WallCloud: January 24th, 2009 : Obama November

No serious pro-lifer has followed [Kmiec] into the Obama camp, and for good reason

2009-01-24  Holy Innocents, Long Beach

DOUG KMIEC'S DEPARTURE FROM THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENTby Steven Mosher and Colin MasonThe more incredible the claim, the greater the number of column inches the liberal media devotes to making it. That's why The Washington Post, on November 18th, gave over such a large swath of its front p...

Obama’s Pick for No. 2 Post at Pentagon Gets Ethics Waiver

2009-01-23  WSJ.com: Washington Wire - WSJ.com

August Cole reports on the Pentagon. The nominee for the Defense Department’s No. 2 job got a pass on President Barack Obama’s tough new ethics rules. After a long stint as a senior Washington operations executive at Raytheon Co., William J. Lynn is poised to head back to the P...

, Congress , Ethics , White

My First Live Blog Ever!

2009-01-23  NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO

Joint Guam Program Office Public MeetingJanuary 22, 2009Agat, Guam************************************ ***************************6:25 – Took pictures of a lovely sunset. The mayor’s office is right on the beach.6:27 – Met a member of the JGPO who was there at the Critiquing the ...

, Fino' , Zeien , Live , Public , Salapen , Chalan , Chamorros , CMTF , JGPO , GovGuam , Mamta' , Dandan , Environmental

Diminished Geithner Faces Mighty Tasks

2009-01-23  WSJ.com: Real Time Economics

Timothy Geithner has gone from indispensable to somewhat diminished. The New York Fed President, approved Thursday by the Senate Finance Committee to be the next Treasury secretary, is almost certain to be confirmed by the full Senate as soon as Monday. But after struggling to explain...

Obama and Indonesia-US relations

2009-01-24  East Asia Forum

Author: Jusuf Wanandi, CSIS Congratulations to the United States. For the first time in more than 230 years of American history, an African American, Barack Obama, is installed as president of the United States. All Americans should be proud. There is so much euphoria, and so many ex...

, Country , International , APEC , Free , Indonesia , Obama , US-Indonesia

MEET THE PRESS–Obama Style II

2009-01-23  Gene's Blog

President Barack Hussein Transparency Obama, who had promised a “a new level of transparency” in public life is rapidly retreating to a new level of opaqueness within all of three days into his four year reign. For those maleducated in American public schools, the word ...

, OBAMA , POLITICS , MSM , PRESS , ROBERT , TRANSPARENCY

BLACK PERSPECTIVE ON OBAMA

2009-01-23  Organizing Notes

Peace activists in Liberia asking for an end to militarism on the continent by Black Agenda Report Managing Editor Bruce Dixon It's completely appropriate to celebrate the election of the first black president, just like we celebrated the first black mayors in Newark, Gary and Clevela...

Do We Still Told These Truths To Be Self-Evident?

2009-01-24  TreeHugger

"The Pioneers," by James Fenimore Cooper, Pub.1823. Image credit:Wikipedia. By: Alan Fortescue (NOTE: The opinions expressed here are those of the author's, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Earthwatch.) Flying to Switzerland on election night last November, I remember...

, Business , congress , culture , environmental , president , usa

EPA to coal advocates: Not so fast

2009-01-24  Vox Verax

It is obvious by now that the Obama administration is moving quickly on many fronts to reverse the disastrous policies of its predecessor. One is taking the political shackles off the Environmental Protection Agency and allowing it to do its job. One such action affects those of us liv...

What Republicans Must Do: Interview with Andrea Tantaros (Guest Interview)

2009-01-24  The Moderate Voice

The raging question continues to be: so what should the Republicans do next? What’s the best strategy to become the majority part once again? In this Guest Interview, columnist Bill Steigerwald interviews Republican stragetist Andrea Tantaros who has some specific ideas. Guest V...

, Moderate , Bush , Conservatism , Democratic , Republican , Financial , Partisanship , Bailouts , Obama , Ideology , Guest , Conservatives , Congress , 2008 , Economy , Democrats , Barack , Republicans , George , Politics

Calcium-Fortified Cabbage?

2009-01-24  Be Healthy

Capital of Cuba Argentine President Cristina Fernandez runed into with Fidel Fidel Castro slow unopen thresholds in Republic of Cuba on Midweek, relief rumors that the sickly former leader’s wellness held severely dropped. “I was with Fidel about an 60 minutes or more. We ...

, Lactose , castro , president , told

have fun explaining this to your constituents, guys

2009-01-23  no fish, no nuts

Evidently the unemployed in Tennessee and Ohio don't want jobs, they just want lower taxes:WASHINGTON (AFP) — Top Republican lawmakers on Friday unveiled a plan for tax cuts and other steps meant to pull the battered US economy out of its slump after White House talks with President ...

You Missed It: Hussein is my middle name, too edition

2009-01-23  SeriouslyGuys

For some of us, it was a shortened week, brought to you by a four day bender a federal holiday, followed by some sort of ceremony a day later. Federal employees only had to work three days this week, so does that mean “your tax dollars not at work?” In any case, if you were...

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It's Friday And I'm Heading To AREA 51 On A Wing And A Prayer !

2009-01-23  Jimmy's Journal

In my journeys around the Internet searching for pictures, I ran across this excellent graphic and the artist's interpretation (aptly named "A Gentle Hand") of the emergency landing of the U.S. Airways jet on the Hudson River. Of the many descriptions and thoughts of many people, I thi...

, My , Possum's , Jimmy's , Jimmy's , JimSulliv3 , Jimmy's

A Nation of Laws

2009-01-23  Best of the Blogs

It is very good to see the listing of executive orders and memorandum that have begun to accumulate after the first two days in office for the new President.The deadline to close Guantanamo, the lobbyist regulations, FOIA access, halt to Bush’s last-minute EPA actions, and most ...

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Treasuries mauled as my "no free lunch" theme gains traction

2009-01-23  Interest Rate Roundup

I have been hammering home a clear point for several weeks -- there is no such thing as a "free lunch." You can't simply bail out anyone and everyone, especially when you're a debtor nation, and expect your creditors to just grin and bear it forever. Click here or here or here for more...

Is the US now more, or less, reliant on China’s government for financing?

2009-01-23  Brad Setser: Follow the Money

Rarely do nominees — or even Treasury Secretaries — make news in their written response to questions posed by Senators. But Tim Geithner’s comments on China yesterday tcertainly made news. I more or less agree with Dr. Drezner . Geithner essentially restated ...

, 2009 , China , central