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THE MOUTH THAT ROARED: VD HANSON’S DISSECTION OF OBAMARHETORIC

Saturday, October 24, 2009 The mouth that roared Victor Davis Hanson President Obama keeps roaring out deadlines like a lion – only later to meow like a little kitty. Remember, for example, how he bellowed to cheering partisan crowds that he would close down the detainment facility at Guantanamo within a year? The clock ticks […]

ANDREW BOSTOM:ALLAH’S APOSTATE CASSANDRA

Return to the Article October 24, 2009 Allah’s Apostate Cassandra By Andrew G. Bostom A review of Wafa Sultan’s, “A God Who Hates,” St. Martin’s Press, 2009, 256 pp. On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, an ominous interim decision was reached in the case of 17 year- old Sri Lankan native, and Christian “apostate” from Islam, […]

MARK STEYN: WE ARE NOT CUTTING IT

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=OTE1ZDU5OWIxODViODlhOTY3MmI1OTVmOTEzMjhlMDE= MARK STEYN Not Cutting It A few weeks ago, Zachary Christie of Newark, in Joe Biden’s Grand Duchy of Delaware, joined the Cub Scouts. In the course of so doing, he acquired one of those combination knife-fork-spoon utensils that come in so useful when you’re tucking in to a hearty meal round the campfire. […]

THE LEFT’S IDEOLOGY: STUPID AND MEAN

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=Y2ZmYThiOWMzYmU5YzI5NmNiNjJhODY1YzRiNTc1MGE= Amir Shah/AP Realism Minus Reality, Idealism Minus Ideals The Left’s foreign policy waxes stupid and mean JONAH GOLDBERG The Taliban throws acid in the faces of little girls for trying to learn to read. It also bombs grade schools with poison gas, crushes homosexuals, and executes dissidents of every conceivable definition. Medieval, hyper-religious, misogynistic, […]

FISSION, BABY, FISSION…WE NEED MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS…..AMEN

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/print/?q=OWMzMDczMjgxN2FkZjM0N2JlOGQzOWEyMmFlYzUzOTE= ENERGY 2009 Fission, Baby, Fission! We need a hundred new nuclear plants LAMAR ALEXANDER To cut carbon emissions, the House of Representatives has devised a cap-and-trade plan that also mandates a switch to renewable resources — wind, sunshine, and “biomass” — for 20 percent of our energy by 2020. Democrats on the Senate Energy […]

THE OBAMINABLE WAR AGAINST A LEGITIMATE NEWS CHANNEL

Fox Wars The Obama administration wants to delegitimize any significant dissent. By Charles Krauthammer Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’s bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. […]

HOPE AND CHANGE? FAT CHANCE

October 22, 2009 Exclusive: First Amendment in the Age of Hope and Change? Fat Chance! Pam Meister Americans were assured after the presidential election of 2008 that this nation would come together. Political rifts would scab over and heal and citizens would become more than just a melting pot; they’d turn into the equivalent of […]

J STREET…LEFT TURN ONLY; GABE SCHOENFELD

New York Post, Opinion October 22, 2009 Another Obama Test on Israel Gabriel Schoenfeld J-street is a new Washington, DC-based Jewish lobbying group that is seeking a place at the table alongside more venerable organizations like the American Jewish Committee and the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee. Started only a year ago with generous “seed money” […]

OBAMA’S MUSLIM CZARINA

http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/obamas-muslim-czar/ Obama’s Muslim Czar 22 10 2009 Dalia Mogahed is advisor on all matters Islamic whom Obama has appointed to the Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.  She describes her role in the Obama administration as a communicator to the president and other public officials of “what it is Muslims want.” In other words, she is […]

NATION BUILDING IS A DISTRACTION IN THE MOSLEM WORLD

DIANA WEST http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1009/west102309.php3?printer_friendly When it comes to Afghanistan, what separates President Barack Obama and Gen. Stanley McChrystal? Not much. Neither wants to destroy the Taliban — just tamp it down to the point where an as-yet non-existent Afghan state can function. Which is why — prediction time — McChrystal won’t quit when Obama gives him […]