FT.com / Asia-Pacific / India - India plans to build 100 warships: "India has plans to add about 100 warships to its navy over the next decade as it seeks to modernise its armed forces, and develop its low-cost shipbuilding capabilities.
Captain Alok Bhatnagar, director of naval plans at India’s ministry of defence, said on Thursday that 32 warships and submarines were under construction in the country’s shipyards. Work on 75 more ships, including aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates and amphibious vessels, would begin over 10 years."

AP sources: Government to suspend popular "cash for clunkers" program.: "WASHINGTON (AP) - AP sources: Government to suspend popular 'cash for clunkers' program."

Dan Rather wants Obama to help save the news Aspen Daily News Online: "Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press Tuesday night in an impassioned speech at the Aspen Institute.

“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said."

Organic food is no healthier, study finds Science Reuters: "LONDON (Reuters) - Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday."

Global warming is the new religion of First World urban elites: "Ian Plimer has outraged the ayatollahs of purist environmentalism,"

David Axelrod's son is following his father's career path -- that is, the one he had before becoming a political strategist.
Ethan Axelrod is joining the Huffington Post, the liberal Web site that has been largely supportive of President Obama. His dad, now a White House senior adviser, was a Chicago Tribune reporter until he quit in 1984 to help run a Senate campaign (and still has a soft spot for newspapers, though his old one is in bankruptcy).
"I've been interested in journalism for a while," the 22-year-old Axelrod said Tuesday. "I heard through my father that they were expanding, so I applied for it."

‘America’s Got Talent’ — In Summer Only - NYTimes.com

RealClearPolitics - Obama's Remarks on the Gates/Crowley Controversy: "I want to make clear that in my choice of words I think I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically -- and I could have calibrated those words differently."

Cops put their lives on the line for you and me every day and clearly do not deserve to be verbally assaulted, disrespected, or disobeyed. Obama is pathetic to imply that Sergeant Crowley did anything less than his assigned duty. Obama is even more pathetic for defending Dr. Gates actions. Obama is a racist for not apologizing to Sergeant Crowley on behalf of his friend, Dr. Gates and the black community. Calibrating is not apologizing.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Police Report - July 23, 2009

You decide.

Commentary on the Press Corps: "These Guys, and Women, are Not Journalists. They're Enablers" - mediabistro.com: TVNewser: "I don't fault the President for trying to control the press. But I ask you, why does the press go along? There is not one moment of spontaneity. The questioners are tipped off, in advance, by the White House and they behave accordingly.
No. Not one question about Iraq. Not one question about Afghanistan, where American troops have had the worst month of fatalities in eight years. These guys, and women, are not journalists. They're enablers."

CongressDaily - Dems Start To Push Back Hard To Prevent A 'Waterloo': "'A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn't going to pass if there weren't some changes made ... and the president says, 'You're going to destroy my presidency.' '"

Nina Munk on Hard Times at Harvard vanityfair.com: "Only a year ago, Harvard had a $36.9 billion endowment, the largest in academia. Now that endowment has imploded, and the university faces the worst financial crisis in its 373-year history. Could the same lethal mix of uncurbed expansion, colossal debt, arrogance, and mismanagement that ravaged Wall Street bring down America’s most famous university? And how much of the turmoil is the fault of former Harvard president Larry Summers, now a top economic adviser to President Obama? As students demonstrate, administrators impose Draconian cuts, and construction is halted on an over-ambitious $1.2 billion science complex, the author follows the finger-pointing."

LIBERALS!!

mediabistro.com: TVNewser: "We've been writing a lot about the summer of lost viewers. Whether it's the evening newscasts, new news-o-tainment shows, even Oprah. Even some cable news channels are seeing viewers slip away, but one continues to dominate.
Take last night.
• In primetime (8-11pmET) Fox News beat CNN, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC combined in Total Viewers.
• In primetime (8-11pmET) Fox News, beat CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in A25-54 viewers.
• In primetime, FNC's demo viewers (meaning those between the ages of 25 and 54) beat MSNBC's Total Viewers (meaning anyone older than two) (707 vs. 685). HLN too (707 vs. 563).
• In Total Day, FNC's demo viewers beat MSNBC's Total Viewers (340 vs. 319). HLN too (340 vs. 287)
• The O'Reilly Factor had its 10th highest A25-54 showing for the year, averaging 917,000 in the demo and 3.5M Total Viewers."

A U.S. Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist, badly injured and unconscious. On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was given to both men, the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had happened.

The Marine reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway here, and coming south was a heavily armed insurgent." We saw each other and both took cover inthe ditches along the road. I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable, lowlife scum bag who got what he deserved.

He yelled back that Barrack Obama is a dumb, good-for-nothing, left wing liberal faggot whodoesn't know how to drive. So I said that Osama Bin Ladin dresses and acts like a frigid, mean-spirited lesbian!

He retaliated by yelling, "Oh yeah? Well, so does Hillary Clinton!""And, there we were, in the middle of the road, shaking hands, when a truck hit us."

My Way News - White House putting off release of budget update: "The release of the update - usually scheduled for mid-July - has been put off until the middle of next month, giving rise to speculation the White House is delaying the bad news at least until Congress leaves town on its August 7 summer recess."

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!!!!!!!!

I thought Bush/Cheney were evil? And stoopid.

Now Obama is far more evil than Bush, for real, and Biden is really stoopid. But that is okay with massive news media and you people that voted these liars into office.

FT.com / Asia-Pacific / India - India rebuffs US carbon demands: "India on Sunday night rebuffed an appeal by Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, to embrace a low-carbon future in which the two countries would work together to devise new ways of consuming and producing energy."

Back Channels: Imagine: Reading a bill before passing it Philadelphia Inquirer 07/19/2009: "If Congress hasn't the time or inclination to read the bills, let the public do it. And that's where Part 2 of the pledge comes in - allowing 72 hours for citizens to read legislation online before a vote."

Jacqui Smith: I wasn't up to being Home Secretary - mirror.co.uk: "Jacqui Smith has admitted she was not up to being Home Secretary - and should have been given some proper training before she was handed the job.
Ms Smith, who is likely to be remembered for claiming expenses for a porn film watched by her husband, said any success she had was down to luck rather than skill.
She added: 'When I became Home Secretary I'd never run a major organisation. I hope I did a good job but if I did it was more by luck than by any kind of development of skills.
'I think we should have been better trained."

FT.com / Columnists / Lunch with the FT - Lunch with the FT: Larry Summers: "But, instead, the Treasury went to Tim Geithner, and ever since Wall Street and Washington have been abuzz about the relationship between Summers and his former protégé – and about the balance of power between the two men and other economic heavyweights in the administration. As the Obama team has coalesced, Summers, who leads a daily economic briefing for the president, has seemed to emerge as the strategic mastermind of the administration’s macroeconomic response to the biggest crisis since the Depression."

James Rainey Vs. Jillian Reynolds - mediabistro.com: FishbowlLA: "James Rainey has decided that since Channel 11 laid off a quarter of their news staff, the news bunny/topical exhibitionist Jillian Reynolds should be skewered. She should be ripped on because she's not one of the 'good young people, with energy and dreams' who lost their jobs. She's a vacuous yammer-o-matic who still has a job. The point being?
Rainey writes: "

One could psychoanalyze the roots of her relentless exhibitionism. Reynolds has spoken before about growing up in foster care and suffering sexual abuse. She seemed to grant herself license in the Stern interview by acknowledging she is the 'same idiot goofball' she has always been.
But, girl, you're middle-aged and expecting a second child (as announced on the air this week).
You are working for a station where dedicated newspeople are soon to be out of work and suffering, mostly in silence.
Isn't it time to grow up, just a little?

"So being slutty and shallow is why she's employed and because other people are now jobless she should not do her schtick? Her gimmick should be paused because of the economy? There are so many reasons to take on mind-numbing televised pseudo-journalism but a personal attack on a personality for still having a job? Not to 'psychoanalyze' but that's just lazy. And self-righteous. And, we never thought we'd say this in the defense of Reynolds - cheap."

What an ASS!!!!

The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room » More spelling errors plague Obama releases: "Misspellings continued to plague the Obama administration on Thursday, after two more releases containing errors were sent to reporters in the last 24 hours.
After misspelling the president's name as 'Barak Obama' yesterday on an official document sent to reporters, the General Services Administration messed up another message when announcing it had awarded an $18 million contract to redesign the website keeping track of spent stimulus dollars.
'Recvoery.gov Version 2.0 $18 Million Contract Awarded,' the release's subject line read. ('Recovery' was spelled correctly in the body of the email.)"

Panetta Testified CIA Misled Congress, Dems Say - Political News - FOXNews.com: "WASHINGTON -- CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, the chairman and other members of the House Intelligence Committee said in letters revealed Wednesday.
Seven Democratic members of the Intelligence Committee wrote to Panetta in late June and asked him to 'publicly correct' his May 15 statement that it is not the 'policy or practice of the agency to mislead Congress,' a copy of the letter obtained by FOX News shows."

What is going on here??? Leon Panetta and the rest of his Democratic Thuggery is bent on Bush bashing. The Democrats have had control of Congress for two years; if there was an Bush Administration problem, then Congress was the solution. Congress has not been part of any solution, instead they have been a gossip magazine and useless body of overpaid activists that cannot govern. Congress ran this country down for the last eight years and have actively blamed Bush for everything. Well, Bush is gone and if Democrats had any answers, then they have been proven to be wrong.

Byrd Blasts ‘Cap and Trade’ - News, Sports, Jobs - The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register: "WHEELING - He is not yet back to work in the Senate chamber, but U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd is opposing 'cap and trade' legislation pushed by the Obama administration.
The 91-year-old Byrd, D-W.Va., was released from an unidentified Washington, D.C. hospital last week after a month-long stay for a staph infection. He expects to return to the chamber before the Senate begins debate on 'cap and trade' - which is tentatively set for this fall, according to Byrd's office."

That is from a Klanner, too!

Video: Chinese Han mob marches for revenge against Uighurs after rampage - Times Online: "They were determined to attack the business heart of the Muslim Uighur minority blamed for the carnage in which 156 were killed and more than 800 injured."

China is trying to stop the Chinese from defending themselves against Islamic terrorism....just like America's government is preventing America from defending itself against Islam.

Putin praises Bush hospitality during Obama visit Reuters: "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the hospitality and openness of U.S. former President George W. Bush in a telegramme sent hours before meeting his successor Barack Obama.'During the last years we have been working on strengthening Russia-U.S. cooperation. Although there were differences between our countries, I always valued your openness and sincerity,' Putin said, congratulating Bush on his 63rd birthday on July 6.
'With special warmth I recall your hospitality in the Crawford ranch and your family estate in Kennebunkport,' Putin wrote, referring to their 2007 meeting at the Bush family vacation home when the two leaders went fishing and ate lobster."

Obama trips up over Russian leadership tandem Politics Reuters: "MOSCOW (Reuters) - In a slip of the tongue, U.S. President Barack Obama described Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday as president, echoing the widely held view that he remains Russia's most powerful man."

"Beijing Auto submits bid for GM Europe, Financial Times says. The Financial Times reports that Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. has entered the negotiations for General Motors (GM) European unit. This puts them as a competing bid to Magna Internationale's Russian backed bid, which is still the leading bidder."

Is this the change you voted for?????

“Republicans believe every day is July 4th. Democrats believe every day is April 15th.” - President Ronald Reagan"

hat tip Martic Kite-Powell

mediabistro.com: GalleyCat: "'We think the book will be huge,' she says. 'Even though she's stepping down, people will want to hear her story. This is her opportunity to tell her own story her own way.'"

Everyone that is freaking out about Sarah Palin and that she may be jeopardizing her chances for the Presidency of the United States thinks that it is the pinnacle of a lifetime to President. Maybe Governor Palin, like me, thinks that POTUS is not the best job in the whole world. Maybe she feels that she can do America a little more good than being President by being a successful, productive, and influential private citizen.

I am shocked at the reaction of Republicans to the resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska. First of all, she has left the office in the hands of a fine Republican Lt. Governor. Gov. Palin has been under assault for the last year because she stepped up to serve as a candidate for Vice President. Since that acceptance speech, she has been bled financially by unyielding nonsensical accusations in Alaska and the lower 48 states, some formal but most are disgusting character assaults and slander.

Continuing to defend herself from the Governor's office of Alaska is constraining, distracting, and limiting in resources. Gov. Palin defending herself as a private citizen allows her to confront her accusers where they are and on a battlefield of her choosing.

Also, the name recognition that has been generated for her is going to make her a very rich woman in a matter of months, rather than struggling to make ends meet as a civil servant under a magnifying glass. That is the best news out of all of this mess. The Governor can attain the resources that she needs to do the work that needs to be done to establish a firm financial foundation, her family's security, and her political future.

As a former political operative tied to a governmental structure, I felt constrained. As a private citizen that moves faster than government, I find myself more able to accomplish my goals and the political goals of our Republican party. Money is the mother’s milk of politics, if you have no money you end up doing a lot of listening and if you have a lot of money you end up doing a lot of talking. Gov. Palin has a lot of talking to do.

Governor Sarah Palin now has a wealth of doors open to her rather than being stuck in the claustrophobic closet of a governor's office with few assets. In the free enterprise market of America, private citizen can gather assets and deploy them as they wish. We are a government of individuals and not a government for government. Governor Palin is about to teach us this lesson again.

I guess most of those that are reacting negatively to the resignation enjoy the trappings of government and cannot see a future of American success beyond government. Go show them, Sarah! Show these shocked government types the power of the free market, the free press, and the power of an unshackled American!!

mediabistro.com: TVNewser:
"In an interview with TheStreet.com, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is asked about Fox Business Network rival CNBC:

Question: Are you annoyed you don't own CNBC?
Murdoch: No


Question: Why not?
Murdoch: Because we're going to enjoy the competition. We have to get wider distribution and that takes time. We are further ahead with Fox Business than we were at this stage with Fox News, and Fox News today is one of our very greatest and largest assets.


Question: Why don't you hire away all the CNBC on-air people?
Murdoch: We don't think they're all that good. There are some good ones, but that'll be up to [FNC/FBN chairman] Roger Ailes. We create or we discover previously undiscovered talent and make them into stars."

This why I watch Fox because there is so much talent out there, you don't have to recycle losers and useless journalists. Business people know and feel business and Roger Ailes is amazing at finding real talent in business, politics, and showbiz. I look forward to watching FBN beat the pants off of CNBC.

HJS Blog - The Scoop - The Henry Jackson Society: "USA Today, a nation-wide newspaper in the U.S., clearly doesn’t get it. It neither understands the full meaning of Independence Day nor does it – not unlike so many of its peers – understand what it is to be an American. It seems to show only the most simplistic kindergarten understanding of big words like, “immigrant” and spends about half the article then accusing Americans of being poltroon, hypocritical knuckle-draggers."