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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Obama Doesn't Seem Ready to Lead

RealClearPolitics "Already, we have his choice for Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, taking the measure of his commander in chief and publicly telling him what to do. This MacArthuresque star turn called for a Trumanesque response, but Obama offered nothing of the kind. Instead, he used McChrystal as a prop, adding a bit of four-star gravitas to that silly trip to Copenhagen by having the general meet with him there." h/t to Neal Boortz

THE UNITED STATES WINS THE POPULARITY CONTEST

Boortz "...for those of you who think Obama is absolutely right in pulling America back from international strength and leadership: Some country out there is going to dominate the world militarily. Some country is going to dominate the world economically. Many of you don't want the United States to be that country. OK, fine. Then do tell us which country you want to fill that role? No hedging here. Some country is going to dominate ... and if you don't want our country to be the one, which country do you chose??

TARP FALLOUT / Under both Bush and Obama

Boortz "Then the government comes along and tells these institutions that took bailout money ... under the threat of government retribution ... that they must submit to executive compensation restrictions. Restrictions that will only grow and expand with Democrats in charge."

White House's botched 'op'

NY Post "The physicians, all invited guests, were told to bring their white lab coats to make sure that TV cameras captured the image. But some docs apparently forgot, failing to meet the White House dress code by showing up in business suits or dresses. So the White House rustled up white coats for them..." h/t to Drudge.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Redefining Marriage by Redefining Good and Evil

Alliance Defense Fund "Obama’s EEOC pick, Chai Feldblum: Sexual liberty wins in conflict with religious liberty." More Here: "Barack Obama's latest nominee for The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signed a petition that praised polygamy."

General Injustice; McChrystal’s critics are wrong — very wrong — to suggest he has gone PC.

National Review=# "But does it really advance the cause of combating Islamism? Withdrawing from Afghanistan now will heave that country, and possibly Pakistan, into chaotic, region-shaking civil war. It will dramatically increase the freedom of both the Taliban and al-Qaeda to operate. It will strengthen the hands of those in Pakistan who want to continue to support the Taliban and weaken those who have been fighting Pakistan’s own Islamist enemies. And it will increase the prospects of yet another catastrophic terrorist attack on our homeland, as happened the last time we abandoned Afghanistan to the fates, and the Taliban took power there. How does any of that advance the cause of defeating Islamism?"

McChrystal’s Duty

By Max Boot "All that McChrystal is doing is telling the president — and the public — what it will take to prevent that dire scenario from unfolding. There is no indication that he violated any presidential or Pentagon directive by speaking in London; if he had, surely we would have heard about it by now."

Aw: Ahmadinejad doesn’t have Jewish roots after all

Hot Air "On the one hand, this counter-scoop from the Guardian would answer my question about why, if his original surname’s been widely known for years, no one accused him of having Jewish roots until just recently. Answer: Because it’s not really a Jewish name, silly."

Why There Was No Depression

By Robert J. Samuelson "But this improved confidence is not optimism. It is the absence of terror. The consumer sentiment index is still weak. Unemployment (9.8 percent) is abysmal, the recovery's strength unclear. Here, too, there is an echo from the 1930s. Despite bottoming in 1933, the Depression didn't really end until World War II. Government didn't ensure recovery. Some policies helped, some hurt. The good news today is simply that the bad news is not worse." Credit to Obama here.