I’m buried under finals week nonsense so no post from me this week. But the Watchers Council doth not rest. The Razor posted on a topic that I’ve been playing around with: what if all the pre-election opposition to Obama was, as Obama shills insisted, hysterical paranoia? The preliminary answer: tough to say. What we do know is that he’s from Chicago’s web of political corruption – which Right Truth tried to untangle – and that the terrorists that he palled around with are tools. See Bookworm Room’s post on that last part.
The Provocateur examined how corruption undermines the stability of medical institutions. That – apparently – isn’t the only way that institutions can fail. The Glittering Eye focused on the newspaper industry’s weaknesses and Cheat Seeking Missiles looked at why the auto industry is failing. Plenty of feel-good optimism in those posts.
Turning to foreign policy, Rhymes With Right expressed skepticism about Obama’s ability to leverage soft power in the Muslim world while JoshuaPundit spelled out some of the reasons why the skepticism is justified. Meanwhile Soccer Dad – in a post I’ve linked to before – remains underwhelmed by the State Department’s security assistance to the Palestinians.
Plus it turns out that Colossus of Rhodey is a racist. Who knew?
References and previously moved behind the jump…
References:
* Looking for Senate Candidate Number 5 [Watcher of Weasels]
* Obama Shill Tells Jews To Get Over Their “Obama Paranoia” [MR]
* The Obama Enigma [The Razor]
* Chicago Politics Just Got Dirtier [Right Truth]
* Ayers’ life was a just a joyous, misunderstood frolic [Bookworm Room]
* The Broken Corrupt Record of Emory University [The Provocateur]
* Wisdom and Risk [The Glittering Eye]
* Ron Gettelfinger Must Go! [Cheat Seeking Missiles]
* Obama Policy Speech In Muslim World? [Rhymes With Right]
* The Message of Mumbai [JoshuaPundit]
* Hamas Closer Than Ever To Political Takeover Of West Bank, Palestinian Authority [MR]
* Jonesing for jones [Soccer Dad]
* Those ‘ol "hate crimes" again [Colossus of Rhodey]
Previously:
* Watcher’s Council Nominations: Tension In The American Street, Seething Resentment In The Arab Street
* Watcher’s Council Nominations: Incompetence On Iran, The Economy, Education, And Admissions Of Incompetence
* Watchers Council Nominations: War In Mumbai, Scapegoating In Israel, Idiocy At Home
