Another Ugly Sweater From Great Aunt Obama 12-25-16
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POWERLINE DECEMBER 25, 2016
BY SCOTT JOHNSON …FROM GREAT AUNT OBAMA
Michael Ramirez (@Ramireztoons) has preserved his humor complete and entire for Christmas. Yesterday he summarized “Santa Obama’s legacy.” Today he depicts “Another ugly sweater from Great Aunt Obama.” For Christmas Ramirez gives us the essential Obama.
Jonathan Last expanded on the theme of this cartoon in the 2010 Weekly Standard article “American Narcissus” and in subsequent footnotes compiled here.
BY SCOTT JOHNSON …FROM GREAT AUNT OBAMA
Michael Ramirez (@Ramireztoons) has preserved his humor complete and entire for Christmas. Yesterday he summarized “Santa Obama’s legacy.” Today he depicts “Another ugly sweater from Great Aunt Obama.” For Christmas Ramirez gives us the essential Obama.
Jonathan Last expanded on the theme of this cartoon in the 2010 Weekly Standard article “American Narcissus” and in subsequent footnotes compiled here.
President Obama's Parting Gift To Wind, Parting Shots At Eagles And Oil
David Blackmon Dec. 16, 2016 FORBES
The Obama Administration’s Fish and Wildlife Service quietly finalized a new regulation on Dec. 14 governing the permitting and operation of high-speed wind turbines. The regulation allows wind companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, and kill up to 4,200 bald eagles without fear of federal fines or other penalties. read more here
David Blackmon Dec. 16, 2016 FORBES
The Obama Administration’s Fish and Wildlife Service quietly finalized a new regulation on Dec. 14 governing the permitting and operation of high-speed wind turbines. The regulation allows wind companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, and kill up to 4,200 bald eagles without fear of federal fines or other penalties. read more here
SANTA OBAMA’S LEGACY
DECEMBER 24, 2016 BY JOHN HINDERAKER
As Barack Obama’s presidency draws to a close, we can evaluate his legacy–although I fear that in some respects, the full extent of the damage he has done will not be known for some time. Michael Ramirez surveys the wreckage that Santa Obama delivered in his oversized bag. read more at POWERLINE
DECEMBER 24, 2016 BY JOHN HINDERAKER
As Barack Obama’s presidency draws to a close, we can evaluate his legacy–although I fear that in some respects, the full extent of the damage he has done will not be known for some time. Michael Ramirez surveys the wreckage that Santa Obama delivered in his oversized bag. read more at POWERLINE
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DECEMBER 24, 2016|Delaware Crossing, George Washington, War for Independence
General Washington’s Christmas Giftsby RICHARD SAMUELSON
Two Hundred Forty years ago, Christmas Eve, was a desperate time for America. General Washington had lost the Battle of New York, and had been chased, humiliatingly, all the way across New Jersey, and into Pennsylvania.
Those were, as Thomas Paine‘s first “American Crisis” essay, dated December 23, 1776, declared “the times that try men’s souls”:
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The contrast with another Christmas Eve, seven years later, could hardly be greater. General Washington, now the Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Continental Army, was in Annapolis, Maryland, where he surrendered his commission to the Continental Congress. It is worthy of reflection. read more here
General Washington’s Christmas Giftsby RICHARD SAMUELSON
Two Hundred Forty years ago, Christmas Eve, was a desperate time for America. General Washington had lost the Battle of New York, and had been chased, humiliatingly, all the way across New Jersey, and into Pennsylvania.
Those were, as Thomas Paine‘s first “American Crisis” essay, dated December 23, 1776, declared “the times that try men’s souls”:
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The contrast with another Christmas Eve, seven years later, could hardly be greater. General Washington, now the Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Continental Army, was in Annapolis, Maryland, where he surrendered his commission to the Continental Congress. It is worthy of reflection. read more here