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October 2009
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Breaking: Nobel Committee Announces Another Peace Prize Winner
by Tammy on October 9, 2009**Welcome Patterico readers! And to everyone else for the increased traffic! ;) Just FYI, for context you may also want to take a look at the post which precedes this one, I Just Opened a Box of Cracker Jack. Guess What the Prize Was? As well as my response to those deluded liberals screaming Raaaaacist! at this post When a Raccoon Is Just a Raccoon. In the meantime, if you do think this is Raaaacist!, take that as a sign that you should start spending less time on the interwebs and more time with your therapist. I’m just sayin.’**
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I Just Opened a Box of Cracker Jack. Guess What the Prize Was?
by Tammy on October 9, 2009The Nobel Peace Prize! My first thoughts upon hearing Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize: 1) Hahahahahahahaha!!!! 2) peeps at the Onion had managed to fool everyone, or 3) we had been thrown back to April 1st in a time machine, or 4) everyone on the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is on crack. 5) How can I get that crack? Then, I found the answer–the new prize in the box of Cracker Jack is, that’s right, the Nobel Peace Prize! I have one now, too. In addition to the million or so dollars he’ll receive (perhaps he should he should donate that to the US Treasury) I bet he’ll get a Mood Ring with the prize. He can keep that...
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On the O’Reilly Factor Tonight
by Tammy on October 6, 2009Should be on in the first 15 minutes of the show. Hope you can tune in :) The subject will be ACORN and new revelations of the extent of the corruption, plus whether or not it’s “fair” to keep investigating them. Yes, it should be an interesting segment ;)
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Major Gun Rights SCOTUS Decision is Coming in 2010
by Maynard on October 5, 2009A post by Maynard The battles between free citizens and avaricious governments never end. But some of the skirmishes are more important than others. This one is as big as it gets. First, a note about where we are and how get got here. See my previous post which clarifies the historical battle regarding what the Second Amendment does or doesn’t say about your personal rights. Last year, in the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller case (See my blog post), the Supreme Court narrowly acknowledged that the right to bear arms is indeed an individual right. This victory was very important, but it was narrow in this respect: While denying the Federal government the power to disarm citizens, there...
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Obama Priorities: Dining Out While Heroes Die
by Tammy on October 4, 2009These two events speak volumes. While the “Commander-in-Chief” has another night out, taking precious time he apparently doesn’t have to decide on what to do about Afghanistan (now that we know Obama to take weeks to study Afghanistan strategy), heroes are paying the ultimate price for his indifference. Obamas’ night out: First WH anniversary … “Taste cannot be controlled by law,” Thomas Jefferson is said to have said — it says so at the Blue Duck Tavern’s Web-site. The restaurant at 24th and M specializes in classic American fare, with a wood-burning oven. We have no idea what the first couple ordered, But the seared striped bass goes for $24, the braised wreckfish $26. He wore a dark suit. She...
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Former Israeli Amb. Gillerman: “Yes We Can and Yes We Will”
by Pat_S on October 4, 2009A post by Pat Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman was on Fox America’s News HQ this morning talking about the threat of a nuclear capable Iran. He says we are at the point where we have to decide whether the world is willing to live in a horrible, dangerous world where Iran possesses nuclear weapons or whether the national community will do something. Eric Shawn: Well, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was here last week, looked them in the eye, said having a nuclear bomb is retarded, criminal. That was his word. That it’s inhumane. They constantly deny this and then, oops, here’s another nuclear facility we didn’t tell you about. Amb. Gillerman: Coming from someone that is definitely criminal,...
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SNL: Obama’s Two Accomplishments–Jack and Squat
by Pat_S on October 4, 2009A post by Pat The Obamazombies are getting restless. Where once there was a halo there now is a cloud. It’s unfair to say Obama accomplished nothing. There is that porkulus bill. He warned that without it unemployment would be 8%. He was right, the bill passed and the unemployment rate is not 8%. It’s 9.8% heading towards 10%. Discontent is bombarding Obama from all angles. The One is The Zero. The world knows it and that is not such a laughing matter.
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U.S. Immigration Agency Gearing Up for Amnesty
by Pat_S on October 3, 2009A post by Pat More overconfidence from Obama and a question of priorities: U.S. immigration agency girds for workload spike …Obama told immigration officials that a legalization program would be part of legislation the White House would propose. The U.S. government agency in charge of processing naturalization and residency applications is preparing for a surge in its workload if President Barack Obama pushes ahead with federal immigration reform next year granting millions of undocumented workers legal status. A spokesman for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services said the agency is gearing up to handle the huge increase in applications expected if immigration reform is passed by the U.S. Congress. “This agency has been preparing for the advent of any...