Saul Alinsky has been something of a hero to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Senator Clinton wrote her thesis on the fellow, was offered jobs at his institute, and did fund raising for that same institute as First Lady. President Obama taught Alinsky's courses and still, as President, pushes Alinsky's Rules for Radicals ( Read more... )

A comment on current events, and a history quiz:

First, General McChrystal should not have said what he said in this Rolling Stones piece. Period. Some of his criticism seems valid, but not coming from him. The man, I think, will be fired, and if so, it will be a decision of President Obama's that I will agree with. As admirable as General ( Read more... )

You might remember the fuss the progressive media made when someone threw shoes at the President.

Just because the president is now Barack Obama does not mean that the attitudes of jihadists will change. They hated Bill Clinton (his face was a common knife-throwing target in Afghanistan), and they are throwing shoes still.

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Obama had, for most of his campaign, promised to repeal the Bush tax cuts. The New York Times Election Guide 2008 said this in June (Obama's site removed this language later):Senator Obama would extend the Bush tax cuts for people making under $250,000 a year, but would repeal them for people in the top two marginal tax brackets before their ( Read more... )

Congrats go to the President Elect;
Barack Obama won the voting count
May wisdom, knowledge and a new respect
Give guidance to the problems that will mount

My sympathies were for the other side
But now he'll be the captain of the team
My country gets my loyalty and pride;
I'll work to make things better than they seem

Here is a thoughtful and ( Read more... )

(Note from LH: This is not hype. This is my best understanding of the positions of Barack Obama, and the presentation is fair. I listen to his speeches fairly frequently; I've heard perhaps 20 live speeches of his personally. There are some YouTube links here, and they have their own dramatization -- but the words are Barack Obama's himself. ( Read more... )

This is primarily a collection of links for my own review. (  But you're welcome to look... )

I have tremendous respect for Staff Sgt. Brian Jopek, who is the father of Ryan David Jopek, the soldier killed in Iraq whose bracelet Barack Obama wore during the debate ( Read more... )

That story, as I researched it, got considerably more interesting ( Read more... )

( Yes, I'm serious. )