February 10, 2009 – 8:17 am
So, how does Barry want to deal with Iran? Let’s go to the transcript, which CNN scrubbed of all the um’s and ah’s and big pauses, sounding like a single dad trying to explain the birds and the bees to his daughter Question: Thank you, Mr. President. I’d like to shift gears to foreign policy. […]
February 9, 2009 – 10:06 pm
Bush 1 – HopeNchange 0 The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. Um, oops? And what does Excitable Andy have to say? The Obama administration will continue the cover-up of the alleged torture of the British […]
February 9, 2009 – 8:17 am
All is not unicorns and care bears down at Club Gitmo. I wonder why But first, Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley, a US military attorney for 20 years, will reveal that Mohamed, 31, is dying in his Guantánamo cell and that conditions inside the Cuban prison camp have deteriorated badly since Barack Obama took office. Fifty of […]
February 8, 2009 – 9:39 am
Hmmm, how many times during the HopeyChangey campaign (which is still going strong at barackobama.com) did we hear something similar to this? As President, I would deploy at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan to re-enforce our counter-terrorism operations and support NATO’s efforts against the Taliban. Now we get PRESIDENT Barack Obama has demanded that […]
February 7, 2009 – 3:20 pm
Apparently, all is not well in HopeyChangyLand, or, as Don Surber puts it “Hope. Change. The rest of the world still hates us.” The US, for the first time since 2005, has surpassed Russia in positive ratings, with an average of 40% compared with 35% last year. But it is still rated negatively by 43% […]
February 5, 2009 – 7:55 am
First, Barry has lost control, and, guess who gets the blame? Michael Hirsh at Newsweek has the hysterical article Barack Obama began making his comeback Wednesday, apparently aware that he has all but lost control of the agenda in Washington at a time when he simply can’t afford to do so. Obama’s biggest problem isn’t Taxgate—which […]
February 3, 2009 – 8:56 am
Wait, wasn’t Biden picked as V.P. for his foreign policy experience, his ability to get ‘er done in that arena? Even after all the (possible Logan Act violation) talks with Iran, and overtures, they still say “I blow my nose in your general direction. Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time” […]
January 29, 2009 – 3:55 pm
‘Memba this? “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,†Obama said. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,†he added. Yeah, well, that was back in […]
January 24, 2009 – 12:10 pm
So, let’s see: not even one week since the coronation, and Obama has already signed an order putting a temporary halt to G’itmo detainee trials, which was pretty much his second order. The first was signing a proclamation declaring 20 January 2009 a national day of renewal and reconciliation. signed an order closing Guantanamo Bay […]
January 15, 2009 – 9:48 am
Change You Count On Changing When It Changes Because It Changes Because Change Is Hard To Change (my brain hurts now). And, of course, the story comes from overseas, where the media is not so besotten with hopeiness of The One: Barack Obama: it is no longer essential to kill Osama bin Laden Barack Obama […]
