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Obama: It Was An Intelligence Screw-up
President Obama goes after his favorite target. You’d hope it would be the terrorists, but nope… it’s the U.S. Intelligence community, they are to blame for the botched Christmas Day bombing. Reuters reports: "This was a screw up th...
Latte Links (12/19)
Some miscellany for your weekend… UK Guardian: Barack Obama’s speech disappoints and fuels frustration at Copenhagen (HT: Don Suber, who said he should have listened to Palin) The Washington Post: With Nelson on board, health-care bill could...
Latte Links (12/17)
Some miscellaneous items from around the web that I encourage you to check out. Real Clear Politics: FL Sen Poll: Crist-Rubio Tied (HT: Backyard Conservative) The Huffington Post: Dissolving the Palin Prejudice (I’m still shocked by a fair rev...
Obama: Spend More on Health Care or the Government Will Go Bankrupt
Did anybody have a head scratching moment watching President Barack Obama’s interview with Charlie Gibson? I know Eric Goranson, one of our contributors, said it insulted his intelligence. Do his statements make sense to you? Do his comme...
Latte Links (12/14)
Some miscellany for your Monday morning: The Iowa Republican: Flaws Begin to Emerge in Branstad Campaign Washington Times: Obama secrecy Times of London: Developing nations stage walkout over Copenhagen stalemate Wall St. Journal: The ‘Cos...
Latte Links (12/10)
Miscellany for this frigid Thursday. As I write this it is currently as warm in Barrow, AK as it is in Des Moines, IA. Politico: Bush closes the gap by Ben Smith Hawkeye Review: Tremors Abound: Are We On the Verge of a Political “Earthqu...
Obama’s Decision on Afghanistan
My obligatory post on President Obama’s speech (transcript here) last night at West Point since I’ve blogged on this before. It’s about time. His approval rating has taken a beating on his handling of Afghanistan I still can...
Latte Links (11/29)
Some miscellany from the weekend: Des Moines Conservative Examiner: Huckabee Says He Probably will not run in 2012 World: Morality without God? by Marvin Olasky (HT: Stand to Reason) The Blog Prof: ObamaCare Could Approach $7 Trillion Over 10 ...
Latte Links (11/24)
Just some random stuff I’m looking at on the world wide web (doesn’t it sound really corny when people say that?). James Delingpole: Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’? Iowa GOP Gubernatorial Cand...
A Palinpalooza Today
Oprah Winfrey released a couple of teasers for her interview with Governor Sarah Palin that was taped yesterday, but will air on Monday. It should be an interesting interview. I’ll be particularly interested in her remarks about Levi Joh...
And The Wall Came Down
President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 gave an address in front of the Brandenberg Gate in West Berlin: There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Se...
Latte Links (11/8)
Some miscellany I’m reading while rendering video. Always a fun job, so if you are looking for video from the “Leadership for Iowa” event that I was at last night… hopefully will have some video up tonight of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s ...
Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.2%
In the midst of the longest recession in 80 years, the unemployment rate is the highest it has been in 26%. From the New York Times: The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 perc...
Latte Links (11/4)
Miscellany for the evening… Rob Harrison: Thoughts on the off-year races Weekly Standard: For Your Viewing Pleasure: The New Jersey and Virginia County Maps (I’m seeing red). Christianity Today: Looking for Clear Signals Mark Driscoll: I...
Karzai Declared President of Afghanistan: Will This End Obama’s Indecision?
BBC reports that Hamid Karzai has now been declared the elected president of Afghanistan. This happened after the runoff vote was canceled. They write: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announcement comes a day after Mr Karzai...
Pelosi Health Care Bill to Directly Fund Abortion
Oh, I know… President Obama said that it wouldn’t happen. But apparently Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats weren’t listening to President Obama, because surely he was telling the truth… so it must be an act of defiance because in this ...
Latte Links (10/23)
Some odds and ends from around the net. Public Discourse: Social Conservatism Is Here to Stay by Matthew Schmitz (HT: IFPC Action) WSJ: Sarah Palin Weighs In by John Fund (HT: Lisa Grass) UK Telegraph: Barack Obama sees worst poll ratings drop...
Obama Says that He is not Losing Sleep
“Art and media are the means and bridge over which the current philosophy of the philosophers reaches the general culture.” “Whoever controls the media controls the culture.” Francis Schaeffer – How Should We Then Live? When the power...
Your Stimulus Dollars at Work!
Seven months after the stimulus – 49 of 50 states have lost jobs with North Dakota being the exception, wonder what’s different up there? From Congressman Dave Camp (R-Michigan 4th) report on the Republican’s House Ways and Means Committee site...
Political Propaganda? Enemies Lists? From the White House?
Surely not! Propaganda? No… not the Obama administration, surely they wouldn’t use federal resources to engage in political propaganda. I mean that would be an illegal use of government funds, and certainly they wouldn’t do that. ...
Do Treaties Supersede the US Constitution?
That is the question raised in light of Lord Christopher Monckton’s speech last week in Minnesota. That is a position that some on the left who want a larger global agenda trump US sovereignty would claim. At the center of the debate is the 2...
Monckton on U.S. Signing Sovereignty Away
On October 14th, Lord Christopher Monckton spoke at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming at an event sponsored by the Minnesota Free Market Institute. He warns us about an upcoming climate change treaty that will, ...
Latte Links (10/17)
Some articles I’m reading while I watch Iowa play Wisconsin. BBC: North Korea gulags ‘hold 150,000’ Fox News: All-Male College Bans Women’s Clothing, Sagging Pants NY Times: Pakistan Moves Troops Into Taliban Stronghold Washington E...
Latte Links (10/16)
Happy Friday! Here’s some miscellaneous links for you to check out. Fox News: 43 Percent Would Vote to Re-Elect President Obama (that many still?) Christianity Today: The Clothed Public Square AP: Interracial Couple denied marriage lic...
Obama vs. Fox News
As the war military law enforcement action on terror in Afghanistan goes on, the Obama administration decided to take on Fox News instead of the Taliban. The opening salvo happened on Sunday as told on The Hill: Fox News is simply "a wing...
Latte Links (10/14)
Happy Wednesday! I hope that you are having a good day today. It’s been a full one for me. I’m in the midst of hiring for a couple positions for the ministry I work for (we just announced the position openings yesterday). ...
Baucus Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee
14 to 9 so it’s out of the Senate Finance Committee. One Republican, Senator Olympia Snowe (RINO-ME) voted in favor of it, but reserves “the right” to vote against it if significant changes are made. That was obviously a surprise to Sena...
Latte Links (10/13)
Here is some miscellany to start your Tuesday off. All news this time. Des Moines Register: Grassley opposes health bill Fox News: Black Republicans Say 2010 Will Be Their Year Politico: GOP lawmakers lose in RNC turf war The Christian Post: ...
Those Who Didn’t Quite Measure Up to Obama For the Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, but do you wonder who didn’t quite measure up? Moonbattery lists some of the nominees below that didn’t quite make the grade comparing to the “accomplishments” of our President who was n...
President Obama’s Indecision on Afghanistan
President Obama said during the 2008 campaign and afterwards that the war in Afghanistan was a “war of necessity.” I agree. It is vital that we win there. I’ve been perplexed by his slow response to his commander in Afghanis...
