Saturn Couldn't Escape GM's Dysfunctional Orbit

WSJ Online "Union leaders hated the flexible work rules and eventually got rid of them." h/t to Neal Boortz

Why Obama's Boyish Utopia Endangers Us

By Kevin McCullough# "In President Obama's utopia, the socialists and the communists DO have it right, and this is perhaps the major reason he records in his own books his great delight in hanging with them in college. But man's depravity has always been and will always be the fatal flaw in this theory. " h/t Neal Boortz

Obama's Foreign Policy Suspends Disbelief

By George Will# "The other proposition is that Iran's regime seeks nuclear weapons merely to enhance the nation's security and not also for regional hegemony or the enjoyment of the enlarged status that comes from being a nuclear power. To believe that, draw a long breath, and shut your eyes."

Zinni: Don't Delay Decision on Afghan War

CBS News "The former U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Anthony Zinni, warned that the deliberations over whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan - as many as 40,000, as suggested by General Stanley McChrystal - should not go on too much longer, lest the debate be viewed as indecision or weakness."

Time to Deal with Black Racism

Lloyd Marcus# "Black liberal enablers cannot relieve black males of personal responsibility for their behavior, blaming everything on whitey, and expect the lives of these youths to change for the better. Like every other sin, a measure of racism will always exist. But we cannot continue allowing minority racism to go unchecked and expect us to ever truly become united as Americans. "

YOU WANT STIMULUS? HERE'S YOUR STIMULUS

By Neal Boortz "Because of America's punishing tax system there is a lot of money that is owned by Americans but invested overseas. How much? Well, before the economic downturn some people estimated that figure at around $13 trillion. That's with a "T" folks."

On Afghanistan, US military puts Obama on the spot

Yahoo News "As a result, if Obama chooses to change course in Afghanistan or decline a request for large numbers of troops, he will be rejecting the advice of the US military, raising the political stakes."

Bill Kristol Says White House "Pathetic" for Thinking Decision to Send More Troops to Afghanistan "Excruciating"

Freedom's Lighthouse "Here is video of Bill Kristol on FOX News saying that it is "pathetic" that the White House thinks it is an "excruciating" decision whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. Kristol said "General McChrystal and General Petraeus think this is necessary, this should not be a difficult call." " h/t to Weasel Zippers

Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan

UK Telegraph# "According to sources close to the administration, Gen McChrystal shocked and angered presidential advisers with the bluntness of a speech given in London last week. The next day he was summoned to an awkward 25-minute face-to-face meeting on board Air Force One on the tarmac in Copenhagen, where the president had arrived to tout Chicago's unsuccessful Olympic bid."

Inside Special Forces

By Greyhawk h/t to Mudville Gazette "This National Geographic special isn't new, but it never gets old - a brief history of U.S.Special Forces teams and accounts of their activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. "

A PR Nightmare for the Obamas

By Victor Davis Hanson "The more we hear about Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Ayers, and all his old Chicago friends, along with rumors about Tony Rezko–style backroom deals to cash in on Chicago real estate involving the Olympics, and continuing stories about Chicago’s street violence and corruption — the more it hurts the president to be identified as a “Chicago politician” who tries in heavy-handed fashion to implement change through the “Chicago way.” "

Bitter Harvests to Come

By Victor Davis Hanson "If one were to sum up the Obama speech to the joint session of Congress, it is the same old, same old formula: "I am a uniquely post-American fresh start; the era of Bush and our dreadful past is over; and because this is our moment, you, the world, owe me attention and support for my redefining America more to your tastes."The problem with all this is endless:..."