latimesblogs.latimes.com - 4/13/2009
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There have been many comparisons between Obama and Bush during the early days of the new president’s administration, and what seems to be a pattern is, out with the old and in with the new. Republican critics chafe at Obama seemingly getting away with everything. Those critics can ...
julescrittenden.com - 4/11/2009
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julescrittenden.com —
John Keegan on the need to start hunting
down pirates. UK Telegraph: our campaign must be ruthless...
and pitiless: pirate ships must be sunk on sight and the crews left to swim to safety, if it can be reached. Many would complain about such tactics ...
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Piracy In The Age Of Obama
crooksandliars.com - 4/13/2009
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crooksandliars.com —
Johann Hari from The Independent: In 1991, the
government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have...
been teetering on starvation ever since – and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the ...
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What The International Media Isn't Telling You About ...
hotair.com - 4/14/2009
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hotair.com —
Joe Biden once predicted that the world would
rush to test an inexperienced President, but in truth...
Barack Obama was even less experienced than we knew. In this past crisis, for instance, Obama should have been working from a substantial base of ...
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Obama not present during Senate hearings on Somalia, piracy
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Obama: I will continue to kick pirate ass
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Obama: I will continue to kick pirate ass posted at 2:57 pm on April 13, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Or rather, per his malaprop , “private” ass. No, he didn’t order the attack that saved the captain but he didn’t forbid it either, contra righty fears that negotiation is Obama’s first, last, and only means of conflict resolution. Meanwhile, Jonah Goldberg’s innocuous two-line post last night congratulating The One on the mission’s success has inadvertently turned into a litmus test for ...
Obamateurism of the Day
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... Barack Obama stands firm against the rise of a deep evil somewhere in the world: And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of privacy in that region. The President meant “piracy,” of course, but apparently couldn’t read the word correctly off of the Teleprompter. Andrew Malcolm notes that this was no throwaway line, and Obama’s delivery of it will create some work for journalists quoting it: This morning, Obama used the word “privacy” when he meant “piracy” in speaking about the resolution of the crisis off the coast of Somalia. The White House in its ...
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