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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2009 11 Comments

As I posted previously, Reuters ran a staged photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (upper right). Contrary to the clear implication of the Reuters story, the protester was not bloodied from the protests, but as reported by Hunter Smith at Honduras Abandoned, the protester deliberately...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2009 4 Comments

Yes, the Democrats do own the federal government now. And everything that happens is theirs alone. The good, the bad, and the ugly. But since the mainstream media is in the tank for Obama, don't expect to hear that view in the major newspapers or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2009 8 Comments

One of my enlightened readers from Seattle has a solution to save the planet. He took time out of his busy day to share the secret with me. And since this secret is so important, I will share the advice with you:Have a nice life,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2009 20 Comments

Week-by-week, world event-by-world event, the public humiliation of Hillary Clinton is taking place right before our eyes. Actually, not before our eyes. Hillary has gone missing.There was a time when United States Secretaries of State were front and center in foreign policy making and implementation....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2009 13 Comments

Reuters has run photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (below) dramatizing the bloodshed at protests for Manuel Zelaya. (h/t) Problem is, this photo appears to be staged.Blogger Hunter Smith, who recently finished his Marine service including two tours in Iraq, flew to Honduras to cover...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2009 1 Comment

Reliable news is hard to come by, particularly from a foreign country going through turmoil. Which is why new blogger Hunter Smith is doing such a service by blogging (text and photos) from inside the crowds on the streets of Tegucigalpa.Hunter recently completed his service...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2009 4 Comments

Sarah Palin is a quitter, according to certain commentators, because she did not serve out her term of office. If that is the case, Palin is in "good" company.I present to you, Barack Obama, photographed in front of the Capitol, the building where he served...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2009 7 Comments

Reports are that ousted President Manuel Zelaya will return to Honduras Sunday, July 5, regardless of what Hondurans want. The Catholic Church in Honduras has asked Zelaya not to return to avoid bloodshed, and the military says that it intends on arresting him on court...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2009 71 Comments

I waited a whole day before posting about the Sarah Palin resignation. Well, not a whole day, but longer than almost everyone else in the blogosphere. Here's my take as of this moment in time, subject to change:I don't know why Sarah Palin resigned, what...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2009 12 Comments

With each passing day, the vapidness of the Obama administration's foreign policy becomes more clear. Lofty words spoken in the capitals of Europe and the Middle East were just words. From the warm embrace of the bully Hugo Chavez, to the cynical mixed-messages on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2009 28 Comments

The Obama administration's actions towards Honduras continue to defy logic. On the one hand, Obama states that he is for the rule of law. Yet Obama meddles in the worst possible way in Hondurans' attempt to protect their country from a Chavez-style tyranny. Read Fausta's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2009 6 Comments

I don't think confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee should turn on public polling. Nonetheless, when the public polls favored Sonia Sotomayor, supporters of Sotomayor argued for the relevance of these polls, arguing that "that Obama apparently found the American political center in appointing her."Then...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2009 16 Comments

Andrew Sullivan is back on his Trig Palin birther hoax theory, that Sarah Palin is the grandmother and Bristol Palin is the mother. Or what Sullivan calls And The Story The MSM Still Won't Touch.Sullivan has no evidence, just unanswered questions. That's all it takes...

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

In Neda in Palestine, Sentenced to Die Alone, Max Blumenthal at Huffington Post compares Israel's self-defense against suicide bombers from the West Bank to the Iranian crackdown on protests against election fraud which resulted in the death of Neda Soltan. Once again, false analogies and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2009 17 Comments

You know the 2012 campaign has started, because the hatchet-men and women of the media are attacking Sarah Palin based on anonymous sources (including some allegedly from the McCain campaign) and dubious rumors and innuendo.First there were the mounting attacks on the Palin daughters and...

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

CNN has released a joint CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll on Barack Obama's handling of the Iran uprising. The headline screams Americans don't want to intervene in Iran election crisis, and the write up notes that "nearly three out of four Americans don't want the U.S....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2009 10 Comments

There is something strange about the Obama administration's diplomacy. We speak softly to our enemies, but use a big stick against our friends.Protesters take to the streets in Iran in opposition to election fraud, and against a regime which is openly hostile to the U.S.,...

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