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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 07, 2011 8 Comments

Needless to say, administration supporters will be touting that the unemployment rate released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning dropped from 9.8% to 9.4%.  Politically, this is good news for Obama, at least in the short run.Dig just a bit deeper, and you...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 4 Comments

From the producer of Feminism Explained and Meet the Liberal Elite. Thanks again to reader Robin for the link.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgTFiMUF4kY?fs=1]Once again, liberal consciences were put to the test.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 5 Comments

From Ezra Klein, a catalogue of Obama-things Bill Daley, the new Chief of Staff, opposed:Imagine I told you that one of the candidates President Obama is considering for chief of staff opposed the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, opposed doing health-care reform and...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 06, 2011 11 Comments

Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute had a really great post on The Corner yesterday concerning the recent deal between Goldman Sachs and Facebook. Gelinas analyzes the situation very well, but fails to ask a key question: why isn't Facebook going public? Why bother with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 0 Comments

One of the deals worked out in the lame duck session was the confirmation of 19 judicial nominees without action on four controversial nominees, including Goodwin Liu and John J. "Jack" McConnell.As reported by AP (h/t Senatus):President Barack Obama on Wednesday resubmitted a batch of federal...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 7 Comments

One of Linc Chafee's key campaign promises in running for Governor was to rescind an executive order in Rhode Island which required vendors doing business with state agencies to use the federal E-Verify system to verify the immigration status of employees, and directing the state police...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 8 Comments

The State of Ithaca, NY, has been the subject of multiple posts here, reflecting on what it is like living in "10 Square Miles Surrounded By Reality."One question I frequently hear is, "Is there a Tea Party in Ithaca?"The answer is, yes there is, and thanks...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2011 6 Comments

What do you think?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiD_EVNQRiI?fs=1]The happiest person in the room?  Mitch McConnell.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 05, 2011 2 Comments

It was announced yesterday that "Federal prosecutors [have] opened a criminal probe into allegations sanitation workers conspired to paralyze [New York City] in last week's blizzard, sources said." The investigation falls on the heels of a disastrous cleanup effort from public servants in New...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2011 14 Comments

The mainstream media will undertake, and already has undertaken, a concerted effort to blame the Republican House for everything that goes wrong, for not living up to promises, for living up to promises, for failing to compromise, for selling out, etc.Do not fall for it.  Holding the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2011 10 Comments

Ms. Speaker, tear down that nameplate:Here is an image of the doorway in happier (for Pelosi) days.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2011 8 Comments

Think Progress is a frequent focus here because it is one of the best/worst (depending on your perspective) manipulator of news in the interest of the Obama administration and Democrats.  Think Progress famously was caught creating a misleading anti-Tea Party video.In my experience, Think Progress...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 4 Comments

There are all these websites tracking high profile opinion makers like ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 1 Comment

I will not mention the entity whose name is banned from these pages by popular vote, even though it appears that at least one of its branches doesn't even want to use its name anymore.I merely will quote an article (emphasis mine):The Coffee Party Ithaca Area changed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 3 Comments

At least one Democrat, and possibly several, are expected to vote in favor of the House bill to repeal Obamacare.So will the media refer to the repeal bill as "bipartisan"?  Or does that description only apply when a handful of Republicans break ranks to join with Democrats?--------------------------------------------Follow...

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