Lucid Links of the Day (031009, Morning)

Noteworthy Net-Worthies:

IBDeditorials.com — “In Search of Moderate Islamofascists.” Wrap sentence: “After the uncompromising demands we made of the Taliban in September 2001, such a change only would be viewed by Islamofascists worldwide as more proof of the infidels’ lack of nerve.”

Mark Finkelstein — “Good thing Jack Welch criticized Barack Obama on national TV and not at a toney New York party: he might never have been invited to sip Cosmos with the cocktail set again ….”

Jazz Shaw at Pajamas Media — “Team Obama is serving up softballs to Letterman, Leno, and Stewart. Will they ever step up to the plate and swing?” I guess it depends on their interest in toney/tony parties.

I’m actually starting to appreciate Twitter as a potential application that can help certain businesses, but I believe this Slate article by Farhad Manjoo is correct  — “It’s not a Google killer, and it’s not a Facebook killer.”

From the Columbus Dispatch’s Hallett and Niquette — “Governor’s Doubters Grow.” Topside take: It must be three times as bad as indicated for these guys to even write about it. Pathetic quote: ” …. one prominent Democrat who asked not to be named …. fretted that the painful budgetary decisions Strickland is deferring could hurt President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election chances in Ohio.” That’s always the first thing on their mind (sadly, that’s a mostly two-party statement). Also, given its 4:04 a.m. timing on March 8, I wonder if the pair’s report actually got into print.

From RedState’s Brian Faughnan — “Obama Betrayed by His Own Words on Market Collapse” — He told John Harwood at the New York Times that he recognized the need to “pay some attention to market psychology.” Then he didn’t.

Jeff Jacoby — “Whatever Happened to Global Warming?” It’s nowhere to be found, except in the delusional statist environmental enclaves of the Obama adminstration and in the minds of reality-ignoring enviro activists.

Suitably Flip points out (HT Red State) that “even after adjusting for inflation (the Obama “stimulus”) is bigger than the New Deal and the Iraq War combined.”

“Obama musters campaign army for economic fight” — How about mustering some help for Tim Geithner in filling his 14 still-open positions?

“CNN Correspondent Now the Communist Candidate in El Salvador” — The surprise would be if he wasn’t.

National Review (HT Jake Tapper at ABC’s Political Punch via Jennifer Rubin) — “Charles Freeman is a career diplomat, a Saudi apologist, and a savage critic of Israel. He also argues that Beijing did not strike down the Tiananmen Square protesters with sufficient swiftness. Barack Obama proposes to make him head of the National Intelligence Council. It’s an abominable appointment.” But not surprising, and also not subject to Senate confirmation.