For a president who is supposedly anti-war, it seems funny that he would authorize preparations for a war that doesn’t even exist. Mark Mazzetti via The New York Times: The secret directive, signed in September by Gen. David H. Petraeus, authorizes the sending of American Special Operations troops to both friendly and hostile nations in […]
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All those who commit unspeakable crimes for the government under the guise of National Security™ will be left alone; those who leak to the media those unspeakable crimes will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Josh Gerstein via Politico: And it reflects a surprising development: President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has taken […]
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From a poll concerning the utter fucking lack of public support for ObamaCare released May 24, 2010: The Political Class continues to be a strong supporter of the plan, however. While 67% of Mainstream voters believe the plan will be bad for America, 77% of the Political Class disagree and think it be good for […]
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3. According to Rasmussen Reports, a leading publisher in public polling information, President Obama has only had a scant 3 days so far this year, of the 139 possible days (4 days this year did not have polls done), where his approval rate was above his disapproval rate. Even on those sporadic days, those who […]
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Arthur C. Brooks via The Washington Post: If we reject the administration’s narrative, the 70-30 nation will remain strong. If we accept it, and base our nation’s policies on it, we will be well on our way to a European-style social democracy. Punitive taxes and regulations will make it harder to be an entrepreneur, and […]
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Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times: If President Obama has his way, loans at auto dealers would be put under the purview of a new federal consumer protection authority to guard against fraud and abuse. The prospect of increased regulations, Mr. Berscht said, “could force us out of the financing business,” and it has […]
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Carlotta Gall via The New York Times: Farmers from the district of Marja, which since February has been the focus of the largest American-led military operation in Afghanistan, are fleeing the area, saying that the Taliban are terrorizing the population and that American troops cannot protect the civilians.The departure of the farmers is one of […]
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And I’m ‘Firmly Opposed’ to the Obama Administration. Via the Huffington Post: Yet the entire premise for maintaining the government’s policy — that keeping marijuana criminally prohibited “reduces [its] availability and lessens willingness to use [it]” — is demonstrably false. Under present prohibition, more than 1/3 of 8th graders, more than 2/3rds of 10th graders, […]
From Jacob Sollum: This is exactly the sort of mindlessly draconian policy that a president with any interest in dialing back the war in drugs would avoid. Hope and Change indeed.
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It’s nice to see all that Hope and Change Obama campaigned on is working out for us. When it comes to the legal framework for confronting terrorism, President Obama is acting in no meaningful sense any differently than President Bush . . . More important, President Obama has embraced and at times defended the same […]
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