Category Archives: Current Affairs

Obama Doctrine: Libya Means Nothing To US, But, It’s Fun Blowing Things Up

Well, maybe that headline isn’t quite fair. The New Republic’s Tom Malinowski wonders why Obama is getting no credit for stopping an atrocity. OK, fine. I’ll give him credit for stopping the possibility of one atrocity, and I still maintain that intervening in Libya is the right thing, though, there needs to be a clear […]

Politico Makes The Case For Libyan Kinetic Operations

After the initial silence of the Liberals, following Obama sending the US military to attack Libya (again, I agree with the actions), Liberals have been working overtime to find an avenue to say that Barack H. Obama, a man who was (supposedly) deeply anti-war, a man who would heal the world, build new bridges, was […]

Wizbang: Japanese Tsunami And Liberal Gun Hypocrites

So, perusing a bit of the Google Feedreader, started at the bottom (after working my way down for the Patriotic Pinup post), and ran across two very interesting posts at Wizbang. First up, they have a video, via American Digest’s Gerard Vanderleun, which shows the “relentlessness of the great wave.’ This is rather spellbinding, and […]

Obama’s Weekly Address Covers Libya, Situation Just As Muddled

Well, well, well, for a change, Obama’s Weekly Address is on point, and he’s not using his bully pulpit to act as a partisan attack dog Last week, when I ordered our armed forces to help protect the Libyan people from the brutality of Moammar Qaddafi, I pledged to keep the American people fully informed.  […]

President Hillary, Sec. Gates To Brief Congress

This comes on the heals of President Clinton giving a brief press conference on the supposed transfer of power to someone within NATO As the White House works to assuage congressional anger over U.S. entry into armed conflict in Libya, four top national security officials will give a classified briefing to lawmakers on the war […]

Unanswered Questions About Libya, And Some ObamaLuv

Kinda hard to believe that people at the Politico are being somewhat critical of Obama, as the news outlet has typically been one of his best cheerleaders, but, there you have it, though it is a bit more of the “tut-tut” type criticism, along with an attempt to explain what’s inside Obama’s head, since Obama […]

NY Times Editorial Board Finally Finds Their Groove On Libya Intervention

Whew! I thought this day would never come. The anonymous big wigs who provide us with the sense of the paper have finally figured out their position on Obama’s “war of choice” after much martini related discussion, and we find out that they are “concerned” Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has long been a thug and a […]

Apparently, We Need NPR TO Fill A Gap

The Washington Post attempted to defend National Public Radio, ie, government funded radio Thursday. After a bit of a buildup, here’s their rationale But equally important to us is local news coverage, which has been even more severely weakened by shrunken reporting staffs and ambitions at newspapers and commercial stations in too many cities and […]

UN Approves Action Against Libyan Military

Following up on the post from earlier today The United Nations Security Council approved a measure on Thursday authorizing “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians from harm at the hands of forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. The measure allows not only a no-fly zone but effectively any measures short of a ground invasion […]

After Dithering, Obama Decides He Wants To Bomb Libya

This is going to make Obama’s liberal base happy with his adventurous militarism The US is pushing the UN to authorise not just a no-fly zone over Libya, but also the use of air strikes to stop the advance of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. Washington’s ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, said on Wednesday […]

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