http://Politics12.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:25:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en                             John McCain and Barack Obama have been going back and forth this week on various topics, but none more important at the moment than the economy.  With rising gas prices and the subsequent rise in the price of all ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/15/americans-want-lower-taxes-which-candidate-can-deliver/   Before you blame oil companies for all our economic problems check this: The U.S. Government takes 15% of each gallon of gasoline. The oil companies pocket 4%. Oil companies do all the work to extract, buy, and transport oil from nations all over the world.  The U.S. government does nothing.  People all over the ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/11/if-allowed-oil-companies-could-lower-gas-prices/ Gas prices have reached an all time high over the weekend, with the national average surpassing the 4-dollar mark.  Cable news anchors excitingly heaped this on top on the bad news pile to join the recent stock market plummet of 400 points on Friday, making Monday a "great" news day. This ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/09/gas-prices-economy-heat-up-mccain-obama-debate/   Vanity Fair is not succumbing to the pressure of the Clinton machine.  In case you missed it Vanity Fair ran a piece in their last issue about Bill Clinton, implying his philandering attitude was again in full force, and actually mentioned Hollywood actress, Gina Gershon (pictured) by name.  Bill was outraged ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/06/vanity-fair-doesnt-deny-clinton-affair/   Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man behind the September 11th terrorist attacks, defended himself before a Military Judge at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday.  Except that he didn't defend himself at all.  In fact he told the Judge he wanted to be put to death and therefore become a martyr.  ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/05/accused-911-mastermind-and-guantanamo-politics/ Dennis Miller went on a funny little rant on Bill Oreilly's The Factor Wednesday night, unleashing his normal littany of big words and innuendos that can easily fly over the head of the uninformed or slow witted. It does however relate nicely to my previous blog about Hillary as VP and ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/05/dennis-miller-on-hillary-clinton/   The word from Hillary's camp is that she's officially going to drop out of the race on Saturday.  Although technically she is reportedly only going to suspend her campaign.  This will simply allow her to continue raising money to pay off her debt, and retain her delegates.  This is not ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/04/obamas-vice-presidential-madness/ The Senate has begun the debate over the global warming phenomenon.  The idea of the proposed legislation would be to enact mandatory restrictions on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases.  Obviously some in the Senate are against these government sanctions, whether they actually believe global warming is happening or not.   Part of the problem ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/06/03/senate-debates-global-warming-initiatives/ Scott McClellan, former White House press secretary, recently wrote a book supposedly airing the dirty laundry of the White House.  The problem is he didn't tell us anything we didn't already know. In his book he also does something groundbreaking.  He blames everything on Bush and his administration.  McClellan, join the ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/05/30/mcclellans-book-only-outs-himself/   Will Obama pick Clinton as his running mate?   Well, does Obama really want to be co-president?  Not with Hillary, but with Bill.  Doubtful.  Finally there is some admittance that Bill Clinton may not be the savior and hero that liberals make him out to be, or at least remember him to be.  ... http://Politics12.today.com/2008/05/22/the-clinton-double-ticket/