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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2009 0 Comments

Watching live television coverage of the US Airways crash in the Hudson River today, I'm reminded of Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed into the Potomac River on January 13, 1982. The Air Florida plane hit the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., killing 78...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2009 0 Comments

Professor Stephen Baindridge, of "Professor Baindridge" fame, is simplifying and scaling back his blog as a result of "suffering for a while now from a severe case of blogging burnout." When one of the "giants" of blogging needs a break, one has to wonder if...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2009 12 Comments

Remember Barack Obama's famous attack on John McCain, that McCain wasn't willing to go to the cave where Osama bin Laden was hiding: "John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2009 4 Comments

As we get closer to Barack Obama taking office, the cry for "war crimes" trials of Bush administration lawyers who expressed legal opinions regarding coerced interrogation grows louder.I have yet to hear anyone call for a war crimes trial for the attorneys during the Clinton...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2009 0 Comments

Has anybody actually seen the paperwork Roland Burris submitted to the Secretary of the Senate which caused Harry Reid and Dick Durbin to approve seating Burris?In her January 12, 2009 Press Release, the Secretary of the Senate stated that "Mr. Burris's certificate, and accompanying documentation,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2009 1 Comment

OK, latest hot button issue. The government of Iran discriminates against women when it comes to stoning as punishment for adultery. Women are buried up to their neck, while men are buried only up to the waist. If you can escape the stoning, you are...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2009 0 Comments

Barack Obama is about to propose a massive, trillion dollar stimulus package, the centerpiece of which is infrastructure projects. Large-scale infrastructure projects have a long history of cost-overruns, mob-influence through corrupt unions, and are not effective at long-term job creation.But that is not the worst...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2009 1 Comment

It has just been announced that Senate lawyers have agreed that Roland Burris' paperwork is in order, and he should be seated. If you followed the commentary on my post The Burris-Murkowski Double Standard, you would have seen this coming. There is no way that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2009 7 Comments

Harry Reid and Dick Durbin have been adamant that they will not seat Roland Burris unless Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White signs a certificate in the form recommended in Senate Rule 2. Durbin was particularly emphatic that no appointee, ever, has been seated...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2009 1 Comment

This just in:First, the bad news - Islamic Jihad has seized the hot dogs of invading Zionist-entity soldiers.Next, the good news - The hot dog wrappers were empty.Then, the really good news -"Meanwhile, the IDF has boasted somewhat more impressive achievements Saturday. The army said...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2009 0 Comments

Yesterday I posted Support Sanjay Gupta Since Michael Moore Hates Him. A nice, tight little piece joking how the mere fact that Michael Moore hates Sanjay Gupta is enough for me to support Gupta for Surgeon General. A little tongue-in-cheek humor trying to make a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2009 10 Comments

Note: See Related Posts Harry Reid Is Wrong -- There Has Been A Senate Appointment Without A Secretary Of State Certification and The Burris-Murkowski Double Standard.------------------------------------------Harry Reid, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, needlessly has created a potential constitutional crisis over the seating of Roland Burris,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2009 2 Comments

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that the U.S. has arranged for a charter ship "to carry 325 standard 20-foot containers of what is listed as 'ammunition' on two separate journeys from the Greek port of Astakos to the Israeli port of Ashdod in mid-to-late...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2009 0 Comments

Harry Reid refuses to give in to the U.S. Constitution. With each passing day, Reid has been embarrassing himself more and more. The decision of the Illinois Supreme Court ruling that Roland Burris is the lawful appointee of Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes clear that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2009 0 Comments

In a previous post, I discussed the lawsuit filed by Roland Burris in the Illinois Supreme Court seeking to compel Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White to sign and certify the Certificate of Appointment issued by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. White has responded to Burris' lawsuit,...

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