Harry S. Truman: “The buck stops here.” Barack Hussien Obama: “The buck passes here.” Roger Simon, Politico: President Barack Obama said Friday that some members of Congress are being hypocritical when it comes to blaming the White House for its handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an interview with POLITICO, [...]
Presidential leadership failure, the problem for the President who is concerned about world opinions, at least the opinion of unelected tin pot dictators, is that he is simply not concerned about the opinion of the nation which he purports to lead. Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall StreetJournal explores the gulf between the President of the United States [...]
I was going make this part of the Scramble, but just got too long. Eric rambled on border security, or lack thereof. I offer three takes on illegal immigration, first the cool, video: . The warm, video: Hat tip: Ace. The hot, link. So go with Sarah’s take, go with Rush’s, or go [...]
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Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere in Blogdom: The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble THERE IS A COST To be paid for the disorganized and totally ineffectual way the White House has been dealing with Iran. IF IT’S LIMITED SPEECH, HOW IS IT FREE? Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air looks at [...]
President Irony demands your papers, via Michelle: The White House appears to be laying the groundwork for President Barack Obama to shake the hand of each senior at Kalamazoo Central High School’s commencement ceremony next month. Seniors are being asked to provide their birthdates, Social Security numbers and citizen status to the Secret Service so [...]
Liberal is synonym for stupid. Dim witted Senators want to wreck economy to solve imaginary problem: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new Senate bill aimed at battling global warming would impose new limits on carbon dioxide pollution from factories, utilities and vehicles, while expanding heavy-polluting domestic oil production and nuclear power generation. The legislation, which is [...]
Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the web…. The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble. IT’S THE BOMB, BRO: The big news of last evening, of course, was the incendiary device on four wheels parked in the middle of New York’s Times Square. The news stations certainly covered it well enough, but there [...]
Double standard on gods, a twit judge in Wisconsin ruled the National Day Prayer is somehow unconstitutional. So while praying to the God of Abraham is unconstitutional, we can pray to silly Earth Goddess, from Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press: MADISON, Wis. — The Obama administration said Thursday it will appeal a court decision that [...]
I Won blind to Tea Party grievances, Brit Hume, Fox News: The president says the Tea Partiers ought to thank him because many if not most of them got a tax break courtesy of his stimulus package. In his condescension, the president seems not to grasp that the Tea Partiers see the mountains of debt [...]
Hello and welcome to yet another edition of the most intense nightly read anywhere on the World Wide Web; the BitsBlog Nightly Ramble. THE CLIMATEGATE WHITEWASH CONTINUES: Myron Ebell explains. Today’s must read. FOX CAVES? It certainly appears so. Any rumors you may have heard about Fox being some bastion of conservatism, are certainly dispelled [...]
Either a very stupid Obami or devious counter plant by Karl Rove, video: Hat tip: Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit. The Americans for Prosperity video is so good, that I have no need for additional commentary. BZ gentlemen. Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan is a traitor*, from Ed Martin, candidate for Congress : As Americans prepare to file [...]
Taxing the sick to pay for Obama Care, David Freddoso, Washington Examiner: You don’t think Democrats in Congress would knock over their own cancer-stricken mothers to squeeze out a few extra dollars for earmarks? Oh, you’re so wrong. Currently, people with massive medical expenses — more than 7.5 percent of their income — can deduct [...]
Disgusting, TFD, from Elizabeth Scalia, Anchoress, I have a few suggestions for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to tell Dim Won where he can put his finger. Suggstion? Tea Party getting results, Sean Higgins, Investors Business Daily: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters today that the Tea Party movement is making some members [...]
United Airlines – 1: Terrorist – 0, United Airlines shows the intestinal fortitude so lacking among the Obami, from Associated Press: DENVER—A Qatari diplomat who created a bomb scare mid-flight earlier this week tried boarding the same airline for his return flight to Washington. United Airlines said, “No.” United spokesman Mike Trevino says they banned [...]
Passed along by a reader, in my feedback this morning: For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn’t pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from [...]
