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Writer Wrong About Obama’s Defense Positions

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

In the second paragraph of his Salon.com piece today, writer Glenn Greenwald claims President Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of increased defense spending. One needs only visit the Obama-Biden campaign web site or watch a campaign-trail video of Obama to see that the ever-so-hopeful writer is mistaken.
In Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama, [...]

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Freedom of the Press to Suffer Under Obama (Updated)

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Freedom of the press is likely to suffer under the administration of Barack Obama.  How do I know this?  A look back at issues and events that arose during the 2008 presidential campaign reveals as much.
Two weeks prior to the Nov. 4 election, Obama running mate Joe Biden faced tough questions from interviewers at local [...]

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Three Reasons Not to Bail Out General Motors

November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

After reading an article in today’s edition of The Moscow Times (see graphic at right), I came up with three good reasons why at least one of the “Big Three” automakers — General Motors — should NOT receive any portion of a proposed $50 billion bailout from the federal government:

Reason #1: GM is, according to [...]

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Obama Message to Allies: ‘You Can’t Trust Me’

November 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

If an Associated Press report published early today is accurate, President-elect Barack Obama has sent a clear and disturbing message to U.S. allies around the world:  “You can’t trust me.”
The report cites Obama foreign policy adviser Denis McDonough as saying Obama did not make a commitment to Polish President Lech Kaczynski regarding installation of a [...]

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Another ‘Test Administrator’ Enters the Classroom

November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Soon after yesterday’s election results were announced, I reported that the test promised by Joe “We will be tested” Biden 16 days ago appears to have begun in Israel.  This morning, another “test administrator” by the name of Dmitry Medvedev has entered the classroom that is this complicated world in which we live.
Associated Press is [...]

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