Russia plans to sell missiles to Syria protested by Israel- World News

The Freedomist "Israel opposes the planned Russian sale of advanced anti-ship missiles to arch-foe Syria and will lodge a protest with Moscow, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday."
This happens when pacifism reigns in America and we surrender our role as the counterweight to warlike nations.

Current Issue of Defense News on U.S. Attitudes Toward Israeli Defense Policy  "A recent charm offensive by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has yet to reassure the Israelis and key U.S. lawmakers, rattled by tense exchanges with the Netanyahu government over Mideast diplomacy, Iran strategy and weapons deals with Arab states."
Cartoon via Infidel Bloggers Alliance.

Helen Thomas to be Honored by American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Newsbusters "Elan Steinberg, vice president of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, immediately blasted the two appearances.
""The decision to honor Helen Thomas is a disgrace and a moral taint on the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee," Steinberg said in a statement to POLITICO. "Holocaust survivors and their families were deeply shocked by Helen Thomas' comments. Her monstrous call for Jews to go back to the places where we were gassed and burned were profoundly anti-American words of hate.""

Canadians Walk Out on Ahmadinejad at UN – US Officials Stay Put

Gateway Pundit  "Western diplomats, including those from Canada, have in recent years made a show of walking out on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whenever he addresses the UN General Assembly."

Iran Sinks into the Muck  "Other very obvious signs of the disintegration of regime coherence abound– such as the repeated calls from the Supreme Leader and the people around him for “unity” (a sure sign they don’t have any).  Take, for example, the recent defections of Iranian diplomats based overseas. The two latest ones (one in Brussels, the other in Helsinki) were not merely disgruntled diplomats leaving their country’s foreign service; both proclaimed themselves followers of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Green Movement, and both forecast that others would soon follow them into open opposition. We shall see."
Michael Ledeen

A Failed Presidency and a Broken Party

Peter Wehner "In some respects, of course, President Obama has transformed America — but in ways many American find alarming. What we are seeing all across our land is an extraordinary, organic movement rising up against Obamaism. If you go to the heart of this effort, beyond even the policy differences themselves, what you will find is an effort to restore America. It is a direct, energetic, and sometimes rambunctious response to the president’s transformational project, to his effort to remake America in his own liberal image and conforming to his own liberal views and values."

Things Christine O'Donnell didn't do

American Thinker  "The press is obsessed that Delaware Republican Senate nominee, Christine O'Donnell said that as a high-school student she hung out with kids who styled themselves witches.
"For this we're now to conclude that she's unfit to serve in the Congress of the United States A body composed of individuals of the most admirable rectitude. Apparently none of them ever did anything silly in high school.
"Furthermore, we do know that O'Donnell similarly falls short of standards set by Democratic law makers and chief executives because she never:...Wait for it...

O'Donnell Witch Hunt   "The GOP's chosen nominee for senator from Delaware is being asked to defend comments about the occult. Hey, it's not as if she "dabbled" in the KKK or Marxism or seanced with a very dead Eleanor Roosevelt.
"Be careful whom you date in high school or what you dabble in to humor a boyfriend. Those skeletons in your closet may come back to haunt you, particularly if you become a conservative Tea Party candidate fighting to stop creeping socialism in America."


Fox poll shows O’Donnell down 15 points  "In a poll of 1,000 likely Delaware voters, Christine O’Donnell trails Chris Coons by 15 points, 54/36.  Had the GOP nominated Mike Castle, he would have led Coons by 15, 48/33."

The Rushdie Rule

Infidel Bloggers  "Other Western leaders have faltered in defense of free expression. The governments of Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Israel, and the Netherlands have all attempted to jail or succeeded in jailing Rushdie Rule offenders.

"The Obama administration has now joined this ignominious list."

Apparently, some religions are more equal than others  "While proponents of an Islamic community center/mosque within crashing distance of the World Trade Center were demonstrating and pontificating on the rights of a religious group to build anywhere, these same people were (not so) amazingly silent about the denial of another minority religious group whose adherents also dress distinctly to build their house of worship and community. Perhaps the reason this latter group's plight has been ignored is that its members do not preach hatred against America or against people who practice a different religion."  Ethel C. Fenig.

Summers and Geithner leaving?

Lisa Benson

William Kristol  "On the one hand, Republicans will chortle that the rats are fleeing a sinking ship. They may be right. Or have the rats been shoved overboard? Could this mean that Obama is ruthless enough to act, after Nov. 2, to change staff, change course, and try to save his presidency?"

Hollywood Feminism: ‘People Magazine’ Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Being A Woman

Big Hollywood  "Being a woman is great in this post proto-feminist world, and if you aren’t already a modern woman, I’d like to take you out of the kitchen and bring you up to speed. I was raised to believe in antiquated ideas — such as a woman needs to act like a lady and that a child needs both a mother and a father! Preposterous. Last week I squeezed out eight fatherless kids while at the sports bar during half-time – I do have a few pre-existing kids from different baby daddies, but I was keeping up with all the octomoms in the neighborhood.

"Multiple births are the new Mercedes."

Jon Hamm: Tea Party Has Racist ‘Secret Agenda’

Big Hollywood  "In a Real Time segment that will shock none of you and disappoint many of you, Mad Men star Jon Hamm suggests the Tea Party has a racist “secret agenda.” Is there something that happens to you when you become a huge star in Hollywood, the type of star that simultaneously has an Emmy-winning television show and the number one film in America, that makes you unable to understand that Americans are often partial to limited government and Constitutional principles without being a part of some racist vast right-wing conspiracy?
"You almost have to thank Maher for asking the question. If he was a conservative, you’d immediately think he set Hamm up to say something stupid."

Hamas Terror Group Threatens to Kill Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit in Latest Video

Gateway Pundit  "This week the Hamas terrorist group released video of two terrorists threatening to kill kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit." 

Will the Media Remember Gilad Shalit? "This Friday marks the fourth anniversary of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's kidnapping and incarceration by Hamas in Gaza. Israel has, during this period, allowed [tons] of humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and has now relaxed restrictions on the transfer of goods. Shalit has not even been allowed a visit by the Red Cross." Via HonestReporting

Democrats fighting election battles ask environmentalists, 'Where are you guys?'

LA Times   "Energy companies and businesses are ramping up spending on candidates and issues, while environmental groups face lagging donations and enthusiasm for campaigns key to climate change action."

Mike Ramirez, Townhall

Debating the DREAM Act

Max Boot  "In the process, we can use our armed forces and our universities as they have long been used — to integrate newcomers into the mainstream of American society. If we don’t, we risk expanding the underclass of undocumented immigrants who turn to illicit activities because legal work and education are closed to them."