Freedom's Lighthouse: Charles Krauthammer Blasts Obama for Rejecting "American Exceptionalism" - Video 10/9/09

Video: Obama Praises "Great Religion" Islam, Can't Condemn Jihad
Can't condemn Jihad? Sure had no problem condemning Tea partiers. Or Rush Limbaugh. Or Sarah Palin. Or the bondholders of GM and Chrysler that he ended up screwing. But Jihad - nooooo: Obama is no Muslim, but he sure as heck is a Muslim sympathizer (Video: Obama admits he's a Muslim): Glenn Gilbert, editor of the Oakland Press had this a few weeks ago: Why questions about Obama s faith, background refuse to die. There's really good reason for the former moreso than the latter. Obama, but mostly...

Distorting American Exceptionalism To Save It
Jonah Goldberg has rushed to the defense of American Exceptionalism. He points out that scholars have used the phrase to describe the distinctive origins of the United States, which is true and fairly irrelevant to the current debate. It is irrelevant because the people advocating on behalf of American Exceptionalism in contemporary Debates don’t limit its meaning to the recognition of America’s distinctive origins, constitution, and values. They also routinely lie about ObamaR...

The Bashing of American Exceptionalism
Speaking of President Obama’s troubling Discomfort with American Exceptionalism, they’re the subject of Jonah Goldberg’s latest L.A. Times piece, which notes how common such punitive views are amongst the president’s fellow leftwing elites: Last year, when asked if he believed in American Exceptionalism, President Obama responded, “I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British Exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Gre...

The bashing of American exceptionalism
Leftists mocking those who believe in the greatness of the U.S. is nothing new. But their bizarre insistence that it's an artifact of Right-wing jingoism and xenophobia certainly isn't helping Obama. ...

American exceptionalism . . . - Washington Times
Should the U.S. push for India to secure a permanent spot on the U.N. Security Council? One day in 1984, at the height of his fame, Michael Jackson made a visit to the White House. President and Nancy Reagan may not have dug his music, but they understood the power Mr. Jackson commanded as a common pop-cultural touchstone for just about everyone else. Mr. Jackson had given the White House permission to use his smash hit "Beat It" in a campaign to halt teen drinking and driving, and the Reagans w...

The bashing of American exceptionalism
Leftists mocking those who believe in the greatness of the U.S. is nothing new. But their bizarre insistence that it's an artifact of Right-wing jingoism and xenophobia certainly isn't helping Obama. ...

The Bashing of American Exceptionalism
In 2008, when asked if he believed in American Exceptionalism, President Obama responded, "I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British Exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." This reminded me of the wonderful scene in Pixar's The Incredibles in which the mom says, "Everyone's special," and her son replies, "Which is another way of saying no one is." But at least the president made room for the sentiment that America ...

The Dumb Things I Last NIght a/k/a Charles Krauthammer Disappointed Me Last Night
There are a few dumb things I heard last night that need to be put down quickly. First and foremost was a silly discussion across several News networks that the race for GOP Conference Chair in the House between Jeb Hensarling and Michelle Bachmann was a race between the Tea Party and the establishment. To say that Michelle Bachmann is of the Tea Party and Jeb Hensarling is not is to say that Minnesota is a state and Texas is not. It is absolute and utter nonsense. This contest is not in the ...

The Dumb Things I Heard Last Night a/k/a Charles Krauthammer Disappointed Me Last Night
There are a few dumb things I heard last night that need to be put down quickly. First and foremost was a silly discussion across several News networks that the race for GOP Conference Chair in the House between Jeb Hensarling and Michelle Bachmann was a race between the Tea Party and the establishment. To say that Michelle Bachmann is of the Tea Party and Jeb Hensarling is not is to say that Minnesota is a state and Texas is not. It is absolute and utter nonsense. This contest is not in the lea...

The Dumb Things I Heard Last Night a/k/a Charles Krauthammer Disappointed Me Last Night
There are a few dumb things I heard last night that need to be put down quickly. First and foremost was a silly discussion across several News networks that the race for GOP Conference Chair in the House between Jeb Hensarling and Michelle Bachmann was a race between the Tea Party and the establishment. To say that Michelle Bachmann is of the Tea Party and Jeb Hensarling is not is to say that Minnesota is a state and Texas is not. It is absolute and utter nonsense. This contest is not in the lea...

A Very Serious Thoughtful Argument That Has Never Been Made In Such Detail Or With Such Care
Andrew Sullivan (or possibly one of his minions, it’s hard to tell these days) points out that Jonah Golberg starts off his latest offal offload onto the pages of the LA Times with The Big Lie: This is the era of the Big Lie, in other words, and it translates into a lot of little lies - “Death Panels,” “out-of-control” spending, “apologies for America” etc. - designed to concoct a false narrative so simple and so familiar it actually succee...

Obama seeks better ties with skeptical Muslim world after 'years of mistrust'
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are led on a tour by Grand Imam Ali Mustafa Yaqub (not pictured) at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on November 10, 2010. Olivia Rondonuwu and Sunanda Creagh, Reuters · Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 “Relations between the United States and Muslim communities have frayed over many years ... I have made it a priority to begin to repair these relations,” he told a crowd of thousands in Jakarta, capital of the World’s most popul...

Obama Criticizes Israel's Decision to Build in Occupied East Jerusalem
Yahoo! Buzz U.S. President Barack Obama is promising America "will spare no effort" in its attempt to bring Peace to the Middle East. Mr. Obama spoke about the difficult negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians Wednesday during a Speech at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. He said enormous obstacles remain, but that the United States is committed to a peaceful future that sees Israel and a Palestinian state living side by side. Mr. Obama had expressed frustration over the Peace pro...

Why the Liberal Anger Over the Asian Tour?
There is a surprising amount of liberal Discomfort, here and abroad, with the underwhelming nature of President Obama’s Asian tour. Apparently this results from displeasure over the lack of any substantive dialogue with the Chinese about Climate Change (and China’s inordinate coal burning), Censorship, the lack of Human Rights, Tibet, unfair Trade practices, etc. (In the president’s defense, if we are going to borrow at an annual rate of $1.6 Trillion f...

Pixar Animation : Pixar Animation News and Photos - latimes.com
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page. A collection of news and information related to Pixar Animation published by this site and its partners. Last year, when asked if he believed in American Exceptionalism, President Obama responded, "I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalis...

Today is the 235th birthday of the United States Marine Corps: May God bless the best of the best
Today we celebrate the 235th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Happy Birthday Marines, Semper Fidelis and May God bless you all. On November 10, 1775 the fledgling Continental Congress passed a resolution that two Battalions of Marines be raised and maintained for purposes for fighting our British oppressors as a seagoing army. Since the times of Col. Samuel Nicholas the first Commandant of the Corps, Marines have always fought above and beyond expectation on the high seas, on land an...

The Ultimate, Hysterically Funny Israel-Bashing Story
[The following, by Barry Rubin , is crossposted from The Rubin Report.] On the day that the British Prime Minister visits the Human-rights-challenged country of China , the Guardian published nothing about Human Rights abuses there. But it did find space for an article on the mistreatment of Prisoners in Israel, kept in tiny cages, not allowed proper exercise, and given no entertainment or reading material despite the fact that they've committed no crime. The Prisoners happen to be...chickens....

Who is Sarah? Ceci n'est pas une Mama Grizzly
"Unpleasant taste in mouth, dry mouth, morning drowsiness, dizziness, Headache, symptoms of the common cold." The eerie incantations of "possible side effects" in TV ads for "sleep aid" Lunesta are enough to give you insomnia. Beyond fear of Lawsuits should something go wrong, could it be the manufacturers' intent to trouble our sleep so we'll go out and purchase their product? The Snake-oil spin continues at their website: "How Lunesta may work."...;

Who is Sarah? Ceci n'est pas une Mama Grizzly
"Unpleasant taste in mouth, dry mouth, morning drowsiness, dizziness, Headache, symptoms of the common cold." The eerie incantations of "possible side effects" in TV ads for "sleep aid" Lunesta are enough to give you insomnia. Beyond fear of Lawsuits should something go wrong, could it be the manufacturers' intent to trouble our sleep so we'll go out and purchase their product? The Snake-oil spin continues at their website: "How Lunesta may work."...;

Pres. Obama Rips Israel in Indonesia - President Obama - Fox Nation
Pres. Obama Rips Israel in Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia - President Obama, stepping into an Israeli-Palestinian dispute during a homecoming visit to the world's largest Muslim majority nation, criticized Israel on Tuesday for its decision to advance the approval of some 1,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem during a sensitive time in the peace negotiations with the Palestinians. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our...

Bomb found in UK could have exploded over U.S.: police
LONDON | Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:14pm EST LONDON (Reuters) - A bomb found on board a cargo plane at a British airport last month could have exploded over the Eastern Seaboard of the United States if it had not been defused, British Police said on Wednesday. "Forensic examination has indicated that if the device had activated it would have been at 10:30hrs BST (0930 GMT) on Friday, 29 October 2010. If the device had not been removed from the Aircraft the activation could have occurred over the eas...

Do Cigarette Warning Labels Work? Results From Four Countries
As the second leading cause of death in the world, Cigarette smoking is a preventable behavior. Most countries require Warnings about Health risks on every package, but the effectiveness of these Warnings depends upon the design and the "freshness" of the Messages. In a multi-country study published in the March 2007 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that more prominent Text Messages were more effective and graphic pictures even more so in affecting smokers'...

Exceptionalism Means Shouting Best Ever! and Complete Genius!
Or so thinks the anti-anti-exceptionalist right.  Others (well, mostly just Larison) have already done a good deal of talking about American Exceptionalism and Republican Rhetoric of late, so I’m going to be brief.  Andrew notes that Obama has taken a lot of flack for saying this: I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism. He’s perfectly right to want to put th...

Unlike Obama, Americans reject European model
(AP) An interesting paradox. Last year America elected a president who, in attitudes and policies, is closer to the elites of Western Europe than any of his predecessors. Yet in the nine months that he has been in office ordinary Americans have been moving away from those attitudes and policies and have increasingly embraced positions that over the years have made Americans distinctive from those in other advanced Western democracies. Barack Obama's European tendencies aren't in doubt. His pol...

A Progressive-Tea Party Foreign Policy Coalition? Don't Hold Your Breath
For those of us who wearied of the “rejection of progressivism” storyline tailing the Midterm Election results before even the first votes were counted, a new and potentially more interesting sort of speculation has emerged as a welcome, if ultimately unconvincing, distraction. Over at Foreign Policy, John Norris of the Center for American Progress has seized on the Tea Party’s opaque Foreign Policy messaging to assemble a speculative list of potential areas of Foreign Policy c...