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Archive for July, 2009

Senate To Hold “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Hearings

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, Politics

President Obama may be ignoring the issue right now, but it looks like the United States Senate will be taking up the issue of gays in the military:
The Daily Beast has learned that the Senate, prompted by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, will hold hearings on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”—a first since 1993, despite Obama’s campaign promises.
After [...]

Michael Steele: Orly Taitz’s Latest “Friend”

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Now, Orly is counting the Chairman of the RNC as one of her friends.
And, sure enough:

Guys, get a clue already, huh ?

Sarah Palin’s “Farewell” Address

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under History, Politics, Sarah Palin

Here’s Part One:

And Part II:

I post it only because it reminds me far more than I wish it did, of this incident in history:

Six years later, Richard Nixon was President of the United States.

Supply And Demand Works, New York Times Shocked

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Real Estate

If the guys at the Grey Lady had and brains, they could’ve summed this article up in three words — the market works:
Sales of new homes in the United States posted their largest monthly gain in eight years in June, the government reported on Monday, a sign that the housing market is bottoming as buyers [...]

Yet Another Republican Politician Becomes “Friends” With Orly Taitz

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Economics, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics, Sports

Yesterday it was Mary Bono and VA Republican Attorney General nominee Ken Cuccinelli who found themselves friend-ed with birther lawyer Orly Taitz on Facebook.
Today, it’s Congressman Eric Cantor, the Minority Whip in the House of Representatives:
I am in total disbelief and greatly honored. Eric Cantor, Republican whip, second ranked Republican congressman has joined congresswoman Mary [...]

I Guess We Won’t Have Sarah To Kick Around Anymore

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin officially stepped down as Alaska’s Governor yesterday:
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (CNN) — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska’s governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning “to chart a new course to advance the state.”
“Now people who know me, they know [...]

Ordering Pizza Under ObamaCare

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 26th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

A hint of what it might be like.
H/T: The TrogloPundit

The Death Of Handwriting

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 26th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Time Magazine notes the impending death of yet another skill that was once thought necessary:
I can’t remember how to write a capital Z in cursive. The rest of my letters are shaky and stiff, my words slanted in all directions. It’s not for lack of trying. In grade school I was one of those insufferable [...]

Fewer Topless Women At French Beaches

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 26th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Now this is truly a crisis of international proportion:
For decades, the French have relished any opportunity to mock Americans for their supposed childish Yankee puritainisme when it comes to matters of sex. These days, though, France is experiencing its own blush of youthful prudishness as an entire generation of younger French women say “non, merci” [...]

The White House War Against The CBO

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 26th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

As I noted last night, the Congressional Budget Office released a new report calling into doubt the Administration’s claims about the savings that would be realized from it’s health care reform package.
Today, the partisan White House came out swinging against the non-partisan CBO:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House has criticized the Congressional Budget Office’s findings [...]

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