Something has to be done about this: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with simmering Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in their country and drew back slightly from her blunt remarks suggesting Pakistani officials know where terrorists are hiding. In a series of public appearances on the final day …
Archives for October 2009
Break Out the Smelling Salts
I really do not understand this attitude: It is an odd, and we’d say regrettable, pattern of this White House that it lets itself get dragged down into fights with specific media outlets. George W. Bush experienced acrimony with the New York Times, but for the most part, other than general frustrations of a conservative …
Not Enough
I think I’m going to side with Sheila Bair on this one: WASHINGTON — Senior regulators and some lawmakers clashed once again with the Obama administration on Thursday, finding fault with central elements of the White House’s latest plan to unwind large financial companies when their troubles imperil the financial system. Describing the details of …
Early Morning Open Thread
Just finished the latest additions to the Lexicon, section I – P. I think we need more quotes being mean to Liberals. Also, I didn’t include Lucky Duckies, or John Stewart’s brilliant Leave It There (We’re Gonna Have to… ), or McNaughton, It’s A … the first because I’m not sure it’s necessary, and the …
Open Thread
Have at it.
Fair Questions
Two questions/statements that get tossed around whenever I vent about one of these hot button issues were in a thread from yesterday, and I think they are worth talking about. The first: OK, don’t have time to read all 289 comments but just wanted to ask why John is so obsessed with what gay people …
Open Thread: Besobaru Edition (FTFY)
Fuck the fucking Yankees. If they win tonight, I’ll have to re-run “Prince of Darkness”. P.S. If Steve Gilliard were still blogging, I think he would say Sullivan hates Sarah Palin ‘cuz Levi Johnston never brung Andy a taco…