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War of the Worlds, The Early Years »

By John Batchelor on Nov 5, 2009 in Current Affairs | 9 Comments

Reprinted from the blog for my syndicated radio show.

Russian Defeat.    

The facts of the end of the Cold War support the short and astonishing version that Ronald Reagan’s imagination and style won out over American and Allied doubt and the sadistic and stupid Soviet empire.  I learned from Martin and Annalise Anderson, Hoover, that [...]

ANATOMY OF A DIVIDER: PART 1A. WHY OBAMA CANNOT UNIFY »

By Artemis March on Nov 16, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Democratic Party, Father Michael Pfleger, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Misogyny, MoveOn.org, New York Times, Sexism | 99 Comments

This excellent post was written October 22nd, and has been updated to reflect the current reality. It was cross-posted at www.lynettelong.com.
Imagine yourself at the podium talking to a huge crowd, and the words on the teleprompter say things like: "This is the moment that the world is waiting for. . ." or, "I have [...]

A Distant Sound of Thunder »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 29, 2008 in Current Affairs | 204 Comments

In the old, old days before the cities and the highways, before the smokestacks and the chimneys, before we knew the sea and the sun, the sky and the stars for what they truly are - even in those ancient days - we knew what leadership was and we know it still. We feel its [...]

Barack’s Chutzpah Moment »

By Larry Johnson on Aug 29, 2008 in Current Affairs | 464 Comments

I never realized how shrewd and smart John McCain could be. (Check Memeorandum.com to see all the stories that now dominate the news coverage.) In selecting Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as his running mate he dared the Democrats to make the case, as they have, that she’s not qualified because she “lacks foreign policy [...]

Pssssst! Here’s the secret hand-sign. . . »

By LisaB on Aug 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Elitism, Hillary Clinton | 172 Comments

1) If you’d like to have your very own Obama salute, there is a company hoping their idea for an Obama hand sign takes off. According to USNews and World Report:
“You interlace your hands in a circle, the interlacing being a symbol of different types of people coming together and the circle a symbol [...]

Arrogant Thing, You Make Everything…Horrid »

By Ani on Jul 22, 2008 in Afghanistan, Andrea Mitchell, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, James Carville, Jesse Jackson, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi | 176 Comments

OK. My head is spinning. I can say the Obama Campaign could not get any more outrageous or preposterous, but I am sure I will be proven wrong.
Senator Obama, on his Rockapalooza tour of the Middle East and Europe, is now taking time out from photo ops and playing hoops (you know, while [...]

Der Spiegel: Obama’s speech tainted by Nazi History? [Updated] »

By SusanUnPC on Jul 20, 2008 in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Germany | 235 Comments

You’re all familiar with the uproar in Germany over Obama’s original plan to speak in front of the Brandenburg Gate. In her fine essay, “The Adulation of a Leader: a Cautionary Tale,” Medusa noted that Obama was attempting “an ancestral hat trick,” evoking both Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy’s speeches at the site.
Well, [...]

Nobama for The New Yorker’s Correspondent »

By Larry Johnson on Jul 20, 2008 in Barack Obama, Media, New Yorker | 221 Comments

The phrases that come to mind? How about:
Petty, Small and Vindictive … Nobama for The New Yorker … No Room on Obama’s Virgin Air One … Nein Wilkommen!
 
By shutting out the New Yorker correspondent, is Obama engaging in a nasty little act of getting even, demonstrating contempt for a free press, or is it satire? [...]

Politically Tone Deaf, Morally Bereft; The Cowardly Obama Campaign Strikes Again »

By Ani on Jul 19, 2008 in Barack Obama, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Democratic Nomination, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan | 258 Comments

The Obama campaign’s idea of political courage is to run it up a flagpole and see what they can get away with. Then when it doesn’t work, pretend they weren’t really trying to do it in the first place.
Not unlike a naughty child who just threw a water balloon at teacher and [...]

“I Am The One I’ve Been Waiting For” »

By Uppity Woman on Jul 19, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, Democratic Nomination, Germany, Hoodwinking | 223 Comments

Shamelessly stolen from The Real Barack Obama’s Freedom Fairy:
It seems that Sen. Obama’s dream of delivering a speech before thousands in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the very same place where two great American presidents—John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Ronald Reagan—have so proudly stood, is not to be.
And so, it seems that Barack Changeling Obama shall [...]

Obama Up Against The Wall »

By Pat Racimora on Jul 17, 2008 in Foreign Affairs, Obama | 441 Comments

Obama’s globe-prancing, as if he is already the elected President of the United States, has instigated a dispute within a foreign country.
The distinction between elected state leaders and a partisan candidate (one who has yet to be formally nominated!) has not escaped German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was upset by the request by [...]

Quibbles and Bits 7/15 »

By LisaB on Jul 15, 2008 in Barack Obama, CNN, Current Affairs, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Latinos | 27 Comments

1) From the Politico: As the Democratic National Committee gets ready for its convention in Denver, local Denver businesses are finding that getting work from the convention is disappointing, with smaller businesses and non-profits virtually shut out. It would be interesting to find out just what companies are getting all the business [...]

JFK, Walter Mitty and Barack Obama »

By Uppity Woman on Jul 12, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Elitism, George Bush, Germany, Hoodwinking, John F. Kennedy, Michelle Obama, Obamedia | 134 Comments

In 1939, James Thurber published a short story entitled, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Standing the test of time, this story was depicted in a movie and later, in the 60s it was a short-lived TV series. The book was published through the late 70s and it remains available today.
Because of the character of [...]

Let’s Not Forget Why We’re Here, Okay? »

By Lady Boomer NYC on Jul 12, 2008 in Clinton, DNC, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Obama | 224 Comments

cross-posted from Lady Boomer NYC
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs[/youtube]
[for your reading pleasure, click to play music]
Remember what this election was supposed to be? This was the shoo-in year for the Democrats. This was the year that they couldn’t make a mistake. Why, with a disastrous war that most Americans think is wrong, that is robbing our economy and killing [...]

Negotiating Democracy: Brazile, Obama Plot to Keep Hillary off Convention Ballot »

By iam0nly1 on Jul 11, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, DoD, Donna Brazile, Hillary Clinton | 310 Comments

Obama and his minions are planning on staging some political deja vu by preventing Hillary’s name from being put into nomination, much in the same way Obama forced out Alice Palmer. Seems he feels he can only win elections if he runs unopposed. Not surprising, considering his enormous lack of experience and a resume thinner [...]

Is Jesse Jackson in Trouble with the Secret Service? »

By Larry Johnson on Jul 9, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs | 467 Comments

Jesse, Jesse, Jesse. Now you’ve gone and done it. You threatened to remove by force the testicles of Barack Obama. And Barack was worried about the “Whitey” tape? Hell, for all practical purposes, Jesse Jackson is accusing Barack of being white. He has outed him on the race card game. [...]

Obama at the Brandenburg Gate & German Politics »

By Charles Lemos on Jul 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Germany | 59 Comments

Der Spiegel has another update on Obama’s hopes for a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Barack Obama wants to hold a speech at the Brandenburg Gate when he comes to Berlin later this month. The city’s mayor wants to grant him his wish, but the German chancellor has misgivings.
The warning from the Chancellery was [...]

Merkel to Obama: Willkommen Sie nach Berlin aber keine Massenversammlungen Danke »

By Charles Lemos on Jul 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Germany | 118 Comments

To Obama, all the world is a stage, hence a stadium in Denver or the Bradenburg Gate seem fitting backdrops to his delusions of grandeur. Misanthrophic is the word that comes to mind. Contemptuous is another. However, the Germans do not seem to be willing to play his games.
Via Germany’s Der Spiegel:

The Adulation of a Leader: a Cautionary Tale »

By medusa on Jul 8, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Crime, Cult, Current Affairs, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Hate Speech, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Messiah, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Obamedia, Ronald Reagan | 265 Comments

Barack Obama broke with tradition when he moved the Democratic National Committee from DC to Chicago. For many of us, this move emphasized the merger of the Obama campaign with the Democratic Party. And to many of us, that merger made clear that the Democratic Party no longer belongs to the people, it belongs to [...]