Right Pundits

If all you watched was the Main Stream Media (ABC-CBS-NBC-CNN-MSNBC-PBS) or read Time, Newsweek, the Washington Post and the New York Times, you might think that the Tea Party movement is in disarray. That they are in turmoil and becoming disheartened. Likewise, the editorial content from the MSM would play down the notion of the Republicans taking back the House in November. All you might see is Joe Biden or Nancy Pelosi saying that Democrats will win enough seats to stay in control. But as you will read, this is Left-Wing fantasy.

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The latest numbers from the Depart of Commerce yesterday indicate that GDP growth is much lower than expected. The first three months pointed to a brisk year with annual growth rate of 3.7%. But the new data from the second quarter shows signs that the U.S. economy has ground to a halt. After the 2Q numbers the adjusted annual GDP growth now stands at 2.4%. A minimum of 3% is considered needed just to sustain job growth.

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This is one of the strangest yet intriguing stories I’ve come across in a while. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is considering giving notorious outlaw Billy the Kid pardon. The kid was killed, so the legend says, in 1881 by Sherriff Pat Garrett. However descendants of the late Sherriff say no way.

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Yesterday, the House Ethics Committee released the charges against Charles Rangel (D-NY), who, before the Ethics investigation began, was the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, the body that has more to do with tax policy than anything else in DC, with the possible exception of the White House.

As we all saw, the list revealed, if proven, that Rangel misused the public trust. More specifically, for this person whose domain is to determine tax policy for the rest of us to trade campaign contributions for tax benefits seems beneath contempt. He also chose not to declare income from rental properties on his own tax return. How special. The determinant of tax policies decided that he was not going to follow the same rules as the rest of us.

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Thursday, Anthony Weiner (D-NY) went ballistic and exploded in a raucous rant on the floor of the House as seen in the video below. At issue was the defeat of a $7.4 Billion dollar appropriation to provide health care to victims of 9/11. Only 12 Republicans voted in support of the bill. The reason the bill failed, was not the Republicans’ fault, however. The Democrats used a different procedure requiring a two-thirds vote rather than a simple majority because the Democrats did not want any amendments attached to the bill preventing illegal immigrants from being funded.

Photos and Video

Medicare is 45 years old. In celebration of that momentous event, Health and Human Services will be highlighting the birthday with several special features. One of which is an Andy Griffith Medicare Ad which seems more like a political ad touting Obamacare.

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The recent controversy of the Wikileaks publishing Afghanistan war logs has put the focus on Pakistan and their intelligence arm, the ISI. Long suspected of cooperating with both the Taliban and al Qaeda, the ISI is at the center of the uproar in Washington. Billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan may have found their way to our enemies through sympathetic ISI officers.

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More than 60 years ago, they were found in a cave. Now the Dead Sea Scrolls mystery solved? Researchers had attributed the ancient parchments to the Essenes, a Jewish sect which lived near Qumran, a settlements close to the caves were the scrolls were discovered. Now a cryptic cup and ancient tunnels in Jerusalem may hold the answer to their origin.

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