RUTHFULLY YOURS

“Are you finding it difficult to satisfy the Tea Party?

I speak honestly and I speak plainly. The perfect candidate that everyone ever has agreed with — I’m still waiting for that man or woman to show up. I made a lot of decisions and I’ve got a substantial record. From time to time I’ll get something wrong. I’ll admit it those times when I have not been correct. But people will never have to guess where I stand on an issue.”

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Rick Perry Exclusive: The GOP’s Fiery Front-Runner on His Rise, Record and Rhetoric
The hard-charging governor commands a Texas-sized lead in the polls. In an interview with TIME’s Richard Stengel and Mark Halperin, Perry defends his controversial résumé and explains why Americans aren’t looking for “political correctness” in 2012. Lightly edited excerpts follow.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1685/pub_detail.asp Billions in Unemployment Benefits Paid in Error. [WSJ] General Reported He Was Pressured on Testimony About White House-Backed Project [FOX] Administration’s List of Religious Freedom Violators Excludes Pakistan, 5 Others [CNS] Mortgage default warnings spiked in August, signaling potential new foreclosure wave [AP] White House Backed $535 Million Solyndra Aid as Auditor Warned on […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10387/pub_detail.asp Attack Watch: An Unintended “Talking Point” If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. In June of 2009, the White House launched an “inform on your fellow Americans” email campaign. It was subsequently and immediately swamped beyond capacity with ridicule, anger, and mockery by Americans who were offended by the suggestion that they […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10391/pub_detail.asp Unless you’ve been living under a soundproofed rock for the past two and a half years you know that the approval rating for our nation’s politicians is pathetically low. President Obama’s approvals are hovering around 44 percent while Congress’ approval rating hardly shows-up on the radar screen at 13 percent, and rightfully so. Those […]

Stop the Islamization of America Posted By Jamie Glazov URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/16/stop-the-islamization-of-america/ Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Pamela Geller, the founder, editor, and publisher of AtlasShrugs.com. She is the executive director of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA), as well as the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), and is a regular columnist for the American Thinker, […]

Palestinians Promote Genocide; NYTimes Silent Posted By Kenneth Levin URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/16/palestinians-promote-genocide-nytimes-silent/   If Palestinian leaders indoctrinate their people to pursue genocide and the New York Times doesn’t report it, is the indoctrination nevertheless of consequence? In a recent poll of Palestinian opinion – conducted by Stanley Greenberg, leading pollster for the Democratic party, […]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/277383 The Big Hoss  With Perry’s entry, the GOP presidential race got the adrenaline shot it lacked. You could tell Rick Perry was going to be a big problem for Mitt Romney as soon as the Texas governor started blowing him kisses. Asked a question on his first campaign leg about a Romney talking point, […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Al Beeb’s Man In Cairo Mistaken For A Jew Sometimes – just sometimes – a chink of light penetrates the curtain of denial that the BBC habitually drapes over any suggestion that all is not springlike about the Arab uprisings. Sometimes – just sometimes – an Al Beeb reporter (though not usually “Middle East […]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576572902849887600.html?mod=opinion_newsreel Optimists Were Wrong About the Arab Spring There’s a reason that hatred of Israel played well on the Arab street. I wasn’t alone, but the mea culpa is all mine. Like many, I thought that dawn was finally breaking over the Arab world when those nice, middle-class crowds thronged Cairo’s Tahrir Square chanting “freedom” […]

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By RICK PERRY

The historic friendship between the United States and Israel stretches from the founding of the Jewish state in 1948 to the present day. Our nations have developed vital economic and security relationships in an alliance based on shared democratic principles, deep cultural ties, and common strategic interests. Historian T.R. Fehrenbach once observed that my home state of Texas and Israel share the experience of “civilized men and women thrown into new and harsh conditions, beset by enemies.”

Surrounded by unfriendly neighbors and terror organizations that aim to destroy her, the Jewish state has never had an easy life. Today, the challenges are mounting. Israel faces growing hostility from Turkey. Its three-decades-old peace with Egypt hangs by a thread. Iran pursues nuclear weapons its leaders vow to use to annihilate Israel. Terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians from Hezbollah and Hamas continue. And now, the Palestinian leadership is intent on destroying the possibility of a negotiated settlement of the conflict with Israel in favor of unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by the United Nations.