Palin Proves Bright Novice Beats Dull Veteran

Rock star Sarah Palin needs no more time in any office, excluding the literal space where she writes books and signs on to social networking sites.  The Black-Friday-in-Walmart’s-parking-lot response to her book demonstrates her greatest appeal, namely how strong ideology trumps vast experience.
Set aside her cheerless, zealous haters, namely the impossible sorts who will emit [...]

Misreading the Economy – Fact or Fiction

Politico posed this question to its readers in July 8th’s Arena:
“With unemployment rising, is the stimulus a failure? Is the answer more stimulus? Was there, as Biden says, ‘a misreading of just how bad an economy we inherited?’”
The last part of that question is disturbing, on several levels.
Is it still possible for a rational citizen, [...]

President Leads Police on Drunken Vehicle Chase after White House Beer Party

Biden’s Print Gaffes Almost As Fun As His Verbal Ones

By Anthony Bialy

First, let’s acknowledge the obvious milestone: Joe Biden is the first person to ever submit a New York Times column written in crayon. Aw, I’m just teasing our Senate’s tiebreaker, whose miscues and odd takes on life make him as loveable as a sitcom neighbor. While he may come [...]

Obama Threatens to Quit Over NBC-Boyle Incident

By Dr. Dave

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama threatened to resign today if he can’t have Susan Boyle’s 9 p.m. timeslot on NBC Wednesday to try to drum up support for his sagging plan for health care “reform.”

“Yesterday, I said it wasn’t about me. I friggin’ lied. IT IS!” he said this morning during an impromptu press conference at the White House, visibly angry and, strangely, not reading from a teleprompter. “This health care bill WILL pass. And you WILL give me that 9 p.m. timeslot, NBC. If I don’t get it…I’m gonna…I’m gonna….I’m gonna quit! You’ll be stuck with Slapstick for president. Live with it. You’ll be sorry!”

The president made the announcement to reporters at a time when his poll numbers and support for his policies have never been lower. In fact, his plan for national health care is receiving serious criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, who both know that raising taxes to pay for health care and effectively killing private industry guarantees they’ll be jobless and first in line on Obama’s coming breadlines, beginning with the fall of 2010, cascading into elections in 2012 and beyond.

Harry Potter and Barack Obama: A Misguided Muggle’s Comparison

By  Nina Jones
Anyone who knows me knows that when I sit down to read a book or watch a film, I prefer to leave this world behind and indulge my imaginary senses in realms of all sorts far out of reach from my reality. Far, far from reality. After such endeavors I return to the [...]

Biden Indicates U.S. Won’t Stand in Israel’s Way

By Nichole Hungerford

Remember back when Obama tap danced around the question of direct engagement of Iran with no preconditions and you could almost envision him and Ahmadinejad sharing a milkshake at the In-N-Out Burger? Yeah. Now, following the brutal crackdown of Iran’s own protesting citizens, the White House still intends to engage the oppressive regime with respect to their nuclear ambitions. They seem so open for dialogue, don’t they? Remarks from Vice President Biden demonstrate that the U.S. will not stand in the way if Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities. He said that as a sovereign nation Irsrael can determine for itself what is in its best interest. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that they may take action if Iran does not respond to offers of engagement by year’s end, at which time Iran’s interest in diplomacy should be clear.

Flies Revolt, Swarm White House

Learn from the past, laugh in the future

By Lisa Farrar Wellman
This apropos Chicago Tribune cartoon is currently making the rounds. I’m sure it’s hit your email box already this month. I keep coming back to it for three reasons.
The first is that it is so amazingly accurate and timely. Don’t just glance at it. Study this cartoon. Government elitists recklessly spending money [...]

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