Afghan war debate endangers U.S. troops: veterans

Yahoo News ""The extremists are sensing weakness and indecision within the U.S. government, which plays into their hands," said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., a Vietnam veteran and head of VFW. That was "evidenced by the increased attacks in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan," he said."

HuffPo Retracts False Limbaugh Quotes; When Will CNN & ThinkProgress?

The Weekly Standard "The Huffington Post has retracted two quotes author Jack Huberman falsely attributed to Rush Limbaugh. Huberman wrote on the liberal website in 2006 that Limbaugh said James Earl Ray "deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor" and that Limbaugh praised slavery because "streets were safer after dark" back then."

Straw Man Watch

By Karl Rove "The Straw Man fallacy involves the attribution or assumption of a position, which is then attacked or dismissed, The problem is that the position dismissed by the argument is not the real 'man' or 'person', but a caricature of the real position held."—Christopher W. Tindale, Fallacies and Argument Appraisal, January 2007" Rove discusses the latest of these arguments by this administration.

So Much for the Post-Racial America

By Andy McCarthy= "But everytime one of these stories comes up, which is all too often, I can't help but think it says a lot more about us than whoever happens to be in the cross-hairs. Why do Sharpton and Jackson have careers? Why aren't they shown the door for serial racism and dishonesty? Why does anyone give a damn what they say? Why does the press treat them like they matter when they're a walking, talking parodies?"

"Who thinks Al Sharpton is a racist pig ?"

Yahoo Answers "Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:" "I don't think he's a pig, but he is definitely a bigot and a racist."...."If Sharpton were a white skinhead, he would be a political leper, spurned everywhere but the fringe. But democrats embrace him." Documents three of Sharpton's most egregious acts.

They didn't lynch just Limbaugh

By Lloyd Marcus "So, I ask you. How can we fight back? Do we need a Pale Rider Clint Eastwood type to lead the way? I think we have one. His name is Rush Limbaugh. While the liberal media found Rush guilty of racism without evidence, his real crime is being a Conservative. I am a black man inspired by Rush to verbally confront liberals, "Do you feel lucky today, punk...well, do ya?" Lloyd Marcus, (black) Unhyphenated American!"

Was Rush set up?

By Thomas Lifson "So the question has to be asked: was Rush lured into a manufactured controversy? Now, he has to devote time and energy to defend himself from widely reported slanders and outdated photo ridicule. Meanwhile, his political enemies on the left get that much less scrutiny from the nation's most prominent conservative analyst."

Rush Limbaugh: The Search for the Wikipedia Libelist

American Thinker "The quotes were added by a user with the IP address of 69.64.213.146. This address has been used mostly to make changes to the article about Rush, but also Karl Rove, Sean Hannity,.. James Dobson and Sara Palin from 2005 until earlier this year. "While others have noted this in various forums, no one seems to have made the connection that this IP address is used as a gateway by the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP ..."

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson

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An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden — or Any Other Islamist

by Raymond Ibrahim "This threefold choice, then — conversion, subjugation, or the sword — is the ultimate source of problems. All Islamist talk of jihad being a product of U.S. foreign policy is, therefore, false. When bin Laden asserted in this last message that it is the “neocons” who “impose the wars upon you — not the mujahideen [i.e., jihadis],” he lied. Islamic law, as he himself delineated, imposed war between Muslims and non-Muslims well over a millennium before the “neocons” — let alone the state of Israel — came into being."

Group Bidding to Buy St. Louis Rams Drops 'Distraction' Limbaugh

WaPo "ESPN reported later that a spokesperson for Limbaugh indicated that Limbaugh had no immediate comment about the announcement by Checketts. The developments came one day after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed wariness about Limbaugh's bid. " This article will be obsolete in a matter of minutes when Rush comes on the air.