[Pearce Godwin] The Fat Lady Sang, Tea Parties & More

[Pearce Godwin]

Sky News: Susan Boyle's performance on Britain's Got Talent could soon become the most-viewed YouTube video of all time. Web videos of her moving rendition of I Dreamed A Dream have been viewed 100 million times, statisticians believe.  Miss Boyle's voice stunned the judges and propelled her to global fame.  More...

FoxNews: Chants like "Give me liberty, not debt" and "Our kids can't afford you" were heard across several U.S. cities Wednesday as anti-tax "tea party" protesters took to the streets to voice their opposition to big government spending.  More...

Pearce: Evidently liberal news commentators are scared of the implications the uprising will have on Obama's agenda as they could do nothing but make jokes about 'teabagging' and call the demonstrators 'racist.'

FoxNews: Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, but the big story to come out of the normally politics-free telecast was Miss California's comments regarding gay marriage.  More...

Pearce: See Perez Hilton's unbelievable rant about the answer taped just after the show.

CNN: U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the pirates "had an AK-47 leveled at the captain's back," a military official said Sunday.  More...

Pearce: The successful resolution to this conflict, which seemed straight out of a Disney movie, was a relief to Obama who narrowly avoided a very thorny situation.  The shots of those snipers,authorized by the President, was a positive sign of strength from a man who has given us reason to doubt his willingness to stand strong in the face of challenges i.e. from North Korea & Iran.  However, on Iraq, I agree with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell that Obama is hardly different than Bush, which is encouraging.

NYT: President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists.  More...

Pearce: This revelation has sparked fierce debate on both sides of the issue.  Some, such as FoxNews' Shepard Smith (seen dropping the F-bomb on Torture here) believe it is an issue of who we are as a nation and that its efficacy has no standing.  However, Bush's CIA chief saysObama is risking national security as the CIA confirms that such techniques thwarted a 9/11 style attack on LA.

WT: Obama to soon get secure Blackberry.  More...

Pearce: The AP is continuing a surprising trend of taking the President to task on a number of his policies.  This week it writes "Obama's latest budget-tightening effort hardly makes a dime's worth of difference... Cut a latte or two out of your annual budget and you've just done as much belt-tightening as President Barack Obama asked of his Cabinet on Monday."

WT: Napolitano stands by controversial report  More...

Politico: 100 Days- What Obama wants you to read.  More...

Pearce: I feel a bit duped by the Obama machine in light of this revelation about the picture of him with our brave troops in Iraq that I featured in my last post.  Hat tip to Erik Soderstrom for the story.

Telegraph: IMF warns over parallels to Great Depression.  More...

Economists: Economic green shoots are appearing in the press.  More...

AP: Relations between the US and Cuba seem within reach.  More...

CBC: Napolitano claimed 9/11 terrorists came from Canada.  More...

Pearce: There is a very interesting case currently in front of the Supreme Court involving 'Hillary: The Movie.' The court is currently split over how to apply the McCain-Feingold campaign law to the controversial film.

WSJ: Freddie Mac CFO hangs himself.  More...

Independent: Doctor claims he can clone human beings.  More...

DN: Teen soils self after deputy surprises him.  More...

OPINION:

Romney: A timid advocate of freedom.  More...  (Pearce: are we seeing early shots 2012?)

Morris: Obama's leap to Socialism.  More...

Rove: The President's apology tour.  More...

Krauthammer: The sting, in four parts.  More...

Pearce: As Heritage points out, not even Paul Krugman, one of Obama's staunchest advocates is buying the President's boasting over $100 million (with an m) in spending cuts.

Juan Williams: A civil rights outrage.  More...  (Pearce: A great piece by a liberal from NPR.  Yet another example of some of Obama's policies not sitting well with even his allies.)

Friedman: In the age of pirates.  More...

Abramowitz: Diverging coalitions- the transformation of the American electorate.  More...

Abramowitz: Independent voters and the President- myths and realities.  More...

Farrell: Even Jack Bauer can't stop the 'Goldman Conspiracy.'  More...

National Post: The border for dummies.  More...

Pearce: I highly recommend The Case Against Smoking Bans to anyone who is interested in economics, public policy and/or issues of individual liberty.  While I personally hate smoking and loved being in Scotland where it is banned in all public places, my higher principles of individual liberty and belief in free market, laissez-faire policy lead me to oppose such bans.  Truly an excellent piece.

Note: Credit to PG contributor Billy Hughes for encouraging me to add more voice to the articles I post.  Expect more of that and also original material from Billy in the future.

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Posted By Pearce Godwin to Pearce Godwin at 4/24/2009 07:57:00 AM