Archive for June, 2009

Baby Boxer

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Barbara Boxer is an embarrassement. The Chicago Tribune notes: “Could you say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ ” Boxer (D-Calif.) said this week to Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, testifying at a hearing that she was chairing on the levees in New Orleans. “It’s just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I’d appreciate [...]

Top Ten Reasons Obama is Lame on Iran

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Here: 10. He hasn’t yet gotten to the “Supporting Democracy” chapter in his The Presidency for Dummies book. 9. He can’t pronounce “Iran.” 8. Iran is Shiite, and Obama can’t remember if that’s the type of Muslim he secretly is. 7. Thought iRan was the accessory for the iPod that keeps track of how many [...]

Embassies Helping the Injured in Tehran

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Mapped.

Long War Journal

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Excellent reading from Bill Roggio on our Long War — against Islamofascism. Including helpful summaries with links: A suicide bomber detonated near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. The Guardian Council reported that it is ready to recount a tenth of the votes from the election, and is prepared to deploy riot police to [...]

June 12 Revolution Update

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

As Sunday morning dawns in Iran, Saturday may have been the start of the tipping point. Roger Cohen: Khamenei has taken a radical risk. He has factionalized himself, so losing the arbiter’s lofty garb, by aligning himself with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against both Mir Hussein Moussavi, the opposition leader, and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a [...]

Twitter Tracks Freedom

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Ross Kaminsky on Twitter and Iran: Despite being old men with little exposure to leading-edge technology, Iran’s ruling Guardian Council understands the essential value of communication to freedom: If they can communicate freely, no people can be long enslaved. Michelle Malkin Tweets Too! I use TweetDeck — on both my laptop and iPhone. #iranelection is [...]

Dave, You’re Fired

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Eric Golub: You have a child yourself, and if I remember correctly, one that was conceived out of wedlock. You were not attacked for this. You even gushed when Oprah sent you a fruit basket, but now you are using your nightly platform to destroy a family. What human being does this? . . . [...]

More Proof that Obama Loathes Freedom

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Obama has no shame: [T]he Obama administration has zeroed out funding for pro-democracy programs inside Iran from the State Department budget for fiscal 2010, just as protests in Iran are ramping up. Funding for pro-democracy programs began in 2004, when Congress earmarked $1.5 million of the State Department budget for “educational, humanitarian, and non-governmental organizations [...]

Obama is Last to the Table

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Our President just does not get Freedom. He takes it for granted and therefore does not understand it, how it can be fleeting or so hard to attain. Tom Giovanetti: Contrast between Obama/Reagan never clearer. Reagan’s words were foundation of change; Obama is last one to the table #iranelection 10 minutes ago from TweetDeck

Our Dying Culture

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

And civilization? Is God lifting his hand from our nation? You may cry, but Pray. Well, today I walked out of a Judd Apatow movie crying. It was the scene where the obese homosexual is fortune-telling by looking at the bowels of a sheep that has been sodomized by a person. The movie was “Year [...]