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Jim Webb’s Weekend With a War Criminal
In my last post on Burma, I reported the second meeting in as many months between Senator Jim Webb and Nyan Win, the foreign minister for the Burmese junta. This time the meeting was in Washington, which required that Win be granted a visa waiver…
Obama Admin Sends Vietor to Deliver Bad News
Yesterday the Obama administration held a conference call in which a “senior administration official” assured the participants that the Obama administration would not allow the Goldstone Report, a work product of the UN’s Human Rights Council that indicts Israel for war crimes in Operation Cast Lead, to reach the…
It is looking more and more like Najibullah Zazi, the Afghan immigrant recently arrested on terrorism-related charges, had intended to unleash a July 7-style attack in New York. Today, the Justice Department announced that Zazi has been indicted on charges alleging he was…
“Are we not friends of the persecuted Coptic Christian in Egypt? Are we not friends of the North Koreans enslaved in the gulag? Are we not friends of the repressed Cuban or Iranian democracy activist?” Those were the questions asked by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) on the floor of the House yesterday…
Another Foreign Policy Head Scratcher
Is there a totalitarian regime on the planet that the President hasn’t yet coddled, emboldened, or outright supported? How about… China? Goldfarb notes that the Obama Administration is looking to develop a partnership, if not an “alliance” with the Chinese Communist government. Step back and soak that one in…
Pelosi: I “Absolutely” Support Putting Health-Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
After Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s press conference this morning, I asked her if she supports a measure to put the final health-care bill online for 72 hours before the House votes on it. “Absolutely,” she replied. “Without question.” Yesterday, Pelosi’s Senate Finance Committee Democratic colleagues voted down an amendment to…
Baucus: Stop Delaying the Passage of My Questionable Health-Care Bill With Your Salient Points
Well, let’s give him some credit. Sen. Max Baucus, author of the middling, middle-ground health-care bill currently satisfying no one and confusing everyone, at least gives the opposition credit for having valid points. It is a step up from the Obama administration’s and Democrats’ summer efforts to discredit anyone who criticized…
It’s Not Their Fault, They Were Taught to Smear
The new video Drudge has up is a truly disgusting example of today’s gutter politics. Listen closely to how these kids are “supporting” our president “Mmm-mmm-mmm, Barack Hussein Obama!” It’s sad that we live in a time when even schoolchildren are taught to smear the president…
Obama’s Man in Honduras Sees Jewish Conspiracy
Anyone who’s been following this story should have noted by now the major difference between Manuel Zelaya, the ousted former president, and Roberto Micheletti, the current president. It isn’t that Zelaya is a communist and Micheletti a liberal democrat (though that much seems clear). No, the real difference seems to be that Zelaya…
Major Obama Appeasement Offensive Set for China
Yesterday Sarah Palin delivered a major speech with what Rogin says “included some of the most critical statements about the Chinese Communist Party by a American political leader in years.” She talked bluntly about China’s massive military build-up and the threat it poses to America’s allies and she alluded to Chinese abuses…
“It may sound strange to the rest of America.” Yes. Yes, it does. Surprise: Media distorted D.C. Fire Department’s crowd estimates for 9/12. 60K was a preliminary estimate for LaFayette Park, alone. The AP searches in vain for the grand conspiracy and big money behind the ACORN videos. Gee, why were conservatives so worried about…
Who knew the Germans loved their parties? Whereas most Americans tend to choose between Republicans and Democrats, in Germany there are five parties that could plausibly share power. The five are the Christian Democrats and Bavarian partner Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), the Social Democrats (SPD), the Free…
John Noonan notes this line from President Obama’s speech today: “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.” Over at Power Line, Paul Mirengoff excerpted a few more lines surrounding that sentence…
ACORN Sues Undercover Journalists
Politico reports that ACORN is suing undercover journalists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles in Maryland for taping two ACORN employees advising O’Keefe and Giles on how to avoid paying taxes on a brothel staffed by 13 to 15 year-old prostitutes. Just yesterday, Barney Frank called for a federal investigation of O’Keefe and Giles’s activities…
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