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Like everyone else on the morning of Oct. 9, the major media's first reaction to Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize was shock and disbelief. NBC's Matt Lauer spoke for the pack when he said he didn't want to be "rude," but how did Obama earn it? Washington Post columnist (and former reporter) Ruth Marcus was blunt: "This is ridiculous -- embarrassing, even." She said the award is supposed to be for "doing, not being."
That is true, but for the swelling group of Americans who are not enamored of Obama, that could easily be turned around on the...
The Nobel Surprise
Need I remind anybody that the current wars are "off the books". Nobody has paid for them but we are now told it is Obama's deficit. A tax increase would have made those wars fiscally sound, but no, we got to cut taxes.
Healthcare? what are we going to do? You may not like what the democrats offer, But republican input has not been there.
The one thing Bush did that was sane was to recognize adherence to neo-conservative economic thought was going to destroy the gravy train for everyone. Hence the bank bail out. A de facto endorsement of Keynesian economics. ...