Candidate Obama, responding to a question from the Boston Globe: In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic bombing of suspected nuclear sites -- a situation that does not involve stopping an IMMINENT threat?) The President does […]
Yesterday, President Obama announced that the U.S. military would support a no-fly zone over Libya with materiel and personnel. From the president’s remarks: Now, here is why this matters to us. Left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Qaddafi would commit atrocities against his people. Many thousands could die. A humanitarian crisis would […]
I present to you (via QandO) Bizarro Nancy Pelosi (complete with odd facial structure): It’s almost as if recorded history started Monday, and nothing she and her accomplices did in the four years previous ever occurred.
There was quite a bit of alternate reality in yesterday’s press conference from President Barack Obama, but this one takes the cake. Maybe this “conversation” could include a fiscal commission that would issue a report with recommendations? We shouldn’t be surprised when we elect a “leader” with a serious predilection for voting “present.”
In the Senate debate yesterday over whether 0.28 percent of non-defense discretionary spending should be cut for the rest of this fiscal year or 1.6 percent should be cut, Sen. Harry Reid (thanks Nevada voters!) took to the floor to decry the cuts which could spell the end of Nevada's Cowboy Poetry Festival. Set aside […]
Last weekend, Democratic Rep. Mike Capuano rallied a crowd in Boston to support protesters in Wisconsin: “I’m proud to be here with people who understand that it’s more than just sending an email to get you going. Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when […]
I was doing some entertaining over the long holiday weekend, so I never got a chance to do a blow-by-blow on the protests in Wisconsin. Here’s a quick rundown: First, an anecdote. Back in 1989, the National Education Association held its national convention during the summer in Washington, D.C. My father, a (comparatively) small-time teacher’s […]
During the Bush 43 administration The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto had a regular feature called “Homeless Rediscovery Watch” which featured a quote by Mark Helprin to the effect that if Bush was elected president that the media would suddenly re-discover the homeless population and use it as a club to bash GOP policies. It’s […]
Congratulations America, if there was any doubt that you’d elected pretty, fawning airheaded sycophant as president, then this morning’s release of his proposed fiscal 2012 budget should make it obvious. When the hand-picked Democrat chairman of your deficit reduction commission characterizes your budget as going “nowhere near where they will have to go to resolve […]
President Obama admitted after his health care reform bill became law what was obvious to anyone with 1/8th of a brain: You can't increase benefits, expand coverage to 30 million people who don't currently have health insurance and simultaneously reduce costs. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Now comes […]