U.S. Spending on Food Stamps at All-Time High, Sparking Debate Over Welfare

U.S. Spending on Food Stamps at All-Time High, Sparking Debate Over Welfare

The U.S. is now spending more on food assistance than at any time in its history, sparking a debate over whether the roughly 40 million people now receiving the latest version of food stamps at a cost of $73 billion a year are a symptom of a weak economy or are part of a long-term expansion in welfare and related programs.

James Carville: Obama needs to tell BP ‘I’m your daddy’

Carville: Obama needs to tell BP ‘I’m your daddy’

Asked by King whether the disaster response has become a question of presidential accountability, Carville suggested that Washington lobbyists hired by BP were influencing the administration's response to the spill. "They've [BP] hired everything that walks in Washington," the Louisiana native said.

Watchdog: Nations getting away with murder

Watchdog: Nations getting away with murder

- I'm afraid it's only going to get worse as economic turmoil leads to instability and chaos. We are seeing a return of the madness of the 1920s, 30s.

Sending Troops to the Border is a Political Stunt

 US troops won't be used to stop illegal immigration: US 

What is the point of sending troops to the border with Mexico if they aren't going to be used to prevent drug gangs from invading American soil. We have a war going on. We need our troops to defend America. That was the main reason for creating the National Guard in the first place. Why should they only be fighting in Afghanistan. It almost seems that Obama gets his ideas from the Bush playback.

GOP Depicts N.C. Tea Party Candidate as Pot-Smoker Who Claimed to Be Messiah

GOP Depicts N.C. Tea Party Candidate as Pot-Smoker Who Claimed to Be Messiah

Mexico arrests Cancun mayor on drug charges

Mexico arrests Cancun mayor on drug charges

New Teen Drinking Fad Could Cause Blindness

New Teen Drinking Fad Could Cause Blindness

Obama Goes to Fundraiser While Oil Continues to Spill Unabated

This President is at his best when he is campaigning. Not so good when it comes to governing. His indifferent style is starting to look like George W. Bush:

President Obama, facing criticism that his administration has failed to respond aggressively to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, assured supporters in San Francisco on Tuesday that "the situation in the gulf is heartbreaking, and we're doing everything we can."

...As the BP oil spill blights miles of delicate marshland, well-known Democrats including analyst Donna Brazile and strategist James Carville have publicly criticized the federal government's failure to take a stronger role in stemming the disaster.

Obama said Tuesday he will make his second visit to the gulf region Friday, but his decision to make the cross-country trip to raise money for Democrats in San Francisco as the disaster raged handed partisan critics some potent ammunition.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina accused Obama of "misplaced priorities," saying, "Our nation faces a terrible economic, environmental and human tragedy in the gulf. ... Meanwhile, President Obama is on a rescue mission not in the gulf but instead in California, to save Barbara Boxer's 18-year political career."

In fact, this administration is starting to look as incompetently as the previous:

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, scheduled to headline a fundraiser for Senate Democrats next week in Manhattan, cancelled her appearance Tuesday afternoon, hours after a POLITICO story about the event sparked Republican criticism that it was inappropriate in the midst of the ongoing environmental crisis along the Louisiana coast.

An EPA spokesman said Jackson was cancelling her appearance at the June 4th breakfast sponsored by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee because she's focused on the clean-up of the BP oil spill.