This was the president’s intention from the start. I don’t mean directly harming America’s war effort, I mean indirectly by virtue of who he is at heart. After all, he increased the troop presence in Afghanistan and the left the
August marked the first month of no reported deaths for the first time since 2003. This is great news for the US military as well as the Iraqi security forces that seems to be maturing and taking on greater operational
It is unbelievable that any government worker or private employee who is privy to sensitive information regarding national security and defense who has the kind of background and prior associates as President Obama does, could then become the foci around
Abbas: We Won’t Recognize Israel as Jewish State — Elior Levy (Ynet News) The Palestinian Authority will not be recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday, adopting a belligerent tone ahead of his planned statehood
We broke it here, first. If you’ll remember, I wrote an early piece on the unique challenges Governor Perry must overcome in order to be President in this country. Over the following days just about everything mentioned came to pass.
America is holding its breath in anticipation for President Obama’s big post-Labor Day jobs plan. September is when Congress is due back in session. It will be then the president will discuss regulations and their damaging effects on job creation.
These latest numbers are a good snapshot and measurement of people’s disgust with our federal government and everyone in it. I posted recently on several polls that show Americans are at their lowest in terms of how they view their
The left’s boogieman is releasing a new book. The contents, of which, Cheney says, promises to have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C. I just read Cheney’s book… Part of the tell-all is that he encouraged President Bush to bomb Syria’s suspected
Just about everyone knows that Democrats have a real passion for abortion. In fact, few things make them prouder to be an American than to catch sight of an abortion clinic. Of course, most never come and outright say they
Consider this a follow-up to yesterday’s post. The Pentagon finally released its long awaited annual report on China’s growing military capabilities. The findings of which are not all that surprising. It only confirms the obvious — China’s ambition to expand
Case in point: College students take a pass on GPA redistribution. Oliver Darcy, a recent college graduate, proposes that students with good grades contribute their GPA to their academically sluggish friends. He argues that this is how the federal government
China instituted the one-child policy in 1979 under the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in order to control China’s exploding population rate. Then China was largely rural with a large peasantry class. That still remains the case outside of China’s major
Remember the line in Apollo 13? NASA flight director, played by Ed Harris, showed how little his patience was with those who accepted anything less than success. When faced with a doubter, Harris boasted:”With respect sir, I think this will
President Bush’s foreign policy has often been reduced to unkind terms by his detractors. He was considered a reckless cowboy, a hick, an idiot that lucked his way into office and benefited from his father’s life time in politics. His
For a man who once said “typical white person” during a radio interview to describe his grandmother’s actions toward a black man who kept bugging her at a bus stop, his words of advice to Perry seem comical. Or his
I’ve already written on the Left’s special plan for Rick Perry. No need to go into it here but in case you missed them: Perry Should Have a Plan against Southern Bigotry Remember When I said Perry Should Have a
How is that relationship working out for you? Does it have you bummed? Has the dip in the market hurt your 401K and other investments? Feeling at a loss? Is life just sometimes too fast? Leaving you feeling alone and
National Journal In one of the deadliest days in Iraq so far this year, nearly 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded after a period of relative respite from violence there during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The
I know that is a dumb statement. I mean, what candidate doesn’t have a plan when seeking office? So when I mean a plan, I mean a plan. Yesterday’s post about Southern bigotry, I said would be a major factor
I know that not all of our readers here are Southerners. However, I am not writing to pick a fight, nor will I go into some boring rehash on the Civil War. I simply want to address a phenomenon that
Several of us at Big Peace have reported in the past about the noticeable warming relationship between China and Pakistan. This has concerned the US because of the amount of cooperation and assistance – worth billions of dollars — given
The Irish gentlemen, Jonathan Swift, once penned a scathing pamphlet in reaction to political and economical conditions in Ireland due to English policies. His satirical essay, “A Modest Proposal” reached outlandish proportions when he recommended that society make use of
The US Postal Service is planning to reduce payroll by 20 percent. That’s a nicer way of saying 20 percent will join the unemployment lines. The Postal Service is citing increasing costs from employees and declining mail volume. Notably among
Some recent articles and essays on Perry’s world view will smack of neoconservatism — a well known word, if not its actual ideology — and that will rile many. Now that Perry is sending out strong signals of his imminent
A quote from Tony Blair’s memoir It is amazing that people constantly miss the importance of the fact that any threat made in international affairs must be credible. The absence of credibility actually increases the likelihood of confrontation. The recipient
