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"PowerBoarding"

"PowerBoarding": A method of extracting information from detainees by subjecting them to hours of PowerPoint presentations. This controversial practice is inflicted on attendees of sales conferences. Critics say it is worse than it's cousin, Waterboarding. I know that after nine hours of it I was ready to tell them anything they wanted to hear and that was just day one. I am certain I suffered lasting damage from it. Is it torture?

Obama's First Interview Is With Arab TV Network!

First President Obama makes his first call to Abbas. Now his first interview is to Al Arabiya TV. In the interview he appears to throw Israel under the bus a bit. Long story short, the new president is following the Power-Brzezinski doctrine of de-emphasizing our relationship with Israel. You can tell how bad an idea this is because David Gergen is on CNN slobering over the President and his "ambition". If I were the Israeli government I would be making plans to go it alone because it is clear President Obama does not have their back.

Leavin' On A Jet Plane.....

The Opinionator would like to thank all of his new readers last week was the most successful for this blog since I started keeping track

Alas, posting will be slow this week. Believe it or not I have a real job and it requires me to make an annual journey to Stillwater, Minnesota for a sales meeting. Additionally, my Tablet PC is in the shop leaving me only with my Blackberry. When I return I will strive to post daily and to stop referring to myself in the third person. Thanks!

Hamas Uses Schools and Ceasefire to Shoot Rockets at Israel

Imagine Hamas using schools to violate the ceasefire. Does not seem possible does it?

Nice Video From BT

Time For Some Truth From Macho Sauce!

What The Hell Is It With Rich Democrats Not Paying Their Taxes? Updated: Now Daschle Has A Tax Problem

Via Hot Air,The New York Times is reporting that Caroline Kennedy withdrew her name from consideration for the vacant New York Senate seat due to tax issues involving household help. Add this to the Geithner tax issues and I am struck by how many rich democrats do not pay their taxes. Perhaps the reason they are so eager to raise taxes on the rich, particularly Republicans, is that they assume everyone else is also cheating on their taxes.

It reminds me of all the rich liberals that lecture us on how the rich need to pay their fair share. And that evil rich conservatives need to stop fighting tax increases and be "patriotic". Same thing with death taxes. We are told how we should pay a big chunk of our estate to the government when we die. Yet rich liberals are using trusts and other mechanisms to shield their estates from the death tax. Do you really think a Kennedy or Rockefeller is paying 45-55% to the government when they die? Of course not. They do not even pay their nanny taxes!

Update: Now Tom Daschle has a back taxes issue. So Rangel, Kennedy, Geithner and Daschle all have tax issues but want the rest of us to pay ours. Just one question, are there any liberal Democrats that pay taxes?

President Obama Stabs Israel In The Back In Full View Of The World

President Obama's first call to a foreign leader was to President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority? Are you frakking kidding me? What, Osama Bin Laden wasn't available to answer the phone?

The middle east is important, so reach out to Israel. Then the Palestinians. Why does his calling Abbas first matter? The symbolism. He did not call a friend, such as Israel, (or Britain, Canada or Australia for that matter), he called the Palestinians. You know, the ones that elected Hamas as their government. The same Hamas that is currently busy smuggling rockets into the PA and then firing them into Israel. This is not a good sign. Clearly Samantha Power has the President's ear and he does not know the good guys from the bad.

Update: Thanks to all the Little Green Footballs and Power Line Forum readers for stopping by. Feel free to take a look around and visit in the future!

Markets Drop On Obama Inauguration

The markets suffered the largest Inauguration Day drop in history. Let's Hope that things Change.

A Beautiful Bit Of Global Warming In RDU