By PUMA Pundit on December 31, 2008
Here’s the official Happy New Year Thread! What are your wishes for the New Year? What are your resolutions for the New Year? Personally, for 2009, I am hoping Obama proves me and other Naysayers wrong by being a center of the road President… Resolutions, I shall write my goals out daily, and follow them [...]
Posted in Odds and Ends | Tagged 2009, Happy New Year |
By PUMA Pundit on December 30, 2008
Should Gay Marriage be legalized? What about Polygamy or Incest? If it is a consensual relationship between adults, does the government really have a right to determine if it is acceptable or not? Posted by PUMA Pundit
Posted in Odds and Ends |
By PUMA Pundit on December 30, 2008
Harry Reid is definitely bluffing when he says the Senate won’t sit Roland Burris (or any other person appointed by Rod Blagojevich). Thankfully, in Powell vs. McCormack the Warren Supreme Court clearly states that the only basis by which Congress can judge the qualification (and thereby the eligibility) of its members, are the qualifications prescribed [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged barack obama, Harry Reid, Rod Blagojevich, roland burris |
By PUMA Pundit on December 30, 2008
Rats jumping off a sinking ship… William J. Quinlan, general counsel to Gov. Rod Blagojevich for the last four years, resigned today to return to private practice. “We should not let recent events diminish the pride in our accomplishments or the commitment to public service with which we approach our job each day,” Quinlan wrote [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Rod Blagojevich, william j. quinlan |
By PUMA Pundit on December 30, 2008
With Obama moving from the Senate to the White House, the US Senate would have zero black Senators. Since the Republic was founded, only 5 blacks have sat in the Senate: In Reconstruction era Senator Party State Term Lifespan Former slave Hiram Rhodes Revels Republican Mississippi 1870-1871 1822-1901 No Blanche Bruce Republican Mississippi 1875-1881 1841-1898 [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged barack obama, Rod Blagojevich, roland burris |
