Just listened to what was billed as a major speech by Mitt Romney in Bedford, NH.  I must state that Mr. Romney did not offer one thing that would cure the economic ills of the country.  In fact, the only thing that he offered was to balance the budget and repeal the health care act.  I don't know of any reputable economist that thinks that balancing the budget at this time would cure our economic problems.

Rep. Boehner: We Are Here And Ready To Work To Solve Differences; We've Done Our Work For The People, Now It's Up To President & Senate

I think Boehner has it all wrong.  The legislative branch is an equal branch of government.  It is up to the House and the Senate to pass a bill for the president to sign.  Boehner needs to get to work.  The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill and he needs to get his caucus in gear.

Speaker Boehner at a news conference states that the House already passed a bill and the President should get the Senate to go into conference to reconcile the bill.  He also stated that payroll processing companies state the 2 month extension is unworkable.

This is the first I have heard of Congress taking the advice of payroll processing companies in passing tax bills.  The brinkmanship continues.

This is not a game, stated the President in response to a Republican Congressman statement that the theater around the payroll tax is a high stake poker game.  He asked that the Speaker bring up the payroll tax cut bill for a vote.

The House by voting to go to conference goes from a more bipartisan solution to a less bipartisan solution - Jay Carney, Whitehouse Press Secretary.

Allen West Compares Democrats to Nazis

On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Allen West added to his list of inflammatory comments since he took office in January. Speaking to reporters, West compared the Democratic Party and President Obama to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda under Adolf Hitler.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/12/16/allen-west-compares-democrats-to-nazis/

No Supernova Star Close Enough to Hurt Earth

Given the incredible amounts of energy in a supernova explosion – as much as the sun creates during its entire lifetime – another erroneous doomsday theory is that such an explosion could happen in 2012 and harm life on Earth. However, given the vastness of space and the long times between supernovae, astronomers can say with certainty that there is no threatening star close enough to hurt Earth.


http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-supernova.html