Oops? Obama Opens ‘Class Warfare’ Speech By Greeting Texas… But He’s in Kansas
by Jonathon M. Seidl December 6, 2011 at 2:55pm We’ve all seen spoofs of bands who greet their adoring fans by declaring how great it is to be in their city, only to make a mistake and name the wrong city. And if you haven’t, today President Obama gave an example while delivering his “class […]
President Obama’s Top 10 Constitutional Violations
One of the biggest political changes that 2011 brought — in large part due to the tea parties and their effect on the 2010 election — is the centrality of the Constitution to our public discourse. Lawmakers and citizens no longer consider simply whether a given bill or policy proposal is a good idea but […]
Who is Responsible for Islamic Violence?
Who is responsible for Muslim violence? Anyone but Muslims. When Howard W. Gutman, Obama’s ambassador to Belgium, told his audience that Jews should be accepting responsibility for the violence practiced on them by Muslims, because it’s their own damn fault for insisting on having a Jewish state, the State Department wasn’t willing to stand behind […]
Gadhafi Son Tried to Escape to North America
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s Interior Secretary said Mexican intelligence agents have broken up a plot to smuggle the son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and his family into Mexico under false names. Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire said the plan involved a criminal ring “of international dimensions,” but it was quashed in September before […]
In Praise of NYC’s Muscular Counterterrorism
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online September 13, 2011 U.S. law enforcement agencies have generally responded to 9/11 with a pretend counterterrorism policy. They still insist that naming the enemy as Islamism causes terrorism, that Islamist violence poses no more threat than that of neo-Nazis, racial supremacists, et al., and that counterterrorism primarily involves feel-good […]
UNRWA, Favored by Israel
by Daniel Pipes July 6, 2011 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency may harm Israeli interests in two major ways (its anti-Zionism behavior and its keeping Palestinians in a perpetual refugee status), close observers have long known that the government of Israel prefers to keep UNRWA funding in place rather than face possible disruption. […]
IDF Pursues Loose Internet Lips: Seeks to Stop Release of Sensitive Operation Info on Internet
Following the old dictum that “loose lips sink ships,” IDF Information Security officers are seeking to keep soldiers from divulging sensitive operational information on the Internet. The most recent example involved soldiers posted in Israel’s north uploading autobiographical videos documenting their experiences to YouTube. According to IDF officials the videos, which were described as having […]
Israeli MK Eldad: Stop Donating to Magen David Adom
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) is calling on individuals who donate to the Magen David Adom first aid organization to stop doing so. Eldad’s call comes in light of the recent exposure of the “Memorandum of Understanding between Magen David Adom in Israel and Palestine Red Crescent Society.” The memorandum, which was signed in 2005 […]
Belgium’s New Prime Minister is Not a Friend of Israel
The European debt crisis has now recorded a positive result it has effectively ended Belgium’s governmental crisis that had lasted 541 days. Since the last elections Belgium has not been able to form a government that requires in effect a dual coalition not only between right and left but also between Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking […]
Romney: I’ll Visit Israel First if Elected
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is promising to bolster the United States’ ties with Israel if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee. According to a report on Tuesday by the Reuters news agency, Romney intends to promise Jewish Republicans that Israel will be his first foreign stop if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee and […]
Pearl Harbor 70 Years Later – A Lesson for Today’s Defense
Seventy years ago today, the Japanese shocked the American conscience and propelled the United States into World War II when it attacked Pearl Harbor. With 353 fighters, bombers and torpedo planes, Japan’s strike took the lives of 2,402 Americans and wounded 1,282 others. President Franklin Roosevelt accurately described it as “a date which will live […]
