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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:24 PM

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First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Eric Holder

Reading Bin Laden His Rights

Lindsay Graham frequently drives us crazy, but it can't be denied that he has his moments. In today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, he took Eric Holder to the woodshed: Graham is right, of course. Under the Obama administration's policies, ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Eric Holder, Usama bin Laden, Hung Jury, Lindsay Graham, Defendant

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

South Africa here they come

The 32 teams that will compete in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa have now been determined. They are: Italy Germany Holland Spain Denmark Switzerland England Slovakia Serbia Portugal Greece -- upset winners over Ukraine in today's ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: South Africa, Argentina, Donetsk (Ukraine), Brazil, Spain

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Trying KSM: why? It might make a good movie

Some of us went to law school hoping we might one day participate in the "trial of the century." That trial would command universal attention, involve the central issue of the epoch, and result not only in a just verdict but also a vindication of our ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Terrorists, Terrorism, Harrison Ford, Quakers

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

The Decline and Fall of Andrew Sullivan

I'm currently finishing the last volume of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time. One of the book's themes is the decline and fall of Kenneth Widmerpool, a friend (sort of) of the narrator who is introduced in the first pages of the first volume, ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Andrew Sullivan, Arthur Phillips, Anthony Powell

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

To Create Jobs, Cut Taxes and Spending

We've commented before on how often voters' experience and common sense allows them to see through the fog of misdirection that emanates from politicians and the media. The latest example: 62% say that "tax cuts are a better way to create jobs and fight ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taxes, Obama Administration, Unemployment

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Lindsey Graham

Senator Leahy's pre-9/10/01 mentality

Responding to Sen. Lindsey Graham's concern that under administration policy we might have to "Mirandize" Osama bin Laden, Sen. Patrick Leahy claims that "If the U.S. captures bin Laden, there's no need to interrogate him." Leahy explained that we already ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Terrorists, Lindsey Graham, Usama bin Laden

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Patrick Leahy

Leahy Lunacy

We noted last night that under the Obama administration's law-enforcement approach to terrorism, if we capture Osama bin Laden the first things we'll have to do are read him his rights and get him a free lawyer. When Lindsay Graham pointed this out to ... [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Pat Leahy, Red Herring Prospectus, Patrick Leahy

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Geithner on the Hot Seat

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner appeared before the Joint Economic Committee today. One striking feature of Geithner's testimony was how partisan it was. In keeping with the Obama administration's mantra, he repeatedly tried to cast blame on the Bush ... [Power Line - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Timothy F Geithner, Michael Burgess, Crisis, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

A hack argument

There's a stock column appearing in left-liberal MSM outlets all over the country, The author varies, but the main point is the same: Republican Senators are guilty of "hypocrisy" for attempting to filibuster one of President Obama's judicial nominees ... [Power Line - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Dana Milbank, Hypocrisy, Judicial, George W Bush

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

The Obama administration -- ask it no questions, it will tell you some lies

Even congressional Democrats are disgusted with the Obama administration's phony accounting of what the stimulus plan supposedly is accomplishing. Earlier this week, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey lambasted the government's flawed ... [Power Line - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Obama Administration, David Obey, Bush Administration, Incompetence

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Global Warming Bombshell

The biggest news story of the day is one that has barely begun to break and will continue to reverberate for months or years to come. Someone hacked into a computer at the University of East Anglia's Hadley Climatic Research Centre, one of the main centers ... [Power Line - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Phil Jones, Michael Mann, Global Warming/Climate Change, bombshell, 1940s

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

Clueless in Kabul

We've noted the Obama administration's penchant for bullying America's allies and kowtowing to its adversaries. This Washington Post story presents another case-in-point -- our treatment of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. As Afghan presidents go, Karzai ... [Power Line - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Kabul, United States, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, Slobodan Milosevic

Quotes

...Isn't lack of transparency a bad thing? That was always the Post's view during the Bush administration. MacGillis points out that it is "exceedingly difficult for even the most conscientious government agency to calculate the jobs impact of a stimulus grant." But if that's true, and I'm pretty sure it is, then it must be even more difficult (and probably impossible) to calculate the jobs impact of stimulus...

The Obama administration -- ask it no questions, it will tell you some lies [Power Line - 11/20/2009]

...] Lindsey Graham (R-S.C ) was covering is not realistic," Leahy said during an appearance on "Washington Journal" on C-SPAN. "For one thing, capturing Osama bin Laden -- we've had enough on him, we don't need to interrogate him" Leahy added...

Leahy Lunacy [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

...Lindsey Graham's concern that under administration policy we might have to "Mirandize" Osama bin Laden, Sen. Patrick Leahy claims that "If the U S captures bin Laden, there's no need to interrogate him." Leahy explained that we already "have enough on" bin Laden...

Senator Leahy's pre-9/10/01 mentality [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

...The latest example: 62% say that "tax cuts are a better way to create jobs and fight unemployment. Only 21% believe that additional stimulus spending is a more effective tool." Overall, 58% say that increased government spending tends to be bad for the economy...

To Create Jobs, Cut Taxes and Spending [Power Line - 11/19/2009]

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