The Day I Met Sarah Palin and the Liberal Media

Red, White and Conservative "In one day I met a role model, and met the liberal media and their crafty schemes. I fell prey to liberal bias, but I’d like to think I did an okay job. We always want do-overs, and I can assure you if I had a do-over with Miss O’Donnell you’d see a much more prepared (well rested) and ready to go at it side of this 17 year old. But unlike Norah I didnt have my note cards with me. I was forced to think on the spot and answer a gotcha question. Her goal was clear, make this teenager look like an uneducated Palin supporting buffoon."

Obama and Holder gaffes could influence 9/11 trial, lawyers say

UK Telegraph "Remarks by the US president and Eric Holder, the Attorney General, forecasting a conviction for the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed could create unnecessary delays in the trial, analysts said. Defence lawyers were sure to apply to have the charges dismissed after Mr Obama made an overarching effort to reassure Americans that the decision to put Mohammed on trial at a federal court in New York was sound."

Possible Conspiracy To Falsify Temperature Data Uncovered

Newsbusters "E-mail messages between high-ranking scientists appear to indicate a conspiracy by some of the world's leading global warming alarmists to falsify temperature data in order to exaggerate global averages."

Top 10 Reasons you might be a progressive

American Thinker "7. If you are a congress person in a "free country" who has a Freudian Slip and tells someone you want to nationalize their whole industry while at the same time you are directing tax payer dollars to save a company you are part owner of... you might be a progressive."

Pennsylvania Union Leader Criticized for Threatening Legal Action Over Boy Scout's Volunteerism

Fox News "Nick Balzano, president of the [SEIU]'s Allentown chapter, said last week that the union might file a grievance against the city for allowing 17-year-old Kevin Anderson to clear the hiking trail, instead of paying some of the 39 recently laid-off SEIU members to do the work."

"Diversity" in media

Newsbusters "But their shared disdain for free speech and the free market extend way beyond just this. These "media reformers" seek to eradicate most or all private ownership of all information delivery - be it by radio, television or the internet - thereby leaving the federal government as sole purveyor."

Excused Horrors

By Walter E. Williams "Professor Kors asks why are the horrors of Nazism so well known and widely condemned, but not those of socialism and communism? For decades after World War II, people have hunted down and sought punishment for Nazi murderers. How much hunting down and seeking punishment for Stalinist and Maoist murderers? In Europe, especially Germany, hoisting the swastika-emblazoned Nazi flag is a crime. It’s acceptable to hoist and march under a flag emblazoned with the former USSR’s hammer and sickle."

EXCLUSIVE: CIA Secret 'Torture' Prison Found at Fancy Horseback Riding Academy

ABC News "Where affluent Lithuanians once rode show horses and sipped coffee at a café, the CIA installed a concrete structure where it could use harsh tactics to interrogate up to eight suspected al-Qaeda terrorists at a time." A little more Here .

A failed presidency is now unavoidable

By Monty Pelerin ""Not a very good first year for America, or the world, under a new leadership that promised a new respect, a new start, and a new way of doing business. It's new alright - it just isn't any good."We have a failed presidency that cannot be retrieved.".... "For the Democrats, it is a more difficult problem. Ultimately, I believe they will abandon ship. Politicians of both parties are like rats; they are survivors. All politicians will take that course which they believe gives them the best chance for individual survival. Loyalty be damned."

A top psychiatrist at Walter Reed warned Fort Hood about Hasan

By Rick Moran "Hasan's supervisor at Walter Reed sent the memo to the Walter Reed credentials committee. It reads, "Memorandum for: Credentials Committee. Subject: CPT Nidal Hasan." More than a page long, the document warns that: "The Faculty has serious concerns about CPT Hasan's professionalism and work ethic. ... He demonstrates a pattern of poor judgment and a lack of professionalism." It is signed by the chief of psychiatric residents at Walter Reed, Maj. Scott Moran. When shown the memo, two leading psychiatrists said it was so damning, it might have sunk Hasan's career if he had applied for a job outside the Army."

Palin's Pro-Israel Positions are a Michaya

Atlas Shrugs ""Palin supports the Jewish homeland against Islamic jihad and has been consistent on this. Here and here and here ....I have many links. Jewish leadership was wrong not to back her - they actually disinvited her to anti-Ahmadinejad rally in NY before the election. ...I am so behind Palin for president because she represents America's true hope of a noble, moral, exceptional country."

Obama Shrinks Chanukah Celebration at White House

Atlas Shrugs ""The guest list is expected to be shrunk by more than half, according to the Jerusalem Post. "Though several Jewish leaders expressed understanding ...they acknowledged that it would likely help feed feelings in some quarters of the American Jewish community that the White House is giving them the cold shoulder." The move comes on the heels of Obama's cancellation of an appearance before the General Assembly of North American Jewish Federations last week."