Obama's Tattered Coattails

Weekly Standard "Second, political mobilization successes that propel one party into power are usually followed by counter-mobilizations against them. This year's Tea Party movement and other demonstrations of public opposition to the Obama/Democratic agenda are examples of Americans choosing activism in response to political events, much in the same way citizens mobilized for the Obama campaign last year."

How can barbarians accuse our troops of torture?

UpPompeii "Why is it that when Saddam Hussein was in power in Iraq and the central Baghdad Prison - better known as Abu Ghraib was full of people he did not like who were tortured, abused, killed, raped and generally just left to die the Arab/Muslim countries said absolutely NOTHING and let the abuses continue?"

US names secret terror suspects

USS Neverdock "More damage to our national security by Obama. The BBC reports. "The US military has begun notifying the Red Cross of the identities of terror suspects being held at secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, reports say.""

Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez

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Acorn Document Dump

Big Government "The documents were thrown out in advance of state investigators arriving at the local ACORN office to conduct an investigation resulting from national media attention. ACORN employee Juan Carlos Vera was videotaped giving advice to two individuals posing as a pimp and a prostitute regarding underage prostitution and human smuggling. Without admitting any wrongdoing ACORN terminated Mr. Vera, or so they said. Documents provided to BigGovernment.com show that Mr. Vera was not terminated but was simply laid off, implying that Mr. Vera is also eligible for rehire."

Pat Buchanan: Our Pushover President

CNS News "America will survive such irritants. But they are symptomatic of something larger: the mounting disrespect Obama and America are receiving from friend and adversary alike."

Top 20 Automotive Tips for Gonzo Repairs

Popular Mechanics h/t to Instapundit; "Here, auto editor Mike Allen compiles his top 20 outside-the-toolbox tips for gonzo repairs on cars, trucks, lawnmowers and anything else that has an engine."

Karl Rove and Greta Van Susteren Discuss Sarah Palin's Future

Newsbusters "Early on in this "On the Record" segment, Rove made a statement about the former Alaska governor that's guaranteed to anger liberals across the fruited plain:"

"You ain't seen nuthin yet"

Atlas Shrugs "After announcing a new strategy of counterinsurgency in March, and appointing Gen. Stanley McChrystal the new supreme commander in Afghanistan, it looks like Obama only now will commit more troops to Afghanistan. That will be a wise decision — but one coming three months after the generals’ request.We were given an unexpected reprieve through the defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq. We can now build on that victory by routing the Taliban in the way the Iraq surge stabilized democracy there." Then the article's outlook goes downhill from there....

How to Forge a Consensus

WSJ "According to this privileged group, only those whose work has been published in select scientific journals, after having gone through the "peer-review" process, can be relied on to critique the science. And sure enough, any challenges that critics have lobbed at climatologists from outside this clique are routinely dismissed and disparaged. "

The Competing Narratives of Barry and Sarah

American Thinker "In the final analysis, Going Rogue is a better book than Dreams. No Republican has ever held Palin up as a genius, literary or otherwise, but her narrative is as shrewd, sensitive, and straightforward as its author. Dreams, on the other hand, is merely a well-crafted fraud."

John Stossel: We Pay Them to Lie to Us

RealClearPolitics "The key to magic is misdirection, fooling the audience into looking in the wrong direction. I happily suspend disbelief when a magician says he'll saw a woman in half. That's entertainment. But when Harry Reid says he'll give 30 million additional people health coverage while cutting the deficit, improving health care and reducing its cost, it's not entertaining. It's incredible."