[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I don’t understand why the Obama Administration is correcting the record about the details of the Osama raid. I guess this will make me sound cynical, but the notion of Osama hiding behind a woman was incredibly effective propaganda – who cares whether it’s true? Was anyone going to be… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Mail-in election? Ha! I spent two hours last night researching the candidates, then dropped off my ballot today – Election Day. I refuse to go along with this newfangled mail-in, multi-day election claptrap. Elections are held on one day, Tuesday, like God intended. Why, in my day, sonny, we walked… Read more »
Mail-in election? Ha! I spent two hours last night researching the candidates, then dropped off my ballot today — Election Day — at the nearest Voter Service Center. I refuse to go along with this newfangled mail-in, multi-day election nonsense. Elections are held on ONE day, always a Tuesday, as God intended when He invented democracy. Why, in my day,… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Obama going to Ground Zero Thursday. Can he invite Bush? That’d be really great. Unity!
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Remarkable, awful Tuscaloosa damage footage, courtesy of The Daily’s aerial drone (!). (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] History.
A thought just popped into my head. Obama is going to Ground Zero on Thursday. He should invite George W. Bush to join him. I’m serious. Can you imagine what an amazing American moment that would be? A transcendent moment of unity and celebration: the two presidents together, marking their joint victory over terror and evil. What’s the downside? Obama… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] We’re still here. You’re not. Go figure. Richard Brookhiser, New Yorker
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Things I’ve learned, or re-learned, in the last 12 hours: Americans’ visceral anger about 9/11 may have receded somewhat into the background over the last 10 years, but it is still absolutely there. There’s no need, yet, to say “Never Forget.” We haven’t forgotten. Not even close. Osama Bin Laden… Read more »
No, Wolf Blitzer, your studio isn’t the Situation Room. This is the Situation Room: Caption: “President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Please note: a classified document seen in this… Read more »
