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Who railroaded the Amtrak inspector general?
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2009
Watchdogs are an endangered species in the Age of Obama. The latest government ombudsman to get the muzzle: Amtrak inspector general Fred Weiderhold. The longtime veteran employee was abruptly “retired” last month –just as the government-subsidized rail service faces mounting complaints about its meddling in [...]

I don’t know about you, but the idea of anyone in Washington fuming about fine print while they ram thousand-page bills through Congress that no one bothers to read is, well, triple-snort-worthy:
President Barack Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to create a new agency to police the fine print on consumer products like credit cards and [...]

President Obama has invited celebrities to the White House to join him “in his mission to encourage mentorship and fatherhood ahead of the Father’s Day holiday on Sunday.”
Do I smell a Special Master of Paternal Compensation coming on?
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If you are looking for last-minute Father’s Day ideas, try this one: The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide [...]

Yes, they can!

Foodie czar.

Heather, a military wife in Virginia, calls in to the Mark Levin show with her moving response to President Obama’s Cairo speech (hat tip for YouTube clip - Breitbart TV):

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Related: Congrats to Mark for hitting #1 on the NYTimes best seller list for the 9th week out of 10! Radio Equalizer has an interview here. [...]

So, the president is going to tell us who his computer security czar soon.
Let’s hope it’s not the same person who ran the Obama campaign’s grossly insecure online credit card donation operations.

A reporter is seeing red after being dragged away from The One.
Energy Secretary Chu is seeing white roofs as Earth’s salvation.
Nancy Pelosi is seeing green rules invading every aspect of your lives.
Weird, creepy times. This wasn’t on the O-teleprompter. Was it, Joe?

Alert! Alert! TOTUS malfunction.

Allahpundit: “When you’re distracted by the business of governing 57 states, gaffes are bound to happen.”

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It’s the Obama-Cheney showdown this morning. I, for one, am gratified to see this White House forced to put national security on the front burner. If not for the forceful public defenses by Vice President Cheney of the aggressive, proactive measures the last administration took to keep us safe, the current commander-in-chief would [...]

The Right is up for a fight. Ready?
Today, some of the best conservative legal and national security thinkers/doers will discuss the battle over the Harold Koh nomination. Bloggers can join the call.
Go here for more info and make sure to bookmark the website of the Coalition to Preserve American Sovereignty.
A few things you should know [...]

I’ve been seeing a lemming-like increase in hand-wringing articles about the need for a GOP “hero.”
The latest comes from McCain/Bush flack Nicolle Wallace in “The Daily Beast” — Tina Brown’s liberal salon sprinkled with acceptable, non-conservative Beltway Republicans who swallow false premises whole.
Wallace parrots the line that the Republican Party needs an “effective communicator” who [...]

Funny?

I spent a blissful Mother’s Day weekend unplugged and away from the news. So if you’re looking for outrage, faux outrage, and extended commentary on all the narcissism and nastiness at the White House Correspondents Dinner, you’ll have to look elsewhere.
In a nutshell: Liberal comedian Wanda Sykes indulged in Palin-bashing, Rush Derangement Syndrome, and [...]

My column today looks at the abusive relationship between Barack Obama and the hedge fund industry. He keeps taking their money. They keep getting publicly tongue-lashed. Looks like the cycle has ended. Last week, non-TARP lenders objected to the UAW-pandering Chrysler deal. This week, AQR Capital Management LLC hedge fund manager Cliff Asness — at [...]

Barack Obama announced that he will snip a whopping one-half of one percent of the $3.4 trillion budget. Knock me over with a feather.
Which best symbolizes Obama’s budget-cutting tools?
1) Plastic knife:

2) Spork:

3) Broken scissors:

4) Toy chainsaw:

5) One more nominee via Brian Faughnan…Baby nail clippers:

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Related: Obama’s Budget Knife Yields Modest Trims

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs stated at today’s press briefing that the Obama administration has reversed itself and will release “a photo” of the Scare Force One flyover.
Still does not satisfy even a minimum level of public disclosure. And no way in hell I’m withdrawing my FOIA requests.
More: Gibbs says its “review” of the [...]

My column today follows up on the taxpayer-subsidized photos of the Scare Force One flyover that the White House doesn’t want us to see. Look how the administration responded to press questions yesterday:
At the daily press briefing, a reporter asked Mr. Gibbs why the White House had not authorized release of the photographs.
“I’ve watched CNN. [...]

Yesterday, I noted that Silicon Valley expressed its displeasure with President Obama’s plans to require corporations to pay billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on foreign earnings that they have previously been allowed to defer.
Today, there’s more whining from the tech companies that boosted Obama’s campaign and filled his coffers.
Calll the wahmbulance (hat tip - [...]

Ay caramba.

Treasury Department tax cheat Tim Geithner already announced this knee-slapper initiative in March. The White House follows up today with the details of the crackdown on corporate tax cheats:
President Obama on Monday spelled out his plans to close corporate tax loopholes on U.S. multinational corporations and crack down on overseas tax havens.
The goal is to [...]

Over the weekend, news broke about the Obama administration’s reported threats against an investment firm that opposed its union-friendly Chrysler bankruptcy plan.
Tom Lauria represents a few of the non-TARP Chrysler creditors. He reported the threats on WJR radio host Frank Beckmann’s radio show in Detroit:

Zero Hedge summarizes and surmises:
In an interview of momentous importance, [...]

Function creepy

Tea, Mr. President?

Open thread for all of you intrepid rightwing extremists with strong enough stomachs to endure President Obama’s 100-day television extravaganza this evening.
I will be drinking SWAGGA juice and waving my tea bag at the television set.
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Fun fact: A reporter for the financially ailing New York Times gloats that the Fishwrap of Record has made $2 [...]

You know, I thought that slavering piece about Barack Obama’s “hipness” was rock-bottom.
I was wrong.
In case you ever have a need for an emergency emetic ASAP, just watch this CNN “report” on Barack Obama’s “SWAGGA:”

Via TVNewser.
Can’t wait for the Obama SWAGGA-thon tonight.
How long before someone calls me RAAAAACIST for saying “SWAGGA?”
Remember: We are not [...]

The “official apology” on the White House website would appear to have a mistake in it:

Somebody needs to tell the White House to stop referring to the flight that buzzed Manhattan as “Air Force One.” The plane only gets that call sign when it’s carrying the president. Or… was it?
/ConspiracyFodder

The White House has an official photo page at Flickr.
Why am I guessing that the “open comments” feature will soon be disabled?
While we’re at it, since the White House Flickr page is a “caption this photo” rich environment, we should be able to get a little fun out of this picture of Obama and Biden [...]

(Photoshop credit: Nice Deb)
My syndicated column commemorates Barack Obama’s 100 days with the Scare Force One story as a take-off point. Imagine if this fiasco had happened under George Bush’s watch. It would have made the Left’s incessant carping over the “fake plastic turkey,” Mission Accomplished banner, and My Pet Goat incidents look like [...]

I wrote two weeks ago about transparency killer, Ron Sims, who has been tapped by Barack Obama for the No. 2 position at HUD and said that I hoped “someone on the committee is talking to the folks who have fought the real Ron Sims in his own backyard.” Last week, blogger Stefan Sharkansky [...]