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Ha! That’s a funny title since transparent democracy is quite foreign the closer one gets to the reins of power in Iran where a theocratic oligarchy tells their puppet (still Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) what to say and how to act. Putting Mahmoud’s opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi, in power would have been like merely changing the label but [...]
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All government agencies have a position of Inspector General, which is supposed to be a non-political appointment that has the job of auditing and ensuring proper use of the People’s money, and to enforce ethics and the rule of law within the government agencies. As noted by statute, an Inspector General can only be fired [...]
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So far, Obama has been all about appointing and keeping “czars” beyond the traditional Drug Czar or Security Czar, to all sorts of new czars: bank bailout czar, energy czar, car czar, US border czar, urban czar, regulatory czar, stimulus accountability czar, Iran czar, Afghanistan czar, Pakistan czar, Middle East czar, cyber security czar, Great Lakes [...]
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Sara Carter from the Washington Times has unearthed this story about an al Qaeda recruiter speaking plainly about a plan to sneak anthrax or some other biological agent into America through tunnels between the US and Mexico and dispersing it in populated areas, including even on the White House lawn. Then, even before entering America, al Qaeda [...]
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Our Leader has spoken (fast-forward to 2:26 for this money-quote, then his naivety on display thereafter):
“Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations…”
Has anyone informed the Beneficent One that we tried this same appeasement approach to a belligerent nation seeking nuclear “energy” in the past? That would have been North Korea! But at least when NK was bamboozling [...]
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I own GM and so do you! So, when do I get my fancy new car? It’s mostly my company right (60% or so)?
Ha!
We all know that General Motors was on the way to become “Government Motors” for some time now and it finally happened today as they officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I’m glad the government [...]
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Last Thursday, “Coach” Craig T. Nelson was on The Glenn Beck Show talking about taxes and the broken state of California. There’s been a lot of buzz about this clip, some saying it affected them deeply, others being ridiculing Nelson for appearing ”drunk” during the interview. Regardless, I do think it’s worth sharing at a minimum because I [...]
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We are traveling down a very dangerous road. President Obama has indicated that actions taken during a time of grave crisis in our nation’s history are up for selective legal prosecution. The dangerous precedent would be this — criminalizing the decisions of one administration once another party assumes control.
Think of our history to this point: Jefferson did not [...]
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To paraphrase Rush from yesterday, America’s reaction to the taking of Captain Richard Phillips Wednesday by Somali pirates is the foreign policy equivalent of voting “Present.”
Now, due to the US waffling and inaction the four Somali pirates on a powerless lifeboat are demanding $2 million for Phillips while a second ship has been hijacked by other pirates. This [...]
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Last night, at about 10:30pm EDT, the wacko regime of pedophile Kim Jung (mentally) Il defied international warnings and launched a “rocket” over Japan anyway. It was supposed to bring a satellite into orbit – North Korea say it did, NORAD said it didn’t… I think I’ll believe NORAD on that one. It’s obvious real purpose [...]
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Freedom!!! We love it, we cherish it, we want to spread it! Well, of course we do, we’re Americans and (at least on this site) conservatives too.
However, as Nicole Russell writing for the American Spectator points out, not all states are created equal when it comes to securing people’s freedom. She cites a George Mason [...]
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Nicolas Sarkozy plans to move France back into the decision-making core of the NATO alliance after forty three years of his country’s passive membership. The move is being met with some criticism from Sarkozy’s left-wing critics in France and elsewhere, but Sarkozy has assured those critics that the move would not undermine French independence. Americans [...]
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The new era of Capitulation and Appeasement is in full force. The Obama administration plans to lift all sanctions against Syria as part of it’s unraveling of the War on Terror. Syria is a state sponsor of terrorism. They aided Al Quaida in Iraq against our armed forces, are building a nuclear reactor, and have [...]
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Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked for an apology from the US because of “crimes” America has committed against them. Of course, it’s both ridiculous and completely expected. In fact, I expect the Obama Administration to be conciliatory toward the Iranian regime which is nonetheless running a proxy-war in Gaza, Lebanon, as well as killing US troops in Iraq.
All that and [...]
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In Barry’s First Seven Days we’ve already lurched backwards, perhaps dangerously.
First, we fold over the issue of Gitmo in the face of evidence regarding the fate of some of the released detainees, making appear America less safe.
Then, Barry goes over to al Arabiya TV and gives his first post-Inaugural interview with them – not the MSM, [...]
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With anti-semitism on the rise in recent years, especially in Europe, disturbing scenes like these have become increasingly common. What’s even more troubling is that anti-semitism is socially acceptable enough in certain areas for people to shamelessly display their hatred out in the open. Not that all anti-semites are content to confine their filth to [...]
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I’m kind of glad to see this year go. While fun was had, disappointments and external events put a particular funk on this year as I look back on it.
The biggest story of the year happened on my birthday when America chose to embrace our new status as an Obama Nation. We deserve what we [...]
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This Fox News report about the Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman recount is typical — whenever there’s a recount, the Dems seem to always miraculously get new votes. I’ve long believed that recounts have simply become a measure for how many votes Democrats need to manufacture in order to win a race, [...]
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Frank Luntz’s focus group had a number of things to say last night after the first Presidential debate between McCain and Obama. Here’s the video link.
Most of the group of undecided voters generally liked what Obama had to say more than McCain. I was put off by their focus on Obama’s style and empty populist [...]
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Most criticism of George W. Bush is off base and will look downright silly in a few years; however, one criticism of Bush is completely warranted. When Bush looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and saw a man he could trust, he should have done a double take. Today was the double take.
When the [...]
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The opening ceremonies of any Olympic games are full of spectacle. Now, we usually assume that this spectacle does not include lip-syncing the host country’s patriotic songs, but we are dealing with China here! It’s not that little Yang Peiyi (on the right) isn’t talented, it’s that she’s not as pixie-like as Lin Miaoke according to Chinese [...]
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Berlin 1936: Hitler’s Nazi Germany hosts the Olympics not only to showcase the prosperity which National Socialism had brought the Reich in the middle of the Great Depression, but also to bask in the attention given to such clean streets and orderly very white people.
Beijing 2008 will not sell such a facade. We all know the deal with [...]
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