Author: Dan G.

Oh, crap

This ain’t good. France has rejected an “Obama-style” stimulus plan as being too socialist. Yeah, that France.

LYON: Prime Minister François Fillon on Monday rejected demands that the French government seek to stimulate consumer spending, rather than follow his plan to stimulate corporate and infrastructure investment, to lift France out of its economic slump.

“It would be irresponsible to chose another policy, which would increase our country’s indebtedness without having more infrastructure and increased competitiveness in the end,” Fillon said in a speech in Lyon.

More than 1.1 million people took to the streets across France last Thursday, according to the Interior Ministry, with unions putting the number of protesters at 2.5 million, to call on President Nicolas Sarkozy to stop cutting government jobs, increase the minimum wage and spend more on households as the economy enters its first recession since 1993.

Opponents of the government have been calling for an “Obama-style” stimulus plan, one that puts money directly into the pockets of working people.

This is gonna be a long four years, isn’t it?

Best President Ever

I mean, in October, al Qaeda was “resurgent, stronger now than at any time since 2001.” But after only two weeks in office, it now comes out that al Qaeda is “decimated” to the point “that it is now possible to foresee a “complete al-Qaida defeat.” Man, he is so good. Why didn’t we just let him take over back in November?

Wait, the reason that al Qaeda is in disarray is due to air strikes over the past six months plus? Well, that doesn’t matter either. See, Obama’s secretly been President for months, you just didn’t know it yet.

A couple days ago the AFP reported, “US President Barack Obama has already used experts within the last few months to hold high-level but discreet talks with both Iran and Syria, organizers of the meetings told AFP.” That’s funny, because in December he was very insistent to point out that he wasn’t President yet, and there was only one President at a time…

“I will continue to insist that, when it comes to foreign affairs, it is particularly important to emphasize that there is one president at a time,” Obama said Monday. “There are delicate negotiations taking place right now and we can’t have two voices coming out of the United States when you have so much at stake.”

Man, it’s a good thing he’s soooo awesome or else this might be a little alarming, don’t you think?

(h/t: Patterico)

Super Bowl post

I waited a day to cool down before writing this, because as anyone who knows me can attest to, I was a bit hotheaded after the game last night – watching my team lose and then having someone smash my windshield in.

Let me start off by saying that was one of the best, if not the best, games I’ve ever seen – and sure I’m probably biased because it was my Cardinals in the Super Bowl – so sue me. A record-breaking comeback and then a heartbreaker of a perfect catch made this a game I won’t forget.

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Slightly less outrage now.

So apparently Obama either changed his mind, or Fox screwed up the original reporting. Either way, it looks like The One has decided to give the Pentagon an eight percent increase rather than decrease. If it was Fox’s mistake then they should apologize and one-up all the B.S. antics pulled by CNN, NBC, CBS and the rest for the last eight years by actually issuing a deserved apology.

If this manages to get through Congress, it will be a rare piece of good news.

An open letter to Senator Kyl

This is a letter I sent to Senator Jon Kyl in response to his vote of “YEA” on the nomination of Eric Holder to the office of Attorney General.

Senator Kyl,

Let me preface my letter by stating that I have been a strong supporter of yours for many years, and I have almost never been disappointed. I have the utmost respect for you and what you have done in the Senate, and it makes me very proud to be able to say I have a representative I can trust.

Unfortunately, that is what makes this so painful to write. I see that you voted yea to the nomination of Eric Holder, which is something I had hoped I could count on you to not do. Mr. Holder’s history is shameful, and his behavior under the Clinton administration only serves to reinforce the fact that he is not, and has never been, the right man for the job of Attorney General. In addition to using his power to halt the investigations of the travesty at Waco, his role in the Elian Gonzales fiasco, his role in the pardons of the FALN terrorists and Mark Rich show him to be corrupt, and not someone to be trusted with the position of power he has now been given. I am disappointed that you chose to vote in favor of giving him this power, and would ask that in representing me and the rest of this great state that you return to your habit of voting against corruption and big government as you so often have in the past.

While it is too late to undo this vote, it is not too late to keep up the good fight going forward. These are times when conservatives have little to be hopeful for in Washington, and I can only hope and pray that you continue to be one of those people who we can rely on.

Thank you, and best wishes going forward. You are in my prayers.

Sincerely,

Dan G.