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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2010 10 Comments

It's beginning to feel like the hot August of 2009, again.You can feel it. A growing discontent with the top-down, big government, free-spending, patronizing, arrogant ways of Washington, D.C.If that were all there were, it would merely be another year.What kicked off the hotly debated...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 14 Comments

The NAACP just passed a resolution condemning as racist the tens of millions of people who consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement.As originally proposed, the resolution was to call upon “all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 7 Comments

Harry Reid has a failed record on Iraq for which he never has been held accountable. Reid voted for the war, then falsely claimed he was misled, then tried to defund the war, then declared the war lost, and then stubbornly refused to acknowledge the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 9 Comments

The headlines regarding The Washington Post-ABC News poll just released focus on the finding that Confidence In Obama Reaches New Low.I certainly understand why that is the headline, but only if one digs deep into the actual polling data does one get a true picture...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2010 3 Comments

Harry Reid appeared for an interview on Face-to-Face with Jon Ralston.Among the headlines, as noted by Ed Morrissey, is that Reid backed the federal government lawsuit against Arizona (in segment 4 below). After much verbal sparring with Ralston, Reid finally was pinned down, and said...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2010 1 Comment

Welcome back from the July 4 vacation week. Now that you are back at work, you can take time off to catch up on the Harry Reid-a-thon which took place here:Sharron Angle Cannot Win - Just Like Scott Brown Reid Supporters Play The Rape CardIs...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2010 15 Comments

In an upcoming issue of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol pens an editorial in which he argues that while "we are not not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment," we are approaching a point of political crisis which will be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2010 13 Comments

And I thought Ithaca had bumper stickers gone wild fever.  A reader (the Good Doctor) sent a link to this photo of a car from Oregon:Is it time for a Bumper Stickers from Hell contest?  Would there be a better name for the contest?-------------------------------------------- Related Posts:Rip Van Bumper...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2010 3 Comments

Nicholas Kristoff has found the answer to traditional Palestinian suicide bombers, hijackers, and hostage takers: A non-violent movement led by Palestinian women. But for now, Kristoff finds it's still a dream, because it depends on what the meaning of "non-violence" is. Describing one protest, seeking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2010 2 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2010 10 Comments

I've started posting a Video of the Day in the sidebar.Would appreciate input on:Do you find this to be a good feature?Does it slow down the site?Send suggested entries! (contact -at- legalinsurrection -dot- com)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2010 8 Comments

When Scott Brown won the Republican nomination for Senate in Massachusetts in early December 2009, Brown was given close to no chance of defeating Martha Coakley.Coakley had almost a 30 point lead in the polls and much more money. Democrats held an enormous registration advantage,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2010 13 Comments

For some reason the words in the title to this post came to me in reading Charles Krauthammer's column, The selective modesty of Barack Obama.Obama is not the first president with a large streak of narcissism. But the others had equally expansive feelings about their...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2010 11 Comments

TaxProf blog has posted the latest law professor blog rankings, and I'm heartened to see that I have moved up to No. 7 in visitors and No. 8 in page views (on a trailing 12 month basis).But traffic statistics are just one measurement, and can be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2010 5 Comments

We have seen this tactic before.Last January, Democrats in Massachusetts sent out a mailer accusing Scott Brown of wanting to deny medical care to rape victims, because he had introduced state legislation providing health care providers with a religious conscience exemption to providing abortion-related services, so...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2010 3 Comments

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