John McGowan, February 10, 2009

After weeks of watching Congress fuss, fume and dither, who wouldn’t want to visit Elkart, Ind.?Even if we grant - a huge leap of faith - that our legislators have the good of the nation at heart, their inability to listen to sound economic advice or to talk to one another is discouraging. You would think that dismal employment numbers would focus their attention. But by now we should all recognize that the realities of life as actually lived in these United States no longer have any place in these politicians’ hearts or minds. How else to explain Tom Daschle’s shenanigans? Daschle, like the CEOs of the financial firms, not only came to believe that the rules didn’t apply to him, but also, more tellingly, became blind to how his actions would appear to the average American. It had been way too long since he had had any contact with those kinds of Americans. So, yes, President Obama, we hope you enjoyed Elkhart and that you'll keep going to place like that to get a dose of reality - and to continue the process of aiding Americans to take back their country from the arrogant elites who have seized it for themselves over the past 30 years.

Tom Murphy, February 3, 2009

The failure of the Bush Administration to properly supervise home loan practices helped to create the current economic mess, even as the ex-president boasted about record numbers of homeowners back in 2005-2006. And now we find out that the Department of Health and Human Services was failing to audit insurance companies issuing Medicare Part D policies - which HHS is required to do by law - while Mr. Bush crowed about how his administration had provided drug assistance to help seniors.  The result? Billions of dollars that was taken out of the paychecks of cash-strapped Social Security recipients or out of the pockets of taxpayers. While 1 percent of all Americans are in prison, you can bet the crooks who orchestrated this massive fraud for some of the nation's largest insurance companies will never even be charged. It is hideous, and it is unacceptable. We encourage you to contact your congressional representatives and ask them to do more to tighten regulations immediately and to seek full reimbursement from any company that wishes to continue to do business with the government. And, what the heck, also ask them to throw the bums in jail. Can't hurt to ask.