Saturday, March 5, 2011

Frankfurt Airport Shooting: RIP Heroes, Praying for Speedy Recovery to Those Who Were Injured


Alden
JAWA Report  "KARLSRUHE, Germany — U.S. Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden was standing outside of a bus at Frankfurt airport when a young man first asked him for a cigarette, then whether he was bound for Afghanistan.
Cuddeback

"When Alden answered yes, the 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian fatally shot him, point blank, in the back of the head, then stormed aboard the bus shouting “Allah Akbar” — Arabic for “God is great.” He shot and killed Airman 1st Class Zachary R. Cuddeback, who was at the wheel, then shot and injured two others, German authorities said Friday."

Two more funerals for the Westboro Baptist Church to attend.

No Drilling Allowed

ABC Finally Asks The Oil Question

Big Journalism  "Then finally, Jake gets to the heart of the matter and he’s going to answer the question Robin asked him during the intro to the story. “What is the White House doing about this?” he asks to no one in particular.
"Here’s the answer: “The President is … uh … uh … extremely aware of the impact that the spike in oil prices can have in gas prices,” said his spokesman Jay Carney is a short, choppy sentence.
"That’s tough talk? Tough talk? I felt like Ralphie after he opened the Ovaltine prize and found the clue was a “stinking commercial.”"

The New Middle East

 Caroline Glick  "In light of the Obama administration's refusal to use US military force for even the most minor missions - like evacuating US citizens from Libya - without UN approval, it is apparent that the US will not use armed force against Iran for as long as Obama is in power.
"And given the administration's refusal to expend any effort to protect US interests and allies in the region lest the US be accused of acting like a superpower, it is clear that US allies like the Saudis will not be able to depend on America to defend the regime. This is the case despite the fact that its overthrow would threaten the US's core regional interests."
More proof that our security must never, never be left in the hands of Democrats. Their guilt at being Americans saps them of all courage and conviction. 

Who is Caroline Glick? Read her most interesting biography here.

Iranian Regime Warns Obama Administration: US Intervention in Libya Will Result in “Fatal Consequences”   "The top military official noted that the capitalist system is seeking to develop its strategies in the wealthy and Muslim states which possess abundant oil wells and resources, and mentioned, “The reality is that the US wants to stage a military intervention to find control over Libya’s oil wells as it did in Iraq with the Iraqi oil.”"  Which puts the Iranians pretty much in line with left-wing progressive American bloggers who have intimidated this administration.

Braun E-Mails Suggest Factors That Led to Loss

NY Tmes  "In a series of internal campaign e-mails obtained by The Chicago News Cooperative, David Schaffer, an adviser to Ms. Braun, said “all factors” indicated that Ms. Braun would finish second and qualify for a runoff election against Rahm Emanuel by winning the vast majority of black votes."....
 "“It was a terrible mistake,” Mr. Noonan said this week. “The thinking was: ‘Why waste our time with African-American voters? They have no other place to go.’ ” "


How Barack Obama Could Not Have Won the Democratic Nomination Without ABC, CBS and NBC


Political ad, or network news report?
 Media Research Center   "The early celebrity coverage helped make Obama a nationally-known figure with a near-perfect media image. The protectiveness that reporters showed during the early primaries made it difficult for his rivals to effectively criticize him. And when it came to controversies such as the Wright affair, network reporters acted more as defenders than as journalists in an adversarial relationship. If the media did not actually win the Democratic nomination for Barack Obama, they surely made it a whole lot easier."

Now having read that, consider this: CBS Sees Too Much 'Personal Baggage' for Gingrich...  "Political analyst John Dickerson agreed with Wragge's assessment: "Well, some of that baggage, they're trophies. He can say, 'I fought for these principles harder than anyone else.' But as you say, the personal baggage is considerable. He's not only had multiple marriages but he is an admitted adulterer. That matters in Republican primaries, where religious voters care about that kind of thing.""  Then perhaps Newt could run as a Democrat.