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Fighting Ourselves On National Security

May 23, 2009

President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney both gave speeches about national security on thursday. Obama was critical of the Bush administration's policies, and Cheney was critical of Obama's policies while defending the Bush era actions. There's nothing wrong with that. People can differ over important issues, and national security is about as important [...]

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Pelosi-bot Blows A Chip

May 16, 2009

The biggest reason Nancy Pelosi's lies matter is – she's third in line to be the President of the United States. If President Obama were to become unable to serve, Vice President and Gaffemaster General Joe Biden would succeed him. After Biden, the job falls to the Speaker of the House, and that's Pelosi. After [...]

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The New Interrogation Methods

May 11, 2009

"Every one of us can imagine the following scenario: We get lucky; we get the No. 3 guy in al-Qaida, and we know there's a big bomb going off in America in three days and this guy knows where it is. We have the right and the responsibility to beat it out of him." – [...]

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Politics First, National Security Second

April 27, 2009

In it's first 100 days, the Obama administration has shifted gears on national security issues. Does political ideology now trump national security ? Here are a few things to think about. – The release of the Bush OLC "torture" memos. There was NO reason to release those memos, other than political ones. Obama cited a [...]

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Pelosi Lies About Waterboarding Knowledge

April 24, 2009

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was the ranking House Democrat on the Intelligence Committee in 2002-2003, when the enhanced interrogation techniques were used on high-level Al Qaeda detainees, says……she didn't know nuthin' 'bout no waterboardin'. Bull. Crap. From the New York Times: As was common with the most secret programs, the C.I.A. chose [...]

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CIA Terrorist Interrogations Saved Lives

April 22, 2009

Speaking of the enhanced interrogation techniques used against high-level terrorists like Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks), President Obama said America must maintain it's ideals and values "even when it's hard." Obama has banned the techniques. Here are real life examples of how "hard" it can get. From CNSNews: After KSM was [...]

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Did The Bushies Break The Torture Law ?

April 22, 2009

Last sunday, Obama's Chief Of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, said the administration didn't support prosecuting "those who devised policy" on terrorist detainee interrogations. Two days later, President Obama reversed that position by saying this: For those who carried out some of these operations within the four corners of legal opinions or guidance that had been provided [...]

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The Other Red Meat

April 20, 2009

The Bush "torture" memos released by President Obama indicate Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 hijackings that killed 2,974 innocent people here in the USA, was waterboarded 183 times. That's outrageous. A travesty of justice. We're better than that. Let's calculate. 2,974 cold-blooded murders minus 183 waterboardings leaves……..2,791 more waterboardings to go for [...]

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Obama Releases Bush Legal Memos

April 17, 2009

President Obama has declassified and publicly released memos from the Justice Department's Office Of Legal Counsel (OLC) to the Bush Administration. The memos were sent between 2002 and 2005, and discussed opinions on the legality of aggressive, controversial interrogation techniques proposed for use by the CIA on terrorist detainees, specifically, techniques to be used to [...]

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How To Spot A Domestic Terrorist

March 21, 2009

The great state of Missouri has issued a government report about how to recognize potential militia members. The report is called the MIAC Strategic Report – The Modern Militia Movement. As a public service, I would like to share with you some of the signs that will warn you these dangerous militia lunatics, whom the [...]

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Enemy Combatants Still Have No Rights

February 22, 2009

After being in office for only a couple days, President Obama issued an executive order that would close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year. At the same time, he issued an executive order setting up a task force to review detainee policy, which would consider the options for apprehension, detention, trial, transfer, or release [...]

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Leahy's Truth Squad

February 11, 2009

Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) wants to launch an investigation into all the Bush administration's unseemly activities, such as – firing 8 U.S. attorneys, wiretapping without warrants, and misleading the public about those weapons of mass destruction. Leahy would call his investigation a "Truth Commission." Leahy said "a person or group" of "fair-minded" individuals could be [...]

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