Non-STARTer ; Another Obama diplomatic failure?

by Fred Barnes "Early decisions on arms control have come back to haunt Obama. He could have pushed for a simple five-year extension, the process for which is spelled out in the 1991 treaty. Or he could have sought an amended treaty. Instead, the administration took on the more complicated task of negotiating a new treaty."

Four Lakewood police officers shot and killed in 'ambush'

KING5, Seattle ""This was more of an execution. Walk in with the specific mindset to shoot police officers," Troyer said."....

Candid Camera Moments

by Victor Davis Hanson "Again, in all these incidents, there is a certain roughness and crassness that infuriates the public — e-mails nearly rejoicing over the death of a climate-change-skeptic, an obsequious president bowing before autocrats like the Chinese and Saudis, and community organizers gleefully offering advice on child prostitution."

The warmist PR con job

Clarice Feldman, AT "Chris Horner writing for Big Government reveals that the principle warmist blogsite, Real Climate, is a Fenton operation. Fenton Communications is the left wing PR operation that promoted the Alar scare and other bogus health scares, and are the poeple who created the infamous "General Betray Us" ad attacking Gneeral(sp) Petraeus. Emphasis added. David Fenton bio: "... Fenton leaked a damning (but false and unsubstantiated) report on Alar to CBS News. The report had not undergone scientific review, and was not based on human exposure to Alar. Nevertheless, Fenton and NRDC concluded that Alar caused cancer, particularly in children. CBS jumped at the release and aired a feature on “60 Minutes.” The nationwide panic that followed devastated apple growers across the country and forced Alar’s manufacturer to withdraw the product from the market." This guy is toxic.

Bowing, Dithering and Trashing America

by Victor Davis Hanson "We may see one of two things happen: Either the country will move more to the left in four years than it has in the last 50; or Obama will take down with him both the Democratic Congress and the very notion of responsible liberal governance, thereby achieving a Jimmy Carter–type legacy. The next year will be one of the most interesting in memory."

Climategate: It’s the Totalitarianism, Stupid

Pajamas Media "A successful political machine has to have monopoly control over the media, and it must be able to corrupt or coerce all the centers of power — the cops, the courts, the drug mafias, the businesses, the rackets. That’s how the global warming conspiracy operated. Robert Tracinski has been doggedly pursuing this story, and he points out that the liberal media were in cahoots with the machine: [A]nyone doubting that the mainstream media is in on it, too, should check out New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin’s toadying apologia for the CRU e-mails, masquerading as a news report."

Great Britain's 'Greatest Generation' wonders where their country went

Rick Moran "This goes far beyond the idea that old folks can't accept change. This attitude appears to go to the heart of how they defined their country and have seen that definition replaced with something else. The parallels to America are obvious. With Obama seeking to redefine America - not based on our founding principles - there may come a time in the not too distant future when many of us will be echoing the thoughts of these British men and women - their greatest generation."

Cal Thomas: Media Eager to Criticize Bush for Abu Gharib Now Reluctant to Criticize Obama for Navy SEAL Court Martial

Newsbusters- "It's a night and day difference between the media's scrutiny of former President George W. Bush and the current command-in-chief, President Barack Obama. And the coverage of three Navy SEALs now facing a court martial that captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq..."

NY Times Reveals More Classified Information, Largely Ignores ClimateGate

JammieWearingFool "During the Bush Administration, it was Pulitzer material to expose anti-terrorism methods and operations including:* The Terrorist Surveillance Program* How we tracked terrorist financing* Exposing secret terrorist holding facilities in allied countries* Exaggerated accounts of terrorist interrogationBut when it comes to the hundreds of emails exposing the “scientists”..."

Amid ObamaCare debate, Americans increasingly satisfied with U.S. health care

Beltway Confidential "The poll finds that 49 percent now rate American health care "excellent" or "good." That may not seem significant on its own, but consider that the number is up from 35 percent in May and from 29 percent in May 2008. It also comes on the heels of another Rasmussen Poll that showed only 38 percent now support the Democrats' proposed reforms."

H.R. 4127: Try terrorists in a military tribunal!

olbroad.com "Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) has introduced a bill, H.R. 4127: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that alien unprivileged enemy belligerents may only be tried by military commissions if tried for alleged conduct for which a term of incarceration or the death penalty may be sought. Right now, there are 41 co-sponsors for the bill, ALL Republican. Not one single Democrat..." Emphasis added.

Objective Journalism: Michael Gerson Defends a Profession That No Longer Exists

Big Government "What profession could he possibly be talking about? Certainly not the same profession who set out to destroy Clarence Thomas, circled the wagons to save President Clinton, summoned all their resources to lose the war in Iraq, told us more about the background of an unemployed plumber than our current President, dragged Sarah Palin’s family through the mud, and on this very day refuse to investigate three of the biggest stories of the year (if not the decade): ACORN, CzarGate and ClimateGate."