“No One [Except the Radical Left] Wants To Squander Those Gains”

Here’s another look into the struggle between President Obama on one side and General Petreaus and Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the other on whether or not to remove U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. General Jack Keane said recently on NewsHour (see video below) that “no one wants to squander those gains [we [...]

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Gingrich: invest in shares of ramen noodles, Dollar Store

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today that the U.S. economic downturn is much worse than political leaders admit and predicted the recovery will take three to five years.
The financial meltdown points to “a much more profound problem than people think” as American industries and education have lost ground to China and India, [...]

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Newt Is Not A Fascist (Or, Let’s Protect Ourselves, Not Our Enemies)

Newt Gingrich did not, as the title of this article suggests, attack Obama for caring too much about civil liberties.  Here’s what Gingrich said:
“I think people have a good reason to be worried about the overall tenor of the way they’re trying to move back to ‘civil liberties matter more than protecting America.’”
What [...]

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How To Run For President In 2012: Rule #1

This is the first installment of what I hope will be many. As I examine the public pronouncements of the potential GOP Presidential candidates, I will look for actions/statements/tendencies that would be conducive to both winning the Republican nomination and taking on the Pied Piper of the Progressives in the 2012 General Election.
How To Run [...]

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RTFA

This article:
The purchase of a piece of property in America, a single-family house, a PUD (planned unit development) or a condo (flat within a condominium) will guarantee you and your family a green card. This is one of the extreme measures implemented to help stall the meteoric fall of the United States economy in light [...]

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“A heartbreaking what-if” redux

As a follow-up to this post, writer Jason Corely responds to the Joint Operations Environment report. Recall that “In terms of worse-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large and important states bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico.”
Corely’s article fills in some of the details [...]

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A heartbreaking what-if

Mexico is one of two countries that “bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse,” according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats.
The command’s “Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008)” report, which contains projections of global threats and potential next wars, puts Pakistan on the same level as Mexico. “In [...]

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“Minor” Missiles

Ron Paul must be smoking some illegal contributions from his Paul-ites. He claims that Israel’s offensive in Gaza is unjustified because “Palestinian missiles are so minor compared to the fire power of Israel, who has nuclear weapons.” Paul’s twisted logic is analagous to saying that I can’t swat a mosquito that is sucking blood [...]

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