http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2011/09/01/perrys_campaign_against_the_new_deal/print WASHINGTON — It is an ideological milestone that the emerging Republican front-runner is as skeptical of the New Deal as anyone in his position since the New Deal. During the 1936 election, Republican nominee Alf Landon called Social Security “unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wastefully financed.” Now, according to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Social […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2011/09/02/the_jihad_is_against_the_bible So much for those slivers of real estate as being the driver of war on Israel. It is, in fact, a jihad, a religious war against Judaism and the land of the Bible, root of Christianity. As Ye’or puts it, “Israel, in the land of its history, towns and villages, resuscitates the Bible, the […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/09/02/americas_uncle_omar_problem/print “Always remember. Never forget.” The phrase is now emblazoned in red across the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website. But as the Obama administration disseminates its talking points to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 jihadist attacks, the White House remains stone-silent about the president’s Uncle Omar problem. The refusal to deal with […]
http://www.prudenpolitics.com We’re getting close to the beginning of the new presidential election cycle, so we must get back to Sunday school. The pundits are parsing religion again. Somebody has to pose the liberal’s religious test for public office. Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, thinks the nation is in peril because […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/08/31/here-comes-the-sun-and-there-goes-anthropogenic-warmism/ Here Comes The Sun (And There Goes Anthropogenic Warmism) As Lawrence Solomon has reported [1], with little fanfare—certainly none from pseudo-scientific [2], apocalyptic, anthropogenic warmists and their uncritical (if witless) media and political champions—Jasper Kirkby [3] et al. have just published a seminal paper in Nature [4] (“Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/1/obama-sets-bar-lower-recent-stump-rhetoric/ When he ran for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama sprinkled his campaign speeches with ambitious catchphrases such as “the fierce urgency of now” and “yes we can.” Nowadays, as he gears up for his re-election campaign, prepares a much-anticipated address on the economy to Congress and confronts some of the worst polling numbers […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/1/pentagon-fears-listening-posts-from-china/ THIS GOES WAY BACK TO THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE WHICH SOLD TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA: SEE THESE STORIES ALL FROM 1998: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/missile/keystories.htm A Pentagon report has found that a multibillion-dollar Chinese telecommunications company that has been seeking to make major inroads in the U.S. market has close ties to China’s military, despite the company’s denials. […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/1/israels-flotilla-interception-ruled-lawful/?page=all#pagebreak “LAWFULLY BUT EXCESSIVELY? “….RSK Israel acted lawfully but excessively when it intercepted a Turkish vessel seeking to breach the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip last year, according to a long-awaited U.N. report on a skirmish that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists and the collapse of the Israeli-Turkish alliance. A copy […]
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/09/01/open-season/print The flailing attacks on Rick Perry multiply as he pulls easily ahead of the Republican field. Journalists had rooted for an exciting figure to parachute into the lackluster race but now probably regret that hope. Perry scares them. He is, by their lights, a “terrifying” critic of the New Deal and Great Society, a […]
DO THE PROTESTING IDIOTS EVEN KNOW THAT THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC USED TO BE NAMED THE “PALESTINE ORCHESTRA”? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14756736 Anti-Israel protests disrupt BBC Proms concertA group of about 20 people had gathered outside the hall to protest the appearance of the orchestraProtesters have disrupted the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s BBC Proms concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. […]