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Strawman? http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/285190 Sen. Rand Paul was not just defending American citizens. He was calling for a return to pre-9/11 counterterrorism. The most refreshing thing about Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) — the thing that comes through in his often admirable speeches and op-eds, as well as in The Tea Party Goes to Washington, the autobiographical […]

http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2011/11/28/the-old-gray-papparazza/?print=1

THE NYTIMES HATES RONALD LAUDER SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE HE IS A REPUBLICAN, A CONSERVATIVE, A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS (THE MAJOR UMBRELLA GROUP OF JEWISH FRATERNAL AND PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATIONS) AN EARLY BENEFACTOR OF THE SHALEM CENTER (RIGHT) IN ISRAEL AND A PROPONENT OF JEWISH RIGHTS TO AN UNDIVIDED JERUSALEM…..THEY GREATLY PREFER THE SOROS TYPE…..RSK

Let it not go unrecorded that the New York Times did respect the mourning period for Evelyn Lauder before launching a front page non-story about how the Lauder Family shelters its enormous wealth. Even the Times had enough dignity to think twice after raking in all that money from paid obituary notices and full page ads in memory of the woman who put breast cancer front and center on the philanthropic map.

No, the Lauders haven’t done anything illegal or corrupt; yes, they have taken advantage of the all the ways our government provides for people to get deductions and manage their businesses and estates, much the same as the Sulzberger, Soros, Kennedy and Clinton families undoubtedly have. Though the Times may not have hacked in to anyone’s cell phone to get this information, the front page huge and brooding headshot of Ronald Lauder in front of his 135 million dollar Klimt comes from the same management directives as any Murdoch tabloid: make the subject look powerful, ominous and suspiciously evil…..

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1971/Afghanistan-Unfortunately-the-Expectations-of-the-People-Have-Not-Been-Met.aspx

Dunno why I never thought of it before, but Hillary Clinton, with her diplomatic background in cattle futures, Whitewater and shaking down donors to her husband’s library-foundation in exchange for political favors, is perfectly attuned to the needs and desires of corrupto-stans and baksheeshlands….Uh-oh.

“Afghans Say Assistance Will Be Needed for Years,” the NYT reports from the Bonn conference on Afghanistan. As in $10 billion per year until 2024, says Karzai. But there’s a problem: Most of the money goes down the drain and/or into McMansions — Mo-Mansions? –in Dubai for corrupto-klepto-baksheesho-crats.

Speaker after speaker — including Mr. Karzai — described corruption and poor governance as obstacles to the country’s development, factors that have caused reluctance among many countries about sending aid, especially given the economic crises in Europe and the United States.

http://www.eyeontheun.org/

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/rumors-un-s-benefits-have-been-greatly-exaggerated_611677.html?nopager=1

Portraying President Obama’s U.N.-centered foreign policy as consistent with American values or pro-Israel has become increasingly difficult for administration officials. The result has been a steady stream of inaccurate accounts of goings-on at the organization.

On Friday, December 2, the Obama administration made another attempt to justify its decision to join the disreputable U.N. Human Rights Council. The Council had just followed a discussion on Syria with a resolution promising to appoint a human rights investigator – four months from now in March 2012 – and rejected calls to seek the involvement of the Security Council and the International Criminal Court. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice tried to praise the body’s toughness: “No nation has been the subject of more than one special session, let alone three, in such a short amount of time.”

In fact, while the Council held three special sessions on Syria between April and December 2011, it has held six special sessions on Israel and three of those occurred in a shorter amount of time, namely, between July and November 2006.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/06/military-growing-terrorist-target-lawmakers-warn/

Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation’s Armed Forces at home.

During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical Islam.

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http://letthemfight.blogspot.com/2011/12/analyzing-egypts-wondrous.html

Does anyone still remember when the proponents of the “Arab Spring” erupted with glee over the prospect of a ‘blossoming democracy’ in the midst of tyranny in Egypt? How about the thunderous applause and shrieks of adulation when the ‘rebels’ in Libya so bravely took on the hordes of Khadafy’s hell hounds?

Does anyone remember the support from the West for the Muslim Brotherhood and their even-handed and reasonable concern for the poor and abused masses in both of those countries? Do you remember the Muslim Brotherhood’s declaration that they were not interested in political power but only for the breaking of the chains of tyranny in Egypt?

Is anyone still alive that can recall Egypt’s population being defined as “secular” rather than ideological? Can you recall the elitist academics declaring that Christians and Jews had nothing to fear from the hope of a burgeoning democracy in Egypt? If you can’t, then maybe you can remember that many of us warned that what would emerge from the ashes of a crushed Mubarak Regime would be nothing short of a foreign policy nightmare for the United States, U.S. citizens and the West in general. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist candidates won 42 of the 52 individual seats contested in runoffs for the first stage of Egypt’s multiphase parliamentary elections.

Why is the Obama Administration So Devoted to Criticizing Israel?
by Newt Gingrich

At a fundraiser in New York last week, President Obama said his administration “has done more in terms of the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration.”

Is the President looking at the same record we are? Last week’s news abounded with evidence that his administration often coddles forces opposed to Israel’s very existence while his officials publically brutalize Israel in the diplomatic arena.

Hostility towards Israel has become a habit for members of the Obama administration. His ambassador to Belgium argued last week in a speech to the European Jewish Union that pervasive anti-Semitism among Muslims was Israel’s fault. “A distinction should be made,” he said, “between traditional anti-Semitism, and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.” This outrageous attempt to dismiss “hatred for Jews” as a political problem should have immediately disqualified the ambassador from continuing to serve in President’s administration.

Also last week, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta declared that Israel needed to “just get to the damn table” with Palestinians, implying that Israel is the primary obstacle to Middle East peace.

Who is it, exactly, that Israel needs to “get to the damn table” with? Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, has stopped short of even recognizing Israel’s right to exist. He has also repeatedly insisted that Israel abandon its right to defend its borders even after a Palestinian state is created.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150479#replies British Ad Group Stops PA from ’Wiping Israel Off the Map’ The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) bans PA’s diplomatic mission from using a map showing all of Israel as ‘Palestine.’ The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic mission from using a map showing all of Israel as “Palestine. […]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150523
Five Holy Land Foundation organizers in the US have lost an appeal of their conviction for funding the Hamas terrorist group.
Five Holy Land Foundation organizers this week lost their appeal of a 2008 conviction on charges of financially supporting the Hamas terrorist group.
Former Holy Land Foundation chairman Ghassan Elashi, and CEO Shukri Au Baker were convicted of supporting a specially designated terrorist organization, money laundering and tax fraud. Each was sentenced to 65 years in prison, essentially a life sentence.

Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh were each convicted of three counts of conspiracy, and Mohammed El-Mezain was convicted of one count of conspiracy to support a terrorist organization. Abdulqader received a sentence of 20 years in prison, and his two co-defendants were each sentenced to 15 years.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111207/NEWS01/112070301/Remembering-Pearl-Harbor-Attack-survivors-Montana-dwindling-70-years-later Remembering Pearl Harbor: Attack survivors of Montana dwindling 70 years later LEWISTOWN — When Hal Conrad, then 20, called in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today, the man who received his message accused him of being drunk. But soon the disbelieving voice at the other end became a stutter. We’re […]