Would Obama Really Fight the War?

By Andrew C. McCarthy= "In 16 years of talking to and studying jihadists, I learned that what actually drives attacks and recruitment is American weakness. No display of weakness was more provocative than the U.S. pullouts from Beirut in 1983 and Somalia in 1993" ...."If pulling out of Afghanistan were seen in the same way those failures of resolve are seen, then that would be a strategic disaster. It might ultimately cost many American lives. What inspires wavering jihadists to join terror networks is the sense that the terrorists can win; what discourages them is the demonstration that they can’t."

U.S. Universities: Education or Indoctrination?

Pajamas Media "That’s right: Virginia Tech was telling prospective tenured faculty members that if they were not sufficiently committed to eliminating “socially constructed differences” and inequalities based on characteristics including “body size,” they were not wanted."

America’s Worst Colleges for Free Speech on Campus

by Robert Shibley "And Tufts University found an entire student newspaper guilty of “harassment” for publishing two pieces, one satirizing affirmative action and the other commenting on Islamic Awareness Week. The latter of these two pieces included only factually verifiable information about Islam, as well as quotes from the Koran."

Debate Over Tea Party Protest Numbers Masks the Real History Made

Pajamas Media "It is definitely an opposition movement, however. Certainly there is mass unhappiness with President Obama and his policies. And there is opposition to the Democrats in Congress. But does this really translate into electoral strength for Republicans? I am going to go out on a limb and say no. The anger here is a reaction (reactionary?) against a growing government, higher taxes, and the sense that the country that they grew up in is slipping away right before their eyes."

Who's afraid of Barack Obama?

Politico "His problem has been almost from the beginning that while Democrats on the Hill appreciate him, they're occasionally inspired by him, they're not all that impressed with him," said Bush political advisor Karl Rove. "They appreciate his diffident attitude, but I'm not sure it's one that inspires either fear or respect." What happened to that feared Chicago Machine?

Michael Moore And Harvey Weinstein Shut Out At Venice Film Festival; Israeli War Film 'Lebanon', U.S. Helmer Todd Solondz Win

Deadline.com "Two prominent American pictures were shut out of the festival's official jury awards -- Michael Moore's attack on corporate greed, Capitalism: A Love Story, and The Weinstein Company's The Road..."

Lashing Out at the Capitol

Washington Post "Tens of thousands of conservative protesters, many complaining that the nation is racing toward socialism, massed outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, angrily denouncing President Obama's health-care plan and other initiatives as threats to the Constitution. "

Get your free ‘I’m With Joe Wilson’ t-shirt

Palmetto Scoop Well, sorta free anyway.

Congressman Joe Wilson - rude but right

UK Telegraph "Check out this illuminating post from the Center for Immigration Studies. Its director ... estimates that 6.6 million illegal immigrants could be covered by the HR3200. "Even though HR 3200 states that illegal immigrants are not eligible for the proposed taxpayer-funded affordable premium credits, there is nothing in the bill to enforce this...""

Does Obama even care about 9/11?

By William Tate "But, remember, Barack Obama's "spiritual advisor," friend, and mentor for 20 years preached that 9/11 was "America's chickens coming home to roost." Obama appointed a green jobs commissar who signed a petition blaming the Bush administration for the attacks. And Obama, himself, essentially apologized to the Muslim world for America's response to the 9/11 attacks, by decrying George Bush's policies. "

Prosecute the ACORN video makers?

American Thinker "This is so outrageous that Michelle Malkin is giving Jessamy "The Malkin Treatment." When violations of common sense and the public sensibility is this bad, Michelle will publicize the offending official's email address and phone number, inviting her hundreds of thousands of readers to get in touch with the official in an attempt to change their mind."

S.C.'s Wilson Rakes In $750,000 in Less Than 48 Hours; Opponent Tops $1 Million

Washington Post "Republicans expect Wilson to also top more than $1 million by Monday because of the immense publicity he's received in the last 48 hours. ."