Lies & Damn Lies -The Bridge to Nowhere – Who voted for it? Who voted against it?

 
OBAMA AND BIDEN VOTE FOR BRIDGE TO NOWHERE
By John Powers, Chicago Daily Observer  Monday, September 8, 2008 Last Update: 4:43 p.m.

Now that Alaska is front and center in the news again, it is a good time to catch up on a favorite story, The Bridge to Nowhere, using the Washington Post US Congress Votes Database.
Though [...]

Venezuela’s Chavez, “Go ahead and squeal, Yankees” – Isn’t it time to Boycott CITGO Oil & Gas

Monday, September 08, 2008
MOSCOW —  Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and anti-submarine patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, a deployment that comes amid increasingly tense relations with the United States.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ridiculed any U.S. concerns over the joint exercise with the Russian forces, [...]

The Truth about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac / $900 Billion in Corrupt Lending Practices

Ok, so the Feds have announced they will be taking over lending giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The two institutional lenders either hold or back half of the outstanding mortgages in the US.
Lets tell the truth about the sudden and dramatic worsening of the mortgage markets. The foreclosure rate has nearly doubled since the end of March. [...]

Michigan’s Dem Governor Granholm appoves of Obama Tax Policy – matches her policies of last 6 yrs

Barack Obama’s economic plan for the country doesn’t represent change. His plan isn’t new. It has been tried before, many times. President Jimmy Carter tried the same programs in the late 1970’s with disastrous results.  
Michigan’s Governor, Jennifer Granholm, has supplied us with a real life example of what happens when you put Obama’s proposed tax and spend programs [...]

Ohio’s Dem Governor says “No” to Obama tax plan, says Obama’s view of Ohio is wrong

The following article was published in the Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2008. The article was authored by Mr. Strickland , the current Democratic Governor of Ohio. Mr Fisher is the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of that same state. 
The authors are correct – we should not believe all the gloom and doom about Ohio - Ohio has adopted progressive [...]