Friday, October 30, 2009
A demand for ‘respect’
By Deborah Weiss
The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) recently delivered a little-reported speech at the United States Institute of Peace. In it he demanded that the United States give the Muslim world “respect.” But precisely what does he mean by that?
The OIC comprises 57 states with [...]
10/30/09 12:02 PM EDT
Newly disclosed emails link White House directly to NEA politicalization scandal
By: MARK TAPSCOTT
Editorial Page Editor
Former actor and present White House associate director of public engagement Kalpen Modi was directly involved in planning the controversial conference call hosted by a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) flack to encourage tax-supported artists to create propaganda [...]
Some friends of ours thought there was something odd about a bill. We gave them a camera for a few nights and this is what they saw.
more about “Paranormal legislative activity? – VIDEO“, posted with vodpod
Paranormal legislative activity captured on video in nation’s capital
By: MARK TAPSCOTT
Editorial Page Editor
10/30/09 2:54 PM EDT
Sure, it’s Halloween [...]
October 30, 2009
House members under ethics scrutiny
By The Associated Press (AP) – 36 minutes ago
The following House members have come under scrutiny from the House ethics committee for a wide range of issues. In some cases, there was only was a preliminary review, but in others a full investigation by a subcommittee with subpoena powers. [...]
Attended by about 200 people, the speech served as the inaugural event for the David Horowitz Freedom Center–Philadelphia. Formed less than a year ago, the local center is meant to serve as the East Coast headquarters of the Los Angeles-based organization run by Horowitz, a one-time liberal turned conservative firebrand. Horowitz is the editor of [...]
“I think it’s pretty clear that a person who would vote for John Boehner, support tax cuts, support growing our economy, and defeat Nancy Pelosi’s tax and spend agenda will be really welcome in our conference, and I think having a person who can win that district off that message would be really good for [...]
October 30, 2009
Dennis Miller: Ahem … All not so quiet on the cable front
By: Dennis Miller
OpEd Contributor
Who’d have thought that the heretofore ubermeek Obama administration would attempt the first surge of its tremulous tenure against my Fox News Network? As every demented B-lister in a leopard skin fez and a doorman’s outfit from the Plaza [...]
October 30, 2009
It’s Time for Obama to Stop Blaming Bush
By Charles Krauthammer
WASHINGTON — Old Soviet joke:
Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev.
“Niki, I’m dying. Don’t have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble.”
A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: “Blame everything [...]
October 30, 2009
Democrats’ healthcare scheme is pure insanity
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
Whole industries and banks are biting the dust; unemployment lingers close to double-digits; government deficits rise like a mountain of nuclear waste; the communist Chinese are buying up our debt in anticipation of God knows what kind of future demands upon us; and more soldiers die [...]
Looks like a two-man race in New York 23
By: MICHAEL BARONE
Senior Political Analyst
10/29/09 5:52 PM EDT
The special election in the 23rd congressional district of New York increasingly looks like a two-man race, with the woman candidate, Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava, skittering into third place. Yesterday I referenced Mark Blumenthal’s analysis of two polls, both commissioned [...]
