tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182020562012-01-29T22:05:05.024-06:00Political back-spin from lovely "left" Tennessee.A.C. McCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04961702447997409190noreply@blogger.comBlogger31521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202056.post-3569227839696866422012-01-28T22:42:00.002-06:002012-01-29T22:05:05.028-06:00

This is a cool version, but they won't allow embedding. Click if you wanna watch..

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Strange story, strange picture... When asked what the men discussed and why it wasn't on the schedule, the White House released a statement saying, “The three men enjoyed a personal visit in the Oval Office – as they have done on previous occasions when President Bush is Washington.” The strangeness isn't the fact a president would want to sit down with an ex-president and his ex-governor

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A bit more fun to watch when the audience is participating.  Note to NBC and Brian Williams--take note. Wolf Blitzten usually does a pretty good job moderating these things and doesn't try to make himself the focal point.  Usually.  No big surprises tonight, although it was clear CNN wanted the sparring not the substance.  Quick take--Romney won.  He was focused and determined in his replies

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Did you catch this line from Obama's speech? For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country. Most of Al Qaida’s top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban’s momentum has been broken. And some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home. What does "most of al Qaeda's top lieutenants have been defeated" actually mean?  When someone is defeated it

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Doing a little live blogging, so I can remember this. "the Tollybon is broken"   Are they?  I thought we were negotiating with Mullah Omar.  BTW, where is Mullah Baradar, the number two guy? And did the GOP just boo or make strange noises when Obama delivered his signature line about fairness?  Something sounded weird. And OK, Obama just predicted that the business cycle won't ever bottom out

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Various news outlets are reporting on the charges against former CIA employee John Kiriakou for leaking to the press and lying to the CIA about his endeavors involving terrorist Abu Zubaydah and the enhanced interrogation issue. He could go to jail for 30 years.  The Obama administration is setting records for charging people with leaking.  So what's going on here?  Why is F. Patrick Fitzgerald

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Can any of these clowns beat Obama?   Not to precisely agree with Andrew Sullivan, but it's starting to look like the GOP has decided to save it's best for 2016.  Newt Gingrich may be able to handle a debate with the One but can he croon like Al Green?  Can he dance on Ellen's show?  Can he hobnob with the cool crowd of Hollywood, who often shape popular culture and influence the great unwashed

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A pre-trial hearing in the al-Nashiri tribunal (suspected USS Cole bomber) occurred yesterday.. According to the defense motion, the Gitmo authorities have determined that only communications from counsel bearing their signature are legal mail. Any attachments (such as discovery, court opinions, expert witness CV's, news articles) attached to the letters are not and must go through a screening

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Most have commented or seen the "Valerie Jarrett speaks at Ebenezer Baptist" video, where she helps the church push the boundaries of their IRS tax-exempt status (maybe Holder will investigate). But she also made a rather interesting comment to do with terrorism. Here's the video again.. Notice the line, "we all sleep a little easier at night knowing that Usama bin Laden and his lieutenants

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Today is the King holiday, the celebration of a religious man who spoke out for civil rights in a non-violent way using scripture to make his point.  As seen in his "Letter from the Birmingham Jail" (My Dear Fellow Clergyman), Reverend King believed that equality was very much a biblical tenet.  Indeed, Black Liberation Theology takes some of its roots from King's ideology. Yet for some reason

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A Nashville version from two great singers..

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The whole Michelle Obama, angry black woman™ narrative seemed to pop out of nowhere as soon as the Jodi Kantor book "The Obamas" came to light. Kantor was recently interviewed on CNN and was shocked, shocked that her book could have possibly triggered such a reaction! Kantor says her writings were based on what Michelle's 'closest aides' told her. She defends what she

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CBS continues to be the only major news network pursuing the Solyndra story and they broke more news today.. So while both sides are carving away on Romney for being an evil venture capitalist nobody is paying attention to the fact that Obama was giving risky loans to risky businesses (that happen to be in line with his green energy platform), who were then going bankrupt and putting people

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Erin Burnett of CNN breaks it down.. Conservatives may not like the way she blasphemes the Gipper with a comparison to Obama but she's correct--if the the unemployment rate falls even a little he'll probably be reelected. And that will occur with no small help from the Erin Burnetts of the media, standing by ready to turn any minor trend into another morning in America (

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That Obama is going to "do whatever it takes" to create more jobs.   Citing the 'better than expected' jobs report last month, ABC tells us that Obama's awesome move to defy Senate protocol (and perhaps even the constitution) is wicked important because now we have a new consumer watchdog in place to keep the evil enemy at bay (capitalists).  Or as Kent Dorfman would say, this is gonna be great!

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That was one of the best clips ever of the Olbermann show.  Nobody watches him anymore now that he's on the Gore network (literally, perhaps?) but one wonders what he said about Harry Reid's bold move back in late 2007 regarding recess appointments.  Here's what some of his compatriots were saying.. But Democrats appear dead set against allowing any more recess appointees, who would serve until

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Isn't that nice.  The NY Times Home and Garden section has a feature on the GOP hopefuls homes.  Most appear fairly modest, actually.  But using the word "homes" was intentional: Of all the candidates, Mitt Romney has the most houses. He recently sold two homes, one in Belmont, Mass., which he replaced with a nearby condo, and another in Park City, Utah. In addition, he has the oceanfront house

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The NY Times has a front page web article today heralding the Taliban's offer to open a "peace mission" in Qatar, in which the following was seemingly stated as fact: American officials have said for years that the war in Afghanistan ultimately required a political solution, not a military one. The “surge” of additional troops ordered by President Obama at the end of 2009, and the sharp increase

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As everyone summarizes things from 2011 this column on the media's handling of president Obama has to be in the top five.  Here's a snippet: Indeed, the GOP hopefuls have been thoroughly queried on a laundry list of issues ranging from immigration problems to the faltering economy, Iran’s nuclear program to trade deficits with China, the intricacies of climate change to strategies to combat

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Wow, look what Big Sis is up to now.. Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS's 'watch' list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to identify you from it, acccording to an online privacy group. The words which attract attention range from ones seemingly related to diseases or bioweapons such as 'human to animal' and 'outbreak' to

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George W. Bush often says, when asked about Iraq, "history will judge".   One has to wonder if that viewpoint is based on the condition of having a stabilizing presence of US forces nearby.  Obama failed to make a deal to keep any leftover forces in Iraq, quite unlike most areas where the US military has won engagements.  For instance, we still have forces in Kosovo.  Politically speaking Bush

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From CNN.com this morning... I know it's linking to a pseudo hit-job story by Republican David Frum but editors usually make headline decisions due to the impact they can have on readers.  Would editors at CNN ever allow something like, "Obama:  Marxist, Kenyan or more?".   Paul used to be tolerated by the left-leaning press because they enjoyed the effect he had on fellow Republicans,

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Have you noticed?  The man once described as cold, aloof, detached, and Spock-like has been getting a makeover of late.  Today on Drudge.... Those can be powerful images when combined with dead terrorists and a slightly improved economy.  A president's ability to 'connect' with normal life and people is paramount in marketing him to the masses, and Axelrod is definitely pushing that angle.

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No hint of snow here, but we can't handle it anyway.  Meanwhile, in the spirit of the day, here's CNN exploring how other religions perceive Christmas: Two days before Christmas, Imam Mohamed Magid, the executive director at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, preached about Jesus at Friday prayers. "We live in a country with a majority of Christians, where Christmas is a major holiday... It's

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I've posted this version before, but it's a favorite..  And another..    Merry Christmas to all. Thanks for reading.. 

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As everyone buzzes over the strategy behind a measly 2 month FICA tax cut this story is bubbling around, making few waves: The United States on Thursday established a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Yasin al-Suri, accused of operating from Iran as a facilitator and financier for al-Qaida. The bounty is the first offered for an al-Qaida financier and is aimed at

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CNN is breaking news of a possible deal for the payroll tax cut by referring to the House as "recalcitrant".  Hmm.  Wasn't the House begging for someone to negotiate with over this deal?  Wasn't the House saying two months was putting a burden on the pencil necks?  Weren't they asking Obama to bring his dog up for a talk and asking Reid to invite his members to leave the bar early and come back

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The WaPo has a rather shocking article today about Obama's drone program, discussing it's overall secrecy and an overall lack of outrage by our formerly outraged world neighbors (who were outrageously outraged when Bush was doing secret stuff): Senior administration officials say they deserve to be trusted on drones, in part because Obama kept his pledge to do away with the CIA’s secret prisons

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As the comments section alludes, that's Joel Hoekstra, currently playing with Night Ranger. 

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Is this just another one of those hollow lawsuits finding a state sponsor of terrorism that will fly away with the dust, like one just a few weeks ago where a judge found Iran complicit in the African Embassy bombings? Or is it something more? Janice Kephart, who authored a separate monograph on the terrorists’ travel for the Commission, told the court that travel facilitation was not just a

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The troops are almost home; the president has given a speech, and the final barbs are flying.  Should we have done it?  Many now say no, but studying some hypotheticals based on that pivotal decision point in 2003 might be worthwhile.  So here goes.... Had we not gone in a lot of troops and civilians would still be alive today.  Troops, most probably yes, civilians maybe--but it's hard to know

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Lowe's is under fire for pulling ads on a Muslim reality TV show.  Regardless of whether you think they were right or wrong in their justification, this type of reaction is the real story here:  According to the Los Angeles Times, Lieu wrote a letter to Lowe's CEO calling the company's removal of ad spots from the program "bigoted, shameful and un-American," as well as "profoundly ignorant." OK

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The strange case of American Muslim convert Ismail Royer came back to light today via Scott Shane and the NY Times.  Shane is corresponding with Royer, who is currently incarcerated at ADX Florence, the same Supermax prison housing the Unabomber, Terry Nichols, Ramzi Yousef, and abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph. It's strange because Royer was charged with arranging for some of his DC area

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That the spin from Romney's ill-advised 10,000 dollar bet offer with Perry in last night's debate will end up being spun more as elitist than just generally stupid: After trying so hard to prove to people that he is just a regular guy, multi-millionaire Romney "may have given his GOP rivals and President Obama a gold-plated gift in Saturday’s debate in Iowa," writes the LA Times. "Not a lot of

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Hard to figure if the Pakistanis are still our allies against terrorism or if two recent events are just more chapters in the greatest Hollywood act in the history of Hollywood acts.  One--they are threatening to shoot down drones that cross into their airspace (after closing a drone base inside the country in retaliation for their troops firing on our soldiers)--and just as Iran captured a

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Getting into the spirit...

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Who can forget what David Axelrod told the baby bird media just a few days ago: U.S. President Barack Obama's chief campaign strategist Sunday slammed Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, saying he lacks a political core. That's some high irony there. Even a few liberals searching valiantly for hope and change might agree. Well today Mr. Core defined his core for the first time since

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A lot of fur flew over the story about Saudi Arabia not wanting their womenfolk to drive over fears it could lead to adultery, homosexuality, porn use and a lack of earthly virgins (which could presumably put a dent in the heavenly virgin population): In a report presented to the country's legislative assembly, the Shura Council, Subhi warns that letting women take the wheel will encourage

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Thomas Joscelyn points to a US court ruling this past week where a judge ruled that Iran was complicit in helping AQ pull off the African embassy bombings in the late 90s by offering bomb-making assistance through their Hizballah franchise... Support from Iran and Hezbollah was critical to al Qaeda's execution of the 1998 embassy bombings. See Tr. Vol. II at 181. Prior to its meetings with

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Eric Clapton covered this song on 461 Ocean Blvd, although many probably remember this song from that album..  

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Instapundit points to a Breitbart video of Bill Ayers giving another speech a few weeks ago wherein he admits to having a "fundraiser" in his home for Barack Obama to help kick-start his political career in the mid 90s. This was never really in doubt to those who knew Ayers as more than described by the campaign and their friends in the mainstream media, but perhaps the more interesting thing is

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It's amazing how detached Americans have become to the central front of the global war on terror/extremism/man-caused disasters (that aren't always Islamic even though we have an army deployed against purely Islamic enemies).  The NATO raid on the Pakistani army bases over the weekend resulted in a "this time we mean it" stoppage of US supply routes and a base closure, but it has also continued a

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...for running a smooth, fair, and representative debate tonight.  Sometimes CNN gets it right.  Blitzer focused questions and didn't try to make himself the show, and gave all the candidates equal time.  Romney might have even been shortchanged a bit. As to who won, who knows.  There didn't seem to be any zinger or senior moments.  A couple of things stood out-- Gingrich was hammered over

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From the Washington Post: Pentagon and CIA analysts have asserted that Iran fired chemical artillery shells at Iraqi troops in 1988, a contention supported by secret Iraqi government documents obtained after the fall of Baghdad in 2003. A 1987 letter, written by Iraq’s military intelligence director and stamped “top secret,” described three Iranian chemical attacks and sought to assess what

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From the WaPo's photo gallery of OWS DC.. Notice the caption about the protester waving a "US flag".  Notice the stars on the 'US flag'.  And notice the advertisement targeting the protesters with a raised fist.  From a bank.     Here's a sign with a subtle message taken from feminist Audre Lorde, which could be interpreted as something more violent... But of course that's impossible

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You might ask why some conservative blogger would post this song.  Trying to score brownies from the cool people?  Nope.  It's a damn good song.  But the message!  It condemns the stuffy organized world and how it sucks the creativity, spirit and expression out of life, and only when one becomes a liberal do they achieve a kind of freedom.  There may be a little truth in that for some people,

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There's no doubt about it. As Bryan Preston alludes, the Dem/media establishment has a hit out on Newt over his creative description of lobbying efforts for Freddie Mac in the mid 2000s. Preston links an AP article posted on NPR: Four people close to Freddie Mac say he was hired to strategize with his employer about identifying political friends on Capitol Hill who would help the company

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Here's a bizarre interview with Barney Frank (well not really that bizarre, it's MSNBC) wherein he says the Republicans are trying to 'blame' him and other Dems for the housing collapse.  Blame him?  The chair of the House banking committee during the collapse?  The hellyousay.     Only a guy like Frank could sit there and talk about the collapse with a straight face but he knows his back is

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Taken from Obama's APEC presser out in Hiwayer (southern pronunciation of Hawaii), during one of his filbustering replies to Chuck Todd... One other thing that I want to say about this: When I meet with world leaders, what’s striking -- whether it’s in Europe or here in Asia -- the kinds of fundamental reforms and changes both on the revenue side and the public pension side that other countries

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It appears the alleged freak accident at the Iranian "ammunition depot' has taken out a big player in the Mullah's long range missile program: An explosion at a Revolutionary Guard base in Iran killed a senior commander in charge of the country's missile development programme, the authorities have said, prompting speculation Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service was involved. That's odd,

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But not by a candidate, this time by renowned 60 Minute moderator Scott Pelley... And that was probably the least of the criticism directed towards him. Meanwhile the majors took to their fact-checking and analysis with such headlines as... "Five things we learned from Saturday's GOP debate". Who does CNN think "we" are?  Well, apparently they think we don't like Cain much, because they

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Let's stipulate up front--compared to the POTUS making a carrier landing, striding out on the deck in his flight suit holding his helmet, then giving what most have come to call the 'mission accomplished' speech it wasn't quite as dramatic. And this time it was Veterans Day. But it was a photo-op on a carrier, nonetheless. In the bask of a glow around the first ever college hoops contest on a

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For those interested in a longer live version, this one's pretty good.

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Wow. That was certainly a must-see TV debate last night. Usually politicians can come up with something clever to divert a brain fart like Perry's, but he was just left with "I'm sorry". Awful. Hannity was defending him today on the air but there's really no defense when talking about a presidential candidate. Look at what the left/media/hollywood did to Reagan and Dubya--just imagine how

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Look, there's Gloria Allred on TV again. Hey, was that illegal alien maid she used to take down Meg Whitman ever deported or in the least, audited? Oh well, she's got a new client, who finally puts a face to the anonymous Cain sexual harassment pile on:."Mr. Cain instead decided to try to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package," Allred said.And apparently just as effective! Forget for

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These quotes, taken largely from the early 19th century, are just as apt today as when written...The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.Yet this is what most of the OWS folks are trying to accomplish with their consensus

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No feature on The Cars would be complete without vocal performances from both Ric Ocasek and the late Benjamin Orr.

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Who can forget our incorrigible VP back in 2007:Fast forward to now and what's whistling in the wind overseas... The Guardian reports that the UK has begun preparing to support the US in a strike on Iran, thanks to a new IAEA report that concludes — very much belatedly — that Tehran has been working all along to develop nuclear weapons:Biden best get the papers ready because there's no way Obama

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They seem to be pleased..Demonstrators in Oakland, California, appeared to carry out a successful strike of downtown businesses Wednesday, as most merchants and retailers shuttered their doors during a largely peaceful protest.They went on to mention that police were nowhere in sight, and..Despite the absence of police officers, the department pledged to protect life and property "in the event

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Not quite sure how deep this Herman Cain sexual harassment thing goes but at least on the surface it appears to be about an inch thick. The two women in question aren't talking--we assume at least--since they signed confidentiality agreements. Nevertheless it's not good for Herman because it throws him off message and hatches a kind of "corporate groper" image that doesn't sit well with women.

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Surely this has been pointed out already, but the WaPo seems to have put a lot more effort into their investigation of Marco Rubio's family narrative than they have on Obama's family narrative. Along with the major story they've had a series of followup critiques from their ombudsman, keeping the issue alive.Meanwhile Jack Cashill and a few others could stand naked on the Capitol steps asking

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Ode to the Rhythm Guitar players...A good rhythm guy usually goes unnoticed, but if their part were to be removed from the song it would be quite noticeable.

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Game Six---I don't believe what I just saw. What a season this has been for baseball fans, and what a ride it's been for Cardinals fans.As to the call, like father, like son..Hopefully game seven won't be a let-down, but it's gonna be hard to top what happened last night. I almost wish both teams would line up and shake hands after it's over before either team goes crazy.THAT'S A WINNER!!! 10/

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..into the violence everyone said would happen. That's what happens when people show up at rallies with automatic weapons, after all...In Atlanta, police in riot gear and SWAT teams arrested 53 people in Woodruff Park, many of whom had camped out there for weeks as part of a widespread movement that is protesting the wealth disparity between the rich and everyone else.Mayor Kasim Reed had been

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The NY Times has a feature today about a trove of documents and recordings taken from Saddam Hussein's regime, featuring Saddam himself. They should not be confused with the last release of regime documents wherein the Times objected to their release online. But that was then. This is a rather large stash and will require much reading, but it's interesting how they focus on Hussein's

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Vinyl.

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Yeah, he dead. Congrats to the rebels. They did this the hard way, a way that wouldn't have worked in Iraq and isn't working so far in Yemen or Syria. We helped, although it's unknown how many civilians we successfully protected by bombing and strafing--hopefully Amnesty International and the other lefty war groups will have those numbers soon.And too bad they didn't capture him alive so the

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That's what Decision 2012 is beginning to feel like. When the assumed winner of last night's debate is Newt Gingrich only because he didn't lowrate himself by engaging in petty bickering with his fellow running mates (although he got a bit testy when Mitt accused him of originating the health care mandate), there may be some trouble. Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment rattles hollow and distant

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St. Louis wins the battle of the beers (as Yankee fans switch channels and pretend the season is already over and they won by default). The Cardinals, who squeaked into the Wild Card on the last day of the season thanks to a Phillies sweep of a hollowed out Braves, went on to bite the hand that fed them--the best team in the NL--with an NLDS game five 1-0 shutout over those same Phils. Tonight

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As the skepticism grows about the far-fetched Iranian assassination plot evidently the administration has decided to reveal a few more details. The WaPo's Peter Finn relays the information from "officials", who explain that Arbabsiar had a failed marriage and financial problems in Texas and had "moved" to Iran:This year, the 56-year-old Arbabsiar, running from a series of failed businesses and a

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Way to cut to the chase, MSNBC...The fightin' advisers! But it's accurate. From the White House press announcement: In furtherance of the Congress's stated policy, I have authorized a small number of combat equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony from the battlefield. I believe that deploying

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About 1000-1500 people, according to the local paper. A 35 minute speech, well delivered. Here are some shots..The Cain bus..The media, and the Tea Party flag, were there...The 999 signs were also there...Cain takes the stage....and among other things announced he was born in Memphis and his aunt was in the crowd. Later he wise-cracked about the black people in the crowd, calling them Tea Party

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This is rather fascinating, considering it's coming from CNN..So it's pretty clear Holder was not truthful in his first appearance and that a subpoena to testify under oath could be a major problem. The question many are asking is whether the release of the Iran murder plot details (remember, the arrest occurred in September) was non-coincidental or a cover/distraction from this Holder issue.

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Several questions on the Iran thing from a stream of consciousness perspective..Plausible? Of course. The Departments of State and Treasury only recently accused Iran of harboring AQ terrorists. Iran has been running operations for years using the Revolutionary Guard and Qods Forces, with a proxy via Hizb'allah, the Saudi branch of that outfit once killing a number of our soldiers in Khobar

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With each passing year he seemingly becomes a more reviled figure in the history of western civilization. Here's one assessment of a man for whom we celebrate today's holiday. He was just as human as anyone else, but also intelligent, devoted and courageous, going where no European man had gone before. As the writer states, it was the Europeans who 'discovered' the rest of the world in the

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There's so much wrong with this clip it's not even funny--not only from Pelosi but from the doe-eyed reporter letting her get away with it. But OK, Miss Nancy is still rolling with the unproven meme about a congressman being 'spit on' by a Tea Party protester in DC and thinks the OWS folks are basically patriots for simply expressing their voice as the constitution allows. Time to call up the

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CNN, trying to figure out what the Tea Parties were mad about..CNN, trying to figure out what the Occupy Wall Streeters are mad about..Okay, CNN yelling at a protesters seen as hostile to Obama while propping up protesters rooted in socialism is a dog bites man. What's interesting is that both videos show some crosscutting bogeymen--mainly big money, ie, Wall St., bankers, etc, except their

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Jack Cashill points to a kind of truthery indy film project called "Who is Rich Blee", the brainchild of two filmmakers on the trail of the two west coast 9/11 hijackers al Hazmi and al Mihdhar, and has the temerity to ask the question "what about Iraq"? Despite all the official denials that Saddam had anything whatsoever to do with anything related to either terrorists or threats to America,

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News flash, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have threatened to walk off the job at midnight tonight, possibly paralyzing the nation's railroads if the Obama administration doesn't appoint a Presidential Emergency Board to stop it. There is almost zero national coverage.Yeah, the explanation is that the administration probably will send it to a board, but isn't it still

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Bush once told reporters he was the "Decider Guy". That was his fancy way of telling them where the buck stopped.The current occupant doesn't seem to get that concept of responsibility:American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.There is

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Here's Harry Reid, proposing a 5 percent surtax for the next ten years on those making over a million per year, to pay for Obama's jobs bill. Remember, Obama was planning to pay for it by raising taxes on Dick Cheney, or big oil, whichever was determined to be more evil, until Democratic Oil Senators like Mary Landrieu balked:“I applaud Senator Reid’s leadership in finding a way to pay for

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So it appears Dick Cheney is siding with Obama on Awlaki, but at the same time he's asking for an apology for the way Obama trashed the Bush administration on their pursuit of the terrorists. Talking about 'heads exploding', what's Obama going to do, disavow Cheney?Speaking of Cheney's memoirs, I'm about 3/4ths of the way through and haven't really seen as many rolling heads as advertised,

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Jake Tapper grilled White House flaksman Jay Carney about the demise of al-Awlaki today, to which Carney replied "I've got nothing" when asked about the details surrounding the death. That's quite a change from the near nonstop gutsy call coverage of the UBL raid. Wonder why they are being so mysterious? Tapper kept pressing the constitutional authority, ie, now that he's dead why not release

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The first thing this story reminded me of was of a Gary Larson cartoon:The 38-year-old co-pilot at the helm of the All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight hit the wrong button while trying to push the unlock door button to let the captain back into the cockpit after he stepped out to use the restroom.But instead of pressing unlock, the co-pilot hit the rudder trim controls — a mistake that tipped the

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Like so many embarrassing stories out of the United States this one comes not from the mainstream media but from a blog--Pajamas Media (with a hat tip to another blog), which details two Bangladeshi men caught illegally entering the country in Arizona. One big problem--both admitted to being part of a terror group:Two Bangladeshis who were caught by Customs and Border Protection illegally

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This not-too-subtle bash on GOP political candidates, disguised as a hit piece on bad candidates at large, is nothing new for CNN. The writer mentions an indefensible black politico--Marion Berry--to set up the hit on Newt Gingrich, Jan Brewer, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin, who were the only others mentioned in the piece. We're not grotesquely stupid, CNN.A more fair and balanced

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Morgan Freeman is certainly making some news for himself with this segment, which presumably most have seen..The part that jumped out was this line:"Screw the country, we're gonna do whatever we can to get this black man outa here"Meanwhile another black man, Herman Cain, came out of Florida as a Tea Party favorite to run for president. He just won the straw poll down there. He holds no

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News is hitting the wires today about the coming forced change in asthma inhalers at the end of the year, and of course some are blaming Obama:Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? Well, it seems that the Obama administration would rather make people with Asthma cough up money than let them make a surely inconsequential contribution to

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Obama today in a group photo shot taken with world leaders, making the rounds.. My, what an embarrassing picture, waving like a bitter, clinging hick...Here's one possible response..Or maybe that would that be considered mean-spirited. What would Reasonable Man say? Is Reasonable Man still reasonable if he makes more than 200K, or does that mean he is officially not amongst "the people"

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RENO AIR RACESThe fact they couldn't see the pilot in the cockpit in one of the still photos might mean he passed out at the controls. Perhaps the G forces pulled when the nose suddenly pitched upward (the elevator trim tab issue) caused him to blackout and he slumped forward, causing the plane to dive. That hasn't stopped conspiracies from cropping up including the name Ron Paul. No lie. Here

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To use a newsman's quote, this story is "dog bites man" but it deserves a rant due to who it is and the truth revealed. So there's your rant warning.Former NY Times editor Bill Keller had a piece out Monday lamenting the downfall of candidate Obama in which he largely blames Bush and the Tea Party, but in doing so he inadvertently illuminates--in his eastern elitist snotty way--why many

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Interesting. The 11th circuit court of appeals not only upheld the Padilla conviction but ruled that his sentence was too lenient:A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the sentence imposed by a Miami federal judge was too lenient. The appeals court sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing.For background recall that Padilla was kept in a Navy brig

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Live Roots!

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The NY Times has a thin-on-background article today about the first union-management deal (tentative) between GM and the UAW since the bankruptcy. A few choice excerpts:The deal will help G.M.’s 48,500 union workers share in the company’s turnaround and should give them more job security, two top priorities for the U.A.W., though the tenuous nature of the economic recovery will continue to

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Holding the economy hostage. Those words usually come from liberal commentators maligning evil capitalists, who we've been told are sitting on piles of cash they refuse to invest to get the economy going because they want Obama to fail, are racists, haters, etc. In the case of House Republicans the words come from Obama himself, portraying their refusal to pass his bills as hostage-taking. But

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Two former spies, once adversaries, talk about old times and what we're coming to..Let's see, the US, western Europe, Russia and China all working together to stave off planetary destruction by fanatical Islamists centered in the Middle East who themselves are trying to buy WMDs from former Soviet satellites or Chicomm arms traders. Sounds like a great Bond movie.

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But this sure looks like a candidate...Wonder how she'd do up on stage calling Perry a crony capitalist?

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