Obama Says “Cooler Heads Should Have Prevailed”, Then Defends the Guy Who Flipped

Obama Defends Cambridge Police Criticism

This is rich.

Depression is Over – Just Ask Google

According to top economic adviser Larry Summers, the depression is over.  His basis for that claim?  Less people are searching for “economic depression” on Google.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25083.html

Barbara Boxer Hammered By Harry Alford for “Jim Crow” Remarks

This is amazing to me.   Barbara Boxer talks down to Harry Alford, the President of the Black Chamber of Commerce, as if he is 6 years old, and uses reports from the NAACP and 100 Black Men, both social groups, to try and persuade Mr. Alford’s opinion.  But it’s OK, because Sen. Boxer is married to a veteran.

The World Turns Away

One of the major reasons for electing Barack Obama was to fix our standing in the international community.  Remember how popular he was to foreign nations?  It seemed that the only people in the world who didn’t want Obama to win were the racist American right-wingers.

Now the world has had a chance to see what the policies of an inexperienced far-left can do to a once prosperous country.  While not 100% his fault, the policies of Barack Obama are not helping in any way.  Talk of creating a 600,000 public sector jobs means nothing when the government is eliminating countless private sector jobs, and not just in the auto industry.  Microsoft, for example, is preparing to move jobs overseas to avoid the raise in already high taxes.  You can only tax the “evil” rich and their corporations so much before they leave.

The Sotomayor Pick

Granted, I know that it is impossible to ask for a nominee in any position to be perfect, but can we at least get a Supreme Court nominee that actually understands the role of law?  Is this to much to ask for?

Defending the Indefensible: Cross Post

“The media usually characterize (sic) the practice (waterboarding) as ’simulated drowning’.  That’s incorrect.  To be effective, waterboarding is usually real drowning that simulates death.” – Judge Evan Wallach.

Although Judge Wallach is currently a federal judge in the court of International Trade, he is, at least according to his Wikipedia entry, “one of the nations foremost experts on war crimes and the law of war.”  Most importantly to this posting, his quote is correct.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that waterboarding is “usually real drowning that simulates death.”  But no word in the excerpt is more important than “usually”.

Obamaism: American Brand Socialism

Back during the campaign, John McCain and Sarah Palin blasted Barack Obama for his socialist policies, and were attacked for it.  NY Governor David Patterson even went as far as to say that the term “socialist” was a code word to mean “black”.

Looking back on it, they weren’t to far off, where they?

Gordon Brown Gets Owned

Absolutely great video.  Daniel Hannan, a member of the European Parliament, just smacked down UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on his visit to the parliament.  Great to see a politician stand up and tell it like it is.

Point the Mob at It’s Leaders

The problem with democracy, as former WABC Radio host Bob Grant says, is that it leads to “mob-ocracy.”  When a mob is in control, it will at some point, become angry.  The problem with an angry mob is that it tends to direct its anger at who ever those leading it tell them to be upset with.  In today’s case, the mob is looking for the head of just about anyone who works at AIG.

Win-Win Economic Stimulus

During the dying moments of the previous administration, President Bush pushed for a $700 billion dollar emergency economic relief fund, one that was voted down in a bipartisan manner, because it was too costly. Not long after, Washington would pass a similar bill, which allowed the treasury to spend $700 billion to buy bad assets from banks ($350 originally, and another $350 as needed), and also required Washington to spend an extra $160 billion on pet projects.