http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/malkin/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:26:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284728/posts The White House sure likes to put on a show. Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News, the Obama administration broadcast another health-care propaganda play this week under the guise of a citizen "town hall." Chicago consigliere and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett managed the floor and human props for Obama. In a telling moment as the event kicked off, she protested a wee bit much: "I want to emphasize that the president has not seen the questions ahead of time." The audience responded with polite laughter. But the denials of pre-planning and stacked decks deserve nothing but derisive... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284728/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:26:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283132/posts Watchdogs are an endangered species in the Age of Obama. The latest government ombudsman to get the muzzle: Amtrak Inspector General Fred Weiderhold. The longtime veteran employee was abruptly "retired" this month -- just as the government-subsidized rail service faces mounting complaints about its meddling in financial audits and probes. Question the timing? Hell, yes. On June 18, Weiderhold met with Amtrak officials to discuss the results of an independent report by the Washington, D.C., law firm Willkie, Farr and Gallagher. The 94-page report has been made publicly available through the office of whistleblower advocate Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. It... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283132/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283102/posts WATCHDOGS are an en dangered species in the Obama Age. The latest government ombudsman to get the muzzle: Amtrak Inspector General Fred Weiderhold. The veteran employee was abruptly "retired" this month -- just as the government-subsidized rail service faces mounting complaints about its meddling in financial audits and probes. Question the timing? Hell, yes. On June 18, Weiderhold met with Amtrak officials to discuss the results of an independent report by the Washington law firm Willkie, Farr and Gallagher. The 94-page report has been made publicly available through the office of whistleblower-advocate Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). It concluded that the... NYPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283102/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:34:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282781/posts Who’s behind the Cap-and-Tax 8 Republicans? You won’t be surprised. Kevin Mooney at the Examiner reports: Rep. Kirk of Illinois, for instance, was among the top 20 recipients of PAC donations from environmental groups in the 2008 election cycle. He received $1,000 from the League of Conservation Voters (PAC), $4,000 from Ocean Champions (PAC) and $4,000 from Republicans for Environmental Protection (PAC). In this same cycle Republicans for Environmental Protection also donated $4,000 in PAC funds to Rep. Reichert. Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282781/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280539/posts If you believe the White House, there are 30 million Americans who support a government health care takeover. But if you look at the funding behind the Obamacare campaign, it's the same few leftist billionaires, union bosses and partisan community organizers pushing the socialized medicine agenda. Let's connect the dots. On Thursday, a national grass-roots coalition called Health Care for America Now (HCAN) marched on Capitol Hill to demand universal health care. The ground troops didn't have to march very far. HCAN, you see, is no heartland network. It is headquartered at 1825 K St. NW in Washington - smack... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280539/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278173/posts IF you believe the White House, 30 million Ameri cans support a govern ment health-care takeover. But if you look at the funding behind the ObamaCare campaign, it's the same few leftist billionaires, union bosses and partisan community organizers pushing the socialized medicine agenda. Let's connect the dots. On Thursday, a national "grass-roots" coalition called Health Care for America Now will march on Capitol Hill to demand universal health care. The ground troops won't have to march far. HCAN, you see, is headquartered at 1825 K Street in Washington, DC -- smack in the middle of Beltway lobby land. In... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278173/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278018/posts Michelle Obama Pimps Her Husbands Disastrous Nationalized Health Care on America youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278018/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:50:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277750/posts The White House is on a witch hunt against inspectors general who blow the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. And now, taxpayer-subsidized ACORN affiliate Project Vote — where President Obama cut his teeth as a community organizer and learned Leftist intimidation tactics up close and personal — is going after whistleblower Anita MonCrief and an anonymous “John Doe” defendant for posting invaluable documents that reveal the money-shuffling racket. Obama. ACORN. Project Vote. Corrupt birds of a feather bully together. MicelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277750/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276315/posts Her name was Neda, which means “voice” in Farsi. According to numerous online accounts picked up by media outlets worldwide, she was shot in the streets by Iranian state police while protesting today. This is what repression looks (warning: graphic): Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276315/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2275897/posts Does anyone really believe Michelle Obama did not have a huge hand in the firing of Inspector General Walpin last week, especially seeing as how large a role she plays in the organizations involved? Michelle Malkin: Guess where the First Lady will be on Monday? Why, she’ll be delivering the keynote address at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco. And who is co-sponsoring the conference? Why, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)! Yes, that’s the same CNCS that is the parent organization of AmeriCorps. It’s the same CNCS that last year suspended Sacramento... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2275897/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:56:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274962/posts Should ABC be required to register as a Federal lobbyist? http://www.youtube.com/user/pundital http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274962/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274963/posts The White House, Democrats and MoveOn liberals are spreading health care sob stories to sell a government takeover. But there's one health care policy nightmare you won't hear the Obamas hyping. It's a tale of poor minority patient-dumping in Chicago -- with first lady Michelle Obama's fingerprints all over it. Both Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois have raised red flags about the outsourcing program run by the University of Chicago Medical Center. The hospital has nonprofit status and receives lucrative tax breaks in exchange for providing charity care. Yet, in fiscal year... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274963/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:10:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274025/posts My syndicated column today digs further into Obama’s AmeriCorruption. We now have the White House in full Chicago thug mode — maligning fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin as “confused” and “disoriented.” Yep, that was the response after Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in and pronounced herself unsatistifed with Obama’s “loss of confidence” rationale. Implying that Walpin has lost his marbles is desperate and lame. Walpin has been consistenly lucid and laser-sharp in every TV and radio interview I’ve seen or heard — including on the Laura Ingraham show yesterday, where he noted that evidence in the Sacramento mayor/NBA star/Obama... Michelle Malkin Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274025/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273409/posts President Obama promised he would end "Washington games." But his abrupt firing of the AmeriCorps inspector general is more of the same. The brewing scandal smells like the Beltway cronyism of the Bush years. And the apparent meddling of first lady Michelle Obama in the matter smacks of the corruption of the Clinton years. If Obama keeps up with this "change," we'll be back to the Watergate era by Christmas. News of AmeriCorps watchdog Gerald Walpin's unceremonious dismissal first broke last week in Youth Today, an independent national publication focused on the volunteerism sector. Walpin was appointed by President George... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273409/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:53:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272144/posts Live Internet TV Feeds (Direct Windows Media Player Links)Pittsburgh NBC | Pittsburgh ABC 06.15.09: Pittsburgh Officials Prepare for 350,000 fans at Penguins' Victory Parade The City of Champions has gone Cup crazy. As Pittsburghers basked in the glow of a second pro sports championship in four months, the Stanley Cup toured PNC Park on Sunday, Sidney Crosby talked about the excitement of a two-title town and people crammed hotels in advance of today's celebration parade Downtown. "It's been an amazing couple of days," Penguins winger Bill Guerin said after throwing out the first pitch at yesterday's Pirates game. "This city... FlAttorney, Pittsburgh ABC, NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272144/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:35:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2269214/posts Game 7 of the Final is hockey's ultimate contest For a hockey fan, Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is like waiting for Christmas: It seems like the big day takes forever to get there, but when it does, it's well worth the wait. Of course, Christmas comes just once a year. A Final series that goes the maximum seven games comes along infrequently. Since the NHL expanded from the Original Six teams in 1967, the championship round has gone the distance just eight times, including this year's Final between Detroit and Pittsburgh. If the Stanley Cup Final is... NHL.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2269214/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:05:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270864/posts scored two second-period goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby(notes) and a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Friday night in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup for the third time. Instead of the Red Wings becoming the NHL’s first repeat champion yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270864/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269965/posts I noted yesterday and this morning that Holocaust Museum nutball was an equal-opportunity hater. He railed against Fox News and Rupert Murdoch. And now this:............. FBI agents visited the offices of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine yesterday after a shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and told employees they’d found the magazine’s address A senior Standard staffer confirmed the visit but declined to discuss it in detail. An FBI spokeswoman, Katherine Schweit , also declined to comment on the investigation. Two other sources said two FBI agents arrived shortly after 5:00 p.m. Thursday at the 17th Street offices of the... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269965/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269631/posts Go get 'im. Fox & Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269631/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:16:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268573/posts Remember William "Cold Cash" Jefferson? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Clean-Up Crew hope you've forgotten. Jefferson is the former Louisiana congressman caught with gobs of money in his freezer nearly four years ago in an FBI sting. He finally went on trial this week on a multitude of federal bribery and racketeering charges. Refresher: FBI agents confronted Jefferson with video showing him accepting $100,000 in marked bills from a government informant. Prosecutors say he took the money to bribe a Nigerian official in a business deal. "We got to motivate him real good," Jefferson told the informant, according to... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268573/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265800/posts You will be fascinated — among other reactions — by the latest statement issued by the Obama DOJ, issued yesterday after the president’s Cairo speech. No, it’s not a statement condemning the jihadist in Arkansas who targeted our troops or the Bronx jihadi plotters who targeted Jews, infidels, and our troops. It’s a statement “to protect American Muslims.” Read it (hat tip - LaShawn Barber): Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Department of Justice’s Outreach and Enforcement Efforts to Protect American Muslims Thursday, June 4, 2009 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement relating to President Obama’s... Michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265800/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 21:12:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265675/posts Zero Hedge covers a court hearing involving terminated Chrysler dealers with some follow-up on its previous analysis of Dealergate and possible Clinton-tied cronyism in Arkansas. Tyler Durden points to one very interesting declaration from Ethel L. Cook, a Chrysler dealer based in Little Rock. Click on his post for the PDF link to the full testimony, but here’s an excerpt: Having reviewed the pattern of assumption and rejection of dealers throughout their region, I have detected a pattern: In every market where there is a dealership connected with former Penske Automotive executive Steve Landers, or his new automotive partnership with... Michellmalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265675/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265354/posts The U.S. Department of Justice seal bears a Latin phrase: "Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur." The motto refers to the attorney general, "who prosecutes on behalf of Lady Justice." But under President Barack Obama's politically corrupt DOJ, Lady Justice is getting the shaft. To wit: Let's examine the uproar over Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to protect hate-mongering thugs who harassed and bullied precinct workers and voters on Election Day in Philadelphia. Oh, wait. There's been no uproar. Let me tell you why. Two weeks ago, in a highly unusual move, Holder dismissed default judgments his department had won against... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265354/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264333/posts The White House finally got around to releasing a statement on the jihadi attack against our troops at the Arkansas military recruitment center. Here is the entire statement: “I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long’s family as they mourn the loss of their son.”“Senseless?” It made perfectly good sense to a vengeful Muslim convert jihadi bent on... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264333/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 02:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263559/posts Wasn't it just a couple of days ago that the crew over at the Daily Kos was fretting about how conservatives as a whole are equally as complicit in the murder of George Tiller as the shooter himself? And of the details being reported to better understand the background of the actual killer, Scott Roeder, doesn't one major detail involve the posts that he left on anti-abortion Web sites? snip Excerpts below the jump (Warning! Offensive language, equally offensive to those with an education)... Referring to Malkin's husband, the ‘writer' describes him as ...an equally bright boy who was more... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263559/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:50:09 GMT