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Obama´s Speech to
Stress Founding Values

Real Clear Politics, by Alexis Simendinger* Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 10:35:03 AM Post Reply

Four years ago during his inaugural address, Barack Obama said America’s politics and policies could bring the country together. At the moment he took the oath, he was convinced he was the president to do it. He saw himself as an emblem of healing, a leader with ambitions to tackle neglected problems head on, and an orator who could use words to inspire change. “On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics,” he said at the

Michelle Obama takes a style
lead from menswear in printed
Thom Brown coat dress -
inspired by a tie

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 10:16:04 AM Post Reply

Keeping with her navy theme from yesterday, Michelle Obama once again stepped out in a tailored navy coat this morning by Thom Browne. The First Lady arrived at St. John´s Episcopal Church across from the White House this morning with daughters Malia and Sasha, her mother Marian Robinson and the President, keeping pre-inaguguration tradition. According to NBC News´ White House Correspondent, Kristen Welker, Mrs Obama´s Thom Browne coat was made from fabric specifically developed to mimic the style of a man’s silk tie. Thom Browne is still best known as a menswear designer, and he often channels

Why nothing the president
says matters anymore

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 1/21/2013 10:14:22 AM Post Reply

The ennui that hangs over the second inauguration of President Obama like a thick blanket of fog is not simply a function of Republican weariness and wariness after four years of fights with the president. Democrats too are less than thrilled on this august occasion. As my colleague Dana Milbank put it, Obama’s agenda looks “little.” The certitude that he will accomplish significant things is nowhere to be found. Those who made the case for his reelection seem almost wistful. The Post editorial board writes,

Liberal Former Rep. Dennis
Kucinich Discusses Fox News
Job, Violence in Media

Hollywood Reporter, by Jordan Zakarin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/21/2013 10:08:52 AM Post Reply

Former Rep Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was among his own on Sunday night, as a guest at a coalition of environmental advocates´ Green Inaugural Ball. Held at the Newseum on Capitol Hill, the event featured leaders of the green movement; a perfunctory, one-song performance by will.i.am, who sang "I´ve Got a Feeling" and left the stage; actors Jeffrey Wright, Tate Donovan and musician Mayer Hawthorne; and a surprise, fired-up speech by Vice President Joe Biden.Retiring from the House of Representatives after 15 years, Kucinich, who has been one of Congress´ most outspoken liberals, an anti-war activist and social justice crusader.

Proof of Heaven Isn’t… Still…

PJ Media, by Andrew Klavan Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 10:04:48 AM Post Reply

Proof of Heaven is the sort of book I almost never read, but I’m glad I made an exception. I don’t really follow the whole Near Death Experience, is-there-or-isn’t-there-an-afterlife debate. I’ve come to believe there is more to life than life, but I don’t think about it much. Life itself seems a pretty urgent business and I want to pay attention to it before it’s gone. If there’s nothing afterwards, I’ll never know. If there is, I’ve got an excellent lawyer. But a friend gave me the book for Christmas. I started it, and found it weirdly compelling.

Where Are the
23 Executive Orders?

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Meredith Dake Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/21/2013 10:02:03 AM Post Reply

The President has found a winning formula to push through his extreme policy views: campaign, grow support, give the appearance of action and fund raise off pseudo-action. The President is now applying this campaign tactic to gun control, giving the appearance to America that he is taking action to protect children from madmen. The President held a press conference on January 16th explaining 23 executive orders that he was to sign in relation to gun control measures. President Obama, surrounded by children, concluded his press conference by sitting at a desk and signing several papers

Seat of Liberalism

American Spectator, by Jeff Walton Original Article

Posted By: zephyrgirl- 1/21/2013 9:56:24 AM Post Reply

Is the Washington National Cathedral the spiritual center of the nation? In the mind of the liberal Episcopal cathedral’s new dean, it should be. Such an assertion would surprise many of America’s churchgoers, the vast majority of whom are not even Oldline Protestants, let alone Episcopalians. But since assuming leadership of the Cathedral in October, Dean Gary R. Hall has frequently spoken of the church’s role as being “at the center” of American public life.

Algeria Premier Says 37
Foreigners Died in Attack

Wall Street Journal, by Davied Gauthier-Villars and Leila Ha Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/21/2013 9:52:37 AM Post Reply

Algeria´s Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Monday that 37 foreigners, seven of whom remain unidentified, died during the four-day siege of a natural-gas complex deep in the Sahara desert. In his first public comments on the deadly standoff, Mr. Sellal said 32 "terrorists" from Northern Mali conducted the attack and that the Algerian authorities tried to negotiate with them. He said three militants were captured alive. "The primary target for those terrorist groups was to take over a bus carrying foreign workers including a BP BP.LN +0.20% director that was heading to an airport

Our Old Grand Fantasies
About Radical Islam

PJ Media, by Victor Davis Hanson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 9:51:47 AM Post Reply

Most things that we read in the popular media about radical Islam are fantasies. They are promulgated in the mistaken belief that such dogmas will appease terrorists, or at least direct their ire elsewhere. But given the recent news — murdering in Algeria, war in Mali, the Syrian mess, and Libyan chaos — let us reexamine some of these more common heresies. Such a review is especially timely, given that Mr. Brennan believed that jihad is largely a personal quest for spiritual perfection; Mr. Kerry believed that Bashar Assad was a potentially moderating reformer;

Liberals are comparing Obama to Jesus.
So when is he going to start
working some miracles?

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 9:44:22 AM Post Reply

Glory be, it’s Obama’s inauguration day! And for some of his followers, it´s nothing less than a religious event. Fox News (who else?) reports that mega Obamaphiles are handing out posters in the streets of DC that claim Obama’s coming was predicted by the Bible. The proclamation says that “Barack” is a Hebrew word that means “flash of lightning” and Hussein means “good and handsome.” Put ‘em together and what have you got? “Barack was destined to be a good and handsome man that would rise like a flash of lightning to win victory in a battle against overwhelming odds.”

Obama´s isolationism may cure
us of our Europe Syndrome

Telegraph [UK], by Ed West Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 9:40:57 AM Post Reply

Janey Daley had an interesting piece in yesterday´s paper, in which she looked forward to a new era of American isolationism: On his triumphal tour of Eastern Europe, he greeted the rapturous crowds with a bluntly uncompromising message. Announcing the withdrawal of the US missile shield from Poland and the Czech Republic, he made it brutally clear how things were going to be from now on.[Snip]How ironic that Barack Obama should follow an almost Pat Buchanan-like foreign policy, though for different motives. Buchanan wanted America to be “A Republic, Not an Empire”, and feared (correctly, as it turned out)

Joe Biden:
We´re just getting started

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 9:37:22 AM Post Reply

At an inaugural reception last night, Vice President Joe Biden praised President Obama for his first term and welcomed America to his second. “This man has already done an absolutely remarkable job,” Biden explained praising Obama for passing his healthcare initiative, ending the war in Iraq and supporting gay marriage. “I want you to know something else about this guy Barack Obama — he’s just getting started,” Biden added. “He’s just getting started.” Biden promised to reduce gun violence, pass comprehensive immigration reform, and help put the economy “on a sustainable path to the future.”

North Korea´s labour camps can now
be seen from space, thanks to
Eric Schmidt and Google Earth

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 9:33:37 AM Post Reply

Here’s a story so dripping in irony that would make even the sourest Stalinist smile. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt visited North Korea earlier this month on a personal “humanitarian mission” to encourage the backwards communist state to open up. His message was that the hermit kingdom can’t remain hidden in an increasingly interconnected world. But it didn’t require Schmidt visiting North Korea to make that point. One of his company’s own apps did it for him. Human rights campaigners have used Google Earth to identify previously hidden labour camps within North Korea. A blogger has

New York Times op-ed:
Obama is a lousy manager

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 9:32:32 AM Post Reply

In a New York Times op-ed, David Rothkopf takes a critical view of President Obama’s performance as commander-in-chief so far: But Mr. Obama and his team would benefit, as they begin the second term, by acknowledging that many of the biggest problems facing the administration flow directly from the man at the top. Mr. Obama is a lousy manager. As chief executive he gets a C — and then only if graded on a curve that takes into account his predecessor’s managerial weaknesses. Rothkopf suggests that Obama never had the experience of playing an executive or

Obama schedule for Monday, Jan. 21

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/21/2013 9:29:14 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- President Obama participates in several events marking his ceremonial swearing-in as president Monday, the White House said. The daily schedule indicates Obama will:-- Attend a church service at St. John´s Episcopal Church in Washington with his family and Vice President Joe Biden and his wife.-- Be sworn in at the U.S. Capitol, with the first family and the Bidens in attendance, and speak. (Note: Obama formally took the oath of office Sunday at the White House.)-- Attend the inaugural luncheon at the Capitol with the first lady and the Bidens.

Report: Obama Ousting
CENTCOM Chief Mattis

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/21/2013 9:24:51 AM Post Reply

“Word on the national security street is that General James Mattis is being given the bum’s rush out of his job as commander of Central Command, and is being told to vacate his office several months earlier than planned,” reports veteran national security correspondent Thomas E. Ricks. It now appears likely that Gen. Mattis, a Marine Corps legend, will leave his post as head of America’s most important combatant command in March, several months earlier than planned. Ricks continues: Why the hurry? Pentagon insiders say that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way —

Lethal force, not rational argument,
must be our response to these
violent fanatics*

Daily Mail [UK], by Liam Fox Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 9:22:03 AM Post Reply

After a year dominated by domestic triumphs, including the success of the Olympics and the Queen´s Diamond Jubilee, events in Algeria last week have been an unpleasant reminder of the importance of foreign and security policy in a dangerous world. The Arab Spring and the hope of a liberal democratic revolution in the Arab world has been followed by a more sombre period of reassessment. We should not be surprised. When tyrants fall, the power vacuum is seldom filled quickly or peacefully, and the test of any revolution is what happens, not in the immediate aftermath, but in the long

Coronation Day

American Spectator, by Jed Babbin Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 9:21:30 AM Post Reply

President Obama was inaugurated for his second term yesterday, and at the public ceremony today he’ll deliver a speech that will, at the height of his political power, set forth his agenda in terms of compromise and economic recovery. He’ll begin by claiming that his leadership overcame the greatest economic crisis we’ve faced since the Depression and he’ll go on to claim credit for achieving great “reforms” like Obamacare and “saving” the auto industry. He’ll say that his great successes gave him a mandate to complete his agenda for jobs, for reviving the economy and all the things

Top aide: Obama seeks to
split Republican Party into
warring factions before 2014
midterm election

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/21/2013 9:18:42 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama’s top political aide used an Inauguration Day interview to sketch out a provocative political strategy intended to split the Republican Party in time to impact the 2014 midterm elections. “The barrier to progress here in many respects, whether it is deficits, measures to help economy, immigration, gun safety legislation … is [that] there are factions here in Congress, Republicans in Congress, who are out of the mainstream,” White House advisor David Plouffe said on CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley.” “We need more Republicans in Congress to think like Republicans in the country

Remember Obama´s first inaugural
address 1,462 days ago? We don´t either

Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 1/21/2013 9:14:50 AM Post Reply

Today shortly after noon Eastern Time, Barack Obama is scheduled to give his final inaugural address. He´s 24 hours into his second term already, so today´s ceremonies are merely ceremonial. If you´re going to watch it live on this federal holiday, we suggest doing so via the unfiltered C-SPAN version. We´ll have the full text of his latest speech from the Capitol steps.

Thrifty Michelle Obama recycles
sequined Michael Kors dress
she first wore in 2009 as
proud President tells the crowd,
´I love my wife´s new bangs -
she always looks good!´

Daily Mail (UK), by Deborah Arthurs Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/21/2013 8:57:54 AM Post Reply

Michelle Obama looked set for a stylish second term last night as she appeared on stage at the celebration reception for her husband´s inauguration wearing a stunning black sequined cocktail dress. Proving yet again that she is a winner in the style stakes, the First Lady glittered at the event in D.C., where she smiled indulgently at the man she clearly adores as he took to the stage to thank the assembled campaigners and benefactors. It wasn´t the first time the dress, a boat-necked sequin frock by U.S. designer Michael Kors, had had an airing.

Tom Brokaw v. Founding Fathers

American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/21/2013 8:51:44 AM Post Reply

Thursday Jan 17, Tom Brokaw was given time on MSNBC to tell the Founding Fathers the self-evident truths they laid their lives on the line for are farfetched. Are we lucky, or what? Our talking heads know so much more than the men who pledged their lives, their sacred honor to free us from the tyranny of Kings and establish real freedom. Brokaw spoke with Andrea Mitchell. He aimed his remarks at people who believe in the Constitution by saying, in a scholarly formal tone (which passes for derision in his circles), that 2nd Amendment types who say

Until we learn to be as single-
minded as the fanatics - at home
and abroad - we´re ALL hostages

Daily Mail [UK], by Melanie Phillips Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 8:47:15 AM Post Reply

The immediate response to the Sahara atrocity must be revulsion, and deep sorrow for the families of those British and other hostages who were murdered in cold blood or killed in the rescue attempt. Condemnation of the Algerian authorities for the loss of those hostages’ lives, in what has been termed a ‘bungled’ operation against the Islamist terrorists who stormed the Algerian gas complex, is nevertheless inappropriate. The Prime Minister yesterday struck a more supportive note than his earlier reported fury that the Algerians had gone in with all guns blazing without even informing the UK government.

Al-Qaida flourishes in Sahara,
emerges stronger

Associated Press, by Paul Schemm & Karim Kebir Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/21/2013 8:39:19 AM Post Reply

RABAT, Morocco— The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria. The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has demonstrated how a failing Algerian insurgency transformed itself into a regional threat, partly by exploiting the turmoil unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts. Al-Qaida´s branch in Algeria retreated into a Sahara no man´s land between Mali, Algeria and Mauritania after it was largely defeated by the Algerian army in a 10-year war in the 1990s that claimed 200,000 lives. There it grew rich on smuggling and hostage-taking, gained new recruits

Mother who dared to tell the truth
about immigration on the BBC:
Granddaughter of a Polish airman
explains why she HAD to speak*

Daily Mail [UK], by Barbara Davies Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 8:37:57 AM Post Reply

When she arrived at Lincoln Drill Hall for BBC1’s Question Time last Thursday, Rachel Bull took a seat towards the back of the audience, never imagining that she would speak during the live television debate.[Snip]After hearing Cambridge University professor Mary Beard airily dismissing claims that migrant workers were overwhelming the market town, office manager Mrs Bull almost leapt from her seat, waving her hand frantically in the air until she caught the attention of presenter David Dimbleby. ‘Boston is at breaking point. All the locals can’t cope any more,’ she said, her voice trembling with emotion and outrage.

Police officers raise $14,000 to save
dog left dying in the road with ribs
exposed for FIVE hours after it
was hit by a car because owner
said she didn´t want ‘to fix him´

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/21/2013 8:22:12 AM Post Reply

Three Los Angeles police officers were returning to their station on Thursday, January 10, when they stopped to help a severely injured dog whose owner said she did not want ‘to fix’ after the dog was hit by a car. The 2-year-old pit bull-Shar Pei mix, who the caring officers named ‘Philly’ after an LAPD sergeant, had been struck at the corner of 108th Street and Central Avenue. Witnesses told the officers the brown pooch had been suffering on the ground with his ribs exposed for at least five hours. ´He was right there on Central for everyone to see,’

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