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• Indian-American Kamala Harris 'female Obama' in making: Report.Washington: Indian-American Kamala Harris, California's next Attorney General, is the "female Obama" in making and likely to be a national figure shortly, a media report said on Saturday.Daughter of an Indian mother and African-American father, Harris is being called the future of the Democratic Party, a rising political star in the mold of one of her big supporters President Barack Obama, the 'Politico' said in a lead story."At first glance, the President and Harris have much in common: Both are mixed-race children of immigrants raised by a single mother; both are eloquent, telegenic big-city lawyers with strong liberal credentials who catapulted from relative obscurity to the national stage."And like the first African-American President, Harris has broken a long-standing barrier she's California's first African-American Attorney General and the first woman to hold the office," Politico said."Harris' new post gives her an instant national platform: Her predecessors in the post, including California Governor-elect Jerry Brown, used the office to influence national environmental policy, while New York Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo, who was his state's top prosecutor, raised his profile as a crusader for consumer rights," the news article said.Given California's giant auto and utilities markets, Harris can position herself as a major player in shaping federal climate policy and in using her post to drive federal environmental policy if Washington doesn't act.She has also signaled an interest in other high-profile battles that could garner national attention, including online privacy in social networks like Facebook, Politico reported."We are making decisions about suing the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) around what we want to do around our standards, and whether there should be national standards," Harris told Politico."I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change," she said.Hmmmm.....Can America even survive one Obama?Read the full story here.

• Twin suicide bombings kill 17 in Iraq's Ramadi.Twin suicide bombings rocked a government compound in Iraq's western city of Ramadi on Monday, killing 17 people, a deputy interior minister said.It was the second attack this month on the compound, which houses the provincial council ands the police headquarters for Anbar province, and the third bombing there in the past year."The death toll is 17 killed and between 50 and 60 wounded," Lieutenant General Hussein Kamal, a deputy interior minister, told Reuters.Anbar Governor Qassim Mohammedsaid the first blast happened when a minibus exploded outside the compound and the second was caused by a suicide bomber on foot, disguised as a policeman.At the site of Monday's blasts, pools of blood dotted the ground, footage from Reuters Television showed. The stumps of the suicide bomber's severed legs lay at the scene. Debris from wrecked cars littered the site.Ali Mahmoud, a doctor at Ramadi hospital, said hospital records put the toll at 16 people killed, including five policemen, and 52 wounded, including 12 policemen.The emergency room was filled with patients wounded in the attack. The hospital was also crowded with people who had responded to an appeal broadcast on mosque loudspeakers to donate blood to help the injured."What shall we do to save ourselves? There is nothing left but to make ourselves prisoners in our homes," said Talib Ali, 50, who was at the hospital attending to his son Mohammed, who had been wounded in his abdomen and back.Hmmmm......President Barrack HUSSEIN Obama condemning the bombing of Muslims in 3...2...1?Read the full story here.

• HT:BigHollywood.Meet the New Batman: An Algerian Muslim Who Saves France from Nazis and Communists.Reality isn’t always very fun. Because of that many people turn to comic books for a little escapism. But there’s escapism and PC indoctrination. Sadly, it appears that DC Comics’ Batman is angling for the latter and not the former. You see, Batman has decided to hire a Muslim to “save France.”First the reality. The country of France is having serious domestic problems between its immigrant Muslim community and those natural-born, European Frenchmen. Immigrants have been rampaging across the country for several years now. Clashes between police and large groups of rioting Muslim youth have wreaked havoc on the Gallic nation. Violence is all too common — it is woefully common for hundreds of cars to be lit afire in these riots and dozens of arrests to be made. It has the country split and frightened.You see, DC Comics has decided that the “French savior,” the French Batman is to be a Muslim immigrant. The character’s name is Bilal Asselah and he is an Algerian Sunni Muslim and an immigrant that is physically fit and adept at gymnastic sport Parkour. Apparently Batman couldn’t find any actual Frenchman to be the “French savior.”But it isn’t surprising for DC, a comic book company that has a character whose creator based it on “corporate greed.” Nor is it surprising in an industry where tea party members are made the enemy of super heroes. For the character based on “corporate greed” look up DC’s Larfleeze character and see the Marvel comic Captain America issue 602 where The Captain makes Tea Partiers into an enemy to America (Marvel later apologized). For that matter, check out the words of the director of the new 2011 Captain America movie who said that his Captain America won’t be a big “flag waver.” Imagine that. Captain America not being that into America.These few examples aren’t the only ones, either. Among many other instances, last April the venerable Archie Comics announced they were adding a gay character and back in 2007 movie makers announced that they intended to remove all mentions of the U.S. military from G.I. Joe (they later relented to a degree).It all adds up to a PCing of the American comic book industry that has been going on for far too long.Hmmmm....."We don't want to take over your country"? Read the full treason story here.Realated ? : The NEA's partisan work for Obama.The most important unanswered questions are: Which artists and organizations were invited to be part of the effort? How many of them were recipients of grants from $80 million the NEA has distributed this year as part of the stimulus program? Read the full story here.

• HT:Memri. Video : Egyptian Journalist 'Ata Abd Al-Aal: "The US Will Be Transformed into an Islamic Republic".Read and see the full story here.

• Israel - The new Foreign Ministry – reversing a policy of neglect.Having neglected classical international diplomacy in the past few years, the Foreign Ministry is once again giving high priority to strengthening and consolidating Israel's ties with its friends around the world.It is a simple basic assumption that friendship needs to be nurtured, and that is why Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America were placed higher on the list of our priorities. These areas are home to well over two billion people living in over 100 UN member countries. A simple calculation reveals that these areas possess over one half of the votes in the UN General Assembly, with all that entails. Most of the nations in Africa and Latin America are affiliated with the Non-Aligned bloc (a group of developing countries, which allegedly took a neutral stand toward the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War). This bloc constitutes a challenge to Israeli diplomacy, in that it almost automatically votes against Israel in international forums.Iran uses Venezuela as its headquarters, from which it spreads its influence across the continent. As a result of Its political and economic isolation, Iran flocked into Latin America in an attempt to override the Security Council's sanctions (Resolution 1929). Thus, for example, Venezuela helps Iran override the sanctions through cooperation in the fields of banking, shipping and energy. In the African continent, Iran is actively in search of Uranium. It is also attempting to take control of the continent through its constant flow of cash and merchandise. Israel expresses its concerns that the Iranian penetration is dangerous to these continents. Iran is a subversive and destabilizing element, especially considering the terrorist attacks it already perpetrated in Latin America during the 1990s.However, we can already see some results of our policy and our investment in these continents is bearing fruit and bilateral ties are expanding. Today, more than ever before, these countries are voting against Iran. Furthermore, one can even see a drastic decrease in the number of countries voting against Israel in multilateral forums.Read the full story here.

• HT:JihadWatch."We tell the American President Barack Obama to embrace Islam before we come to his country".MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A leader of Somalia's Islamist insurgency threatened to attack America during a speech broadcast Monday. "We tell the American President Barack Obama to embrace Islam before we come to his country," said Fuad Mohamed "Shongole" Qalaf.Al-Shabab has not yet launched an attack outside Africa but Western intelligence has long been worried because the group targeted young Somali-Americans for recruitment. About 20 have traveled to Somalia for training and at least three were used as suicide bombers inside Somalia. Al-Shabab holds most of southern and central Somalia and has the support of hundreds of foreign fighters, mostly radicalized East Africans....The radio message was recorded in the town of Afgoye, near the Somali capital, during a meeting of Shongole and Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, formerly the leader of insurgent group Hizbul Islam. The two insurgent groups had clashed several times previously but announced a merger last week. Aweys said his group will fight under al-Shabab's command."We have united for the sake of our ideology and we are going to redouble our efforts to remove the government and the African Union from the country," said Aweys on Monday....
  Hmmm.....By-the-way thank you Hussein for inviting us in?Read the full story here.

• HT:Challahhuakbar.Hariri Tribunal Has Reached Decision.The UN-backed tribunal into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri has finished its investigation after six years and publishing the indictment is all that remains, London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported Monday. According to the report, prosecutor Daniel Bellemare reached a final decision that will be very hard to appeal. Bellemare is the only person that knows when the verdict will be published, the report claimed.Source.

• Letter Bomb Defused at Greek Embassy in Rome.ROME — Italian bomb removal experts defused a letter bomb at the Greek Embassy in Rome on Monday just days after two people were seriously wounded when similar packages exploded at the embassies of Switzerland and Chile. The Greek ambassador to Italy, Michael Cambanis, said the police believed that the Greek package was the work of the same anarchist group that claimed responsibility for the Swiss and Chilean packages on Thursday. On Monday, the authorities also responded to what turned out to be false alarms at the embassies of Denmark, Monaco, Sweden and Venezuela, all of which turned out to be holiday packages. According to the police, an Italian group called the Informal Anarchist Federation, or F.A.I., claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attempts on the Swiss and Chilean embassies, leaving a note saying: “We will destroy the power structure. Long live the F.A.I., long live anarchy.”Read the full story here.

• HT:SultanKnish.EXCLUSIVE: Allahu Akbar and Ho, Ho, Ho."A flag bearing a crescent and star flies from a flagpole in front of the World Trade Center, next to a Christmas tree and a menorah."New York Times, 1997.In 1997, Mohammed T. Mehdi, head of the Arab-American Committee and the National Council on Islamic Affairs, lobbied to have a crescent and star go up at the World Trade Center during the holiday season. His wish was granted, despite the fact that Mehdi had been an adviser to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the religious leader behind the original bombing of the World Trade Center.Read the full story here.

• Siamese twins should be aborted: Saudi scholar.A prominent Saudi Muslim scholar has called for the abortion of women found to be pregnant of Siamese twins to save what he described as moral and psychological losses to the family.Nasser Al Miman, a member of the Makkah-based International Islamic Fiqh (jurisprudence) Academy, made the comments during a seminar dedicated to Siamese twins and the latest medical developments in their separation.“He said women pregnant with twins should undergo pre-delivery tests…if the tests show they are Siamese twins, she should be allowed to abort them because the delivery of these twins will inflict moral, psychological and financial losses on the twins themselves and their family.”’Alhayat said several doctors and scholars discussed issues related to Siamese twins at the Academy, an affiliate of the Organization of Islamic Conference.Read the full story here.

• Obama hails Saudi king's 'progress' after surgery.US President Barack Obama called King Abdullah on Sunday to hail his recovery "progress," the White House said, in the strongest indication of the Saudi monarch's improving condition since he left a US hospital after back surgery.The White House said that in the phone call, Abdullah congratulated Obama on securing Senate approval of a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia."The president thanked him and told him that he looked forward to working closely together in the coming year," the statement said.Hmmmm.....Read the full story here.

• HT:BigPeace.Convicted Army Officer Denied Clemency.On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad. Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division was convicted of unpremeditated murder and sentenced to 25 years confinement at Fort Leavenworth. Though his sentence has been reduced to 15 years, Behenna remains behind bars for a killing that should have been deemed self-defense. Stories about Michael have been featured on this site several times. Today, I share the latest update from Michael’s parents, Scott and Vicki Behenna.Read the full story here.

• HT:TundraTabloids.The Islamic doctrine of immigration.Modern Day Trojan Horse: The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration By Henrik R. Clausen.As the West has accepted extensive immigration from Islamic countries, unexpected social and political problems have followed. While rising crime rates, rampant unemployment and a heavy load on our much-appreciated welfare systems are severe problems in itself, a distinct and dramatically more significant problem is the subtle subversion of our free and democratic societies, also known as “Stealth Jihad”.The retired Islamic scholar Sam Solomon, in this compact book “Al-Hijra, The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration”, connects the dots and explains why seemingly unrelated incidents are in fact rooted in Islamic tradition and are steps on the path to create a fully Islamized society.To demonstrate how this functions, Sam Solomon dives into his exhaustive knowledge of Islamic history and law. As Islamic scholars everywhere, he derives his conclusions from Islamic scripture, the life of Muhammad in particular, and shows how historically immigration has slowly but steadily lead to formerly Jewish or Christian societies submitting to Islam. The primary example in the book is Muhammads takeover of Yathrib, today known as Medina, and how the concepts and strategies developed for the conquest of a relatively insignificant Arab city are being duplicated by Islamic leaders worldwide, with the same goal: Expanding Islamic conquest ever further.The depth of knowledge and connections described in Al-Hijra constitute both a strength and a weakness. Most important is the strength: Sam Solomon uses his Islamic scholarship to reveal the justifications and machinations being applied to undermine and attack the very notion of a secular society. This is important information that everyone involved in these matters deserve to have.The weakness is that the book frequently becomes hard to follow. Understanding Islamic terms like Darura (necessity), Takweem(empowerment), I’dad (readying) etcetera are important in order to counter the undercurrent of Islamization, yet the denseness of the presentation makes the lines of thought hard to follow for the unprepared. One does well in having some knowledge of Islamic thought before reading Al-Hijra.Read the full story here.

• HT:LogisticsMonster.“Children Are To Become The Objects Of Experimentation”.Video : The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America.Read and see the full story here.

• Christians 'are denied human rights by our courts,' claim bishop and top judge.An Anglican bishop and Britain’s former top judge yesterday launched an impassioned defence of the rights of Christians in an increasingly secular society.The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, said judges wrongly discriminate against people of faith because they are ignorant of religious beliefs.He said failure to support the beliefs of Christians and other religious people could drive them from their jobs and blamed the Human Rights Act for allowing them to be victimised.The bishop was backed by ex-Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf, who said the courts had gone ‘too far’ in restricting the rights of Christians in the workplace. He said it was ‘about time the tide turned’.He said: ‘There is growing up something of an imbalance in the legal position with regard to the freedom of Christians and people of other faiths to pursue the calling of their faith in public life, in public service. One major context is obviously the Human Rights Act.’Pope Benedict yesterday condemned Christmas attacks on Christians. He told pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square that he was saddened by the ‘absurd violence’.Read the full story here.

• Obama extends well wishes to Saudi king.HONOLULU — President Barack Obama called Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday to wish him well as he recovers from two recent back surgeries.The 86-year-old king was released from New York's Presbyterian Hospital last week after operations for a slipped disk and a blood clot. Saudi Arabia's royal palace says Abdullah is in good health and expected to remain in the U.S. for recuperation.The White House says the king congratulated Obama on the Senate's recent ratification of the New START treaty with Russia.Obama called Abdullah from Hawaii, where he's spending the holidays with his family.Hmmmm.......First to church then ask a royal pardon?Read the full story here.

• HT:The DailyCaller. Video : Top 10 Most UN-believable Moments of 2010.Read and see the full story here.

• Canada: Ugandan refugee got rich by stealing coins every day.This is a really old story and I don’t know why it was published just today in Canada, but it’s definitely worth a read.This city has spawned many cunning and crafty con artists, but few were as colourful as Salim Kara.It was 14 years ago that the Ugandan refugee made headlines, but his crime shocked an entire city.Kara stole nearly $2.4 million from Edmontonians — and he did it one coin at a time.Hired in 1981 to repair light rail transit fare boxes, he began pilfering coins almost immediately. When loonies were introduced in 1987, he must have thought he hit the jackpot, boosting his take to $900 a day.For 13 years, he stole, and despite a couple of audits and an incriminating videotape, he got away with it.Neighbours wondered why a man who lived in a million dollar home in posh Whitemud Creek drove to work in a dilapidated 1977 Chev Malibu, a vehicle that was almost 17 years old when he was finally arrested in Sept. 27, 1994.Read it all to see the African’s detailed scam and how he got away with it for so long. I wonder what he is doing now, the article doesn’t say.Read the full story here. HT:RefugeeResettlementWatch.

• HT:IslamTodayOregon.Is President Obama a Muslim?This question has been bantered back and forth since the campaign. Is he or isn't he...does he have a real birth certificate....is he a Christian? I believe the question of whether or not he is a Muslims is easy to answer: he acts like one, therefore he gives the appearance of catering to, and supporting Islam and Muslims, over and above the Christian nation he calls home.His actions towards the Muslim world, and his speech in Cairo show him to be more giving towards Islam and Muslims than any other group, including Jews and Christians. This latest story, once again tells a tale of misplaced empathy and deliberate misunderstanding of who the real victims are.Once again, any mention of jihad, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamism or anything which could be seen as denigrating to Muslims is forbidden. Just mention a tactic, never the ideology behind the tactic."Killing innocent civilians outside a World Food Programme distribution point is an affront to the people of Pakistan, and to all humanity," he said.Obama was probably still thinking of sura 5, verse 32 where the killing of one is like killing all, yet if we forget to include the following verse 33, the true meaning of verse 32 is lost. As Muhammad said, "War is deceit""The United States stands with the people of Pakistan in this difficult time, and will strongly support Pakistan's efforts to ensure greater peace, security and justice for its people."How, Mr President, by sending even more money(jizya) to an already corrupt and dangerous government? Let us know how that works for you, Mr. President.If Obama cares for his country, and believes in being a President for the people, he is bound to put the needs and values of America above all else. If I did not know better (and maybe I don't) Iwould bet Obama has said the Shahada. God help us if he has.Read the full story here.

• HT:BigPeace.At the Source of Radical Islamic Terror.Radical Islamic terror succeeded in impacting the daily life of everyone in this world. Anyone traveling on a plane, taking a train ride, or going to the theater in a capital city in Europe or the US, may be a victim of radical Islamic terror act. To drill down and better understand radical Islamic terror, I met with Dr. Boaz Ganor, head of the International Institute for Counter Terrorism in IDC Herzelia, one of the first such institutes in the world. Dr. Ganor is also the founder and Chairman of the International Academic Counter Terrorism Community (ICTAC), an International association of institutions, experts and researchers in fields related to the study of terrorism and counter terrorism.This interview is about radical Islamic terror – while Osama Bin Laden is a common household name these days – not everyone understands the motives. Let’s take a look at the roots or Islamic terror organizations.Read the full story here.

• HT:AtlasShrugs.Los Angeles City Council Passes Islamic Law Resolution: (Sharia) Blasphemy Enforcement. "Islamophobia" is enforcement of Islamic blasphemy laws. Islamic law (sharia) commands that there be no candor, no criticism of Islam. Blasphemy laws.It is shocking that this side of Sodom and Gomorrah is passing Islamic resolutions. No one in America gives a rat's ass what and who you worship; just don't force it upon us. I don't care if you worship a stone, just don't stone me with it. And stop telling us how many Muslims don't commit jihadi acts. Of course they don't. So what? I don't believe in rewarding people for doing the right thing. I don't believe in congratulating people for not committing acts of violence against people outside their religion.The LA Council's recent passage of a resolution that opposes "Islamophobia" and "repudiates" random acts of violence against Muslims is a step back centuries into the dark ages. According to the FBI, "hate crime" against Muslims is at its lowest in a decade, but acts of jihad are accelerating at warped speed. No resolutions against jihad, honor killings, misogyny, gender apartheid, Islamic antisemitism, kuffarophobia, etc.WITHOUT serious debate or examination, the Los Angeles City Council recently passed a resolution that opposes "Islamophobia" and "repudiates" random acts of violence against Muslims.This admittedly ceremonial resolution apparently accepts the premise that residents of the city commit acts of hate against Muslims so often that it warrants an official resolution from city leaders condemning and repudiating these acts. Is this really the case?According to the latest hate crime report from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, 88 percent of all religiously based hate crimes in 2009 were against Jews. Hate crimes that targeted Muslims (3 percent) ranked slightly above those directed at Scientologists (1 percent). In fact, the commission found that attacks against Christians (8 percent) outnumbered attacks against Muslims.Read the full story here.

• HT:TheJawaReport.More Love And Tolerance From The Religion of Peace.This video is very graphic so I placed it below the fold. This is a stoning video of a couple. Notice the crowd of people gathered to witness the brutality.This is Radical Islam. This is Sharia Law in action. This is what Islam wants to impose on the West. This is the evil our Troops are fighting against.Another warning: Extremely graphic content!Read and see the full story here.

• HT:IMRA.Iran Equips Army with New Rapid Reaction Tanks and light armored vehicles.
  TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian commander on Sunday announced that the country has equipped its Army's Ground Force with new rapid reaction tanks and light armored vehicles.Speaking to FNA, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force General Kioumars Heidari added that the Army is also equipped with new anti-armor and anti-chopper weapons, equipment and systems."Rapid movement of units  is among the most important issues always pursued by the commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army," Heidari said."One of the most important ways to attain this rapidity is the use of light armored vehicles and rapid reaction tanks, and we have had good achievements in this ground," he noted, adding that the Army is now using these types of armored vehicles.He further added that the Iranian Army has gained good achievements in developing and acquiring different types of ground gears, assault weapons as well as machine guns.
  Hmmmmm...What a coincidence "Turkish firm sells $40 million in military vehicles in one month"?Read the full story here.

• Suicide bomber was teen girl : Pakistan. A suicide explosion that killed at least 46 people in Pakistan was the work of a teenage girl, an official said Sunday. Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top official in Bajaur Agency, told CNN the remains of the bomber show it was a female age 16 to 18.Azam Tariq, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack, saying its target was a pro-government group. But he denied the bomber was a woman."We have thousands of male suicide bombers ready who are keenly waiting for their turns. Then why would we use a woman, which is against the traditions of Islam?" he said.The explosion hit near a U.N. World Food Program distribution point at a security checkpoint in Khar, said agency spokesman Amjad Jamal. More than 300 people were going through security screening to get food and other items at the time.Afridi said the bomber, wearing a burqa, set off the bomb when she was stopped at a checkpoint.Read the full story here.

• HT:BigPeace.The Swedish Royal Guards are there to protect the Royal Family.Two men, dressed in Santa hats and masks, surprised and attacked the guard.The men stole the guard’s gun, which according to police was a loaded automatic weapon.“This is serious. I have a hard time believing it is a prank. It might be premeditated,” said Anders Krook, station commander at the Norrmalm police.Because the Royal Palace has been deemed an object to be protected (skyddsobjekt), guards are to have loaded weapons, Lieutenant Colonel Rickard Beck-Friis Häll told TT news agency.After the incident on Thursday, they will review all of the regulations with the soldiers, including the level of force that the guards may use.“We have the right to use the force that is necessary to defend ourselves and objects to be protected. In this case, we will review what happened,” Beck-Friis Häll said.He emphasized that the event was extremely unusual and he has never hear of a similar incident during his 30-year-career.At night, two guards are posted the Royal Palace , and they are both armed with an AK-5 with a bayonette. They are posted so that they are within sight of each other, according to Beck-Friis Häll.Read the full story here.

• Flu crisis hits cancer surgery: Hospitals struggle to cope as deaths rise and Britain teeters on the brink of an epidemic.Vital cancer operations are being cancelled as hospitals struggle to cope with soaring numbers of flu victims.Trusts have begun postponing major surgery because intensive care beds that cancer patients might need for post-operative recovery are being kept free to accommodate critically ill patients struck down by the flu virus.Experts predict that Britain is on course for the first flu epidemic in over a decade after the number of cases more than doubled in the past week.They say rates are rising faster than during December 1999, which marked the start of an outbreak which claimed more than 22,000 lives and brought the NHS to its knees.There are now 460 people in intensive care, taking up around one in seven beds, up from 182 last week.Professor John Oxford, a virologist and influenza expert at St Barts and the London Hospital, said the situation was still deteriorating and added: ‘I would not be surprised if we get to epidemic levels within one week.Hmmm....Vaccinations do save lives,did you get yours?Ask your doctor for information.Read the full story here.

• Media Picks Up Latest White House Spin: Obama’s Humble… Just Like Reagan.Yesterday, the New York Times, as a Christmas gift to those of us who enjoy laughing until pumpkin pie and egg nog shoots out our noses, published a piece about how President Obama has a natural penchant for humility:“I think it speaks volumes about the man’s temperament,” said Robert Dallek, the presidential historian. “He doesn’t crave the spotlight the way some of these other presidents have. They needed to be constantly in the eye of the public; it propelled them into politics in the first place. Obama is less that way; he is more of a self-contained person, someone who can genuinely spend time by himself with his family.”

• HT:MichelleMalkin.President Obama doesn’t crave the spotlight — as anybody who has ever watched the Daily Show, The View, Monday Night Football, Iron Chefs, Rachel Ray, Mythbusters, Oprah, Letterman, Leno, Conan O’Brien, countless network news programs, George Lopez, the Teen Choice Awards, the Superbowl, the Final Four and others can confirm. As a matter of fact, Obama was given the title of “The Everywhere President” specifically due to his wont of avoiding the spotlight.Fortunately, a laughable statement such as “he doesn’t crave the spotlight” isn’t served without the talking-points chaser the White House shoved in every press pool reporter’s Christmas stocking.Obama is reading a biography about Ronald Reagan while on vacation. How do we know this? Because it’s been trumpeted by the White House so hard that you’d think Dizzy Gillespie was the new Press Secretary.How do we know this? Because it’s been trumpeted by the White House so hard that you’d think Dizzy Gillespie was the new Press Secretary. So naturally, in the very next paragraph of the same column, we can see that the press is starting to run with the coming year’s planned image makeover. President Obama doesn’t like to make things “all about him,” just like, guess who? Ronald Reagan:Hmmmm....He'll never be a Ronald Reagan, he's mostly make belief if aliens would come down to earth he would claim to be one as well.Read the full story here.