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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2009 11 Comments

I wish this headline in the NY Times was a joke, but it is not: U.S. Wonders if Iran Is Playing for Time or Is Serious on Deal This is a "news analysis" piece, so the Times will be all over the nuance angle: But...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2009 24 Comments

Think Progress, the Democratic media-watch and policy group, always tries to blame conservatives for everything, including now the loss of the Olympics for Chicago: Mission Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America.I doubt that the Olympic committee listened to any conservative U.S. voices. And talking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 4 Comments

Boss abuses his position of power to sleep with multiple staff members. One of the staff members, or someone else with knowledge, seeks to extort boss. The boss is a creep who should be shamed for using his power to obtain sex -- am I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 3 Comments

Had anyone outside of 8th Congressional District in Florida heard of Alan Grayson prior to Grayson's rant that Republicans want people to "die quickly"? Using the standard of causation employed by Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy, the nutroots, and other Democrats, Grayson is inciting violence against Republicans....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 7 Comments

Consumer Reports, published by Consumers Union, is a valuable tool when trying to figure out which is the best washing machine, most reliable automobile, or most powerful drill. By staying out of politics, and not seeming to have a dog in any fight other than...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2009 5 Comments

It's hard to know if the situation in Honduras is as dire as reports indicate. Apparently the Obama administration is on the verge of winning in Honduras by forcing the constitutional authorities -- the legislature, the courts, the interim government -- to allow back into...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 7 Comments

Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) made news this week by joining the chorus of fear-mongering Democrats who suggest that those opposing Democratic health care restructuring proposals are prone to violence. As reported The Providence Journal:“My family’s seen it up close too much with assassinations and violence in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 5 Comments

Today is "military dictatorship day" (per Ed Morrissey) in which there is speculation from all sides about whether Obama would be removed in a coup or assume dictatorial powers.Crazy, huh? The left-wing blogosphere, in particular, is in a tizzy about this threat to the Republic.Well...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2009 8 Comments

I thought we weren't allowed to talk this way when dealing with foreigners: "It's a battle -- we're going to win -- take no prisoners," the first lady said with a smile at a roundtable discussion with reporters in the White House State Dining Room.I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2009 29 Comments

Sometime early yesterday morning, I received my one millionth visit. Eleven months and two weeks after my first post on October 12, 2008.I hope the first million is the hardest. It has been mostly fun, but not easy.When I started this blog, I really didn't...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 28, 2009 4 Comments

My Congressman, Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), knows a lot about the importance of the privacy of medical records, having spent most of his adult life in and out of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Yet Patrick is a hard line Democrat when it comes to government control...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 27, 2009 8 Comments

I haven't paid much attention to the upcoming 2010 Census, until the recent death of part-time Census worker Bill Sparkman, whose death under unclear circumstances is being shamelessly exploited by left-wing blogs.I went to the Census website, and took a look at the questions which...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 27, 2009 9 Comments

Barack Obama often refers to Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speeches. But Roosevelt was the un-Obama when it came to war policy.Roosevelt took this country to all-out war with Japan, even though Japan only had attacked us once at Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt did not limit...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2009 19 Comments

We do not know how or why Bill Sparkman -- a part time Census worker -- was killed in Kentucky. Let me repeat this, since this is the internet and lower case lettering does not carry any meaning: WE DO NOT KNOW HOW OR WHY...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2009 4 Comments

This story has not received enough play, and has been lost in the shuffle of Obama's UN and G-20 appearances.The Senate Joint Committee on Taxation is considering the tax aspects of proposed Democratic health care bills. Republican Senator John Ensign has revealed that the bill...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 25, 2009 2 Comments

The supporters of a government-run "public option" are touting a CBS/NY Times poll which purportedly shows that 65% of people support a public option. But examine how the question is framed, and it is clear that the question is intended to elicit a favorable response:"Would...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 25, 2009 9 Comments

During the 2008 campaign, there were serious concerns that al-Qaeda would attempt to disrupt the elections in the United States as it had disrupted the elections in Spain.Warnings about the threat of terrorism gave prominent left-wing bloggers an excuse to accuse the McCain campaign of...

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