This is becoming an all to common occurrence: U.S.-led coalition jets bombed a compound suspected of housing al-Qaida militants in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven boys and several insurgents, officials said Monday. Clashes in the south killed a Dutch soldier, while dozens of suspected insurgents were left dead, officials said. In the capital, police said they […]
Unbelievable. Think Progress has the video up. “I think we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,†Lieberman said. Host Bob Schieffer followed-up: “Let’s just stop right there. Because I think you probably made some news here, Senator Lieberman. You’re saying that […]
So what is HR 451 you ask? Well it deals with corruption. Here is how Pelosi’s site describes it: The House has passed HR 451, introduced by Democrats, which calls on the ethics committee to either empanel an investigative subcommitee or report to the House describing its reasons for not doing so within 30 days […]
This is the question that must be asked tomorrow night during the Republican debates. Wolf and all his buddies at CNN said it is an important question regarding what a former President should be involved in. So will Wolf ask the Republicans this tomorrow night, or was he being a partisan hack and hoping to […]
About time we get another corrupt politician taken care of: An indictment charging Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., in a long-running bribery investigation is being announced Monday, federal officials said. The indictment is being handed up in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. A press conference was being organized for late Monday in Washington to discuss the […]
Last night al-Maliki told Lara Logan on CBS news that he fears a coup in his country: Al-Maliki said that some of the officer corps have been creating problems and even violating the security of military operations. He stated, “I’m not afraid, but I have to watch the army, because those still loyal to the […]
Considering how FOX likes to ask questions like that, I decided to focus one at their debate, and in particular the section on torture. We heard such things as “I would call Jack Bauer” and other cute little comments all supporting torture. Of course the crowd at the GOP debate loved these responses and cheered […]
With this new deadline of September for the Republicans to see if the surge is working, I was wondering what everyone thought would happen if we find out the surge still isn’t working then. Please take a second and vote.
Or if Republicans will call for him to be replaced. Looks like the General is going against the administrations beliefs on torture. Petraeus does not believe in torture.
One of the issues about the fired U.S. attorneys is that members of Congress pushed one fired attorney about a case involving Democrats. Everyone agrees that this kind of congressional pressure is out of line and possible unethical. So why does the former chair of the House Judiciary Committee feel he doesn’t have to follow […]