Thursday, September 25, 2008
“If a financial institution has business operations in the United States, hires people in the United States, if they are clogged with illiquid assets, they have the same impact on the American people as any other institution.” With this statement, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson provided European and Canadian financial institutions the possibility of an infusion [...]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
From the AP:
Gen. David Petraeus, whose strategy for countering the Iraq insurgency is credited by many with rescuing the country from all-out civil war, stepped aside Tuesday as Gen. Ray Odierno took over as the top American commander of the conflict.
At a traditional change-of-command ceremony attended by top Iraqi and American military and civilian officials, [...]
Vets for Freedom has launched a new television ad which will run beginning tomorrow in “the Denver media market this week, Minneapolis next week, and in Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, and Colorado in the weeks to come,” according to an e-mail sent out today to supporters of the organization.
From Vets for Freedom Chairman Pete Hegseth:
The thirty-second [...]
According to former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, the candidates’ position on last year’s troop surge is irrelevant. Today, he wrote in the Denver Post, “Arguing about who was right or wrong in 2003 or even who was right or wrong about the surge has little bearing on the question of what do we do today, [...]
Sen. Obama’s decision to work out instead of visiting our Wounded Warriors is starting to backfire. We can only hope that the mainstream media picks up this story and gives it the attention it deserves.
Here’s an excellent video, chronicling Sen. Obama’s many positions on Iraq.
Yesterday, Sen. Obama laid out his plan for Iraq in a New York Times op-ed, amid growing allegations that his recent vacillation on Iraq is part of a general election move to the political center. Of course, his inability to take a real position on Iraq and stick with it is problematic. Regardless, there are [...]
Today’s Examiner had an outstanding editorial on the significance of the 550 metric tons of Uranium recently removed from Iraq. States don’t stockpile Yellowcake for peaceful purposes. Of course, the mainstream media has been silent on this story. The Editor’s, however, were not:
Here’s the key point: As noted in 2004 by The American Thinker, Norman Dombey, professor [...]
The Obama campaign continues to use surrogates to attack Sen. McCain’s record of service in order to deflect the mounting criticism of Sen. Obama’s newfound willingness to shift positions on Iraq. Preempting the inevitable flurry of flip-flop charges against Sen. Obama, Sen. Kerry was on Face the Nation yesterday calling Sen. McCain a flip-flopper: “…John McCain has [...]