Daily Archives: January 15th, 2009 «

 

Bush to give farewell speech tonight (MORE: AP, WAPO TAKE DIGS AT BUSH’S SPEECH)

Posted by: ST on January 15, 2009 at 7:15 pm » 4 Comments

At 8 PM ET. I’ll be checking it out on Fox. This morning I wrote about Andrew Roberts piece where he predicted how history would view President Bush on the issue of the global war on terror. It’s a piece that I’m sure has made liberals’ heads spin. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Publishing Co CEO Richard Connor [...]

 

US Airways plane en route to Charlotte, NC crashes into Hudson River; all survived

Posted by: ST on January 15, 2009 at 6:15 pm » 3 Comments

Hats off to the pilot, crew, rescue team, and passengers for their quick thinking and fast action! Thank God everyone’s ok.

 

Did Obama bungle it again with another cabinet pick?

Posted by: ST on January 15, 2009 at 1:23 pm » 4 Comments

There are a lot of questions surrounding Timothy Geithner, PEBO’s pick for Treasury secretary. Here’s the latest: – NRO’s Byron York writes: Geithner Accepted IMF Reimbursement for Taxes He Didn’t Pay – Roger Simon asks: What if I didn’t pay taxes? – Even the pro-PEBO NYT has more questions for Mr. Geithner (via Tom Maguire). [...]

 

The AP on “extravagent inaugurations” then versus now

Posted by: ST on January 15, 2009 at 11:23 am » 9 Comments

Newsbusters’ Rich Noyes reports on how the Associated Press treated Bush’s “extravagent” inauguration in 2005 with Obama’s inauguration – which is said to be the most expensive in history: Four years ago, the Associated Press and others in the press suggested it was in poor taste for Republicans to spend $40 million on President Bush’s [...]

 

On the defining issue of our time, how will history view President Bush?

Posted by: ST on January 15, 2009 at 8:52 am » 3 Comments

Over the last year or so we’ve been treated to stories from the MSM about “historians” who suggest that President Bush will be remembered as one of the “worst” in history, if not the worst. While his domestic policies aren’t making anyone happy these days (and in fact, he will leave office next week with [...]