Hillary Clinton: Iraq War Vote a Mistake

For the first time since she voted to authorize the Iraq war three years ago, 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is now saying that vote was a mistake - in an apparent move to pacify growing dissatisfaction with her position among the Democratic Party's left-wing base.

--NewsMax.com--

John McCain: Torture Worked on Me

Sen. John McCain is leading the charge against so-called “torture” techniques allegedly used by U.S. interrogators, insisting that practices like sleep deprivation and withholding medical attention are not only brutal - they simply don't work to persuade terrorist suspects to give accurate information.

--NewsMax.com--

Rice: Pre-Emptive Policies Needed to Fight Terror

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects as a necessary part of the ongoing war to prevent massive attacks on civilians.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Throws Flip-flops Into the Ring

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry initially voted in favor of a Republican-sponsored resolution calling on President Bush to explain his strategy for success in Iraq. Minutes later, the Democrat changed his vote.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Lieberman: We Must Stay in Iraq

Fresh from his fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months, Sen. Joe Lieberman insists the U.S. must stay in the embattled nation and not abandon “27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists.”

--NewsMax.com--

U.N. Condemns Hizbullah - Thanks to John Bolton

Following intense US pressure, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday issued an unprecedented condemnation of Monday's Hizbullah attacks on northern Israel.

--Jerusalem Post--

Poll: Dems Out of Touch on Iraq

Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney's suggestion that criticism of the administration's war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the war effort. But a new poll indicates most Americans are sympathetic to Cheney's point.

--Washington Post--

'86 Alito Memo Argues Against Foreigners' Rights

As a senior lawyer in the Reagan Justice Department, Samuel A. Alito Jr. argued that immigrants who enter the United States illegally and foreigners living outside their countries are not entitled to the constitutional rights afforded to Americans.

--Washington Post--

Rush Limbaugh Exposes Chuck ‘Schumer's Plumbers’

Rush Limbaugh calls them “Schumer's Plumbers” - two Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee staffers who worked for Senator Chuck Schumer and are now accused of illegally obtaining the credit report of a Republican candidate for the Senate.

--NewsMax.com--

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Tuesday November 29, 2005 12:48

This is why we call him "Schmucky" Schumer.

Anti-War Democrat Helping to Defend Saddam

BAGHDAD - Ramsey Clark, the former U.S. Attorney General and antiwar activist, arrived here yesterday and was expected to try to show up at the reopening of Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad today, but a U.S. government official warned that he was not officially registered with the court.

--Washington Times--

Hillary Clinton Mum on Pre-war Intel Report

2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won't say whether she read a key intelligence report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction before she voted in Oct. 2002 to authorize the Iraq war.

--NewsMax.com--

Bush Plans Anti-illegals Campaign

President Bush today will call for a crackdown on illegal immigration, a move aimed at further rallying conservatives who recently cheered Mr. Bush's tough talk on Iraq and the Supreme Court.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

I don't oppose a guest worker program, but allowing stays of up to six years seem excessive. The program should be linked to the unemployment rate, and when unemployment rises, the “guest workers” should be sent home. - Ed.

Advocacy Groups Targeting Vulnerable Senators on Alito Vote

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Fifteen foot soldiers newly recruited to the campaign to derail the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. introduced themselves at a recent meeting not only by name but also by offering their reasons for joining the cause.

--Washington Post--

Mass. Democrats Lament Iraq War Vote

Three years ago, Massachusetts congressmen Martin Meehan, Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey bucked their state Democratic colleagues and cast votes to give President Bush a green light to go to war in Iraq.

--NewsMax.com (AP)--

Saddam's Hangman Details Torture

One of Saddam Hussein's official hangmen is speaking to the media for the first time - offering a firsthand account of some of the torture techniques he used on Saddam's orders.

--NewsMax.com--

UN Assembly Blocks Debate on Darfur

UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly has adopted a procedural motion that blocked debate on a European Union-sponsored draft resolution expressing concern at Sudan's human rights record.

--The Daily Star (AFP)--

Al-Qaida Devastated by U.S. Offensive

The U.S. military's recent offensive in western Iraq has had a devastating impact on the al-Qaida-backed insurgency, with coalition forces killing over 700 terrorists and capturing 1,500 in the last two months alone.

--NewsMax.com--

Iraq Seizes Booby-trapped Toys

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army said on Thursday it had seized a number of booby-trapped children's dolls, accusing insurgents of using the explosive-filled toys to target children.

--South Africa Press Association--

Sam Johnson Blasts Iraq War Naysayers

Former combat pilot-hero Rep. Sam Johnson is blasting Democratic critics of the Iraq war for undermining the morale of the troops and emboldening the enemy by calling for an early withdrawal.

--NewsMax.com--

Alito Ad Flap Centers on ‘Strip’ Search Ruling

When police in a small Pennsylvania coal town went to the home of a suspected methamphetamine dealer, they sent for a female meter maid to search the suspect's wife and 10-year-old daughter.

--NewsMax.com--

This case in particular shows the difference between how the left and right view the role of the judiciary, and why Judge Alito is eminently qualified to sit on the highest court. As now Chief Justice Roberts so eloquently put it at his hearings, the law must be applied equally regardless of the standing of the litigants - if the little guy is right he will win, if he is wrong, he will lose. The fact that the the object of the “strip” search was a 10 year-old girl might elicit sympathy from a jury, but a judge must look beyond that to determine how the law is to be applied. - Ed.

Alito's ABA Rating Due in Coming Weeks

WASHINGTON - The ‘liberal’ American Bar Association will grade Samuel Alito in the coming weeks. Alito is likely to receive the same rating that he did in 1990 when President Bush's father, George H.W. Bush, nominated him to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - unanimous well-qualified, the highest rating.

--Seattle Post Intelligencer (AP)--

Hillary Clinton's Left-wing Slip Showing

Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential poll numbers continue to slip with the Democratic Party's left wing base - according to the latest online survey conducted by the Daily Kos web site.

--NewsMax.com--

Ambassador Bolton: U.S. to Bypass U.N. if Not Reformed

John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has laid it on the line: Reform or we'll take our business elsewhere.

--NewsMax.com--

Does Sony ‘Own’ Your Computer?

It was a grand experiment that failed miserably: As a means of copy-protecting its music, Sony employed a piece of software from First4Internet. But the technology, as used by Sony, did two bad things: First, it hid itself on computers by using root-kit technology; and second, it opened a remote access connection that called out to Sony (or one of its agencies). This exposed users' computers to worms that took advantage of the stealth technology.

--CNET News--

Arab Leaders Ask Jews For Help in Banishing Leftist Activists

Arab leaders in Hevron have contacted the city's Jewish leaders for help in getting rid of self-proclaimed anarchist volunteers who, they complain, are destroying their traditional way of life.

--Arutz Sheva--

The International Solidarity Movement, with which many of the offending anarchists are affiliated, was the group to which Rachel Corrie - the terror advocate who died in a self-inflicted bulldozer accident - belonged. - Ed.

Dems Promise Iraq Policy ‘At the Right Time’

Congressional Democrats promise that when Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess, “the fight for the direction of the country we love will begin anew.” But as the year draws to a close, Republicans are criticizing Democrats for refusing to clarify their policy on Iraq.

--CNSNews.com--

Some people define leadership as finding a parade and getting in front of it. It seems as if the Democrats are still waiting to see which way the parade is heading. - Ed.

Murtha Removes Unfavorable Poll from Website

The congressman at the center of the battle last week over withdrawal of troops from Iraq removed the results from his own Internet poll on the subject after online voters overwhelmingly opposed his stance.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

New Questions about Who Outed Valerie

In violation of CIA regulations that bar contact with reporters without permission, Joseph Wilson's agency-employed wife Valerie Plame apparently accompanied him to a breakfast meeting with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof in which they discussed the ambassador's controversial mission to Niger one month before Plame allegedly was "outed" by Robert Novak.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Poll: Condoleezza Rice Run Changes 2008 GOP Race

A new poll of Michigan voters shows strong support for Condoleezza Rice as a presidential candidate in 2008.

--NewsMax.com--

Report: Pellicano Indictments on Horizon

For months Hollywood insiders have been anxiously awaiting the fallout from the federal probe of Anthony Pellicano as a grand jury pored over millions of pages of transcripts of wiretapped conversations the P.I. illegally recorded on behalf of his big-name clients.

--RadarOnline.com--

If you're wondering what I found so interesting about this story, read this. - Ed.

Foreign Workers Taking Jobs Americans Want, Group's Ad Says

A coalition of trade groups has launched a television ad campaign to address immigration and the notion that “foreign workers do jobs Americans won't do.”

--CNSNews.com--

Yeah, but letting illegals depress wages keeps the “cost of living” down, which the government can take credit for. - Ed.

Abu Musab al Zarqawi Wore Suicide Belt to Prevent Capture

Al Qaida chief of operations in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, wears a suicide bomb belt so he can kill himself if capture appears imminent - a practice that apparently drove U.S. forces to suspect that he was one of three terrorists who blew themselves up after they surrounded a safehouse in Mosul on Saturday.

--NewsMax.com--

Schmidt in War of Words

WASHINGTON - Three days after Rep. Jean Schmidt was booed off the House floor for saying that “cowards cut and run, Marines never do,” the Ohioan she quoted disputed the comments.

--Cincinnati Enquirer--

Clearly, Rep. Schmidt was in violation of house rules in making her statement, even though her statement was right on the money. I wonder, though, what the boos were in response to. Don't expect any of the boo-birds to tell us. - Ed.

Hillary: Rep. John Murtha‘s Iraq Exit Plan a ’Mistake'

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would be “a big mistake.”

--NewsMax.com--

Will her Democrat colleagues now accuse her of a “smear” the way they've accused Republicans who said the very same thing? - Ed.

Iraqi Politicians Make Distinction Between Terrorism, ‘Resistance’

Iraqi politicians have ended a “reconciliation” conference with a statement that condemns terrorism against civilians, but calls “resistance” legitimate and leaves open the issue of attacks against U.S. and other foreign coalition troops.

When al Qaida attacked the U.S.S. Cole, it was widely reported as an act of “terrorism”. I said at the time that it wasn't an act of terrorism but an act of war. Terrorism, by definition, is a tactic aimed at a civilian population in order to coerce a desired (usually political) outcome. A direct attack on a military entity does not fit that definition. By making the distinction, I bestowed an air of legitimacy to the attack (at least in my mind), which is not to say that the U.S. did not have every right to respond in kind. In this case, I have to say that in my view, the Iraqi politicians are correct. - Ed.

--CNSNews.com--

Hillary's Bill Would ‘Buy’ Puerto Rican Votes with Tax Refunds

In what critics could likely call a “vote-buying” move, Hillary Clinton has proposed a bill that would provide some Puerto Rico residents with child-credit refunds on their Social Security and Medicare taxes.

--NewsMax.com--

Alito Stands Tall on Religious Liberties

Judge Samuel Alito Jr. was perhaps best known as a defender of religious liberty before his nomination to the Supreme Court.

--NewsMax.com--

DeLay Lawyers Wants Indictments Dismissed

AUSTIN, Texas - Attorneys for Rep. Tom DeLay are hoping a judge will dismiss the conspiracy and money laundering charges against the former House majority leader so he can regain the powerful seat.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Book: Margaret Thatcher Threatened to Use Nukes During Falkland Islands War

French President Francois Mitterrand made a stunning claim to his psychoanalyst during Britain's Falkland Islands war with Argentina in the early 1980s.

--NewsMax.com--

Murtha Flaked Out on Iraq More Than Three Years Ago

Even the New York Sun is hyping the news that Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, supposedly a hawkish moderate Democrat, has joined the cut-and-run caucus.

--OpinionJournal.com--

House Rejects Dem Plan to Cut and Run

The House of Representatives overwhelming rejected last night a proposal to immediately withdraw troops from Iraq, after two days of over-hyped media coverage of Democratic Rep. John Murtha's call for a U.S. pullout.

--NewsMax.com--

Reid Ignored Iraq Pre-war Intel Report

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., failed to read a specially prepared National Intelligence Estimate detailing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs in the days before he voted to authorize President Bush to use force to invade the Arab state.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Republicans Question Timing of Dems' Call for ‘Surrender’

As anti-war rhetoric erupts in Congress, Republican leaders want American citizens to consider why it's happening right now.

--CNSNews.com--

Perhaps the most amazing thing about what's happening in Iraq is the restraint of the Shiites in the face of insurgents trying to draw them into a civil war. I can't imagine them being as restrained if we left them to their fate. - Ed.

Commander Refutes Murtha on Iraq War

A U.S. field commander in Iraq countered calls by a usually pro-military congressman for withdrawal of Americans fighting there Friday, while Democrats defended Rep. John Murtha as a patriot even as they declined to back his view.

--NewsMax.com--

Dick Morris Slams Clinton's Dubai Comments

Former top White House advisor Dick Morris blasted ex-President Bill Clinton on Thursday, saying it was infuriating to hear him deride the Iraq war to an Arab audience earlier in the week as a “big mistake.”

--NewsMax.com--

Fitzgerald Sees New Grand Jury Proceedings

WASHINGTON - Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new grand jury, a possible sign he could seek new charges in the case.

--Yahoo! News (Reuters)--

After the Woodward revelation, it seems that there might be some media people in jeopardy. - Ed.

Dem in ‘Gang of 14’ May Break Campaign Pledge and Support Filibuster

A Democratic member of the Senate “Gang of 14” raised strong doubts yesterday that he will support the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court and said the chance of a filibuster remains open.

--Washington Times--

Giuliani Leads Hillary Clinton in 2008 Poll

A new poll shows former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani beating Senator Hillary Clinton if the 2008 presidential election were held today.

--NewsMax.com--

Woodward Was Told of Plame More Than Two Years Ago

Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward testified under oath Monday in the CIA leak case that a senior administration official told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame and her position at the agency nearly a month before her identity was disclosed.

--Washington Post--

Joe diGenova to Patrick Fitzgerald: Drop Libby Indictment

Former Independent Counsel Joseph diGenova said Wednesday that new information that in the Leakgate case has cast so much doubt on the credibility of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's prosecution that Justice Department guidelines require him to dismiss his indictment of Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

--NewsMax.com--

Dick Cheney Lambasts Iraq Critics

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has launched a vitriolic attack on politicians accusing the White House of misusing intelligence to invade Iraq.

--BBC News--

Clinton: U.S. Invasion of Iraq ‘a Big Mistake’

Former president Bill Clinton told Arab students Wednesday that the United States made “a big mistake” when it invaded Iraq. “Saddam (Hussein) is gone. It's a good thing, but I don't agree with what was done,” Clinton said at a forum at the American University in Dubai in United Arab Emirates. “The American government” erred on “how easy it would be to get rid of Saddam and how hard it would be to unite the country,” he said. Clinton received a standing ovation.

--USA Today--

In my 61 years on Earth, I have never heard one Republican ex-president publicly criticizing a sitting president's foreign policy. Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are showing that while Republicans elect statesmen, Democrats elect political hacks. - Ed.

Bill Clinton: Saddam's Aides Mostly ‘Good, Decent’

Former president Bill Clinton praised Saddam Hussein's lieutenants and their underlings on Tuesday, saying they were mostly “good” and “decent” people."

--NewsMax.com--

I wonder if he'd have considered Hitler's death camp guards also mostly good and decent? - Ed.

Report: 9/11 Attacks Cost US Economy $660 Billion So Far

BUSAN - The September 11 attacks have cost the United States some 660 billion dollars so far and significantly reduced global investment, according to an Asia-Pacific forum report released here Wednesday.

--Business Recorder--

Freeh: 9-11 Panel Ignored ‘Able Danger’

Former FBI chief Louis Freeh rebuked the 9-11 commission in a Wall Street Journal column Thursday for ignoring recent revelations by the military operation “Able Danger,” which concluded Mohamed Atta had been identified as an al-Qaida agent operating in the U.S. prior to the attacks he helped orchestrate.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Bush Firm Against N.Korea Nuclear Program

GYEONGJU, South Korea - President Bush took a hardline stance against North Korea on Thursday, saying the U.S. won't help the communist nation build a civilian nuclear reactor to produce electricity until it dismantles its nuclear weapons programs.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Momentum Builds for Fence Along U.S.-Mexican Border

A once-radical idea to build a 2,000-mile steel-and-wire fence on the U.S.-Mexican border is gaining momentum amid warnings that terrorists can easily sneak into the country.

--USA Today--

French Blame Riots on ‘Polygamous Africans’

Senior French politicians have been accused of “blatant racism” after linking the suburban riots to polygamy among African immigrant families.

--The Independent--

Lower Jobless Claims, Oil Prices Help Wall Street Rebound

The number of U.S. workers filing new unemployment claims and the price of crude oil both fell Thursday, helping all three major Wall Street indexes rebound from losses suffered earlier in the week.

--CNSNews.com--

Orlando NAACP Chief Switches to GOP

The head of the Orlando Florida NAACP - a long-time stalwart of the Democrat party locally and nationally - has stunned political experts by switching his allegiance to the Republican Party.

--NewsMax.com--

Ad Explains What Alito‘s Opponents ’Really Stand For'

The Committee for Justice, a group that supports the appointment of “constitutionalist nominees” to the federal courts, is running an ad of its own to respond to “liberal attacks” on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

--CNSNews.com--

Republicans and Democrats Launch Dueling Web Videos

The Democratic National Committee is running a new video on its website to highlight “the growing dissatisfaction with President Bush and his failing policies.”

Over at the Republican National Committee website, a new video highlights “Democrats' dishonesty,” using Democrats' own pre-war words against them. The video shows Democrats, one after another, warning of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction.

--CNSNews.com--

No More ‘Purple Jesus’ in W. Va.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia is doing away with high-proof grain alcohol, citing safety concerns raised by college officials and others.

--Fox News (AP)--

Radicals Threaten to Burn Christians to Death

More than 60 Christian converts in northern India will be burned to death if they refuse to return to Hinduism by Sunday, a group of extremists has warned.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Sen. Rockefeller Gave Advance Warning to Syria of Iraq Invasion

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee says he gave advance warning of our plans to invade Iraq to the president of a terrorist state, Syria. A full-scale investigation is warranted.

--Yahoo! News (Investor's Business Daily)--

New Documents Reveal Saddam Hid WMD, Was Tied to Al Qaida

Recently discovered Iraqi documents now being translated by U.S. intelligence analysts indicate that Saddam Hussein's government made extensive plans to hide Iraq's weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion in March 2003 - and had deep ties to al Qaida before the 9/11 attacks.

--NewsMax.com--

Considering the preceding story, it's no wonder we've found so little WMD - the advance warning gave Saddam plenty of time to hide them. Does a word starting with “T” come to mind? - Ed.

Republicans Strike Back on Iraq Intel Critics

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and its Republican supporters are now fighting back against what they call “weapons of mass distortion,” that is, Democratic charges that President Bush misled the country about pre-war intelligence on Iraq.

--Fox News--

Lawmaker: Terror War Spilling Across Border

A U.S. lawmaker says elements of the war on terror are now spilling across the nation's southwestern border, and that colleagues he's spoken to who have seen the problem first-hand, as he has, say they felt safer “during trips to Iraq than they would have in a pickup truck on our southern border.”

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Chertoff: Not ‘Practical’ to Deport Illegal Aliens

In defending President Bush's so-called “guest worker” program for illegal aliens - which critics have dubbed an amnesty program - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says it's just not practical to deport the millions of foreigners in the country illegally.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Republican Senator Blocks Tax Cut Extension

Senators working on new tax-cut legislation were unable Tuesday to muster enough Republican support to extend tax cuts for capital gains and dividends beyond their expiration in 2008. Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, dropped those provisions after Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, a moderate Republican, would not support it. Without her vote, Grassley could not pass his bill. The panel then voted 14-6 for the rest of the package, which would cut taxes by $59.6 billion over five years.

--USA Today--

Jeanine Pirro Blasts Hillary's Party for Ex-Klansman

New York Senate hopeful Jeanine Pirro is blasting 2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for throwing a birthday party tonight for Ku Klux Klansman-turned-Senator Robert Byrd at the home of a civil rights pioneer.

--NewsMax.com--

Human Rights Groups Accused of Undermining Capitalism

Traditional human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are pursuing an ideology opposed to free market capitalism and undermining the changes necessary to spread liberty around the world, according to a group of intellectuals who have formed an alternative.

--CNSNews.com--

Senate Group Unveils Oil-Saving Plan

WASHINGTON - Efforts to stem America's appetite for oil, nearly two-thirds of it imported, is getting new attention in Congress with a push from an unusual coalition of environmentalists, evangelical Christians and conservatives.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

What's missing? No mention of nuclear power. - Ed.

Bush Heads for Asia With Parting Shot at Anti-War Democrats

President Bush left Washington Tuesday for an Asian trip laden with challenges, but he found time as he flew westward to mount a strong attack against domestic war critics. The president accused some Democratic leaders of “playing politics” and “sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy.”

--CNSNews.com--

Red Ink Creates Republican Rift

Washington - Republicans in Congress showed a remarkable unity during President Bush's first term that helped the White House pass a broad agenda - major tax cuts, a Medicare prescription drug benefit and an overhaul of federal education policy.

--San Francisco Chronicle--

Perhaps the biggest problem for the GOP is the ink that remains unused in Bush's veto pen. - Ed.

Poll: Bush Less Trustworthy Than Clinton

Americans trust President Bush less than they did his predecessor Bill Clinton, a new poll reveals.

--NewsMax.com--

Bush's supporters bear some responsibility for this. We've allowed a constant barrage of lies and distortions to remain unanswered. Peruse the Letters to the Editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal to see what I mean. - Ed.

Tancredo: Law Lets Churches Aid Terror

A Colorado congressman says a provision in a farm-subsidy law intended to protect churches where illegal aliens work as volunteers could help religious groups harbor terrorists.

--Washington Times--

EU Plans Spy Satellites - To Spy on its Citizens

The European Union is building its own network of spy satellites allowing Brussels to ensure nations and private individuals are obeying its policies, it was announced yesterday.

--London Telegraph--

Bada Bing! New Jersey Seeks New Slogan

Make us a slogan we can't refuse, the state of New Jersey said. We got your slogan right here, the people replied.

--Breitbart.com (AP)--

John Edwards Flip-flops in Editorial

In an editorial published in the Washington Post, John Edwards must have made John “Flipper” Kerry proud. In the seventh paragraph, he faults Pres. Bush for “failed diplomacy; not going in with enough troops; not giving our forces the equipment they need; not having a plan for peace.” But then in the thirteenth paragraph, he incredibly says, “We've reached the point where the large number of our troops in Iraq hurts, not helps, our goals.”

--Mid Hudson Valley Perspective (Washington Post)--

Jordan ‘Failed Bomber’ Confesses on TV

AMMAN, Jordan - An Iraqi woman detained Sunday and accused of planning to be the fourth suicide bomber in last week's deadly attacks at Amman hotels confessed her participation in a televised video.

--CNN--

There's something very important missing from this story. Nobody seems to have asked if the explosive belt the woman allegedly wore was found to be defective. I believe this to be an important question because there's a real possibility that this woman “failed” on purpose. If that's the case, it would be an indication that the terrorists are running out of willing suicide bombers. - Ed.

U.S., Iraqi Troops Kill 50 Insurgents

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a dawn assault Monday on another town near the Syrian border and killed 50 insurgents, a U.S. statement said, while the interior ministry reported that a car bomb detonated outside a gate leading into the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, killing two South Africans.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Forrester Says Bush Troubles Became His

NEWARK, N.J. - The Republican who lost New Jersey's bitter gubernatorial race said he would have won had President Bush's popularity not been sagging.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

I have a different view. I believe that Forrester lost the election when he decided to get into the gutter with Corzine. When you get into a fight with a gutter rat, you have to understand that the gutter is the gutter rat's home turf. - Ed.

McCain: Attacks on Bush are Lies

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that Iraq war critics who insist on claiming that President Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction are themselves liars.

--NewsMax.com--

Ninth Circuit Judge Calls Court Split ‘Inevitable’

A judge serving on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said that the division of the court is necessary and inevitable because of the administrative stress put on the nation's largest circuit court.

--CNSNews.com--

GOP Memo Touts New Terror Attack as Way to Reverse Party's Decline

A confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and “restore his image as a leader of the American people.”

--Capitol Hill Blue--

Before you take the position that Republicans have completely lost their minds (which I won't argue against), be aware that the source of this story (Capital Hill Blue), while claiming to be non-partisan, seems to quite the opposite. I've searched the site fairly extensively and have found nothing critical of anyone but Republicans and conservatives. In reading the article, you'll notice that the memo in question is quoted from very selectively. Certainly, nothing justifies the use of the word “Touts” in the headline, which suggests that the GOP is encouraging a terror attack. - Ed.

Saudi Jailed for Discussing the Bible

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A court sentenced a teacher to 40 months in prison and 750 lashes for “mocking religion” after he discussed the Bible and praised Jews, a Saudi newspaper reported yesterday.

--Washington Times (Reuters)--

Bush Charges Critics of Iraq War With ‘Rewriting History’

During a Veterans Day speech at a military installation in Pennsylvania, President Bush charged that “it is deeply irresponsible” for those who criticize the war in Iraq to “rewrite the history of how that war began.”

--CNSNews.com--

Listen closely to Bush's speech and the Democrats' responses to it. What's hard to miss is that Bush made his charge with facts, while the Democrats continue their factless innuendo campaign. - Ed.

House Drops ANWR Drilling

Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was stripped from the House version of the budget bill last night as GOP leaders sought support from ‘centrist’ Republicans for the difficult vote today.

--The Hill--

I have it on good authority that Rep. Sue Kelly is among these RINOs. - Ed.

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Friday November 11, 2005 17:07

Gutless wonders.

Kurds Campaign Thanks U.S. for Liberation

A group representing Kurdistan thanks America for liberating that nation from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship of terrorism.

--NewsMax.com--

Congresswoman: Al-Qaida Ops Busted at Mexican Border

WASHINGTON - In announcing the introduction of legislation aimed at preventing illegal aliens from getting driver's licenses yesterday, a North Carolina Republican member of the House of Representatives casually dropped a bombshell that went over the heads of most of the media covering the event - that three members of al-Qaida were recently captured trying to enter the U.S.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Senator Seeks to Defer Probe of CIA Prison Leak

The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence told Senate leaders yesterday that Congress should hold off on a probe of the disclosure of classified information on secret prisons to The Washington Post until the Justice Department completes its own inquiry.

--Washington Post--

I'm waiting for all those Democrats who made such a big deal about “outing” Valerie Plame to speak up against this real violation. - Ed.

Pentagon Probes Treatment of ‘Able Danger’ Officer

The Pentagon inspector general is investigating the Defense Intelligence Agency's treatment of an Army colonel who was the first to claim publicly that the government knew about four Sept. 11 hijackers long before the 2001 attacks, officials said Nov. 9.

--Defense News (Reuters)--

US Stance on ‘Our Friends the Saudis’ Under Scrutiny

The State Department's has come under fresh criticism over its refusal to participate in a Senate committee hearing into Saudi Arabia's alleged links to terrorism.

--CNSNews.com--

Carl Levin: Saddam Had Nukes

Iraq war critic, Sen. Carl Levin made a startling admission Monday night - confessing that he believed the Bush administration was not wrong when they claimed Saddam Hussein posed a nuclear threat.

--NewsMax.com--

It should be obvious that to people like Levin, making Bush out to be a liar is more important than whether or not Hussein posed a real threat to this country. - Ed.

Root Cause of French Riots Is Not Immigrants, Says Former Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor

WASHINGTON - Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth believes that the ongoing riots in France are not caused by immigration, as many have argued, but by the French system of entitlements. Says Furchtgott-Roth.

--Yahoo! News (U.S. Newswire)--

Belgium Plays Down 3rd Night of Violence

With law-enforcement officials claiming the torching of cars, trucks and cellars in Belgium is not “systemic violence,” the nation endured its third straight night of arson attacks yesterday with two immigrant teenagers being arrested.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Patrick Fitzgerald Ignored Witnesses who Contradicted Wilson

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's Leakgate investigation is coming unraveled, as witness after witness steps forward to challenge a key premise of his controversial probe.

--NewsMax.com--

Vallely ‘Outs’ Wilson on National Television

Calling it “a potentially explosive development in the CIA leak investigation,” Fox News analysts Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes grilled retired Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely tonight about his claim that Ambassador Joseph Wilson “outed” his wife as a CIA agent in 2002, a year before her identity was exposed by a political columnist.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Scooter Libby Defense Fund Opens

Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff, has established a legal fund to pay for his defense in the C.I.A. leak case, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

--NewsMax.com--

US Names Religious Freedom Violators

A new State Department report on global religious freedom has cited eight countries for particularly severe abuses -- three Islamic states, three ruled by communists, a military regime and a one-party state in Africa.

--CNSNews.com--

There are a lot of “democratic” countries that deserve at least honorable mention, including Canada, Sweden, the EU, and perphaps even the U.S. (thanks to the ACLU). - Ed.

Conservatives Irked by IRS Probe of Churches

Over the last year, the Internal Revenue Service has looked at more than 100 tax-exempt organizations across the country for allegations of promoting - either explicitly or implicitly - candidates on both ends of the political spectrum, according to the IRS. None have lost their nonprofit status, though investigations continue into about 60 of those.

--Los Angeles Times--

Chinese Get Prison Time for Bible Delivery

Religious persecution in China has reached the point that distributing Bibles is earning a three-year prison sentence.

--Washington Times--

Prosecutor: ‘No idea’ if Limbaugh Broke Law

WEST PALM BEACH - Prosecutors redoubled efforts to talk with Rush Limbaugh's medical providers, arguing in court Tuesday that they should be allowed to as part of their doctor-shopping investigation of the conservative talk-show king.

--Palm Beach Post--

Missile ‘Embedded in U.S. Cruise Ship’

A U.S. cruise liner attacked with machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades off the coast of Somalia may have been the target of a terrorist high-sea assault, says Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Attack on Cruise Liner: Piracy or Terror?

Gunmen who attacked a luxury cruise liner off the east coast of Africa may have been terrorists targeting Americans and other Westerners rather than pirates, the Australian government said Monday.

--CNSNews.com--

Pro-War Ad Campaign Begins This Week

A group that supports the U.S. military is launching a new ad campaign, urging Americans not to surrender in the war against terrorism.

--CNSNews.com--

Paris Police Fear Rioters' Heavy Arms

PARIS - Police officers, exhausted and dispirited after 11 nights of street battles, say their mainly young African and Arab adversaries have access to sophisticated weapons including grenades and could soon begin using them.

--Washington Times--

Anti-terror Expert Predicted French Uprising

France and most of the rest of the world seem to be caught off-guard by the spontaneous rioting that began 11 days ago in and around Paris.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Joe Wilson Fumes over Vallely Charges in WND

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Joseph Wilson's attorney is demanding Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely retract a statement he made to WND that the man at the center of the CIA leak case “outed” his own wife as a CIA employee in conversations more than a year before her identity was revealed in a syndicated column.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Wilson's Green-room Problem

The list of people who knew about Plame working for the CIA is getting quite large! From the Kerry Campaign to most of NBC News to Victor Davis Hanson ...

--The Strata-Sphere--

People for the [Un]American Way Leads ‘Stop Alito’

A familiar liberal group has launched another campaign to “save the courts,” this time, from Supreme Court Nominee Sam Alito.

--NewsMax.com--

Pirro May Suffer N.Y. Setback

Jeanine Pirro's bid to oppose Hillary Clinton for the U.S. Senate seat from New York next year has suffered a blow with news that the state's influential Conservative Party is leaning toward supporting her GOP opponent.

--NewsMax.com--

This could be good news for the New York Republican Party (such as it is). If they continue to run RINOs, they are going to continue losing. If Pirro runs against Madame Hillary, she won't draw many, if any, Democrat voters from Hillary, and conservatives are likely to stay home in significant numbers. - Ed.

Bill Clinton: Bush Tax Cuts ‘Immoral’, ‘Unethical’

Ex-president Bill Clinton is blasting President Bush's economic policies as “immoral” and “unethical,” saying he blames administration tax cuts for increasing hostility towards the U.S. around the world.

--NewsMax.com--

Hey, I thought ‘liberals’ believed “immoral” should have nothing to do with legislation. Oh, that's right, only their version of morality is permissible to be legislated. Silly me! - Ed.

‘Neverending Energy Source’ Turns Physics World on Head

· Scientist says device disproves quantum theory
· Opponents claim idea is result of wrong maths

--The Guardian--

Judiciary Committee Accused of ‘Stalling’ on Alito Nomination

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to take up Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, but some conservatives see partisanship at play.

--CNSNews.com--

This reminds me of another instance of judicial stalling. In April, 2004, Ted “The Swimmer” Kennedy used delaying tactics to keep one of Bush's judicial nominees off the bench until a Michigan affirmative action case was heard by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. So why would pro-Roe Specter want to delay Alito's confirmation? Perhaps because there are some cases he'd rather have decided by Sandra “Swing Vote” O'Connor. Sen. Frist, you need to put your foot down and reign in this maverick. - Ed.

Dems Oppose Republican Move to Split the Ninth Circuit

On a day when another “activist” ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had conservatives fuming, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi stood up for the court, opposing a Republican plan to split it in two.

--CNSNews.com--

USA Today: Libby's Plea of Innocent May Result in Political ‘Circus’ for Bush

WASHINGTON - Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he lied to federal agents and a grand jury that were investigating the leaking of a CIA officer's name. That plea from I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby sets the stage for a trial next year that could cause problems for the White House.

--USA Today--

It also has the potential for causing serious problems for Democrats, the media, and the CIA (which may have violated laws against political activity). - Ed.

Brit Soldiers Cleared in Death of Civilian

A group of Iraqi villagers who claimed that they witnessed British paratroopers beating a civilian to death lied to a court martial because they saw it as a way of making money out of the British Army, a judge ruled yesterday.

--London Times--

Veterans Shield Family from Protests

While a small group waved signs and took joy in the death of a U. S. Soldier Wednesday in South Haven, an assortment of veterans and motorcycle groups made sure at least, that the family of the deceased would not be bothered.

--Ark City Traveler--

GOP Mulls Ending Birthright Citizenship

House Republicans are looking closely at ending birthright citizenship and building a barrier along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as they search for solutions to illegal immigration.

--Washington Times--

They need to proceed beyond mulling it, and if it needs an amendment to the Constitution, let's get it started. - Ed.

Congressman to Propose Fencing U.S.-Mexico Border

WASHINGTON - A leading House Republican wants to build a fence along the entire 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, a plan that could cost billions of dollars and that critics say would do little to stop illegal immigration.

--San Diego Union-Tribune (AP)--

It's probably more important to secure the northern border. - Ed.

Democrat Judge Will Preside at DeLay's Trial

AUSTIN - The perception of bias became a harsh reality for the Texas judiciary Thursday in the criminal case of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay as a judicial near meltdown occurred before a senior San Antonio district judge was selected to preside at DeLay's trial.

--Houston Chronicle--

Dean Seals ‘Embarrassing’ Papers

Howard Dean's decision to seal some of his gubernatorial papers for a decade was legal, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

--NewsMax.com--

House Passes Private Property Protection Act

By an overwhelming margin, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a private property protection act on Thursday -- a direct response to the recent Supreme Court ruling involving homeowners in New London, Conn.

--CNSNews.com--

What congress should be doing is censuring or, better yet, impeaching the judges who imposed the Kelo monstrosity. - Ed.

GOP Chair Hits Dems' ‘Bigoted Attacks’ on Black Candidate

The chairman of the Republican National Committee Thursday lashed out at Democrats for what he called their “bigoted attacks” directed at Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a black conservative running for the U.S. Senate in 2006.

--CNSNews.com--

Anti-Bush Rioters Throw Molotov Cocktails

An anti-Bush demonstration in San Francisco ended with the arrest of 10 people, including one who was found carrying several Molotov cocktails after such a device was thrown at The San Francisco Chronicle building on Wednesday, police said.

--San Francisco Chronicle--

Top Democrats Duck on Steele Hits

Three of Maryland's top Democrats - including the two leading candidates for governor next year - declined to repudiate comments by black Democratic leaders who said racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele are fair because he is a black conservative Republican.

--Washington Times--

Blame China, Not Oil Companies for High Gas Prices, Says Prof

Poor but growing countries pose the greatest risk to the world's oil supply and prices, according to a University of California economics professor, who added Wednesday that the American public should blame those laws of supply and demand, not “greedy oil companies.”

--CNSNews.com--

Arctic Refuge Drilling Rides on Budget Vote

After a 25-year battle between environmentalists and the oil industry, Congress is embarking on the Republican Party's best chance in decades to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling.

--Seattle Times--

Clinton Makes Parks Funeral All About Him

Clinton said he was affected by Parks' act of civil disobedience as a child growing up in the segregated South. He reminisced that after Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus, he and two of his young friends decided they didn't have to sit in the front of their segregated buses anymore.

--Capital News 9--

At the time of this fable, Clinton went to an all-white school, meaning there were no blacks on his school bus. He couldn't have moved to the black section of the bus because there was none. This is akin to his made-up story about churches burning when he was growing up (did he ever grow up?). - Ed.

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Thursday November 3, 2005 21:17

Also, for the record, on the day when Rosa refused to move, Bill Clinton was only 9 years old.

Locals Protest ‘Blasphemous’ Exhibit

Rosary beads in hand, a dozen adults gathered on the floor at Dutchess Community College Tuesday to ask for “reparation of the sin of blasphemy.”

--Poughkeepsie Journal--

Author: Anonymous

Date: Thursday November 3, 2005 0:20

Helen is right, you should have been thee.

Catholics are tired of being deficated on in the name of "Artistic and academic freedom". We are not allowed to yel fire in a crowed when thereis no fire. Well this to me is a lot worse and it is also worse than a burning cross in my front yard.

Perhaps by definition it is possibly not a hate crime, but it is. The perpatrators know that and most certainly the intent is there. THey hate my God.

The man depicted is God and and he is not a liar and never broke his own commandments. Fornication is a sin against HIS Commandments and the repentant sinn having seen how far he went to save her would never have gone back.

The picture is is an abominable and I beieve deliberate lie.

Author: Helen W

Date: Wednesday November 2, 2005 19:57

It would have been nice if you had covered it yourself Bill, rather than just printing the Journal article.

Oh well...

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Wednesday October 26, 2005 22:35

Sounds like a psychological profile of Newt Gingrich. :>

Author: Anonymous

Date: Thursday September 14, 2006 0:19

The way I am reading your responses...you seem to think I am pro abortion. WRONG! Rape is not a reason to abort a child. I happen to be a nurse. My opinion of having a quality of life means not having to be hooked up to tubes or ventilators day in and day out. Not being in constant pain day in and day out. Nothing irritates me more than this sounding like I am all for abortions when I am not. I have written multiple papers for education purposes about how wrong abortion is. There is always someone out there who wants newborn children.

Author: Patricia(Real Name.)

Date: Wednesday September 13, 2006 23:51

And who, might I ask Anonymous are you to decide any ones "Quality of Life?

That is for the Creator to decide not us.

Author: Helen Westover

Date: Wednesday September 13, 2006 16:33

"Quality Of Life"??? As defined by whom? You?

Those Down kids are being aborted systematically BECAUSE of someone's subjective opinion about their "quality of life".

I would have been aborted because my conception resulted from rape, and I was in many foster homes before being adopted.

Do you know that there are "ethicists" like Peter Singer at Princton who uses that QOF canard to argue for infanticide?Try out the website "Not Dead Yet"...I don't have the exact site,but you can google it; the phone # is 708-209-1500.

Correct your ignorance before you publicize it!

Author: Anonymous

Date: Wednesday September 13, 2006 13:30

What I meant was if there were no life threatening defects. I should have worded that differently. As long as that child will be able to have a quality of life, let it live.

Author: Patricia(Real Name.)

Date: Wednesday September 13, 2006 0:09

AMEN! Helen

Author: Patricia(Real Name.)

Date: Wednesday September 13, 2006 0:07

I take it you are not the same annymous as the one with the fowl language and opinions.

Author: Helen Westover

Date: Tuesday September 12, 2006 23:24

If there's "nothing wrong with it"?

I worked for 6 years for an adoption agency in Queens; we had waiting lists for Down, spina bifida, and many other "wrong" babies. The demand for Down babies was one we couldn't fill; most of their kind are killed before birth.

I personally supervised 4 Down babies; one case was of a black woman who adopted 2; both died of heart failure in their first years. She also had a healthy Down boy who was doing very well, thank you, in grammar school.

We have to be very careful not to project our distain for the "less than perfect" onto others, who value them, and who value kids of all kinds.

Author: Anonymous

Date: Tuesday September 12, 2006 22:27

I know there are couples out there every day wishing they could have a baby. Unless there is something seriously wrong with that baby, why not adopt it out? I could not live with myself to think that I had murdered another human life. It's not my place to decide who should live or die. That is up to the man upstairs.

Author: Helen W.

Date: Friday October 14, 2005 21:18

Dear Anonymous:

Let's meet! I will give you $500 if you can best me in a debate over abortion.

I'll give you 5 bucks to just peer around the bush you're hiding behind, and tell us your name.

After all, you must be so PROUD of your opinions, not to mention your grammar and spelling!

Helen Westover

Author: Big Daddy

Date: Friday October 14, 2005 8:23

Dear Anonymous,

You want everyone's real name and soc. sec. number so you can dig up dirt on them, but you hide behind "Anonymous" yourself. You judge people who disagree with you, but deny THEIR right to judge YOU! You are the hypocrite!

Author: Anonymous

Date: Friday October 14, 2005 0:21

you are out of your f/n minds 1300 people viewed this ridiculous site im pro choice........ get a life or take all the future aborted babies and shut the **** up...........im ashamed that you self centered ..hypocrytocites are out there in the general public , and not having the time of day for children and still ****ing around on your wives and preaching to everyone else..........everyone in this organization give me your real name address and social no. and then i will do a background check on all of you.... a real good one ..and then i will get back to you and tell you if you are worthy or full of **** in your so called beliefs...my money is on me take the challenge and i will put it all on tv because i have met nobody that has the right to judge ....including me....bring it on i mean it............i am sick of you heart thumpers................

Democrat Senate ‘Stunt’ Tries to Draw Attention to Iraq War-CIA Leak Probe

WASHINGTON - Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, demanding answers about intelligence that led to the Iraq war. Republicans derided the move as a political stunt.

--NewsMax.com--

I have two words for Harry Reid - “Able Danger”. - Ed.

Dobson Encouraged by ‘Radical’ Left Uprising

After playing a role in the White House's attempt to promote failed nominee Harriet Miers, family advocate James Dobson this time is joined by a host of conservative leaders expressing virtually unanimous, unsolicited enthusiasm for President Bush's choice of Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Joe Wilson: I'm No ‘Commie Liberal Sympathizer’

WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, conducting another round of media appearances related to the leaking of his wife's CIA cover, used a National Press Club appearance Monday to assert that he is no “commie liberal sympathizer.”

--CNSNews.com--

But he is enjoying all the media attention (and lack of hard questions). - Ed.

Beheading of Christian Schoolgirls Sparks Concerns About Religious Strife

Indonesian security forces remained on high alert and religious leaders appealed for calm in the nation's Central Sulawesi province following the beheading of three Christian schoolgirls at the weekend.

--CNSNews.com--

Bush's Comeback Strategy Starts Today

WASHINGTON - An aide slipped President Bush a note during a staff meeting in the Oval Office on Friday morning with the news: Vice President Cheney's chief of staff would be indicted in the CIA leak case - the terrible end of a very bad week.

--USA Today--

I have a feeling that Rove is back! - Ed.

‘Liberals’ Voice Opposition to Alito

In a statement released Monday morning, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid complained that the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito did not result from consultation with Senate Democrats.

--CNSNews.com--

When you hear Reid and Schumer lamenting that Alito's nomination will divide the country, one thing becomes clear. They don't recognize conservatives as part of America. What about how court ordered same-sex marriage divides the country? What about how Roe Vs. Wade has divided the country? As long as they're getting their way, they don't care at all how it divides the country. - Ed.

Dr. Dobson: Liberals Say ‘Sky is Falling’

Focus on the Family Action founder and chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., issued the following statement today about the nomination of Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court:

--NewsMax.com--

Filibuster Protest Organizing

Seeing the distinct possibility that the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court could be filibustered by Senate Democrats, Conservative activists are already mobilizing Americans who support the nominee to fight the procedural blocking of a vote on President Bush's latest high-court pick.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Lawsuit Against Senate Filibuster of Judges Defended

On a day when Washington, D.C., was abuzz over the indictment of vice presidential aide Scooter Libby, a public interest law firm was in federal court Friday defending its lawsuit against the U.S. Senate over the use of judicial filibusters.

--CNSNews.com--

While I agree with the sentiment behind this lawsuit, I feel that it may be ill advised. If the rationale that a supermajority can only be required when specified in the Constitution, it could result in ending the filibuster altogether, and I'm not sure that would be a good outcome. - Ed.

‘Gold Star’ Families of Slain Soldiers Clash Over Name

Groups representing the family members of slain American soldiers in Iraq are upset with anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan and her group for the alleged “misuse” of the term “Gold Star.”

--CNSNews.com--

Sources: Syria, Iran Backed Suicide Bombing in Israel

JERUSALEM - The suicide bombing north of Tel Aviv that killed five Israelis and wounded more than 30 this week was directly backed by Syria and Iran, security sources said.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Zogby: Corzine Leads Forrester by 7 Points in New Jersey Poll

U.S. Senator Jon Corzine leads Republican opponent Doug Forrester in the hotly-contested race to occupy the governor's mansion in Trenton according to a new Richard Stockton College-Zogby International poll of likely voters.

--NewsMax.com--

Memo to Doug Forrester: Get some new material. Your ads are stale. - Ed.