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1.\u00a0 Obama\u2019s approval ratings continue to decline<\/a>.\u00a0 As stated earlier, it\u2019s not surprising that Obama\u2019s approval ratings are down, given the rate at which he\u2019s been spending political capital.\u00a0 The three points that interest me from the latest Rasmussen poll (and Rasmussen was the most accurate on the last election) are these: only 56% of Democrats strongly approve of Obama\u2019s performance; 76% now perceive Obama as politically Liberal, and 48% as Very Liberal; and the President was poorly graded for his reaction to the Skip Gates \u2018profiling\u2019 incident.\u00a0 Given the scramble within the Obama administration to respond to the fallout from his \u201cstupidly\u201d comment, apparently they were seeing the same polling.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Speaking of the \u2018profiling\u2019 incident, in what will likely be the king of all uncomfortable moments<\/a>, President Obama is hosting a meeting of officer Crowley and professor Gates over beer at the White House.\u00a0 As CNN\u2019s political ticker reports, the President will be drinking Bud (the better to show he is a regular guy), Crowley will be drinking Blue Moon, and \u201cit\u2019s unclear if Gates drinks.\u201d\u00a0 Important stuff.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the woman who made the 911 call claims that she never mentioned race<\/a>, and the Cambridge police say that the recordings of the call confirm the point.\u00a0 \u201cWhalen phoned police, Murphy said, because she was aware of recent break-ins in the area,\u201d and she could only see the two people on the porch from the back and could not determine their race.\u00a0 Perhaps the officer should not have arrested Gates for haranguing him, but the case for profiling seems to be growing slimmer.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Evidence of the Fall, items #8 and #9: Nadya Suleman\u2019s children will be paraded<\/a> in front of television cameras for $250\/day each.\u00a0 Suleman used in vitro fertilization for all 14 of her children, and at least 3 of her previous 6 children were supported through food stamps and disability pay.\u00a0 The children altogether will earn $250,000, and 15% of that will be put in a trust for when the children become adults.<\/p>\n

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Nadya Suleman too fell in this moment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also, in what appears to be another severe case<\/a> of postpartum depression, a mother in San Antonio slew her own infant, rather gruesomly.\u00a0 We as churches need to make sure that we are fully supporting mothers through the early stages after the delivery of a child.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Under the Modern American Dictionary, the entry under irony is listed thus: Timothy Geithner cannot sell his house<\/a> in the down market.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Stephen Carter, a novelist, Yale Law professor and devout Christian, offers an interesting interview<\/a>, with a positive reflection on Sotomayor and a critique of Obama.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Newt Gingrich offers an alternative vision<\/a> of health care reform.\u00a0 Like him or not (and it\u2019s hard to like some parts of his personality and history), he\u2019s an idea-driven guy and always stimulates thought.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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