I’m not sure how true this is, but apparently [h/t Big Government] a memo from Eric Holder to SecDef Gates was leaked on Thursday instructing Gates to relocate our GITMO guests to a recently-acquired piece of Illinois real estate: Thomson Correctional Center: By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including by article II, section 2, clause | Read More »
[I'm doing some work for an old friend over at a new site: Speak Out For America. Normally, I'd leave that stuff there, and do my other stuff here...but this is a big story that needs to be discussed-leaks and the leakers that leak them...and I'm especially fond of the title as well...] The top story from Copenhagen today SHOULD be the demand from Bangladesh | Read More »
I believe, as does Der Spiegel, that Obama doesn’t really mean what he says about Afghanistan: One didn’t have to be a cadet on Tuesday to feel a bit of nausea upon hearing Obama’s speech. It was the least truthful address that he has ever held. He spoke of responsibility, but almost every sentence smelled of party tactics. He demanded sacrifice, but he was unable | Read More »
Erick’s piece this morning couldn’t be more appropriately timed, given the NYT story about what Obama plans to do in Afghanistan. It is clear that this President has surrounded himself with people that have little to no private sector experience and empowered them to flex any muscle of the federal machine that suits their fancy or ideological whimsy. As dangerous as it might be having | Read More »
Count me as one among millions of the skeptics of this whole “human-induced global warming” chicken little phenomena. I believe it is, by far, the biggest money grab ever concocted by a bunch of ne’er say die hippies from the 60′s who never fully got over being ignored. That said, we have an interesting response from the head whiner caught in the middle of the | Read More »
Four more US Soldiers died in Afghanistan yesterday as we continued to wait anxiously for Obama to make up his mind about how to respond to General McChrystal’s report. During the pre-surge days in Iraq, 4 dead soldiers was enough for every major news outlet to scream from the rooftops about the costs of war. Now? Hardly a whisper. Why is it so hard, Mr. | Read More »
It’s not even what’s IN this 2,000 page monstrosity of a healthcare bill that is at issue anymore, it’s what enacting it represents. Remember, it was only a couple hundred years ago that a King’s tyranny and despotism gave birth to a Nation of men and women more willing to die for liberty than live for the whims and fancies of an elite class hell | Read More »
So sayeth President Obama as he promises “to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.” But, like so many other promises he makes, this one can not be kept. Whether or not this was an act of terrorism, and whether or not Hasan’s words and deeds foretold the senseless loss of life at Fort Hood, we have sadly become all too familiar with | Read More »
Via Drudge, the Telegraph is reporting that Obama’s Poll numbers have dropped farther and faster than any President on record over the last 50 years. Apparently, people think he’s doing a lousy job. The failed and failing Presidency of Barack Obama appears to know no bounds when it comes to showing a lack of leadership, a fundamental inability to understand the plight of the people | Read More »
A man ventures off to work, on an otherwise non-distinct morning, to pursue his version of the “American Dream.” Regardless its many varied interpretations, the American Dream is simple enough-”life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”…and going to work, earning a paycheck sufficient to meet your fiscal responsibilities, feeding your family, and putting enough aside for that inevitable “rainy day” are the cornerstones of such | Read More »
There’s no point in railing any more about the Nobel freak show…the entire world has already chimed in. No, I think I’m really past all that. But what DOES concern me about Obama “winning” the Peace prize is what giving him this award really means: those of us that actually TRY, through hard work, dedication, and sacrifice…commitment and perseverance…trial and error…and blood, sweat, and tears…WE | Read More »
On February 17, 2009 (just about a month after swearing an oath to defend his Country against all enemies foreign and domestic) it was reported that Barack Obama was committing an additional 17,000 troops to the Afghanistan “conflict” in order “[t]o meet urgent security needs.” On March 27, 2009 Barack Obama “announced a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan that is the culmination of | Read More »
Barack Obama inherited a ‘war on terror’ (along with an aspiring ‘nuclear’ Iran) that he told us during the campaign was high on his list of priorities and concerns. He assured us he would spend a lot of energy focusing on these things were he elected President. He hasn’t, other than to throw a few thousand more troops into harms way with no real strategy | Read More »
Seriously Michelle…SERIOUSLY? Via Drudge we learn that the First Lady believes the current healthcare system is ‘crushing’ women and is, therefore, unacceptable. Apparently, according to the FIRST woman, just being a woman requires that you suffer an undue burden for your family in attending to their collective need for healthcare. Not to worry, ladies, her husband means to deliver you from this evil: [W]omen play | Read More »
That stretch of the Declaration of Independence is one of my favorites although it enjoys far less reference than it deserves. There’s the “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” thing that our Political Heroes lost track of a very long time ago…and, of course, the “all men are created equal” bit which might be more overused than most (in order to justify oodles of foolishness | Read More »
With everyone focused on the health care debate, Democrats are hoping we’ll all forget about another of their many boondoggles thus far in the Obama Presidency; Cap and Trade (lovingly known as H.R. 2454 – “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009″). This bill, like the Health Care bill(s) being bandied about just now on the Left, promises to deepen the deficit, increase taxes, | Read More »
Let’s review the scorecard. Obama has taken over the Auto Industry…check. Obama has taken over the Energy Industry…check. Obama has taken over the Banking and Finance Industry…check. And, despite our collective wails and gnashing of teeth, Obama has presumably taken over the Healthcare and Health Insurance Industries as well. Obama has been a busy little bee. At least he has reassured us now by having | Read More »
It wasn’t so very long ago that our number one Aristocrat babe, Nancy Pelosi, questioned a President’s competence when she offered these words of wisdom: “The emperor has no clothes,” Pelosi, D-California, told reporters on Thursday. “When are people going to face the reality? Pull this curtain back.” Her remarks drew sharp criticism from then-speaker DeLay, suggesting that “Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, | Read More »
I know, I know…I haven’t been around much since the Wrecking Ball of Freedom got elected by the Miracle of Democracy…but it is what it is. So, while I was hibernating, I got a new job as an Assistant Manager in a little start-up General Store/Gas Station/Pizza and Sub shop. I meet and greet every manner of humanity out here in the country, and this | Read More »
I know as much about economics as I do about rocket propulsion. All this mess we keep hearing about in the financial markets has me glazed over and looking like a deer in the headlights. From Lehman, to AIG, to God knows who, everyone is having money problems, through every fault of their own. So, I get this memo today that tells me I have | Read More »
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