Arpil 7, 2009 Required Reading

A week in Massachusetts

So many gaffes, such little time. The week began with the good work of the Boston Herald unveiling the big daddy, prime example of a hack hire by Governor Deval Patrick. Former State Senator Marian Walsh (Democrat- West Roxbury), an early Patrick campaign supporter, was appointed to a $175,000 a year position which has been vacant for twelve years.

Next, we learn that Patrick appointed MTA Secretary Jim "The Weasel" Aloisi had his sister hired as chief of staff in a state office...with no staff. Relax. She was only paid $60k per year. Now Aloisi has been running his mouth at the liberal uber-blue BlueMassGroup.com blaming any and all problems in Massachusetts on the 15% minority Republicans in Legislature and on the former successive GOP governors after Mike Dukakis.

Ken Pittman

Harvard Student Takes On Barney Frank Over Economy (I'll desect this in full later.)




THE 'EXCUSE ME' PREZ

As soon as the UN Security Council passes another ineffectual resolution regretting the defiance of its last ineffectual resolution, the North (Korea) knows it can eventually find the Obama administration back at a negotiating table for the charade's next act.

The meme in the press was how the test launch made Obama's disarmament speech all the more "urgent." It really makes it all the more childish and dangerous. In setting the goal of "Global Zero" (the program of universal disarmament that sounds a little like a new international Coke product), Obama hitched himself to a project as utopian as President George W. Bush's ambition to end tyranny in the world.

New York Post

Now Is the Time to Put Aside Childish Things

"Divide et impera" (divide and rule) is an ancient maxim that became the basis of Machiavelli's approach to power and political theory. It is the same modus operandi used by the left in this country over the past 16 years that has given us the most radical government in our history.

In today's world of sound bites and miniscule attention spans a simple sentence: "There isn't a bit of difference between Republicans and Democrats." has become imbedded in the nation's lexicon and the foundation of the strategy to split what is a majority right of center country into many factions.

American Thinker

Obama Slashing Weapons, Fighter Programs

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended halting production of the F-22 fighter jet and scrapping a new helicopter for the president as he outlined deep cuts to many of the military's biggest weapons programs.


Gates said his $534 billion budget proposal represents a "fundamental overhaul" in defense acquisition and reflects a shift in priorities from fighting conventional wars to the newer threats U.S. forces face from insurgents in places such as Afghanistan.


The department must ensure it has the right programs and money to "fight the wars we are in today and the scenarios we are most likely to face in the years to come, while at the same time providing a hedge against other risks," Gates said as he revealed details of his budget for the next fiscal year.

News Max