2010 US State Of The Union Preview

Well, friends, tonight could

Editor’s note: It’s with pleasure that I introduce to you an old friend of mine… and a new author here at BitsBlog… Maribeth Achim.

Maribeth has always been a creative sort, and so when I told her about this website

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I was at my regular hair salon near Robins Air Force Base, GA, secured in my protective cape. Complimentary coffee was flowing and plans for my hair design were in negotiation. The scene was set. As my stylist was

Sure Barack Obama does not think Dirty Harry Reid is a racist, from Eric Zimmermann, Hill:

“Harry Reid called me today and apologized for an unfortunate comment reported today,” Obama said. “I accepted Harry’s apology without question because I’ve known

Snark of the Day, from Liz  Cheney’s Keep America Safe, video:

Hat tip:  Ben Smith, Politico.

Devastating!

The difference is that the Bush administration wasn’t willing to play Russian roulette with Americans lives or hope that detainees would eventually change their minds and co-operate. The Obama administration is. And that should be deeply disturbing to all of

Obama can’t be too happy about this. In what can only be considered a flat rejection of Obama policy, Rasmussen reports:

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques should be used to gain information

From Erick Erickson, Red State:

People tell me the President’s rush to acknowledge the attack on the CIA in Afghanistan and mourn the deaths openly, publicly, and via press release is a huge no no. The CIA and greater

Has anybody seen this person?

Nile Gardner, Telegraph(UK) gets warm:

The White House should send a search party to track down Hillary Clinton. America’s foreign policy chief has been missing from the world stage for several days, and has

If we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly feminine-looking underpants and a syringe full of acid, a man whose own father had alerted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, a traveler whose ticket was paid

If a terrorist says he’s al Qaeda, he is, even if he doesn’t have a union card from Jihadi Local 632.

We’re dealing with a global Muslim movement, not a Masons’ lodge.

Ralph Peters, Lt. Colonel, United States Army(retired), New

Note the timing of the dim one’s national security speech.   Janet Napolitano makes her Tour de  Farce on the Sunday talk shows, and by Monday, Barack Obama  is in full damage control mode.

Avi Zenilman, Who Runs Government, seems

Well you can’t rush a good thing.   Instead of making an impromptu speech, the nation’s orator in chief waited three day to give this speech that may well  rival the Gettysburg address, video:

I can just see the Islamists plunging

The bitch is a threat to national security.   Fire her now,  from Johnathan Martin, Politico:

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up an Amsterdam-Detroit airline flight Christmas Day demonstrated that “the

We shall fight in the air, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, we shall fight in the hills — for 18 months. Then we start packing for home.

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.