Dear e-pals: Please read Diana West’s column listed today in case you missed it. What a colossal outrage! Why do we ask young people to risk everything for our defense and then treat them so badly? DIANA WEST: THE ONLY MURDER HERE WAS OF JUSTICE http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2011/08/05/the_only_murder_here_was_of_justice/print They are the forgotten warriors of the Iraq War, […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/273730 Anticipating his entry into the presidential race, the Washington Post ran a long piece on Texas governor Rick Perry’s ideas about higher education. “A man of grand plans,” the headline warned, “criticized as not sweating the details.” Are the headline writers at the Post on summer break? Did the temps have to dust off […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2011/08/debbie_wasserman_schultzs_dog_days.html By Anthony W. Hager If Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz were a little dog, she might be a dachshund. She charges her adversary, teeth bared and yapping viciously, until realizing the other dog is larger. The realization sends her scurrying for cover, where she yelps, snarls, and whines. While this analogy may seem ridiculous, it […]
The U.S. seems ready to send a signal of weakness in Asia. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903454504576487802746089780.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop The Obama Administration promised under Senate pressure last month to make a decision on the sale of 66 new F-16 fighters to Taiwan by October 1, which will finally give an issue that has languished in bureaucratic limbo the attention it deserves. […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903341404576483952207342740.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Weak Dollar, Weak Economy By choosing to pay savers nearly nothing, the Fed discourages thrift and limits income growth. By DAVID MALPASS With all eyes on the debt-limit debacle and Washington’s out of control spending, it’s easy to forget the monetary-policy mess created by the Federal Reserve and its near-zero interest rate. But it […]
Breivik, The Belarus-Russian-Chechen Connection, And The CIA http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/08/05/breivik-the-belarus-russian-chechen-connection-and-the-cia/ Posted by Niccolo Machiavelli From a source in Washington: More intelligence is emerging about Breivik and his foreign connections, and here’s an update with the important caveat that none of it is completely confirmed at this time. However, the interim reports are compelling reading. At least a […]
http://biggovernment.com/jcadams/2011/08/04/leftist-activists-convince-eric-holders-doj-to-set-violent-marxist-free/ by J. Christian Adams Attorney General Eric Holder has a peculiar tendency to set loose militant black panthers. Everyone is already familiar with the dismissal of the voter intimidation case I brought as a Justice Department attorney. There, the DOJ dropped claims against Malik Zulu Shabazz, national head of the New Black Panther Party, […]
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with. So news reports this week that Netanyahu agreed that the 1949 armistice lines, (commonly misrepresented as the 1967 borders), will be mentioned in terms of reference for future negotiations with the Palestinian Authority […]
John Lennon and the Jews By Aryeh Tepper http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/8/5/main-feature/1/john-lennon-and-the-jews/e “It’s not cool to be Jewish, or Negro, or Italian. It’s just cool to be alive, to be around.” So said Aretha Franklin. I know, because my father used to have the soul diva’s wisdom hanging on the wall of his study at home. He also […]
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2011/08/six-years-since-israels-suicidal-peace.html?utm_source=The+Lid+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=d5000879e9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN Six Years Since Israel’s Suicidal Peace Move, Gaza Disengagement My family went to Israel during the summer of 2005.We flew home from Israel almost five years ago today, three days before the disengagement from Gaza began. During our two-week trip we asked Israelis how the felt about the upcoming give back of Gaza Strip. […]
