I think the headline says it all, but if you must, check out this WorldNetDaily piece written by Jerome Corsi: “Hawaii governor can’t find Obama birth certificate.” Corsi, if you are not familiar with him or need a reminder, is best known for penning: The Obama Nation and Unfit for Command (with co-author John O’Neill). Both books attacked Democratic presidential nominees in 2004 (John Kerry) and 2008 (Barack Obama) and both books were strongly criticized for including numerous factual errors (via Wikipedia...
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Bipartisan Notables Urge U.N. Condemnation of Israeli Settlements
A group of former government officials, commentators, and others across the political spectrum are urging President Obama to vote in favor of a resolution standing before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemning illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Among those signing the letter to the president are former U.S. Trade Representative and Council on Foreign Relations Chair Carla Hills, journalist and former New Republic editor Peter Beinart, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Pickering,...
Peace Corps & Special Olympics Founder Sargent Shriver Dies
Robert Shriver, founder of the Peace Corps and the Special Olympics, and a former Democratic VP candidate has passed away. He was 95. Shriver had Alzheimer’s disease. His daughter, former CA lady Maria Shriver, championed the disease in recent years. Shriver was married 56 years to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of John F. Kennedy. Eunice Kennedy Shriver she died in 2009 in Hyannis, Mass., at the age of 88. Shriver served in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in the 1960s. He either founded or...
Al Franken: Comcast Merger OK Opens Doors For More Big Cable Deals
The approval by federal regulators of the planned combination of Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal is a “tremendous disappointment” that could pave the way for other big telecom companies to gobble up other big broadcast networks, according to a chief critic of the merger. The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday officially gave its blessing, with conditions, to the long-planned merger of cable giant Comcast and the NBC-Universal media conglomerate. The largest U.S. cable provider, Comcast announced in late 2009...
129 Million Americans Under Age 65 Have Pre-existing Conditions
As Republicans in the House move forward with their attempts to repeal healthcare reform, there has been more than few headline stories that should be read and their discussions should be followed as well. The WaPo reports: As many as 129 million Americans under age 65 have medical problems that are red flags for health insurers, according to an analysis that marks the government’s first attempt to quantify the number of people at risk of being rejected by insurance...
The Politics of Hate—and Hate Speech
by Walter Brasch Just about anything that could be said about the murders in Tucson have been said. We know that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was holding a “Congress on the Corner” meeting outside a Safeway grocery store. We know that a 22-year-old named Jared Lee Loughner is in FBI custody, and has been charged with one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the United States...
Congress Refuses To Fund All Post-Va. Tech Gun Reforms, Mayors Say
How was accused Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner able to pass his background check to obtain his Glock 19 handgun, despite a history of drug arrests, drug abuse and mental health issues? Because Congress has chronically underfunded reforms intended to tighten those checks, according to a group of U.S. mayors. Lawmakers have provided just a tiny percentage of the money required to carry out the reforms intended to improve the background check system enacted in the wake of the...
Talk Of SOTU Musical Chairs Mounts, But Proof Of Civility Will Come In Healthcare Repeal Debate
The idea of Democrats and Republicans breaking precedent, and sitting side-by-side at President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union address appears to be gaining traction as a way to demonstrate unity in the wake of the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and more than a dozen others last week in Arizona. But a more substantive sign of the increased civility in public life Obama called for Wednesday will come even sooner, as House Republicans plan to push forward next...
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