by Terrance Heath | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Speaker John Boehner called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's idea for passing immigration reform "Nutso." Maybe Boehner hasn't taken a good look at his own party. Then again, who can blame him? No doubt Boehner was stinging from his latest humiliating defeat....
by Terrance Heath | Jul 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Bank of America Fined Bank of America Ordered to Pay Nearly $1.3 Billion in Mortgage Case. New York Times: "A federal judge has ordered Bank of America to pay nearly $1.3 billion in penalties for its role in defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into buying thousands...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Senate Nears "Highway Cliff" Senate steps closer to 'highway cliff'. Politico: "The Senate has passed a bill to rescue highway and transit funding that House Speaker John Boehner says he won’t accept, keeping the specter of a 'highway cliff' alive with just days...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Moral Mondays And Walking Mayor Come to DC Moral Mondays and “Walking Mayor” Come to Washington for Medicaid Expansion and Support for Rural Healthcare. Save Our Hospital: "Expanding Medicaid saves lives. When the North Carolina state legislature denied the Medicaid...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Right-wing reaction to issues in the news this week brought to mind a classic 1980s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial, but with a wingnut spin on the famous line: “Hey, you got your Malaysian airliner in my Benghazi!” Across the wingnut-o-sphere, right-wingers...