OBAMA UPDATE: we keep finding more problems with last week's speech in Cairo. Basically, President Obama too often flunks history:
"In reference to Iraq, President Obama promised that “no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other.” Is he unaware that the United States imposed democracies after World War II? After the defeat of German Nazism, Italian fascism, and Japanese militarism, Americans — by force — insisted that these nations adopt democratic governments, for both their own sakes and the world’s. Indeed, it is hard to think of too many democratic governments that did not emerge from violence — including our own. Obama also stated: “For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights.” With all due respect to our president, this assertion is again not fully accurate. The only thing that ended slavery in the United States was the Civil War, which saw some 600,000 Americans — the vast majority of them white — lost in a violent struggle to ensure that nearly half the country would not remain a slave-owning society. Also, the massive urban riots of the 1960s and 1970s were certainly violent."
Read the whole thing. President Obama and his advisers have, one fears, an ideologically liberal--and thus skewed--view of history. Don't forget he also, in the Cairo speech, likened the suffering of Palestinian refugees to that of the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust. Wow...
GAS UPDATE: prices are up again, nationwide:
"...with pump prices again nudging the $3-a-gallon mark in places like California and Michigan, it’s anybody’s guess what will happen to light truck sales, and SUVs, in particular."
Democrats got all outraged about gas prices back in 2006 and beyond, when a Republican was president. They seem rather quiet now...
Nor are Americans happy with the Obama administration's takeover of GM:
"Most Americans are unhappy with the actions the federal government has taken with General Motors, and people are uncertain about GM's future — even with the government's help, according to a FOX News poll released Thursday."
The GOP and conservatism ain't dead, folks...
BASEBALL DIARY: the Tigers beat the White Sox again last night, 2-1--thanks to another outstanding start by Justin Verlander. 9 strikeouts, and he's 7-0 in his last 9 starts. And the Tigers have now won 5 of 6. With pitching like that, Tiger fans can hope that this team IS a real threat to win the AL Central...
The Rangers were rained out. The Cubs meanwhile failed to hit against mediocre Astros' pitcher Wandy Rodriguez, and wasted a great outing by Carlos Zambrano, 2-1. As Manager Piniella said, when the Cubs finally start to hit, they'll win consistently. But it hasn't happened yet.
