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George Clooney: Obama So Smart, So Compassionate…

If Obama’s so smart, why the teleprompter addiction? Why “corpseman”? Why does our economy remain still-born after he enjoyed two years of having every piece of legislation he asked for passed and enacted into law? If Obama’s so compassionate why

Rep. Ted Poe: China's High Tech Mafia

Tonight on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio: Congressman Ted Poe of Texas’s 2nd district discusses the recent hackings of Google e-mails and the infiltration of defense contractors, as well as the Chinese have essentially declared cyber war on the United

Is China's One Child Policy Affecting Military Readiness?

China instituted the one-child policy in 1979 under the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in order to control China’s exploding population rate. Then China was largely rural with a large peasantry class. That still remains the case outside of China’s major

Sen. Lieberman Unsure He'll Support Obama in 2012

From The Washington Times: Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, told host John McCaslin on America’s Morning News radio show on Tuesday morning that he had not decided if he would endorse President Obama in

Good News From Iowa

Straw polls are notoriously overrated. This observation applies especially to the over-hyped one held most recently in Ames, Iowa over the weekend. That said, for Americans concerned about national security and seized with the necessity of electing as our next

Thin Black Line Essential for Limited Government

As the debt-ceiling debacle shows, Americans are genuinely frightened that our ever-expanding federal government will spend us into national collapse. But while Americans are delivering a message of limited government to Congress and the President, proponents of small government have

Aircraft Carrier: Chinese Territory In Any Sea

The socialist People’s Republic of China is expanding its influence by refurbishing the Varyag, a Soviet era aircraft carrier, renaming it the Shi Lang. The carrier is expected to start sea trials later this year. An aircraft carrier is a

Obstructionist Politics: Denying a Vote

Just minutes after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tabled (read: killed) the second piece of legislation presented by the House to his chamber addressing solutions to the politically manufactured debt ceiling “crisis” – legislation crafted through not only bipartisan

The Shameful Spinning of the Norway Massacre

This week’s syndicated column is about the shameful spinning of the Norway Massacre. But I would like to post a more personal comment. As I noted in the column, my name is mentioned nine times in admitted killer Anders Breivik’s

Embattled Dem Rep Refuses to Resign Before Debt Vote

The embattled Congressman David Wu, Oregon Democrat, announced via a statement from his office on Tuesday he would resign from Congress after the debt ceiling crisis was resolved. Mr. Wu is accused by a daughter of a long time donor

A Warning From Norway

Almost lost in official Washington’s preoccupation with the partisan slug-fest over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit was the despicable, murderous attack in Norway on Friday. Unfortunately, such inattention increases the likelihood that the wrong lessons will be

Secrecy in Budget Talks Gave Obama an Advantage

You can sum up in one word why Republicans find it tough to build public support for major spending cuts before the debt limit might be raised. That word is “secrecy.” By agreeing to closed-door meetings, Republicans enabled President Obama

Reversing the Downward Trend of National Security Journalism

National Security reporting saw a long lull during the Clinton ‘peace dividend’ and relatively stable period of international affairs during the 1990s. Since the demand for foreign reporters dropped, so did the availability of education for these journalists. After the

Reversing the Downward Trend of National Security Journalism

National Security reporting saw a long lull during the Clinton ‘peace dividend’ and relatively stable period of international affairs during the 1990s. Since the demand for foreign reporters dropped, so did the availability of education for these journalists. After the

CAIR Loses Tax Exempt Status

Donations to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) no longer are tax deductible after the organization was among 275,000 tax-exempt organizations purged earlier this month by the Internal Revenue Service. The groups failed to file required annual reports, known as

Sound Bite For the Day: "I'm Credentialed! I Belong Here!"

These videos from Kerry Picket of the Washington Times show just of quickly progressives can make themselves hysterical. [youtube hwN3VNTyqOA nolink] Ryan Clayton with Insert Leftist Organization Here angrily confronted Andrew Breitbart when he ventured into the lobby where Netroots

DADT: Why I Question Repealing Morality, Part I

I wrote a letter in late May 2011 to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) requesting that Congress reconsider repealing what is popularly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). DADT is a misnomer. And so I shall refer to

RNC Chair to Weiner: Scram!

Washington Times: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus spoke to the Washington Times on Tuesday and wondered why House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Democrat, have not called on embattled Congressman

Damn the Torpedoes, Full Agenda Ahead

Under normal circumstances, when a process is found to be corrupt, any outcome or recommendation from that chain of events is either cancelled or put on hold until the full extent of the corruption can be uncovered. Essentially, good practice