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September 2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 23, 2011 7 Comments

I warned you not to pay $5 for the latest Obama dinner raffle, Warning on $5 Obama dinner raffle.  Based on past performance, as the quarterly reporting date approached, Obama would drop the price. And sure enough, a reader forwarded me an e-mail with the $3 offer...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 23, 2011 7 Comments

I listened to Mahmoud Abbas's delusional speech at the U.N., perpetuating the Palestinians as exclusive victims narrative. I'm listening to Benjamin Netanyahu now, a model of clarity on the threats to peace.  I'll hope to post the videos later. For now, it's open time. On the table not...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 23, 2011 7 Comments

Last night I arrived in New York where I'll stay for the weekend. I had a late dinner with some friends in Gramercy and saw a huge motorcade that, presumably, held some foreign dignitary. The best part of my night came on my ride home. I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 23, 2011 56 Comments

My initial reaction last night was that Rick Perry did not have a good night. My reaction this morning is that he had a disastrous night, possibly ending his chances of getting the nomination unless he gets his act together real soon.  I say "possibly" because it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 23, 2011 1 Comment

More from reader "Joe's" recent road trip. Also snapped this pic of the back of a car on the Blue Ridge Parkway on my way home. I got a kick out of the image of the dog howling "obama". The one sticker asks, "What are you grateful...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2011 17 Comments

I already have debate fatigue. But will soldier on. Not "live blogging" but insightful and inciteful analysis at appropriate points. Comments are welcome and encouraged. Final Assessment:  Rick Perry didn't help himself; just don't understand why he's not more comfortable in this setting, not quick on his...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2011 51 Comments

This is almost enough to cause me to rescind my Bye Bye Brown pronouncement, because Elizabeth Warren ascending to the Senate to replace Scott Brown would make Ted Kennedy seem like the good ol' days. The progressives are in a lather about this video by Warren...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2011 4 Comments

There is one worthwhile clause in an otherwise worthless article at The Atlantic by Steve Clemons, Obama Tells Palestinians to Stay in the Back of the Bus. Clemons lays out the fiction that the Palestinian strategic move to take land without peace is something Gandhi-like: Obama's position on this is dangerous in...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 22, 2011 6 Comments

Today "House leaders will pay tribute to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), less than a year after the House formally censured the former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will speak at a ceremony to unveil Rangel’s official portrait as chairman of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2011 26 Comments

Check out the Cornell Chronicle article about my Tea Party talk, Law professor's talk on the Tea Party triggers heated debate. Could they possibly have picked a worse photo?  Thankfully, they didn't serve corn dogs at the event. Related Posts:  “… like Thomas Paine and other deep thinkers from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2011 22 Comments

Via HotAir, Mitt Romney has scored two significant conservative endorsements recently, Jeff Flake and Darrel Issa.  While that may not constitute a coalescing around Romney, it does help insulate him from RINO charges.  Whatever he once was, is he now the conservative who can win? What's up...

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 22, 2011 11 Comments

The Weekly Standard reports:   Note the logo, which depicts "Palestine" as all of Israel. The root of the conflict is not that Israel currently controls the West Bank.  The root of the conflict is that the Palestinians and their allies are still unwilling to accept that Israel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2011 7 Comments

Name withheld for a reason which will become obvious. From reader "Joe": I just returned from a road trip from SD to VA for my mother's funeral. As I drove down the WV Turnpike I snapped this pic of a billboard. I'd seen it before on a previous...

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 21, 2011 5 Comments

Found the following at a local judaica shop called "The Mitzvah Store":     This was the same shop I bought this at in '08 (I kinda wore it out): It did not appear that they were selling Obama kippot at that time.  Maybe that's not a mitzvah....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2011 25 Comments

Why the Palestinians thought that a diplomatic confrontation with the U.S. was the way to go is inexplicable.  Once again, they overplayed their hand. Did they really buy into Obama's rhetoric from 2009 in Cairo, or earlier this year about the Arab Spring?  In part, a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2011 65 Comments

Not able to get to posting this afternoon, so tell me what's on your minds. (Maybe, what do you think about bloggers from other blogs trolling the comment section here?  Just a hypo, no one particular in mind.)...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2011 13 Comments

Obama gave a good speech today at the U.N. on the Israel-Palestinian conflict: President Barack Obama told a meeting  of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday that Mideast peace “will  not come through statements and resolutions” by the world body, arguing against  a proposed resolution calling...

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