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Will AP’s Cheerleading Never Stop?
on February 25, 2009
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Will AP's cheerleading never stop? AP cheers the "audacity" of Obama's speech to Congress last night, while Marketwatch reports on the reality of Obama's massive plans for spending. ---------------------------------------------------UPDATE: Drudge Report gets it right:...
Media Still Campaigning For Obama
on February 24, 2009
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Nothing has changed. The mainstream media still is campaigning for Obama. On Obama's announcement of troop withdrawals from Iraq, the AP headline screams "US troops to exit Iraq by August 2010." Read several paragraphs into the story, and you will see that the headline and...
Will Democratic Cavalry Rescue Federal Control Of Indian Lands From Supreme Court Decision?
on February 24, 2009
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In an important ruling, which may not get many headlines but which holds implications for the ability of states to exert control of federal Indian lands, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the official...
LEGAL INSURRECTION QUICK TAKES
Ohio Republicans Propose Ban on Asking for Preferred Pronouns on Applications to Public Universities
Not Again – I Agree With NY Times Columnist
on February 24, 2009
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Second time this week, I'm in agreement with a NY Times columnist, at least on the language I quote if not the overarching Obama-maniacal subtext. First, it was Maureen Dowd writing on the cowardice of Eric Holder. Now David Brooks, warning that the administration's economic...
Closet Conservative Spreads Bread Upon The Waters
on February 24, 2009
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Another fed-up, closet conservative has started a blog, Bread Upon The Waters. Check it out. Here's part of the first post, which expresses the frustration -- and fear of discovery -- so many of us felt before we liberated ourselves and came out of the...
Stimulus Plan To Save The Ultimate Bridge To Nowhere
on February 24, 2009
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I wish this were a joke, but it's not. The town of Dryden, NY, near Ithaca, has plans to build a bridge in an area so remote that the town does not want to spend its own money on it, so it is seeking federal...
Sharansky May Be Israeli Foreign Minister – What We Can Learn
on February 24, 2009
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The website DebkaFile is reporting that Bibi Netanyahu's choice for Israeli Foreign Minister is Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, a hero of the Soviet refusenik movement. For those of you who are not familiar with Sharansky, his story is inspiring. In the weeks just before and after...
An Idaho “Racist” and Eric Holder
on February 23, 2009
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Larrey Anderson is a frequent contributor to, and an editor of, American Thinker. I've spoken with and corresponded with Larrey numerous times in connection with several of my articles published at A.T. One thing that always jumped out at me is how much...
OMG – I Agree With Maureen Dowd
on February 22, 2009
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The cold day in hell has just arrived. I agree with Maureen Dowd:Yet Obama is oozing empathy compared with his attorney general, who last week called us “a nation of cowards” about race. Eric Holder, who showed precious little bravery in standing up to Clinton...
Jewish History In One Sentence
on February 22, 2009
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As reported by the putative first gentile Prime Minister of Israel:"Quick synopsis of every Jewish holiday: Theytried to kill us; we won; let's eat."...
Obama To Appoint “The Vacuum Cleaner” To Plum Ambassadorship
on February 22, 2009
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Ah, hope and change. Near silence from the American mainstream media, but this news item from the Brits about Obama appointing one of his key fundraisers as Ambassador to Great Britain:Barack Obama has been embroiled in a cronyism row after reports that he intends to...
The Revolt of the Kulaks Has Begun
on February 22, 2009
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The beginning of a protest movement against Barack Obama's redistributive policies is underway. Though still small, every movement starts somewhere. While called the "Tea Party" after the Boston Tea Party, this movement is similar to movements throughout history where the producers of society refuse to...
Another Obama “I Told You So”
on February 21, 2009
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Another Obama "I told you so," this time from Investor's Business Daily:Last Oct. 13 [2008], in trying to explain why the market had sold off 30% in six weeks, we acknowledged that the freeze-up of the financial system was a big concern. But we cited...
