January 19, 2009
Oh boy. Just what Obama needs two days from the inaguration. A Muslim who is speaking at the prayer service on Wednesday is the leader of a group that some federal prosecutors say has ties to Hamas: Neither Mattson nor her organization have been charged. But prosecutors wrote in July that they h...
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For the next few days, the airwaves will be saturated by coverage of the inaguration activities. In fact, the party has already started, at least on select channels, such as CNN and MSNBC, who’ve been covering things fairly non-stop since yesterday’s Whistle Stop Tour. Even Fox News ...
go to article »December 9, 2008
A nepotistic-like succession of Caroline Kennedy to the likely soon-to-be-vacated seat of Senator Hillary Clinton doesn’t seem to be garnering much support, at least amongst those in the blogosphere. The idea of expanding the Kennedy dynasty…just because…isn’t appealing to ...
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The liberal base and far-left are unhappy that they’re not getting the sufficiently liberal president they wanted. Sorry to be snarky, but excuse me if I don’t give you my sympathy. If you’d been paying attention during the election, you might have seen that the man you thought...
go to article »November 29, 2008
While the big news of Barack Obama’s appointments have been those figures who have connections to the Clinton administration, there seems to be some evidence that several Obama appointments will have the distinct branding of another former president: George H.W. Bush. This past Monday, the Wa...
go to article »November 26, 2008
Not that I’m sure anybody is surprised by this at this point (perhaps except the far-left hoping Obama might change his mind), but it is looking increasingly likely that current Defense Secretary Robert Gates will hold his job for at least another year, according to CNN. If I have some qualms ...
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Via The Drudge Report: A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts. Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily IZVESTIA ...
go to article »November 18, 2008
Pete Abel over at TMV discusses four reasons why the the Republicans may be facing an imminent demise. That seems to be what I’m seeing all over the place these days: The Republicans are a dead party because of x reason. Not so fast. Personally, I am getting sick of all the bloggers and medi...
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Cackle it up, fellow left-handers, because we did it!?? We got a lefty back into the White House!?? Of course, no matter how it had gone down on November 4th, we would have done it, because both Barack Obama and John McCain are left-handed, according to the Washington Post. Roughly half of the last ...
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As I’m sure everyone knows by now, President-elect Barack Obama resigned his Senate seat effective today.?? Resigning a seat before becoming president isn’t entirely unusual, though most incoming presidents usually wait at least until the lame duck session is over before doing it.?? The ...
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