Richard Valeriani

House Republicans come to their census, vote to pass payroll tax cut for two months. Perhaps they were visited by ghosts of Republicans past? Or simply heard from angry constituents? Or simply tired of late night jokes about playing Scrooge? They still deserve bags of rotten tea in their stockings......

AUG. 15, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

Michele Bachmann wins Iowa straw vote in what would be meaningless event except for breathless media coverage.

Over-blown! If you thought media coverage of vote by a few thousand people whose $30 entrance fee was usually paid by the candidates' campaigns...

AUG. 8, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

U.S. credit rating downgraded from AAA to AA+ by Standard and Poor's, a ratings agency with low Standards and a Poor performance rating.

S & P said "political brinksmanship" during debt ceiling debate made America's ability to manage its finances "less...

JULY 4, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

July 4th Observed. Happy Birthday America! Congratulations! You're 235 years old. Too bad You're broke!

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cancels Senate's 4th of July recess so it can spend more time in Washington deadlocked over raising debt ceiling.

Montana Sen....

JUNE 20, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

Bipartisan group of Congressmen sues President Obama over Libya, accusing him of violating War Powers Act by not seeking Congressional authorization for use of military force. White House responds by pointing out US involved in "humanitarian bombing" in Libya, not war. Besides, White...

Republican Congressman Dave Camp introduces legislation to raise national debt ceiling but votes against it because it doesn't include drastic spending cuts....Huh? Just when you thought Congress couldn't get any wackier, it gets wackier...

Isn't this like Goldman Sachs securitizing a bunch of bad mortgages and then selling...

MAY 23, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

If you're reading this, then you know the world did not come to an end last Saturday as predicted by some wack job radio host named Harold Camping. But were you nervously checking your watch at the designated hour of 6PM?

Something...

MAY 16, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

President goes to El Paso near Mexican border to call for immigration reform. Wonder how many illegals snuck in while he was speaking.

Republicans complain speech contained nothing new and was nothing more than campaign ploy. You saying he doesn't have the...

APRIL 25, 2001, NEWS UPDATE

President Obama plans to attend launch of space shuttle Endeavor this coming Friday. Apparently he's weary of watching Billions of dollars being wasted in Washington and wants to get a close-up view of Billions of dollars being wasted elsewhere.

Prince William and...

APRIL 18, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

IRS designates April 18 as deadline for paying federal income taxes, giving you three more days to procrastinate.

Wanna know why? On April 16, 1862, Washington DC became first US territory to free slaves. That date now an official public holiday known...

APRIL 11, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

President Obama and Congress cut eleventh-hour deal to avert government shutdown. C-Span finally gets exciting.

Tea Party disappointed government not shut down, vows to keep trying.

Budget deal cuts this year's federal deficit from $1,633 Billion to $1,595 Billion. So we're...

APRIL 4, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

*****BULLETIN !....... Republicans in Congress agree to President Obama's budget, endorse his actions in Libya and declare end to efforts to repeal health care reform. And you thought this day would never come...*****

In nationally televised speech, President Obama explains that it's...

MARCH 28, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

President Obama returns to Washington after five-day trip to... to... uh... Where WAS he anyway? Oh yeah... Brazil, Chile and El Salvador. Media were more interested in his views on Libya than in anything going on in those countries.

In Brazil, Bam...

MARCH 21, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

Congress passes 6th stop-gap spending measure to avert government shutdown. We can now amend the Pledge of Allegiance to read, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Banana Republic for which it stands....."

Newsweek Magazine...

MARCH 14, 2011, NEWS UPDATE
Libyan dictator Gaddafi repulsing rebels with air power. Why does NATO keep saying NayTo no-fly zone over Libya?
Great Britain, France and Arab League endorse no-fly zone... You paying attention, President Obama?
Where's the UN in all this, you...

MARCH 7, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

Libya lurching into civil war as strongman Muammar Khaddafi sends warplanes against anti-government rebels. However you spell Khadaffi, it's not spelled "Mubarek."

How come the anti-government forces in Libya are "rebels" while everywhere else, they're "protesters"?

President Obama says "We stand...

FEB. 21, 2010, NEWS UPDATE

Arab world convulsed by demonstrations against autocratic and authoritarian regimes. Obviously what happens in Egypt doesn't stay in Egypt. The keffiya Kurtain has been lifted.
The reign in Bahrain stays on mostly in vain....
In Sana'a, protesters want to turn a Yemen into...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak steps down after saying in speech he would remain in office until September, despite massive protests against him. Guess Egyptian military made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Military apparently determined he had stolen enough during 30 years in power and didn't need a few more...

JAN. 31, 2011, NEWS UPDATE

President Obama delivers historic State of the Union Address. Why historic, you ask?

1. First SOTU (for you insiders) to contain "smoked salmon" joke.
2. First SOTU to have tri-color background and tri-color foreground. American flag background -- red, white and blue. Tri-color...

JAN. 24, 2010, NEWS UPDATE

President Hu of China makes formal trip to United States. Primary purpose of trip was to visit his money.

For Hu and President George W. Bush, Google "Daily Motion Hu and Bush," with Hu playing Abbott and Bush playing Costello.

President Obama tries...