Snark of the Day: Betsy Newmark

Look in the mirror, Mr. President, for why jobs aren’t rebounding

Betsy Newmark, Betsy’s Page.

Mrs. Newmark may not be an economist, but she is married to one.     I felt some commnet the president’s ecomonic summi dog and pony

Sullivan’s entire ad hominem conclusion — that my views are animated by nothing but the basest, most corrupt partisan motives — turned out to be a complete invention based on his inability to read dates.

Hat tip: Mark Hemmingway, Washington

The natural trait of a politician is to hedge his bets, to obscure his positions, to hide his true beliefs.   Obama has mastered the political.    As opposed to mere a politician, a leader needs take a stand, be clear about

Doctor Charles Krauthammer, National Review, on the Obama/Pelosi/Reid health care bills:

The bill is irredeemable. It should not only be defeated. It should be immolated, its ashes scattered over the Senate swimming pool.

Doctor Howard Dean, via DRJ,  Patterico’s Pontifications

George Monbiot, who is likely the biggest global warming propagandist in the press today, looks at the Global Warming emails that have been the topic of so much discussion lately and admits:

It’s no use pretending this isn’t a major

From  the NewsReal Blog:

Toymaker Mattel Inc. has given its best-selling Barbie doll a makeover in honor of her 50^th anniversary.

Meet Burkha Barbie, garbed in traditional Islamic Dress. On sale now.

I have to say that it

Byron York raises an interesting point:

The extraordinary thing about the dramatic events surrounding the health care bill in the Senate is that there was any drama at all. Lawmakers were simply voting to begin debate on the Democratic version

The record of the Democrats since attaining office has not been good, at least from the perspective of the average American. Let’s look at their key agenda points:

• Global Warming, as such has long been seen as a lie. That

As Eric rambled:

AL GORE… RED COURTESY PHONE PLEASE… I’ve mentioned a couple of times over the years that if we ever managed to get into some of the internal documents, and the real behind the scenes discussions of

Ben Smith says at Politico:

President Obama’s job approval numbers will dip below 50% for the first time today in Gallup’s daily tracking poll, according to a Gallup official.

“Gallup Daily tracking results just in. Obama will be below 50%

An outright brilliant column from Doctor Charles Krauthammer this morning:

For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the “propaganda of the deed.” And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 — not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and

TMZ is reporting:

Senator John Kerry‘s daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested early this morning on suspicion of DUI … law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

It went down in Hollywood at 12:40 AM. Alexandra, a 36-year-old film producer

I had this one up earlier, but thing it got posted to the old server, and is lost forever in cyber never land.   Oh well. Don’t mistake me for an Lindsey Graham fan.    However Graham makes Attorney General Eric Holder

I do some hiking and more than a wit bit of trail maintenance.   Needless to say,  I have opinions on both.   The only publicly funded and maintained trails in decent repair are those ADA compliant monstrosities that got funded with

Good news, the turd Gregory Craig has been dismissed as White House counsel, from a clearly heart broken  Steve Clemons, Blogs & Stories:

Gregory Craig, White House counsel to President Obama and national security advisor to Obama during the