Ok, so the the interwebs and talk radio are buzzing about MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin’s surprisingly blunt assessment of President Barack Obama’s performance at yesterday’s press conference… From the video it’s pretty clear Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski thought Mr. Halperin was joking when he asked if the seven-second delay […]
Archives for June 2011
Video: The Reasoning Behind the Maritime Blockade on Gaza
More here and here. Related Gaza-bound vessel really a ship of fools – Ruth Dudley Edwards, Irish Independent
Video: The Obama Legacy — “How Do You Like Me Now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQD9IaGoLWk&feature=channel_video_title H/T: Darleen Click.
Acting ATF Director Likely To Be Ousted Over Gunwalker Scandal
From CNN: Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the ongoing controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday. In the operation, straw buyers were allowed […]
Video: Rick Perry at the Republican Leadership Conference
Of all the speeches delivered at the Republican Leadership Conference last week the one delivered by Texas Gov. Rick Perry is the one you have to see: The knock on Perry from the usual suspects in the commentariat is that he’s to Texas, that he’ll branded by the left as the second coming of George […]
NBC Apologizes for Omitting ‘a Portion’ of the Pledge of Allegiance
NBC Sports began their coverage of the final round of the U. S. Open Championship with a video feature that was supposed to “captured the patriotism of our national championship”. What they did was stir up a controversy by omitting a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance. Which portion? The words specifically omitted were ‘under […]
Ron Paul Wins RLC Straw Poll; Huntsman Second
Normally I’d greet the news that Ron Paul had won the Republican Leadership Conference straw poll with a yawn and an eye roll… You might say his victory was a forgone conclusion, I can’t remember the last time he didn’t win a CPAC or RLC straw poll. The real shocker here is Jon Huntsman’s second […]
Ouch: White House Chief of Staff Calls President’s Economic Policies “Indefensible”
From the Daily Caller: White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley took heat from business executives Thursday for the Obama administration’s regulatory expansions. Daley also said he didn’t have any good answers for some of what President Obama is doing and expressed frustration about the “bureaucratic stuff that’s hard to defend.” “Sometimes you can’t defend […]
Weekend News Dump: Obama Administration to End ObamaCare Waiver Program
Hey, remember those Obamacare waivers the Department of Health and Human Services was passing out like candy? Well they’ve decided to end the program in September: WASHINGTON — Removing a potential political distraction ahead of next year’s elections, the Obama administration Friday announced an early end to a health care waiver program that has come […]
The President’s Job Council Not So Good at Creating Jobs
President Obama says he’s 100 percent focused on creating jobs these days, so why is taking advice from a bunch of CEOs whose companies have shed thousands of jobs over the last decade? Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Investor’s Business Daily has the highlights: • GE’s domestic workforce shrank by 25,000 — almost 16% […]
Breaking: Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down
The New York Times is reporting this morning that embattled New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has told friends he will step down: Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s […]
Once You’ve Lost the Porn Star…
I’m loath to wade into to this, but I think we may have reached a tipping point in Weinergate… I mean once you’ve lost the porn star, it’s all pretty much down hill isn’t it? Anyway, jokes aside, one of Congressman Anthony Weiner’s twitter and email buddies, former porn star Ginger Lee held a press […]
Breaking: Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Collective-Bargaining Law
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the controversial collective bargaining reforms passed by the State Legislature in March can go into effect. The 4-3 ruling found that circuit-court judge Maryann Sumi, exceeded her authority in overturning the law: The court found a committee of lawmakers was not subject to the state’s open meetings […]