My Own Political Party

Al Gore III pleaded guilty Monday to drug possession when he was caught speeding in Orange County, California. The judge offered him a deal. Complete a series of drug rehabs and the entire case will be dismissed. After 18 months the charges will be dropped if he stays out of trouble. No doubt this arrested puts a hamper on any decision by Al Gore to run for the President in 2008. Read More

The Oval Office is located in the West Wing of the White House. It has three large south facing windows behind the President's desk and a fireplace at the north end of the room. The Oval Office has four doors. One opens to the Rose Garden, another to a private study and dining room, the third out to the main corridor of the West Wing and the fourth opens to the office of the President's secretary. The President did not ... Read More

Hazelton, Pennsylvania is not welcoming in illegal immigrants. That is why they passed a city ordinance called the Illegal Immigration Relief Act. This Act would prohibited landlords from renting to illegals and prohibit business from hiring them (of course this is already a federal law that is not enforced). U.S. District Judge James Munley declared the laws unconstitutional. I haven't read the bill, or know what the impact is, however, the thing that disturbed me was that the ... Read More

I found this interesting comparison on the internet, so pull up your bar stools, get a drink and see if this makes sense: Let's put taxes in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. ... Read More

When I used to work in an office, I was amazed at how many extra coffee cups we had stored under the coffee machine. Most of these were personalized cups with some sort of political, environment or business message. You could tell what causes people were supporting by the type of cup that used to drink their coffee. One of the cleverest cups I saw, was the Bill of Rights printed on the cup. As you added a hot drink, ... Read More

With all the talk about national health care, I thought I would mention Medical Savings Accounts. Having a huge government bureaucracy run the health care system, just does not seem like the best idea. Unfortunately, some of our congress people have one track minds and won't look at any other options. Medical Savings Accounts provide both a savings plan (with tax advantages) and a high-deductible health insurance plan. You pay for (or your company pays for) a health insurance plan. ... Read More

Every year I pay taxes and every year I wonder where all the money goes. It is obvious that the US Government does not rely on budgeting software to help trim and manage the out of control spending that occurs. Here is a breakdown: 22% - Health and Medicare 21% - Social Security 21% - National Defense (including Iraq and Afghanistan wars) 14% - Other 13% - Income Security 9% - Net Interest A very interesting breakdown. Fourteen percent is just spent on "Other." I guess they ... Read More

Scooter Libby's sentence was commuted. He will serve no jail time. He DID NOT receive a Presidential pardon. A pardon eradicates a conviction, while a commutation simply gets rid of the sentence, or jail time of 30 months in Libby's case. The President has been under pressure to grant a pardon to Libby, but did not do so at this time. The whole case resolved around who knew what, at what time and who leaked it. There ... Read More

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, the presidential frontrunners, have almost $100 million in their campaign funds. The actual total is $94.8 million as of June 30, 2007. The top Republicans (Giuliani, Romeny, McCain), on the other hand, had only a combined total of $33.7 million. Hillary Clinton has amassed $45.2 million, followed by Obama with $36.3 million and Edwards with $13.3 million. If they don't win, I guess they can save it for the next time they run ... Read More

As you may have heard, Micheal Moore is in an uproar. He is not happy with the coverage that CNN gave to his new "documentary" SiCKO. It is interesting that Moore seems to think that any of his movies are above critical review. That is his issue with CNN. CNN and Dr. Gupta critically reviewed his movie and found some issue with it. A CNN spokesperson said: It's ironic that someone who has made a career out of ... Read More