Link to story: http://teaparty.org/article.php?id=296

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39993797/40036268

Will this lame duck congress go crazy and punish the American people for their voting on November 2nd? I believe if it was simply up to Obama, Pelosi and Reid they would slam as many things through as possible before the new Congress is sworn in. Unfortunately for the Regime and fortunately for the American people the Democrats left in Washington especially those that were reelected by a slim margin realize that their necks just barely missed the dropping blade of the guillotine. These Democrats do want to be reelected in the next election cycle and most of them are not the ideologues that Obama, Pelosi and Reid are. However if they do succeed in moving some ultra left-wing legislation through during the lame duck session it only goes to prove to the American people what and who they really are. It just gives the Tea Party and the Conservative Republicans more to overturn once they are completely back in power. The Regime is bumping up against the will of a center-right America that they did not expect or understand. I still contend that the only reason that Obama himself was ever elected is because he is black and the American people wanted to show that they were not racist and could elect a black man to the Presidency. If Obama was a white politician, with his past associations and record, he would not have stood a chance in 2008.

Story Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124650399438184235.html

According to this story from the Wall Street Journal, Congress’s travel tab since the Democrat’s take over in 2006 has swelled 50%. At least we know now that their unsanctimonious cries about the auto executives flying corporate jets and taking exotic vacations wasn’t hypocritical.

In February, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of Democratic lawmakers to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan for a day. Before landing in Kabul, the eight lawmakers and their entourage of spouses and aides spent eight days in Italy, spending $57,697 on hotels and meals.

I am more than a little peeved that the vacation that I have always wanted to take myself to Italy was taken by Nancy Pelosi with my money.