It has become even more obvious that the GOP 2012 hopefuls only political platform is to oppose President Obama. Enter Newt Gingrich on the Libya issue. On March 7th, the presidential hopeful had this to say about Libya. Exercise a no-fly zone this evening. … We don’t need to have the United Nations. All we […]
As we get ready to roll into 2011 the fringe wingnuts have decided it’s time to come up with some brand new conspiracy theories about the President: The good news is that the right-wing isn’t talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they’re now concerned that he’s […]
From Jake Tapper: ABC News has learned that Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died. On Friday, Holbrooke was rushed to the hospital with a torn aorta. He went through more than 20 hours of surgery. Earlier this evening, speaking at the US State Department, President Obama sang Holbrooke’s praises […]
Rasmussen has put together another one of their idiotic polls. This one they ask if you think the U.N. is an ally of the United States: Just 27% of U.S. voters regard the United Nations as an ally of the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Seventeen percent (17%) say […]
The oil for food scandal nabs another one: A Texas oil executive was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for approving the payment of millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq regime so he could secure large oil shipments through a United Nations program. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin also fined David […]
Which party will keep us safe? A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fund-raising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al Qaeda and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli […]
You read this and it makes our problems seem so petty: The United Nations (UN) has warned that half a million people in Kenya will need aid in the weeks ahead if the country’s political crisis intensifies. [SNIP] The UN children’s organisation UNICEF estimates one in three children under five were already malnourished before this […]
Condoms! A congressman is pushing a not-so-quick fix in the debate over illegal immigrants from Mexico: free contraceptives. “A slower rate of growth of Mexico’s population would improve the economy of Mexico. It would also reduce the environmental pressure on Mexico’s ecosystem. But a slower rate of growth would also reduce the long-term illegal immigration […]
On Michelle Malkin’s other blog “Hot Air”, this is appearing on the front page: Well here is how good that is: President George W. Bush will make a push to get confirmation for John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations before power in Congress shifts to the Democrats, the White House said on […]
This is the mess in Iraq that the Democrats, especially Jack Murtha, have been warning about: Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, the government said on Monday, as the U.S. military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis. In an interview […]