2009

How can anyone read Terry Collins' letter and not laugh out loud? To blame a president, left with a mess like he was, to turn it around in four and a half months is beyond me. Everything Mr. Collins complains about happened while his "boys," G. Worthless and The Grim Reaper (Cheney), were in office. Oh, doesn't the president have veto power over any bills that cross his desk? Thought so. ...more

June 11, 2009

A Senate committee has approved opening the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling within 10 miles to the Florida Panhandle and within 45 miles off the rest of the state's coastline. ...more

June 9, 2009

Bo Johnson said I "re-wrote history." Let's just take a look at what happened "after" the worthless left took over in 1995. ...more

June 6, 2009

The Obama administration is warning lawmakers that the trust fund that pays for highway construction will go broke in August unless Congress approves an infusion of money. Here's a look at the numbers that will shape the debate: ...more

June 3, 2009

I agree with DeCaris Jones' letter on one point only, that he doesn't claim to be the "sharpest tool in the shed." ...more

May 29, 2009

Pilots of regional aircraft should be paid more than taxi and bus drivers, a business travelers advocacy group suggests in a letter sent to Congress on Tuesday. ...more

May 27, 2009

Since President Obama took office, all you hear from those that didn't want him as president is that he's the blame for the high jobless rate, companies going under and our large deficit. I don't claim to be the sharpest tool in the shed but I do keep up with current events, and the problems President Obama is dealing with were inherited from the past administration and the Republican-controlled Congress. ...more

May 25, 2009

Shopping around. ...more

May 21, 2009

Does the Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress serve for life? If so, this country is in dire circumstances. Surely her party, the Democrats, must be embarrassed by this woman and her pronouncements. ...more

May 21, 2009