Archive for January, 2009

Breaking: GOP Sends Letter To Obama On Stimulus

Politico: House GOP Leaders are going to be sending a letter to President Obama today requesting a meeting to discuss our stimulus ideas. Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs will not address reporters today, as was originally planned. An Obama aide said that Gibbs would brief tomorrow, though. POTUS will appear at an Open House at an ...

Texas President Lyndon Johnson Still Holds Record For Largest Inaugural Crowd

The Swamp: Sattelite analysis says crowd was around a million, not two. More than 1 million spectators convened on the National Mall to watch Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday, but it was unclear if the crowd surpassed the record thought to have been set at Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 inauguration. Until ...

Judge Cancels Gitmo Terrorist’s Trial, Another Likely To Cancel Murder Trial Of Five 9-11 Terrorists – All At Obama’s Request

Relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, who were at the base this week to observe pretrial hearings, told reporters they oppose any delay but human rights groups and Europeans welcomed the development. The 120-day suspension “has the practical effect of stopping the process, probably forever,” said Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, ...

“First In A String Of Lawsuits By Pro-Palestinian Elements Around The World”: Europeans Try To Arrest Israeli Foreign Minister In Belgium Today

Bono and Livni War Crimes Haaretz: European attorneys have reportedly petitioned a Belgian court to arrest Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni upon her arrival in Brussels later Wednesday, according to the Jawalan.com Web Site. The complaints was apparently lodged on behalf of Belgian and French nationals with relatives who were either wounded or killed in Gaza, and calls for ...

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Obama’s New Whitehouse Website Slams Bush

Politico: The new White House website unveiled by President Barack Obama’s team Tuesday includes a shot at former President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Under the “agenda” portion of the site regarding Katrina, it reads: “President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and ...

Kenyans Hail The Arrival Of Savior Obama

A camel at Obama's elementary school Times Online: The combined talents of Aretha Franklin, Joe Biden and Yo-Yo Ma failed to silence the drinkers at the Urafiki Green Pub in the heart of Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum. Thousands gathered in the narrow dirt alleys and dusty clearings of the slum to enjoy the moment, chanting “Yes we can”. ...

No Confidence: Dow’s Showing Is Worst Ever For An Inauguration Day

You know, nothing started going bad until it became more and more likely that Obama would be President. Financial stocks, many of them falling by double digit percentages, led a huge drop on Wall Street Tuesday that left the major indexes down more than 4 percent and the Dow Jones industrials down 332 points. The Dow Jones ...

Nancy Pelosi Inaugurates Herself President Of The Far Left

Politico: Pelosi Draws Her Lines In The Sand Allies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi call her a grand master at “three-level chess” — a skilled politician who games out her complex relationships with the White House, the Senate and her own fractious, heterodox House Democratic Caucus. Two days before Barack Obama’s Inauguration, the speaker showed off a ...

Bad Moon On The Left: Flubbed Oath, Fizzled Speech, Low Turnout, Democrat KKK Grand Wizard Senator Keels Over At Obama’s Inaugural Lunch – Update: Ted Kennedy Too

Senators Ted Kennedy suffered a full-blown seizure, and went into heavy convulsions. He was rushed out and is in ambulance now. Robert Byrd was also rushed out by emergency services for unknown "medical" reasons...developing... Politico: Ted Kennedy was taken out of the Statuary Hall luncheon after suffering an apparent seizure -- a few minutes after Sen. ...

Bitch, Interrupted: Roadblock Thrown In Way Of Hillary’s Confirmation – Update: Hillary And Cornyn Have Fight At Inauguration

Update From Politico: Hillary Clinton and John Cornyn, who's delaying her floor confirmation vote, have been having a fairly heated (that is to say, intense but cordial) discussion just out of earshot under the Washington statue in the rotunda. Lots of hand gestures, back and forth and her squeezing his forearm. CBS: A spokesman for Senate Majority ...

“More” Than A Million: Only 20-30% Of High Inaugural Crowd Estimate Showed Up

Then: Barack Obama inauguration crowd estimate soars to 5 million Now: WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a million people crowded the National Mall and the parade route along Pennsylvania Avenue for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The Associated Press estimate is based on crowd photographs and comparisons with past events. WAPO: Officials now say the number of ...

NY Governor: “I Choose Michelle Obama To Replace Hillary In The Senate”

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Obama, Oaths And The End Of Constitutional Government

WND: Now steps onto the stage of world history a man apparently quite conscious that the Supreme Law of the United States prevents him from being president of the United States. For why else would anyone hire lawyers and expend millions of dollars to avoid producing a $12.50 birth certificate to show eligibility under the Constitution? ...

Bush Greeted By Boos At Inauguration

And when he left, representatives of the Left sang mockingly and demeaningly at him and Laura: "Nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey, goodbye!" But remember, we have an obligation to treat Obama and his wife with nothing but respect and deference because he is the President.

HD: Watch The Inauguration Live And Comment

Click here for a live stream. And right here is another. And if you can stomach Katie Couric on CBS, you can watch it in HD here.

I Pledge To Ridicule Celebrities Who Refuse To Recognize We Are At War With People Who Want To Kill Them

Today's Big Hollywood Blast: by Andrew Breitbart Many of the celebrities that were central to demonizing and making life impossible for President Bush for eight loathsome years NOW want to help with the heavy lifting of bringing America back together under President Barack Obama. Witness Demi Moore and Aston Kutcher’s cavalcade of shiny, happy situational patriots appearing in ...

Biden Shushes Wife After Secretary Of State Slip

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a slip that the vice president-elect immediately tried to shush. Jill Biden's comment came during an appearance with her husband on "The Oprah Winfrey ...

Share Your Thoughts On Michelle Obama With France

I just received this email, and agreed to write something today. If you have any points or issues you think I should raise, please unfurl them here. Edward Mazza wrote: Hi -- I am a freelance writer working with France 24, the Paris-based news agency, on their inauguration coverage. I work primarily for a part of their ...