Some folks at the New York Times seem to think this is a reason for celebration, via Doug Mataconis, Otside the Beltway:
BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops to leave Iraq drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning,
Call it what you will, the so-called Arab Spring is certainly not a new birth of freedom, from Telegraph(UK) via Pat Dollard:
Libya’s liberation: interim ruler unveils more radical than expected plans for Islamic law
Libya’s interim leader outlined
Jon Huntsman has no business running fo president as a republican. If Huntsman wants to be president, he needs to register and run as what he is a democrat. Robert Stacy McCain blogs a victory dance over Huntsman rotting political
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Paul Krugman, New York Times, writes, via William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:
Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?
Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd.
What happened after 9/11
from Eugene Robinson, Washington Post:
The war our enemies began on Sept. 11, 2001, is long over. Perhaps now, after 10 years of anxiety and self-doubt, we can acknowledge our victory and begin the postwar renewal and reconciliation that
Rochester, NY— I’m home today, but will leave for Allentown PA tonight, for a couple of short hops. Four or five days out., in total. It’ll be a little cooler, and my truck is running well, so it should be
Ames, from Ed Morrissey Hot Air:
The fun of the Ames straw poll came to an end this afternoon as the ballot count shows that 16,892 votes were cast, and Michele Bachmann (4823) won a narrow victory over
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The rumble of discontent. Given the fact that Dumbo, b/k/a Barack Ohama, has become irrelevant, is the pining for Mrs. Clinton a sign of primary challenge for Dim Won?
Rumblings, from Bill McCl ellan, Saint Louis Today:
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Dumbo knee deep in his own poop, Jennifer Rubin explains that it the policies stupid. That is an lame speech, the only kind of speech Obama can deliver, can not paper over a failed economic policy, from Washington Post
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Horseheads,NY– This is one of those places you wonder “How’d they come up with that name?” Cooler and windy today, with Showers on and off. One more trip I think, then to the house. Gotta get the camper ready for
The election in black and white. Barack Obama’s inept economic policies have hit the black population hard, from Michelle Miller, CBS News:
The economy and jobs will be big issues in Washington again this coming week.
While unemployment
Somewhere the Sun is shining, from Scott Wong, Politico:
And Palin turned to an extended ship metaphor to make her point that the country needs to “shift gears and change course” from Obama’s economic policies of bigger government,
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Usama BinLaden is reportedly dead tonight, and apparently the US has his body.
He was killed in action against a mansion outside Islamabad, according to reports.
Good news, certainly, but we need to consider this carefully.
First, a man who
Senator Fred Thompson Twitters today:
Has there EVER been a bipartisan deal with Democrats that didn’t involve spending great big piles of money? http://bit.ly/fV50r9 #ftrs #tcot
The answer of course is a resounding “No”, which is why, by its
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