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BO is the new JFK!! – Redux – and again. »

By LisaB on Sep 6, 2009 in Current Affairs | 152 Comments

First Post (UK) has an interesting picture of BO in the oval office.

Apparently, Sasha was trying to “sneak up” on her dad as he was working. Are you kidding me?

NQ First Responders – The KENNEDY family seat; Levi’s liar radar; healthcare conundrum and BO promise to air negotiations on C-SPAN »

By LisaB on Sep 3, 2009 in Current Affairs | 55 Comments

Do the Kennedys “own” Teddy’s Seat? ; Levi talks trash about his baby mamma’s family and may bare nearly all for Playgirl; another writer and friends just can’t figure out health care, but BO PROMISED negotiations on C-SPAN (video)
1) According to Irish Central, the Kennedy family would rather Teddy Jr take his father’s [...]

When is it thuggery and when is it righteous protest? Just ask Rachel »

By LisaB on Aug 5, 2009 in Current Affairs | 253 Comments

Rachel Maddow did a self-righteous piece on “GOP Thuggery.” Sounding more like Olbermann everyday, Maddow has got self-righteousness down when it comes to defending the One.
Maddow seems to think the upset crowds are somehow GOP-orchestrated. Now according to many democrats, republicans are neither smart enough nor numerous enough anymore to pull off [...]

Steele: Obama was the Real Problem in the Gates Affair »

By LisaB on Aug 3, 2009 in Current Affairs | 53 Comments

I was hoping that Shelby Steele, a “self-described black conservative,” would eventually weigh in on Gates-gate. The WSJ published an op-ed, “From Emmitt Till to Skip Gates,” by the “author, columnist, documentary film maker, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, specialising in the study of race relations, multiculturalism [...]

Obama Walk of Shame? »

By LisaB on Aug 2, 2009 in Current Affairs | 114 Comments

(bumped up from Saturday early afternoon)

American Thinker has two photos that raise fascinating questions about the relative compassion of Barack Obama vice George Bush.
I am stunned that the official White House Blog published this picture and that it is in the public domain. The body language is most revealing.
Sergeant Crowley, the sole class [...]

Fault Lines of Class »

By LisaB on Aug 2, 2009 in Current Affairs | 52 Comments

One of the things I’ve been struck by during and after the 2008 election is the classism that exists — think of terms like “redneck” and “white trash” — and where those fault lines lie. But of course we don’t have any serious classism here. It’s all about other isms, right? Maybe. Maybe [...]

NQ First Responders – Sadly overlooked articles »

By LisaB on Aug 1, 2009 in Current Affairs | 14 Comments

This round-up includes a real “teachable moment” for the media with its double standard towards two famous black women that differs solely because of their politics, the aristocratic scolds who are the most upset about the blue-collar Sgt. Crowley’s treatment of Henry Louis Gates, and the “group think” that explains the media’s sudden preoccupation [...]

NRO points to Larry Johnson’s birth certificate questions »

By LisaB on Aug 1, 2009 in Current Affairs | 239 Comments

The National Review Online’s Andrew McCarthy has posted a “keeper”:
“Suborned in the U.S.A.:The birth-certificate controversy is about Obama’s honesty,not where he was born.”
Casting aside the speculative pitfalls that have the left and the mainstream media pointing at “birthers” with scorn, McCarthy thoroughly and sensibly describes why the issue won’t go away. McCarthy referenced Larry’s [...]

DesireG “gets” Gates »

By LisaB on Jul 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | 74 Comments

CNN ireport has a great retort to the Professor Gates brouhaha. Someone named DesireG posted a video outlining her opinion of the incident and why it doesn’t merit the outrage Gates thinks he’s due.
DesireG mainly blames the neighbor for racial profiling, but she may be off the mark on that one if the “neighbor” [...]

NQ First Responders – Economic News »

By LisaB on Jul 11, 2009 in Current Affairs | 18 Comments

I’ve been hearing more and more guardedly optimistic talk about the economy lately, so when I heard the latest jobs information (basically we’re still losing jobs at a fast rate), I really wondered. Here are three economy-related items you may find interesting: the latest from Nouriel Roubini, who says things are worse; a [...]

Single Pool Reporter allowed at WH July 4th party where several other “reporters” attended as guests »

By LisaB on Jul 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | 59 Comments

Gawker has a very interesting story today. Obama’s 4th of July party was, at the last minute, open to the press. Well, not for reporting, of course. The party had some invitations left over and passed them out among the WH press corps, many of whom happily attended.
Reporters from roughly 30 [...]

NQ First Responder Must Reads »

By LisaB on Jul 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 42 Comments

(bumped up from yesterday)
While others are gushing about Obama girls in Russia, still obsessing over Sarah Palin or the death of Michael Jackson (sad or negative), a few stories shouldn’t be missed. Russians, for example, might reflect a truer picture of Obama than domestic media; campaign finance reform goes off the rails; federal computer [...]

Biden says administration underestimated severity of INHERITED economic problems – solution is great though! »

By LisaB on Jul 6, 2009 in Current Affairs | 76 Comments

Today, ABCnews has a story about VP Biden admitting the Obama administration “misread the economy.”
Big admission from Vice President Joe Biden today.
“The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy,” Biden told me [George Stephanopoulos]. . .
Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier this year when they predicted the [...]

Andrew Sullivan’s Reckless Cruelty to “white trash concupiscence” »

By LisaB on Jul 6, 2009 in Current Affairs | 104 Comments

(bumped up from Friday) Today, the NYT published a column noting the same phrase from Andrew Sullivan – “white trash concupiscence” – and calling it a class issue. Worth the read.
Yet another article on Trig Palin and “who’s his mommy” from Andrew Sullivan caught my eye (and I’ll need antibiotics). No one cares. [...]

Thomas, Gibbs and Lack of Transparency »

By LisaB on Jul 2, 2009 in Current Affairs | 71 Comments

Mr. Transparency had a “townhall” meeting yesterday. Earlier, Obama Press secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about this upcoming “townhall” meeting. Both Chip Reid and Helen Thomas said that the “open forum” for the townhall meeting – as given to them – wasn’t open at all. The words “tightly controlled” were used.
While this [...]

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