The Imperial Presidency http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/275101 European royals make do with a less lavish lifestyle than the supposed citizen-executive of a so-called republic. Rick Perry, governor of Texas, has only been in the presidential race for 20 minutes, but he’s already delivered one of the best lines in the campaign: “I’ll work every day to try to […]
On Rick Perry and Purity http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/08/19/on-rick-perry-and-purity/ Obviously, Josh Trevino has the better argument here. At the moment, Perry is well positioned to be the candidate who can combine Bachmann’s charismatic conservatism with Romney’s experience and organization. Of course, at the end of the day, it is Perry’s record of job creation may be what puts […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2011/08/the_end_of_obamas_middle_east_pipe_dream.html The stars were always aligned against President Obama’s pipe dream of a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on Israel’s withdrawal to the 1949 armistice lines, with mutually agreed land swaps. But this week’s explosive expansion of a terror war against Israel from Gaza is a stark reminder to Israelis that the Palestinians […]
History, Hardliners, and Humility Western culture has changed, and Islamic culture can, too. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/275105 Liberty must always be exercised, and may only be maintained, “in a way of subjection to authority.” This sounds like it could have been written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the trailblazer of the modern Left, whose “social compact” decreed that any dissenter […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ PLEASE READ PERRY’S WORDS THAT GREENFIELD FINDS SO ANNOYING…I DEFY ANYONE TO REALLY SEE ANYTHING WRONG IN PERRY’S POLITICAL SPEECH…..THIS IS PURE NITPICKING…. DON’T LIKE HIM? DON’T VOTE FOR HIM…RSK “But I do not believe it is realistic to deport 12 million people already here illegally. We have to understand why millions of people […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ GREENFIELD HAS A SECTION ON PERRY…POSTED SEPARATELY…..RSK The left has run out of all other options– so now they’re banking on an alien invasion. First Paul Krugman suggested that if we faked an alien invasion, the government would have the go ahead to spend the crazy amounts of money he wanted it to spend […]
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Perry-urges-punishment-for-Americans-protesting-2081813.php Presidentially, Perry urges U.S. to halt Gaza flotilla Urging punishment for American participants, potential 2012 hopeful weighs in on support for Israel AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, highlighting his affinity for Israeli causes as he contemplates a presidential run, has urged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to aggressively work against a planned pro-Palestinian flotilla […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/rick-perry-is-not-the-5th-column-candidate/ For the modern left, the concept of political warfare abroad engenders a kind of squeamishness, if not revulsion; using propaganda to shape the public’s perceptions recalls outrage at the CIA’s information operations during the early years of the Cold War. While feigning shame for the history of robust promotion of America by the clandestine […]
Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/why-shouldnt-rick-perrys-islamic-ties-be-vetted.html YES OF COURSE HE SHOULD BE VETTED…WHO COULD ARGUE? HOWEVER, TO CALL HIM A “STEALTH JIHAD CANDIDATE” WHO SHOULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT, OR A “FIFTH COLUMN “PRESIDENT IS NOT VETTING. RSK The rush to anoint him our next President is overlooking a great deal. Imagine a candidate for President of […]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardminiter/2011/08/18/the-exciting-notion-of-arab-spring-is-a-jedi-mind-trick/ “Arab Spring,” as it has been portrayed by the Western media, is an illusion. Virtually every element of the media narrative — it is a spontaneous revolt, that it is Internet-driven, that it seeks democracy or income equality — is wrong or misleading. After extensive interviews across the region and two visits to North […]
