The American Pundit

Obama Looking for Ways to Punish Israel for Continuing Settlements

And to think some people were concerned that Barack Obama might not be the best friend our strongest ally in the Middle East has ever had. According to the New York Times, the Obama Administration is seeking ways to punish Israel for not adhering to its demands that no new settlements be established. As President [...]

Geithner A Laughing Stock At Peking University

It’s official: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is a laughing stock worldwide. While addressing students at Peking University in Beijing, his audience laughed loudly at the assertion that China’s massive dollar holdings are completely safe. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday reassured the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe and [...]

Soldiers Shot Outside of Recruiting Station; One Killed

I hate to be political off the bat, but what happens if we find out that the shooting was politically-motivated? Let’s say the shooter is an anti-war loon who took his anger out on the soldiers outside the recruiting station. Think that’ll be played the same way as the shooting of Tiller was (it’s a [...]

Air France Plane Crashes; U.S. Military Called In

The past two days have brought really crappy news from across the globe. Today is no different. An Air France flight carrying 228 people from Brazil to France has apparently vanished over the Atlantic, believed to have crashed due to turbulence. The Airbus sent an automatic message at 0214 GMT, four hours after leaving Rio [...]

GM Declares Bankruptcy; Uncle Sam Takes Control

I think I’ll make a stop at the Chevy dealer on the way home. You know, just to see if I get a shareholder’s discount or something Under the proposed restructuring, about 60 percent of the new GM would be owned by the United States, about 12 percent by the governments of Canada and Ontario, [...]