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Remembrance of Things Past - Part 3 »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 21, 2009 in Current Affairs | 70 Comments

What’s it all mean?

The truth will set your fee…
Well, you’re not paranoid if they really are after you. In 2008 David Rothkopf published a book called “Superclass” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) wherein he discusses the 6,000 or so people who run the world, how they got to be there and what they intend to do. [...]

“‘barack obama is a big fat liar’, illustrated” times two - UPDATE »

By American Girl in Italy on Jul 5, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Obama's Broken Promises, Sara in Italy, Universal Health Care | 66 Comments

I read two great posts from NRO, Barack Obama Is a Big Fat Liar by Jim Geraghty, and ‘Barack Obama is a Big Fat Liar,’ Illustrated, by Guy Benson.
Geraghty writes:
Ever since Barack Obama declared his candidacy for president, it’s been easy — and great fun — to spotlight when his promises and statements come with [...]

Blowing Smoke. Why the Hydrogen Economy Just Hit a Recession in the U.S. »

By Eastan McNeal on Jun 7, 2009 in Current Affairs | 23 Comments

I am sure some of you have seen the video of dumbo standing in the receiving line greeting the people getting off his own plane and you have heard all about the folks that, probably just minutes before were wiping powder from his upper lip, did not shake his hand.
But, who were those [...]

i was running for president, there you go. »

By American Girl in Italy on Apr 21, 2009 in Barack Obama, Campaign promises, Current Affairs | 48 Comments

Following in the same vein of Obama’s recent comments to Tapper, to explain his apparent flip flop on the Cuban embargo, that he was just “running for senator”, we now have a new catch phrase to explain his many broken campaign promises, I was running for President, there you go.
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama and black [...]

Krugman Pounds Away At Geithner’s Recycled Toxic Assets Plan »

By SusanUnPC on Mar 25, 2009 in Economic Stimulus, Economy, Governance, Health Care, Obamatopia, Obamatopia Mirage, President Barack Obama, Toxic Assets, Workers | 43 Comments

Here’s Paul Krugman, on camera, on Geithner’s “toxic assets” plan, announced Monday: “This is something they can do without legislation. They found a way that they can in effect put the public on the hook for a TRILLION DOLLARS for this stuff without actually getting any approval.” It can be done through the FDIC and [...]

Latina Freedom Fighter’s YouTube Discussion With Us »

By SusanUnPC on Mar 19, 2009 in President Barack Obama | 13 Comments

Now this is spirit! This woman has moxie and good ol’ C.S.!

I don’t agree with everything she says. After all, I’m a Hillary Democrat, and she wants people to go to the Republican party. But I admire her, and I find her ability to cover a lot of ground with clarity to be [...]

Sensationalized News and the Death of Capitalism »

By SeattleMoss on Mar 2, 2009 in Current Affairs | 87 Comments

About a year ago people like myself began talking about the Obama collapse. I’m not blaming Obama for the sub-prime mortgage crisis which was caused by Democrats in congress resisting regulations nor will I blame him for the incompetence inherited by the Bush administration. However, Obama ran on retreat and defeat — namely the Iraq [...]

Remembering The Past Is A Key To The Present »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Feb 22, 2009 in Afghanistan, Austan Goolsbee, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Canada, Chicago, China, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, NAFTA, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 95 Comments

As you know no doubt know, Obama just took his first big trip abroad as president … to Ottawa. That got me to thinking - it has been almost a year since Canadian TV reported that Obama’s aide, Austan Goolsbee, was assuring Canada that NAFTA was safe and sound, despite Obama’s campaign promises to [...]

Prisoner’s Dilemma »

By Larry Doyle on Jan 27, 2009 in Current Affairs | 40 Comments

Over the course of the last two decades, we have seen a massive increase in global trade in conjunction with a wide array of free trade agreements.
For those who do not track these agreements, two of the United States’ formal trade agreements are:
1. NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
2. CAFTA: Central America Free Trade [...]

cha-cha-cha-chaaaaaaange. change of fools? »

By American Girl in Italy on Jan 18, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Democrats, Obama's Broken Promises | 90 Comments

The people wanted Change! Change! Change! It’s been a banner year for the Democrats! Change is a coming! But, looking back over the past year, I really have to ask, what kind of change did the people want? What kind of change did the voters think they were getting? And *change* from what, exactly?
What we [...]

Democrats’ “Coming Rift?” or a Spreading One? »

By LisaB on Jan 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 78 Comments

Commentary magazine’s Abe Greenwald writes about the “Coming Rift” in the Democratic Party. There’s some interesting stuff here, but I’d say — wouldn’t you? — that he is actually months late. But no matter.
Greenwald talks about how the netroots that helped propel Obama to the White House may be feeling betrayed by [...]

Global Labor and Politics: Solis for Labor: SEIU Gets Pay Off, Blago Under Arrest »

By Steve Diamond on Dec 19, 2008 in Current Affairs | 18 Comments

I am a lawyer, political scientist and law professor. I teach courses and conduct research on the global capital markets, business law, international human rights and labor law. My blog is Global Labor and Politics. You may read my other posts at NoQuarterUSA.net here.
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SEIU Official (but not apparently that SEIU Official) Andy Stern is “thrilled” [...]

O, Come Let Us Adore Him »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 20, 2008 in ABC News, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, DNC idiocy, Hillary Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Media Bias, Media, Television, Messiah, Michelle Obama, NBC, New York Times, Obamaisms, Obamedia, Oprah, Women | 167 Comments

Oh, boy - this is quite some article by Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post (H/T to athy at No Quarter for this article). He really tells it like it is. I wonder if he still has a job there? Just the title alone gives it away: “A Giddy Sense of Boosterism.”
Holy [...]

Overnight Open Thread * Bang Your Drums LOUDLY for Our Sarah! »

By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 9, 2008 in Current Affairs | 153 Comments

From The Corner:
Palin and Africa, Etc. [Rich Lowry]
I talked to Steve Biegun, the former Bush NSC aid who briefed Sarah Palin on foreign policy, and he considers the leaks against her on the international stuff “absurd.”
He says there’s no way she didn’t know Africa was a continent, and whoever is saying she didn’t [...]

“I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain”—Obama »

By Matthew Weaver on Nov 6, 2008 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain | 64 Comments

This post is reprising and updating a post I originally wrote April 8, 2008 at my blog The Problem With Obama and at Talking Points Memo.
“I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain”—Obama
“Foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand [...]

Going Forward With No Quarter »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 5, 2008 in Current Affairs | 311 Comments

If you are worried that we will not have anything to write about at No Quarter, fear not. We are not going anywhere. The focus now is on which Barack Obama will govern. This much is certain–a significant portion of his supporters will be disappointed if not angry with his policies and [...]

The Best Reason Not to Vote for Senator Obama; or, Deconstructing His Great Lie »

By Ani on Nov 2, 2008 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Electability, Elitism, Joe Biden, Joe The Plumber, John Kerry, John McCain | 184 Comments

I am delighted to see that Senator McCain currently has the wind at his back. Otherwise, this country stands at the precipice of one of the biggest electoral mistakes imaginable – making the singularly unqualified Senator Obama Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces and leader of the free world. By his own [...]

Obama’s Economic Plan »

By Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild on Nov 2, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Democrats, Economy, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, NAFTA, Republicans, Workers | 154 Comments

Reprinted from Huffington Post with the express permission of Lady de Rothschild. Lynn will open today’s “Closing Arguments for McCain/Palin” conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET.
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In a stunning about face this week, Barack Obama announced that “I’ve got an economic plan that is similar to Bill Clinton’s.” On its face, this would mean [...]

Palin Derangement Syndrome and Those Who Suffer From It »

By Ani on Oct 23, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Bill Clinton, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Joe The Plumber, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Sexism | 151 Comments

I made the mistake recently of attempting to debate the election with some buddies of mine, lifelong Democrats who, though they were fans of Hillary’s and voted for her, now have been assimilated into the Borg that is Obama. Well, he’s a Democrat, right???
If he’s a Democrat, I’ll pass. Thanks.
And since [...]

The Blame Game »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 21, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Death Threats, Domestic Terrorist, GLBT, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John McCain, Media Bias, Sarah Palin | 32 Comments

That’s pretty much what Joe Biden did on The Ellen Show recently. Essentially, he AND Ellen laid the blame for all of the negative campaigning squarely on John McCain, as if Obama was running the most positive, loving campaign ever.
Hell, Obama ran a very negative campaign against HILLARY (remember those “Harry and [...]

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