The question about giving armed support to the Syrian people has now come front and center. As is usually the case, if America doesn’t lead, nobody will. It has become clear that the Obama Administration, has no stomach to do
(AP) Eagles’ Joe Walsh backs opponent of Rep. Joe WalshBy SOPHIA TAREENAssociated PressCHICAGOAn Iraq war veteran from Illinois hoping to limit tea party-backed Republican Rep. Joe Walsh to a single term in Congress was endorsed Tuesday by none other than
Blaming President Bush for everything that goes wrong with his presidency is Barack Obama’s favorite pastime. He decided to immerse himself in that warm bath of blame again today in Baltimore. “I love it when these guys talk about debt
There are 85,000 Sacramento County Democrats, and an additional 5,000 unaffiliated voters who punched ballots during last week’s presidential primary. Barack Obama’s name was the only one on the ballot on the Democratic side. Nonetheless, 8,000 voters left the presidential
(AP) GOP focuses on Obama in bid for Giffords’ seatBy KEVIN FREKING and WALTER BERRYAssociated PressPHOENIXRepublicans are focusing on President Barack Obama, not Gabrielle Giffords, and sensing a chance to capture the former congresswoman’s seat in southern Arizona. Voters are
A Coney Island principal has scrapped plans to perform Lee Greenwood’s patriotic “God Bless the U.S.A.” at a moving up ceremony this week for fear of offending other cultures, according to The New York Post. Five classes spent months learning
On his show “Real Time with Bill Maher”, Maher made the argument it was ok liberals were secretly rooting for America to fail in Iraq and even took joy in bombings.
Word of another massacrein Syria yesterday has made it clear to even the biggest fans of theU.N. that Ban Ki-moon’s ceasefire effort is a complete failure. In thelatest government atrocity, 70 Syrians, more than half of them women andchildren, were
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Greek politician punches woman on TV Greek far left Syriza candidate promises to halt firings of civil servants Leon Panetta: U.S. is ‘running out of patience’ with Pakistan Ban Ki-Moon accuses Syria’s al-Assad of
Four years ago, Israeli “dove” Avi Primor cooed over the prospects for a comprehensive peace settlement in the Mideast. The “key” to peace, wrote Israel’s former Ambassador to Germany, lies in Damascus. Amb. Primor wrote if Israel would only agree
A Massachusetts veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has filed a civil rights lawsuit against an anti-war activist who declined to rent him an apartment. Sgt. Joel Morgan, 29, tried to rent a two-bedroom apartment in the Savin
Anti-war activist Janice Roberts, a 63-year-old Dorchester, Massachusetts resident, has refused to rent an apartment to Sgt. Joel Morgan, 29, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Roberts told Morgan, according to the lawsuit Morgan filed this week, that
The CIA is planning to cut the number of personnel in Iraq to 40% of what it had at the height of the Iraq war, when Baghdad was the headquarters of the largest CIA station in the world. At that time, there
President Barack Obama is spending his time these days hobnobbing with the likes of George Clooney, Tobey Maguire and Dave Matthews at posh fundraisers where the entrance fee can be as high as $40,000. Meanwhile, the nation’s economic news keeps getting worse,
A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraq’s prime minister was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him, and paralysed the country’s government. The trouble began in earnest in mid-December, when the secular Sunni-backed
Josh Mandel, who is challenging incumbent Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, is mounting a charge. Polls taken by Quinnipiac and Rasmussen have consistently shown Brown with 45% to 48% of the vote since last fall. Mandel’s support, which was registered at
Chris Hayes is now a household name. He committed a grave sin in today’s society. He spoke his convictions and did so seriously. Hayes claimed he felt “uncomfortable” calling fallen military men and women “heroes.” Hayes later apologized for his comment.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 29 (UPI) — A senior Iranian military commander’s reported admission that Iranian forces are operating in Syria to stiffen the embattled regime of President Bashar Assad underlines how bad things are for Syria’s divided opposition. This and
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressSAN DIEGORepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Monday to maintain an American military “with no comparable power anywhere in the world.” The likely Republican presidential nominee faced a San Diego crowd estimated at 5,000 in what was
I never thought I’d miss Keith Olbermann, nor did I ever think I’d be able to write something positive about him. But I must say, he’s a patriot compared to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. That’s right–a patriot. Heck, Jane Fonda may
(AP) Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibilityBy MICHAEL HILLAssociated PressWEST POINT, N.Y.Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year
By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National WriterMost people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others. As a member of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors’ “run & remember team,” the New Mexico Army National Guard
United Liberty points out that convicted “Speedway bomber” Brett Kimberlin and his Justice Through Music Project are partners with the U.S. Department of State in the “International Visitor Leadership Program,” a taxpayer-funded professional exchange program. The Justice Through Music Project
(AP) AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plotBy ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated PressWACO, TexasA federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of
In another rebuke to President Barack Obama, 42% of Democratic primary voters in Arkansas chose attorney John Wolfe for president over their own party’s incumbent, who won 58% of the vote. Wolfe defeated Obama in 29 of the state’s 75
