Tuesday, August 25, 2009

CIA interrogation program highlights lack of moral courage

BLACKFIVE "Now we have reached a point where we have told our enemies that we are not willing to actively interrogate them if they are captured. We have abdicated our responsibility to prevent evil and when future acts of terror kill innocents we are guilty for that failure."

Lisa Benson cartoon

Townhall

Cheney was right; Obama's wrong

American Thinker "The activities of the CIA in carrying out the policies of the Bush Administration were directly responsible for defeating all efforts by al Qaeda to launch further mass casualty attacks against the United States. The people involved deserve our gratitude. They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions. " Dick Cheney

Liberal Fascism is not a book anymore

American Thinker "The fog is clearing, and the Progressive path is becoming clearer. At his Liberal Fascism blog, author Jonah Goldberg starkly recapitulates the progress of the State under Obama:.."

Statement from Dr. Charles Krauthammer about his American Experiment Annual Dinner Remarks

American Experiment "This account is neither accurate nor authoritative. My views on Obama are well known. I’ve explained them in a series of five columns. "...."My views are clearly spelled out in that series of columns and subsequent writings. Anyone who wants to know my views should consult those and not this email. Charles Krauthammer"

Britain forced to fly in foreign doctors to fill in physician gaps

American Thinker "What happens to doctors under nationalized health insurance?They become like any union and negotiate for more money while working less. Doctors in Great Britain recently signed a contract that gives them evening and weekends off while paying them more. Of course, that leaves patients high and dry if they happen to need a doctor after hours."

Gary McCoy cartoon

Townhall

John Stossel's Take: Every Critic a Racist

ABC News "Come on. Every president eventually is criticized by the media – even one as “transcendent” as Obama. The President’s supporters should engage his critics with facts, not charges of racism."

Republicans Say Obama Administration Is Hampering U.S. Intelligence Efforts

CNS News "...Dick Cheney told The Weekly Standard, a conservative journal, that the decision "serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this administration's ability to be responsible for our nation's security.""

A WARNING LETTER TO AMERICA

UpPompeii "I am writing this letter to you in the hope that I can draw to your attention the dangerous route your country is taking, I am naught but an ordinary Englishman who is seeing the danger signs springing up in the country where my children live, below is what I see happening in America, and I would not like to see the USA going down the same disastrous route that the UK has been taken by its government."

Abortion: Which Side Is Fabricating?

FactCheck.org "Obama has said in the past that "reproductive services" would be covered by his public plan, so it’s likely that any new federal insurance plan would cover abortion unless Congress expressly prohibits that. Low- and moderate-income persons who would choose the "public plan" would qualify for federal subsidies to purchase it. Private plans that cover abortion also could be purchased with the help of federal subsidies."

Picturing The Enemy

IBD "Has there ever been a more outrageous trading of places? Those behind the attacks that murdered thousands are now the victims? And the courageous U.S. government officials who grilled them for the purpose of preventing further terrorist attacks are now the villains?"