Daily Archives: June 19th, 2008 «

 

Sneak peek at the opening credits for a future Obama-style “Friends” espisode

Posted by: ST on June 19, 2008 at 11:44 pm » 5 Comments

While past episodes of Friends have made many of us laugh, the one below would have us throwing things at the TV (via Van Helsing): Aaack! Make it stop! Update: Obama’s Presidential Seal? Now that oughta put some fear into Islamofascists around the world, even if his ‘OBL should face a Nuremberg-style trial’ tough talk [...]

 

The fun never stops :)

Posted by: ST on June 19, 2008 at 6:57 pm » 6 Comments

I came home this evening after a busy afternoon at the 8-5, started catching up on the news shortly thereafter, and haven’t been able to stop laughing since. Why? Well, it all centers around the story about the agreement reached today between Democrats and Republicans in the House on the FISA bill, which has been [...]

 

Obama’s position on public financing: Just words

Posted by: ST on June 19, 2008 at 11:22 am » 16 Comments

Jake Tapper reports on Obama’s broken promise on public financing for the general election: In a web video to supporters — “the people who built this movement from the bottom up” — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, announced this morning that he will not enter into the public financing system, despite a previous pledge to do [...]

 

Remember those Iraqi benchmarks?

Posted by: ST on June 19, 2008 at 9:37 am » 3 Comments

You know, the 18 benchmarks Democrats used to consistently hound Bush about? You don’t hear about them so much anymore. Commentary Magazine’s assistant online editor Abe Greenwald explains a bit about the benchmarks, and why Democrats aren’t using them as a hammer as much as they used to (h/t: Betsy Newmark): In mid-May 2007, Congress [...]

 

Breaking: WH to announce federal aid for auto industry

Posted by: ST on June 19, 2008 at 8:48 am » 8 Comments

.!. GM & Chrysler will get, with stipulations, another opportunity to get it right, while the American taxpayer gets saddled with the bill. Bush said recently that he had to abandon free-market principles in order to save the free market. It’s an odd quote, but under the circumstances, is it an accurate one? Would the [...]