Richard Myers is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005. As Chairman, Myers was the United States military’s highest ranking uniformed officer. He talked to NewsRealBlog about the issues that affect America’s military.
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NRB Interview: General Myers on Defending America
Nobel Prize winning report on ‘global warming’ wasn’t peer reviewed after all
What a shocker!
Forty citizen auditors from 12 countries examined 18,500 sources cited in the report – finding 5,600 to be not peer-reviewed.
Contrary to statements by the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the celebrated 2007 report does not rely solely on research published in reputable scientific journals. It also cites press releases, [...]
Charles Rangel: A Profile in Corruption

Plagued by multiple serious scandals, Rep. Charles Rangel has stepped down from his post as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. The move, which Rangel said was “temporary,” came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the congressman that he did not have enough votes to survive an expected Republican challenge to his chairmanship. To view a [...]
Evan Bayh Retires – Last Word “Geronimo!”
Evan Bayh, two-term Democratic Senator from Indiana, has announced he will not seek re-election, citing among other things:
too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving [in Congress]
In a related story, Vince McMahon will soon announce his resignation as chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment citing mounting evidence that “some of the action is rehearsed.”
It is [...]
The Bernanke Nomination – WSJ.com

The White House said yesterday it has damped down a political revolt against Ben Bernanke and now has the votes to secure the Federal Reserve Chairman’s second four-year term. Whether or not Mr. Bernanke is confirmed, the lesson we draw is that overly political central bankers will eventually be undone by politics. There’s no doubt [...]


























The Right’s PC Police – by Jacob Laksin
The Reid affair is one conversation about race Republicans shouldn’t want to have.