Part Creek & Cherokee from both parents; rather attenuated at this late date--I am green eyed & lily white--but the ancestry is direct & my most recent pure Cherokee forbear was a maternal great-great-grandmother. Having established that I want to go on record as being utterly EXASPERATED with whiny minority grievance mongers & their pseudo progressive enablers. GROW THE F UP, BOOBS, & DEAL WITH LIFE! IF THE NOTIONAL OFFENCIVENESS OF THE WORD SQUAW IS YOUR WORST FN PROBLEM YOU ARE EXTRAVAGANTLY LUCKY COMPARED TO THE VAST MASS OF MAN KIND, I WOULD TRADE PLACES WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.

Thanks for the opportunity to employ this forum.

Should be of minimum cost as is should be minimally interfering with the citizenry's lives.

The teachers unions have long looked at the military as competition for revenue dollars. That’s a big part of it.

I remember in the 80’s the dp put about a $25 billion defense budget cut in a “civil rights” bill, then blamed the GOP for not supporting civil rights when they opposed it. This IMF stunt is old sleaze for them.

The reason they aren’t sure which country’s nationalized health care works pretty well is because if they did, it would give opponents a target to pick apart.

Nothing wrong with what hussein said about growth and revenue, except it’s what the GOP said for years (and actually did in the ‘90s), and the dp ridiculed. His idea of what constitutes, “…the government that we need,” is radically different from mine, and he obviously has no clue what causes us to grow at a “Robust rate.”

Claiming attorney client privilege between Treasury and a financial institution it’s bailing out to justify withholding documents the TARP IG needs to do his job shows hussein’s talk of “transparency” and “accountability” was just that, talk. Part of the reason the administration couldn’t provide info on where the TARP money has gone so far when asked recently, is because they are stonewalling the IG responsible for doing so. Be careful not to get whiplash trying to watch the msm flip standards from the Bush years.

Speaking of which, imagine the msm reaction if the Bush administration had answered a question like that with, “We won.”

Good thing I’m not ever likely to testify before boxer. How does “Pompous *ss,” work for ya barb? That's the latest title you earned. I’m sure becoming such an elitist snob was very hard work, but keeping the hypersensitive insecurity at the same time must have been even more challenging. I never could resist tweaking people like her, even when it's expensive. Life's too short not to.

An American Indian word is offensive to American Indians? Their ancestors must be rolling in their burial grounds over what wusses some of their descendants have become.

Politicians love to apologize for things they didn’t do, but just try to get a straightforward apology from one for something they did do. Good job playing dead GOP, know any other tricks?

Betty, think Frank Drebin when you watch biden and you can laugh at him instead of getting creeped out.

No one has the "right" to be called senator!

Which Senators had slaves? I'd check Robert Byrd. He's old enough.

Gotta hand it to you, well said on your apology demands. LOL.

The sad part about this official apology is that it passed unanimously. Where were Hannity’s Republicans on this one?

Still no date set on his waterboarding fundraiser for "the families of the troops," btw.

I got to know Mike when he was at Ft. Mac, serving as Commander for the SE Region of the Army Corps of Engineers. He is, and always will be, an officer and a gentleman. I just hated (yes, hated) the way she treated him. He earned his rank.

I had a yankee boss once who hated being called "sir." He saw it as a term reserved for elderly people. He actually said "...cut out that 'sir' crap. It's disrespectful." What was my conditioned response to being reprimanded? I said,"Yes, sir."

... the General should have said, "No Ma'am, I prefer to exercise military protocol and will continue to refer to you as ma'am" ... God help us, another female on a power trip. I bet she got all squishy at the chance to talk down to a military man.

this isn't plastered on every news channel is because the big banks who make up the federal reserve are also running the news services.

The White House is using fearmongering in the global warming issue. No surprise there.

On a different subject, if the Senate could find a living former slave, then they could apologize to that person. This is the first step towards reparations. How do you pay reparations to dead people? If you have already received unearned money from the taxpayers (none of whom has ever kept a slave) via the government, will that amount be deducted from your reparation payment?

Kevin,
The problem is that people think they have a right to any and all healthcare available, whether they can afford it or not. Does that help?

You may have talked about this recently, but just in case you haven't seen this video, you will be stunned!

I know Ivan will love it!! Here is Alan Grayson (Democrat-FL) actually doing a great job questioning the federal Reserve bank's Inspector General!! This lady is a complete incompetent, unprepared, clueless dolt. This is stunning! Why isn't this plastered on every news channel?????

Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJqM2tFOxLQ&feature=channel

Boortz - Why don't you talk about this??? How do we get this to Boortz, Hannity, and Rush to play it over and over?

Military folks are taught to use the terms Maam and Sir throughout their careers. Even the E1 address' a Four Star General in such a manner, not to mention the President. Ms. Boxer has worked hard to get to where she is, but apparently likes to wear her title. By the way, if she was thinking so much about the title, was she even paying attention to the content?

Neal points out that no male senator would have done that. Well, neither would most women. This isn't a male/female issue, it's a question of whether you are there to do a job or to impress everyone with how important you are.

I hope that the people in Iran are able to be safe and secure. If they can gain more freedom, too, that would be great.

Sadly, I do expect more foreclosures as a result of significant unemployment and underemployment. The economy needs a secure, business-friendly environment to grow. What does the US actually produce to sell to other countries? (other than food and military)

OK, now that the Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery, I guess we won't hear blacks whine and moan about everything. I also assume that immediately upon passsage of this bill, the disproportionate amount of crime by blacks will decrease, the 70%+ illegitimate rate will decrease, they will become better educated, will begin to speak in coherent proper English, etc.

BTW, if we are all into apologizing, I am waiting for their apology on all the disproportionate amount of crime they have fostered onto the people of this nation, and all the taxpayer money they have squandered and govt has seized for them through lifetime welfare programs. Finally, I am waiting for their apology in putting this Kenyan socialist dolt into the White House.

Is it really any surprise that the RAT party has slipped in some IMF funds in a war spending bill and then when the Republicans scream foul by not supporting it, said RATs say the Republicans aren't supporting what they once did? God how much more pathetic can these jackals representing the left in Washington GET?

Finally, let's give it to the neo-communist State run media in the Obamanation White House and not having ONE SINGLE presenting media side that will question this collectivist disaster that the liberal RATs want, known as "Free" universal health care. Is this the way these fascist goons are going to run America? If so, we'd better wake the h-e-l-l up and vote them the h-e-l-l out. SOON. Dirty RATs.