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Should Kamala Harris Run For President Again in 2028? (Reader Poll)

Large Majority Of Americans Support Mass Deportation Of ALL Illegal Aliens

Remembering Johnny "Mike" Spann - CIA Officer And First American Killed In Afghanistan Post-9/11

My New Project: Patrick Kennedy Must Go

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2010 34 Comments

As readers of this blog already know, I am cursed with two of the looniest Congressmen in existence, Patrick Kennedy in my home state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and Maurice Hinchey in Ithaca, NY, where I live during the academic year.In the wake...

Sky Is Falling, Fire The Senate Quick

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2010 12 Comments

Hissy fit alert. The left-wing blogs are screaming in perfect harmony about bad, bad, bad Richard Shelby of Alabama (R-of course), who put a hold on the entire government.That's not quite clear at this point, it appears that Shelby used a longstanding Senate mechanism to...

The Good Ol’ Days

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2010 3 Comments

Seem pretty much like the bad present days. Maybe it is all W's fault, or Bubba's, or HW's, or Ronnie's, or Jimmy's, or Gerry's, or Dick's. We know it's not O's fault.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThHrqlGdSk]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

How’s That Al Franken Going?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2010 9 Comments

Scott Brown's election destroyed the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. It would have been enough.Brown's election may have prevented the national disaster known as the Democratic health care bills. It would have been enough.Brown's election has killed the national disaster known as cap-and-trade. It...

No. 2

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2010 17 Comments

Earlier today, about 3000 visits ago, I passed 2 million visits since the start of this blog in mid-October 2008. The 1 million mark was passed in late September 2009 after 11.5 months, and the second million just 4 months later.I missed it earlier...

Yale University Hosts ‘Transgiving’ Event

Brown University Seeks Senior Associate Dean of the College For Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion

Multiple American Universities Working to ‘Decolonize Thanksgiving’

New York Elementary School Takes Fire for Teaching 'Gender Identity' Course to Kindergarteners

French Teenager Apologizes at Trial for Telling Lies That Led to Her Teacher’s Beheading

Oxford Biochemistry Prof Calls Out the AAUP Over Embrace of Israel Boycott

And Now We Stereotype Blacks As Liberals

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2010 6 Comments

Gallup has come out with another of its surveys showing how different groups self-identify in terms of liberal-conservative-moderate.The headline of the Gallup release focused on the liberal leanings of Asian-Americans, but the survey also showed that "non-Hispanic blacks" self-identified slightly more conservative (29%) than liberal...

I Almost Feel Sorry for Dem Senators

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2010 8 Comments

Barack Obama held a question-and-answer meeting with Democratic Senators yesterday to field questions about where the administration is heading on various initiatives. I posted yesterday about Obama's clueless answer to Blanche Lincoln's comment that her constituents feel like no one in the administration understands what...

No Offense to the Clueless

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2010 7 Comments

This exchange between Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) and Barack Obama reflects just how clueless Obama is about the mood in this country and the damage his ideological intransigence is doing to his own party. As reported by The Hill:She also took a swipe at Obama's White...

Please Keep Up The Crazy Talk

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2010 9 Comments

Almost as if on cue, DailyKos, Steve Benen, Andrew Sullivan, Sam Stein and others are pushing hard on the meme that Republicans are "crazy" and Taliban-like in their ways.The "crazy" findings are based on a poll commissioned by DailyKos using the same pollster which found,...

So What If Bush Did It Too?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2010 9 Comments

Mike Allen at Politico created news yesterday, by reporting that Shoe-bomber Richard Reid was read Miranda rights in December 2001. The argument goes that since the Shoe-bomber was given Miranda rights while George Bush was President in December 2001, Obama is insulated from criticism...

Here’s What Early Draft Of Constitution Said

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2010 13 Comments

An early draft of the Constitution has been found in Philadelphia. Although the handwriting is not perfectly clear, my sources tell me that this is how the Preamble read in this early draft:We the people of the United States, in order to form a more...

Tax Chaos

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2010 6 Comments

Understandably, the raw numbers in Obama's budget -- both deficits and taxes -- are receiving huge attention.There is another aspect which makes the raw numbers even more pernicious. Many of the new tax increases are a function of the taxpayer's overall income, such as caps...

All. Fall. Down.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2010 7 Comments

Mission almost accomplished. Fail to the Chief: Even with tax hikes and spending cuts, Mr. Obama's budget foresees a record budget deficit of $1.6 trillion this fiscal year, sliding down to $706 billion in red ink by 2014, only to begin rising again as the...

$1 Trillion Obama Will Never See

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2010 29 Comments

Raising tax rates on high income earners is the key to the Obama way, both during the campaign and in his latest budget and tax proposals. Taxing the wealthy, or rather, taxing those making over $250k a year, is the gospel according to Obama.Obama is...

Run Scott, Run!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2010 5 Comments

Today is the day to print Sitemeter histories, apparently.So here is mine, with a month of January likely never to be repeated. Unless Scott Brown runs for President, or something. I wish I were a better person, and could blog forward even if no one...

Gay Activists Read Obama’s Lips, Not His Words

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2010 5 Comments

In early November 2008, when gay activists were mounting a fundraising boycott of the Democratic National Committee, Barney Frank announced that a provision repealing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy would be attached to the defense appropriations bill to be voted on in the spring...

Did You Hear What Scott Didn’t Say!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2010 7 Comments

Did you hear, Scott (we now all know who he is, no need for last names anymore) "refuses to rule out" running for President in 2012? And he's just been elected to the Senate, OMG, get headline ready:Brown: 'Humbled' by White House Talk, But Doesn’t...