CSPAN: Democrats ran interference for Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

October 1, 2008• (0) Comments

Barney Frank wants voters to believe that the Bush administration got us into the present financial mess. This is a toxic lie, as shown by these CSPAN excerpts from 2004 Congressional hearings on tighter regulation of Fannie and Freddie. Note that the Democrat members are challenging Republican’s attempts to raise alarms about a subprime-related housing meltdown and, in particular, excoriating government regulators for their testimony.

Selling America’s economy down the river started years ago and Democrats who would tell you that Republicans failed you are flat-out lying.

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Boobs loose again in Vermont

September 30, 2008• (0) Comments

How does that old playground joke go?

Q. What’s the difference between mothers’ milk and cows’ milk?

A. Mother’s milk is fresher, it’s more nutritious, and it comes in such cute containers.

Or so the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would have us believe, taking on Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream last week for that product’s reliance on bovine milk. PETA wants the company to replace the milk used in popular recipes like Wavy Gravy and Rocky Road with milk squeezed from, yup, boobs.

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