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October 2009

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2009 2 Comments

The left-wing blogosphere practically went orgasmic when Alan Grayson (D-Fla) took to the floor of the House of Representatives and announced that the Republican health care plan was for sick people to "die quickly." Hah hah. Money and fame flooded into Grayson's coffers and ego,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2009 1 Comment

Obama has a massive foreign policy problem. It's called John Kerry. Kerry has been running his own foreign policy mission in Afghanistan, lecturing the locals, and now is back home lecturing the locals.Kerry has come out against the troop surge requested by General Stanley McChrystal...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2009 1 Comment

Harry Reid just completed his press conference in which he committed to pushing a "public option" through the Senate. What form of public option? The Opt-Out form. What is the Opt-Out form? Let's see what the legislative language says.Does Reid have the votes to stop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2009 1 Comment

The Democratic push on health care restructuring focuses on costs and control. But there are some questions the Democrats are avoiding: Instead of solely considering costs, shouldn't we ask if Americans are willing to die sooner from cancer, to give up access to specialists, to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2009 3 Comments

It's slipping away from the protectors of the Obama image. Increasingly, the mainstream media is using the term "Nixonian" in the same sentence as Obama. And all because of an unnecessary fight Obama picked with Fox News.The term Nixonian has taken on a meaning far...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2009 10 Comments

I've been waiting patiently, armed with foresight that one of these days Bush Derangement Syndrome would work its way into the Balloon Boy hoax story (no links on the story, if you don't know about it, go back to your cave).And I've waited. And waited....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2009 15 Comments

Toby Harnden, the great columnist and blogger for The Telegraph newspaper, has an article titled Barack Obama must stop campaigning and start governing.The thrust of the article is that the U.S., being the land of the permanent campaign, naturally gave rise to the President who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2009 2 Comments

The latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:This time, it's the reaction to my post about the two South Carolina Republican county chairs who used a sterotype of Jews being penny pinchers in a misguided and failed attempt...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2009 6 Comments

The pre-weekend information dump included an announcement by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department that the federal government proposes to extend its control over pay packages beyond financial institutions which received bailout funds.According to the press release, the government proposes to monitor and, if need...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2009 3 Comments

Remember when Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, and Media Matters (the same entity coordinating a media boycott of Fox News) claimed that anyone who was unhappy with the award must be anti-American:Well, at least conservatives are consistent in their open disdain for American achievement...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2009 9 Comments

Joe Klein is a concern troll. In purporting to criticize Obama's attacks on Fox News, Klein devotes most of his latest post to attacking Fox News:Let me be precise here: Fox News peddles a fair amount of hateful crap. Some of it borders on sedition....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2009 4 Comments

There are many stupid things said on the internet. Add to the list of top-ten contenders the claim that author Caroline Glick is not concerned with the survival of Israel.This claim is made in a post at the Lawyers, Guns & Money blog, a left-wing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2009 8 Comments

The Obama administration's attack that Fox News is not a real "news organization" reflects on the psyche not of Fox News but of our Commander in Chief and his emissaries. It also is a pathetic re-write of history in light of the incredibly biased, pro-Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2009 3 Comments

I'm late to this story, so I'll mostly link to others. Barack Obama tried to bar Fox News from the White House news pool, a move that is unprecedented.I have been sounding the alarm about Obama's intolerant tendencies for a year. I was right.Fortunately, the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2009 17 Comments

Alan Grayson, Democratic Congressman from Florida, is building his claim to fame on the accusation that 45,000 Americans die each year from lack of health insurance. Grayson even has started a website to count the dead. Grayson bases this number on a study released by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2009 10 Comments

I'm no polling methods expert, but something about automated telephone polls strikes me as strange. Such as this question and method of response:Do you think that Barack Obama loves America?If yes, press 1. If no, press 2. If you’re not sure, press 3.The responses to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2009 21 Comments

With each passing day, I am becoming more and more convinced that the Obama administration's sustained and crude attacks on Fox News are a big diversion.Sure, the attacks on Fox News are unprecedented in the post-Nixon era. Barack Milhous Obama may not be change we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2009 1 Comment

Anita MonCrief is an ACORN whistleblower who is facing substantial legal fees to defend lawsuits brought against her by ACORN and its affiliates. A new website has been established to support her, the Anita MonCrief Defense Fund.While you're at it, visit Defend Hannah Giles, the...

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