
1. Obama’s Century?
An article in Rueters UK asked this rhetorical question: “Is this Obama’s Century?” They alluded to his personal popularity and his party’s dominance of Congress and with the recently announced intention of justice David Souter to retire, the opportunity to appoint a liberal justice to the Supreme Court who would still be on the bench long after Obama left office. This kind of silliness is to be expected from the Left, after all that is what they do best. But let’s inject a note of realism into the discussion. Congressional elections are coming up in 2010 and unless Obama starts to produce some tangible results from his $multi-trillion spending spree, he will be very lucky to escape being a one term President, much less becoming a towering figure that will dominate American political thought for a century.
2. Free Speech: For Leftists Only
When Miss California gave her opinion of gay marriage about a week ago, we all knew she should immediately fasten her seatbelt, because she was heading into a storm from the moment those words left her mouth. Sure enough the Libs went into high dungeon over the perceived outrage of a young woman simply expressing her opinion on a controversial subject. They are allowed to spew the foulest attacks on any conservative because, after all, it’s their Constitutionally protected right to do so. If a conservative dares to stray from politically correct thought, they will be attacked in the crudest and most personal ways. A women’s liberation advocate on The Factor said Miss California should get a “heart transplant, rather than a breast implant,” another far left loon said something so crude I won’t repeat it here. So there we have it. Vicious personal attacks for expressing an honest opinion, from the same folks who cry foul if any limits on foul speech or pornography are so much as suggested.
3. Al Gore: Global Warming Profiteer
The Left have made careers for over 70 years decrying the alleged exploitation of the “little guy” by Republican “fat cats” and by “Big Oil, Big Steel” and Wall Street. Now we see the spectacle of a liberal tax and spender like former Vice President Al Gore getting mega rich by exploiting the manufactured global warming hysteria. Mr. Gore had an estimated net worth of $2 million when he left office in 2001, which has now grown to an estimated $100 million. He is said to have ambitions to become the first “carbon billionaire.” His intention is to convince the American public to allow themselves to pay job killing and wealth destroying energy taxes in order to enrich himself by taking financial positions in companies that will benefit from “cap and trade” laws that will not only enlarge an already bloated federal bureaucracy, but hamstring energy companies with brutal tax rates and a host of new regulations that will put them in a very dangerous position. In my opinion, the Democrat Party is now the party of the rich, the party of the “fat cats.”
4. Peggy Noonan Takes Leave of Her Senses
In an article written for the WSJ, Peggy Noonan pens an apology piece for Barack Obama and his administration, the same outfit that thinks flying Air Force One low over Manhattan and buzzing the Statue of Liberty is a really great idea.
At a time when Americans by the millions have lost their jobs and their homes, individuals within this administration don’t have a problem with spending $328,000 of the taxpayer’s money on a stupid stunt that could have been photo shopped.
Under these circumstances, one of the hardest jobs in the world must be the task of the White House Press Secretary, who is charged with putting a happy face on whatever the embarrassment du jour happens to be.
Now, seeming determined to come to the rescue of the “Gang Who Can’t Shoot Straight” is someone whose work I used to admire greatly, Peggy Noonan.
I have quoted just a few sentences of her piece, which reads like it might have been written by an Obama speechwriter.
With the news of the “Republican In Name Only,” Arlen Specter, making official what we have long known, namely that he is an opportunist and a lifelong Democrat at heart, it is especially disappointing to hear Ms. Noonan mouthing the liberal party line, to wit, a great party needs to welcome into the fold everyone who wants to join it, regardless of what their philosophy of government is. No, Peggy, that is not what makes a party great.
What defines greatness in a political party is building a platform that will keep America safe and prosperous, protect life from cradle to eternity, expand democracy and keep this country what it has always been, the hope of humanity.
Quoting Ms. Noonan: “A great party allows everyone in, and allows prospective members to self-define. If they say they’re Republicans, they should be welcomed and helped to find a place where they fit. [Editor’s Note: We have just seen this. Arlen Specter has just found a place where he fits: the Democrat Party] A great party has a lot of such places. A great party is expansive. A great party has give.”
5. Military Commissions Back In Style
Now that the Community-Organizer-in-chief has a 100 days experience in the real world, it seems that his self-assured opinion of military commissions to try terrorists has changed dramatically. No longer does this naïve and inexperienced President reject out of hand the wisdom of not trying accused terrorists in our federal court system.
From FOXNEWS:
Continuing the military commissions in any form would most likely prompt sharp criticism from human rights groups as well as some of Obama’s political allies, the paper noted.
But officials who work on the Guantanamo issue say administration lawyers have become concerned that they would face significant obstacles to trying some terrorism suspects in federal courts, the Times said.
“The more they look at it,” an official told the Times, “the more commissions don’t look as bad as they did on Jan. 20.”
Obama previously said the commissions had “been an enormous failure” and during the campaign said he would “reject the Military Commissions Act.”
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