Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Larwyn's Linx: Obama's Dreams

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Nation

Obama's Dreams: Sowell
Obama Doesn't Realize His Ideas Predate Black-and-White TV: WH
#EmptyChairDay : Angry?: RSM

From Republic to Nanny State: CFP
We've Heard It All Before: JWF
GOP revs up its counter-convention at NASCAR site: Riehl

The Terrifying New Normal: Hanson
DNC Chairman Says He's an "Honorary Girl" for Folding Towels: DTG
Ryan throws down challenge to Obama in NC: Breitbart

Economy

Who pays the bill for handing out $2.2T in entitlements a year?: Knight
We Need a Creators Day: Chicago Boyz
O’Malley Does an About-Face: Yes, We are Better Off: NatlJrnl

Union Money In Elections: Foundry
Labor Day alert: Support the Delphi workers: Malkin
Obama's Accelerating Downward Spiral For America: Ferrara

Scandal Central

New York Times Reveals Eastwood Was Correct: Forbes
With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama helped spur mortgage crisis: DC
ABC, CBS and NBC Bury Bumbling Biden's Most Embarrassing Moments: MRC

Climate & Energy

Not All Union Bosses Support: UMWA Refuses To Endorse Obama’s Campaign: LUR
The price of tyranny by bureaucracy: Cold Fury

Media

Dreaming Up a New America: Progressive Education and the Perversion of American Democracy: AT
New experience for Obama: GOP attacks and mockery: York
MSNBC Redefines American History in the Context of Obama: AT

"MSNBC pundits: Eastwood’s GOP convention speech a 'bizarre' and 'embarrassing' 'disaster'": Althouse
National Empty Chair Day a Roaring Success!: GWP
Patches O'Hoolihan Would Be Proud: Scared Monkeys

Privileges and responsibilities: Thomas
Robert Gibbs Says Obama’s Decline With Youth Vote Is Bush’s Fault: iOTW
Scott Walker: Obama’s broken promises: Politico

I almost feel sorry for the guy…almost: Cold Fury
Dem Panic Watch: Busing in Crowds to Fill Stadium for Obama Edition: Riehl
More On The Rumors That The Obama’s Are Moving To Hawaii In January.: Waznmentobe

World

Aiding An Enemy, Stabbing An Ally In The Back -- Obama Tells Iran It Will Not Back Israel: HySci
Jewish Democrats on the Defensive: Barone
U.S. does not intend to back Israel in a strike against Iran: ynet

A Free Iraq? Young Iraqis face religious fashion crackdown: Riehl
Egypt: Kill a Christian, Collect a Reward: Gatestone
Johnny Depp Flees France Over Tax Hikes: Townhall

Sci-Tech

How The Telecom Company Free Disrupted The Mobile Landscape In France: Crunch
Oracle appeals five-year US copyright case against SAP: ZDNet
Acer to release six smartphones in 2013, including Windows 8 device: CNet

Cornucopia

Caption Contest Winners: MB
The Republican War On Chairs: We Are All Chairs Now!: Cube
Clint Eastwood v's Obama The Re-Match: Jenna Garlock

Image: Happy Empty Chair Day! - Fausta's Blog
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund

QOTD: "Aides say [Valerie Jarrett] never uses her private time with the president to relitigate decisions. Even so, the White House is organized around the principle that the president’s time is an administration’s most valuable commodity, not to be spent on low-priority matters or those not fully vetted. Yet several officials say that is what happened with one of Ms. Jarrett’s pet projects, Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics.

Based on her assurances that his personal appeal to the Olympic committee could clinch the deal, the president flew to Copenhagen. During the flight back, CNN reported that Chicago had not survived the first round of voting.

“There was total silence,” one official recalled. “It was a long trip home.”

...she can also be imperious — at one event ordering a drink from a four-star general she mistook for a waiter — and attached to the trappings of power in a way some in the White House consider unseemly for a member of the staff.

A case in point is her full-time Secret Service detail. The White House refuses to disclose the number of agents or their cost, citing security concerns. But the appearance so worried some aides that two were dispatched to urge her to give the detail up.

She listened politely, one said, but the agents stayed." --Jo Becker (hat tip: JTT)

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