In response to They’ve Already Done the “We’d Never Do this” Spiel: Among my biggest problems with the “We’d Never Do This” spiel is that you don’t usually find out they have done it to you until after they done
Many Americans cannot forget Jane Fonda’s 1972 visit with the Viet Cong. They still wouldn’t wish physical harm on the actress no matter how vehemently they disagreed with her posing with North Vietnamese troops and spreading anti-American rhetoric over the airwaves.
After a long day on Capitol Hill Wednesday, starting with Sen. Ted Cruz’s questioning of Attorney General Eric Holder, and continuing through Sen. Ran Paul’s filibuster of John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA Director, both sides of the drone debate seemed
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) yielded the floor at 12:40 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 7 after continuing his filibuster of the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA Director for nearly thirteen hours. During his “talking” filibuster, which originally began as
Update – Sen. Paul shut down debate after a 13 hour filibuster at about 12:45 am late Wednesday light. —— Senator Rand Paul (R – KY) has been filibustering President Barack Obama’s CIA Director nominee John Brennan since 11:47 AM
On today’s Special report Charles Krauthammer disagreed with Senator Paul’s stance on the use of drones in the U.S. (and I disagree with Dr. Krauthammer, which rarely happens. ) Krauthammer posited that he could think of a scenario in which
On Wednesday afternoon, Christopher Anders, Senior Legislative Council at the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington D.C., spoke with Breitbart News exclusively about Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of the John Brennan nomination to CIA director over the administration’s failures to
Sen. Rand Paul’s ongoing filibuster (as of this writing) of John Brennan’s nomination as CIA Director is exciting, if only because it is a rare example of leadership and principle on Capitol Hill. It’s quite gratifying to see so much
In response to Rand Paul Filibuster Inspires HuffPo to Blister Obama Over Drone Policy: This morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was able to get Attorney General Eric Holder to admit, (after much hemming and hawing about “appropriateness”) that it was
Rand Paul’s filibuster should only ensure Obama sticks to this: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told a Senate committee Wednesday that he expects President Obama to explain the legal rationale underpinning the use of armed drones to target and
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that the White House would be within its legal authority to execute an American citizen via drone on U.S. soil if that person was determined to
Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) unmanned Predator B drone fleet has been custom designed to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals. “I am very concerned that this technology will
Who is this Vali Nasr person, who dares say such things about Dear Leader? Go get ’em Team Marvel! – Burn the witch! Via The UK Telegraph: Barack Obama is a “dithering” president whose controlling tendencies and extreme risk-averse attitude
As the scheduled 2014 draw-down of U.S. troops in Afghanistan draws closer, a report of how Obama leaned on a select group of political operatives for foreign policy decisions–including decisions relating to Afghanistan–has been released. This report seems to confirm
I took this video of Andrew Breitbart taking questions after Saturday lunch at the Smart Girl Summit in St. Louis, July 2011. It’s over 38 minutes long, but if you don’t have time for the whole thing, listen to this
Robert Gibbs tried to answer all of Rachel Maddow’s concerns about the Obama administration’s drone program Monday night on MSNBC. Maddow said that she understood the need for secrecy in drone missions but not in the law the governs those
On Feb. 21, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will use every procedural option at his disposal to block the confirmation of John Brennan for CIA Director. Paul found Brennan’s answers regarding the use of drones on Americans insufficient at
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bawdy Silvio Berlusconi may return as Italy’s Prime Minister U.N. claims immunity in Haiti cholera compensation case U.S. deploys 100 troops to Niger to operate drone base Al-Qaeda ‘tip sheet’ for avoiding drones found
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Fox’s “Happening Now” Friday morning….
An al-Qaeda document listing 22 ways for avoiding drones has been found inside a manila envelope in a building in Mali. The associated press found the document in Timbuktu after Islamists fled from a French military assault. The document reveals
At President Obama’s Google+ “fireside hangout,” Kira Davis, a video blogger and stay-at-home mother:
(AP) FAA moves toward creating 6 drone test sites in USBy JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn a major step toward opening U.S. skies to thousands of unmanned drones, federal officials Thursday solicited proposals to create six drone test sites around the country.
On Feb. 13, Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta announced the creation of a new medal for indirect combat roles–the Distinguished Warfare Medal. This medal is designed for those who operate drones and thereby have a direct impact on combat without
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said on FOX News this morning that he is going to block John Brennan’s nomination to CIA over the Obama Administration’s use of domestic drones
In response to “Good Hate” Goes Unnoticed in Sweden, Just as it Does Here: John, your post reminded me of the profoundly flawed reasoning behind MSNBC’s Krystal Ball’s recent defense of Obama’s drone policy. She dismissed the notion of liberal
On Feb. 11, VP Joe Biden wrapped up a round table discussion on gun violence by reflecting on recent conversations with world leaders whom he claims didn’t want to discuss drones, Afghanistan, or terrorist attacks in Mali–rather, they “importunely” asked him
Just when you think the mainstream media will not be able to plumb deeper depths in their attempts to attack America and its values, they prove you wrong again. Boston Globe columnist James Carroll wrote a piece that the the
I bet you voted for Obama, didn’t you? I bet when he said the Cambridge Police Department acted stupidly, you cheered. I bet when Eric Holder dropped the charges on the Black Panthers, you laughed all the way to your imaginary
Rand Paul appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union”
TINA BROWN, EDITOR NEWSWEEK/DAILY BEAST: I mean, he’d be impeached by now for drones if he was W. Bush. MAHER: Impeached? No. BROWN: Yeah, don’t you think? I mean, don’t you think… MAHER: Impeached for… BROWN: Well, I think… MAHER:
In response to Nick Gillespie’s brilliant insight about journalists’ hypocrisy on drones: I added a few thoughts about Gillespie’s fine piece here. (Special guest appearance by Ace, because I thought immediately of something he wrote the other day when I
In response to Nick Gillespie’s brilliant insight about journalists’ hypocrisy on drones: Someone commented on Twitter, I think maybe Kirsten Powers, that libertarians seem to be the only ones with any consistency on this subject. We expect partisans to be
Nick Gillespie has written a brilliant essay on how the media, which once considered Bush/Cheney to be fascist-dictators-in-waiting because of the powers they assumed to fight terror, is now eager to give Obama’s greater and more brazen powers a pass.
The Charlottesville, VA City Council is calling on Congress to pass legislation barring the introduction of information gathered by drones into a Federal or State court. Charlottesville is therefore the first city to pass an anti-drone resolution. Councilmember Dede Smith
The nomination of John Brennan for Director of the CIA has uncovered that the Obama administration, after ostensibly withdrawing from Saudi Arabia to pacify Muslim outrage, still has a secret base in the country from which it operates drones. The base
Comparing waterboarding — which is so harmless journalists have volunteered to do it — to assassinating American citizens is like comparing a Nerf ball to an uzi. Comparing involuntary detentions at Guantanamo Bay — where the greatest threat to prisoners
On January 9th of this year the State Department confirmed that the United States was in favor of the United Nations using drones for video surveillance to ensure and monitor “peacekeeping” missions in countries around the world. The State Department
US Attorney General commenting on a leaked memo in which lawyers argue that the President has broad legal powers to kill US citizens suspected of links with al-Qaeda who present an “imminent” threat to the country.
In reply to Ace: I’m not sure what Chuck Hagel has against Jews, but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess it has something to do with a grade curve. L’Affaire Hagel – and the whiny butthurt
When Breitbart News’ Kerry Picket asked Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) about the reported FBI investigation into allegations that the senator used a house of prostitution populated with underage girls in the Dominican Republic his response was that he “wasn’t going