Caleb Howe has the story, at Red State, of the anti-American commercials, apparently made for the History Channel (in theory, anyway) for use in foreign markets by Oglivy and Mather, which won a Clio award. These are the same kinds of utopian arseholes who become upset when I criticize Google for what I regard as an amazing disrespect and lack of gratitude towards our armed forces. Like all utopian arseholes,

House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claims that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against terrorism suspects. The House voted 252-172 to block the measure that would have created a bipartisan congressional panel. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, sponsored the resolution. “This is partisan politics and an attempt by the Republicans to distract from the real issue

on the pronunciation of Aufwiederstahan.

is so great that it just ripped an enormous hole in the Moonbat Continuum. Will link when it’s available. BTW, Cheney did incorporate some stinging rejoinders to Obama’s earlier speech, so, I think The One made a mistake trying to monopolize the coverage by going first. On Twitter, Kathy Shaidle states that it’s the greatest speech of the Bush Administration, only a little late. I think that’s about right.

In on-air debate with Michelle Bachmann, Barney says it’s a lie to state that ACORN will be eligible for billions in federal funds. At American Spectator, Matt Vadum lays out the ways that Congress seek to reward ACORN and the fuzzy accounting, internal and external, that enable the scheme.

“It tastes a lot like Corona,” said one. More, from Moe Lane. h/t Allah Pundit on Twitter

From FIRE: A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, the “Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act,” is causing quite a stir among free speech advocates. The story of Megan Meier—a teenager who killed herself after allegedly suffering “cyberbullying” by neighborhood mother Lori Drew, who reportedly impersonated a teenage boy online—is very sad. Unfortunately, the bill named after her would cause very disturbing damage to freedom of speech

who planned on bombing synagogues and shooting down a military transport. One was a Haitian national. According to this article, FBI agents posed as Pakistanis with ties to al-Qaeda and set the four up with fake bombs and a fake anti-aircraft missile. Obama makes a speech on Guantanamo and related matters today, his initiative to close it having been dashed in the Senate. Timing questioning may begin. Dick Cheney addresses