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Who is Rick Santorum?  He served all those years in D.C. but I bet you never heard of him. The only time anyone started to recognize him is when he was a FOX news commentator and yet he knocks down Fox! Richard John "Rick" Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007. Born in Virginia, Rick Santorum was raised primarily in Butler, Pennsylvania. He obtained an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. Santorum worked as an attorney at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart where he met Karen Garver. They married in 1990, and have seven children; an eighth child died shortly after birth. Santorum was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district in 1990, becoming a member of a group dubbed the "Gang of Seven...

The Jenner and Block report on Lehman just keeps on giving. Today I am going to focus on FRBNY's culpability in the apparent Lehman fraud - that is, the role that FRBNY (and thus Tim Geithner) played in keeping an insolvent institution afloat through the use of fraudulent artifices. We must look first to what the PDCF, or "primary dealer credit facility" was created to be. The report does this for us: Under the PDCF, the FRBNY would make collateralized loans to broker ‐ dealers, such as LBI, and in effect, act as a repo counterparty. Unlike a typical counterparty, though, with the creation of the PDCF, the FRBNY was generally understood by market participants to be the “lender of last resort to the broker ‐ dealers.” 5332 Reflecting the fact that broker ‐ dealer liquidity had become increasingly dependent on overnight repos to obtain short ‐ term secured financing, 5333 the PDCF was structured as an overnight facility. Pursuant to the F...

By Betsy Rothstein on Mar 01, 2010 03:44 PM Most senators amicably allow reporters onto elevators dubbed "Senators Only." Not Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) . ABC's Jonathan Karl had a bristly exchange with Bunning just outside one such elevator in the Hart Building -- Bunning was in the elevator and Karl was trying to get in there with him and pose a question about the senator's blocking a bill extending employment benefits. Bunning wasn't having it. Not only did he forbid Karl from entering the elevator, but, as reported by Politico's Glenn Thrush , gave an ABC producer, Zach Wolf , the finger. (In our photograph we see Bunning's use of his pointer finger.) Bunning has been in a foul mood as of late. Some may remember his "Tough Sh-t" utterance on the Senate floor last week. Watch the ABC video here . See Thrush's report here .

By: Jim Meyers In perhaps his harshest criticism yet of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Jeb Bush sharply chastised his successor, saying he had committed an “unforgivable” act by supporting President Barack Obama’s massive stimulus package. In an exclusive Newsmax interview, Bush praised Crist as a “talented guy” and “about the nicest guy I’ve ever met in politics.” But he took Crist to task for enthusiastically backing what Bush called “a massive spending bill that is not related to stimulus. It is related to trying to carry out a liberal agenda.” Crist is running for the U.S. Senate, and is squaring off against former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary. See Jeb Bush's Comments on Charlie Crist in Newsmax.TV's Video Interview below So far Bush has remained neutral in the race, but he told Newsmax he “might” decide to endorse one of the GOP candidates. Already his son Jeb Jr. is backing Rubio and ...

Rush Limbaugh was interviewed on William Shatner's "Raw Nerve" on A&E. In this clip of the show, Shatner asked Rush what is a conservative? Rush said that conservatives believe in the principles ...

Computerworld - One of the more interesting people I've talked with in the last two years is a figment of his own imagination. "Craig Barth," the chief technology officer of Florida-based Devil Mountain Software, a company that makes and markets Windows performance metrics software, is, I have discovered, nobody. He doesn't exist. Barth is, in fact, a nom de plume , which is a fancy, French way of saying "alias." The real man behind the curtain is Randall C. Kennedy , a popular, sometimes outrageous blogger for and frequent contributor to Infoworld , a publication that like Computerworld is part of IDG. Kennedy's connection to InfoWorld was severed on Friday . The two, Barth and Kennedy, are one and the same. The problem was that I didn't know that. The problem was that Kennedy didn't tell me he was Barth, that I didn't figure out Barth was he, and that together, they were Devil Mountain. Devil Mountain's data, der...

By Clive Cookson in San Diego Published: February 22 2010 01:29 | Last updated: February 22 2010 01:29 Public trust in science as a whole has suffered from recent attacks on climate research, the head of the senior US scientific body admitted at the weekend. “There is evidence that the corrosion in the public attitude to climate science has spread over to other areas of science,” said Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences , citing public opinion surveys in the US and elsewhere. Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, Prof Cicerone and other research leaders said scientists must work to regain public trust by being more open about their findings. “We need to be more transparent and provide more access to our research data,” he said. In the “climategate” scandal at University of East Anglia in the UK, emails showed researchers at the Climatic Research Unit refusing to release da...

The fall in employment is so bad that last year's decline of 3.7 percent was the worst since 1938, when Franklin Roose­velt misjudged an incipient recovery and cut public investment, resulting in a 5.8 percent plunge in employment. We must put "our" people back to work. The administration must initiate policies that help reignite the investment-driven engines of our economy. One worker in an infrastructure project leads to almost 1.7 jobs for others. And we will be fulfilling a desperate national need. It is time the obstacles created by the profusion of bureaucracies at the local, state, and national level were cleared away. And, Drill here, Drill there, Drill everywhere!

It is very sad what happened to Haiti. The US military presence – 2,000 additional airborne troops were due to arrive on Tuesday to join 1,000 already on the ground – will focus on securing aid delivery points in advance and then ferrying in supplies. Mr Gates has said US soldiers are under orders to defend themselves, as well as Haitians and foreigners who face a threat. US troops ramped up their operation to ferry food and other supplies by helicopter to victims of the disaster. My question is this, what is the U.S. doing there? Nation building? Should this operation be under U.N. control only? Why are we doing this? We are not saving people. What are we doing? I thought we were there to help not build.

Today's Most Popular Stories 07.31.09 Each day, Ashley Estill surfs your sites for the most popular stories of the day. Here are the top headlines for July 31, 2009: Washington Post: House Passes Bill to Prolong 'Cash for Clunkers' Washington Times: Economy declined a modest 1% last quarter Washington Examiner: Congress approves $2,000,000,000 more to fund "cash for clunkers" N.Y. Times: So Far, It's the Summer That Isn't L.A. Times: GDP beats expectations in second quarter USA Today: Tiger back in the mix at Buick Open after second-round 63 CQ Politics: New Alaska Governor More Popular Than Palin The Hill: Veterans groups have 'grave concerns' on health bill Politico: Henry Waxman gets deal on health bill ABC News: Political Punch: Pentagon Releases New Images of Air Force One Flyover CBS News: Hot Wall Street Caps Best July in 20 Years Fox News: Not So Suite Life: Family Wants Out of Living Alone in 32-Story Co...

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Speculation about the true citizenship of President Obama has resurfaced in recent days, in part thanks to this viral video . Despite a widely circulated copy of his certificate of live birth , notices in two Honolulu newspapers , and other evidence , some won't let the issue die. Fanning the flame are commentators Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh , who have both suggested the question remains unresolved, and 10 House Republicans, who have co-sponsored a bill that would require presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificate.