Obama Recognizes He Can’t Control Economy, Offers Placebo.

I tossed this out at Q&O, almost as a throwaway. But the more I consider things, I wonder if I’ve not hit on something central. I’ve cleaned it up here a bit, since it was originally composed and posted

I note via Glenn Reynolds, an article on Time’s website:

Dodd is looking increasingly vulnerable. The silver-haired father of two young girls is facing his toughest re-election fight ever, and he doesn’t even have an opponent yet. (Though CNBC

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 This is the ‘Because I can’ edition.  Well, mostly, because, well, you know.  And also, because that seems Obama’s attitude about spending our

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

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OK, Yeah, I know. the state of the Union address. As you read this, I’m straining my fingers to get that promised point by

As I said earlier this morning:

 I can’t help but wonder if we aren’t at or beyond a tipping point  against Obama and the Democrats… even from people who supported their election. The amazing part is,  whereas it took Bill

From the morning mailbag:

Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor and says, “I don’t understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?”

The professor replied, “I don’t have any time to explain it at

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This is the “Like a freight train” edition. Always wanted to do a train, just never got around to it. The 3/4 shots,

Irwin Stelzer, Times(UK)

So Obama has his stimulus bill, but he has paid a very high price. He now owns the recession. He has asked to be judged by whether this bill and other measures he will propose create

I’ve got a new post up at Pajamas Media, this morning, encompassing Obama, the Herd Mentality, and offering some serious reccomendations to Republicans for the future:

Ronald Reagan, for all that he was and did for this country, could

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An interesting weekend, and lots on the horizon to discuss. Let’s get it.

• PROKULUS: Obama is scheduled to beg and plead for his Porkulus

Bruce McQuain, this morning at Q&Q:

Well there’s an agreement on the Generational Theft Act of 2009.  The squishy middle has capitulated.

As expected, just enough Republicans have signed on to ensure its passage.  Names?

Specter for one:

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Another cold week in front of us, (The plains states are below Zero as of this morning’s check) but thing are already heating

Barack Obama(BO) picks a fight he can not win, Byron York, National Review, quotes Rush Limbaugh:

Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn’t Merrill have

Great quotes:

Said by many after Nine-Eleven:  We are all Americans.

Said by  Dubya and  many Americans after the Soviet invasion of Georgia:   We are all Georgians.

What should be said after Charlies Rangel and Robert Reich a/k/a Shorty, write