U.S. Common Sense

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I’m sure every news channel you’ve turned to today has discussed the projected “record deficit” in 2009. There is no kidding that a $482 Billion deficit is big news, but we do need to remember that these are projections. The past few years have shown that the projections tend to be much larger than the [...]

Not satisfied with their April Fools day hearings with the oil executives, Congress once again brought the oil companies to the mat in regards to rising oil and gas prices, and the mentality hadn’t changed. Senator Dick Durbin summed up the Congressional opinion by saying, “We’re about to fall into a recession… doesn’t it trouble [...]

I know immigration isn’t in the news today, so I thought it would be a good time to bring it up without any media influence. As we all know, the U.S. shares a 1,952-mile border with Mexico; much of it is “unsecured” in the sense that there isn’t a border wall dividing the two nations. [...]

Yes, that is what I said.  Senator Harry Reid is a “Loser.”  I know, some of you are saying “Oh my goodness, the maturity of the Common Sense has just dropped!”  Fear not.  I am not resorting to elementary school playground name-calling here.  When I refer to Reid as a “Loser,” I am referring to [...]

Source:  The Politico - 11/9/2007
Thoughts:  As a member of Citizens Against Government Waste, you can tell that pork spending by our government is a big issue with me.  For some reason, politicians believe that padding spending bills at the last minute with unrelated projects is an important function of their positions.  Sometimes the pork is actually [...]