Thursday, September 24, 2009

Obama's Speeches-- Obama Mentions Self Nearly 1,200 Times!

Fox News "Nar-cis-sism – noun1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity--Dictionary.com In mythology, Narcissus was the guy who fell in love with his own reflection." More Here: "Obama snubs America's exceptionalism".

Barack at the UN: Was this Obama’s most naïve speech ever?

UK Telegraph "Still, his address today will go down in history as one of the weakest major addresses by a US president on foreign policy in a generation, by a leader who seems embarrassed, even ashamed, by the power and greatness of his own country." Related article: by Ethel C. Fenig.

APNewsBreak: ACORN Sues Filmmakers

AP Maryland "ACORN and two former employees of its Baltimore office filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against the makers of a hidden-camera video that showed the employees giving tax advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman posing as a prostitute." More Here: Two words: tort reform.

AMMO FOR YOUR LIBERAL FRIENDS

Boortz "The Congressional Research Service tells us that the total cost of the Iraq war under President Bush was $622 billion. Do you have any clue how much Obama is going to spend on welfare, treating America's parasite infestation, in just 2010 alone? Care to guess?"

ISRAEL TO BARACK OBAMA: THANKS A PANTLOAD

Boortz ""Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone. Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges. Nothing is easier than blaming others for our troubles and absolving ourselves of responsibility for our choices and our actions," Well .. good for him on this one."

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Afghanistan: The Fall of the American Empire

By Zhaogen Chu , China "If [Obama] follows public opinion and gives up on Afghanistan, this will allow Al-Qaeda to come back and the U.S. and the rest of the world will never have peace again."...."It has been pointed out that the failure of the American troops in Afghanistan will most likely be the American version of the Battle of Adrianople in the year of 378. This battle was the prelude to the invasion of the Germans and the collapse of Roman Empire and has resulted in the ill fortune of Western civilization for 1,100 years!"

"Architects of Ruin" hints of why Obama disses medical malpractice caps

By: Mark Tapscott "In short, it wasn't "deregulation of the financial markets" or "out-of-control capitalism," as depicted by purveyors of the conventional wisdom, it was too much politically correct regulation mandating that lenders throw out common sense and decades of experience in order to make loans that were almost certain to go unpaid."

Liberal Lies About National Health Care, Part 5

by Ann Coulter "The way I remember it, Republicans swept Congress in 1994 not because Clinton failed to nationalize health care, but because he tried to nationalize health care. HillaryCare failed because most Americans didn't want it. (For more on this, see "ObamaCare.")"

Obama’s Dilemma

By Max Boot "...give McChrystal what he needs. If he does, he will undoubtedly suffer a short-term hit with public opinion, which has turned against the war. But in the long term, backing the McChrystal approach will allow Obama to burnish his badly tarnished centrist credentials. More important, it will allow him to rescue a failing war effort that he himself has dubbed a “war of necessity.”"

One more Post about Afghanistan - Charles Krauthammer Speaks

Blackfive/ Krauthammer "Here is what Charles Krauthammer has to say about the lack of a strategy - and it's important to watch to get an understanding of RECENT history:"

Afghanistan: Better Be Sure

Blackfive "We'll be carrying all of that weight in Afghanistan for a long time to come. We need to know if the political will exists to do that. That is what the military is counting on to make the projected, very small Afghan security forces workable. "...."Our soldiers and Marines must not be kept out there if we do not mean to win."

Treasury Memo: Cap and Trade Would Devastate U.S. Industrial Base, Trigger Energy Rationing

California Chronicle "The United States gained steel jobs from Spain because the manufacturer's costs under the European Union’s cap-and-trade program chased the jobs to Kentucky, Horner said. However, that foreshadows how cap and trade could cost the United States jobs that move abroad, he said. "