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Obama’s envelopes
Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. “Niki, I’m dying. Don’t have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble.” A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: “Blame everything on me. Uncle Joe.” A few years later, a really big crisis. Opens envelope 2: “Blame everything on me. Again. Good luck, Uncle Joe.” Third crisis. Opens envelope 3: “Prepare three envelopes.” Continue reading
Posted in foreign affairs
Tagged afghanistan, bush, charles krauthammer, khrushchev, obama, stalin
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Obama v. Bush, the Sequel
Today we’re back to the Obama v. Bush storyline. With one twist. In this election cycle, the Democrat tarring his opponent as a “Bush Republican” is running behind in the polls—while the Republican bashing his opponent as an “Obama Democrat” enjoys a lead. Continue reading
When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings
Lost in all the denouncing and investigating was the fact that Bush’s speech itself, like Obama’s today, was entirely unremarkable. Continue reading
Posted in education, media, party politics
Tagged bush, byron york, education, media bias, obama, propaganda
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Tantrum of the Day
Posted in cartoons, humor
Tagged al-qaeda, bin laden, bush, cia, democrats, media bias
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How Bush Doctrine Batters Islamists
The election of women represents a political earthquake in the Gulf Cooperation Council, a grouping of six oil-rich traditional Arab monarchies. Kuwait has had a parliament on and off since gaining independence in 1960, but the other GCC members entered the era of electoral politics largely due to pressure from the Bush administration. US pressure also played a crucial part in persuading Kuwait’s leaders to enfranchise women for the first time in 2005. Continue reading
