“There should be a review of the strategy in the fight against terrorism, because the experience of the last eight years showed that the fight in the villages of Afghanistan has been ineffective apart from causing civilian casualties.” -Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, to the visiting speaker of Germany’s parliament, Aug. 30, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan [...]
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Republicans pitch Hispanic ‘anchor babies’
as obligatory election-year wedge issue
“The Republican war on the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause is indeed directed at a mortal threat — but not to the American nation. It is the threat that Latino voting poses to the Republican Party. “By proposing to revoke the citizenship of the estimated 4 million U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants — and, presumably, the [...]
Radical right says jump, reporters ask how high
Journalists, once proud of their independent, essential role of informing Americans about people, issues, events and controversies, have devolved into media sock puppets for the loudest, most mean-spirited louts of the radical-conservative right. Columnist E.J. Dionne calls them out. “The traditional media are so petrified of being called “liberal” that they are prepared to allow [...]
Enough of worshiping false free-market god
Just after eight years in which unconstitutional means to un-American ends were peddled as consummate patriotism, we’re in a period in which criminal greed is ferociously defended and hair of the rabid dog that bit our economy is touted as the best cure for what ails us.
Rep. Young: Oil’s well that ends well
“This is not an environmental disaster, and I will say that again and again because it is a national phenomena. Oil has seeped into this ocean for centuries, will continue to do it. During World War II there was over 10 million barrels of oil spilt from ships, and no natural catastrophe. … We will [...]
Perry on Bush — it takes one to praise one
And so, secession-minded Gov. Rick Perry again crosses the border between Texas and reality. . .
Change Palin can believe in
Maybe it’s a birds of a feather thing. Neither Palin nor Steele have distinguished themselves as campaigners, officeholders or party spokespersons. However, when it comes to not knowing what they’re talking about, shooting from the lip and living large as long as others are picking up the tab, Palin and Steele have plenty in common.
A taxing matter we should all take up
with Democratic officials in Washington
The compromised loyalties and DLC/New Democrat agendas of too many congressional Democrats dovetail entirely too well with the actions and attitudes of the post-election Obama we’re getting to know. We expect the next unwelcome surprise will involve not letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
Bible-thumping Virginia lawmaker blames
abnormal newborns on prior abortion
This Amazing Fact comes to us from a professional politician first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991, whose Web page describes him as holding bachelor degrees in history and philosophy from from Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, and an MA in humanities from California State University. Remarkable preparation, those, for rendering sweeping obstetrical judgments.
