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Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill — We’ll Spend All The Money Later Anyway Regardless of Senate Compromise

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2009 3 Comments

Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri appeared on NBC's Face The Nation this morning. In discussing the "compromise" Senate "stimulus" bill, which cuts about $100 billion in government spending as compared to the House bill, McCaskill justified the cuts by stating that the spending cuts...

Use The Hilda Solis Skate Park – Or Else

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2009 0 Comments

Hilda Solis, a Congresswoman from California, is Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor. Solis is under fire for her husband's failure to pay business taxes, and her own failure to disclose that she was involved with a union lobbying organization for which she sought...

No Shame

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2009 0 Comments

Obama and Biden To Sell Homes And Donate Proceeds To Help Fund Stimulus Package

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2009 5 Comments

The news item I would like to see, but never will:In a stunning announcement, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced that they were selling their mansions (photos), and will donate the multi-million dollar proceeds to the federal government to help fund the...

Are Anti-Palin Intellectuals Anti-Intelligence?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2009 9 Comments

Every now and then, someone writes something that says exactly what I wanted to say had I said it. An article by Yuval Levin in Commentary Magazine, titled "The Meaning of Sarah Palin" so well expresses my disgust at the treatment of Sarah Palin, that...

Brown University Transfers Ownership of a Portion of its Land to Local Indian Tribe

The Battle to End Wokeness is Just Getting Started

U. Michigan Regent Says School Reconsidering DEI Policies

San Francisco State U. Firing Lecturers Due to 'Financial Emergency'

New York's 'New School' to Offer Course on 'Fat Fashion' Next Semester

New Bipartisan Bill Would Withhold Federal Funding From Universities That Boycott Israel

Pro-Military Protestor Throws Shoes At Socialist Mayor

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

This is one of those man-bites-dog stories. We all know about the shoes thrown at George Bush, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and yesterday at the Israeli Ambassador to Sweden.In Ithaca, NY, the prevailing power structure is represented by Socialist Mayor Carol Peterson. Last year Peterson...

Guardian Columnist Calls Out The Anti-Israel Left, But Not His Own Paper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2009 0 Comments

The Guardian newspaper in Britain devotes endless articles and op-eds to criticising Israel. The paper is worth reading if only to keep up to date on what the anti-Israel left is thinking. Few if any columnists are more critical of Israel than Jonathan Freedland. Yet...

Daschle Withdraws – Yes We Can, Can, Can

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2009 3 Comments

Tom Daschle, under a cloud of income tax evasion, has withdrawn from consideration for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle could not stand the heat not only of his current tax problems, but also the exposure of his previous tax avoidance...

Most Offensive Photo Ever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2009 2 Comments

I am warning you, do not click here to see one of the most fowl photos ever. That being the infamous "pigeon" smuggler, caught with his pants down. I would have posted the photo myself, but I would lose the few readers I have. ...

Tom Daschle’s Forgotten Tax Dodge

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2009 0 Comments

In the current controversy regarding Tom Daschle's failure to report income (and thereby evade the taxes on that income), Daschle has portrayed himself as the most honest person in America, who always intended to pay all the taxes he owes, and who simply made an...

Shoe Thrown At Chinese Premier – Bad Shot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2009 0 Comments

A protestor in Cambridge, England, threw his shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today, missing by a few feet. The photo at right (Darren Staples/AP) shows the shoe being picked up by a security guard.The video, although not as dramatic as the Bush-Iraq shoe throw...

Rainforest Growth A Threat To Al Gore’s Pocketbook

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2009 0 Comments

As if it weren't bad enough that we are having one of the coldest winters in memory, the sea ice is at record levels, and hundreds of climatologists are questioning if not outright debunking Al Gore's hysterical predictions of global warming. Now, the rainforests are...

NY Times: Anyone Who Disagrees With Us On Immigration Is A Racist Xenophobe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2009 1 Comment

Just when I was feeling a little bad about how the NY Times had to take out a subprime mortgage on its headquarters and is on the brink of financial ruin, the NY Times editors reminded me why I shouldn't feel bad. In yet another...

Turkey Looking Like The Next Iran

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2009 6 Comments

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who heads an Islamist party, recently ripped into Shimon Peres, President of Israel at the Davos forum, telling Peres "when it comes to killing, you know well how to kill.” Peres gave it right back to Erdogan, accusing Erdogan...

Michael Steele

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2009 0 Comments

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I Guess Any Publicity Is Good Publicity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2009 5 Comments

At least they spelled my name correctly:Over at Legal Insurrection Blog, they've been banging the drum for Governor Blagojevich and against a guilty verdict on the Impeachment for quite some time. Blogger William Jacobson has been pointing out Ricky Hendon as a guy who has...

Blagojevich Convicted – Senator Says “It’s Bleeping Golden”; Obama’s Former Colleagues Say Everybody Knew About Corruption, And No One Did Anything

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2009 3 Comments

Despite an impassioned last minute closing argument, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty by the Illinois Senate on the Article of Impeachment. The vote was 59-0 to convict Blagojevich of the single Article of Impeachment for abusing power. Elements of the Article included alleged...