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Obama Shutdown candy: Good and Petty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 23 Comments

The reports are coming in of incredibly petty shut downs beyond the WWII Memorial and Lincoln Memorial. Newt Gingrich posted this image (h/t Twitchy) of a bus turnaround shut down at Mount Vernon: The tour bus turnaround at Mount Vernon closed by Park Police. Zero...

Charge of the Scooter and Wheelchair Brigades

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 33 Comments

WWII Vets turn tide of battle, again

WWII and Lincoln Memorial Barricade Showdowns – Live Updates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 77 Comments

Obama administration already sending in reinforcements

Obama barricades Lincoln Memorial unlike during 1995 “shutdown”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 26 Comments

Barry-cades become symbol of Obama's shutdown.

I love listening to the Leader of the Free World

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2013 11 Comments

The full text is here. Scott Johnson at Power Line has some of the key excerpts exposing the history of Iran’s new “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani is anything but moderate, he was a key player in numerous terrorist attacks and the building of Iran’s...

Obama and Dems declare political war on Veterans

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 32 Comments

Obama administration erects needless barricades to open-air WWII Memorial, and House Democrats kill funding for Veterans Administration

Dems in House vote down funding for Veterans, Dist. of Columbia, Holocaust Memorial and Smithsonian

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 13 Comments

Under the Rules of Suspension they were operating under (not sure why, but it’s what it was), a 2/3 vote was needed in the House to pass legislation funding various agencies. [If someone has a procedural explanation, please post in comments.] Democrats in the House...

WWII Vets storm Barry-cades

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 01, 2013 19 Comments

Update - The barricade was all a set up for photo op -- Obama admin knew Vets were coming

At some point Obama needs reconsider hitching his presidency to Harry Reid’s fist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 30 Comments

Harry Reid poisons another well by releasing normally-private communications between his office and Boehner's staff.

Dem challenger Martha Robertson (NY-23) fundraises off allegation “GOP ops” tried to shut her website

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 20 Comments

Update -- Reed campaign responds: "show us the evidence of this attack or admit that this is just a lie manufactured ... to raise money"

Very little societal fabric left to tear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 36 Comments

Senior Democrats are engaging in eliminationist rhetoric.

The new civility: Dems turn public debate into schoolyard taunts

Posted by Laurel Conrad on October 01, 2013 36 Comments

The "unhinged" caucus: 5 nasty names Democrats are calling Republicans

Harry Reid and Senate Dems reject conference proposal – #BlameHarryReid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2013 14 Comments

The latest development. Senate again rejects latest House CR proposal. Same vote. Party line 54-46. — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 1, 2013 Senate says no to CR conferees. Next step: negotiations with empty chairs. #shutdowncity — Rick Klein (@rickklein) October 1, 2013 "Good day for...

Obama foreign policy – Keep your enemies close, push your friends away

Posted by David Gerstman on October 01, 2013 9 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 10/01/2013

Cities may need to “Kickstart” bankrupt budgets

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 01, 2013 8 Comments

As a big fan of capitalism, I am fascinated by the concept of crowdfunding, whereby individuals network and pool their money via websites to support potentially profitable enterprises initiated by savvy entrepreneurs. It’s small-scale venture capitalism! Perhaps the best known crowdfunding enterprise is Kickstarter, which...

Barbarism and Islamic terrorism: goals and aims

Posted by New Neo on October 01, 2013 17 Comments

A few days ago I used the term “barbarism” in reference to the Nairobi mall attack. An excellent article by Brendan O’Neill appeared today in the Telegraph making a similar point, and entitled “I’m sorry, but we have to talk about the barbarism of modern...

The culmination of Democratic dysfunction – #BlameHarryReid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2013 31 Comments

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 There will be no Continuing Resolution tonight. There will be a partial shutdown of non-essential services. All because Democrats refused to have Congress treated like ordinary citizens as to Obamacare exchange subsidies,...

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