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In the email giving the heads up about this post, Steve Schippert had one word, which he practically yelled:  “H.U.G.E.” As you may recall, early on in this Iranian thing, I wondered if the protest would coalesce around anything.  Without a focus, it would just drift away.  With a focus — well, anything is possible. [...]

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One of the major problems conservatives face is the limitations of their own nature.  We’re conservative after all.  Our passion is putting our heads down and getting on with the work of life:  earning a living, raising our families, serving our communities.  We tend not to be protesters.  Or more precisely, protesting is not a [...]

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People of Iran: Traditionally, the president of the United States has been the spokesperson for the people of the United States — or, at least, for a majority of the people of the United States.  For the first time in modern history, however, we have a president who appears incapable of giving voice to the [...]

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Things have changed little since Mark Twain:  “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The Times is trumpeting a poll showing a huge number of Americans support Obama’s health care plan.  As Bruce Kesler explains, though, the devil is in the details, and quite the little devil it is.

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Please watch this only if you have a strong stomach and a true desire to see what life is like in a totalitarian regime. This is not about watching a snuff film (although it felt like it). This is a reminder to Americans about the government Barack Obama is currently backing. Obama may be a [...]

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Remember, Republicans are stupid; Democrats are smart.  Or are they?

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By now, all of you are familiar with the Obama administration’s effort to shut down an Inspector General who was making life uncomfortable for a big Obama supporter.  IG Walpin contended that Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was misusing federal funds (to the tune of $800,000 plus) for his personal benefit.  The vehicle for this taxpayer [...]

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During the campaign, Biden warned that Obama would be tested in his first six months in office.  We all assumed that Biden knew about a planned terrorist attack on the US.  That could still happen, of course, although I devoutly hope it won’t. At exactly the five month mark, however, there is a test taking [...]

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Here is absolutely everything you need to know about the proposed Obama/Democratic health care plan: The president is barnstorming the nation, urging swift approval of legislation that is taking shape in Congress. This legislation — the Affordable Health Choices Act that’s being drafted by Sen. Edward Kennedy’s staff and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions [...]

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Things are not going well for Mr. Obama in Washington.  (Please note the studied lack of an honorific in the way I am referring to the man in the White House.  I don’t think he worked hard enough to earn it.  The things we learn when we listen to our BabBoxer tapes.)  I mean, what [...]

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If this story doesn’t make you see red, nothing will.  (And yes, there may be facts we don’t know, but the facts as presented show a Big Brother mentality that is just sickening.  I’ve blogged about this issue before.)

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Here’s your matched set for today: Richard Baehr comments on Obama’s allegiance to Islam. Pamela Geller points out that radical Islamists groups that explicitly seek to overthrow America and replace it with a caliphate are staging coming out parties. And to those who feel like saying that we’re being just as bad as 1930s Nazis [...]

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Only someone with a self-image somewhere between a slug and bollweevil would feel compelled to do with Babs Boxer did.  Or, perhaps, someone very, very evil.  (Jill Biden should take note too): UPDATE:  At Blackfive, you can learn just how petty and ignorant Boxer was. This is all quibbling, of course.  To be entirely accurate, [...]

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Sorry for the blog silence.  It’s been a busy day, although in a nice way.  I got a delightful haircut, swam with my children, and have had a reasonable amount of paying work.  I’ll post the Watcher’s Council results, but you can also consider this an open thread. Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 [...]

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Rep. Michele Bachmann has set up an online petition in which you can add your name to the list of people who want Congress to stop funneling money to ACORN.

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When events heat up in the world, there is no better place to go than the Watcher’s Council list of nominated posts if you want to view a collection of the best commentary about that world heat.  This week’s reading list is superb, especially (with all due respect to my fellow-council members) the list of [...]

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Do you recall that, in France, Palestinians raided a grocery store and stripped the shelves of Israeli products, while store personnel and customers passively stood by and watched?  Flush with their success in France, Palestinians, and their friends, are planning on “de-shelving” Israeli products here at home, and they’ve selected Trader Joe’s as their target. [...]

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The Anchoress is really angry because all of the horrible things Obama has managed to do (both legally and illegally) in just 150 days.  The same things that make her mad, however, actually cheer me up a bit. Here’s why: Hubris. Hubris is the hook on which I’m hanging my hat.  Had Obama been less [...]

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This is not a silly political slogan.  This is the real “yes, you can”: Hat tip:  Earl

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Here’s the article from an extremely Progressive San Francisco blog.  Here’s my distillation: 1.  Liberals truly care about freedom, because they protested their hearts out over the illegal U.S. war in Iraq. 2.  For all that screaming against the evil U.S. government, American liberals really weren’t risking anything because, unlike the Iranian people, they don’t [...]

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As you know, not only did Obama say he wouldn’t “meddle” in Iran, he said that Mousavi and Ahmadinejad are two peas in a pod, so who cares?  James Taranto explains perfectly why Obama is dead wrong: [W]e think it is very telling that the very first point he made is that there isn’t a [...]

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The emerging Obama doctrine (and it’s not pretty). Does Obama even care what’s happening in Iran? Just as Pelosi seemed intent on the dangerous tactic of alienating the CIA (and whatever happened to that scandal?), Obama seems to enjoy pushing the envelope too. Obama’s presidency revealing the fault lines between urban and rural Dems. Jonah [...]

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My liberal husband still hasn’t forgiven me for pointing out that the MSM deleted from it’s coverage Obama’s request for poupon at a burger joint, nor can he understand why I (and other conservatives) find the request both telling and amusing.  These things matter very deeply to the liberals. Tom Elia points out that, just [...]

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Two nights ago, I had an Obama dream, which probably happened because he’s become omnipresent in our lives.  I dreamed that I was staying at a luxury hotel and that, despite the fact that he was president, he was acting as concierge.  I remember saying in my dream that, while he’s a bad president, he’s [...]

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