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Archive for November, 2009

Lou Dobbs Brought Down Because Of His Obsession With The Birther Story

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Media, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Back over the summer, Lou Dobbs inexplicably and quite eagerly hopped onto the brither bandwagon, not just once but again, and again. At one point, CNN’s President issued a directive saying that the network would no longer cover the story, although he rescinded that a few days later. In the end, though, Dobbs’ birther obsession [...]

Flashback: The New York Times Chides Bill Clinton On The Etiquette Of Bowing

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Japan, Politics

Via Hot Air, comes this interesting story from 1994:
It wasn’t a bow, exactly. But Mr. Clinton came close. He inclined his head and shoulders forward, he pressed his hands together. It lasted no longer than a snapshot, but the image on the South Lawn was indelible: an obsequent President, and the Emperor of Japan.
Canadians still [...]

G. Gordon Liddy And Gary Bauer Ressurect The “Obama Is A Secret Muslim” Lie

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Consider this:

LIDDY: I’m convinced that despite his protestations to the contrary, that Barack Obama is a Muslim. I don’t believe that he’s a Christian at all. I believe he’s a Muslim.
BAUER: Well, you know the church that he famously or infamously attended was, was odd in many ways. Not only the rantings of its pastor, [...]

McCain Staffers Begin To Unload On Sarah Palin

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under 2008 Election, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Let the war between the McCain and Palin camps begin anew:
Top aides to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign hit back at Sarah Palin Friday, after news reports revealed that the former vice presidential nominee’s soon-to-be-released book extensively criticizes the campaign’s press strategy – with many of its hardest shots aimed squarely at campaign manager Steve [...]

Obama Demeans America By Bowing To An Emperor

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Foreign Affairs, Japan, Politics

Unlike conservatives, I was willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt when he appeared to give a deferential bow to the King of Saudi Arabia. Perhaps it was just a rookie mistake, or the result of some bad advice from the protocol office.
But, this is starting to become a disturbing pattern:
How low [...]

Water Discovered On The Moon

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Science, Space Exploration

In a word, cool:
There is water on the Moon, scientists stated unequivocally on Friday.
“Indeed yes, we found water,” Anthony Colaprete, the principal investigator for NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, said in a news conference. “And we didn’t find just a little bit. We found a significant amount.”
The confirmation of scientists’ suspicions is welcome [...]

The Risks Of Trying KSM In Federal Court

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Al Qaeda, In The News, September 11th, War On Terror

By turning the September 11th attacks into a matter for the criminal courts, the United States Government is taking at big risk:
By all accounts, the spotlight during what would be the biggest terrorism trial in U.S. history would provide Mohammed, a man of no small ego, with the kind of attention he craves. A showman, [...]

William “Cold Cash” Jefferson Gets 13 Years In The Freezer

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

Finally:
Former congressman William J. Jefferson was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, the longest prison term ever handed down to a member of Congress convicted of corruption charges.
The sentence for the Lousiana Democrat fell far short of the 27 to 33 years suggested under federal [...]

Sarah Palin Goes Rogue On The Facts

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under 2008 Election, Books, Credit Crisis, Economics, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Sarah Palin

It hasn’t even been officially released yet, and it’s already clear that Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue is playing fast and loose with the truth:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin’s new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven’t become any truer over time.
Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, [...]

Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead Of The Modern Libertarian Movement

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 13th, 2009. Filed under Ayn Rand, Book Reviews, Books

There are few figures in the American libertarian movement that gave rise to as much controversy or passion as Ayn Rand. Love her or hate her, it’s hard to find a libertarian who doesn’t have an opinion about the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. For many of us, she was the one who [...]

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