davidl on March 31st, 2009

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“You don’t want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs. When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of power and the weapons of mass death, then the entire world should start worrying, and that is what is happening

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davidl on March 30th, 2009

Earl Ofari Hutchinso, Puffington Post:

President Obama and the Democrats should wave the white flag in their strawman war on Rush Limbaugh. The Media Research Center delivered the grim casualty figures for the Democrats. Since January, the top talk

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davidl on March 30th, 2009

Barack ObamaNorth Korea, the Norks, is preparing an illegal missile launch    The United States has the capacity to shoot down the Nork missile, but has signaled we will not.   Bill Sammon, Fox News:

Appearing on “FOX News Sunday,” Gates said

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davidl on March 30th, 2009

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo on the University of Notre Dame should disinvite Barack Obama from giving the Commencement Address:

I want to venture a comment on the recently released statement of the University of Notre Dame; that statement noted that the

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Eric Florack on March 29th, 2009

Mike Allen and Josh Gerstien at The Politico:

The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said.

On Monday, President Barack Obama is to

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davidl on March 29th, 2009

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We Israelis should consider ourselves lucky that Olmert’s term in office mostly coincided with Bush’s term in office and not with Obama’s. Olmert and Obama are birds of feather: The chicken.

Carl in Jerusalem

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davidl on March 29th, 2009

There is one thing you can depend on with all oil salesmen, no matter what your ailment happens to be, the snake oil sales man will claim that his snake oil is just the cure.  Robert B. Reich is a

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Constitution of the United States, Article VI:

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the

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davidl on March 28th, 2009

Earlier, I said no.

Now I inclined to believe that Canada’s health was not helpful to the late Ms Richardson.  Ingrid Perez, Globe and Mail, offers a pretty good time line.  I am less than impressed with the four

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davidl on March 28th, 2009

The right of a citizen to petition the state is fundamental, presumed to have been endowed by our creator.   More over, all members of the public have a right to attend public meetings.   Yet for reaons unknown to thinking man,

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Eric Florack on March 28th, 2009

An interesting, and mostly unsurprising report from the New York Times this morning.  Indeed, the only thing surprising about it is that it comes from the New York Times. Here’s some of it:

SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like such

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davidl on March 28th, 2009

Look at the bright side with a gross income in excess of a million and half dollars a year, George Tiller is the type of small business man that Barack Obama wants to punish,  Associated Press:

Tiller estimated that

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davidl on March 28th, 2009

Representative Eric Cantor (Virginia – Seven) has created a media firestorm because he went to a Britney Spears concert rather than a Barack Obama press conference,  Anne Schroeder Mullins, Politico:

Everybody has been asking GOP Whip Eric

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davidl on March 27th, 2009

The long and winding road, the Gipper nails Obama, with a wee bit of help from Fred Barnes.   Ronald Reagan (audio), 1964:

“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so

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Eric Florack on March 27th, 2009

James Joyner, this morning:

President Obama says he’ll help GM and Chrysler but they’ll have to agree to some “pretty drastic changes.”

“We will provide them some help,” Obama said. “I know that it is not popular to provide help

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