-- Former Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, looks gloomily towards 2010 Global Threats:
Too often, Mr. Obama seems either uninterested in the global threats we face, unpersuaded that they constitute dangers to the country, or content simply to blame his predecessors. . .
He [Obama] entirely buys into the notion of "global governance," with the United States in time subordinating elements of its sovereignty to international authority.. .
Frustrated by their failures in the United States, the American left has increasingly resorted to international treaties and conferences to advance its agenda. Mr. Obama's administration is filled with people who share that worldview, including the president himself.
In short, if you were concerned in 2009 about America's increasing international vulnerability and its decreasing global influence, you will find little to celebrate in the coming year. Our adversaries sense weakness across the board in Washington, and they will not hesitate to take advantage of it.
-- After posting the headline, Hope and Change: Obama Names Transgender Appointee to commerce Department, Pamela Geller asks a very good question:
"Does Obama know anyone who isn't wacky, radical, militant, judeophobic, socialist, marxist, pedophilic? ...... Does he chill with anyone who is normal?