According to a recent Rasmussen survey, eighty-five percent (85%) of voters are following the debt ceiling story closely and 52% believe it would be dangerous to raise the debt ceiling without making significant cuts in government spending. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of…
U.S. Treasury options to avoid default
The U.S. Treasury Department has options available to it right now to avoid default in the short term and provide the time required to engineer a long term solution to the problem of unrestrained government spending. The U.S. does not have…
President or Megalomaniac???
Obama found his way to the presence of the White House Press Corp (that’s pronounced “core.” Mr. President) to use his bully pulpit and expose his affinity for the white hot lights once again. His message was about the status of…
House Subcommittee Hearing in the Black Hills
I am not sure who chose the venue, but the choice was superb. The backdrop of the hearing was a magnificent vista of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Under bright sunshine and blue skies the red tops of beetle…
The House wimps out on Libya
The US House took a half-stand on the Libyan War yesterday. Despite being ignored and marginalized by the Commander-In-Chief regarding his defiance of the War Powers Resolution, the House voted only to prohibit military aid to Libyan rebels battling Moammar…
House Subcommittee Hearing in the Black Hills
On Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 12:30PM MDT the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an Oversight Field Hearing in Hill City, South Dakota on the “Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic…


