Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Budget, Conservatism, Defense, Deficit, Economics, Election 2008-President, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Liberalism, Military, National Dems, Obama, Spending, Taxes, Uncategorized, Universal Healthcare on Jul 10th, 2008
Tuesday’s L.A. Times has an article by Peter Nicholas titled: “Adding up the cost of Obama’s agenda.”
Here’s a quote from the article:
Among other proposals during the course of the campaign, Obama has said he would strengthen the nation’s bridges and dams ($6 billion a year), help make men better fathers ($50 million a year) and […]
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Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Change, Conservatism, Defense, Election 2008-President, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Liberalism, McCain, Military, National Dems, National GOP, Obama on Jul 7th, 2008
In yet another big flip-flop, Obama recently told the Military Times he has decided he actually would listen to the military commanders on the ground in Iraq, and not just pull out of Iraq immediately.
This is huge.
The central pillar of Obama’s platform has always been his pledge to immediately withdraw troops from Iraq. In fact, Obama has […]
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Basically this quote about sums it up: “two Muslim women at Obama’s rally in Detroit were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.”
“I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against by […]
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Guest Post By Annie Mountain
What happens when America is so bankrupt, so overextended, so wide open to take over???????? In case you are not watching the news in the evening and don’t venture anywhere else besides the News Journal, now hear this – the Chrysler Building, one of America’s most recognized building is for sale. An […]
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Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Business, Change, Competition, Conservatism, Deficit, Economics, Election 2008 - Delaware, Election 2008-President, Entitlements, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Growth, Iraq, Liberal Media, Liberalism, National Dems, National GOP, Reform, Regulation, Spending, Taxes on Jun 4th, 2008
There comes a time in all men’s lives when they are downtrodden, where they see nothing but dead-ends and roadblocks ahead, when they feel that all their endeavors are doomed to failure, and that all hope is lost. Fortunately though, those times are few and far between for Americans, and even then they seem to […]
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq on Mar 27th, 2008
There is a lot of good news coming from Iraq, but it seems just when we are getting hopeful that we are reminded just how fluid the situation is. 4000 American military deaths was a sad milestone. The good news is the rate has slowed dramatically. The bad news is the cease fire is beginning to fall apart […]
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Posted in Foreign Policy, The Disgrace on Mar 14th, 2008
An Iranian police chief was arrested while in bed with 6 prostitutes. Defense attorneys said that he was seeking a down payment on the 70 virgins (sarcasm).
The result of this breech in the capitol city has caused protests. Chief Reza Zarei was on a campaign of moralizing the city by enforcing an Islamic dress code on […]
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Posted in Defense, Foreign Policy, Military on Feb 21st, 2008
From Breitbart:
WASHINGTON (AP) - A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said. Full details were not immediately available.
Is it too much of a leap to shoot down a nuclear missile if we can hit a satellite […]
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From our friend Hube, a picture essay from the protest and counter-protest at Berkeley. A must-see.
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In Iraq, much of the reasoning for the “surge” of troops, led by Gen. David Petraeus, was to create an environment for political progress. The surge has been a success militarily, but until now the political progress was maddeningly slow. That has changed a bit:
Iraq’s parliamentary leaders on Wednesday pushed through three far-reaching measures that […]
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