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Bill’s Boswell, Nixon Shrink, Obama Cool
The mental health of presidents comes to the fore with Taylor Branch's new book about eight years of confessional conversations with Bill Clinton in the White House. In more than 70 hours-long sessions, Clinton poured out his feelings to a journalist/friend, a cathartic adventure that recalls the furtive relationship of Richard Nixon with a therapist that started before his … [Read more...] about Bill’s Boswell, Nixon Shrink, Obama Cool
Afghanistan War Issue Heats Up In U.S. and Europe
The Afghanistan war issue is heating in the U.S. and Europe as the war reaches a fork in the road -- and a decision point about the future: Ron Beasley looks at Obama and Afghanistan against the context of LBJ and Vietnam. Sen John McCain calls for more troops. Obama considers a strategy shift. NRO's Jim Geraghty says the Democrats never really meant what was said … [Read more...] about Afghanistan War Issue Heats Up In U.S. and Europe
Talk Radio Feud: Mark Levin Blasts Glenn Beck
As Bugs Bunny used to say, "Of course you know, this means war!" But this time it's verbal war: it's rising conservative bombastic talker Mark Levin against Glenn Beck. As we noted in this earlier post, Beck is coming under fire now from some conservatives who feel he's bad for the conservative movement. Beck is being seen by some to be a bad image for conservatives and … [Read more...] about Talk Radio Feud: Mark Levin Blasts Glenn Beck
You Have Two Cows…
I just received an e-mail in Spanish from a friend. It was titled " La Culpa es de la Vaca," (It's the cow's fault), and started as follows: COMUNISMO: Tienes 2 vacas. El estado te quita las dos y te regala un poco de la leche. (COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and gives you a little bit of milk) And so it went on with Socialism, … [Read more...] about You Have Two Cows…
Costco Fuel Settlement: $0 for class, $10,000,000 for attorneys
The Center for Class Action Fairness: Costco, along with other fuel retailers, has been sued over the way it measures gallons of fuel in some states. The putative class plaintiffs have settled the case--for zero dollars for the class, and ten million dollars for the attorneys... If you also find the settlement objectionable, and are looking for an attorney to assist you with … [Read more...] about Costco Fuel Settlement: $0 for class, $10,000,000 for attorneys
Congress Catches Mighty Oaks With Net Meant for ACORN
Talk about the Law of Unintended Consequences: … [Read more...] about Congress Catches Mighty Oaks With Net Meant for ACORN
Obama ‘One Card Ahead’ of Moscow and Tehran. Clever!: Les Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace, France
So who comes out ahead of President Obama's decision to freeze or scrap Europe-based, Bush-era anti-missile sites? According to this op-ed by Dominique Jung of France's Les Dernieres Nouvelles d'Alsace, Barack Obama is looking like a pretty good card player right at the moment. For Les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, Dominique Jung writes of why East and West Europe differ … [Read more...] about Obama ‘One Card Ahead’ of Moscow and Tehran. Clever!: Les Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace, France
Hollywood Talkin’ But Where’s The Cash?
Once again Hollywood is on the attack. This time with a "PSA" about Protecting Insurance Companies. Click HERE to view the video via Funny Or Die (a new window will open). NOTE: I didn't embed the video due the preview slowing down the site. Of course the predictable "Hollywood are a bunch of stupid, clueless, latte liberal elites" (implied not said) from various sources … [Read more...] about Hollywood Talkin’ But Where’s The Cash?
My, How Dickensian You Are Looking Tonight, Mr. Cantor!
Alastair Sim had more charm, I think. Via Think Progress. … [Read more...] about My, How Dickensian You Are Looking Tonight, Mr. Cantor!
The Real Time Web Explained…
From ReadWriteWeb, In Exactly 100 Words: The Real-Time Web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it's available - instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. It can be enabled in many different ways and can require a different technical architecture. It's being implemented in social networking, search, news … [Read more...] about The Real Time Web Explained…
More Victims of America’s War on Drugs
Reason Magazine reminds us that nonviolent users of illegal drugs aren't the only victims of America's War on (some) Drugs. A number of physicians and patients suffering from incurable neurogenic diseases have been sent to prison all because your congressmen and congresswoman insist that they (and not physicians) should be making decisions about prescribing pain … [Read more...] about More Victims of America’s War on Drugs
Extra! Extra! Now Read This
Headline writers for newspapers and the larger Internet websites have the power to sell, taint, cajole, tease and distort the writer's works in order to lure the reader to take the bait. I took the bait, hook, line and sinker this morning from the following headline on MSNBC's web page: WHY OBAMA WISHES HE WERE KING Or at the very least, he wishes he were Mel … [Read more...] about Extra! Extra! Now Read This
Equal Moral Rights For All?
Around the country they're debating the "moral right" of doctors to refuse certain kinds of care, and the same right of pharmacists to do the same thing when it comes to filling prescriptions. But the whole question here strikes me as kind of silly. I mean, if you're a pacifist, it's obvious you shouldn't join the Armed Forces where you might be called upon to kill somone. If … [Read more...] about Equal Moral Rights For All?
Should Russians Praise or Curse ‘Those Treacherous Yankees’?: Yezhednevniy Zhurnal, Russia
Continuing with our global coverage of President Obama's decision to scrap Bush-era missile shield plans for Eastern Europe (more from Poland, Germany and France later this evening), we just posted something by Alexander Golz of Russia's Yezhednevniy Zhurnal that is likely to surprise many American cable news viewers. What people of the neocon persuasion are calling the … [Read more...] about Should Russians Praise or Curse ‘Those Treacherous Yankees’?: Yezhednevniy Zhurnal, Russia
Woodward, McChrystal, and Afghanistan
Greenwald: Advocates of escalation in Afghanistan chose Bob Woodward to "reprise his role as warmonger hagiographer" by publishing Gen. Stanley McChrystal's "confidential" memo to the President arguing for increased troops. As Digby notes, the vague case for continuing to occupy that country is virtually identical to every instance where America's war-loving Foreign Policy … [Read more...] about Woodward, McChrystal, and Afghanistan
The Netherlands: An Extreme in “Less Government”?
Those who long for less government, less government “interference,” and more privatization may want to take a look at The Netherlands. In an article in the Dutch NRC Handelsblad that starts with the assertion that “Nobody is in charge in the Netherlands - even democracy has been privatized,” Marc Chavannes, a Dutch journalist and political columnist, tells us: The … [Read more...] about The Netherlands: An Extreme in “Less Government”?
The President and the General
Is it the job of Gen. Stanley McChrystal to tell the POTUS what the military strategy should be in Afghanistan and threaten to resign if the President does not comply? Or is it rather Gen. McChrystal's job to recommend a change in military strategy, wait for the President's decision, and then carry out that decision as ordered? … [Read more...] about The President and the General
Michael Barone Writes, Hilarity Ensues
I think it's quite hilarious that Michael Barone, never a stranger to hyperbole, claims that liberals are anti-dissent: It is an interesting phenomenon that the response of the left half of our political spectrum to criticism and argument is often to try to shut it down. It's also hilarious that he writes this without a trace of irony. It is true, of course, that the … [Read more...] about Michael Barone Writes, Hilarity Ensues
Medal of Honor Nominee, Sgt. Rafael Peralta—The Citation Says It All
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 STATE OF HAWAII H.C.R. NO. 19 H.D.1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO AWARD SGT. RAFAEL PERALTA THE MEDAL OF HONOR. 15 WHEREAS, his battalion redeployed to Iraq's Anbar Province 16 in 2004 as part of Operation Phantom Fury to battle … [Read more...] about Medal of Honor Nominee, Sgt. Rafael Peralta—The Citation Says It All