From Human Events: Amid America’s economic doldrums and as world events careen out of control, President Obama will not let a crisis deter him from unwinding.  This same President, advising the American people how to deal with the financial crisis, once said, “If you’re a family trying to cut back, you might skip going out [...]

From Right Wing News: Unfortunately, for The Politico and Obama, the attempt by Josh Gerstein to defend The Reluctant President’s South American trip falls flat, as he spends quite a bit of time at the beginning explaining why he should not go, which is what people will remember Some 26 months into Barack Obama’s presidency, Latin [...]

From CNS News: Neither the ongoing nuclear emergency in Japan nor the conflict in Libya and looming outside military intervention there will prevent President Obama from embarking on a five-day trip to Latin America on Friday. The three-country visit includes meetings with the leaders of Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, attendance at a business summit [...]

From Michelle Malkin: President Obama met with Bill Clinton on Friday. Clinton agreed to publicly back Obama on the tax/unemployment extension agreement with Republicans. Obama then brought Slick out before a hastily assembled press corps, and then left Clinton alone with them to work his Bubba magic: In terms of Washington political drama, Friday was an instant [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: JJudge Lewis Kaplan ruled that the evidence of the main witness in the trial of a Guantánamo detainee could not be heard because he was held in a secret CIA prison “under extreme duress”. As a result, a federal jury cleared the defendant, Ahmed Ghailani, of all but one of 286 charges, including [...]

From NewsMax.com: Former CIA Director Michael Hayden criticized President Barack Obama’s decision in 2009 to release internal memos defending CIA interrogators’ harsh methods. Hayden said Tuesday that Obama’s move, based on the shifting political policies of his administration, now hinders CIA officers who now fear for their careers, according to a San Francisco Examiner report quoting [...]

From Michelle Malkin: After the year the country’s had, it’s apparent that Obama and Biden have only two things left: denial and each other: “This guy has a backbone like a ramrod,” Biden said while introducing Obama, adding that he has “a brain bigger than his skull and a heart to match both.” You’ll not find [...]

From Right Wing News: Obama and Senator John Barrasso (R-Wy) offered dueling weekly addresses. Full text of both at the LA Times (love the shot of Obama with his feet up on the Resolute Desk. He has no respect for history). Links to the video are at each politicians name. Ryan Leaf, er, Barack Obama [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: The US president had originally been due to visit after a trip to India and Indonesia in March, but his stopover was delayed by domestic debate over the landmark health care bill. A rescheduled visit to Australia in June was also called off after Mr Obama decided to remain in America to deal [...]

From CNSNews.com: In the first ever U.N.-mandated self-assessment of America’s human rights record, the Obama administration has informed the world body that it remains committed to closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and to “fixing our broken immigration system.” A report delivered to the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on Friday and [...]

From The Heritage Foundation: When President Barack Obama’s own oil spill commission first met in July, they said that the President’s decision to ban oil drilling in the Gulf fell outside their mandate. But after a number of highly charged field hearing in the Gulf, the commission did a 180-degree reversal and promised to press the [...]

From Right Wing News: If one can believe a word Senator John Kerry (D, Mass) says, the United States is launching efforts to negotiate with Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan. “I can report without being specific that there are efforts under way. They are serious and I completely agree with that fundamental premise — and so does [...]

From The Heritage Foundation: Following billion dollar bailouts and stimulus packages, the Administration is hoping to find “savings” elsewhere in the federal budget. One of its targets is defense. According to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the “gusher” of defense spending “has been turned off, and will stay off for a good period of time.” His [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: President Barack Obama will be accompanied by his wife Michelle and daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, nine, and are expected to stay at the historic Blue Heron Farm in Chilmark. Bill Burton, the deputy White House press secretary, said that the US president was “going to spend a little time recharging his batteries” [...]

From Right Wing News: No one should have been surprised Friday when Barack Hussein Obama came out at a Ramadan dinner (attended by open supporters of Islamic terrorism) in favor of a giant mosque at Ground Zero to celebrate the Muslim triumph of 9/11. We all knew whose side he was on from the beginning, which is what [...]

From Right Wing News: At Wall Street Journal (via Daily Caller): WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama defended the plan to build a mosque near the site of the 2001 terror attacks in New York, telling Muslim guests at a Ramadan dinner at the White House that the nation’s commitment to freedom of religion “must be unshakable.” RTWT. The White [...]

From Newsmax.com: President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country’s founding principles demanded no less. “As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country,” Obama said, weighing in for the first time [...]

From Michelle Malkin: Every US president since William Howard Taft has served as the honorary president of the Boys Scouts of America. President Obama accepted his role as honorary president in March of last year. So as you know, when the 100th anniversary of the Boys Scouts came along late last month, Obama decided to… go [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: During the unprecedented appearance he was hoping to appeal to so-called “soccer moms” who are being heavily courted by the Republican and answered questions on family life and even the misfortunes of the actress Lindsay Lohan. Critics have accused Mr Obama of demeaning the office of President by appearing on the sofa of [...]

Only Obama and Pelosi could put together a team to investigate an oil drilling disaster and not think to include a single petroleum engineer. We’re guessing their “report” will recommend higher taxes, less drilling and a few new government agencies. From American Thinker: The commission appointed by President Obama to investigate the Gulf oil spill [...]