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Video: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal (1933)

It’s sickening how many parallels have been observed between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Barack Obama. As the video below shows, even the tone Obama is using now is almost exactly the same as Roosevelt’s.

A Barack Obama License Plate?

That’s right, the state of Illinois is issuing a limited edition Barack Obama license plate. From Rides Magazine: Were the t-shirt, button and decorative plate not enough for you? Well if you live in Illinois and operate a fully registered vehicle, now’s your chance to Ba-rock an official (albeit temporary) Obama license plate. Proceeds from [...]

It doesn’t pass the smell test: Richardson, Geithner, Killefer, Daschle… is Gregg next?

And the honeymoon is over. For anyone who is keeping count – that’s five failed or badly botched nominations in two weeks for President Obama (you may only be able to count to four, but guess which new nominee’s Senate staff is being investigated for their strong ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff). Obama’s winning [...]

Barack Obama Breaks First Campaign Promise

Barack Obama has been President of the United States for only a few days now, yet he’s already broken his first of many campaign promises. This time involving the quick passage and signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Act. From Politifact.com Promise No. 234:Barack Obama Campaign Promise No. 234: Allow five days of public comment before [...]

On the day the House votes on the stimulus, DC gets covered in ice. Coincidence?

As a native Wisconsinite, I’ve always found the reaction of those in DC to insignificant amounts of snow humorous, and sometimes even pitiful. However, this morning was a bit different. After a few inches of nice snow, followed by a few hours of sleet, capped off with an overnight shower of freezing-rain, the entire DC-metro [...]

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