John L. Perry: Obama, the Puppet President
“The full story of Barack Obama, the puppet president, remains untold: Who is the Geppetto who carved this herky-jerky stick figure? Who now pulls the strings that control the movements that affect the daily lives of all Americans?” more…..
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Jed Babbin: Is Pelosi a War Criminal?
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — then the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — was briefed on CIA interrogation techniques including waterboarding when they were begun in 2002. She was among the “Big Eight” present at the briefings — the Senate and House leaders and chairmen and ranking members on both intelligence committees….But fortunately for Nancy Pelosi and all the others who knew the details of the CIA interrogation program and didn’t object to it, we are a nation of laws, not of Potter Stewarts. What the law was in 2002-2005 is not what it is today or may be tomorrow. The law is what it is, and was what it was, and punishments cannot be meted out on the basis of what liberals now wish it might have been.” more……
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Steve Milloy: Gore lies to Congress about personal finances
“When Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn confronted Al Gore with his profiteering from global warming legislation at today’s House Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing on the Waxman-Markey climate bill, Al Gore said that every penny he ever made from his business activities went into non-profit efforts. [See transcript below.]
That is a flat-out lie, according to this March 6, 2008 Bloomberg report that indicates that Al Gore invested $35 million of his own money in various for-profit endeavors.” more……
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Joann Muller: GM Reaches The End Of The Road
“In divvying up what’s left of GM, the government intends to take the largest slice for itself–just above 50%–and hand another fat piece–39%–to the United Auto Workers union. That would leave a little over 10% for GM’s bondholders, if they choose to accept GM’s offer to swap $27 billion in unsecured debt for new equity in a restructured GM.
It’s a lousy deal, most analysts agree, and even GM’s chief financial officer, Raymond Young, admitted that getting 90% of bondholders to accept it–the government’s threshold–is a “high hurdle.” If they don’t, GM intends to file for bankruptcy, Henderson said. …”Bondholders, who own more than $27 billion in GM bonds and have the same legal rights as the unions, would only receive a mere 10% of the restructured company and essentially no cash,” the committee’s advisers said.” more……
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Thomas Sowell: Survival Optional
“It used to be said that self-preservation is the first law of nature. But much of what has been happening in recent times in the United States, and in Western civilization in general, suggests that survival is taking a back seat to the shibboleths of political correctness.” more……
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-Cnation