Obama in 2006: surge will fail

As Ed Morrissey asks, how many ways can the Obamaliar be wrong in one speech?  Oh, quite a few.  Here’s just one dropping from a whole steaming pile:

There is no reason to believe that more of the same will achieve these objectives in Iraq. And, while some have proposed escalating this war by adding thousands of more troops, there is little reason to believe that this will achieve these results either. …

As Ed also points out, Barry O wants the same surge tactic in Afghanistan that he predicted would fail in Iraq…yet he refuses to acknowledge what the entire free world is admitting, which is that the surge succeeded.  In other words, he wants to use a tactic that…uh…failed?  But hey, let’s vote for “Hopenchange” based on his “judgment”, m’kay?

Moron.

NYT publishes op-ed on UFO’s…but not McCain’s op-ed

Little wonder why the Old Gray Hag’s profits are down 82%.  From NRO:

The NY Times, now famously, did not publish an oped by Senator McCain as it didn’t meet their exacting standards. Today, there’s an item on a subject near and dear to Media Blog readers: homeland security and fighting terrorism.

According to the oped, we need to start taking the threat of U.F.O.s seriously if we are to truly have a safe America:

A healthy skepticism about extraterrestrial space travelers leads people to disregard U.F.O. sightings without a moment’s thought. But in the United States, this translates into overdependence on radar data and indifference to all kinds of unidentified aircraft — a weakness that could be exploited by terrorists or anyone seeking to engage in espionage against the United States. . . .

The United States is no less vulnerable than Britain and France to threats to security and air safety. The United States Air Force or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should reopen investigations of U.F.O. phenomena. It would not imply that the country has suddenly started believing in little green men. It would simply recognize the possibility that radar alone cannot always tell us what’s out there.

Got it? The threat of stealth al-Qaeda U.F.O.s is more important than Senator McCain’s response to Senator Obama.

Nope…no liberal media bias!

Dem House Whip: Why does global “warming” hate blacks?

Dude.  No, seriously…dude!

Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue. It’s now an issue of race, according to global warming activists and policy makers.

“It is critical our community be an integral and active part of the debate because African-Americans are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change economically, socially and through our health and well-being,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., said July 29.

Oooooooooooooo-kay then…

Madame Speaker Superwoman

You peons want lower gas prices because you’re feeling the pinch in your pocketbooks?  San Fran Nan will have none of that kind of selfishness!  From Politico:

With fewer than 20 legislative days before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, the entire appropriations process has largely ground to a halt because of the ham-handed fighting that followed Republican attempts to lift the moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration. And after promising fairness and open debate, Pelosi has resorted to hard-nosed parliamentary devices that effectively bar any chance for Republicans to offer policy alternatives.

“I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet,” she says impatiently when questioned. “I will not have this debate trivialized by their excuse for their failed policy.” (Because Pe-loco’s policy, which doubled the cost of gas, has been a smashing success, right? – Ed.)

She could have just stopped at “I will not have this debate.”  It would have been more honest.

Save the planet from what, exactly?  The Bay Area Botox Batty Bimbo doesn’t tell us.  But presumably, whatever it is that you want them to do in order to alleviate our dependence on foreign oil must be bad for the planet…so get used to $4+ gas.

NY Dem solves energy crisis

Who says the left doesn’t have any ideas to deal with the current energy crisis?  Rep. Nadler (D-NY) has just the idea.  From Red State:

Bless his heart, Rep. Jerry Nadler is trying to understand the woes of Americans facing the high cost of gasoline.

Venturing outside the comfortable confines of his Manhattan and Brooklyn district, the liberal Democrat was spotted Monday in the Upstate New York city of Utica talking about transportation and energy policy.

Nadler’s solution:

“We should take a hard look at reviving the canals,” Nadler said. Rail transport is cheaper than truck transport, and canal transport is even cheaper than that, he said.

Yes, you read that correctly. The liberal New York City congressman wants to invest government resources in the nearly 200-year-old New York canal system to solve the “energy crisis.”

As someone who grew up just miles from the canal, it’s safe to say Jerry Nadler has no idea what he’s talking about. I don’t question the facts. I’m sure it would be cheaper to transport goods on the canal. But with a maximum speed of 10 mph and a system of locks to slow down boats, it might be faster to employ a pack of donkeys. …

And they call themselves “progressives”?

Hey, while we’re at it, how about we cut back on carbon emissions from the postal service by utilizing messenger birds and horseback delivery?  Maybe we can give the electric grid a break by using smoke signals instead of the telephone.  Perhaps go back to horse-drawn carriages in lieu of our automobiles?  The possibilities are endless!

Spoof of Facebook

It’s a parody site called BarackBook, and it’s awesome!  Check out his Friends list.  Missing are the Moonbats of the Cloth, Wright and Pfleger.

Laugher of the day: MSM favors…McCain!

Yes, indeed.  The Big Three follow the Obamessiah to the ends of the Earth (Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan, anyway), while not a single one of them went with Juanny Mac during his overseas jaunt…but the MSM is in the tank for McCain!  Journalists at the UNITY conference are squealing like prepubescent girls at a Jonas Brothers concert, but the old dude is the one getting press love.  Just when I think I’ve heard everything.  This is rich…as in, Frank Rich of the NY Times:

…The growing Obama clout derives not from national polls, where his lead is modest. Nor is it a gift from the press, which still gives free passes to its old bus mate John McCain…

If, by “free pass”, you mean ran the “heavy on innuendo, light on facts and evidence” hit piece about McCain and his alleged affair with a lobbyist, then yeah…”free pass”!  By the way, that hit piece was written by…anyone?…the NYT!

Seriously, does Rich not even read his own employer’s work?  I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t, since with drops in revenue of 82%, it’s obvious that fewer people are reading that fishwrap.  But Rich must have been out the day his bosses ran the aforementioned tabloid smear job on McCain, prompting their own ombudsman to concede that such a story deficient of sources and facts never should have run (much less on page A-1).

(Sidebar: the NYT seems eager to run with some “less than corroborated” stories like the McCain hit piece, but not as eager to run with other similar stories, such as the John Edwards lovechild story, which actually is more corroborated than the McCain smear job!  But I digress.)

Sure, the MSM in the past has been infatuated with McCain, especially when he was a thorn in the side of the evil emperor Bu$hitler McCheneyburton.  But now that he has the temerity to challenge the Second Coming, he is Public Enemy #1 in the eyes of the MSM.  But no, Frank…no liberal media bias!