The Guardian: Obama To Have Secret Talks With Hamas?

The Guardian has spoken to three people with knowledge of the discussions in the Obama camp.
There is no talk of Obama approving direct diplomatic negotiations with Hamas early on in his administration, but he is being urged by advisers to initiate low-level or clandestine approaches, and there is growing recognition in Washington that the policy [...]

Graphic Representation The Past “First 100 Days”

This is a neat graphic showing side by side comparisons of actions taken by our Presidents in their “First 100 Days” since FDR.
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Christopher Hitchens: Multitasker

Christopher Hitchens makes Bill Maher look like the nitwit that he is while making his audience look like even bigger nitwits.  

Hat Tip Snaggletoothie
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Next In Line In The Bailout Aisle: Digital TV Industry

Or, should I say, in the front of the line?
Michelle Malkin -
Every boob under the sun is getting a bailout. Yesterday? The adult entertainment biz. Today? The digital TV industry.
Unlike the tongue-in-cheek porn bailout, the Boob Tube bailout is happening here and now. Pricetag: $250 million.
A Hill source sent me this e-mail from the Bush administration [...]

Sarah Palin Speaks About Media Bias and the 2008 Presidential Campaign

John Ziegler at HowObamaGotElected.com went to Anchorage to interview Governor Sarah Palin for his “Media Malpractice” documentary.  He has provided an excerpt for viewing on YouTube.

Sarah Palin sounds off about the media’s double standard for attacking families of politicians.  ”It’s okay to drag Palin’s family through the mud; Obama’s family is ‘off limits.’”
Palin says she [...]

Good Riddance To Lefty Alan Colmes

Maybe after he leaves Fox, he can get a job with Al Aqsa TV.  I hear they recently lost one of their correspondents.
Video via Gateway Pundit:

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Obama Urges Buy-In To ARRP

In reviewing the things that President-elect Obama said in his economic speech today, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out the good and the bad.
This quote from the beginning of the speech is true and timely:
This crisis did not happen solely by some accident of history or normal turn of the business cycle, [...]

2004 UCLA Study: The New Deal Prolonged The Depression

From a 2004 UCLA sudy on the Great Depression -
“Why the Great Depression lasted so long has always been a great mystery, and because we never really knew the reason, we have always worried whether we would have another 10- to 15-year economic slump,” said Ohanian, vice chair of UCLA’s Department of Economics. “We found [...]

Pay To Play Is The Clinton Way

Via Michelle Malkin, there is an excellent post at Obamanoms detailing the shady pay to play deals Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton has been involved with.  It is arguable that these issues really belong to her spouse, but part of the lure of appointing Hillary to the cabinet is the benefit of the two-for-one [...]

Obama’s Team Of Rivals

Perhaps when Obama claimed to be assembling a Team of Rivals, we didn’t understand his meaning.  The cabinet he has put together is likely to be a team of rivals, but the rivalries will be focused on ego, not ideology.
Washington Post analysis of President-elect Barack Obama’s “super Cabinet”:
“It’s adding a layer of bureaucracy rather than [...]