The myth of the poor, oppressed jihadist

Michelle Malkin– The Independent of London has a piece up today on the wealthy, pampered lifestyle of would-be Christmas Day bomber Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab. The Nigerian elite engineering student studied at one of Britain’s leading universities, “lived a gilded life” and “stayed in a £2m flat.”(Approx $3.2M U.S.) The Independent says Abdulmatallab’s privileged status is […]

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Democrats Jumping Ship

William M. Daley– The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party — “my lifelong political home — has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in […]

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Source: CIA May Be Helping PA Torture

The CIA is aware of, if not helping, PA “special forces” to torture prisoners and terrorists, mainly those of the rival Hamas faction, the London Guardian reports. The use of torture by both the Fatah and Hamas factions has been well-documented in the past, but this is the first time that the United States has […]

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Amateur Barack Obama’s Speechifying Causes an International Incident

Posted by Erick Erickson While Americans are fixated on the weekend blizzard and the health care debate, the rest of the world is fixated on the disastrous “climate change” talks in Copenhagen. More importantly, though world leaders could not agree on much of anything significant, they could all agree on one thing: Barack Obama screwed […]

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Moulitsas: Democrats Get Killed in 2010 Elections

Markos Moulitsas, founder of the Daily Kos and an influential leader of the Web-based political left, said Sunday that Democrats are facing huge defeats in the 2010 elections because the Obama administration has alienated the Democratic Party’s liberal political base with its escalating involvement in Afghanistan, and its failure to push for universal healthcare. Speaking […]

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Obama Refuses to Release Facts of Fort Hood Massacre

by Paul L. Williams of thelastcrusade.org Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is charging the Obama administration with stalling to provide information to the leaders of the House and Senate and the congressional intelligence committees on the multiple murders committed by a radical Muslim Army officer at […]

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Has President Obama Committed Treason?

In September2009, Barack Obama appointed himself Chairman of the United Nations Security Council for its September 24 meeting in New York, in lieu of U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice. Despite constitutional language that prohibits a U.S. elected official from holding any international title, Obama presided over the global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament talks […]

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Detroit’s Unemployed Near 50%

As the Obama administration celebrates it claim to victory on the economy, thousand more lose their jobs each month and thousands of other receive knocks on the door, its the sheriff informing homeowners the bank now owns their home and they have 30 days to pack up and leave. Nearly half of Detroit’s workers are […]

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Media Are Waking Up to Obama

By: Ronald Kessler “Saturday Night Live” has been ridiculing President Obama’s claim that he wants to reduce spending and cut the deficit. Katie Couric says Americans are growing “disenchanted” with Obama, and she cites polls questioning his credibility on her “CBS Evening News.” The Associated Press ran stories pointing out Obama’s misrepresentations on healthcare proposals. […]

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