December 1, 2008

Things I’d Like to Post About Today ….. (120108)

Filed under: TILTpatBIDHAT — TBlumer @ 5:55 am

….. But I Don’t Have Any Time For:

  • Coward of the Day Report — “Gunbattles and airstrikes by NATO and Afghan troops killed 53 militants in Afghanistan, including a wanted Taliban commander who tried to hide from soldiers under a woman’s burqa, officials said Saturday.”
  • Michelle Malkin’s persistence ultimately led to the exposure of a judicial jerk, who should be disciplined. Read the whole thing.
  • IBDeditorials.com had a Black Friday to remember, with a slew of “Read Save the Whole Thing” pieces –

    Stop Covering Up And Kill The CRA
    “The Community Reinvestment Act is to blame for the financial crisis, but it so powerfully serves Democrats’ interests that they’ll do anything to protect it — including revising history. ….. the regulation destroyed credit standards across the mortgage industry, created the subprime market, and caused the housing bubble that has now burst and left us with the worst housing and banking crises since the Great Depression.”

    The Thrill Of Victory
    “Nineteen months after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the war “lost,” a freely elected Iraqi Parliament signs a security pact with the United States. We won. It is the terrorists and their appeasers who lost.”

    The Spread Of Nihilism’s Bloody Stain
    “The terrorist assault on Mumbai is the latest clash between civilization and nihilism. From the Somali pirates to the Taliban, this is what the world would be like without America. ….. We certainly can be thankful that the war on terror has prevented similar events here or a repeat of 9/11 since that tragic day the war on terror began. ….. Those who find the very existence of Guantanamo and the FISA statutes an offense to American democracy need to recalibrate their moral outrage. These legacies of 9/11, and the continuing vigilance of the Bush administration, have kept us safe.”

    Then there are the excellent op-eds by George Will, Charles Krauthammer, and Larry Elder.

    Great job, folks.

6 Comments

  1. If it was Clinton’s rigorous enforcement of the CRA that lead to our housing and banking crises, why didn’t Bush just stop enforcing the CRA “like never before?” Bush had 7+ years, and he certainly had warning:
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_ignored_warnings/print;_ylt=AtGH7elui1II_zAGl_KLH3xv24cA

    Was that you I saw at a race on Thursday?

    Comment by Tony B. — December 1, 2008 @ 10:38 pm

  2. #1, fears of being accused of racism (see Fred and Fan hearings of 2004 or so — still doesn’t justify not acting, but damage was done by then anyway; AP knows it, and pretends there was no prior history), and yes.

    IBDeditorials.com nuked AP’s report quite well — “It was a Democratic debacle, from start to finish.”

    It’s amazing how I can refute stuff like this so easily. Why don’t you do the dirty work from here on out instead of just blindly accepting AP’s crap?

    Comment by TBlumer — December 2, 2008 @ 3:37 am

  3. How does the IBD editorial in any way “refute” the article I linked to? IBD only confirms that Bush was warned, and that he and the Republican-controlled Congress failed to act.

    Comment by Tony B. — December 2, 2008 @ 7:38 am

  4. #2, what about …..

    “A new report from the Associated Press claims that the mortgage meltdown is due largely to President Bush’s failure to act in 2005. Sounds plausible — until you actually look at the facts.”

    “It was a Democratic debacle, from start to finish”

    ….. don’t you understand?

    Comment by TBlumer — December 2, 2008 @ 10:07 am

  5. IBD said it, so it must be true.

    Comment by Tony B. — December 2, 2008 @ 10:36 am

  6. #5, you’re finally getting it. :–>

    Comment by TBlumer — December 2, 2008 @ 11:02 am

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