Ramirez: A familiar smell at the UN

Hot Air "Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist noted Hugo Chavez’s pleasure at not smelling sulphur when he spoke at the UN podium this week, unlike his last appearance when he went out of his way to personally insult then-President George W. Bush."

They're Back

JINSA "What's the problem? The problem is that it walks the world back more than 60 years, restores the Cold War balance of power, and reminds countries yet again that America's reliability as an ally is questionable. [What Americans think of as an admirable change in leadership every four or eight years is sometimes seen by others as dangerous instability. And sometimes it is.]"

I Intend to Protest Your Protest

by Mike Adams "Members of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at Michigan State University (MSU) didn’t know what they were getting into when they tried to suppress the free speech rights of Professor Indrek Wichman." Read more.... "Indrek Wichman is not your typical college professor. He is a true First Amendment hero. "

Learning to Love the French: When Sarkozy Spoke Truth to Obama

Claudia Rosett /Pajamas Media "President Obama himself has said that he dreams of a world without nuclear weapons. Before our very eyes, two countries are doing exactly the opposite at this very moment. Since 2005, Iran has violated five Security Council Resolutions. ...I support America’s extended hand. But what have these proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but more enriched uranium and more centrifuges. And last but not least, it has resulted in a statement by Iranian leaders calling for wiping off the map a Member of the United Nations. What are we to do? What conclusion are we to draw? At a certain moment hard facts will force us to take decisions."

Michael Yon; report from the battlefield

Michael Yon "Some of the smokescreens are less important but they are demonstrative of the pattern: On 20 August a, CH-47 helicopter was shot down by a Taliban RPG during a British Special Forces mission. Richardson reported that the aircraft landed due to an engine fire. Some hours later, while I was on a mission nearby, the Taliban were singing over the radios about shooting it down. I heard the rumble when the helicopter was destroyed by airstrikes. The Taliban knew they hit the helicopter. So who is Richardson lying to? Not the enemy…unless the enemy is the British public."

McChrystal troops request shelved pending review

Yahoo News "The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has submitted a request for more troops, a spokesman said Saturday, but the Pentagon will hold it while President Barack Obama decides what strategy to pursue."

Sarah Palin on Yom Kippur..... "may G-d Bless the Jewish people"

Atlas Shrugs "A speech was given at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that was full of hateful anti-Semitic rhetoric. It was a shameful display before a body whose very charter is premised on the need for co-operation and harmony in pursuit of peaceful co-existence between nations. Such talk was especially abhorrent coming as it did during the Jewish High Holidays."

Gary Varvel cartoon

World Magazine

EDITORIAL: Leader of the Free World no more

Washington Times/ Lucianne "Mr. Obama's address was the predictable mix of criticism of the past policies of the United States, self-praise for correcting said policies and vague calls to united action on matters of collective interest. It sought to ingratiate rather than offend. But Mr. Netanyahu chastised the United Nations for its "systematic assault on the truth." He spoke truths that Mr. Obama would never whisper regarding the regime in Iran, which is "fueled by an extreme fundamentalism" and an "unforgiving creed." " Emphasis added. Complete Text of Netanyahu's speech.

The Christian Political Heritage

By Chuck Colson "Take this quotation from a history textbook: "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God," this famous Virginian writes; "and to recognize . . . that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord." Is this the voice of a zealot from the radical right? No, it's the voice of George Washington, born in Wakefield, Virginia, and our nation's first president."

Pelosi must put up or shut up about demonstrators

American Thinker "The ongoing newsout of the Pittsburgh G20 Summit protests is one of violence, tear gas, and arrests. There was none of that at the 9/12 DC Tea Party, not even trash to be cleaned up. Just a week ago, Ms Pelosi tearfully said, "...our country is great because people can say what they think and they believe. But I also think that they have to take responsibility for any incitement that they may cause.""

While Obama slept

Ed Lasky "There has been a bill in Congress - the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act - that has been bottled up by Howard Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in deference to Obama's "diplomacy", Now it appears that Congressman Berman is piqued that Barack Obama had information regarding Iran's duplicity and hid it from prying eyes. Berman writes an op-ed in today's Washington Post indicating that he intends to move on the bill in the coming months."