Natalie Tootie

It’s interesting how the national debate is happening now. People are very much taking advantage of a few points that one can always claim. One of these points is that jobs will be lost. Let’s say I suggest sugar content be limited in any single serving of food product, and let’s say I limit it to [...]

OK, it’s finally done. All future political content will be posted to my politics specific blog, The Politimat. At first it was just Politimat, but then when making it look like the White House website, I needed the “the”. It turns out, I think I like the sound of that better. But we’ll see.

In case you aren’t aware yet, Barack Obama will not have the same problems with the republicans that he had with the stimulus bill. There is some way they can do the budget that is filibuster proof and then they only need a majority instead of 60 votes.

Karl Rove claims his work in the White House means he has executive privilege and is exempt from testifying. A federal judge has rejected that claim for Harriet Meyers and Joshua Bolten although both are appealing. Both of their appeals will probably be denied which will essentially leave Karl Rove on his own. Jonathan Turley, constitutional [...]

Barack Obama has a plan to cut the federal deficit in half by 2013. What I like about this is now that he’s switched the discussion to how to tighten the belt, republicans will either have to be essentially on his side, or appear to be against fiscal responsibility. It won’t look too good if republicans [...]

In another case of republicans choosing party over people, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has refused $90 million dollars in stimulus money that would have extended unemployment benefits. Yes, when more people are out of work than ever, Bobby Jindal has decided to turn down money to keep them paying their rent and buying groceries. Maybe [...]