http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Despite 15 trillion dollars of debt, we still give priority to sex scandals over economic scandals. Which may explain why we are so deep underwater. Imagine if a politician who grabbed a 100 million dollar pork project for his friends had to spend a week explaining it. That would almost certainly never happen. Not […]
A G.O.P. Hopeful Gathers Momentum as More Voters Like What They Hear By KATE ZERNIKE MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann was campaigning just north of here, the Sarah Palin tour was rumored to be arriving soon, and Mitt Romney was on his way to announce his entry into the presidential race. Yet here was another […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/268839 Bono Has Better Taste than Miley Things are too bad not to give Rick Santorum a look. Miley Cyrus tweeted: “‘IF WE ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE NEXT THING U KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE MARRYING GOLD FISH.’ — Rick Santorum UO contributed $13,000 to this mans campaign.” Miley Cyrus was protesting the news that the president […]
Is John Edwards’s Fall A Tragedy?There were “two Americas,” alright — those whose misfortune he could profitably exploit, and the rest. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/268840 The Washington Post has issued a post mortem on the career of John Edwards (“American Dream Is Irrevocably Undone”) and finds tragedy and pathos. “The man born Johnny Reid Edwards had it. Great […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/268846 A Great and Terrible Day D-Day showed the greatness of the American people. “Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.” — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Four days after Pearl Harbor, Hitler committed one of the most monumental blunders in history. Rushing back to […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/andrewklavan/2011/06/06/i-blame-women/ I Blame Women I was so delighted to have my blog return to Pajamas Media that I really wanted to start off by writing about something important, an issue that really makes a difference in people’s lives, or an idea that perhaps you hadn’t thought of before, that might change the way you look […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576359841146126376.html The Republican Who Can WinThe candidate would know Americans are more worried about their jobs and their savings than abstractions like ‘big government.’ By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ To win the presidency in 2012, the Republican candidate will require certain strengths. Among them, a credible passion for ideas other than cost-cutting and small government. He or […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576363650808141710.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTSecond By JOHN FUND It seems everyone is talking about Texas Gov. Rick Perry as a possible Republican presidential candidate. Even Sarah Palin, contemplating her own entry to the 2012 race, spontaneously brought up Mr. Perry’s name recently as someone to watch. Mr. Perry, who has long claimed he has no interest in running for […]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110606/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets near the Afghan border Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed an al-Qaida commander, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The identities of the dead in the unusually intense […]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.7e8c9b730d578a188e3f19c677e0e598.341&show_article=1 The United States said Sunday it is “deeply troubled” over clashes on the Syrian border with Israel that reportedly resulted in 14 deaths, and called for calm on both sides. Israeli troops opened fire as protesters from Syria on Sunday stormed a ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights. “We are deeply troubled by […]
