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HOUSE PANEL OKAYS INVESTIGATION OF GITMO LAWYERS

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/21/house-panel-oks-probe-of-gitmo-attorneys/print/ House panel OKs probe of Gitmo lawyers Bill Gertz The House Armed Services Committee approved legislation Wednesday that would require the Pentagon’s inspector general to conduct an investigation into whether defense attorneys for detainees at the detention facility at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, acted improperly. The measure is part of a $760 […]

CALDERON BLAMES US FOR GUNS, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE…

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/21/calderon-faults-us-guns-for-mexico-violence/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_must-read-stories-today KARA ROWLAND Mexican President Felipe Calderon called on Congress on Thursday to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons that he said are ending up in the hands of violent drug cartels south of the border, using a highly contentious estimate of U.S. guns seized in Mexico when addressing Capitol Hill lawmakers. Mr. Calderone […]

OBAMATHONS USING RAND PAUL TO SMEAR THE OPPOSITION…SEE NOTE

The son of a ron is a creep but this puts some good Republicans in a corner….Will they distance themselves from Paul? Palin and De Mint will not…and Mitch McConnell who is in Kentucky was principled in his opposition….now what. This nasty Rand is a hot potato….rsk RUTH — Kentucky Republican Rand Paul was born […]

BROWNOUT IN MASSACHUSSETTS AS SCOTT OKAYS MASSIVE FINANCIAL REGULATION BILL

Actually, four Republicans voted yes — Collins, Snowe, and Chuck Grassley were the others — but it was Scotty B who flipped today to make it happen. Brown told reporters that he had in fact given Reid his word that he would vote if his concerns were addressed in the bill, but that he voted […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS NRO INTERVIEW ON A WORLD GONE MAD

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NmJlYzJjOTIyMjk0YTZjYzE2ZDg0ZmM2ZDlmMDFhZmY= May 20, 2010 4:00 A.M. Melanie Phillips on a World Gone Mad The British author on Princess Diana, Barack Obama, Israel, and pathological projection. Melanie Phillips, the British journalist, is author of The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power. As the title suggests, the book covers a lot […]

NO DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB…IT’S A SCARECROW YORAM ETTINGER

Follow me @YoramEttinger http://twitter.com/YoramEttinger No Demographic Time Bomb; It’s a Demographic Scarecrow Bomb The Australian Jewish News, May 14, 2010 Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger “Second Thought: A US-Israel Initiative” Anyone suggesting that Jews are doomed to become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean is either dramatically mistaken or outrageously misleading. In contrast […]

THE BAD THE GOOD: ELECTIONS ARE COMING

  FIRST: THE BAD   PRINCELLA SMITH OF ARKANSAS LOST HER BID IN THE PRIMARIES. SHE’S ONLY 26 AND HAS TIME, SMARTS AND WILLPOWER. IT’S A POTHOLE NOT AN AXLEBREAKER.   RAND PAUL WON…AND THAT IS REALLY TOO BAD…HE WILL BE A SENATOR IN THE MOLD OR SHOULD I SAY MOULD OF FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR […]

A MUSLIM ONLY ENCLAVE IN PHILADELPHIA?

  http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6268/pub_detail.asp   Exclusive: ‘Muslims-Only’ Enclave Thrives In Philadelphia Paul Williams, PhD Thanks to U.S. taxpayers, an Islamic enclave is being carved out of the heart of the City of Brotherly Love. And how generous have you been with your tax dollars? You just gave $1.6 billion for the privilege of turning over all this […]

The Price of Arrogance: Second Military Expeditionary Brigade Honors its Dead

  http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6270/pub_detail.asp   The Price of Arrogance: Second Military Expeditionary Brigade Honors its Dead John Bernard I just returned, with my family, from the Second Military Expeditionary Brigade’s Memorial service honoring those who fell in the past year. Those honored included my son, Josh. As is always the case, the United States Marine Corps showed […]

TWO DISSIDENTS: CHOMSKY AND WILDERS

  http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/ A Tale of two “dissidents”: Chomsky denied entry to West Bank; Wilders denied entry to Britain Consider two examples of a western democracy refusing entry through its borders to a foreign dignitary on the grounds of a disagreement with his political beliefs. In the first case, the man in question was denied entry […]