Monthly Archives: January 2009

9 Jan

Party corruption and inefficiency continues to bubble to the surface…

My my… it seems the party of transparency and ethics is having a really bad PR year. Add another illustrious Democrat pol to the pot of corruption. Baltimore’s Mayor, Sheila Dixon, has been indicted on 12 counts, “including four counts … Continue reading

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9 Jan

Moral convictions optional in Obama/Dem leadership

AP’s Laurie Kellman has an article out today about the Senate feet beating retreat over Burris. Depending on what outlet you view it, the headlines morph. From Huffpo: Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris From Breitbart: Senate Dems … Continue reading

Posted in Barack Obama, Blagojevich, Congress, Politics | 4 Comments | 7 views
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9 Jan

Vote For Best Blog

Some of you may or may not know that the Weblog Awards are going on right now and I wanted to write a short note and beg, plead, conjole, the readers of Flopping Aces to vote for Hot Air for … Continue reading

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9 Jan

Blagojevich (D) Impeached…..Finally!

They’ve finally done it: In a dramatic display of anger and solidarity over a political scandal that has made Illinois a national laughingstock, lawmakers on Friday voted 114-1 to impeach disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It’s the first time in the … Continue reading

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8 Jan

Ann Coulter On The MSM Obama Fan Club

Now this is what I call speaking the truth. Here is Ann Coulter from her new book, Guilty: Liberal “Victims” and Their Assault on America, describing how the MSM went bananas over Obama, fawned over him, drooled over him….and failed … Continue reading

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8 Jan

Obama “talks” about “not talking” on Gaza…

Boy, I really hate delving back into this “talking” about Obama’s “not talking” business… After all, I am on record that frankly, I’m enjoying any silence from Obama I can get after a few years of Obama overload from the … Continue reading

Posted in Barack Obama, Fanatical Islam, Foreign Policy, Islam, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Politics, War On Terror | 16 Comments | 3 views
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8 Jan

HBO Taking Chance

Photo courtesy of John Phelps, Chance’s father, of Running Iron Studios in Dubois, Wyoming, who used Chance as the model for his WWII memorial. Missy alerted me to the story of Marine Lieutenant Colonel Strobl‘s escort of the remains of … Continue reading

Posted in ACLU, American Exceptionalism, Military, Military Families, Obituaries, Support the Troops, The Iraqi War, True Heroes | 4 Comments | 905 views
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8 Jan

Democrats Will Own This Economy Mess

James Pethokoukis has an excellent op-ed about the economy that Obama will own. He is doing his best to ensure that people will believe this is Bush’s economy, not his…but history has shown in two years, and again in four … Continue reading

Posted in Barack Obama, Economy, Obamanomics, Politics, Real Estate & Lending, Socialism, Taxes | 10 Comments | 9 views
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8 Jan

Who Breaks The Truce (Israel/Hamas)? [Reader Post]

Nancy Kanwisher has an interesting post where she measures who broke the ‘lull’ in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. She presents charts showing who killed first after a lull of various lengths duration. Of course Israel has killed first … Continue reading

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8 Jan

Old Words, New Meanings [Reader Post]

As the new year starts, its time for all good citizens to update and revise their vocabulary to reflect the new, improved, politically-correct definitions of certain words and phrases. Propelled by the exciting notion that words that mean nothing can … Continue reading

Posted in Economy, Environment, Politics | 5 Comments | 3 views
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