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Archive for September, 2009

Crazies On The Right: Michael Savage Predicts Martial Law In 2009

by @ Monday, September 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

I don’t take Michael Savage’s prediction that Obama will impose martial law seriously, and I’m not asking you to either, but it’s worth noting that the clip below sounds exactly like what we heard from the far left during the Bush Administration:

H/T: Little Green Footballs

Yankees Sweep Red Sox, Win 16th AL East Title

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

For a Yankee fan, there are few better ways to win a Division title than with a three game sweep of the Red Sox at home:
The Yankees have known this celebration was coming. Even if they could not and would not gloat about it, they had a significant enough lead that they realized it was [...]

Bill Clinton: The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Is Back

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

Bill Clinton says that the same “vast right-wing conspiracy” that went after him is now targeting Barack Obama:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bill Clinton says a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Barack Obama.
The ex-president made the comment in a television interview when he was asked about one of the signature [...]

Containment For The 21st Century

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Foreign Affairs, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, War On Terror

In today’s Washington Post, Andrew J. Bacevich suggests that we reach back to the early days of the Cold War for ideas on how to deal with the war against Islamic terrorism:
Containment implies turning to the old Cold War playbook. When confronting the Soviet threat, the United States and its allies erected robust defenses, such [...]

Barack Obama’s War On Summer Vacation

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Education, Politics

Beware kids, while you’re signing his praises, the President is thinking about getting rid of your summer vacation:
WASHINGTON – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students [...]

William Safire Dies At 79

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Former Nixon speechwriter and New York Times columnist William Safire has died:
William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop’s treasury of articles on language, died at a hospice in Rockville, Md. on Sunday. [...]

Michelle Bachmann’s Insane Crusade Against The Census

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Politics

While the motive behind the murder of Census worker Bill Sparkman in Eastern Kentucky remains unknown, it’s worth noting that some on the right have spent the summer railing up fears about what is supposed to be a simple, Constitutionally required, process.
Exhibit A: Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann
Back in June for example, Bachmann was saying that [...]

U.S. To Demand Inspection Of No-Longer-Secret Iranian Nuke Facility

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Middle East, Politics

The Obama Administration appears ready to up the ante in the confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to tell Iran this week that it must open a newly revealed nuclear enrichment site to international inspectors “within weeks,” according to senior administration officials. The administration will also tell Tehran that inspectors must [...]

Ron Paul: We Should Never Be Fearful Of The Truth

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul spoke with Dylan Rattigan about H.R. 1207:

SecDef Gates On Iran: Diplomacy Is The Answer, Not Military Action

by @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Middle East

Robert Gates made clear this morning that he does not see the Iranian problem as one that can be solved principally by military means:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday that diplomacy and sanctions rather than military action are the way to persuade Iran to change its nuclear program as divisions emerge in [...]

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