Nonetheless, Paul Wolfowitz, Bush's one-time point man for Middle East democracy, is one among many across the political spectrum who are concerned that by choosing an authoritarian police state for his podium, Obama may be signaling that the United States is ditching democracy promotion.
"I think this is one of the most critical moments in American history," Gingrich said. "We are living in a period where we are surrounded by paganism."
Isaiah 42:6
Revised Standard version
I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations.
Countrywide exec often warned about mortgage risks
Fri Jun 5, 2009 9:57pm EDT
By Steve Eder
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk. But they didn't listen. McMurray was chief risk officer of the lender that became a symbol of some of the worst excesses of the subprime mortgage crisis.
Warnings from McMurray are cited often in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against Countrywide's co-founder Angelo Mozilo and two lieutenants.
Frequently cited in the lawsuit are emails from McMurray warning Mozilo, Sambol and Sieracki about the rapidly increasing risk of the loan portfolio at Countrywide, which by September 2006 estimated it had almost 16 percent of the U.S. home loan market.
Palin on defensive as scrutiny rises
Spent $150,000 of RNC money for clothing
The Boston Globe
By Foon Rhee
Globe Staff / October 23, 2008
As her qualifications, her understanding of the vice presidency, and even her wardrobe came under renewed scrutiny yesterday, Sarah Palin told a high- profile conservative Christian leader that she isn't discouraged by the Republican ticket's sagging poll numbers because she and running mate John McCain have always been underdogs.
"I know at the end of the day, putting this in God's hands, the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4," the GOP vice presidential nominee told James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family, in an interview posted yesterday on the group's website.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Democratic Representative Henry A. Waxman were both made fun of for their looks; Mr. Waxman’s nose was the subject of a particularly unpleasant visual joke.
1 Samuel
Revised Standard Version
17:48
When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
17:49
And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; there was no sword in the hand of David.
17:51
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
17:52
And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Sha-ara'im as far as Gath and Ekron.
Obama abandons Democracy
Obama studiously avoids the word democracy.
The fourth issue that I will address is democracy. (Applause.)
"If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."
"Now, on his Middle East apology tour, the President calls the U.S. a "Muslim nation."
EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico
Seeks white militias as allies
By Sara A. Carter (Contact) | Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The video aired earlier this year as a recruitment tool makes clear that al Qaeda is looking to exploit weaknesses in U.S. border security and also is willing to ally itself with white militia groups or other anti-government entities interested in carrying out an attack inside the United States, according to counterterrorism officials interviewed by The Washington Times.
In the video, obtained and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, al-Nafisi also suggests that al Qaeda might want to collaborate with members of native U.S. white supremacist militias who hate the federal government.
“There has been physical expansion in some places, and the Palestinian Authority is right to object to it. Israeli settlement expansion beyond the security fence, in areas Israel will ultimately evacuate, is a mistake.”
Sotomayor's now infamous statement that, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." Foolish, yes. Self-serving, sure.
"I've also been 'inside GITMO,' and Cucullu's riveting account shows why we've been safer with it — and why we may soon regret being without it."— Monica Crowley
"Our new president should read it — twice — and take its truth-telling to heart." — Ralph Peters
"An explosive expos of what's really been happening - 'inside the wire' at Guantanamo. Gordon Cucullu - with his Special Forces background, thorough research and extensive visits to Gitmo - knows more about the now-infamous detention facility than any 'outsider.' This book is a must-read for all who care about how we protect ourselves from those who are dying to kill us." — Oliver North
"Inside Gitmo is a book of incalculable importance. It lays bare the myths and the stakes involved in the campaign to shut down a facility that any objective reader must conclude is vital to our national security. Every policy-maker in Washington and every citizen across America should study this books brilliant first-hand reporting and its alarming findings." — Frank Gaffney, Jr.
Cheney Led Briefings of Lawmakers To Defend Interrogation Techniques
By Paul Kane and Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Former vice president Richard B. Cheney personally oversaw at least four briefings with senior members of Congress about the controversial interrogation program, part of a secretive and forceful defense he mounted throughout 2005 in an effort to maintain support for the harsh techniques used on detainees.
| Friend of Terri Schiavo Calls Michael Schiavo a Liar Fox News Network, March 31, 2005 Thursday, NEWS; Domestic, 1075 words, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes | |
| Jackson Outlines Efforts to Save Terry Schiavo Fox News Network, March 30, 2005 Wednesday, NEWS; Domestic, 1261 words, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes | |
| Interview with Frank Pavone, Randall Terry Fox News Network, March 30, 2005 Wednesday, NEWS; Domestic, 1768 words, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes | |
| Interview With Alexander Mauskop and Randall Terry Fox News Network, March 30, 2005 Wednesday, NEWS; Domestic, 2086 words, John Gibson, Julie Banderas | |
| Terri Schiavo's Family Hopes for State Action Fox News Network, March 29, 2005 Tuesday, NEWS; Domestic, 1829 words, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes | |
| New Evidence on Schiavo's Condition Being Presented in Court Fox News Network, March 24, 2005 Thursday, NEWS; Domestic, 1723 words, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes | |
| Interview with Randall Terry, Schindler's Family Spokesman Fox News Network, March 23, 2005 Wednesday, NEWS; Domestic, 1478 words, Alan Colmes, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren | |
| What Can Americans Do for Terri Schiavo? Fox News Network, March 18, 2005 Friday, NEWS; Domestic, 956 words, Sean Hannity, Pat Halpin | |
| Interview With Randall Terry Fox News Network, October 13, 2003 Monday, News; Domestic, 1123 words, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes |
Former SBC officer says Tiller murder answer to prayer
By Bob Allen
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Associated Baptist Press
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) -- While most pro-life leaders condemned the May 31 murder of a controversial abortion provider inside his Wichita, Kan., church, one former Southern Baptist Convention official called it an answer to prayer.
"I am glad George Tiller is dead," Wiley Drake, the SBC's former second vice president, said on his Crusade Radio program June 1.
"There may be a lot who would say, 'Oh that is mean. You shouldn't be that way,'" Drake said. "Well, no, it's an answer to prayer."
"This man, George Tiller, was far greater in his atrocities than Adolf Hitler," Drake said. "So I am happy. I am glad that he is dead...."
“And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world,” Mr. Obama said.
Conservatives Ask Republican Senators to Filibuster on Sotomayor
By Charles Savage
June 1, 2009, 3:52 pm
NYT The Caucus
Another signatory on the new letter is Mark Levin, the conservative talk show host. In January 2006, when some Democratic senators tried and failed to block a vote on the Supreme Court confirmation of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Mr. Levin accused them of violating the Constitution.
“We have Senate liberals tonight saying that they want to filibuster Sam Alito in the name of defending what they claim are constitutional rights,” Mr. Levin said. “Yet the very act of a filibuster against a judicial nominee is in my view unconstitutional. This is how liberals talk. This is how they behave. They say one thing and they mean another. They speak out of one side of their mouth as well as the other.”
Mr. Levin also signed an April 24, 2005 letter to Republican leaders in the Senate urging them to eliminate the rule that allowed filibusters on judicial nominees. The group, calling itself the “Coalition to End Judicial Filibusters,” declared that “the Constitution mandates” a simple majority vote when the Senate is performing its role of “advice and consent” to the president’s choices.
In March 1993, three months into the administration of our first pro-choice president, Bill Clinton, abortion provider Dr. David Gunn was murdered in Pensacola, Florida. That was the beginning of what would become a five-fold increase in violence against abortion providers throughout the Clinton years.
Roeder, who in the 1990s was a manufacturing assemblyman, also was involved in the "Freemen" movement. "Freemen" was a term adopted by those who claimed sovereignty from government jurisdiction and operated under their own legal system, which they called common-law courts. Adherents declared themselves exempt from laws, regulations and taxes and often filed liens against judges, prosecutors and others, claiming that money was owed to them as compensation. ... In April 1996, Roeder was arrested in Topeka after Shawnee County sheriff's deputies stopped him for not having a proper license plate. ... Roeder, who then lived in Silver Lake, Kan., was stopped because he had an improper license plate that read "Sovereign private property. Immunity declared by law. Non-commercial American.'' Authorities said the plate was typical of those used by Freemen.
Christian Newswire:
George Tiller was a Mass-Murderer, says Randall Terry — We Grieve That he Did Not Have Time to Properly Prepare his Soul to Face God — Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, led protests against George Tiller's late-term abortion clinic in Wichita in 1991.
Child Killer George Tiller Killed
SHUSTER: Mr. Tancredo, do you agree that the Obama administration hates white people?
TANCREDO: Oh [sighs], I don’t know. But I’ll tell you this –
SHUSTER: You don’t know? In other words, they might?
TANCREDO: What do I — I have no idea whether they hate white people or not!
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