Jim Leach's bridge to nowhere

While the National Endowment for the Arts has attracted attention as a propaganda arm of the Obama administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities has so far escaped such attention. Have we missed something?

The new chairman of the NEH is former Republican Rep. Jim Leach. Leach supported Obama during the campaign and must have had dreams of office higher than the chairmanship of the Read More...

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CA Elections: Whitman’s Spotty Voting Record: Not Exactly as it Seemed?

Much has been made about Meg Whitman’s spotty voting record by many, including me. When the Sacramento Bee’s Andrew McIntosh first reported that records for Whitman’s voter registration going back a decade or so were nearly non-existent it seemed that the anti-Whitman camp(s) out there had quite an issue to hang their hats upon. It sure made me wary of her campaign, to be sure.

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Hugo Chavez? Yes. Dalai Lama? No

In nearly nine months in office, President Obama has found time to meet with Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega and Vladimir Putin. But this week he won't see the Dalai Lama, a peaceful religious leader who has long been a friend to the U.S. and an advocate of human rights for China's six million Tibetans.

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Snubbing the Dalai Lama, but kowtowing to the unions

It's traditional that American presidents meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits Washington. But this year, Obama is postponing the presidential meeting so that he can meet with the Chinese leader first. It's all about showing deference...to Hu Jintao.

President Barack Obama will not meet the Dalai Lama during his five-day trip to the U.S. capital beginning on Monday, the first time in 18 Read More...

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Obama's Gitmo Bungle and the Blame Game

Greg Craig, the top in-house lawyer for President Barack Obama, is getting the blame for botching the strategy to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by January — so much so that he’s expected to leave the White House in short order.

But sources familiar with the process believe Craig is being set-up as the fall guy and say the blame for missing the deadline extends well beyond him.

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When the government interferes in medical care

Those who deny that the Democrats' health care plans would interfere with the health care we receive or how the medical industry would work under Obamacare would do well to read the WSJ explanation today of how the Baucus bill seeks to limit cardiologists and oncologists in order to create more general practitioners.

From Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus's health-care bill to changes the Read More...

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Mike Castle announces run for Joe Biden's seat

Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) announced Tuesday that he’s running for Vice President Joe Biden’s former Senate seat in Delaware, instantly giving Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat that’s been in Democratic control for decades.

Castle’s decision sets up the likelihood of a marquee Senate matchup against state Attorney General Beau Biden, the vice president’s son, who just returned home f Read More...

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Russians Helping Iran Build Nuclear Bomb

Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has handed the Kremlin a list of Russian scientists believed by the Israelis to be helping Iran to develop a nuclear warhead. He is said to have delivered the list during a mysterious visit to Moscow.

Netanyahu flew to the Russian capital with Uzi Arad, his national security adviser, last month in a private jet.

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The War Over McChrystal

In his column today, Eugene Robinson writes that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the president's hand-picked general to lead the Afghan campaign, has "no business" outlining his preferred strategy in public. McChrystal and the generals who support more troops and a focus on population security in Afghanistan, Robinson writes, "need to shut up and salute."

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White House's botched Photo Op

President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet -- and handed out doctors' white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message.

In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama. Read More...

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What a Republican Health Care Plan Should Look Like

The American people haven't been shy about expressing their views on health-care reform. In the polls and at public events nationwide, they've made it clear that they don't want a behemoth bill that would fundamentally transform a health-care system that works well for most Americans and which offers a level of care that is largely the envy of the world. But they are also understandably concerned Read More...

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George F. Will - The Obamas' Ego Trip to Copenhagen - washingtonpost.com

Both Obamas gave heartfelt speeches about . . . themselves. Although the working of the committee's mind is murky, it could reasonably have rejected Chicago's bid for the 2016 Games on aesthetic grounds -- unless narcissism has suddenly become an Olympic sport.

In the 41 sentences of her remarks, Michelle Obama used some form of the personal pronouns "I" or "me" 44 times. Her husband was, comp Read More...

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Shocking! Obama Blog Propaganda is Government-Wide

The Washington Post today provides context to the story the Muffled Oar first broke about the aggressive DOJ Blog Squad mission. The DOJ has hired a team of bloggers to influence the blogosphere and online media. Tracy Russo, a partisan campaign blogger for John Edwards, the DNC and Obama Campaign is leading the Blog Squad at the Department of Justice. So much for a non-political Department of Ju Read More...

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The Most Transparent Administration Ever? Not at DOJ

Is the Department of Justice engaging in fraud, or is it simply trying to hide its propaganda? Those of you wondering how DOJ uses your tax dollars to enforce our nation’s laws might be interested to learn that Eric Holder has apparently hired former Democratic campaign bloggers to work at the department in what appears to be a secret propaganda unit. Read More...

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The limits of Narcissism

President and Mrs. Obama filled their speeches to the International Olympic Committee with references to themselves, their lives, their experiences, all because of their self-evident significance to the progress of humanity. "Both Obamas," writes George Will, gave heartfelt speeches about ... themselves." Read More...

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