tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-248292 2009-11-27T03:08:00-05:00 NEWS ~ OPINION ~ COMMENTARYNews and ideas of lasting importance TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875d6974f970c 2009-11-27T03:08:00-05:00 2009-11-27T03:08:00-05:00 Gina Cobb "I know you have no earthly clue just how god-awful complicated it is to actually perform a raid and scarf up a bad guy, let's just say it rates up there with trying to conduct a Beethoven Symphony with your orchestra in free fall, screaming towards Earth like a phalanx of freaking lawn darts." (Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive) (Background: This headline: Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist and this reaction from Allahpundit)<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NGfrbcDnLJEQ51vy_rNmTDTiyPo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NGfrbcDnLJEQ51vy_rNmTDTiyPo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NGfrbcDnLJEQ51vy_rNmTDTiyPo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NGfrbcDnLJEQ51vy_rNmTDTiyPo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875e0acd6970c 2009-11-26T17:07:16-05:00 2009-11-26T17:08:47-05:00 Gina Cobb Thank you for reading this. Blessings on this day! Here's your Thanksgiving food for thought: What were the 10 best things that happened in your life this year? Make a list.<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsZoYcphJIXCOtqiy1x4DB8AcO8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsZoYcphJIXCOtqiy1x4DB8AcO8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsZoYcphJIXCOtqiy1x4DB8AcO8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LsZoYcphJIXCOtqiy1x4DB8AcO8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6ddc969970b 2009-11-26T12:08:31-05:00 2009-11-26T12:08:31-05:00 Gina Cobb Video via Gateway Pundit More recent stories on this massive fraud: ~Hiding Evidence of Global Cooling The content of these e-mails raises extremely serious questions that could end the academic careers of many prominent professors ~Climate Con Job Nothing more should happen in Congress on this issue until there's been a thorough probe of the ClimateGate scandal ~The Great British Climate Fraud All the damning details ~ClimateGate Totally Ignored By TV News Outlets Except Fox...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xmL_3Qkwoc56qpms5pd4qXRhLFs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xmL_3Qkwoc56qpms5pd4qXRhLFs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xmL_3Qkwoc56qpms5pd4qXRhLFs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xmL_3Qkwoc56qpms5pd4qXRhLFs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6dbc179970b 2009-11-26T01:02:42-05:00 2009-11-26T01:02:42-05:00 Gina Cobb Mark Steyn at The Corner: The CRU scandal has already ensnared Britain's leading climate "scientist" Phil Jones (whom one principled leftie says has only "a few days left in which to make an honourable exit") and his American counterpart Michael Mann (as in "Mann-made global warming"). Given that these two men and their respective institutions are the leading warm-mongers on the planet, and the guys who dominate the IPCC, Copenhagen et al, it would be...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cRFxmQNr-6wTDTttcrAu6VQZjQQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cRFxmQNr-6wTDTttcrAu6VQZjQQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cRFxmQNr-6wTDTttcrAu6VQZjQQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cRFxmQNr-6wTDTttcrAu6VQZjQQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875cf209c970c 2009-11-25T03:06:00-05:00 2009-11-25T03:06:00-05:00 Gina Cobb "Upon taking office, Obama said that he wanted to listen to the world, promising respect instead of arrogance. But Obama's currency isn't as strong as he had believed. Everyone wants respect, but hardly anyone is willing to pay for it. Interests, not emotions, dominate the world of realpolitik. The Asia trip revealed the limits of Washington's new foreign policy . . . . (Gabor Steingart, Spiegel, Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ro5PLxitCbzHycZWdo9RhYp385k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ro5PLxitCbzHycZWdo9RhYp385k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ro5PLxitCbzHycZWdo9RhYp385k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ro5PLxitCbzHycZWdo9RhYp385k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6d0049c970b 2009-11-24T13:15:31-05:00 2009-11-24T13:53:40-05:00 Gina Cobb However, sadly, the hope turned out to be ill-founded and the change turned out to be for the worse. The End. Good night, kids! This might have something to to with it: When the president promises that unemployment will not go above 8% IF we spend almost a TRILLION dollars of taxpayer money ($1,000,000,000,000.00) on a "stimulus" plan -- one that looks suspiciously like a trillion dollars worth of pork -- and unemployment then crashes...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SsOtLcNQGkMvwvsopgsqBP6_i4o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SsOtLcNQGkMvwvsopgsqBP6_i4o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SsOtLcNQGkMvwvsopgsqBP6_i4o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SsOtLcNQGkMvwvsopgsqBP6_i4o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6cd8241970b 2009-11-24T00:23:59-05:00 2009-11-24T00:24:19-05:00 Gina Cobb “Obama, Pelosi and Reid are drafting a new stimulus bill that White House says could have twice the number of non-existent jobs as the last jobs bill.” (Jay Leno) From Don Surber<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QryOBnEYc8klNtwxeAf8GXDbvJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QryOBnEYc8klNtwxeAf8GXDbvJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QryOBnEYc8klNtwxeAf8GXDbvJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QryOBnEYc8klNtwxeAf8GXDbvJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6cc0a4d970b 2009-11-23T18:49:57-05:00 2009-11-23T18:53:05-05:00 Gina Cobb "Hide the Decline:" Email References to "Hiding" the Decline in Temperatures "Taken Out of Context"? Oh Really? Now explain the comments in the code showing that numbers were altered to hide the temperature decline The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% of Workers are Unemployed It's almost as if having Dems in charge is bad for the economy Citing Huge Demand and Turnout, NYC Health Authorities Happily Confirm .00143% of City Was Vaccinated Against H1N1 This Weekend...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGOlgmgfdb89mDFoQhMTvwKdJlY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGOlgmgfdb89mDFoQhMTvwKdJlY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGOlgmgfdb89mDFoQhMTvwKdJlY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGOlgmgfdb89mDFoQhMTvwKdJlY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6cc0497970b 2009-11-23T18:44:38-05:00 2009-11-23T18:44:38-05:00 Gina Cobb "I can't wait to see what type of plan this reincarnation of King Solomon and George Patton comes up with." Drew M. at Ace of Spades: Obama's Afghanistan Decision Tonight?<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xlKkcl-7T_Wbem6Sqc_YEMbwbaQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xlKkcl-7T_Wbem6Sqc_YEMbwbaQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xlKkcl-7T_Wbem6Sqc_YEMbwbaQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xlKkcl-7T_Wbem6Sqc_YEMbwbaQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef0120a6c8ff5a970b 2009-11-23T11:38:21-05:00 2009-11-23T11:38:21-05:00 Gina Cobb <br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gk10waXQlC9zNikMHyhnoq8BSxM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gk10waXQlC9zNikMHyhnoq8BSxM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gk10waXQlC9zNikMHyhnoq8BSxM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gk10waXQlC9zNikMHyhnoq8BSxM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875b8f5a7970c 2009-11-19T13:40:37-05:00 2009-11-19T13:40:37-05:00 Gina Cobb Lindsey Graham spells it out for Eric Holder.<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k6Jq9L12aCG7z9_MWIiQYPg72fE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c2c6053ef012875b88c18970c 2009-11-19T12:24:15-05:00 2009-11-19T12:24:15-05:00 Gina Cobb Obama to troops: "You guys make a pretty good photo op" Nice that the military has some purpose in Obama's mind Housing Starts “Unexpectedly” Tumble "Unexpected" only if you don't understand basic economics Schumer, 2001: 9/11 Terrorists Won’t Get Courtroom Trials And if Osama Bin Laden were captured, "it is ludicrous to suggest he should be tried in a Federal court on Center Street in Lower Manhattan" GAO Says More Than 50,000 Jobs From Stimulus...<br/> <br/> Continued at website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nh3FyG2B5qdzLLnagULgZgfBdu4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>