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Archive for July, 2009

The Sotomayor Hearings: An Epic Republican Fail

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

As today’s Washington Post notes, it’s pretty clear the the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee haven’t laid a glove on Judge Sotomayor:
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) tried to place Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in some school of constitutional interpretation. Legal realist? Originalist? Strict constructionist, perhaps?
In the slow, deep and patient voice she has [...]

Sean Hannity Advances The Birther Agenda

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

I wondered when the wingnut talk show hosts would climb on board, but I wonder know more:

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under Politics

“Joe the Plumber — you can quote me — is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing.”
–Meghan McCain
H/T: Ron Chusid

Buzz Aldrin: Let’s Go To Mars

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under Science, Space Exploration

As we start to mark the 40th Anniversary of man’s first trip to another world, one of the men who went there says we need to start reaching for the stars again:
On the spring morning in 1927 when Charles Lindbergh set off alone across the Atlantic Ocean, only a handful of explorer-adventurers were capable of [...]

I Don’t Care What They Say, I’ll Still Call It The Sears Tower

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under In The News

America’s tallest skyscraper has a new name:
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Sears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower.
At least that’s what the owners of the 110-story skyscraper now call it after its new main tenant, the London, England-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings. However, there are [...]

Orly Taitz: Still The Worst Person In The World

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

It’s somewhat disconcerting being on the same side of an issue as Keith Olbermann, but when he’s right, he’s right:

Fox News Joining The Birther Crowd ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Yesterday, Fox News ran a report on the Stefan Cook case that could’ve come straight from the mouth of Orly Taitz or Joe Farah:

Did the intern who gave this story to Bret Baier even bother to research the veracity of Cook’s claims ?
And who decided to deliberately misstate what happened in Court in California [...]

The Democrat’s Health Care Plan, (c) 2009 Rube Goldberg

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

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U.S. Military Responds On Birther Soldier Lawsuit

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

David Weigel at The Washington Independent has gotten a statement from the U.S. Central Command about the whole Orly Taitz – Stefan Cook mess:
“Maj. Cook volunteered for the one year assignment to Afghanistan, in May of this year,” said Speaks. “After he brought this stuff to the fore, the unit that owned his billet canceled [...]

Orly Taitz, Stefan Cook, And The Birther Parade Head To Georgia

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

As I noted earlier today, the Army had rescinded Major Stefan Cook’s orders to deploy to Afghanistan, a deployment that he had volunteered for only two months ago, after he filed a lawsuit asking for the deployment to be barred because, he claims, Barak Obama is not eligible to serve as President of the United [...]

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