‘This isn’t the Britain we fought for,’ say the ‘unknown warriors’ of WWII

‘This isn’t the Britain we fought for,’ say the ‘unknown warriors’ of WWII
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 21st November 2009 | Tony Rennell

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 9:57:37 PM by naturalman1975

Sarah Robinson was just a teenager when World War II broke out.

She endured the Blitz, watching for fires during Luftwaffe air raids armed with a bucket of sand.

Often she would walk ten miles home from work in the blackout, with bombs falling around her.

As soon as she turned 18, she joined the Royal Navy to do her bit for the war effort.

Hers was a small part in a huge, history-making enterprise, and her contribution epitomises her generation’s sense of service and sacrifice.

The Vacuum Of American Leadership ~ MARK STEYN

The Vacuum Of American Leadership
Investors.com ^ | November 20, 2009 | MARK STEYN

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 8:38:33 PM by Kaslin

My radio pal Hugh Hewitt said to me on the air the other day that Barack Obama “doesn’t know how to be president.” It was a low but effective crack, and I didn’t pay it much heed. But, after musing on it over the last week or so, it seems to me frighteningly literally true.

I don’t just mean social lapses like his latest cringe-making bow, this time to Their Imperial Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan — though that in itself is deeply weird: After the world superbower’s previous nose-to-toe prostration before the Saudi King, one assumed there’d be someone in the White House to point out tactfully that the citizen-executives of the American republic don’t bow to foreign monarchs.

How Little Law From ’70s Brought The Financial System To Its Knees ~ | THOMAS SOWELL

How Little Law From ’70s Brought The Financial System To Its Knees
Investors.com ^ | November 20, 2009 | THOMAS SOWELL

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 8:10:42 PM by Kaslin

This is the second installment of a Monday series excerpting the chapter on political implications from Thomas Sowell’s latest book, “The Housing Boom and Bust.”

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IBD Exclusive Series: Thomas Sowell on The Politics of the Housing Boom

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In recent times, government officials have increasingly pressured banks and other lenders to lend to people whom they would not lend to otherwise.

One of the first federal government efforts to change the process of mortgage lending by private financial institutions was the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. Like many government policies or programs, it began small and grew in scope and severity over the years.

The Community Reinvestment Act directed “each appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to use its authority when examining financial institutions, to encourage such institutions to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they are chartered consistent with the safe and sound operation of such institutions.”

Adding insult to infamy (Obama trying to block Iran payments for 1983 Beirut barracks bombing)

Adding insult to infamy (Obama trying to block Iran payments for 1983 Beirut barracks bombing)
boston.com ^ | Nov. 14, 2009 | Bryan Bender, Globe Staff

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 9:31:31 PM by Free ThinkerNY

On Veterans Day, Christine Devlin stood in the cold in Westwood for the unveiling of a new memorial to local soldiers lost overseas, including her son Michael, one of the 241 servicemen killed in the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983.

Devlin is among 30 Massachusetts relatives of victims of the Beirut attack who have been fighting for more than a decade to get compensation for what many consider the first major terrorist attack against the United States. After a federal judge ruled in 2007 that Iran was liable for $2.65 billion in damages to be shared by 150 families seeking restitution, they believed they were on the cusp of victory.

Constitutionally, the next time…

Constitutionally, the next time
The Washington Times ^ | November 23, 2009 | Richard A. Viguerie

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 8:14:20 PM by mdittmar

The release of Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue” (HarperCollins, 2009) has brought out not only the Palin bashers, but also, of course,has increased chatter about whether she will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.

What’s missing so far in the “professional” chatter – which ranges from the snide and petty to the more substantive about her future – is whether she or any other potential candidate has grasped what conservative newspaper editor Seth Lipsky describes so astutely as America’s “constitutional moment.”

Thanks in great part to the new, alternative and social media,people are talking and writing about the Constitution-certainly more than I’ve seen in my lifetime.

Barry Goldwater,the first movement conservative to receive the Republican nomination for president, spoke of the Constitution frequently. It was a prime basis for his candidacy in our relatively nascent movement. He helped the movement coalesce into a political force.

Ronald Reagan managed to unite the three main elements of the conservative movement – economic, social and national defense conservatives – into a governing force. He, of course, for years before his successful run for president, trumpeted the Constitution and our founding principles as the basis of limited government.

Vietnam (Fact vs Fiction) Capt. Marshal Hanson, U.S.N.R (Ret.) Capt. Scott Beaton, Statistical Source Vietnam War Facts:

Vietnam (Fact vs Fiction)
Capt. Marshal Hanson, U.S.N.R (Ret.) Capt. Scott Beaton, Statistical Source Vietnam War Facts: Facts | unknown | Please give all credit and research to: Capt. Marshal Hanson, U.S.N.R (Ret.) Capt. Scott Beaton, Sta

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 8:48:49 PM by jongaltsr

Subject: Vietnam Facts vs Fiction

FYI,

We do not live in Viet Nam, Viet Nam lives in us.

Vietnam Facts vs Fiction.

I found this article very interesting. The most notable fact is that 2.7 million Americans actually served in the Vietnam Theater of war. In the last census nearly 14 million Americans claimed they served in Vietnam .

Four out of five are lying. I wonder why.

Vietnam Facts vs Fiction

For over 30 years I..like many Vietnam veterans..seldom spoke of Vietnam , except with other veterans, when training soldiers, and in public speeches. These past five years I have joined the hundreds of thousands who believe it is high time the truth be told about the Vietnam War and the people who served there. It’s time the American people learn that the United States military did not lose the War, and that a surprisingly high number of people who claim to have served there, in fact, DID NOT.

Glenn Beck to announce ‘big plan’ for 2010

Glenn Beck to announce ‘big plan’ for 2010
Politico ^ | 11/20/2009 | Kenneth P. Vogel

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 6:03:42 PM by ConjunctionJunction

Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking.

At a rally Saturday at a massive retirement community in central Florida, Beck is planning to unveil what he has billed as a “big plan” for 2010, which is expected to involve the 9.12 Project, the group he started earlier this year and named for the day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, when he says the nation was unified.

Gunny G: Was The Republican Party Ever The Party of Freedom?

Gunny G: Was The Republican Party Ever The Party of Freedom?

Was it ever? Really? Some folks don’t think so.

Gunny G

See below

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“The embarrassing truth—the brontosaurus in the broom closet that nobody wants to talk about—is that the Republican Party was never the party of freedom. That Goldwater business in the 1960s was a fluke, immediately snuffed out by “older, wiser heads” in the GOP like those of Nelson Rockefeller, Weeping Willy Scranton, Henry Cabot Lodge, and George Romney. The Republican Party was created in the 1850s by northeastern mercantilists just like them, to crush the hopes of poor southerners for individual liberty and independence, and keep them bound in serfdom, paying 80 percent of all taxes collected in America.” ~ L. Neil Smith

Is It Time to Stop Picking on Glenn Beck?

Is It Time to Stop Picking on Glenn Beck?
AOL Television ^ | November 17, 2009 | Gary Susman

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 4:34:35 PM by rightwingintelligentsia

It’s easy to make fun of Glenn Beck. We’ve done it here, and Beck even does it himself (as on the November cover of his Fusion magazine).

But over the last couple of weeks, as Beck lay recuperating from appendicitis, he’s been the target of numerous satirical skewerings, from such parodists as ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘The Daily Show,’ and ‘South Park.’ Some of these barbs have gone beyond mocking his on-air antics and have gotten viciously personal. Not that we want to be the Beck-lash police, but to paraphrase a well-known Britney Spears fan, is it time to leave Glenn Beck aloooone?

Why ‘Rogue’ is a better book than ‘Dreams’

Why ‘Rogue’ is a better book than ‘Dreams’
WorldnetDaily ^ | 11/20/2009 | Jack Cashill

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 2:49:11 PM by SeekAndFind

A few weeks back, the new head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, said of Barack Obama, “This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln.”

Landesman was not alone in his praise. This month’s GQ has a faux-exhaustive article on “the untold story of the first man since Teddy Roosevelt to serve as author in chief.”

In truth, however, if Teddy Roosevelt came back to life today, he would find that he would have much more in common with Sarah Palin than Barack Obama, both as a fellow adventurer and as a fellow writer.

Was There an Oswald/Ruby Cover-Up? Did the Mob Kill JFK? premieres November 22

Was There an Oswald/Ruby Cover-Up? Did the Mob Kill JFK? premieres November 22
TV By The Numbers ^ | 11/12/09 | Discovery Channe;

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 2:29:24 PM by AtlasStalled

This Sunday the Discovery Channel is running two back-to-back documentaries — “Did the Mob Kill JFK?” and “JFK: The Ruby Connection” — exploring the role of the Mafia behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy:

New information and never before heard details of a startling confession raise new questions on just who was behind the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent killing of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby. * * * “I had the little bastard killed. He was a thorn in my shoe” — according to a secret FBI informant these were the words of his cellmate, Carlos Marcello, the notorious New Orleans mafia boss (one of America’s most powerful mafia godfathers) confessing to his role in orchestrating the Kennedy assassination and featured in Did the Mob Kill JFK.” Almost half a century after the assassination, the informant has come forward to provide an exclusive interview that may solve one of the nation’s most enduring mysteries and re-write history. * * * Marcello, who controlled mob operations in Louisiana and Texas, had long been suspected in having a hand in the Kennedy assassination. “Did the Mob Kill JFK?” links Marcello with both Oswald and Ruby, as the godfather reveals in his confession that he brought Lee Harvey Oswald into the plot, telling the informant that “He was my man. He did what the hell I told him to do.” Marcello also admits that Dallas strip club owner Jack Ruby was deeply in debt and “owed him big.” The special draws on an array of historians, investigators and eyewitness accounts, including interviews with author Lamar Waldron and former Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden who claims an aborted attempt on the President’s life in Chicago early in November was covered up.

OBAMA’S MID-EAST FOLLY ~ The Last Crusade

OBAMA’S MID-EAST FOLLY
The Last Crusade ^ | November 20, 2009 | Barry Rubin

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 2:32:20 PM by Tamar Rush

 

 

 

Prez. Incapable of making rational decisions

 

 

 

 

Frolicking in the Quicksand: How the Obama Administration Keeps Making Huge Mistakes in the Middle East

 

 

By Barry Rubin

 

 

 

thelastcrusade.org

 

 

Of course, the Obama Administration has its defenders. They either ignore criticism of the Administration’s foreign policy or claim it is all partisan and ideological. And yet the truth is that if you watch the government’s policy on a daily basis it is truly remarkable how many dumb, avoidable mistakes are made.

CAIR CONDEMNS PAT ROBERTSON; DEMANDS APOLOGY TO ALLAH…

CAIR CONDEMNS PAT ROBERTSON; DEMANDS APOLOGY TO ALLAH
The Last Crusade ^ | Nov. 20, 2009 | The Last Crusade

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 2:36:03 PM by Tamar Rush

 

 

 

Evangelist Offends Islam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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thelastcrusade.org

 

 

 

 

 

Pat Robertson, Chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network and former GOP presidential candidate, has raised the ire of Islamists and the wrath of CAIR (Council for American Islamic Relations).

In a broadcast of the 700 Club Monday night, the Virginia Beach pastor said that the massacre at Fort Hood was caused by a politically-correct refusal to recognize the violent nature of the Muslim religion.

“Islam is a violent–I was going to say religion–but it’s not a religion. It’s a political system. It’s a violent political system bent on the overthrow of governments of the world and world domination,” Mr. Robertson told his audience.

E-Mail List of Democrat Senate Staffers (and a few weak sisters)- Stop ObamaCare! ~ caphillbabe

E-Mail List of Democrat Senate Staffers (and a few weak sisters)- Stop ObamaCare!
Friday, November 20, 2009 | caphillbabe

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 10:21:45 AM by kristinn

Senator Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)

Chief of Staff Joan Ohashi

joan_ohashi@akaka.senate.gov

Communications Director Jon Yoshimura

jon_yoshimura@akaka.senate.gov

Press Secretary Jesse Broder Van Dyke

jesse_brodervandyke@akaka.senate.gov

Legislative Director Jennifer Tyree

jennifer_tyree@akaka.senate.gov

Deputy Legislative Director Matt Pippin

matt_pippin@akaka.senate.gov

Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana)

Chief of Staff Jon Selib

jon_selib@baucus.senate.gov

Communications Director Tyler Ryan “Ty” Matsdorf

tyler_matsdorf@baucus.senate.gov

Press Secretary Carolyn Bunce

carolyn_bunce@baucus.senate.gov

Legislative Director Paul Stockton Wilkins

paul_wilkins@baucus.senate.gov

Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana)

A failed presidency is now unavoidable ~ by MaxCUA

A failed presidency is now unavoidable
The American Thinker ^

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 10:00:45 AM by MaxCUA

For the past couple of months I have worried about the risks of a failed presidency. No one should want this, regardless of party affiliation. It is harmful and dangerous to our economy and country. However, it appears obvious to me that the royal regime known as Obama has ended.

Seth Leibsohn writing in the National Review summarized it this way:

“This is reminiscent of the Jimmy Carter years – the last time the U.S. was seen as weak – unable to move and coax other countries, unable to reassure dependent allies, unable to have the respect of the world and, of course, unable to move the mullocracy of Iran.”

Even the liberal media are beginning to question the effectiveness of the President. The media, in full Camelot mode, are slow to react and often lag what the populace started to recognize months ago. Quotes like these, however, suggest they are not far behind.

Gun proposal would defy feds(UT) ~ Brandon Loomis

Gun proposal would defy feds(UT)
Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 18 November, 2009 | Brandon Loomis

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 10:11:16 AM by marktwain

The federal government has no right to regulate guns made, sold and used within Utah, state lawmakers at a committee hearing decided Wednesday.

The Legislature’s Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee advanced a bill that its sponsor, Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, calls the “Firearms Freedom Act.” If upheld in federal courts — a big if, considering past rulings on states’ rights — Utahns purchasing Utah-made guns would not face federal requirements such as background checks.

Holder’s True Motive (KSM will put the CIA and the Bush administration on trial)

Holder’s True Motive (KSM will put the CIA and the Bush administration on trial)
National Review ^ | 11/20/2009 | Mona Charen

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 10:02:53 AM by SeekAndFind

Attorney General Eric Holder adopted a tough-guy pose when he announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others will be tried in federal court for the most heinous terror attack on Americans in history. “After eight years of delay,” he intoned, “those allegedly responsible for the attacks of September 11 will finally face justice. It is past time to finally act.”

Where to begin? The claim that the Bush administration was somehow dilatory sets a new standard for gall, particularly coming from Eric Holder. As former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy points out, “The principal reason there were so few military trials is the tireless campaign conducted by leftist lawyers [including Holder] to derail military tribunals by challenging them in the courts.”

GLOBE Magazine: Obama’s gay lover gets revenge!

GLOBE Magazine: Obama’s gay lover gets revenge!
Globe Magazine ^

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 1:17:31 AM by jeltz25

Author Larry Sinclair, who insists he had sex and did cocaine with Barack Obama, is taking his campaign for revenge to Congress – and insiders say the furious First Lady vows to crush him! GLOBE bares all the details of the bitter battle in an exclusive you can’t afford to miss

Levin Surge! Say No to Reid Health Care Bill! (Mark Levin has a great idea!)

Levin Surge! Say No to Reid Health Care Bill! (Mark Levin has a great idea!)
Mark Levin Show ^ | November 19, 2009 | Mark Levin

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:02:18 PM by Sun

Levin Surge! Say No to Reid Health Care Bill!

Call These Senators & Tell Them to Vote No on Reid’s Health Care Bill (Remember Be Polite)

Mary Landrieu of Louisiana

202-224-5824

Ben Nelsonof Nebraska

202-224-6551

Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas

202-224-4843

Evan Bayh of Indiana

202-224-5623

Can the Postal Service be Saved?

Can the Postal Service be Saved?
CBS News ^ | 11/19/2009 | Brian Montopoli

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 7:03:18 AM by iowamark

With Losses Mounting, Postal Service Seeks Autonomy, Pushes to Cut Saturday Service; Rep. Danny Davis Calls for a Bailout

OBAMA’S ISLAM = SHEIK MOHAMMED TRIAL MOTIVE J. Grant Swank, Jr.

OBAMA’S ISLAM = SHEIK MOHAMMED TRIAL MOTIVE
TownHall ^ | Nov 19 09 | J. Grant Swank, Jr.

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 7:45:39 AM by freedomyes

Read: “Some strange ideological impulse—rather than common sense and respect for the rule of law—is driving the Obama administration to give special treatment to the perpetrator of one of the greatest war crimes ever committed against the United States” per CNSNEWS.com’s Terence P. Jeffrey.

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Let Rev. Manning be heard! ~ Alan Keyes

Let Rev. Manning be heard!
WND ^ | November 20, 2009 | Alan Keyes

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 2:43:42 AM by bogusname

The Rev. James David Manning is the pastor of Atlah World Missionary Church in Harlem. He has been outspoken in his criticisms of Barack Hussein Obama’s unwillingness to prove that he is in fact eligible under the Constitution to serve as president of the United States. He has accurately described Obama’s intention to overthrow the Constitution and establish a national socialist dictatorship over the American people. He has presented scripturally based arguments aiming to show that Obama represents the evil whose emergence in human affairs Christ prophesied as one of the hallmarks of the last days. He has criticized the Congress, the Supreme Court and the media for their collusive failure to investigate the possible fraud involved in Obama’s occupation of the office of president of the United States.

Rev. Manning produces a daily video series in which he has repeatedly and consistently aired these views. Now it appears that the YouTube account through which he shared these videos with the public has been suspended on the grounds that his views are too controversial. Close on the heels of this obvious effort to limit his ability to communicate with the public, he now reports that he has been visited by federal agents who questioned him about statements he made regarding “the birth certificate issue” and his opinion that Obama is an illegal alien, not qualified to be president of the United States. As a result of this visit, Rev. Manning says that he expects to be arrested and charged with making threats against the president…