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It’s dawning on a few fiscal conservative Democrats that Obama’s Generational Theft Act of 2009 is a bad, bad idea. NC Dem. Rep. Heath Shuler makes his misgivings public: Shuler, who twice voted against the $700 billion bank rescue and the bailout of the Big Three automakers, said he could support a stimulus package only [...]

Hope. Change. Lighter fluid.

CHANGE HAS COME TO AMERICA.

Nope, I’m not yet mellow.

Wonder if Rahm Emanuel made this face, featured on Drudge, as Barack Obama was admonishing us to “put away childish things…”

“The president of the United States, Barack H. Obama.”

Amid all the dreary, colorless cliches clogging inauguration coverage, Brit Hume elicits a triple-snort from me: Hillary and Bill Clinton came into view. Hume: “Bill Clinton always looks like a man searching for the proper expression to put on his face. It’s always been this way as long as I have covered him.” Lip bite? [...]

“Amazing peaceful transition of power:” 1,009 “First black president in American history:” 957 “We are witnessing history:” 576 “This is Barack Obama’s moment:” 322 “The world is watching:” 214 “My leg is tingling beyond all control:” 2 Add your own! *** Speaking of tingling legs, two manifestations of the Obamedia at work for you. First, [...]

Sam Kazman at OpenMarket.org is monitoring the thermometer: When President Bush leaves office today, will the capital be warmer or colder than when he was sworn in eight years ago? It’s not scientifically meaningful, but it is interesting. Bush has been heavily criticized for doing precious little to curb our emissions of carbon dioxide. During [...]

I pledge allegiance…

Barack Obama and the DNC aren’t the only ones spending like sailors while the economy sputters. Corruptocrats in Kenya, land of Obama’s father, are traveling here on their government’s dime to partake in the O-festivities. Never mind that they weren’t actually invited to any official events. The Kenyan delegation will show up at a few [...]

“No more white lies, my president is black!”

You’ve heard by now about the Canadian border agents who prevented Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers from entering their country for a speaking gig. Bravo to them. I’m thinking they should moonlight as security guards at the Obama inaugural prayer service. They’d make sure jihadi apologists don’t penetrate the premises. Next, they should freelance as [...]

SHHH!

Maybe I won’t throw you off the bus, after all! You are not going to believe who described Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner’s serial tax-dodging as a “triviality.” Charles Krauthammer. He also calls those who believe Geithner should be denied the nomination “unserious.” Perhaps that Beltway dinner with The One is paying dividends already? [...]

For those of you who have chosen not to partake in the O-fest O-rgy, what are you doing instead? Tuning in to the Jon and Kate plus 8 marathon? Keeping the TV off completely? As I noted earlier, I’m diving into the Generational Theft Act of 2009 proposal, which I’m hauling to my daughter’s horse-riding [...]

It’s a shocker from the open-borders Bush administration. The families must be extraordinarily relieved. They’ve been through hell: On his last full day in office, President Bush commuted the sentences of two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. The imprisonment of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean had [...]

Hope everyone’s enjoying the Bread and Circuses distraction this week while Congress gets ready to shove the most craptastic Crap Sandwich ever down our throats. I’m spending the day tuning out the panem et circenses and reading through the stimulus text instead. You can, too, at the handy site Read The Stimulus. Power Line has [...]

Give me your poor, your tired, your Bush-deranged.

“Pre-deortained.”

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File this under “The more things change.” Muslim propagandist Ingrid Mattson will reportedly help lead Barack Obama’s inaugural prayer service tomorrow. (Via Ed.) Teensy-weensy problem: She’s tied to Hamas and is president of the Islamic Society of North America — the same group named by federal prosecutors as a co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation [...]

Who’s still standing in the schoolhouse door?

Damn! He’s baaaack.

The nutroots roasted Nancy Pelosi for refusing the join the Bush impeachment bandwagon last summer. She argued it would be “divisive” and a “distraction” from the liberal Democrat legislative agenda — incensing the Joy Behar wing of the party. Remember? Well, now that we’re in dire economic straights and Obama is about to ascend the [...]

I respect the historic tradition of inauguration day, not the cult of personality driving the schlock festivities now taking place. Pomp and circumstance have been replaced with pimp and self-aggrandizement — all topped with a heapful of double standards. I’m not the only one who thinks so. Politico’s Daniel Libit has a piece this morning [...]

Defacing the flag in honor of the inauguration of Barack Obama? Well, don’t you dare question their patriotism. That would be…unpatriotic. (Hat tip: Inside Charm City) Photo source: Baltimore Sun US Flag Code: “The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, [...]

More on the amazing Flight 1549 pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger in the Colorado Springs Gazette today. Read. Marvel. Learn.

I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of blogger Bill Faith. He died of a heart attack and had been in ill health. Bill ran the blog Small Town Veteran and founded/contributed to Old War Dogs. I linked to his work many times over the years. He was also a valuable commenter here [...]

Phew! What an action-packed week. What are you doing to unwind? How are you preparing for the Obama coronation? What else is on your minds?