Dana Milbank - New senator Scott Brown sure gets down to Republican business

You can hear the hissing......

Dana Milbank - New senator Scott Brown sure gets down to Republican business:

Great. Here comes one more model prone to sudden acceleration.

Another Toyota? Actually, no. This one is Scott Brown, as of Thursday the junior senator from Massachusetts.

Brown, the surprise victor in last month's special election, had raised no objection to taking his oath of office on Feb. 11. But then conservative commentators complained that he was dilly-dallying; the Boston Herald's Howie Carr accused him on Wednesday of taking 'a three-week victory lap.'"

Patrick Kennedy: Scott Brown's candidacy 'a joke' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Patrick Kennedy: Scott Brown's candidacy 'a joke' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) election has been shown to be 'a joke,' the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said Thursday.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) castigated Brown for having pushed to be sworn in ahead of schedule to permanently fill the Senate seat left vacant by the congressman's father's death in August."

Dow Tumbling Toward 10,000; VIX Tops 25 - CNBC

Dow Tumbling Toward 10,000; VIX Tops 25 - CNBC:

Stocks tumbled 2 percent Thursday, putting the Dow dangerously close to breaking through 10,000, amid worries about the US job market and Europe's ability to get a grip on its debt."

First-time jobless claims rise unexpectedly - Yahoo! Finance

First-time jobless claims rise unexpectedly - Yahoo! Finance:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.

The rise is the fourth in the past five weeks. Most economists hoped that claims would resume a downward trend that was evident in the fall and early winter."

First Lady requires more than twenty attendants

First Lady requires more than twenty attendants:

Update: First Lady Now Requires 26 Servants
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it”
—Albert Einstein

“In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much,” she said. “See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, “ Michelle Obama"

Ten Obama Disasters That Have Nothing to Do with W.

Ten Obama Disasters That Have Nothing to Do with W.:

In addition to his dependency on tobacco, President Obama has developed an unhealthy addiction to blaming his failures, past and present, on George W. Bush.

From soaring unemployment to the staggering federal deficit, Obama would have the American people believe that the foul odor emanating from the White House is the result of policies and practices inherited from W."

Michelle Malkin : SEIU Fat Cats Behind First Lady's Anti-Obesity Campaign - Townhall.com

Michelle Malkin : SEIU Fat Cats Behind First Lady's Anti-Obesity Campaign - Townhall.com:

Behind every seemingly good deed in the Obama White House, there's a deep-pocketed, left-wing special interest. Take first lady Michelle Obama's crusade against childhood obesity. Who really benefits from the ostensible push for improved nutrition in the schools? Think purple -- as in the purple-shirted army of the Service Employees International Union. Big Labor bigwigs don't care about slimming your kids' waistlines. They care about beefing"

Paul Greenberg : Forward to the Past - Townhall.com

Paul Greenberg : Forward to the Past - Townhall.com:

Some things still surprise. Even about politicians. Barney Frank, for example. He's just come out for disbanding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Yes, that Barney Frank. The very same. The chairman of the House Financial Committee and the moving force -- indeed, the uncontrollable force -- behind Fannie and Freddie, those terrible twins and financial tumors whose bad loans led to the meltdown of the housing market. And then to general panic as banks, insurers and investment firms followed suit."

Michael Barone : How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science - Townhall.com

Michael Barone : How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science - Townhall.com:

Quick, name the most distrusted occupations. Trial lawyers? Pretty skuzzy, as witness the disgraced John Edwards, kept from the vice presidency in 2004 by the electoral votes of Ohio. Used car dealers? Always near the bottom of the list, as witness the universal understanding of the word 'clunker.'"

Matthews and Olbermann Now Openly Fighting Over Obama - HUMAN EVENTS

Matthews and Olbermann Now Openly Fighting Over Obama - HUMAN EVENTS:

In a 'Special Report' on the president's question-and-answer session with Republicans last Friday, MSNBC's jock-sniffers Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow produced a museum-quality show:

MATTHEWS: Everybody agrees he could handle everything today. ...

OLBERMANN: It almost felt like watching the stories of John L. Sullivan, the 19th-century boxer, who would volunteer to fight anybody and everybody in the house and knock them all out. ..."

American Thinker: How to Blame Bush: Lie

ANOTHER excellent read - it's time to let GWB ride into the sunset with some of the respect he deserves afforded him through truth.

American Thinker: How to Blame Bush: Lie:

Has this happened to you? You start reading an article written by a Democrat, wondering if it is just possible that he has a legitimate point. But one or two paragraphs in, you find yourself so deep in outrageously false premises that you wonder if you share the same planet. How do they manage to pack so many falsehoods into so few words?"

Justice Thomas Defends Campaign Finance Ruling - NYTimes.com

Justice Thomas Defends Campaign Finance Ruling - NYTimes.com:

WASHINGTON — In expansive remarks at a law school in Florida, Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday vigorously defended the Supreme Court’s recent campaign finance decision."

Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks

And if you believe this isn't a slippery slope...I have a bridge I'd like to sell you!

Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks:

The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.

Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted its computer networks, according to cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter. The objective is to better defend Google -- and its users -- from future attack."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Exclusive: Yet another climategate?

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Exclusive: Yet another climategate?:

A few weeks ago, we covered the latest scandal with the IPCC, the climate arm of the UN. It seems they were sourcing the imminent melting of glaciers to an off handed comment in a phone conversation, NOT peer reviewed science.

At the time, the head of the IPCC Rajendra K. Pachauri said “I became aware of this when it was reported in the media about ten days ago.” Unfortunately for him, it’s now been revealed he was actually told about it months earlier, reportedly in November."

Brown Surprise: Seat Me Now! - The Atlantic Politics Channel

Brown Surprise: Seat Me Now! - The Atlantic Politics Channel:

Now that his election as Senator from Massachusetts has been certified, Scott Brown wants to get to work -- and much more quickly than his colleagues in the Senate had prepared for. Brown's campaign counsel asked Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to sign the formal certification by tomorrow morning, so Brown can take the papers and present them to the Senate tomorrow and demand that he be seated."

U.S. May Lose 824,000 Jobs as Employment Data Revised: Analysis - Bloomberg.com

Surprise, surprise!!!...?....Jeez, this Administration has me saying that so much I'm starting to feel like Gomer Pyle!!!!
This should only take an hour or so to get blamed on GWB!

U.S. May Lose 824,000 Jobs as Employment Data Revised: Analysis - Bloomberg.com:

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg Multimedia) -- The U.S. may lose 824,000 jobs when the government releases its annual revision to employment data on Feb. 5, showing the labor market was in worse shape during the recession than known at the time."

Republicans say Obama loan program is first step toward TARP slush fund | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Republicans say Obama loan program is first step toward TARP slush fund | The Daily Caller :

Republicans accused President Obama on Tuesday of taking a step toward using the $700 billion Wall Street bailout as a slush fund, a possibility many worried about when the Troubled Asset Relief Program was first created during the economic panic of 2008.

“Our TARP should not be a piggy bank. It was intended to stabilize the financial system. It has stabilized the financial system. As it is paid back with interest it should go to reduce the debt,” Sen. Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican and ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, said in a brief interview."

Accuracy is in the eye of the poll-holder | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Accuracy is in the eye of the poll-holder | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment:

Back in late 2008, as part of my research for my documentary film “Media Malpractice” at great personal expense I commissioned two highly scientific polls of the electorate to determine how the dreadful media coverage of the campaign impacted what voters knew (or thought they knew) about the candidates."

Acquiring Shotguns - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities

OK....?.....!!!!....????

Acquiring Shotguns - Federal Business Opportunities:

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division."

Budget-strapped states avoid the word 'taxes' - Washington Times

This is how it's done in Taxachusetts!

Budget-strapped states avoid the word 'taxes' - Washington Times:

DENVER | Faced with severe budget shortfalls after a steep economic recession, state legislatures and governors are trying to raise money without raising taxes — at least not technically."

Hot Air � Blog Archive � ObamaCare: State of the undead bill

Hot Air � Blog Archive � ObamaCare: State of the undead bill:

What’s up with ObamaCare? If anyone really knows, they are not saying, leading to the speculation summed up by political scientist Jonathan Bernstein:"

Hot Air � Blog Archive � Video: Chris Matthews compares the GOP to the Khmer Rouge

Another gem from Comrade Chris!

Hot Air � Blog Archive � Video: Chris Matthews compares the GOP to the Khmer Rouge:

Courtesy of Ken Shepard at NewsBusters, a tasty bite of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews likening the Republican Party to genocidal Communists who slaughtered millions:"

Obama Budget Taxes Domestic Energy - HUMAN EVENTS

Obama should stop trashing Vegas....he could headline there with his magical slight of hand budget tricks! He'd be the biggest magic act on the strip.....what he giveth - he taketh away FIRST!

Obama Budget Taxes Domestic Energy - HUMAN EVENTS:

Here we go again. The pole vault and parachutes plan for killing America’s domestic oil and gas industry reared its ugly head again yesterday in the Obama budget proposal. With the job and industry-killing cap and trade national energy tax warming a back bench during an election year -- if not riding out the entire Obama Recession -- the new budget proposal (pdf, page 4) seeks to impose nearly $40 billion in new taxes on America’s domestic oil and gas producers.

These taxes won’t simply affect large producers like Exxon/Mobil or Shell Oil companies but will sound the death knell for the small businesses that comprise the overwhelming majority of domestic energy production."

The Biggest Jerk in Congress - HUMAN EVENTS

I'm glad somebody is finally saying it!

The Biggest Jerk in Congress - HUMAN EVENTS:

Every school, club, or company has a loudmouth whose outrageous statements and failed attempts at humor cause his friends to shy away, feigning laughter and everyone to think “what a jackass.”

Congress always has more than its fair share of such people, and suffers them gladly. Well, most of them. But this congress contains a man who rises above the rest, distinguishing himself beyond all others as this session’s “Biggest Jerk In Congress.” He is Representative Alan Grayson, a first-term Democratic Congressman from Florida’s historically Republican 8th Congressional District, which includes Orlando."

President Obama backs down from Las Vegas dig - Manu Raju - POLITICO.com

Way to go!!! That'll fix the economy - TRASH your own citizens, and your own City's!!!!

President Obama backs down from Las Vegas dig - Manu Raju - POLITICO.com:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid chided President Barack Obama Tuesday for making Las Vegas a “poster child” for excessive spending.

“I just spoke to the White House and told them that while the president is correct that people saving for college need to be fiscally responsible, the president needs to lay off Las Vegas and stop making it the poster child for where people shouldn't be spending their money,” Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, said in a statement."

Nancy Pelosi heads for a two-track plan for health care reform - Patrick O'Connor and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com

Though I agree with this - watch out! It's a back door ploy!!!!!!

Nancy Pelosi heads for a two-track plan for health care reform - Patrick O'Connor and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com:

With the broader health care bill still perilously close to collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to take a shot at the health insurance industry next week by scheduling a vote on a smaller bill to revoke its half-century-old exemption from antitrust laws.

The vote is part of her new two-track strategy to tackle things that won’t be included in a more sweeping bill — if Congress ever passes one — while giving her members something politically popular to vote on. The move also puts pressure on Republicans, the industry and wavering Democrats, who wish their leaders would abandon the push altogether."

American Thinker Blog: Senator Scott Brown Watch

American Thinker Blog: Senator Scott Brown Watch:

Where inthehell is Scott Brown? The voters have spoken! Why hasn't he been sworn in? And why is Kirk still voting? How inthehell is that legal? Kirk became the 60th vote for raising the debt ceiling. Would Brown have voted yea?

And why is no one mentioning it? I've only found one small mention of this fact, even in the blogosphere.

Time to get grumpy."

American Thinker: The Lost Decade

Excellent Article - now STOP BLAMING BUSH!!!!!!!!!!

American Thinker: The Lost Decade:

President Obama called the 'oughts' (2000-2009) the 'lost decade.' That was his way, yet again, of blaming Bush. More precisely, it was Obama heeding the advice of Homer Simpson.

The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

American Thinker Blog: Why Obama's tax incentives for small business will backfire

American Thinker Blog: Why Obama's tax incentives for small business will backfire:

President Obama proposed to give tax incentives to small businesses to hire more people. This sounds like a generally good idea, unless you happen to have any practical experience which is sorely lacking in this administration.

Suppose you are a business that has held on to valuable employees for the last year at a great financial cost. You are now supposed to compete with a startup that has preferential tax treatment because he is hiring new employees. Or perhaps you must now compete with an existing competitor that was less financially sound and thus had to lay off workers. He may now get a tax break to hire them back. You must then compete with more expensive workers than your competition. Instead of creating an incentive to hire you may have created an incentive to lay off workers."

The American Spectator : Just Walk Away

The American Spectator : Just Walk Away:

In his State of the Union address, the President implored Congress not to 'walk away' from healthcare reform. With Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, and growing skepticism among Americans, passage of a 'comprehensive' healthcare bill is looking less and less likely every day.

And for good reason. The House and Senate versions of healthcare reform are nearly 2,000 pages long. Some of the most expensive provisions in the bills are effectively unfunded and will indeed exacerbate our federal fiscal catastrophe."

The American Spectator : Show ACORN the Money

Yessiree! More transparency - no more lobbyist...clean up Washington.....Man.....doesn't Obama and Co. make ya feel warm and fuzzy........

The American Spectator : Show ACORN the Money:

ACORN and other left-wing advocacy groups could be eligible for up to $3.99 billion in federal funding included in the $3.83 trillion fiscal 2011 budget blueprint that President Obama unveiled yesterday."

What Ails Small Businesses - Stephen Spruiell - The Corner on National Review Online

AM....A $5000.00 tax "credit" for hiring.....however on the other side, the cost of Health Care per employee is equal if not surpassing that....AND...the Obama Administration plans on sunsetting all of the Bush Tax Cuts - which slam the Small Business from the other side. I wouldn't hire if you PAID ME...oh yeah....that's what your saying your doing....HA!

What Ails Small Businesses - Stephen Spruiell - The Corner on National Review Online:

Thanks for that post. You hit the nail on the head. As the owner of a 16 year old wholesale computer parts company with about 50 total employees here and in England, I can tell you it’s not about easy loans and tax credits for hiring.

As you say, it is risk aversion. It is the knowledge that my taxes are going to go up and also we just don’t see other businesses willing to take inventory positions right now."

Palin Wants Rahm Fired -- Political Wire

Now...imagine if this were a member of the GWB Administration...the Pitchforks would be at the front door....

Palin Wants Rahm Fired -- Political Wire:

In a Facebook post, Sarah Palin calls on President Obama to fire Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for reportedly describing the strategy of Senate liberals as 'fucking retarded.'"

The American Spectator : Rationing Both Jobs and Basketballs

The American Spectator : Rationing Both Jobs and Basketballs:

Now that Obamacare has slipped into the ocean trench that lies just off the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, the president will turn his full attention to the issue of jobs. This can mean only one thing.

Now nobody's job is safe."

Politicians in Wonderland - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online

Politicians in Wonderland - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online:

There was a recent flap because three different members of the Obama administration, on three different Sunday television talk shows, gave three widely differing estimates of how many jobs the president has created."

Stuck on Yucca - Mona Charen - National Review Online

Stuck on Yucca - Mona Charen - National Review Online:

The perennially optimistic strained to find evidence of a new centrism in President Obama’s State of the Union address. Well, the Hyde Park liberal embraced nuclear power, they say. And he did seem to.

“To create more . . . clean-energy jobs,” the president intoned, “we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.”"

Chinese diplomat: Ties with US deteriorating since Obama - Israel News, Ynetnews

How's all that apologizing and bowing doing for you....and US!?

Chinese diplomat: Ties with US deteriorating since Obama - Israel News, Ynetnews:

In a special interview with Ynet, deputy Chinese ambassador to Israel presents communist regime's outlook on crisis with Washington, Middle East and Google affair. In respect to Iran, Zhang Xiao'an says sanctions won't help"

N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S.

And what will the world do when WE arebn't here in that capacity anymore....?

N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S.:

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams will undergo heart surgery later this week in the United States.

Deputy premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed the treatment at a news conference Tuesday, but would not reveal the location of the operation or how it would be paid for."

Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million - Washington Times

Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million - Washington Times:

The era of big government has returned with a vengeance, in the form of the largest federal work force in modern history.

The Obama administration says the government will grow to 2.15 million employees this year, topping 2 million for the first time since President Clinton declared that 'the era of big government is over' and joined forces with a Republican-led Congress in the 1990s to pare back the federal work force."

Backdoor taxes to hit middle class - Yahoo! News

Surprise...surprise.....

Backdoor taxes to hit middle class - Yahoo! News:

NEW YORK (Reuters.com) --The Obama administration's plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over the next decade relies heavily on so-called backdoor tax increases that will result in a bigger tax bill for middle-class families.

In the 2010 budget tabled by President Barack Obama on Monday, the White House wants to let billions of dollars in tax breaks expire by the end of the year -- effectively a tax hike by stealth.

While the administration is focusing its proposal on eliminating tax breaks for individuals who earn $250,000 a year or more, middle-class families will face a slew of these backdoor increases."

Michael Moore: Capitalism Is Evil and Must Be Eliminated | The FOX Nation

We have to drown out the Progressive's...we have to shout the Founding Fathers from the rooftops!

Michael Moore: Capitalism Is Evil and Must Be Eliminated | The FOX Nation:

The leftist U.K. Guardian newspaper is celebrating an economics lecture from mockumentary filmmaker Michael Moore. The headline:

'Capitalism is evil...you have to eliminate it'"

My Way News - Obama budget would impose host of tax increases

How much longer do they think we'll accept this shell game? We AREN'T STUPID! We - the Small Business Owners of America drive the countries economic engine. And I, for one am wondering what the point is anymore??? It used to be to achieve success....now it's scrambling to stay alive.....what - WHAT is the point of starting or running a small business anymore?

My Way News - Obama budget would impose host of tax increases:

WASHINGTON (AP) - While President Barack Obama is proposing to cut some taxes for companies that hire workers, his budget would raise a host of other taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals.

The budget proposal released Monday would extend Obama's signature Making Work Pay tax credit - $400 for individuals, $800 for a couple filing jointly - through 2011. But it would also impose nearly $1 trillion in higher taxes on couples making more than $250,000 and individuals making more than $200,000 by not renewing tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush. Obama would extend Bush-era tax cuts for families and individuals making less."

Pelosi Using Air Force to Chauffer Her Kids Around? | The FOX Nation

Pelosi Using Air Force to Chauffer Her Kids Around? | The FOX Nation:

Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, Judicial Watch uncovered thousands of pages of travel documents related to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of military aircraft.

What hasn’t been revealed so far is that military aircraft are being used to shuttle Pelosi’s kids and grandkids between DC and San Francisco without any Congressional representatives even onboard! Put simply, the United States Air Force is serving as a multi-billion dollar chauffeur- and baby-sitting service for Nancy Pelosi’s kids and grandkids — presumably because commercial travel is beneath the families of the autocrats. Read more here."

Ajami: The Obama Spell Is Broken - WSJ.com

Ajami: The Obama Spell Is Broken - WSJ.com:

The curtain has come down on what can best be described as a brief un-American moment in our history. That moment began in the fall of 2008, with the great financial panic, and gave rise to the Barack Obama phenomenon.

The nation's faith in institutions and time-honored ways had cracked. In a little-known senator from Illinois millions of Americans came to see a savior who would deliver the nation out of its troubles. Gone was the empiricism in political life that had marked the American temper in politics. A charismatic leader had risen in a manner akin to the way politics plays out in distressed and Third World societies."

The Death of Global Warming - Walter Russell Mead's Blog - The American Interest

The Death of Global Warming - Walter Russell Mead's Blog - The American Interest:

The global warming movement as we have known it is dead. Its health had been in steady decline during the last year as the once robust hopes for a strong and legally binding treaty to be agreed upon at the Copenhagen Summit faded away. By the time that summit opened, campaigners were reduced to hoping for a ‘politically binding’ agreement to be agreed that would set the stage for the rapid adoption of the legally binding treaty. After the failure of the summit to agree to even that much, the movement went into a rapid decline."

UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article - Telegraph

UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article - Telegraph:

The United Nations' expert panel on climate change based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain tops on a student's dissertation and an article in a mountaineering magazine."

Petition to Dismiss Nuisance Charges Against Heroic Navy SEALs

Petition to Dismiss Nuisance Charges Against Heroic Navy SEALs:

We, the editors of The American Spectator, together with the many American signatories to this petition, request that you exercise your influence to ensure that the charges against U.S. Navy SEALs Matthew McCabe, Julio Huertas, and Jonathan Keefe are dismissed immediately."

The American Spectator : Stern Talk

SEIU Alert! This guy is Obama's right hand man....

The American Spectator : Stern Talk:

Senators who won't pass ObamaCare are 'terrorists,' the leader of America's most powerful labor union said yesterday as Senate Democrats' supermajority death watch entered its second week."

Kudlow's Money Politic$ - National Review Online

Kudlow's Money Politic$ - National Review Online:

The day after President Obama’s State of the Union, Congress went ahead and passed a $1.9 trillion — that’s right, $1.9 trillion — increase in the federal government’s debt limit. Let me tell you why this bothers me.

First, in order to avoid bankruptcy, it means future tax rates are going to have to go up. Second, Mr. Bernanke bought a lot of our debt in 2009. That brought down the dollar and hiked the gold price. So, has Washington set us up for major inflation in the years ahead?"

The Small-Business Dilemma - David Malpass - National Review Online

The Small-Business Dilemma - David Malpass - National Review Online:

The economy has strengthened some in recent months — helped by inventory building and excess monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve — while payroll employment is finally stabilizing. But the economic forces that are working in favor of GDP growth in the short term are not creating a longer-term reason for businesses — small firms, in particular — to invest and hire."

Soft on Terror - Charles Krauthammer - National Review Online

Soft on Terror - Charles Krauthammer - National Review Online:

The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane — that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration — but what happened afterward when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was captured and came under the full control of the U.S. government.

After 50 minutes of questioning him, the Obama administration chose, reflexively and mindlessly, to give the chatty terrorist the right to remain silent. Which he immediately did, undoubtedly denying us crucial information about al-Qaeda in Yemen, which had trained, armed, and dispatched him."

American Thinker: Obama's Nuclear Lie

American Thinker: Obama's Nuclear Lie:

The president's pants were smoldering during his State of the Union address. One fib in particular that he offered was deviously cloaked beneath a thin veneer of truth. In order to create clean energy jobs, Mr. Obama said that America needs to be '...building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.'"

American Thinker: The Islamic Republic of Torture, Rape, and Murder

American Thinker: The Islamic Republic of Torture, Rape, and Murder:

Rape in prison is a cruel invasion of a helpless victim. In addition to the physical torment and possible transmission of sexual diseases, rape reduces the victim to subhuman status -- an object for the use of others to be discarded when no longer desired. Most civilized countries sternly guard against rapes and sexual assaults in prison, although with less than complete success. Under the barbaric rule of the mullahcracy in Iran, sexual assaults have become instruments of policy for extracting false confessions, satisfying the boundless sadism and sexual perversions of the jailers, punishing the helpless victim, and leaving him with a sense of dehumanization."

American Thinker Blog: Global warming science implodes overseas: American media silent

American Thinker Blog: Global warming science implodes overseas: American media silent:

The revelations have been nothing short of jaw dropping. Dozens - yes dozens - of claims made in the IPCC 2007 report on climate change that was supposed to represent the 'consensus' of 2500 of the world's climate scientists have been shown to be bogus, or faulty, or not properly vetted, or simply pulled out of thin air."

Brown: 'Humbled' by White House Talk, But Doesn’t Rule Out 2012 Run - The Note

Brown: 'Humbled' by White House Talk, But Doesn’t Rule Out 2012 Run - The Note:

Senator-elect Scott Brown’s stunning victory for the Massachusetts Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy has many Republicans hoping he’ll make a White House bid.

When Barbara Walters, in her EXCLUSIVE This Week interview, asked Brown if he’d rule out a 2012 run, he said he found it humbling, but he wouldn’t say no."

Criticism of Obama ‘Not About Race,’ Says New Poll of White People � Borowitz Report

Criticism of Obama ‘Not About Race,’ Says New Poll of White People � Borowitz Report:

People who criticize President Obama do so for reasons that have “nothing to do with his race,” a new poll of white people indicates."