Mr. Greenspan spoke today, and here is what he had to say: He characterized as “sobering” recent budget estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget, which forecast deficits well through the balance of the decade. “It is necessary to extend budget enforcement rules promulgated in the Budget Enforcement Act …
Politics
60 Minute Hacks
The Instapundit’s description of the 60 Minutes piece on ballistic fingerprinting is 100% accurate. My response was much less polite, and much more straightforward, and it involved an f-word. I usually love 60 Minutes, so it bothers me when they get a story this wrong- how the hell am I supposed to trust them on …
Fiscal Conervatives, My Ass (Part 500)
Ted Barlow has some good links up about the bloated piece of crap known as the Bush budget proposal. This budget is scandalous, and the Dems could have the high ground if they didn’t have 9 million issues they wanted to spend MORE money on. The best comment from Ted’s links actually comes from Mark …
More on Ed Rosenthal
Reader Ellen Roberts points out this link to the jury reaction in the Rosenthal conviction: Jurors who convicted marijuana guru Ed Rosenthal of cultivation and other drug charges said Monday they would have acquitted him had they been told he was growing medical marijuana for the city of Oakland. “I feel like I made the …
Disgraceful Outcome
Talkleft points to another disgraceful turn of events in the war on your neighbors: We are very saddened tonight by the news of the conviction of author and medical marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal in San Francisco. He will be sentenced Tuesday to a mandatory minimum ten year sentence. The maximum sentence is life.
Budget Busters
Howie Kurtz has the GOP pegged on this one: Imagine
Abortion Politics
Generally, I am pro-choice- my choice is that I will never support it- but I also choose to let others make their own decision and to live with themselves. However, it is illustrative that the ‘party of choice’ really isn’t: Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., promised to bring up the abortion issue if he finds …