I don’t entirely agree with the sentiment, but since I haven’t seen anyone else make this:
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Wow. Quoting the New York Times: In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced Friday that it had awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” “He has created a new international climate,” the committee said in its announcement. President Obama’s name had not figured [...]
So, I just finished watching (via TiVo delay) Obama’s speech tonight. As speeches go, it was pretty good. But I do have a few thoughts on the content: Back during the campaign, I expressed hope that he was the reformer he claimed to be, and would be able to keep left wing of the Dems in check. [...] 
So, one of the political circuses this past week has been radio talk show hosts and the political blogosphere being all a-tizzy of which school districts will or won’t relay Obama’s speech to American schoolchildren tomorrow…or about those parents who may keep their children out of school to avoid exposure to the President’s indoctrination. The text [...] 
It’s kind of sad when well-known personalities get suckered into bad internet conspiracy theories. I might have expected this of Alan Keys (via the Los Angeles Times): In a video (see below) released Friday, Keyes, who lost to Obama in the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Illinois that launched the new president’s national political career, calls Obama [...] 
I think Obama’s shifted a bit more into the “just another politician” column, rather than “possible agent of change”, in my book. Although frequently RedState is filled with rabid, spittle-slinging tirades, every once in a while a good point is made. (That’s the reason I keep it on my reading list, despite how annoying the tirades [...] 
Seen at Politico: For Obama’s next act, the program is the same as he has been planning for months: New Deal-style plans to rescue struggling homeowners and rewrite regulations on the financial markets, plus a budget proposal that lays the groundwork for sweeping health care reform. But the strategy to promote these items is getting an [...] 
Before the wingnut conspiracy types get too far along with their speculation in the wake of Chief Justice Roberts and Obama flubbing the oath at the inauguration…. a Wall Street Journal blog noted: In a statement, White House Counsel Greg Craig said they believe the oath taken Tuesday was “administered effectively” but that out of an [...]
Jeralyn at TalkLeft has a nice roundup of accounts of the mob at the gates to access the inaugural viewing area yesterday. A sample: I’m an Obama staff member who survived the madness, and I didn’t get in either. My friend and I left the line because we were afraid for our safety – the [...]
In response to a Lifehacker post reporting on the Obama administration’s new blog at whitehouse.gov, “Doomstalk” wrote: It’s going to take a while to disassociate the words “White House” and “[BS]“. My first thought when I read that headline was “great, another outlet for the Bush administration to lie through their teeth”. While I’m willing to give [...] |
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