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Archive for August, 2009

If Chappaquiddick Had Happened Today

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

In the Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn argues that Chappaquiddick would have turned out much differently if it had happened in the era of 24 hour news:
If we’d had insatiable 24/7 cable news networks in July 1969, the accident on Chappaquiddick Island in which a passenger in a car driven by Sen. Edward Kennedy drowned would [...]

Orly Taitz Finds Another Mutinous Solider

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Dr. Conspiracy notes that Orly Taitz filed another lawsuit on behalf of a soldier trying to get out of their overseas assignment by raising questions about Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as President:
Another in Orly’s bag of military lawsuits filed August 28. Will another military career be wrecked? Dr. Connie Rhodes, a US Army medical [...]

The Government Can !

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politics

From Tim Hawkins, a pretty damn funny, and spot-on, parody:

Democratic Congressman: If You Oppose ObamaCare, You’re Racist

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Politics

So much for hope, change, and all that crap:

H/T: Hot Air

North Korean Arms Shipment To Iran Seized

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, North Korea

By the United Arab Emirates:
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured munitions, detonators, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades bound for Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions, diplomats said.
The UAE two weeks ago notified the UN Security Council of the seizure, according to the diplomats, who spoke on [...]

Huckabee Embraces The “Death Panel” Myth

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Mike Huckabee, Politics, Sarah Palin

Mike Huckabee waded into “death panel” territory earlier this week when he talked about the death of Ted Kennedy:
Mike Huckabee addressed the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy and its impact on the health care debate Thursday morning on his radio show “The Huckabee Report.” He began his show by criticizing President Obama and others who [...]

Yes American Middle-Class, Barack Obama Will Raise Your Taxes

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Economics, Politics

Today’s Washington Post provides the latest evidence that the Obama Administration is laying the ground work for a middle-class tax hike:
During last year’s campaign, President Obama vowed to enact a bold agenda without raising taxes for the middle class, a pledge budget experts viewed with skepticism. Since then, a severe recession, massive deficits and a [...]

“This used to be America,” “It ain’t no more, ok?”

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, August 29th, 2009. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Individual Liberty, Politics

This confrontation between a Fairfax County Schools security officer and a protester outside Congressman Jim Moran’s town hall earlier this week epitomizes everything that’s going wrong in this country.

The sign itself is actually stupid. And the Caption about FEMA camps doesn’t inspire confidence either, but that doesn’t matter.
The First Amendment applies even if [...]

The Deficit Problem Could Be Much Worse Than They’re Telling Us

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

The Concord Coalition is projecting that the Federal Budget Deficit over the next decade will be twice has big as the government is telling us:
The Concord Baseline makes some key assumption changes to the CBO baseline. CBO is required to assume that congressional appropriations continue increasing only at the rate of inflation for the 10 [...]

Proposed Bill Would Give Federal Government “Emergency” Control Of Internet

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, August 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Homeland Security, Internet, Politics, Technology, War On Terror

This is perhaps the most alarming thing I’ve seen in quite some time:
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They’re not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a [...]

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