Sunday, August 23, 2009
Outrageous negligence: First US fumbled case against would be terrorist, then lost deportation trial
Shawarma Mayor "Just like Ayers, who admitted to his terrorist actions but was let go on technicality, so does this guy - who had irrefutable evidence stacked against him - gets a free pass." "I'm a terrorist and I vote Democrat!"
Seller, beware: Feds cracking down on garage sales
McClatchy "The crackdown affects sellers ranging from major thrift-store operators such as Goodwill and the Salvation Army to everyday Americans cleaning out their attics for yard sales..." Hat tip to Rogue Government. They just can't leave us alone!
We Are the Children: Sing in Unison to Save a Dictator
Pajamas Media "Today, a new, democratic Iraq has become a force for good in the Middle East, having changed the region’s ideological balance in favor of democracy and freedom. And yet not a single vocal opponent of the Bush doctrine, including Barack Obama himself, has retracted his prior statements intended to prevent such an outcome."
Whose Medical Decisions? Part 1 of a series
By Thomas Sowell, Townhall [Zeke Emanuel] said, "the chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health care bill out there." He added: "It is very difficult to imagine the country making those decisions just through the normal political channels. That is why you have to have some independent group (a panel? Ed.) that can give you guidance."
Who’s in Charge of Diplomacy?
by Victor Davis Hanson "I think the more we ponder the Clinton trip, the worse it is going to be appraised. We have hostages in Iran. An American soldier is being held by the Taliban. Our allies have hostages in North Korea. So what conditions determined the spouse of the secretary of state to make a special trip to meet demands imposed by the North Koreans kidnappers to release their hostages?"
Afghanistan and the Polls
By Max Boot, Commentary Magazine "The war in Afghanistan is shaping up as an important test of whether President Obama craves popularity above all or whether he is willing to make the tough, sometimes unpopular decisions that being commander in chief require."
The NY Times Draws a Map for al-Qaeda
By Max Boot, Commentary Magazine "Where, I wonder, is the scandal? Is the scandal from the Times’s viewpoint that our government is killing terrorists rather than reading them their Miranda rights?"
What Was Really Behind the Lockerbie Bomber’s Release?
Pajamas Media "The mass murderer's release may have been motivated by lucrative oil deals and anti-Americanism rather than compassion for a dying man."
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Throw Out The Democratic Health Care Sponge
Legal Insurrection "Even if the left-wing of the Democratic Party were to allow compromise, there is so much wrong with the current proposals, so many nuggets of bureaucratic deviousness hidden in hundreds of obscure, often cross-referenced, provisions, that it is like squeezing soap from a sponge. Every time you think it is all gone, another squeeze brings more of the mischief to the surface."
Lance Corporal Richard Weinmaster - Someone You Should Know
BLACKFIVE "In the heat of an ambush in Afghanistan's most lawless province, a 19-year-old Nebraskan jumped in front of a grenade to shield other Marines in his platoon.Richard Weinmaster was critically wounded by the blast. But the bloodied Cozad native stayed in the fight, firing his machine gun at the enemy position until he collapsed from his wounds."
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