Wednesday, November 24, 2010

America Has Sailed from Europe. What Next?

Najwyższy Czas!, Poland  Via Watching America : "The question is: Will Barack Obama’s Republican successor be able to radically change his foreign policy and put an end to isolationism?"

Boehner: A Leader on School Choice

gopleader.gov   "House Minority Leader John Boehner (R–OH) made quite a statement last Monday when, on his first day back in office post-elections, he took time out to meet with parents and children enrolled in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP). In doing so, Boehner sent a clear signal to D.C. families of his support for school choice in the nation’s capital. A statement released on Boehner’s blog noted:..."  Via Heritage.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Damn the Torpedoes: North Korea Strikes South Korea

Belmont Club   "In other words, if you want something done in the region, talk to China. Washington’s utility is as a packager of messages to China. But the real gears turn there. Therefore, it would not be surprising if one day the allies simply recognized that the US Secretary of State was an unnecessary and superfluous intermediary between themselves and the real audience: the Chinese leadership in Beijing."  Via Pajamas Media

Victor Davis Hanson:  North Korea and the Ripple Effects of Obama’s Foreign Policy  "And, in a larger sense, the commander-in-chief needs to stop his contextualizing and apologizing, especially this pernicious messianic notion that, as an empathetic and post-national president, his mission is to redeem a previously culpable America. Otherwise, in the next two years that nonsense is going to get people killed."

Al Sharpton: It’s Time for the FCC to Crack Down on Rush Limbaugh (Audio)

Gateway Pundit  "As the Obama regime continues its assault on our bodies the left continues its assault on free speech…"

Rev. Al is portrayed in  the Justice Brothers bits by Paul Shanklin  and featured on the Rush Limbaugh program.

Bristol Palin receives death threats before 'Dancing with the Stars' finale, ABC increases security

NY Daily News  "The 20-year-old faced another scare last week when an envelope containing white powder (which turned out to be talcum powder) was found at the "DWTS" studio addressed to her.
"And earlier this month, a 66-year-old man in Wisconsin allegedly became so angry watching Palin on the show that he fired off his shotgun at his television, leading to a 15-hour standoff with state police. " Do you suppose whoever made the threats has a "COEXIST" bumper sticker on his/her car? See it all on our next "Liberals Gone Wild" video.

Don’t Give In To North Korea Demands (Updated)

Washington spurns Tokyo's demand for reprisal against North Korea "...Obama's lack of response to the Japanese call, despite the presence of 28,000 US troops on the Korean Demilitarized Zone border – even with limited military action - is bound to devalue the defensive umbrella against North Korea the US has pledged South Korea and Japan. US unresponsiveness is already resonating loudly in the Middle East and Persian Gulf which is beginning to take it as betokening feeble resolve in dealing with Iran and its nuclear weapons aspirations." DEBKAfile

Heritage " New START offers the US no new tools to deal with Iran and North Korea which are the clear and present danger. Instead, all New START does is tie our military’s hands by limiting our capacity to build the missile defense systems necessary to deal with these regimes. The President should spend less time hawking flawed treaties to justify his Nobel Peace Prize and invest more time in fighting for peace against America’s enemies."

North Korean Artillery Attack on a Southern Island

Map from STRATFOR

North Korean Attack Designed to Flex Muscles, Both Internally and Externally  "...every time they do this they are usually also in dire need of food, oil and cash. They do a fair business in the arms trade and have dabbled in nuclear proliferation, but they know they will get satchels of cash, barrels of oil, and some rice if they remind us they can make a big mess. So we will soon be partnering with our good friends and owners the Chinese to pay the North Koreans to chill."

South Korea on war alert after North shells border island   "The White House strongly condemned the attack and callsed for a halt to belligerent action. The Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan ordered its ministers to prepare for "unexpected events" in reference to the worst clash on the peninsula since the Korean war 50 years ago. China and Russian expressed concern over the shelling and Beijing called for an urgent Six Power meeting on the crisis." DEBKAfile

 North Korea and Iran: Containment vs. Regime Change "The ultimate solution is plain: regime change. But how to achieve it is another matter. China is North Korea’s major remaining lifeline, but unfortunately it is hard to see how to persuade the Chinese to cut off their client state. They may not like Pyongyang’s powerplays, but they are even less wild about the notion of a unified Korea allied with the United States." 
Max Boot.

Monday, November 22, 2010

HIGHER TAXES MEANS HIGHER SPENDING

Neal Boortz  "Don't be fooled by the Democrat rhetoric; and don't expect the ObamaMedia to tell you the facts behind tax increases. Increasing taxes on the rich has nothing to do with reducing our deficit. It has everything to do with pandering to the wealth envy crowd. When presented with the information that increasing capital gains taxes resulted in less revenue for the government, our own president said that he would still increase taxes "for the purposes of fairness." How can you even debate such logic? "
Photo: idiots4obama

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As long as we're kinda, sorta on the subject of body searches: TSA MADNESS   "Now ... look at this from the TSA point of view. This is what passes for a thinking process at the highest levels of this dysfunctional government agency.
"Now .. just for fun, I've created a little movie with this wonderful script I just wrote! You can click here to watch the movie, or just read the script so you don't make too much noise at the workplace. "  Neal Boortz

Republicans Made Inroads with Hispanic Voters in 2010

Weekly Standard   "As several commentators have observed, the 2010 elections saw conservative Hispanics break through to win major offices in New Mexico, Florida and Nevada. Until this year, a conservative Hispanic in public office was likely to be a Cuban-American. In the Congress now stumbling toward its lame-duck finale, four Hispanic Republicans served time – three House members and their fellow Floridian, Sen. Mel Martinez, who retired in August of 2009. All are of Cuban descent."

The George W. Bush Fixation

Victor Davis Hanson  "Obama's serial fixation with his predecessor made little sense when he first took office — and has now become a disastrous misreading of political realities."

How Should Terrorists Be Tried?

Andrew C. McCarthy   "In Canada, the law is very favorable to convicts who commit their offenses as juveniles. Khadr, who is now 24, was 15 when he threw the fateful grenade. On Canadian soil, his incarceration will be governed by Canadian law, not the U.S. military-commission sentence. The likelihood is that the terrorist will be released in a year or two: an unrepentant jihadist hero still plenty young enough for another decade or three of plotting against Americans.
"Of course, the slap on the wrist Khadr got seems draconian compared with a military commission’s handling of Salim Hamdan, a bodyguard and confidant of Osama bin Laden. After years of helping the al-Qaeda chief run his network, Hamdan was captured in possession of missiles intended for use against American troops. Military prosecutors asked for a 30-year term. The commission instead meted out a stunning five-and-a-half-year sentence — resulting in Hamdan’s release and repatriation, since he had already spent more than five years in custody."

Remembering the Kennedy Assassination Through the Zapruder Film [VIDEO]

AOL News  "Surge Desk offers a selection of clips, including the Zapruder Film and related videos:"