via: Heritage For 50 minutes, Obama sat mute, as a Marxist thug from Nicaragua delivered his diatribe, charging America with a century of terrorist aggression in Central America. After Daniel Ortega finished spitting in our face, accusing us of inhumanity toward Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Obama was asked his thoughts. “I thought it was 50 minutes [...]
Archive for April, 2009
27 Apr
‘How hate crimes laws forced me into exile’
via: worldnetdaily Pro-family activist stages own disappearance Julio Severo, a prominent Brazilian pro-family activist, has been forced into exile because of the “hate crimes” laws that are being implemented in his native land, perhaps providing a preview of what Christians can expect in the United States should similar “hate crimes” proposals be implemented. And several [...]
27 Apr
Obama buys in bulk, saves … a bit
via: politico President discovers incredible new way to save some money! The wonderful thing about politics is that just when you thought you have heard everything, you have not heard everything. Case in point: Monday, President Obama had the first meeting of his full Cabinet (minus Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Kathleen Sebelius, who has [...]
27 Apr
Lost in Political Space
via: patriotpost Sen. John McCain’s daughter and his presidential campaign manager think they’ve figured out why McCain lost the 2008 election and what Republicans must do to win in the future. They need to be more like Democrats. Steve Schmidt and Meghan McCain delivered their analyses in separate speeches to the Log Cabin Republicans, whose [...]
27 Apr
Words Versus Realities
via: patriotpost Much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, I must report the shocking facts: Medical care is medical care. Nothing more and nothing less. This may not seem like a breakthrough on the frontiers of knowledge. But it completely contradicts what is being said by many of those who are [...]
27 Apr
The Gipper on Deterence . . .
“We maintain our strength in order to deter and defend against aggression — to preserve freedom and peace. Since the dawn of the atomic age, we’ve sought to reduce the risk of war by maintaining a strong deterrent and by seeking genuine arms control. ‘Deterrence’ means simply this: making sure any adversary who thinks about [...]
27 Apr
The Case for the ‘Torture Memos’
via: nationalreview “The debate over the just-released Justice Department memorandums on interrogation techniques ended as soon as they were dubbed the ‘torture memos.’ … Rightly considered, the memos should be a source of pride. They represent a nation of laws struggling to defend itself against a savage, lawless enemy while adhering to its legal commitments [...]
27 Apr
Obama’s Torture Policy for the Unborn
via: americanspectator If achieving world peace required torturing a single baby, asks a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, would it be worth it? “Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it [...]
27 Apr
The EPA is Choking Democracy
via: patriotpost One of the most important events of our lifetimes may have just transpired. A federal agency has decided that it has the power to regulate everything, including the air you breathe. Nominally, the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement last Friday only applies to new-car emissions. But pretty much everyone agrees that the ruling opens [...]
27 Apr
A Historical Insight . . .
“It really is difficult to imagine how people who have entirely given up managing their own affairs could make a wise choice of those who are to do that for them. One should never expect a liberal, energetic, and wise government to originate in the votes of a people of servants.” –French political thinker and [...]
