Bill Kristol catches Obama doing absolutely nothing to help the Iranian people: “‘The political situation in Iran is for the Iranians to work out internally,’ said Obama’s U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice. So much for standing with the Iranian people who are fighting to vindicate (Jefferson again) ‘the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of god.’ Hillary Clinton–remember her? Barack Obama’s increasingly marginalized secretary of state–said a couple of months ago, ‘Let’s put ideology aside; that is so yesterday.’ Well, it’s increasingly clear that John F. Kennedy’s Democratic party–the one that stood for freedom, that acted on behalf of freedom–is so yesterday, too.”
In a similar vein — Oh, no! The dreaded “explain the situation” gambit: “Iran’s top legislative body announced today that British embassy staff accused of inciting post-election violence will be forced to stand trial in Tehran. The surprise move by the Guardian Council caused relations between London and the Iranian regime to sink still further after the two countries engaged in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions last week. Downing Street said the Government was concerned and seeking urgent clarification. In a co-ordinated diplomatic move, EU nations responded by simultaneously summoning Europe’s Iranian ambassadors to explain the situation.”
By a 45-27% margin, voters favor divided government. Well, when you think the ruling party is too liberal, that is the one way to slow down the train.
Rep. Tom Perriello and other House Democrats who voted for cap-and-trade, discover that their vote may threaten their careers. Well, so long as all those jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs come pouring in, they should have nothing to worry about.
On a related note, Mona Charen on cap-and-trade quackery: “The House of Representatives has passed a massive, complex, special-interest-pocked bill that will ‘invest’ in green energy and according to Obama and Pelosi, create ‘millions’ of green jobs. Over and above the jobs that are lost due to higher energy prices? This is not empiricism. This is fantasy. Mayor Bloomberg talked of seeding New York with windmills. Huber cites data. ‘Windmills are now 50-story skyscrapers. Yet one windmill produces a piddling 2 to 3 megawatts. A jumbo jet needs 100 megawatts to get off the ground. . . . Meeting New York City’s total energy demand would require 13,000 of those skyscrapers spinning at top speed, which would require scattering about 50,000 of them across the state.'”
Now Colin Powell tells us he is “concerned” about all the debt and government programs coming out of Obama. Was he unclear this is what was planned all along?
Even Chris Dodd doesn’t think the stimulus is working. The solution? Do it again! Honest: “We did not get these dollars into the job producing sectors. A lot of it wasn’t targeted as it should have been. If we go back and do it again we have to do more of it.” Thanks for wasting $787B, Senator.
Howard Kurtz does a credible job of reporting on the Post’s access scandal. But the Post management seems convinced this was just a marketing problem. He observes that “precisely what would be acceptable remains unclear.”
The Wall Street Journal editors remind us that OMB chief Peter Orszag declared earlier in the year that with regard to the carbon permits in cap-and-trade,” If you didn’t auction the permit, it would represent the largest corporate-welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the United States.” That is what we got — along with “a Smoot-Hawley green tariff.”
