Don’t let the door hit you on the way out Arlen! Specter gives final Senate floor speech, from Shira Toeplitz, Politico:
Ever the prosecutor, Sen. Arlen Specter delivered a critical attack of partisan politics in his self-described “closing argument”
Hell no to ethanol, from Matt Kibbe, Forbes:
[S]ubsidizing blending ethanol into gasoline is fiscally indefensible. If the current subsidy is extended for five years, the Federal Treasury would pay oil companies at least $31 billion to use
Keith Olbermann, Eric opined:
David has been rightly chiming in on the Keith Olbermann business. It’s kinda like observing a train wreck.
But I have to tell you that I look at this situation and have to wonder if
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. directed a major political fund-raiser to offer former Gov. Rod Blagojevich millions of dollars in campaign cash in return for an appointment to the U.S. Senate, sources said the fund-raiser has told federal authorities.
The allegation
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Dan Miller over at Pajamas Media:
Some probably disagree, but I think President Obama’s race was the deciding factor in his election. Had he been Caucasian, Asian, or Hispanic, he probably would not have got the Democratic Party nomination, much
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From Clifton B., Another Black Conservative, video:
Note Dr. Krauthammer’s generous offer of free medical service. Now that is bending down the cost curve.
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A tip of the cap to the Brits who continue to cover the news the lame street media is afraid to report, from Gerald Couzens, Mail(UK)
A seven-month-old baby girl survived three days alone with a bullet in her
Mary Mitchell, Sun-Times(Chicago)
That is why I find the billboard campaign that targets black women with a frightening anti-abortion message disturbing.
The ad, which has gone up across Atlanta, features a beautiful black baby and the words: Black Children