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Ajami: The Consequences of Obama Weakness in Mideast

No one fears the US. No one believes the US is willing to fight for democracy. Now look at that part of the world and what do you see?

Take Me to the Casbah

Hour 3: 11:30 Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. His new book is Honoring the Child Spirit: Inspiration and Learning from Our Children
http://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Child-Spirit-Inspiration-Learning/dp/1593156049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295242967&sr=1-1

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Steeped in God talk. The passage Lee read to us is 4 paragraphs from the bottom.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
Here’s the Context
Makes it even more powerful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail
Tunisia Erupts
A seemingly spontaneous outbreak of dissatisfaction overturns the government. Social media key to spreading the word. The key question: what comes next? Freedom or Islamism?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/africa/16tunis.html?_r=1&hp
What Kind of Government Will Emerge?
Big opportunity. Things could get a lot better in Tunisia. Or Worse. We’ll track it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/world/africa/17tunis.html?_r=1&hp
WSJ: Let’s Hope for Something Better
But who knows?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703959104576081760185554194.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop
The Dysfunctional Arab World

Objective Berma

He’s had major roles in Die Hard, License to Kill (a Bond film), and An American Carol (a David Zucker comedy) and many others. And starring parts in TV series like Profiler and Criminal Minds.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001108/

He’s also a classically trained musician and singer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Davi

Calling All Angels

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Video: Obama Gives Memorial Speech
The speech was quite good, but the atmosphere was strange. More like a pep rally than a memorial service. You’ll get the idea right from the very beginning. Why was it held in a sports stadium and not a church? Was it because one of those murdered was Jewish?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/01/12/full_speech_obama_addresses_tucson_shooting_memorial_service_.html

Obama Attends Memorial for Arizona Victims
Here’s how the WaPo reported the speech.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011206134.html?hpid=topnews

Rogue Male

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A Good Collection of Idiotic Democratic Comments
A rogue’s gallery.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/137141-stunned-lawmakers-struggle-for-answers

James Taranto Provides an Even More Thorough Breakdown
Includes politicians, commentators and talk show hosts — all calling for the death of a politician they dislike.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791904576075660624213434.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion

Aliens III

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Arizona Assassin a Registered Independent

Honest WP writer sums it up at the end of this short piece. Think the Left will apologize?

Young Tom Edison

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Krauthammer: Why Reading Constitution Was Important
Can Republicans create a new cultural of smaller, less intrusive government?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010604379.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Environmentalists Exaggerate Wildly Again
You know that big plastic island of garbage floating in the Pacific the size of Texas? Huh, it’s barely there.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8241265/Great-Garbage-Patch-in-the-Pacific-Ocean-not-so-great-claim-scientists.html

Pierre le Fou

Stories:

Even French Socialists No Longer Support 35 Hour Work Week
Another socialist experiment that didn’t work.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14750246,00.html

Local Fox Reporter Sues Station for Firing Him for Using the N Word.
PC distorts everything it touches — office life, the courts, the media. The last thing the Left believes in is free speech — except for themselves.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110105_Trial_set_for_firing_over_use_of__n__word.html

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