March 7, 2009

Holder Tells Other Minorities They Belong In The Back Of The Bus

A pundit tries to be faster than those who are better than him and better than those who are faster. Dennis Dale isn't faster that anybody, but he may be better than everybody.

At Untethered, Dennis explains a key point of Attorney General Eric Holder's "nation of cowards" speech:

Mexico's Calderon Prepares for Failure in the Drug War

Does it seem like Mexico's complaining about America has clicked up a notch recently, particularly in relation to the ongoing war against the criminal drug cartels? First it was the accusation that America's Second Amendment was to blame for all the guns in Mexico, and now Presidente Calderon is grousing about corruption... in the United States (!)

The Mexican president has blamed US "corruption" for hampering his nation's efforts to combat violent drug cartels. [...]

The Washington Times, Chandra Levy and Use of "Illegal Alien"

In covering the latest developments in the Chandra Levy case (illegal alien felon Ingmar Guandique has emerged as Levy’s suspected killer), the Washington Times reported yesterday that news organizations were “debating whether the words ‘illegal’and ‘immigrant’are too loaded to use in an already emotionally charged story. And maybe even racist.” [Levy suspect's illegal status stirs media debate, Jennifer Harper, March 6, 2009 ]

Obama: The Paint Begins Peeling

With the MSM still in lock-step Obama worship, it is to the blogosphere one must look to find cogent, reasoned critiques of the 44th president.

A particularly fine one was posted on Thursday on the blog Mansizedtarget.com: Obama: Floundering Fast.

Dr. Norm Matloff: Contact CNBC!

Dr. Norm Matloff writes

I strongly encourage you to contact CNBC regarding the terribly one-sided show they ran today, on which I just sent out a posting to my e-newsletter.[Below]  You can e-mail them at powerlunch@cnbc.com

Dr. Norm Matloff: Business Channel Doesn't Understand The Concept Of Price

Dr. Norm Matloff writes:

A reader brought to my attention today's panel discussion on the Power Lunch program on CNBC, viewable here.

The discussion concerned Sen. Grassley's request to Microsoft that the firm give American workers retention priority over H-1Bs in layoff decisions, as well as the recent enactment of the Grassley/Sanders restrictions on hiring of H-1Bs by TARP recipients.