davidl on April 12th, 2009

Navy SEALs 4 – Somali pirates 0;  Fox News:

American sea Captain Richard Phillips was safely rescued Sunday from four Somali pirates, who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a U.S.

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davidl on April 12th, 2009

Telegraph(UK):

Vatican sources told Il Giornale that their support for abortion disqualified Ms Kennedy and other Roman Catholics President Barack Obama had been seeking to appoint.

Mr Obama was reportedly seeking to reward John F Kennedy’s daughter, who publicly

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davidl on April 11th, 2009

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It is far too easy to criticize the president for failing to do or say the right thing in regard to these fragile situations. Missteps could prove fatal. But to do and say nothing about Americans being held captive in

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Eric Florack on April 11th, 2009

An interesting thread’s been popping up of late. I’ll let Don Surber describe it:

Glenn Reynolds: “Yeah, it’s as if all that talk about the evil power-grabs of the Bush Administration was just insincere electioneering.”

The left is starting to

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Eric Florack on April 11th, 2009

Another morning, another paper filled with all talk and no action on the part of the Obama White House.

James makes mention of all of this, under a similar heading, and tries to go halfway with it.

The pirates decided

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davidl on April 11th, 2009

As the nation sinks tnto the woes of the Obama recesssion, the one continues to live the good life, Mail(UK):

When you’re the president of the United States, only the best pizza will do – even if that means

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davidl on April 11th, 2009

The Frogs act, Shashank Bengali and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:

[T]he French government said that its navy on Friday freed a yacht that was captured over the weekend, but that one hostage had died in a gun battle

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davidl on April 11th, 2009

Six members of the  Congressional Black Caucus  traveled to Cuba to kiss Raul Castro’s butt.   In turn, Mona Charen paddles one, Bobby Rush’s butt:

“This is the dawning of a new day,” exclaimed Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill. “In my household

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davidl on April 10th, 2009

Evidently Barack Obama’s teleprompter is not programmable.

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – […]Obama was asked to comment on the situation several times by reporters at a White House event on refinancing for homeowners. Obama, however, stuck closely to

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2009

My new Pajamas Media  article is up over there.  Here’s a taste:

 

But imagine what would have happened  if one or more of the bankers in that meeting with Mr. Obama had had the courage to stand up and remind

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2009

Obama intoned a few days ago, mere hours after the Gargoyle in North Korea launched his rocket in direct violation of at least one UN order:

“Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something. The world

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B.J. Clinton denied the plan meaning of the word sex.   Now the Obama  admminstration has denied the plain meaning of the word bow, Ben Smith, Politico:

The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of

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davidl on April 8th, 2009

American seized at sea, NBC:

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a cargo ship with 21 American crew members aboard, a diplomat and U.S. Navy officials said.The Kenya-based diplomat identified the vessel as the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama.

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davidl on April 8th, 2009

Purple ThumbStick a thumb in it,  Stink Progress:

President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world has been a welcome development after eight years of President Bush’s “us vs. them” approach. “Let me say this as clearly as I can,” he

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davidl on April 7th, 2009

It is well known and publicly accepted among conservative, that Barack Obama’s words are but mere lies.     On the one’s groveling tour of Europe, Obama yearned for and promised to strive for a world as free of nuclear weapons as

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