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What Actual Change Will We Get at the NSC and State? UPDATED »

(bumped up by NoQuarter)
Barack Obama’s mantra of change sounds eloquent on the campaign trail, but as we have pointed out repeatedly there is an enormous gulf between what he says and what he does. It is one thing, for example, to tout womens’ rights. But those exhortations ring hollow when we learn that [...]

A Little Recap »

OK, so three out of four of my siblings are Obama people. I don’t know about the fourth - I don’t think he has decided yet. My mother, a STAUNCH Hillary supporter, who is furious with the DNC (and has told them so because of the vote theft, etc.) says she doesn’t know where she [...]

Backtracking with Barack — Corn Ethanol »

Unexpectedly or perhaps surprising to me anyway, energy policy is actually getting debated. That’s a good thing even though I don’t really expected it to lead to the tough choices we need to make in the time frame we need to make them. To be honest, we are past the tipping point. We’re doomed. The [...]

Obama Does the Switcheroo(s) »

1) Barack Obama announced yesterday he would opt out of public financing for his presidential bid. At Beyond the Dome, David Nather called up some of Obama’s erstwhile campaign finance reform colleagues to see what they thought.

Big Brotha Barack »

It started out so innocently. With all the rumors swirling — about fueled by the curious lack of a paper trail and his admission of falsifying information in his biographies — it sort of made sense. Barack Obama needed to do something to combat what he perceived to be smears about his character being spread [...]

Appeal to Adm. Fallon: Speak Out on Iran BEFORE »

To Admiral William Fallon (USN ret.), With Respect
(Open Appeal for Straight Talk on Iran)
By Ray McGovern
May 19, 2008
Dear Admiral Fallon:
I have not been able to find out how to reach you directly, so I have drafted this letter in the hope it will come to your attention.
First, thank you for honoring the oath we commissioned [...]

Liar Liar: Obama’s Pants are on Fire! »

This is Hillary’s latest Television Ad. It starts playing in Pennsylvania today. After enjoying it take a look below as the facts are examined. And revel as the truth is revealed. It is Senator Obama who has been in the pocket of the oil companies since this whole mess began. And despite what he says, [...]