Sep 30, 7:08 PM EDT
AP source: Obama makes no decisions on Afghan war
By STEVEN R. HURST and LARA JAKES-AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has heard from his top national security officials about their next step forward with Afghanistan but has not made any decisions.
A senior administration official says Obama spent three hours in the [...]
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., left, holds up the gavel he used as speaker pro tempore when Medicare passed in 1965, during a news conference on seniors and health care reform with Speaker of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Sep 30, 6:26 PM [...]
Jihad of the wallet. “Westchester man admits sending aid to terrorist training camp in Afghanistan,” by Alison Gendar for the New York Daily News, September 30 (thanks to James):A Westchester County businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling money to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari admitted…
This past week Barack Obama, in unprecedented fashion, strongly suggested to David Paterson that he should not run for reelection as the Democrat candidate for Governor of New York. Obama’s people then leaked the story to the press. The President wants Andrew Cuomo to be his party’s nominee, since Paterson seems sure to lose the general election.
Here is a [...]
Today’s Open Thread was submitted by Julie Trevor.
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
This one is a little different….
Two Different Versions! …………….. Two Different Morals!
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and [...]
Jamie Glazov continues to hold feminists’ feet to the fire about their inconsistency and refusal to condemn the oppression of women under Sharia. An update on this story.”Will Naomi Wolf Fight Female Genital Mutilation?,” by Jamie Glazov at the News Real Blog, September 29:I have a little follow-up to my…
Lat night, Rachel Maddow had another one of her “TRUTH about the LIES about ACORN” segments, but it was not worth dwelling on. Most of the segment was a rehash of what Maddow has been saying for the past week—ACORN is essentially good, the right wing is out to smear this organization unjustly, yada, yada, [...]
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the recent increase of aid to Pakistan: Last Thursday the Senate voted to triple the amount of non-military aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion annually. The money is supposed to go to build democracy and aid anti-terror efforts. “We should make clear to the…
Sep 30, 12:40 PM EDT
Top US general in Iraq calls it a key partner
By LARA JAKES
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday warned Congress against losing sight of that nation as a key Mideast ally, even as safer conditions have let him send home more U.S. troops faster than expected.
Army Gen. [...]
I was at the much-ballyhooed event last Friday, and here is my report in Human Events today: The organizers of the “Islam on Capitol Hill” event last Friday came only about 47,000 people short of their goal of bringing 50,000 Muslims to Washington to pray in front of the Capitol building….
