It was reported on MSNBC that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is going to increase the standards by which they measure cars in crash tests. What that means is that a car that may have gotten a 5-star crash test rating a year ago could suddenly plummet to a 3-star rating without performing any [...]
The EPA recently tested the new Chevy Volt, the car that has been advertised as getting 230 miles per gallon. What the EPA came up with is a rather shocking 48 miles per gallon. How did this happen? The EPA simply changed the rules of their test in order to artificially lower the fuel mileage. [...]
Factcheck.org says no, at least not for everyone. There will be companies that decide a public option is more cost effective and better suited for their company or their employees, but the majority of people that are happy with their health care plans will be able to stick with their current plans. Those that oppose [...]
It started with such gusto, the GOP website had a whole section devoted to giving ideas about where the party should go, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush were doing a listening tour across America to get ideas, Republican and conservative pundits were constantly talking about rebuilding the party image, that effort seems to have vanished. [...]
The short answer is that we stick with the system that we have, the long answer is that the current system stays in place and we keep spending more and more money on care that is getting poorer and poorer, likely costing the individual more than they would have ever spent on a reformed plan. [...]
I received a letter today from the National Republican Committee which contained an official “GOP census document” which was “assigned and prepared especially for you as a representative of all Republicans living in your voting district.” The letter claims to be working to build a grassroots consensus on what they should be doing as a [...]
The GOP and the conservative media have seemingly imploded in the past few weeks, culminating with the disastrous Tea Parties that did little more than highlight the most fearful and angry aspects of the Republican base.
With conservative media giants going equally off the deep end, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Neil Cavuto [...]
The Congress recently voted to tax the AIG bonuses at 90 percent, effectively eliminating them. Republicans had a plan to tax the bonuses at 100 percent but after state and local taxes take their slice of the bonuses, the Democratic 90 percent plan effective taxes the bonuses at 100 percent once all is said and [...]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the last holdover from the Bush administration, is looking to cut down on American military expenditures according to an article from Boston.com http://tinyurl.com/cwvc9a). The reasoning behind the cuts is because the U.S. can not afford to buy every weapon system that the war planners might want. What is coming, according to the article, [...]
Traditionally, a new President gets a grace period where his appointments are voted on and passed, the major legislation that he ran on is allowed to come up for a vote and generally is supported by both parties, and everything stays pretty civil. This time however, the Republican base is already looking to butt heads [...]
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