http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog BobKrumm.com Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:17:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just about everybody has opined on it, but I'll add my two cents to the igNobel Prize controversy. The Norwegian Nobel Committee may have thought that they were doing President Obama a favor.  In fact, they have put the White House and his fiercest defenders in the position of having to ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2280 Over at Drudge I learned that I have something in common with President Obama:  we were both married on the same day--October 3rd, 1992.  Something else I saw over at Drudge was that ten American Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on our anniversary.  If you're the President of the United States ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2279 Sorry I've been posting so infrequently, but I've been away doing Army stuff since spring.  I'm finally settled down for a few months . . . in Basrah, Iraq, where I'll be until some time next year.  Posting will be light.Share This http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2278 President Obama: "I don't want the folks who created this mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so that we can clean up this mess." I agree with the President and support his call to silence culprits likeChris Dodd and Barney Frank.Share This http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2277 It's Wednesday, or as it's getting to be known in the White House, "Foot-in-Mouth Day."  Last Wednesday it was the President's ill-advised and factually-challenged foray into a local police matter.  But this Wednesday the President's oral podiatry takes the cake. One-third of the entire recovery act is for tax relief for you, for families ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2276 I don't think we're going to see another prime-time presidential press conference for a while. Tom Daschle, the original pick for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, reportedly advised President Obama to stay away from the specifics as he pushed his health care plan.  It was Daschle's belief that when discussion ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2275 In Washington a gaffe occurs when a politician accidentally tells the truth.  This Bidenism, then, may qualify as the Mother Of All Gaffes: " . . . we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt." Some will argue that Vice President Joe Biden misspoke.  But he did not.  Listen to ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2274 Fox News: A Defense Department analyst who authored a report critical of a controversial multi-billion dollar weapon system, alleged that his analysis was "buried" by senior DoD officials on the eve of a crucial Congressional vote to authorize funding for the new program.  Alan Carlin, an economist for nearly two decades with the Office of the Secretary ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2272 52 professional media outlets have asked to attend an arraignment hearing for some singer accused of beating his girlfriend . . . meanwhile the world depends on amateur footage to get honest reporting from Iran. Share This http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2271 Up on Drudge right now are two juxtaposed stories that demonstrate what I've long said about politics.  The two stories are about the gunman who killed at least one at the Holocaust Museum in Washington.  One report says that he is an "89-year old white supremacist;" the other notes that ... http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2270