Obama = Charismatic = Hitler = Armageddon
Arthur Silber is, as am I, fascinated by the cult of personality surrounding Barack Obama. He notes some anecdotal creepy gushing on a local radio show and then Reactions of this kind to Obama are fairly common. No, they are not this extreme much of the time, but such statements are far from unusual. And many of Obama's less obviously deluded ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 1, 2008 08:19
Google Shuts Down Anti-Obama Blogs
Some Obama supporters are apparently taking advantage of Google's terms of service to silence anti-Obama blogs, Simon Owens of Bloggasm reports. The company automatically shuts down sites upon receipt of TOS violation claims until they're able to do a human audit, a rather slow process with given little priority on the free BlogSpot service. After some digging it became apparent ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 30, 2008 12:30
Caption Contest Winners
The Trash Heap Has Spoken Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. This will be the last contest at OTB for a couple of weeks. (Courtesy of Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Cowboy Blob - So there I was, perfectly camouflaged at the bottom of the swimming pool.... Second: Hodink - "Auntie Em and the gang greet Dorothy. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 29, 2008 16:23
McCains Pay Back Taxes on Aunt’s Condo
The latest mini-scandal in Campaign 2008 is that the McCains have apparently not done a good job keeping track of their finances. HuffPo has gotten 1420 Diggs at this writing with a story headlined "McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports." It promises "a highly embarrassing report." Newsweek has delivered with "Mrs. McCain, San Diego County ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 29, 2008 06:54
OTB Caption JamTM
Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney would've preferred Leisure Suit Larry. Wizbang's car is being recalled. Wyatt Earp is off to a black-tie event. Willisms is getting a leg up on the competition. Cowboy Blob is taking a little ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 28, 2008 09:45
Millionaire Penalty Struck Down by Supreme Court
McCain-Feingold, the signature legislation of the presumptive Republican nominee for president, took another blow yesterday as the Supreme Court struck down the so-called "Millionaire's Amendment" in yet another 5-4 decision. “Supporters of reasonable campaign finance regulation are now zero for three in the Roberts court,” said Richard L. Hasen, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “This is a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 27, 2008 07:46
No Reset Button in Foreign Policy
Nick Gvosdev, the outgoing Editor of The National Interest and soon-to-be professor at the Naval War College makes a point that can't be emphasized enough: "[T]here is no 'reset' button in U.S. foreign policy. . . . [N]o matter who the next president is, there are challenges to be faced that will require adaption to the changes occurring underway ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 26, 2008 13:17
Caption Contest Winners
The Queen and I Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (Larry Downing/Reuters) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Maggie Mama - "I say, it seems like Russert still has a few questions for you, Georgie." Second: Suzanne Berton - It's a bird; it's a plane; no, it's your father sky diving again. Third: Wyatt Earp - "And one night when we ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 24, 2008 21:18
Shelby Steele: Yes He Can
The gang at Media Matters is excited that they have caught Shelby Steele admitting that the subtitle of his book, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win (Free Press, December 2007) is wrong to Sean Hannity. HANNITY: All right, so he can't win? STEELE: He can win. I regret that subtitle. HANNITY: OK. STEELE: It was ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 24, 2008 08:52
“Storm Troopers In Clown Shoes”
That's how Instapundit refers to James Hansen, apparently the most intemperate of the global warming alarmists (yes, he's worse than Gore because he's Gore's science advisor). Here's Hansen's latest proposal: James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 24, 2008 00:48
