memeorandum: HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE OUTRAGEOUS SPENDING IS BECOMING A PROBLEM FOR OBAMA? (Glenn Reynolds/Instapundit)

9:30 AM ET, June 11, 2009

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So What if Holocaust Museum Shooter is White Christian: We Know Who Crescented, er . . . Created This Atmosphere; 9/11 Truther — Much is being made by Muslims and their many defenders on the left—and the ignoramus “conservatives” at Hot Air (who lecture us that hate has no ideological bounds …

Discussion: Jeffrey Goldberg, Outside The Beltway, Times of London, The Huffington Post, five feet of fury., At-Largely, The Strata-Sphere, Balloon Juice and Washington Post

Washington Post:

Grief, Shock After a ‘Gentle Giant’ Loses His Life in the Line of Duty — Colleagues called Stephen T. Johns “Big John,” for he was well over 6 feet tall. But mostly friends recalled the security guard's constant courtesy and friendliness. — “A soft-spoken, gentle giant,” said Milton Talley …

Discussion: MyFox DC, Michelle Malkin, Don Surber, Washington Monthly, The Sundries Shack and BLACKFIVE

NY Daily News:

Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn's ex-wife says his racism ‘ate him alive’ — BY RICH SCHAPIRO IN NEW YORK AND JAMES GORDON MEEK IN ANNAPOLIS, MD. — He was a twisted kook with a toxic hatred for Jews and blacks who vowed to go out “with his boots on.”

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, TPMDC and THE WEEK News & Opinion

Kathy Shaidle / Examiner:

Holocaust Museum shooter von Brunn a 9/11 ‘truther’ who hated ‘neo-cons’, Bush, McCain — The man accused of opening fire at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC on June 10, James W. von Brunn, left a trail of unhinged writings around the internet. — The anti-semitism of von Brunn …

Discussion: Salon, What's Wrong with the World, The Politico, Red Alerts, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Hot Air, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The American Pundit, Wake up America and lgf 2.0

TSO / This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here:

Vindication — For the lame brained, this is not meant to be funny, but rather to make a point. Hope you get the point. … BH: [A researcher] Hey man — ME: Wassup dude? — BH: You tracking the Holocaust Memorial shooting? — ME: Yeah, horrible. — BH: Yeah.

Michelle Malkin:
Shooting at National Holocaust Museum Updated: Museum guard dies …

Debbi Wilgoren / Washington Post:
3 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum

Washington Post:
A Suspect's Long History of Hate, and Signs of Strain

Discussion: Houston Chronicle and Associated Press

Andy Ostroy / The Huffington Post: The Holocaust Museum Shooting: Another Right-Wing Psycho Turns to Murder.

TPMMuckraker:
James Von Brunn: A Profile

Discussion: The Plum Line, Talking Points Memo, Ben Smith's Blog and The Daily Dish

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
White supremacist kills guard at Holocaust Museum

Discussion: Washington Times, CNN and Balloon Juice

Noam Cohen / The Lede:
Traces of Gunman's Online Life Begin to Vanish

Discussion: USA Today, Brilliant at Breakfast and #gay

Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
“Told Ya So” - 89 year-old shooter “confirms DHS report”

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, GayPatriot, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, Say Anything, New York Times, The Caucus, Fox News and The Mahablog

Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
HOLOCAUST MUSUEM SHOOTER IS WHITE SUPREMACIST.

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, MoJo Blog Posts, The Huffington Post, theblogprof, Gawker, ABCNEWS, Confederate Yankee, The American Pundit, Townhall.com, Think Progress and Alas, a blog

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: In Wake Of D.C. Shooting, Whither GOP Reps Pushing “Birther” Bill?

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
Articles and Analysis — Regular readers will probably remember …

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Washington Post, Associated Press, Top of the Ticket, MSNBC, The Anchoress and TalkLeft

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
von Brunn a ‘Birther’

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Wonkette

Josh Rottenberg / EW.com:

David Letterman responds to flap over Sarah Palin jokes — Taping tonight's episode of The Late Show, David Letterman took a few minutes to respond to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who called him “pathetic” in a radio interview after he made her and her family the butt of a recent Top 10 list.

Discussion: The Note, Gateway Pundit, theblogprof, NY Daily News, Fausta's Blog, WyBlog, jillstanek.com, Liberal Values, The Corner, Conservatives4Palin.com and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Letterman comments on Palin stirring comments — Blogs are on fire over David Letterman comments on CBS' “Late Show” on Monday night about Sarah Palin, the Republican Governor of Alaska who ran for vice president last year. — Letterman devoted his top ten list to her visit to New York and included this …

Discussion: Tim Blair and Riehl World View

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Letterman: When I joked about Palin's daughter having sex, I meant Bristol, not Willow — A sneak preview of tonight's monologue from EW. He wasn't joking about her 14-year-old daughter being a prostitute, silly. He was joking about her 18-year-old daughter being a prostitute. Perfectly legal.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Riehl World View, RedState, Macsmind, Flopping Aces and Moe_Lane's blog

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:

Aging man, 62, jokes about girl, 14 (Letterman on Willow Palin) update — (UPDATE: This item has been updated below.) — Maybe it's just the tempting ratings window of no longer going up against NBC's Juggernaut Jay and being the also-ran of late-night television.

Discussion: Power Line, Fox News and The Sundries Shack

Gateway Pundit:
NY Times Airbrushes Letterman's Willow Palin Sex Jokes From Their Website

Discussion: Toby Harnden's blog listings, Laugh Lines and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

John Nolte / Big Hollywood: Top Ten Possible Letterman Reactions to Fallout Over Willow Palin Rape ‘Joke’

Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin smacks down Letterman again

Discussion: Media Matters for America, What's Wrong with the World, Wake up America, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, JustOneMinute, Cold Fury and Crooks and Liars

Robert Pear / New York Times:

Doctors' Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan — WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Washington Monthly, Think Progress, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Stop The ACLU, MoJo Blog Posts, Maggie's Farm, The Health Care Blog, Chicago Tribune, Gateway Pundit, Wonk Room and Clusterstock

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Dems vs. Dems on health bill

Discussion: Washington Post and Los Angeles Times

Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
Obama Administration Eyes Health Care in Green Bay as Possible Model

Discussion: The Note, JSOnline, The Page and Ezra Klein

Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
How to Stop Socialized Health Care

Discussion: Bloomberg and The Liberty Papers

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE OUTRAGEOUS SPENDING IS BECOMING A PROBLEM FOR OBAMA? Well, there's the poll showing a sizable plurality in favor of cancelling the stimulus spending. And there's the dead-even generic Congressional ballot. — But the biggest indicator is that Obama's …

Discussion: Economist, Macsmind, TigerHawk, Don Surber, The Corner and The Daily Dish

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

Miranda Rights for Terrorists — When 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was captured on March 1, 2003, he was not cooperative. “I'll talk to you guys after I get to New York and see my lawyer,” he said, according to former CIA Director George Tenet. — Of course, KSM did not get a …

Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Miranda Warnings for Terrorists — Thank Sen. McCain

Discussion: Weekly Standard and TigerHawk

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Republicans Down on Their Own Party — Almost 4 out of 10 Republicans have unfavorable image of their party — PRINCETON, NJ — Almost 4 out of 10 (38%) Republicans and Republican-leaning independents have an unfavorable opinion of their own party, while just 7% of Democrats …

Discussion: The Swamp and The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Financial Times:

US bond yields spark concern — By Michael Mackenzie and Kiran Stacey in New York and David Oakley in London — US long-term interest rates continued to push psychologically important levels on Thursday morning as investors worried about the level of national debt and whether …

Discussion: The Foundry, Reason, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, European Tribune, Not Tucker Carlson, Commentaries, The Other McCain and Don Surber

Hollie McKay / Fox News:

Exclusive: Miss California Carrie Prejean Loses Her Crown — Less than a month after being told by Donald Trump that she can keep her Miss California crown, Carrie Prejean was fired on Wednesday, Foxnews.com has learned exclusively. — K2 Productions, the independent producers …

Discussion: Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, TMZ.com and Liberal Values

TMZ.com:
Carrie Prejean — Fired!

Discussion: New York Times and The Moderate Voice

Reason:

The Top 10 Most Absurd Time Covers of The Past 40 Years — From William Randolph Hearst's ginned up hysterical stories about marijuana to the “10-cent plague” comic book scare of the 1950s to The New York Times warning of “cocaine-crazed Negroes” raping white women across the Southern countryside …

Discussion: Boing Boing and Moe Lane

Scott / Power Line:

Paul Rahe: Obama's gestures — Paul Rahe is the learned professor of history at Hillsdale College and author of the three-volume study Republics Ancient and Modern. Professor Rahe's Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect has just been published.

Discussion: The New Criterion