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February 2010

LOOSE LIPS FROM OBAMA/GIBBS AND CRIMINAL RIGHTS

Updated: Mon., Feb. 8, 2010, Team O’s civil-liberties woes If Team Obama is so keen on trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other terrorists in civilian court, it needs to remember that criminals have rights. Such as the right not to have the verdict and sentence publicly proclaimed before trial by the nation’s top officials. White […]

SENATOR JIM DE MINT: THE TEA-PARTY’S SENATOR?

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YjQxN2Q0ZDMwM2M0NWM3ZTYwMzRmNzVlZjczNWYxMWU= Senator Tea Party In Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the conservative resurgence finds an ally JOHN J. MILLER Jim DeMint wasn’t looking forward to his conversation with Arlen Specter last spring, but he didn’t want to avoid his Senate colleague, either. The Republican from South Carolina had decided to endorse Pat Toomey, who had […]

MARK STEYN: RECLUSELAND ON J.D. SALINGER

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YWZkOGExNDhiZjlkZWEwM2MyZjU1N2RiNTZlNzdjZGI= Recluseland I’m not sure I’m the go-to guy for a disquisition on The Catcher in the Rye, but I confess I was always intrigued by the J. D. Salinger lifestyle, at least since I moved to New Hampshire. He was a ways down the Connecticut River from me, but in this neck of the […]

UNSENTIMENTAL EDUCATION: WHAT HAS OBAMA LEARNED ABOUT MID-EAST PEACE? MARTIN PERETZ

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0210/peretz020810.php3?printer_friendly Unsentimental Education By Martin Peretz What has Obama learned about peace? asks the editor-in-chief of the leading journal of liberal thought, The New Republic An interview by Joe Klein in Time magazine is hardly a historical event. But, when the interview is with Barack Obama, it lays claim to some newsworthiness. This is especially […]

FROM TOM GROSS; NGOs WAGING WAR AGAINST ISRAEL

From: Tom Gross Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 Subject: Christian Aid apologizes for Nazi comparisons on Holocaust Memorial Day * Christian Aid, one of the world’s largest anti-poverty NGOs, apologizes after comparing Shimon Peres to a Nazi on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day * But other leading NGOs that have contributed to hatred against […]

LIBEL TOURISTS WILL LOVE THE TALES OF HOFFMAN….ON RACHEL EHRENFELD

Libel tourists will love the tales of Lord Hoffmann Libel tourists will love the tales of Lord Hoffmann If you want to see hypocrisy in action, look at England’s libel courts. I warned during the rage against Blair and Bush that liberals were playing into the hands of reactionaries. Unintentionally or not, their depiction of […]

ROGER KIMBALL ON SARAH PALIN

Yesterday she was interviewed by Chris Wallace and friends on Fox. She was at ease, well prepared and outlined a clear challenge to the present administration. If she would only drop the “golly” and “betcha” pose she is a clear gadfly to the “country club” Republicans….and she should stop endorsing Rand Paul, son of Ron […]

IS WEARING FRAUDULENT MILITARY MEDALS OF VALOR JUST A HARMLESS PICK-UP-LINE?

 Bruce Kesler Click here: Stolen Honor as A Pick-Up Line? – Maggie’s Farm http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/13577-Stolen-Honor-as-A-Pick-Up-Line.html Stolen Honor as A Pick-Up Line?  Look at this gay clown claiming unearned medals of valor to support “gay rights.”   Is wearing fraudulent medals of valor just a harmless pick-up line? Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University’s law school […]