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Solar-powered grilling

**Written by Doug Powers This should be interesting: CBS News has learned Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee regarding “Fast and Furious.” The hearing will take place Dec. 8th. Judiciary Committee member and head of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) had requested that Holder appear, [...]

Job creation is a SNAP!

**Written by Doug Powers If President Obama is serious about tax increases (sorry, I meant to say “spending reductions in the tax code”) and increasing overall tax revenue, he should start by first calling a cabinet meeting and ordering everybody in the room to pony up what they owe. From the New York Post by [...]

**Written by Doug Powers A couple of months ago: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Unveils New DOT Webpage on ‘Buy America’ Yesterday: (CNSNews.com) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that he told his daughter to buy a Japanese car–a Toyota Sienna–and that she did so. “Mr. LaHood, there are some UAW people here and [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Sadly, there are still politicians who are trying hard (and succeeding in too many instances) in forcing a national rollout of the brilliant liberal political model that pounded Detroit into the ground: Detroit’s Ombudsman says a snafu in the finance department has created anxiety for homeowners. WWJ Newsradio 950′s Florence Walton [...]

“dupe’nik”

**Written by Doug Powers If Chris Christie ever decides to seek higher office, he recently stumbled across what would be the perfect campaign slogan. From The Corner: “Let me help you pack.” That’s what Gov. Chris Christie told one of the state’s top administrators when that administrator commented publicly that he could leave New Jersey [...]

**Written by Doug Powers So much for the separation of race baiter & State: President Obama’s top education official urged government employees to attend a rally that the Rev. Al Sharpton organized to counter a larger conservative event on the Mall. “ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and [...]

Eleventy-hundred-hour work weeks

Scroll for update…Sanders confirms… Over the weekend, I wrote about Washington state Supreme Court justice Richard Sanders, an old friend of mine from my days in Seattle who had been identified on Friday by lawyer Wendy Long as the man who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey during his Federalist Society address. I received the following [...]

Before Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during his Federalist Society speech on Thursday night, someone in the audience disrupted the remarks. The heckler reportedly shouted “Tyrant!” Lawyer Wendy Long reported on Fox News last night that the heckler was Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders. I dearly hope this is not true. I knew, [...]

Petrocracy.

DLTDHYOTWO.

Robert Mayer at PubliusPundit has the details.

CIA director Porter Goss told BBC he has an “excellent idea” where Osama Bin Laden is hiding. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)

Have you seen Steve Jobs’ commencement address at Stanford? Tons of blogs buzzing about it. An excerpt: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your [...]

Red State’s Mike Krempasky sends word of FEC commissioner Brad Smith’s (expected) resignation. Smith blew the whistle on McCain-Feingold’s designs on the blogosphere. As Mike notes: “If you work or live in online politics – you owe Commissioner Smith a tremendous debt of gratitude for alterting all of us to the potential danger of FEC [...]

Another Republican joins the “maverick” club: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the man who defeated Tom Daschle, has announced he will not vote for Bush U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton. Thune says his opposition is payback for the Pentagon’s recommendation to close Ellsworth Air Force Base. Thune now claims that Bolton “is not the best man [...]

The latest on the Bolton nomination… – Senator Barbara Boxer is demanding more delay. Background here. – A cloture motion to limit debate on the nomination of Bolton to be the U.S. representative to the United Nations is scheduled for 6pm EST. It will take 60 votes to end the debate, so the Republicans will [...]

Here’s the roll call from this afternoon’s vote, 81-18. Gerry Daly sez…”Those who were not signatories for the deal, but who voted for cloture now, deserve mockery.”

Beltway Buzz is liveblogging the Bolton hearing…reports that Sen. Voinovich “just announced he hopes Bolton will leave the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without a recommendation.” Honorable George V. Voinovich 524 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3353 Fax: (202) 228-1382 TDD: (202) 224-6997 Online contact here. 1127am: Sen. Joe Biden is snarling about [...]

From Human Events: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Jeane Kirkpatrick, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan Administration, both this week expressed their strong support for the confirmation of John R. Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Kirkpatrick’s endorsement can be viewed here (PDF). Thatcher’s letter is [...]

Author Jason Berry in the New York Times spotlights Pope Benedict XVI’s evolving role in the “notorious case of the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, a powerful Mexican priest who founded his own order and lives in its seminary in Rome.” Berry’s somewhat optimistic assessment: Historians will debate why the politically visionary Pope John Paul II, [...]

Beltway Buzz’s Eric Pfeiffer continues his excellent coverage of the Bolton crisis. Pfeiffer notes: The angry reader emails are pouring in fast regarding George Voinovich and yesterday’s Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Most of them are not fit for pint in a family-friendly publication. I’m getting the same reaction from readers. Judging from my mailbag, Sen. [...]

Wrangling in the Senate over the John Bolton vote continues. As of 4:08pm EST, the Washington Post reports Sen. Richard Lugar claiming support from all 10 Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee –for a 10-8 vote. The wavering Lincoln Chafee, whom Dems targeted in online ads and a pressure campaign, voiced his support for [...]

Pope John Paul II’s condition is worsening. Marc Thiessen’s piece in NRO, “The Blessed Sounds of Silence,” is a beautiful tribute. Update: The Pope has been given “last rites” (or rather, the sacrament of anointing the sick). From CNN… VATICAN CITY (CNN) — Pope John Paul II was given the last rites of the Roman [...]

Associated Press has details on Karen Hughes’ new role: President Bush will nominate one of his closest longtime advisers to a key State Department post in an effort to help repair the United States’ image abroad, especially in the Arab world, a senior administration official said Saturday. The official, who spoke on the condition of [...]

According to the Washington Post, “the longtime adviser to President Bush often described as the most powerful woman ever to work in the White House, plans to return to Washington soon to rejoin the president’s team as he sets forth on an ambitious second-term agenda, according to White House officials and outside Republican advisers.” More: [...]