A group of Democrats, joined by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, are planning an aggressive spring offensive to strengthen key provisions of the financial reform bill — and daring Senate Republicans to vote against them. (Politico.com, 4/12/10)
Along with trial lawyers, Wall Street liberals are the biggest contributors to the Dem Party. Let's see if Dems really follow through when the money starts to dry up. Pop Quiz: Jon Corzine and Robert Rubin are a) Republicans b) Democrats c) Tea Partiers. If you guessed b) Democrats you win!
American Way
Europe is a free-rider. It can only afford to be Europe because we can afford to be America.
The most obvious and most cited illustration of this fact is national defense. Europe’s defense budgets have been minuscule because Europeans can count on Uncle Sam to protect them.
But that’s not the only way in which Europeans are free-riders. America invents a lot of stuff. When was the last time you used a Portuguese electronic device? How often does Europe come out with a breakthrough drug? (Jonah Goldberg, Boston Herald, 4/12/10)
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