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The Observer Journal - Observation Leading to Insight: Monthly Archives for January 2009

“Iraq election successful with no major violence” | HAMZA HENDAWI writing for the Associated Press | VICTORY in IRAQ? | Far-left comment boards on far-left websites fall silent – the few remaining far-left diehards bitter

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:43 AM | Add Comment

“The American forces moved in strongly and exclusively to control Hurriyah and I see a great future for the people there. Hurriyah is very successful business-wise now and it is now safe for more people to return,” said a senior Sunni Shaykh

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, January 19, 2009 1:53 AM | Add Comment

Court Rules Wiretapping Power Legal -- According to the New York Times – “…it may offer legal credence to the Bush administration’s repeated assertions that the president has the power to act…” - it's the highest court in the land, you buffoon

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:30 AM | Add Comment

Chris Matthews speaking on MSNBC immediately after George Bush’s farewell address: “The Arab street has always been radical. It’s the Arab leaders who are moderate, who you can talk with. Bush's ideas will not work in the Muslim world.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, January 16, 2009 1:30 AM | Add Comment

"Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake," President Bush said Monday. "It sent the wrong message." -- The Bush Lesson -- all any leader can say in public in a war is "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:00 AM | Add Comment

According to the Huffington Post: "MORE DRAMA FOR OBAMA" – wait a minute, Joe the Plummer is a “tax cheat” for having a lien yet it is merely “drama” when a DEMOCRAT does NOT PAY income taxes

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:58 AM | Add Comment

According to Tim Cocks and Peter Graff writing for Reuters: “…was quietly put on the back burner as violence ebbed in Iraq…” – the far-left completes a phased withdrawal from “Iraq as a political message”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:26 AM | Add Comment

According to the New York Times: “The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence has been on the decline for three years now.” ...the American far-left is silent and CNN's endless pontificating has stopped... Iraq war won?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:25 AM | Add Comment

“During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, ‘you’re creating incredible political difficulties for us,’” President George Bush said. “I said, ‘Oh really? What do you suggest I do?’”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, January 12, 2009 1:15 AM | Add Comment

Greedy unions say, “Screw You Taxpayer, Show Me the Money” --- yet another political gift to the Republican party, greedy, corrupt unions, DEMOCRAT PARTY UNIONS, out in the sunlight, openly greedy

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:38 AM | Add Comment

Populist Conflicted Con-Men paltering and paltering and more paltering -- "Crises like the current one reveal the perversities of the current economic system," Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, January 09, 2009 1:53 AM | Add Comment

Millions of European households struggle to keep warm in sub-zero temperatures as Russia turns off gas supplies

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:24 AM | Add Comment

On Hardball with Chris Matthews, "Congressman Moran, did you read the bailout bill?" And the Observer quotes in full, "I have to confess, I only read a summary," said DEMOCRAT Congressman Jim Moran.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:24 AM | Add Comment

"I'm very impressed with Obama’s style on the campaign and his coolness and his articulate nature. I think he can give a sentence and it'll sound like it's been thought out by Shakespeare or something," said former President George H.W. Bush, the father

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:35 AM | Add Comment

"The EU made a commitment to do this. But the numbers are trivial," said Defense Secretary Robert Gates who criticized EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations -- Yet another EU flop that get zero press coverage

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:33 AM | Add Comment

65% -- as of December 2008, sixty-five percent of ALL Americans are OPTIMISTIC about the situation in Iraq –- the far-left withdraws from “Iraq as a political message”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, January 05, 2009 1:49 AM | Add Comment

“How did we get here?” George Bush, in stunned silence, finally said. If this account is even remotely accurate, Conservatives need to change the Republican presidential primaries and try to find someone who understand basic economics

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:14 AM | Add Comment

Safest month in Iraq – December 2008 safest month -- ONE soldier killed by an IED in ALL of IRAQ - yes, you are reading that correctly, ONE IED death for the entire month of December

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:12 AM | Add Comment

The BBC's Mike Sergeant, in Jerusalem, says “This may further strengthen the determination of Hamas to resist the Israeli air assault.” -- Commentary? Another media airhead offering commentary??? How could it be?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, January 02, 2009 1:15 AM | Add Comment

“The thought was, if we can win Sadr City, we will win Baghdad, and we will win Iraq,” Army Brig Gen. Jeffrey Talley, Multinational Division Baghdad, told American Forces Press Service by phone from his headquarters

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, January 01, 2009 1:12 AM | Add Comment
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