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Lies Dominated 2010 State of the Union Address

January 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Only hours away from a 2011 State of the Union address during which President Barack Obama is, unbelievably, expected to either call for more spending or propose partial freeze (which is it?), I decided to revisit the effort that earned him so much criticism — as a liar — in 2010. During that speech, Supreme [...]

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GITMO Remains Open Despite Obama Efforts

December 27th, 2010 · No Comments

President Barack Obama cited national security interests, foreign policy interests and the interests of justice when he announced 23 months ago he would close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months.  Despite more than 140 mentions of GITMO on the White House web site since then, the facility remains open.  To celebrate that, I [...]

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Phil Hare’s ‘Year of Foolishness’ Revisited

October 25th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Barely one week before election day, it’s time to review what I like to call the “year of foolishness” lived out loud by U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, a liberal Democrat running for reelection in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. On Dec. 16, 2009, Hare told Chris Matthews’ MSNBC audience he would welcome terrorists from Guantanamo Bay [...]

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Clapper Wrong Man for Nation’s Top Intel Post

May 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, the world learned President Barack Obama had canned Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair. Soon after, news surfaced about James R. Clapper Jr., Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence, surfacing as the leading choice to replace Blair.  Sadly, my research tells me the nation is not going to be safer with Clapper as DNI, because his [...]

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Oklahoma Senator Says Obama Best Liar Ever

January 28th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) reacted to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech with a back-handed compliment, saying, “This guy can say things that aren’t true with greater conviction than anyone I’ve ever seen.” The conservative Republican shared his thoughts during a radio interview this morning with Joe Kelley of Tulsa radio station KRMG. [...]

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Join Fight to Keep Terrorists Out of ‘Big Apple’

November 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

New York City firefighter Tim Brown of TheBravest.com appeared on Fox News Channel today to express his disgust for the White House decision announced today by Attorney General Eric Holder. In short, President Barack Obama has decided to put five Sept. 11 terror suspects on trial in New York City, in a civilian court and [...]

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Report: U.S. Failing to Address Urgent Biothreat

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The United States is failing to address its most urgent threat—biological proliferation and terrorism—concluded a report issued today by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. In a news release yesterday, the commission also felt the Obama Administration has given appropriate high-level attention to the nuclear threat but [...]

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