Category: Current Affairs
By American Girl in Italy on Jul 3, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Obama's Broken Promises, Sara in Italy, Universal Health Care | 21 Comments
I read two great posts from NRO, Barack Obama Is a Big Fat Liar by Jim Geraghty, and ‘Barack Obama is a Big Fat Liar,’ Illustrated, by Guy Benson.
Geraghty writes:
Ever since Barack Obama declared his candidacy for president, it’s been easy — and great fun — to spotlight when his promises and statements come with [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jul 3, 2009 in Current Affairs | 21 Comments
A U.S. Army private was captured on 30 June in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban operatives. So what does this has to do with Obama? The story being put out in the media is different from what I’ve heard from knowledgeable sources. Here’s the media version:
I have heard that the soldier was captured [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 3, 2009 in Current Affairs, Governance, South Carolina | 45 Comments
“Put a sock in it!” Well, that’s what I would think God would say to Governor Mark Sanford who canNOT keep his big mouth shut these days. See, Governor Sanford said that God wants him to keep his job as governor, and to not resign. Here’s a little reminder:
I wonder where in [...]
By LisaB on Jul 3, 2009 in Current Affairs | 68 Comments
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. No one not insane actually believes Trig is some mystery baby. And Sarah Palin isn’t running for vice president anymore.
Sullivan seems to think he is “due” an explanation. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 2, 2009 in Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Rendition, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sara in Italy | 52 Comments
Recently, well, for the past five months anyway, people have been wondering just where Obama was going to make his church home in the DC area. Oh, he tried out a place or two, but you know, there are actual, real people there, and so much media focus, that he just couldn’t get into [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Jul 2, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Energy Policy, Environment | 36 Comments
Okay. I’ll confess.
I’ve always considered myself something of an environmentalist. I don’t remember ever hugging a tree, but I hiked and backpacked in my youth. I’ve recycled since the early 80’s. I shunned the use of chemicals and railed against deforestation, over-packaging, and junk mail. I joined Sierra club, World [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jul 2, 2009 in Current Affairs | 70 Comments
If there was any doubt that Michael Scheuer, a retired CIA analyst who was given the task of getting Bin Laden (and failed miserably), is a complete nutjob then you have not seen his latest:
[UPDATE--I'm struck by the growing resemblance between Michael Scheuer and Bin Laden's number two guy. What do you think?]
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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 [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jul 2, 2009 in Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Sara in Italy | 23 Comments
Colbert takes a few jabs at Obama in this video.
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By American Girl in Italy on Jul 1, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Bill Clinton, Current Affairs, Media, Print, Sara in Italy, Sarah Palin | 68 Comments
Todd Purdum from Vanity Fair just wrote an article about Sarah Palin, and I can’t decide if he wants to take her down, or get down with her.
“Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics….she is by far the best-looking woman ever…the first indisputably fertile female to dare to dance with the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 1, 2009 in Current Affairs, Media, Race Card, Souter Vacancy, Supreme Court | 21 Comments
Fellow NQ writer, LisaB, has covered the issue of the SCOTUS and the New Haven Firefighters, but this video contained information I had not previously heard:
So, there WERE African Americans and Hispanics who passed the exam, too, something previously unreported. As Mr. Ricci said, the press did NOT do its job, accepting as fact [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jul 1, 2009 in Current Affairs | 19 Comments
We pulled out of Iraq’s cities today and Allah only knows what comes next. What do you think Iraq will look like a year from now? A placid Arab nation with a flourishing economy and revitalized night life? A theocracy struggling to imitate Iran? A bloody mess of balkanized provinces divided [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 39 Comments
(More than worthy of a replay, so bumped up from last night - ed.)
Have you seen this?
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora hook up with a famous Iranian singer.
By Thomas Sears MD FACC on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care | 63 Comments
I am a physician. I am a full-time faculty member at a University hospital, but as an unpaid care-deliverer, I also frequently work in a the real government health care establishment, the VA Hospital, ….not the NIH where the docs can do anything they want. If we, in real life, would do [...]
By LisaB on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 62 Comments
CBS/AP reported that SCOTUS found for the white firefighters in the notorious Ricci v. DeStefano case.
Opinion (.pdf) here.
New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 42 Comments
It is a scandal. It breaks families and our economy. My first post on the crises in our prisons got a great response from many of you, but we didn’t come up with many solid answers. Then I got an email from the Press Secretary for Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) who had actually seen [...]
By LisaB on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 38 Comments
Three days go, WaPo wrote that the Obama administration was considering an executive order on [keeping in place] “prolonged” detention.
Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate [...]
By RobWarrior on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 0 Comments
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By Larry Johnson on Jun 29, 2009 in Current Affairs | 82 Comments
By now most of you have heard of the “coup” in Honduras. The media, ever ignorant, is going with the story line that the military has ousted a democratic leader. Here’s the AP view:
Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras’ national palace Monday as world leaders from Barack Obama to [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jun 29, 2009 in Barack Obama, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Energy Policy, Environment, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Sara in Italy | 67 Comments
I do think it a good thing to reduce pollutants in the air – and whether you believe in manmade climate change or not, I imagine you would agree. I also think the US needs to stop spending $200,000 per minute on foreign oil, and would love to see alternative methods developed and utilized.
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