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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2009 2 Comments

When the NY Times takes Obama to task, I am always a little suspicious. Will this be a "he's not perfect, but at least he's not Bush" type of critique; a compliment disguised as a criticism.So I don't know what to make of this piece...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2009 0 Comments

Gateway Pundit has a good update on the murder of Ilan Halimi:Ilan was lured to his death by a woman he had met in his telephone store. They met up late on the night of January 20, 2006, in one of Paris's southern suburbs, Bagneux....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2009 11 Comments

The latest internet outrage-bubble started with a post at Politico titled RNC's below-the-belt shot at Nancy Pelosi, regarding a Republican National Committee YouTube video about Nancy Pelosi. I agree with AllahPundit that the RNC should not have produced the video, among other reasons, because "they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2009 2 Comments

In response to those who want Dick Cheney to "shut the hell up," a group in favor of "telling Dick Cheney to keep talking."--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2009 9 Comments

Put aside the merits of the two speeches by Barack Obama and Dick Cheney. What is interesting is the timing. I think Toby Harnden has an interesting observation:But the very fact that Obama chose to schedule his speech (Cheney's was announced first) at exactly the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2009 4 Comments

Obama is giving his speech now on the issue of terrorist detention policy and the closing of Gitmo. I'll leave it to others to parse all aspects of the speech, although it is clear that the overriding theme is: "It's not my fault, blame Bush."...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 6 Comments

Harry Reid made the following statement yesterday regarding the Democrats' flip-flop on closing the prison at Guantanomo Bay, and bringing the detainees to prisons in the United States. Reid rejected the idea, stating:"Can't put them in prison unless you release them."The internal inconsistency of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 10 Comments

We are in the process of nationalizing and/or federalizing vast stretches of our economy, including the auto industry, banks, and health care. Individual property rights have taken a back seat to political priorities.I am against this trampling of individual property rights, which are the foundation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 2 Comments

The controversy over Nancy Pelosi's accusation that the CIA repeatedly misled her and Congress as to detainee interrogation has taken a new turn: Word games.What Pelosi knew, when she knew it, and what she did in reaction, rightly has become a center of attention because...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2009 5 Comments

A Pakistani newspaper, The Nation, published a story claiming that former Vice President Dick Cheney ran an assassination squad which killed, among others, Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan:Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad formed by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2009 7 Comments

My article, Nancy Pelosi Is The Central Issue, appears today at American Thinker:Nancy Pelosi recently accused the CIA of misleading Congress as to interrogation techniques employed against three al-Qaeda leaders. The CIA pushed back, claiming that Pelosi was given truthful details at briefings at least...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 17, 2009 1 Comment

My comments appear at 0.30 of the video, here.(I have removed the embedded CBS video since it apparently had an auto-run feature which understandably annoyed some viewers; if I can figure out how to get rid of the auto-run, I'll repost it)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2009 15 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has denied being briefed in September 2002 about the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah. Pelosi claims she was told that the technique had not been used (when in fact it had been used a month earlier). Pelosi uses this September...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2009 8 Comments

Two heartbeats away from President Barack Obama, in the line of succession, sits the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.Two heartbeats away from the Presidency sits someone who has alleged that the Central Intelligence Agency repeatedly misled Congress as to the interrogation of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2009 8 Comments

Obama knows that there is no way to pay for universal health care insurance coverage. He also knows that there is no way to borrow enough money for such coverage. The well is running dry on the national credit card.The solution: Cut health care costs...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2009 3 Comments

As my loyal readers know, I long have been a fan of the Google Ads algorithm. The ad on this blog for Big Beautiful Women continues to generate an amazing number of hits, usually from a google search by someone seeking a big beautiful woman....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2009 5 Comments

Critics, including me, of Obama's economic plans have made the point that the unprecedented huge deficits necessary to pay for expanded health insurance coverage, college education guarantees, the present and future "stimulus" plans, infrastructure projects, budget expansion, financing and operational takeovers of the auto industry...

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