For the Dems, What a Difference a Year Makes Rich Baehr The Democrats have more political power than they have had at any time since the presidency of LBJ. They control the presidency, have a filibuster-proof 60 seats in the Senate (counting independents Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders, who caucus with them), and have an […]
IT IS ALSO OBAMA’S DECISION…RSK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703683804574533622533459520.html Eric Holder’s decision to move a trial on war crimes to American soil is morally confused, dangerous and political to a fault. Coming soon to a civilian courtroom blocks from Ground Zero: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other al Qaeda planners of 9/11. Be sure to get your […]
Black Panthers denounce ‘new’ Panthers Jerry Seper The New Black Panther Party catapulted itself to national attention during the November 2008 presidential election when two of its members, one brandishing a nightstick, were captured on videotape intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place. But the original Black Panther Party, which famously advocated black power and […]
U.S. troops battle both Taliban and their own rules http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/16/us-troops-battle-taliban-afghan-rules//print/ Sara A. Carter KASHK-E-NOKHOWD, Afghanistan | Army Capt. Casey Thoreen wiped the last bit of sleep from his eyes before the sun rose over his isolated combat outpost. His soldiers did the same as they checked and double-checked their weapons and communications equipment. Ahead was […]
AmeriCorps Inspector General who replaced Gerald Walpin shredded White House Documents at Request of Agency’s Spokeswoman According to CNS News, the acting inspector general of AmeriCorps said he shredded White House documents at the request of an agency press spokeswoman that pertained to the controversial firing of the previous inspector general, who was ousted after […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111402597.html?hpid=topnews Nonpartisan agency says House bill would reduce senior care Lori Montgomery, Washington Post.com A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama’s proposed overhaul of the nation’s health-care system — would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could […]
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/225edzea.asp Connecting the Dots The shooting at Fort Hood was no ‘mystery.’ It was an act of terrorism waiting to happen. by Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn 11/23/2009, Volume 015, Issue 10 At about 1:30 P.M. on November 5, Army Specialist Logan Burnette, a thick-chested, baby-faced soldier scheduled to deploy to Iraq in a […]
http://www.newsweek.com/id/222793/page/1 Start-Up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer Soldiers of Fortune How the Israeli Army became the most prolific innovation engine on earth. Johnathan Torgovnik for Newsweek Soldier/Civilian: Israeli innovation benefits from the mix. By Dan Senor and Saul Singer | NEWSWEEK Published Nov 14, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Nov 23, 2009  […]
The Warped Mirror: Eliminationism Posted by Petra Marquardt-Bigman In the mid-1990s, political scientist Daniel Jonah Goldhagen caused a heated controversy with the publication of a book arguing that the Holocaust was possible because ordinary Germans served as “willing executioners […] who believed that exterminating Jews was right and necessary.” Last month, Goldhagen came out with […]
