Investors Business Daily: Even by the extraordinarily loose standards of Congress, it takes some chutzpah for someone such as Frank to suggest that he’ll seek prosecutions for those behind the housing and financial crunch and for what he called “a strongly empowered systemic risk regulator.” Frank: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s point man in Washington. [...]
The New York Post: At least President Obama knows the economy has problems. He’s spoken of a “financial crisis,” a “housing crisis,” a “credit crisis” – you name it. So he earns points for recognizing the ills that plague us. Too bad he isn’t doing much about them. Sure, the administration’s housing program promises to [...]
Jihad Watch: The David Horowitz Freedom Center is calling upon all supporters of freedom of speech and of Israel to join in its protest against Facebook, the Internet social networking site. Facebook has allowed a group of hackers who openly support the terrorist group Hizballah to take over and destroy what was once the largest [...]
NY Times: In a 35-minute conversation with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, Mr. Obama reviewed the challenges to his young administration. The president said he could not assure Americans the economy would begin growing again this year. But he pledged that he would “get all the pillars in place for [...]
Freaking movie DVDs??? MOVIE DVDs!!??!! And they were like 20-30 year old movies! And NO State Dinner for the man??? No B-B-Q?!?!?!!! These people are our CLOSEST allies … THIS was worse than anything Pres. Bush did in 8 yrs that was deemed “hillbilly” … I am ashamed and insulted myself. Telegraph UK: Barack Obama [...]
LA Times: U.S. citizen beheaded in apparent drug hit A former Chula Vista resident is identified as one of three men who were found decapitated this week in Tijuana. By Richard Marosi A U.S. citizen was one of the three men who were found decapitated this week in Tijuana, Mexican authorities said Friday. The body [...]
To execute or not: A question of cost? After decades of moral arguments reaching biblical proportions, after long, twisted journeys to the nation’s highest court and back, the death penalty may be abandoned by several states for a reason having nothing to do with right or wrong: Money. Turns out, it is cheaper to imprison [...]
Chavez Tells Obama He Should Follow Venezuela’s Socialist Path Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez comments on U.S. President Barack Obama and the state of the U.S. economy. He made the remarks today on Venezuelan state television. “It’s regrettable the crisis that the U.S. is living through. Millions of workers are being left in the street, thousands [...]
The City Journal: Blame the networks for the now-lifted ban on showing military caskets. by Paul Beston After a review ordered by defense secretary Robert Gates, the Pentagon has lifted an 18-year-old policy banning the media from photographing caskets of slain servicemen and servicewomen on their return home, most often to Dover Air Force Base. [...]
Here we go, boys and girls … LAS VEGAS – Four members of an anti-government group have been arrested on charges that include money laundering, tax evasion and weapons possession, federal prosecutors said Friday. Authorities said the four men are members of the Sovereign Movement, a group that attempts to overthrow the government and defy [...]
NY Times: Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban By HELENE COOPER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON — President Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements [...]
Had one of these early this morning in my NE Ohio neighborhood with a thunderstorm. Sent my 9 yr old leaping from her room and into our bed around 6:30.
