Obama Gets PC

Patriotically correct, that is, the most common and most oppressive form of political correctness in our post-9/11 world. From this morning's speech: But the remarks [by Rev. Jeremiah Wright] that have caused this recent firestorm weren’t simply controversial. They...

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Bush Earned Impeachment 5 Years Ago Today

In a memo sent to Congress five years ago today, Bush decreed that he was attacking Iraq “to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized,...

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Perle, the New York Times, and Chutzpah

Marking the impending fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Sunday’s influential ‘Outlook’ section of the New York Times asked “nine experts on military and foreign affairs to reflect on their attitudes in the spring of 2003 and to comment on the one...

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Ron Paul on the Surveillance Bill

Ron Paul opposes both the Republican and Democratic proposals to renew the telecom surveillance bill. Following is his speech before the US House of Representatives, Friday, March 14, 2008. I rise in opposition to this latest attempt to undermine our personal...

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State Dept: Criticism of Israel = Anti-Semitism?

In the most recent edition of its annual “Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism” released Thursday, the State Department — and hence the U.S. government — moves ever more closely to a long-standing neo-conservative tenet: that criticism of Israel or Israeli...

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A Day for Collateral Damage

UPDATED: US Troops Kill Young Iraqi Girl for 'Signaling'British Strike Kills Afghan CiviliansPakistani Forces Miss Target, Kill 15 CiviliansBritish Strike Kills Afghan CiviliansIraqis Bury 10 After Blast US Says Killed No OneChildren Killed as US Troops Fight Iraq...

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McCain Again Supports Torture

John McCain voted to uphold Bush's veto of the latest anti-torture legislation to pass Congress. McCain also voted against the initial version of this law that would ban waterboarding by U.S. government agents. McCain also voted for the final version of the Military...

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Everything You Need to Know About Alan Dershowitz

From the continuing series "A Terror Tour of Israel" at Slate.com: [A]t another stop on the tour, we were introduced to Haim Ben Ami, a former head of interrogations at Shin Bet. He strolled across the stage like a movie director explaining a difficult scene to his...

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