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Archive for October, 2009

Ron Paul On Foreign Policy And Ending The Fed On PBS

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Tavis Smiley interview Ron Paul last night about foreign policy and Paul’s new book End the Fed:
Part One:

Part Two:

Muslim Father In Arizona Runs Over Daughter For Being “Too Westernized”

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under In The News, Islam, Religion

Yes, it happened again:
(CNN) — Arizona police are looking for an Iraqi man who they allege ran down his daughter and her friend because he believed his daughter had become “too Westernized.”
Peoria, Arizona, police said Wednesday that Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, struck his 20-year-old daughter, Noor Faleh Almaleki, and her friend Amal Edan Khalaf with [...]

John Stossel v. Bill O’Reilly On Drug Legalization

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, Politics, War On Drugs

Fox News Channel’s newest acquisition proves quite handily that he’s the best thing on that network:

The ironic part here is O’Reilly trying to pretend he’s a libertarian too, until they start talking substance that is.

Going Rogue, Going Rouge: Will There Really Be A Difference ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin’s memoir will have a little competition in the bookstore:
We know that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can hunt, and even field-dress a moose, but how will she take to poachers on her book sales? Start-up publisher OR Books has announced plans to publish Going Rouge: Sarah Palin An American Nightmare, a collection of [...]

Phillies Power Past Dodgers And Into The World Series

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Baseball, Sports

In the end, the National League Championship wasn’t much of a contest:
PHILADELPHIA — The paradigm has shifted. A city haunted by failure revels in glory. Its fans, nurtured on negativity, expect only good things. A World Series title can have that effect. Another one may turn this historic town into rubble, but no one would [...]

MSNBC Analyst Bo Dietl Goes On Birther Rant On Imus In The Morning

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

This has to be seen to be believed:

H/T: David Weigel

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love $1.4 Trillion Deficits

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

Nick Gillespie explains the $ 1.4 trillion budget deficit:

Chances Of Passage Of Cophenhagen Climate Treaty Seem Slim

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. Filed under In The News

A few days ago I posted video of Lord Christopher Monckton, a former aide to Margaret Thatcher, warning of the threat to U.S. sovereignty posed by the proposed Copenhagen Climate Treaty.
As it turns out, it doesn’t look like the treaty itself has much chance of going forward:
WASHINGTON — With the clock running out and deep [...]

What’s Behind The Right’s Obama Derangement Syndrome ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

David Corn disects the roots of the often vile antipathy toward President Obama expressed by some on the right:
It’s not just Obama’s policies that these conservatives suspect; they believe he’s not real — on two significant levels. First, they claim that questions remain about his origins, including his birth. Second, they told Greenberg’s researchers that [...]

Creigh Deeds Was Against The Public Option Before He Was For It

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Creigh Deeds, Health Care Reform, Virginia, Virginia Politics

In last night’s Virginia Governor’s Debate, Creigh Deeds said that the public option was not necessary for health care reform:

Then he said he didn’t say that:

Geez, this guy is the best you could come up with Virginia Democrats ?
H/T: Bearing Drift

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