Friday, November 6, 2009
Great question; squishy answer
ABC News Jake Tapper: "Kind of a -- a theoretical question, but what -- at what point does an attack become considered a terrorist attack, even -- even if it's a domestic terrorist attack?"
Tea Partiers 'Stormed' Congress, But Pro-ObamaCare 'Activists' Simply 'Staged a Sit-in'
Newsbusters "Take Washington Post's Philip Rucker, who did masterful job in skewing his 19-paragaph-long page A4 story "Activists bring 'tea party' to Capitol Hill" in favor of ObamaCare proponents while smearing conservatives in a negative light. Rucker's labeling bias was a thread woven through the entire piece, starting with the lead paragraph (emphasis mine) ..."
Pregnant Soldier Shot Dead By Fort Hood Killer Screaming “Allahu Akbar” ..Update: Hasan Sat on Obama’s National Security Panel
Gateway Pundit "Velez was a sitting duck when the accused gunman, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, yelled “God is great” in Arabic and opened fire with the two guns he’d smuggled into an intake center, Col. John Rossi said at a post-massacre briefing." No mention of the child's father.
In Forcing Americans to Buy Health Insurance, Dems Are Saying, ‘The Hell With the Constitution,’ Mark Levin Says
CNS News "Both the House and Senate versions of health-care reform would force all individuals who are citizens or legal residents of the United States to buy health insurance or else pay a fine. That had Levin fuming..."
‘Kill the Bill,’ Conservatives Chant at ‘House Call’ Rally on Capitol Hill
CNS News I looked all through today's USA Today for mention of this huge rally and found only the mention of supporters and opponents staging "dueling demonstrations"
Hasan and Jihad
American Thinker "AP is now reporting that Lt. Gen. Cone of Ft Hood confirmed on the Today Show that Maj. Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" during his attack. Until this point, the American media have studiously refused to report this. As usual, the entire media establishment is devoted to obscuring the real threat that Jihad, the solemn obligation of all pious Muslims constitutes."
Hello, Tipping Point
WSJ "The White House knew its liberal agenda would prove unpopular in many parts of the country represented by Democrats. So long as the president looked strong, those Blue Dogs and freshmen and swing-state senators would stick. Show them any sign of weakness, however, and rattled Dems would begin to care more about their own re-elections than they did their president. Tuesday, the White House hit that tipping point. "
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
NBC Chicago "A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama."...."If the president's communications apparatus can't inform -- and protect -- their boss during tense moments when the country needs to see a focused commander-in-chief and a compassionate head of state, it has disastrous consequences for that president's party and supporters." Also this: Our clueless C in C AT
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Jon Voight: "Could It Be Obama has Had 20 Years of Programming from Reverend Wright to Damn America?"
HotAirPundit "His only success in his one year term as President is taking America apart piece by piece."
Analysis: Administration missteps hamper Mideast efforts
WaPo "Daniel Levy, a veteran Israeli peace negotiator now at the Century Foundation in Washington, summed up the administration's efforts in recent days as "amateur night at the Apollo Theater." He said the administration did not game out the consequences of its demands on the parties -- and then flinched."
The ‘C’ in ACLU Is for Cowardice
Pajamas Media "We’re past Halloween and approaching Christmas and gearing up for the biggest battles in the highest stakes contact sport there is. No, we’re not talking about college football’s bowl season. Rather, ’tis the season for filing legal briefs over Christmas displays."
Who is Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan?
WFAA Dallas "The Army psychiatrist suspected of carrying a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, had come to the attention of authorities six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats, law enforcement officials said Thursday."
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