Obama and the war card (will Obama ‘Wag the dog’?)
Pat Buchanan brings up a good point today at Townhall:
“Republicans already counting the seats they will pick up this fall should keep in mind Obama has a big card yet to play. .
Should the president declare he has gone the last mile for a negotiated end to Iran’s nuclear program and impose the “crippling” sanctions [...]
Repealing Obamacare
C.K. MacLeod writes at Hot Air:
Dismantling, impeding, nullifying, and, in the end, fully repealing this bill does not require 60 Republicans or 60 conservatives: Greater legal, legislative, and historical minds than mine must already be studying the precedents and gaming the scenarios, but we can observe here that, if passing popular legislation in the [...]
A 9/11 memorial in Israel
The people of Israel of course strongly identify with the United States in its confrontation with the forces of Islamic extremism. President Obama to the contrary notwithstanding, the feeling is largely reciprocated among the people of the United States. A new 9/11 memorial built in Israel, designed by an Israeli, funded by Americans, [...]
Iran's Choice
The White House releases the following statement from President Obama:
Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized. The 444 days that began on November 4, 1979 deeply affected the lives of courageous Americans who were unjustly held hostage, and we owe these Americans and their families our gratitude for their extraordinary service [...]
Calling all crazies: Obama needs you - Chicago Sun-Times
What a terrible time to draw a ruly crowd. Barack Obama needed an angry mob at his town hall meeting in Portsmouth, N.H., last week. He needed to show strength, resolve and fortitude in the face of confrontation, anger and vitriol. Instead, Obama got …
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On Race and Class In Harvard Square
As William A. Jacobson suggests at legal’in’sur’rec’tion, this confrontation appears to be less about race, and more about class.
After all, we are indeed talking about a “supremely educated” and elitist Harvard Professor (with a racist-oriented chip on his shoulder) versus an “educated but non-academic police sergeant.”
From Mark Krikorian at the corner comes this [...]
