The Most Transparent Administration
Evah Strikes Again
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Submit a FOIA request to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to release certain agency documents related to the issue of global warming, and what do you get? I simply can’t add anything to this.
Unbelievable.
(Via ST reader Sev)
Cross-posted from the Sister Toldjah blog.
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A retrospective on the war on Iraq
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If you read nothing else today, please read David Bellavia’s poignant piece on Iraq: Our Mission is Finally Accomplished… Anyone Care? It’s mostly directed at the doubters and naysayers, those who didn’t believe the US could and would win there, but it’s also an important read for those of us stateside who never gave...
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Cheney to O’Biden: Before You Take Credit for Iraq, Thank Bush
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Responding to Puff, the Magic Biden’s preposterous remarks from earlier this week in which VP Biden suggested that Iraq could be one of Obama’s “greatest achievements,” former Veep Dick Cheney didn’t pull any punches:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in an exclusive appearance on ABC News’ “This Week,” offered a sharp critique of the Obama administration’s...
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Robert Gibbs: KSM Will Be “Tried, Convicted, and Likely Executed,” Will “Meet His Maker”
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Via MSDNC:
WASHINGTON – Accused Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is likely to be executed after being tried and convicted, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Sunday.
Gibbs spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The Obama administration has begun looking for places other than the heart of New York City to prosecute Mohammed and...
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Meltdown at the IPCC: Key claim about Himalayan glaciers to be retracted?
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It hasn’t been a great last few months for global warming alarmists. First came ClimgateGate, and now this (via Tim Blair):
A WARNING that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it.
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Oliver Stone Plans to Rehab Hitler’s, Stalin’s Reputations – at the Expense of America’s
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Ugly liberal moral relativism strikes again:
TCA — Director Oliver Stone’s upcoming Showtime documentary miniseries “Secret History of America” promises to put mass murderers such as Stalin and Hitler “in context.”
“Stalin, Hitler, Mao, McCarthy — these people have been vilified pretty thoroughly by history,” Stone told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour in...
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Obama Acknowledges Success of Iraq Surge – Finally
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Something he wouldn’t do last year in a blatant attempt at placating his party’s anti-war base:
President Obama did acknowledge the success of the surge in Iraq and used some of its lessons to develop a plan in Afghanistan, the head of Central Command said Sunday.
Gen. David Petraeus, who is in charge of military operations throughout...
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Goracle Challenged Once Again on “Inconvenient Truth” Claims
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Via Fox News:
[...] Al Gore’s award-winning global warming film “An Inconvenient Truth,” socked two years ago by a British court ruling that found several errors, is facing additional scrutiny with the release of a new documentary that seeks to rebut many of Gore’s claims.
Buoyed by the ruling, two Irish journalists — Phelim McAleer and Ann...
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Yes, Liberals – It IS Wrong for the POTUS to Bow at 90 Degrees to Other Heads of State
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It never fails that any criticism of President Obama from conservatives is met with the usual “they’re overblowing it/they’re being stupid” cry from some on the left, and this weekend is no different. In response to the legitimate outcry over the President bowing at a clear 90 degree angle to Japanese Emperor Akihito, liberals...
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Why Isn’t President Obama Traveling to Germany for Berlin Wall Fall Anniversary?
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Fox News reports that the WH is taking heat over our celebrity President’s decision not to attend the 20th anniversary celebration in Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall:
The president does not plan to travel to Germany to attend the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the fall of the Berlin Wall, drawing heated criticism...
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California Prepares To Rip Off Its Taxpayers Some More
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And read how the LA Times spins it as “not a tax increase”:
Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento – Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners — holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks...
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The Ridiculous Lengths Some Polanksi Supporters Will Go Through To Defend “Their Guy”
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Just when you thought you’d seen it all. Check out Patterico’s blog (here and here) for mountains of evidence that the associate producer of a sympathetic Polanksi “documentary” from last year has been posting anonymous comments in several threads Patterico wrote about the topic, comments she wrote in attempts at both defending Polanksi and...
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The NYT reports on the death of Bill Safire, a conservative and former columnists for the so-called “Newspaper of Record”:
William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop’s treasury of articles on language, died...
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WH Throws David Paterson Under The Bus
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Obama has conveyed to Gov. Paterson, through various admin officials, that he doesn’t want Paterson to run for re-election:
President Obama has grave concerns that New York Gov. David Paterson cannot win a reelection contest in 2010, and the White House has taken the unusual step of conveying those concerns to the governor himself, several knowledgeable...
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Obama’s Approval Ratings Continue to Sink in NC
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For my fellow North Carolinians disgusted with the news last fall that North Carolina went to a Democrat nominee for President for the first time since Jimmy Carter – thus now making this once solidly red state now a “battleground state,” here is a welcome bit of news:
The latest survey by Public Policy Polling found...
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