Month: September 2010

When Presidents Cry “Hostage!” – Political Hotsheet – CBS News.

WJLA-TV fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway, cites insubordination, misconduct.

YouTube – Wellesley, Massachusetts Public School Students Learn to Pray to Allah.

YouTube – Obama Bumper Sticker Removal Kit – Available at BSRemoval.com – feat. Brad Stine.

YouTube – Alan Grayson (High Quality Version): Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?.

YouTube – We Now Have A Total Gangster Government.

Whatever else can be said about this White House, it isnt afraid to poke a stick in the eye of its critics. How else to explain President Obamas decision Friday to put Elizabeth Warren in charge of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while avoiding Senate confirmation and, for that matter, any political supervision.

The chutzpah here is something to behold. The pride of Harvard Law School, Ms. Warren is a hero to the political left for proposing a new bureaucracy to micromanage the services that banks can offer consumers. But she is also so politically controversial that no less a liberal lion than Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has warned the White House that she probably isnt confirmable. A President with more political and Constitutional scruple would have nominated someone else. Mr. Obamas choice is to appoint her anyway and dare the Senate to do something about it.

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Read it here… Review & Outlook: Elizabeth III – WSJ.com.

Karl Rove: Obama’s Mystifying Strategy – WSJ.com.