News You Need to Know 23Dec09
- Jonah Goldberg: Obama’s failed his words – latimes.com
On his own terms, President Obama is a failure.
During the presidential campaign, he fought hammer and tongs with Hillary Rodham Clinton on the best way to govern. Clinton, casting herself as a battle-scarred political veteran, argued that diligence, dedicated detail work and working the system were essential for success.
Obama, donning the mantle of a redeemer [...] - Harry Reid Makes Tiger Woods Look Good
The cable talk shows have stopped focusing on Tiger Woods and his mistresses. They have a better example of buying and selling favors – Senator Harry Reid and the senators whom he paid off to secure his filibuster-proof majority for passage of Obamacare.
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- “Lieberman” Joins “Chee-ney” as Chris Matthews Sneer Word
Chris Matthews would undoubtedly bristle at being thought of as part of the Hard Left. But this once reasonable liberal has succumbed—perhaps to the pressure of being the lowest rated evening host on the increasingly radical MSNBC?—to adopting tactics reserved for radicals. Namely: the criminalization of policy differences, and attempting to discredit and destroy one-time [...]
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- Iran’s Thug-In-Chief: Claims that we’re building nukes “make us puke”
Gonna hurl Caught out, he engages in a little “war is deceit” action. “Atomic bomb allegations ‘make us puke,’ Ahmadinejad says (Roundup),” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, December 22 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Tehran – Allegations that Iran is seeking to make atomic bombs ‘make us … just puke,’ President…
- Taliban blow up Pakistan girls school – AP
The Taliban blew up a girls’ school in Pakistan’s Khyber district, where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.
Militants detonated explosives overnight at the government-run school in Bazgarah town, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Peshawar, capital of the violence-plagued North West Frontier Province.
via Taliban blow [...] - The impudent tyranny of Harry Reid – Washington Examiner
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is proving once again the maxim that darkness hates the light.
Buried in his massive amendment to the Senate version of Obamacare is Reid’s anti-democratic poison pill designed to prevent any future Congress from repealing the central feature of this monstrous legislation.
Beginning on page 1,000 of the measure, Section [...] - Paul Howard: Obamacare’s gift to all: More regulation, more debt, more taxes – Washington Examiner
Democrats are spending trillions on a Christmas present that a majority of Americans don’t want: health care legislation loaded with more debt, more taxes, and more regulations. Like your Aunt Phyllis’ fruitcake, it’s on the way and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
>>It’s easier to believe in Santa Claus and flying reindeer than [...] - Iraq: Three dead in jihad attacks on Christian churches
“These targeted attacks testify to the ‘ethnic cleansing’ in act against the Christian community throughout Iraq.” “Mosul attacks on two Christian churches, three dead and several injured,” from AsiaNews, December 23 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): Mosul (AsiaNews) – Two separate bombs struck this morning in Mosul, the Chaldean church of…
- The Left Feels Sold Out By President Obama: Is Violence Coming?
The left is starting to believe President Obama is a “poser,” Glenn Beck said on his TV show.
In their view, he has failed to achieve many of his campaign promises. He dropped the so-called public option from his healthcare legislation which is “the progressives’ ultimate prize.” Said Beck:
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- Gaza: Hundreds protest Apartheid Wall: Egypt’s
Yet the world’s hypocrisy about Israel’s security fence will no doubt continue. “Mideast: Gaza, Hundreds Protest Against Egyptian Wall,” from ANSAmed, December 21 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – GAZA, DECEMBER 21 – Today in Rafah (south of Gaza) some 700 people joined a demonstration staged in this portion of Palestinian…
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