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The Interpol Question

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 29, 2009 05:33 PM

Last week, Steve Schippert at ThreatsWatch first raised questions about a White House executive order that appears to give Interpol immunity from American law.

See Steve’s full analysis here.

Andy McCarthy weighed in here with more questions

Where’s the MSM, which used to be on every Bush executive order like white on rice? The only MSM interest so far seems to be from ABC White House reporter Jake Tapper, who Tweets that he has asked the Obama administration twice about it with no response.

How long can the stonewall stand?


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Iran And The Bomb

Saying the West can give Iran “as many deadlines as they want, we don’t care” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration for Tehran to accept a U.N.-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
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Nah

Did yesterday’s Nobel speech announce the “Obama doctrine”?

. . . the real “Obama doctrine”? Step one: Diplomacy. Step two: International sanctions, or unilateral ones if absolutely necessary. Step three: Repeat as necessary.


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Who Spends The Money?

WaPo repeats “inherited” deficit fallacy

But back to the civics lesson.  Budgets do not come from the White House.  They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party.  They controlled the budget process for FY2008 and FY2009, as well as FY2010 and FY2011.  In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.  For FY2009, though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.  At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time?  He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY2009.


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Petty

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New York Joins The List Of Porkulus Fables

Recovery.con?

A little over a week ago, the Putnam County Courier joined the list of regional newspapers that have begun asking serious questions about Porkulus job accounting.  The Courier goes as far as to call the “saved or created” claims of the Obama administration “Recovery.con,” in its headline.  Michael Brendan Dougherty finds many of the same kinds of fraud that newspapers around the nation have in the claims by the White House of stimulus success

Let’s add New York to the list of states whose media are discovering the fraud of Porkulus:



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The Politics Of The Housing Boom

IBD today begins excerpts from Sowell’s latest book, The Housing Boom and Bust, a chronicle of the biggest economic disaster of our time.

We are doing so because causes of that debacle still aren’t understood and because many of the same mistakes are being made now — in some cases by the same politicians — in efforts to overhaul America’s medical and financial systems.

Part 1
Thomas Sowell On The Housing Bust

The new and risky methods of financing home purchases that rose to dominance in the early years of the 21st century could not have replaced more traditional rules and standards for granting mortgage loans unless those who regulated banks and other lending institutions had agreed to such changes.

In reality, government agencies not only approved the more lax standards for mortgage loan applicants, government officials were in fact the driving force behind the loosening of mortgage loan requirements.

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Part 2
How Little Law From '70s Brought The Financial System To Its Knees

In recent times, government officials have increasingly pressured banks and other lenders to lend to people whom they would not lend to otherwise.

One of the first federal government efforts to change the process of mortgage lending by private financial institutions was the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. Like many government policies or programs, it began small and grew in scope and severity over the years.

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The Media See Moral Grays Even In 9/11

Picking up the Sunday paper Nov. 15 could make a reader a little airsick — even while standing in the driveway. The Washington Post "news analysis" on the front page carried the headline "9/11 trial could become a parable of right and wrong: Before worldwide audience, both prosecution, defense ... More »
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Bankruptcy

Bailed-out GM to spend millions … overseas

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All Aboard The Obama Amnesty Bandwagon

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 13, 2009 01:58 PM

Here it comes. Look for John McCain, Lindsay Graham, and the open-borders Republicans to hop on board the Obama Amnesty Bandwagon. God save us from bipartisanship. Via the NYT

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KSM Trial

Obama Puts USA on Trial in  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial 
 
"We're turning 200 years on its head by treating terrorists like criminals and giving them constitutional rights.  We're giving up the ability to interrogate and detain them, because from now on they'll lawyer up. To say this 'undermines our national security' is to soft-pedal it."

"Eric Holder said these terrorists will be tried by 'a jury of their peers.'   These guys are not citizens!   Who the hell are their peers?   The only one I can think of is Chris Matthews."

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Hope There Is Some Change

Obama Unemployment Hits 10.2%! How's that hope and change working out for ya?
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