Biden: Palin’s Not a Victim

Vice President Joe Biden says Sarah Palin is no victim.

Vice President Biden rejected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s complaint that she was the victim of political blood sport yesterday – a day after she stunned the nation with her abrupt resignation.

Asked if he agreed with Palin’s contention, Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos simply, “No … I don’t.”

Biden, speaking about his vanquished 2008 vice presidential rival while on a trip to Iraq, said he respects Palin’s decision to step down.

Video: Cap and trade explained

Maybe the catchiest satirical song you’ve heard since Mary Katharine Ham and her brother Jon teamed up on “Obama on Your Shoulder,” and just as biting. [...] Read the rest »

WaPo publisher: Hey, sorry for the sell-out

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Saudis giving Israel a green light on Iran?

According to the Times of London, the Saudis have agreed to tacitly allow Israelis to transit their airspace to attack Iran and end its nuclear program.  The Mossad has worked with the Saudis for several years as the Iranian threat in the region grew, and the Saudis — and other Arab states — would be privately relieved to have Tehran’s nuclear ambitions curtailed.  But is now the right time, while the mullahs teeter in Iran? [...] Read the rest »

Mullahs in Qum: Khamenei’s actions illegitimate

If Ali Khamenei and the Guardian Council had hoped to ride out the anger over the rigged presidential election, they didn’t figure on Qum.  The association of Islamic leaders in the most important religious city in Iran have declared the election illegitimate, which threatens to undermine the credibility of the Khamenei regime’s claim to divine direction.  If the clerics of Iran bolt, what does Khamenei have left? [...] Read the rest »

Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?

Now that the fireworks have ended and the grills have cooled (until this afternoon, natch), we can turn our attention from Independence Day and focus on our Sunday tradition of choosing the most amateurish moment of the Obama administration this week. [...] Read the rest »

A New 4th of July Declaration of Independence

The 1776 Declaration was a resolution to throw off the tyranny of big government.
Borrowing from the 1776 document, the history of the present political administration is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute socialist tyranny over these states.  When a long train of abuses and [...]

Sarah Palin: The Media’s Un-acknowledged Shame

Governor Sarah Palin resigns effective July 26, 2009 after constant media scrutiny and being the butt of endless and tiring jokes, ridicule and intrusions into her family’s privacy what does this mean?

At a time when the media is still sucking news from the big wave of pop star Michael Jackson’s short and fiery life [...]

Generation Of Christian Leaders Riding Into Sunset Spark Reevaluation

With the passing of Jerry Falwell and D. James Kennedy along with the dissolution of the Center for Reclaiming America and the Center for Christian Statesmanship, the issue has arisen once again as to whether or not conservative Evangelicals should participate in political activity.  Since things have not gotten any better and if anything continued [...]

Saturday Night Music: XTC, ‘Dear God’

A classic XTC song from the Todd Rundgren-produced Skylarking.

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