Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist - Iraq | War | Map - FOXNews.com

 

Bring the troops home – NOW!  And stop capturing these animals – kill them!!!!

 

Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist

 

Tuesday, November 24, 2009
By Rowan Scarborough

AP

March 31, 2004: Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as the charred and mutilated bodies of U.S. contractors hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq.

Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

With Hurricanes At Thirty Year Low, Gore Turns To Photoshop

Al Gore:  Meteorologist??  I don’t need no stinking meteorologist!!!

 

With Hurricanes At Thirty Year Low, Gore Turns To Photoshop

The King of cap and trade simply airbrushes them in to his new book to create a more scary earth.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Chasing Corporations Out Of The U.S.

Hope and Change, yep, that’s the ticket.

Chasing Corporations Out Of The U.S.

By ROBERT J. HERBOLD AND SCOTT S. POWELLPosted 11/16/2009 06:16 PM ET

Unemployment is foremost on everyone's mind today. Yet jobs can continue to leave the U.S. because of the threat of new taxes, the convergence of technology, the ease of digital collaboration and ready access to abundant foreign engineering talent.

Multinational corporate executives may have to move R&D, product development, management and manufacturing overseas when there is no longer a comparative advantage to staying in the United States. A shocking thought for sure, but it's the new reality.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Party like it’s 1969.

Reading the news lately I got a bit nostalgic for 1969 – it seemed that surely I have been transported back in time. It was a bit more than a year after Tet (does anyone remember what “Tet” was??) and I had just received orders for Vietnam. I was on a small island off the west coast of Taiwan and had volunteered for Vietnam a few months earlier. My orders were my Christmas present for my mother. She was devastated, I was elated and excited. I’m not sure she ever understood my decision or forgave me for her year of fear and worry.

 

However, unbeknownst to me, at home the tide had turned against the Vietnam War. I was to become a “baby killer”, a destroyer of villages and the hopes of the Vietnamese. Who knew? By the time I returned to “the world” in April of 1971 our nation had begun to abandon the victory of Tet, decrease our troop strength to the point that previously secured areas quickly became more dangerous and funding for our Vietnamese allies began to dry up in our Congress. Four short years later, as the North Vietnamese abandoned the Paris Peace Accords and launched full scale invasion, our Congress pulled all funding – assuring the death of 3 million innocents and the subjugation of the Vietnamese people that continues to this day. I am still ashamed of America’s choice.

 

Which brings me to todays’ headlines and our current situation in Afghanistan. The current headline in favor sounds something like “Obama continues to dither”. Buried beneath the defense of his actions resides a simple truth – he is totally incapable of making a decision. That was clear prior to his election by a simple review of this state and federal voting record. His single most favorite vote was “present”. A year after election he has yet to find his footing. As a retired officer with 21 years of service, perhaps I could offer a few ideas.

 

Have a clear-eyed mission.

Muster all necessary resources – money, equipment and soldiers.

Accept nothing but victory.

 

President Obama is either unwilling or unable to do these three things. Our path forward in Afghanistan is then clear – surrender and leave – quickly! As I type these words, we as a community, have one of our Troop 47 Eagle Scouts doing convoy duty in Baghdad. Two others are attending BOLC (one awaiting Ranger school and the other preparing for deployment in the Spring) and yet another in ROTC at U of I. Not to mention the other community members, family and friends we have all seen pack their rucksacks and get on the bus. They deserve a clear mission, total support and the opportunity for victory. They are not getting this from this administration. To me, that means it’s time for them to come home – quickly.

 

There will be consequences to this withdrawal of course.

 

The Taliban will be resurgent and will surely retake the country. For those who do not remember their rampage against civil society and the women of the country, a search of YouTube still displays their public executions, beheadings and beatings of women and girls. Ah, the return to the good old days.

 

The training camps will return as well, allowing ample space for planning the next attack on the U.S. – which will follow our exit as surely as it did when we ran with our tail between our legs from Somalia after President Clinton sacrificed the 18 Rangers made famous by “Blackhawk Down”.

 

Finally, our abandoning the fight will strengthen our enemies, embolden their attacks and virtually ensure a new and devastating attack on our homeland.

 

On the plus side, our troops will be safe within our borders and they will have some time to refit and heal before the next attack.

 

By the time I returned to the U.S. soldiers that were killed in Vietnam were called “wasted”. President Obama does not have the courage, heart or willingness to commit to victory in Afghanistan, it’s time to come home – NOW – to insure not a single soldier’s life is “wasted”!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Climate bill's 'emergency provision' gives Obama strong-man powers UPDATED! | Washington Examiner

Hello – America – anyone watching??  Anyone listening??  Hello??

 

Climate bill's 'emergency provision' gives Obama strong-man powers UPDATED! | Washington Examiner

By: EXAMINER EDITORIAL HOT ZONE ALERT
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November 10, 2009

(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Both the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy approved earlier this year and the version just okayed by Sen. Barbara Boxer’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Democrats (Republicans boycotted the vote) contains an obscure but nasty bureaucratic provision that requires President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez.

Here’s how: The bills require a federal declaration of a “climate emergency” if world greenhouse gas levels reach 450 parts per million. Guess what? The Pacific Northwest National Lab says it is a virtual certainty that level will be reached within a few months. The bill then requires the president to “direct all Federal agencies to use existing statutory authority to take appropriate actions...to address shortfalls" in achieving needed greenhouse gas reductions.

Monday, November 09, 2009

Twenty years later: Why the Berlin Wall fell:Swaminomics:S A Aiyar's blog-The Times Of India

Perfect, just perfect! 

 

Twenty years later: Why the Berlin Wall fell:Swaminomics:S A Aiyar's blog-The Times Of India

Twenty years later: Why the Berlin Wall fell S A Aiyar Sunday October 25, 2009

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism. This comprehensively refuted the Communist claim to represent the people. Yet, the claim continues, sometimes dazzling a new generation of youngsters with no inkling of why the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989.

My favorite paragraph:

Communists and socialists everywhere, including in India, were dismayed. They could not understand why East Germans blessed with income equality, free social welfare and full employment should flee to the highly unequal West, which bristled with unemployment and social perils. An answer came in a letter to a newspaper editor.

‘‘My daughter’s hamster (a pet white mouse) has food, water, shelter and even medical care, and a cage full of fun curly tubes. The hamster responds by constantly trying to chew his way to freedom. I think we all understand what freedom is, and it is not a gilded cage.’’

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Betsy McCaughey: What the Pelosi Health Care Bill Really Says - WSJ.com

Is anyone in Congress paying attention??  Anyone?

 

Betsy McCaughey: What the Pelosi Health Care Bill Really Says - WSJ.com

What the Pelosi Health-Care Bill Really Says

Here are some important passages in the 2,000 page legislation.

By BETSY MCCAUGHEY

The health bill that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing to a vote (H.R. 3962) is 1,990 pages. Here are some of the details you need to know.

Monday, November 02, 2009

I suspect most Obama supporters are turning blue with rage!!

I love Rush.  Two reasons:  1) he goes straight at you.  There is no hidden agenda.  He knows what he believes and he states it clearly and plainly.  2)  He backs up what he says with clear and concise points.  This has got to be driving the Obama left nuts today! 

 

For your viewing pleasure.

 

 

 

Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland

Let me get this straight:  Russia complains about a missile defense system that the US is about to build in Poland to protect Europe from nuclear missile attacks because it poses a "threat" to them.  Obama bows and stops the installation - on the anniversary of the invasion of Poland by Russia.

Russia returns the favor by launching a simulated nuclear attack on Poland during their most recent war games.

Am I missing something??

Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland

Russia has provoked outrage in Poland by simulating an air and sea attack on the country during military exercises.