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Our non-meddling President, after two weeks of assiduously not meddling in the “vigorous debate” in Iran (wherein one side is allowed to use guns and clubs as debating tools), has decided to meddle in the internal affairs of Honduras. And, true to form, he picked the wrong side. Reaction to the apparent coup was swift. [...]
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Is it too much to ask that the President’s Energy Czar, whatever the hell that is, actually read the entire bill she is lobbying so hard to get through Congress? Well, if you ask her, and Steve Doocy did, it’s horribly unfair to even ask the question. Doocy asked her five times and she managed [...]
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How bad was the Democratic cap-and-trade bill passed by the House on Friday evening? It’s hard to say for sure, since it wasn’t actually finished when the Dems, assisted by eight gullible Republicans, voted for it. Through a series of parliamentary inquiries, the Republicans learned that the 300-plus page managers’ amendment, added to the bill [...]
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President Obama, from yesterday’s press conference: The Iranian people are trying to have a debate about their future. White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs, July 17th: I think the President has been clear that this is a vigorous debate in Iran between Iranians about their leadership. This is what is really happening today in Iran. I [...]
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I’ve been watching what has been happening to the people of Iran this weekend and it hurts my heart. I get that that tyranny won’t unclench its fist unless it’s forced to do so and that doing so has a dear cost. Freedom certainly is not free; in fact, it is very expensive to attain. [...]
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Yesterday I asked if we were watching another Watergate growing right before our eyes. This morning, I woke to find the little scandal had risen like bread dough during the night (via memeorandum). Like a certain cowardly Great Dane might say, “Rut Roh, Robama!” Firing one Inspector General under suspicious circumstances is one thing, but [...]
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Here is President Obama’s statement on the ongoing bloody oppression of the Iranian people. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Obviously all of us have been watching the news from Iran. And I want to start off by being very clear that it is up to Iranians to make decisions about who Iran’s leaders will be; that we respect [...]
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Amazon has a very nice deal that you may find too good to resist – $100 off Rosetta Stone language-learning software. Rosetta Stone is probably the premiere software program if you want to learn a second (or third) language. Everything I’ve ever heard about it has been very good. I have looked at buying this [...]
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