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Comment on: White House aide calls criticism of Obama âoffensiveâ - Politics - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Nixon all over again? Not even close. - Opinion - The Boston Globe
The President invoked executive priviledge because the Republicans were asking for information that has never been viewed as available to Congress - namely the private discussions in the White House. more »
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Comment on: Nixon all over again? Not even close. - Opinion - The Boston Globe
HistoryIsJustThat - I have not problem with aggressive comments from either liberals or conservatives, at long as they are facual and civil. My comment was straightforward - when there are heated topi more »
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Comment on: Nixon all over again? Not even close. - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Scot - thanks for the clarification.
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Comment on: Nixon all over again? Not even close. - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Bba73 - no. I know lots of civil conservatives. And some of them post here. But I also see a lot of uncivil comments from conservatives on the Interent. Just today on other boards I have been called a more »
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Comment on: Nixon all over again? Not even close. - Opinion - The Boston Globe
It is sad how many "This comment has been removed" comments there are here. This comment section used to be pretty civil. Now, we see countless comments being removed for being inapporpriate. Although more »
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Comment on: The questions keep coming â and coming â for would-be environmental chief - Nation - The Boston Globe
This has nothing to do with qualifications. This is just political obstruction.
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HistoryIsJustThat - Not reaching, just presenting some actual facts. I am not blaming Bush, I am just pointing out that this was not a guy who was appointed by the current President and was most assu more »
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The head of the IRS during the time of these actions was a Bush appointee, Douglas Shulman. It is hard to believe that he condoned an attack on the conservative organizations. Before everyone claims O more »
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Only the faithful listen to Hannity and they believe anything he says. Hannity is only relevant to a small part of the population.
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Comment on: Nixon week at the White House - Opinion - The Boston Globe
mattwilliams06 - I tried to do some research on upir claims about the Malik Obama's chartity organization. The only references I could find to the accusations you make about that organization are fro more »
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Comment on: Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics - World - The Boston Globe
Susan Rice repeated what the intelligency agencies told her. She did not "lie". She did not know that what she was saying was a "lie". It was not. It was simply what information she had from the intel more »
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Comment on: Top IRS official failed to disclose targeting to Congress - Politics - The Boston Globe
HistoryIsJust That - you are correct it should have been 501, not 401. Sorry for the bad typing. I do know that they are 501s. My mistake. I was sloppy with the term "charity organizations". They are more »
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Comment on: Top IRS official failed to disclose targeting to Congress - Politics - The Boston Globe
The vast majority of 401 (c) organizations are shams. They are suppose to be charity organizations, yet they are really just political groups who should not be tax exempt. All of the them should be i more »
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Comment on: Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics - World - The Boston Globe
The early talking point were nothing more than careful diplomacy. They were trying to figure out exactly what happened before the President made an inaccurate accusation. That is part of diplomacy, so more »
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Comment on: Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes - Politics - The Boston Globe
He gave almost 25% of his income to charity in order to support charities, not simply as a "tax shelter". Do you really think that giving to charities, including a major donation to a charity that sup more »
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Comment on: Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes - Politics - The Boston Globe
Anyone who itemizes their deductions can take a deduction for charitable contributions. He earned income from his book sales and reported it as income. How is that taking advantage of his position? An more »
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Comment on: Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes - Politics - The Boston Globe
There taxable income was $335K, which is below the top tax bracket of about $388K. At that level the marginal level is 33%. Since he had large deductions, including 25% for charitable deductions, his more »
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Comment on: Senate GOP tells Obama to tone down the attacks - Politics - The Boston Globe
It takes two to tango. The Republicans step to the microphone almost every day to sharply critcise the President. It would be nice if all the rhetoric would be toned down, not just that from the Presi more »
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Comment on: House passes bill forbidding welfare waivers - Politics - The Boston Globe
HHS was asked by 4 Republicans governors if they could rework the specifics of how the work requirement was done. They said in the current economic environment the standard programs did not work and w more »
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Comment on: Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters - Nation - The Boston Globe
Noby ever seems to discuss whether these "issues" actually warrant Federal assistance. They either claim they should not be in a bill about Sandy or they just list them with scorn. What we need is an more »
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Comment on: On debt ceiling, Congress un-fixed a problem that had already been solved - Editorial - The Boston Globe
LifeLibertyPOH - the Congress has already authorized the spending of the money. They have enacted law that says the money will be spent. Unless they pass a new law resinding that spending, then the m more »
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Comment on: On debt ceiling, Congress un-fixed a problem that had already been solved - Editorial - The Boston Globe
The reason there was a 10 year limit on the original Bush tax cuts was that the Republicans did not have 60 votes in the Senate to pass it without a 10 year limit. They could have tried to pass it un more »
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Comment on: Patrick seeks to curtail retiree health costs - - Boston.com
Government workers should not get retirement benefits at 55. I know several able bodied people who "retired" at 55 on state or Fedeal pensions. I see no reason that these peple don't have to work unti more »
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Comment on: Cliff deal still leaves US broke - Business - The Boston Globe
The author is listed as a Globe Correspondent and Boston University Professor. He is also the author and main proponent of the Purple Plan. This is not just an article, it is an advocacy piece for h more »
You folks need to look up the definition of the word "lie". To say she lied you need to prove that she knew that what she was saying was false. Can you prove that? She was not in the loop on this inve more »