Report: Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic to Testify Alongside Gore At Congressional Hearing | Climate Depot:
Thursday, April 23, 2009By Marc Morano
'House Democrats don't want Gore humiliated'"
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Presidential Poison - WSJ.com
Mark down the date. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, is the moment that any chance of a new era of bipartisan respect in Washington ended. By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected a poison into our politics that he and the country will live to regret.
Read more: Presidential Poison - WSJ.com
Read more: Presidential Poison - WSJ.com
The Chinese Navy: How Big a Threat to the U.S.? - TIME
"For years, a fierce debate about Bejing's military intentions has raged among defense intellectuals and the brass inside the Pentagon. Hawks insist that the Chinese are seeking to drive the U.S. military out of the Pacific, and make it Beijing's lake rather than what it has been for decades, an American pond. They point to episodes such as the March 8 incident involving the U.S.S. Impeccable, a Navy surveillance ship that was harassed while cruising 75 nautical miles off the coast of Hainan. Five Chinese vessels surrounded it and tried to snatch its towed array radar from the water. Gates, responding to the incident, said he "didn't think [the Chinese] are trying to push the 7th Fleet out of that area." But hawks, as Thomas Donnelly of the American Enterprise Institute has said, believe "that is precisely what the Chinese would like to do."
The Chinese Navy: How Big a Threat to the U.S.? - TIME
The Chinese Navy: How Big a Threat to the U.S.? - TIME
TheHill.com - Obama’s leap to socialism
President Obama showed his hand this week when The New York Times wrote that he is considering converting the stock the government owns in our country’s banks from preferred stock, which it now holds, to common stock.
This seemingly insignificant change is momentous. It means that the federal government will control all of the major banks and financial institutions in the nation. It means socialism.
TheHill.com - Obama’s leap to socialism
This seemingly insignificant change is momentous. It means that the federal government will control all of the major banks and financial institutions in the nation. It means socialism.
TheHill.com - Obama’s leap to socialism
Crazy Times — Crazier Times to Follow by Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online
Crazy Times — Crazier Times to Follow by Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online:
A time when nonsense is passed off as wisdom.
By Victor Davis Hanson
We are in a weird age.
Do the smart thing, we were told, and invest in a 401(k) retirement account. Buy into the American dream and own your own home. But lately it seems that those who put their money in low-earning passbook savings accounts or rented rather than buying may have been better off.
Indeed, almost all the old familiar benchmarks of modern American life seem to be going by the wayside."
A time when nonsense is passed off as wisdom.
By Victor Davis Hanson
We are in a weird age.
Do the smart thing, we were told, and invest in a 401(k) retirement account. Buy into the American dream and own your own home. But lately it seems that those who put their money in low-earning passbook savings accounts or rented rather than buying may have been better off.
Indeed, almost all the old familiar benchmarks of modern American life seem to be going by the wayside."
Newsmax.com - Universal Obamacare: Will It Bankrupt America?
Newsmax.com - Universal Obamacare: Will It Bankrupt America?:
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:55 PM
By: David A. Patten Article Font Size
A growing chorus of experts is warning the Obama administration�s plan to add 47 million people to the health-insurance rolls may kill hopes for a sustained economic recovery.
Obama�s healthcare plan would follow the $700 billion TARP bailout, the $787 billion stimulus, and a $410 billion, earmark-laden budget appropriation -- at a time when the U.S. budget deficit already exceeds $11 trillion.
Such staggering deficits are leading economists to question whether enough investment capital would be left over once the expected economic recovery takes hold. Any economic recovery could stall or be seriously limited, economists say."
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:55 PM
By: David A. Patten Article Font Size
A growing chorus of experts is warning the Obama administration�s plan to add 47 million people to the health-insurance rolls may kill hopes for a sustained economic recovery.
Obama�s healthcare plan would follow the $700 billion TARP bailout, the $787 billion stimulus, and a $410 billion, earmark-laden budget appropriation -- at a time when the U.S. budget deficit already exceeds $11 trillion.
Such staggering deficits are leading economists to question whether enough investment capital would be left over once the expected economic recovery takes hold. Any economic recovery could stall or be seriously limited, economists say."
The American Spectator : Will Obama Seize the Radio Stations Next?
The American Spectator : Will Obama Seize the Radio Stations Next?:
By Peter Ferrara on 4.22.09 @ 6:09AM
When President Obama announced his new budget a few weeks ago involving record spending, tax increases, deficits and debt, he did so with soaring rhetoric about spending cuts (non-existent), tax cuts for 95% of workers (misleading), and cutting the deficit in half in 5 years (good luck). This misdirection rhetoric is now a common Obama pattern."
By Peter Ferrara on 4.22.09 @ 6:09AM
When President Obama announced his new budget a few weeks ago involving record spending, tax increases, deficits and debt, he did so with soaring rhetoric about spending cuts (non-existent), tax cuts for 95% of workers (misleading), and cutting the deficit in half in 5 years (good luck). This misdirection rhetoric is now a common Obama pattern."
American Thinker Blog: Holder on interrogations in 2002
American Thinker Blog: Holder on interrogations in 2002:
Clarice Feldman
Eric Holder spoke out on the interrogation of unlawful combatants in 2002.
'One of the things we clearly want to do with these prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva Convention that you are really limited in the amount of information that you can elicit from people."
Clarice Feldman
Eric Holder spoke out on the interrogation of unlawful combatants in 2002.
'One of the things we clearly want to do with these prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva Convention that you are really limited in the amount of information that you can elicit from people."
Air pollution helps plants blunt climate change: study
"Common sense would suggest that air pollution in the form of microscopic particles that obstruct the Sun's rays -- a phenomenon called "global dimming" -- would hamper this process, but the new study shows the opposite is true.
"Surprisingly, the effects of atmospheric pollution seem to have enhanced global plant productivity by as much as a quarter from 1960 to 1999," said Linda Mercado, a researcher at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Britain, and the study's lead author. 'This resulted in a net ten percent increase in the amount of carbon stored by the land,' she said in a statement..."
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"Surprisingly, the effects of atmospheric pollution seem to have enhanced global plant productivity by as much as a quarter from 1960 to 1999," said Linda Mercado, a researcher at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Britain, and the study's lead author. 'This resulted in a net ten percent increase in the amount of carbon stored by the land,' she said in a statement..."
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com
Clinton Takes Aim at Cheney on Interrogation Memos - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about former Vice President Cheney's request to declassify documents showing the 'success' of some harsh interrogation techniques launched by former President Bush after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a sarcastic reply when asked about former Vice President Cheney's request to declassify documents showing the 'success' of some harsh interrogation techniques launched by former President Bush after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."
Are You an ‘Extremist’? by Thomas Sowell on National Review Online
Are You an ‘Extremist’? by Thomas Sowell on National Review Online:
By Thomas Sowell
While the rest of us may be worried about violent Mexican drug gangs on our border, or about terrorists who are going to be released from Guantanamo, the director of homeland security is worried about “right-wing extremists.”
Just who are these right-wing extremists?"
By Thomas Sowell
While the rest of us may be worried about violent Mexican drug gangs on our border, or about terrorists who are going to be released from Guantanamo, the director of homeland security is worried about “right-wing extremists.”
Just who are these right-wing extremists?"
The Case for the ‘Torture Memos’ by Rich Lowry on National Review Online
The Case for the ‘Torture Memos’ by Rich Lowry on National Review Online:
By Rich Lowry
The debate over the just-released Justice Department memorandums on interrogation techniques ended as soon as they were dubbed the “torture memos.” Forevermore, they will be remembered as the legal lowlights of a “dark and painful chapter in our history,” as Pres. Barack Obama put it.
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 and norms. Most societies throughout human history wouldn’t have bothered."
By Rich Lowry
The debate over the just-released Justice Department memorandums on interrogation techniques ended as soon as they were dubbed the “torture memos.” Forevermore, they will be remembered as the legal lowlights of a “dark and painful chapter in our history,” as Pres. Barack Obama put it.
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 and norms. Most societies throughout human history wouldn’t have bothered."
American Thinker Blog: Soros worms his way into the Pentagon
American Thinker Blog: Soros worms his way into the Pentagon:
Rick Moran
Billionaire financier and convicted inside trader George Soros has never lacked for access to the highest levels of government. Now it appears he will have an ally strategically placed in the Pentagon where he might influence our defense policy Rowant Scarborough writes in Human Events."
Rick Moran
Billionaire financier and convicted inside trader George Soros has never lacked for access to the highest levels of government. Now it appears he will have an ally strategically placed in the Pentagon where he might influence our defense policy Rowant Scarborough writes in Human Events."
American Thinker: Saving Our Planet, One Guilt Trip at a Time
American Thinker: Saving Our Planet, One Guilt Trip at a Time:
By Judy Gruen
Special Earth Day Issue Arpil 22, 2009
UFOs and AGW
The Next Ice Age
Green up, Man! It's Freaking Earth Day!
Saving Our Planet, One Guilt Trip at a Time
A Lenin's Birthday Story
In honor of Earth Day, I decided to finally go green before I get arrested, or have to pay a 1,000% surtax on some of my favorite things to use, such as light bulbs, paper, and oxygen. It figures that in this era where school kids think that greenhouse gases are a greater threat to their safety than Al Queda, this would become a full-time job."
By Judy Gruen
Special Earth Day Issue Arpil 22, 2009
UFOs and AGW
The Next Ice Age
Green up, Man! It's Freaking Earth Day!
Saving Our Planet, One Guilt Trip at a Time
A Lenin's Birthday Story
In honor of Earth Day, I decided to finally go green before I get arrested, or have to pay a 1,000% surtax on some of my favorite things to use, such as light bulbs, paper, and oxygen. It figures that in this era where school kids think that greenhouse gases are a greater threat to their safety than Al Queda, this would become a full-time job."
Obama’s $100 Million Cut - Brian Riedl - The Corner on National Review Online
Obama’s $100 Million Cut - Brian Riedl - The Corner on National Review Online: "Today, President Obama called for $100 million in budget cuts. Out of a $4 trillion in spending this year, this is the rounding error of a rounding error:
� It is 1/40,000 of the federal budget;
� It is 1/7,830 the size of the recent “stimulus” bill;
� It would close 1/1,845 of this year’s budget deficit;
� It is the amount the federal government spends every 13 minutes; and
� For a family earning $40,000 annually, it is the equivalent of cutting $1 from their family budget."
� It is 1/40,000 of the federal budget;
� It is 1/7,830 the size of the recent “stimulus” bill;
� It would close 1/1,845 of this year’s budget deficit;
� It is the amount the federal government spends every 13 minutes; and
� For a family earning $40,000 annually, it is the equivalent of cutting $1 from their family budget."
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
CNSNews.com - CIA Confirms: Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind Led to Info that Aborted 9/11-Style Attack on Los Angeles
CNSNews.com - CIA Confirms: Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind Led to Info that Aborted 9/11-Style Attack on Los Angeles:
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
Khalid Sheik Mohammad, a top al Qaeda leader who divulged information -- after being waterboarded -- that allowed the U.S. government to stop a planned terrorist attack on Los Angeles.
(CNSNews.com) - The Central Intelligence Agency told CNSNews.com today that it stands by the assertion made in a May 30, 2005 Justice Department memo that the use of “enhanced techniques” of interrogation on al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) -- including the use of waterboarding -- caused KSM to reveal information that allowed the U.S. government to thwart a planned attack on Los Angeles."
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
Khalid Sheik Mohammad, a top al Qaeda leader who divulged information -- after being waterboarded -- that allowed the U.S. government to stop a planned terrorist attack on Los Angeles.
(CNSNews.com) - The Central Intelligence Agency told CNSNews.com today that it stands by the assertion made in a May 30, 2005 Justice Department memo that the use of “enhanced techniques” of interrogation on al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) -- including the use of waterboarding -- caused KSM to reveal information that allowed the U.S. government to thwart a planned attack on Los Angeles."
Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says - NYTimes.com
Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says - NYTimes.com: "Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says
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Published: April 21, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists."
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Published: April 21, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists."
Charles Krauthammer - Barack Obama's 'New Foundation' - a Sting in Four Parts - washingtonpost.com
The Whopper: The boast that he had "identified $2 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade." It takes audacity to repeat this after it had been so widely exposed as transparently phony. Most of this $2 trillion is conjured up by refraining from spending $180 billion a year for 10 more years of surges in Iraq. Hell, why not make the "deficit reductions" $10 trillion -- the extra $8 trillion coming from refraining from repeating the $787 billion stimulus package annually through 2019.
Read more - Charles Krauthammer - washingtonpost.com
Read more - Charles Krauthammer - washingtonpost.com
FactCheck.org: Counting Mexico's Guns
FactCheck.org: Counting Mexico's Guns: "Counting Mexico's Guns
April 17, 2009
President Obama says 90 percent of Mexico's recovered crime guns come from the U.S. Not true.
Summary
There's no dispute that thousands of handguns, military-style rifles and other firearms are purchased in the U.S. and end up in the hands of Mexican criminals each year. It's relatively easy to buy such guns legally in Texas and other border states and to smuggle them across.
But is it true, as President Obama said, that 'More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States?' No, it's not."
April 17, 2009
President Obama says 90 percent of Mexico's recovered crime guns come from the U.S. Not true.
Summary
There's no dispute that thousands of handguns, military-style rifles and other firearms are purchased in the U.S. and end up in the hands of Mexican criminals each year. It's relatively easy to buy such guns legally in Texas and other border states and to smuggle them across.
But is it true, as President Obama said, that 'More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States?' No, it's not."
Karl Rove
Karl Rove: "Republicans and the Tea Parties
The U.S. went 15 years without a federal tax increase.
Yesterday was Tax Day, and it was marked by large numbers of Americans turning out for an estimated 2,000 tea parties across the country. This movement is significant.
In 1978, California voters enacted Prop. 13 in reaction to steep property taxes. That marked the start of a tax-cutting movement that culminated in Ronald Reagan slashing high national income taxes in the 1980s. Now Americans are reacting to runaway government spending that they were not told about before last year's election, and which Americans are growing to resent."
The U.S. went 15 years without a federal tax increase.
Yesterday was Tax Day, and it was marked by large numbers of Americans turning out for an estimated 2,000 tea parties across the country. This movement is significant.
In 1978, California voters enacted Prop. 13 in reaction to steep property taxes. That marked the start of a tax-cutting movement that culminated in Ronald Reagan slashing high national income taxes in the 1980s. Now Americans are reacting to runaway government spending that they were not told about before last year's election, and which Americans are growing to resent."
Monday, April 20, 2009
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Axelrod suggests ‘Tea Party’ movement is ‘unhealthy’ � - Blogs from CNN.com
Axelrod suggests ‘Tea Party’ movement is ‘unhealthy’ � - Blogs from CNN.com:
"Senior White House adviser David Axelrod on Sunday suggested the 'Tea Party' movement is an 'unhealthy' reaction to the tough economic climate facing the country.
Axelrod was asked on CBS's 'Face the Nation' about the 'spreading and very public disaffection' with the president's fiscal policies seen at the 'Tea Party' rallies around the country last week.
'I think any time you have severe economic conditions there is always an element of disaffection that can mutate into something that's unhealthy,' Axelrod said.
Axelrod appeared to backtrack when pressed on whether the movement is unhealthy."
"Senior White House adviser David Axelrod on Sunday suggested the 'Tea Party' movement is an 'unhealthy' reaction to the tough economic climate facing the country.
Axelrod was asked on CBS's 'Face the Nation' about the 'spreading and very public disaffection' with the president's fiscal policies seen at the 'Tea Party' rallies around the country last week.
'I think any time you have severe economic conditions there is always an element of disaffection that can mutate into something that's unhealthy,' Axelrod said.
Axelrod appeared to backtrack when pressed on whether the movement is unhealthy."
American Thinker Blog: The Free Speech Freeze from Washington D.C.
American Thinker Blog: The Free Speech Freeze from Washington D.C.:
Jed Gladstein
Why is it that politicians tend to betray the principles they espouse the moment they get into power? In the recent past, the Republicans betrayed the idea of fiscal responsibility in order to support a President from their own party. But today it is the Democrats who are in power in Washington D.C., and all of a sudden freedom of speech doesn’t seem to have the same cachet for those erstwhile protectors of American civil liberties."
Jed Gladstein
Why is it that politicians tend to betray the principles they espouse the moment they get into power? In the recent past, the Republicans betrayed the idea of fiscal responsibility in order to support a President from their own party. But today it is the Democrats who are in power in Washington D.C., and all of a sudden freedom of speech doesn’t seem to have the same cachet for those erstwhile protectors of American civil liberties."
American Thinker: MSM's Tea Party Cognitive Dissonance
American Thinker: MSM's Tea Party Cognitive Dissonance:
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
In all my years of watching news coverage in America, I don't believe I have ever witnessed more condescending, amateurish, purely politicized reporting than what just transpired among the liberal MSM covering America's Tax Day Tea Parties. The Tea Parties represented a very significant news event."
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
In all my years of watching news coverage in America, I don't believe I have ever witnessed more condescending, amateurish, purely politicized reporting than what just transpired among the liberal MSM covering America's Tax Day Tea Parties. The Tea Parties represented a very significant news event."
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"? - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"? - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com: "'the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities.'"
Further information: Google CBRNE-Consequence-Management-Response-Force- or CCMRF
Further information: Google CBRNE-Consequence-Management-Response-Force- or CCMRF
Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times
Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times: "The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.
Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home."
Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home."
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