spectator.co.uk - 2/8/2009
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President Obama has had, by general consent, a torrid First Fortnight. To put it another way, it has taken precisely two weeks for the illusion that brought him to power to be exposed for the nonsense that it so obviously was. The transformational candidate who was going to sweep away ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/6/2009
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Last month, Theresa Hatt died at 52, after
a brief struggle with cancer. Hatt, who lived in...
Portland, Maine, and worked for the city of Scarborough, had had several credit cards in her name. So, shortly after her death, Hatt's son, Paul Kelleher, ...
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How Theresa Hatt Caused The Financial Crisis
nytimes.com - 2/4/2009
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nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON On 9/11, President Bush learned of disaster
while reading “The Pet Goat” to grade-school kids. On...
Tuesday, President Obama escaped from disaster by reading “The Moon Over Star” to grade-school kids.“We were just tired of being in the White ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take ...
nytimes.com - 2/8/2009
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nytimes.com —
The populist rage coursing through America is bigger
than President Obama, Tom Daschle’s tax bill, or any...
bailed-out C.E.O.’s bonus. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Slumdogs Unite!
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Chill, The Right Should Thank Obama
Riehl World View —
Jeepers, Melanie Phillips writing at The Spectator.UK.Org displays little regard for our new president. h/t American Thinker. I'm accustomed to our own (liberal) politicians bashing a US president from abroad. This will take some getting used to.
America -- what have you done?
Folks. A month ago, social cons, fiscal cons, libertarians, hawks ... no one was getting along. In some cases they didn't even want to be in the same party judging by some pundits.
Are you sensing a change?
Obama's foolish ...
Our Brave New World
Maggie's Farm —
VDH takes a look at what's going on, and he is not pleased. He touches most of the bases.
Related, Melanie Phillips on America, What Have You done?
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT...
Dr. Sanity —
... here is a powerful video that gives some context to the provocations that led to the recent Israeli attack on Gaza: So far, in a mere 2 weeks, the Obama Administration has definitely managed to bring hope and change...at least to the terrorists. For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country. And I owe it all to President Obama. What has America done???
The purple prose that is Obama's presidency
sisu —
... " when she rises up to grab with both paws a rose from the Christmas centerpiece tossed in her direction."If the Obama presidency ends as poorly as it has begun, blame for this must be massively sheeted home* to the media ," says reader David Elder in the comments of Melanie Phillips's must-read UK Spectator column, "America —What have you done?" [via ...
Prince Obama the Unready
The Wide Awake Cafe —
... to be outlined in a presidential directive and a detailed implementation document by Jones, will expand the NSC’s reach far beyond the range of traditional foreign policy issues and turn it into a much more elastic body, with Cabinet and departmental seats at the table — historically occupied only by the secretaries of defense and state — determined on an issue-by-issue basis. Jones said the directive will probably be completed this week.
Melanie Phillips, possibly the wisest woman in Britain writes here about what she suspects is ...
What's an "African Colonial"?
Maggie's Farm —
... On the other hand, AC's strive to be the best at the culture that they inherited from Europe. Throughout the West, they are tops in their professions as lawyers, doctors, engineers, Ivy League professors and business moguls; this is all well and good. It's when they decide to engage us as politicians that things become messy and convoluted. ...
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Your Take #28
talkingpointsmemo.com 1/21/2009 — From TPM Reader MJ ...
As an African-American, there is, of course, a sense of pride, but its certainly one tempered by a sense of loss.
I still remember the stories from 2004, when the Red Sox won the World Series, and Bostonians...one of the ...
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washingtonmonthly.com 1/20/2009 — 'WE ARE READY TO LEAD ONCE MORE'.... The full transcript of President Barack Obama's inaugural address is below....
Obama signs SCHIP into law —
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From NBC's Athena Jones WASHINGTON -- President Obama signed his second major piece of legislation into law Wednesday, calling the bill that expands health-care coverage for children a downpayment on reform.
The law continues government ...
Podcast: Main Street America look for help —
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