The President has No Shame

Abraham Lincoln  November 19, 1863:

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We

After pigging out on hamburgers, Barack Obama tries a new diet, crow;  Micheal Goldfarb, Weekly Standard:

Obama Accepts False Choice of Military Commissions

Passed to a friendly reporter at the Washington Post late on a Friday afternoon is

James Joyner:

My New Atlanticist essay “Australia Prepares for U.S. Decline” discusses a recent Aussie white paper that is generating much discussion in the foreign policy wonkosphere.  Basically, they see a rapidly rising China and a United States

Doctor Krauthammer on Obama:

He is throwing trillions around on social spending, a lot of which he has admitted will be wasted, because it’s just in the essence of it.

But look at where he actually cuts. He takes off

(CNN) — (Political Ticker) Days after national Republicans launched a new campaign to broaden the party’s outreach, former upstart presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the GOP is at risk of becoming “irrelevant as the Whigs.”

In an interview with the

The Obama administration is stuck on stupid    Jennifer Rubin, Commentary Magazine, provides a hint of possible Obama adminstration plan to try a Clinton like weasel on the release of terrorists into the United States:

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This is the “No Little Fish” edition.  I mean, I like Anchovies, but on pizza? No thanks.

• Respecting other Cultures: James Joyner:

One of the most important, yet most frequently violated, laws of punditry is that your own priorities and preferences aren’t always relevant. I would love it if the GOP dedicated itself to cutting government by two-thirds, leaving only a minimal

Been watching this happen the last couple weeks and have decided to jump in.

The original idea has to go to John Hawkins, who adapated the tradition from Twitter. The idea being pass along blogs you like and link

In a staged pseudo-news event, the White House arranged their network record to cover Barack Obama and Joe Biden trip to local burger joint.    That MSNBC sees fit take orders for the White House and what cover and tries to

Robert Reich, Salon, issues a warming:

The President seems to me especially thoughtful and passionate about one of the great moral questions of domestic policy today: widening inequality of income and wealth, and therefore of opportunity and political power.

Jan Schakowsky (Illinois – Nine) is a useful idiot.   Schakowsky gave a speech where she revealed her vision and hope for so-called health care reform.  View her deranged speech  here (will not embed).

Schakowsky’s speech is a gold

Speaker Tablecloth, Nancy Pelosi, knew about the Bush admintration enhanced interrogation from Day One.   Michelle has the story:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew from September 2, 2002 that enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, were being used on jihadi detainees.

More,

From Kimberly Kindy and Ceci Connoly, Washington Post:

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering an unprecedented fall vaccination campaign that could entail giving Americans three flu shots – one to combat annual seasonal influenza and two targeted at

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This is the Railroaded Edition

• A measure of commitment: A great one from Don Surber: The EPA should turn off its air