B2 Journal - for people who demand common sense

The silver lining

BD Pisani — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:54:23 +0000

For those of you who doubt, be of good cheer. For those of you who falter, stay focused and active. America is awakening and November is going to be a very sunny month.

Democrat Lincoln Says Congress Can Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance

BD Pisani — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:43:38 +0000

Democrat Lincoln Says Congress Can Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance – Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln told CNSNews.com that Congress has the authority to force individual Americans to buy health insurance because the U.S. Constitution “charges Congress with the health and well-being of the people.” The words “health” and “well-being” do not appear anywhere in the [...]

Democrat Congress Says No One Questions Our Authority

BD Pisani — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:36:47 +0000

Democrat Congress Says No One Questions Our Authority – In the history of the United States, Congress has never forced individual Americans to buy any good or service. That would change if the health care bills approved by either the House or Senate ever became law. Each would require individuals to buy a health insurance [...]

Stocks tumble on worries about jobs

BD Pisani — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:50:00 +0000

Stocks tumble on worries about jobs – Stocks buckled Thursday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time in three months. A flood of bad news, including rising debt levels [...]

White House Prepares for Two Supreme Court Vacancies

BD Pisani — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:18:42 +0000

White House Prepares for Two Supreme Court Vacancies – Lawyers for Obama have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the possibility of one, and maybe two Supreme Court vacancies this spring. Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide [...]

U.S. To Hit $14.3 Debt Ceiling By March 1

BD Pisani — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:13:22 +0000

U.S. To Hit $14.3 Debt Ceiling By March 1 – The U.S. debt is on track to hit a congressionally proposed debt ceiling of 14.3 trillion dollars by the end of February, the Treasury said Wednesday, a day ahead of a key vote to raise it to that level. “Based on current projections, Treasury expects [...]

Where all things are possible . . .

BD Pisani — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:22:10 +0000

Today's essay ponders what was, what is, and what can be. To cure the Obama regime's national sclerosis requires multiple injections of an old-fashioned but unbeatable miracle cure:

Guvmint matters

BD Pisani — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:12:20 +0000

We see it every day from these clowns, folks. See what? Why, horrendous heaps of hoodwinks, hornswoggling, and hoaxes, of course. Here are a few recent samples:

Obama Budget: Record Spending, Record Deficit

BD Pisani — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:05:35 +0000

Obama Budget: Record Spending, Record Deficit – Spelling out painful priorities, Obama urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a huge new shot of spending for recession relief and job creation, part of a record $3.8 trillion budget that would boost the deficit beyond any in the nation’s history. If Congress goes along with Obama’s [...]

Largest-ever Federal Payroll Hits 2.15 Million

BD Pisani — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:00:57 +0000

Largest-ever Federal Payroll Hits 2.15 Million – The era of big government has returned with a vengeance, in the form of the largest federal work force in modern history. The Obama administration says the government will grow to 2.15 million employees this year, topping 2 million for the first time since President Clinton declared that [...]