Every year this country dumps $15 billion into the war on drugs. This number has continued to grow every year, yet the drug “problem” in the United States continues to grow. So while we are talking about trimming the fat from the budget, how about we start with this huge waste? It seems a lot […]
The news of the day hands down is the news that Iran has been working on a second nuclear plant. This comes as a surprise to the world, but not the world leaders and intelligence communities: American officials said that they had been tracking the covert project for years, but that Mr. Obama decided to […]
If she is too afraid of Biden, how can she stand up to world leaders? At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential […]
Hillary’s campaign is circulating this photo: Drudge is on top of this story: With a week to go until the Texas and Ohio primaries, stressed Clinton staffers circulated a photo over the weekend of a “dressed” Barack Obama. The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat frontrunner fitted as a Somali Elder, during his visit […]
When you follow Bush so closely, your country will kick you out of office: Kevin Rudd’s Labor Party won Australia’s election, ending John Howard’s 11-year rule after promising to tackle climate change, restore workers’ bargaining power and withdraw Australian troops from Iraq. Labor won 83 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, gaining […]
That is what this is all about: China faced a barrage of international condemnation from London to Canberra yesterday after it was revealed that it had launched a missile attack on an ageing weather satellite, a test that threatened to open a “Star Wars” space race. Formal protests were lodged with the Beijing government, accompanied […]
President Bush just got done addressing the United Nations in the opening of the historical summit of world leaders. Most of what he said was a case of typical déjàvu. He reaffirmed the need to fight terrorism and “catapulted the propaganda†on the reasons for staying the course in Iraq. One interesting point he […]
I removed the link for aide at the top and replaced it with the banner at the right. The top link went straight to FEMA’s page, where they were pushing donations to Operation Blessing which is ran by Pat Robertson. In a time of such a disaster, I would rather see the money go to […]