Saturday, November 21, 2009

When Our Military Is Attacked, Obama Is a Nowhere Man

By Robin of Berkeley "...And that's why Obama should never have been elected president."...."The person can even lack experience if he or she is committed to working 24/7, learning the important stuff, and seeking expert advice. But there's one requirement that is nonnegotiable: Any viable candidate for president needs to be able to care about us. And, frankly, I don't know if this president is capable of it. " Robin is a licensed psychotherapist and a recovering liberal in Berkeley.

MSNBC Should Fire Norah O’Donnell

Verum Serum "Actually, this is much worse than Susan Roesgen. Susan Roesgen, biased as she was, was at least speaking off-the-cuff. Norah O’Donnell actually set up this little gotcha moment as if she were Michael Moore. She didn’t know the facts (or wasn’t sure of them), so she had to check them on her blackberry, but then she made it look as if it were all spur of the moment."...."Susan Roesgen deserved to lose her job. CNN chose not to let blatant on-air bias define them. What Norah O’Donnell did is worse. MSNBC should fire Norah O’Donnell. Until that happens (I won’t hold my breath) some enterprising reporter should ask Robert Gibbs if this is why MSNBC is the White House’s favorite network."

Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood; A Study in Muslim Doctrine

By Raymond Ibrahim "While the media wonders in exasperation why he did it, offering the same old tired and trite reasons — he was "picked on," he was "mentally unbalanced" — the fact is his behavior comports well with certain Islamic doctrines. As such, it behooves Americans to take a moment and familiarize themselves with the esotericisms of Islam."

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

Yahoo News "The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a bruising, full-scale debate beginning after Thanksgiving on the legislation, which is designed to extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally."

Founder Of The Weather Channel And 30,000 Other Scientists Wanting To Sue Al Gore For Global Warming Fraud

Weasel Zippers So do it. Now. (As always with WZ, language advisory.)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln also on board, 60 in hand

Politico "Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) said she’d deliver the deciding vote to push forward with a sweeping health reform plan in the Senate Saturday, ending days of speculation over whether President Barack Obama’s signature priority would proceed to the floor or suffer a debilitating blow. " As Pelosi will say, "the American people have spoken!"

Senate Health Vote Set For Saturday Night

Rogue Government "The Senate will vote at 8 pm Saturday to cut off debate on a motion to proceed to the healthcare reform bill. If 60 senators support the motion, the chamber would automatically adopt the motion to proceed to the bill and then depart. The Senate would begin amending the bill after the Thanksgiving recess."

Hacker Releases Data Implicating CRU in Global Warming Fraud

Pajamas Media "While the leaked documents and emails strongly suggest that Global Warmists have been taking the public for a ride, the news is as likely to be welcomed as a belated discovery that Karl Marx was actually a stockbroker. It is likely to be denied and the critics who use the leaked documents will be mercilessly attacked. So Delingpole is probably right in believing that there’s too much riding on Global Warming for its political support to die quickly. "

How expensive will Blanche Lincoln's vote be?

Washington Examiner "One of the other red-state holdouts, Sen. Mary Landrieu, is on board after the Reid bill was written to include a $100 million payout to her home state -- what Republicans are calling "the second Louisiana purchase" (it should be noted that the first one only cost $15 and came with the Mississippi River)."

Was IG Walpin fired because he uncovered hush money scandal?

Rick Moran "...Now doesn't that sound like a juicy scandal? It's got everything; sexual wrongdoing, pro sports, people in high places, cover up, bribery, and a connection to the President of the United States.But this isn't "normal" America. This is Obama's America where such stories that might have sunk a Republican president are considered "distractions" and not worthy of covering."

Our good friends, the Pakistanis

Rick Moran "If you haven't caught HBO's compelling documentary "Terror in Mumbai" I urge you to do so. It will make you really question whether our erstwhile ally Pakistan is, in fact, a mortal enemy."

Foreign policy tests Obama-Clinton bond

Financial Times "Perhaps the most successful secretary of state of the past 20 years was James Baker, who was the closest to the president he served, George H. W. Bush. A bond between president and the secretary of state helps when it comes to executing foreign policy. While Mrs Clinton’s relationship with Mr Obama is cordial, one would be hard-pressed to call them buddies."