davidl on September 23rd, 2010

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It hard for Dumbo so see with his head stuck up his ass.

Franklin D.Roosevelt did say:

“Yesterday, December Seventh, was a day which will live in infamy.”

President Barack Hussein Obama might have  said if here was president in

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davidl on June 25th, 2010

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None dare all it education, via Sister Toldjah:

Students in Provincetown – from elementary to high school – will be able to get free condoms at school, under a policy passed earlier this month, even though their parents

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davidl on June 10th, 2010

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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

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davidl on May 23rd, 2010

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Dumbo sets sights on big trucks, what could go wrong?   From Erica Werner and Ken Thomas, Associated Press:

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is setting the nation’s sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now

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on January 27th, 2010
Tonight
Art will be a featured guest at the Des Moines Register’s web site tonight during the President’s speech in an online chat.  You can join us at this link starting at 7:45 PM Central Time.

Well, friends, tonight could

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on January 13th, 2010

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I was at my regular hair salon near Robins Air Force Base, GA, secured in my protective cape. Complimentary coffee was flowing and plans for my hair design were in negotiation. The scene was set. As my stylist was

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on December 3rd, 2009

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I was in the doctor’s office waiting room and scanning for reading materials. A stack of pamphlets immediately caught my eye. The main header, in a solemn-looking font, stated, “Pressures of military life can lead to stress, despair, marriage

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davidl on December 1st, 2009

The natural trait of a politician is to hedge his bets, to obscure his positions, to hide his true beliefs.   Obama has mastered the political.    As opposed to mere a politician, a leader needs take a stand, be clear about

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davidl on November 4th, 2009

Barack Obama vintage 2006, as attributed by Jeff Zeleny, New York Stimes:

“My goal is every candidate I campaign for, I want to win — every single candidate,” said Mr. Obama, who at the time was a freshman senator

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davidl on October 30th, 2009

Jeff Zeleny in te New York Stimes:

WASHINGTON — As President Obama returned to the White House on Thursday, after a visit to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan, he said the

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Eric Florack on October 27th, 2009

Over at Reason this morning,  Peter Suderman suggests something(Link repaired….Editor) … that I”ve been slowly coming around to, myself. He looks at the on again / off again agreement between the White House and the Democrats in Congress,

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davidl on October 22nd, 2009

It seems that Bobby Gibbs has become very hard to ignore.    Former Vice President Dick Cheney, father of Liz, leveled from very specific charges at the Obama administration.    Included was the charge the the Obama much proclaimed new plan announced

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davidl on October 8th, 2009

It all well and good to use fancy words and soaring rhetoric.   It even better if you actually know what the words mean, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post:

“It was easy to say, ‘Hey, I support COIN,’ because nobody had

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Eric Florack on September 28th, 2009

Max Boot in this morning’s LA TIMES:

During last year’s campaign, Barack Obama stressed that while he wanted to withdraw from Iraq, he was no pacifist. “As president,” he said on July 15, 2008, “I will make the fight against

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Michael Yon on the canning of Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan:

However, General McKiernan did make some statements about additional troops to Afghanistan, and when he made those statements I remember thinking, “He’s going to get fired.” And so those

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