MSNBC's Chuck Todd recently tried to ask Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs how the administration could honestly attempt to portray its $17 billion budget cut, which amounts to less than a half a percent of the total budget, as a serious spending reduction. Todd asked, "1/2 of one percent, how is this truly a tough decision and a tightening of the belt?" Gibbs responded by making quips about the stock price of GE (NBC's and Chuck Todd's parent company) and how much ... Read More

If there is one thing I can say about the reaction to Barack Obama’s first 60 days in office, it’s that conservative media has been trying far too hard to make mountains out of mole hills. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that it’s very important for the press to expose government waste and abuse, but the conservative news outlets keep jumping the gun. Take the fairness doctrine for example. It had the potential to be a powerful, high profile piece of ... Read More

On March 9, 2009, President Obama overturned former President Bush’s executive order banning federal money from funding embryonic stem cell research. He cited his desire to make decisions “based on facts, not ideology.” While the pundits on both sides of the issue have criticized or lauded the move using the same tired old lines from the 90s cultural wars, few have considered the implications of divorcing science from ideology. Today, through science, we have an undisputed power of destruction, unprecedented mobility, near ... Read More

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama ordered an additional 17,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan. I applaud him for sticking to his campaign promise despite the negative reaction this is generating among his most radical supporters. As a candidate, President Obama promised to remove troops from Iraq and ramp up efforts in Afghanistan, which he considered the battlefield where our troops were truly needed. At the time, I was not particular happy with Obama and his supporters because of their attempts to undermine the ... Read More

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hMJVXt09EUS Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: "Every month that we do not pass this stimulus package, 500 MILLION American's lose their jobs..." This was probably just a simple mix up... but why was it not covered on the news? It's time for equal standards and accountability. If you want us to spend over a trillion dollars, Madam Speaker, than you had best have your facts straight. With convenient quotables like this... I don't think you'll ever have any credibility. Read More