Shortchanging soldiers

March 30, 2007 in Congress, Democrats & The Left, Global War On Terror, Iraq, News, Republicans & The Right, Senate

The Chicago Tribune Has an excellent editorial that is well worth the read… I have copied the entire article, and highlighted a few of the points that I found most significant. Shortchanging soldiers Last week, House Democrats made good on their anti-war pledge and narrowly passed a spending bill that set deadlines for the withdrawal of [...]

Al Going Green???

March 29, 2007 in 2008 Presidential Election, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Democrats & The Left, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, News

This could give Hillary fits… First an upstart Senator with no Experience takes her Hollywood $$$ and now an honest to goodness Academy Award Winning charlatan  is being recruited as potential third Party candidate… By Ralph Nader no less… Soap-Opera Politics at its best: From Insight.com Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a possible new threat to [...]

Britain and Iran continue sailor standoff

March 29, 2007 in Ahmadinejad, Global War On Terror, Iran, Iraq, News, Terrorism

The Mad Mullahas in Iran are still holding 15 British sailors hostage, in my opinion, to divert attention away from recent failures of the Iranian Government to prevent UN Sanctions over its Nuclear Weapons Programs (as useless as those sanctions are), and as a sort of tit for tat exchage for Iranians who have been [...]

A closer Look at the Strive Act of 2007 and Border Security

March 27, 2007 in Border Security, Congress, Democrats & The Left, Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, News, Republicans & The Right

Here is a closer look at the Strive Act of 2007 Some of the Better points of the proposed legislation: Increased Border Enforcement Personnel: Increase number of Border Agents by 2000 in in 2008 and 2400 each year through 2012, and assigning no less than 20% of the increase to the Northern Border. Other Agencies getting [...]

Amber Alert Issued for two Washington State Children

March 26, 2007 in Amber Alert, Missing Persons

Update:  2 missing kids found in Denver A five-day, five-state search ended successfully Thursday when two Walla Walla children taken by their father last weekend were found safe in Denver. Lars and Remi Baugher, ages 2 and 4, were expected to be reunited with their mother late Thursday in Denver. Authorities said the kids were [...]

Missing Kids 19-24 March

March 24, 2007 in Missing Persons, News

I have been working on a new format for posts on missing persons and with the help of Rock You & WordPress I think I have found one that works..  Click on the child’s name to view the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Poster of the child which will provide more information of [...]

Another Crack at Comprehensive Immigration Reform

March 23, 2007 in Border Security, Congress, Democrats & The Left, Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, News, Republicans & The Right

It looks as though congress will again attempt legislation on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, this time through the STRIVE Act of 2007.  From the Washington Post  A bipartisan proposal for comprehensive immigration reform that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to participate in a guest-worker program and possibly gain citizenship was introduced in the House yesterday, the [...]

Teen Found Cuffed to Tree

March 22, 2007 in News

Updated: Sex Offender Arrested in Handcuffed S.I. Boy Case  Updated: Police Investigating Case of S.I. Boy Handcuffed to Tree Police said they’ve gotten different stories from the boy about what happened. At one point he said he was abducted by a man with a knife while walking to the bus in the morning. Thursday morning [...]

The New Hamas

March 20, 2007 in Global War On Terror, Hamas, Hizbullah, Israel, Media, News, Palestinians, Terrorism

Found this article at News Busters, & felt that it deserves the widest dissemination possible. It has been argued for years that the media typically focus on images from Iraq and the war on terror which paint American and Israeli military in a bad light while always presenting the enemy as victims. In fact, this effort [...]

More delays for Sanctiohns on Iran

March 20, 2007 in Ahmadinejad, Iran, News, UN

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and China urged rapid approval of a U.N. draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program after South Africa surprised major powers by proposing a softening of the document’s wording. The proposed resolution, designed to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment work, would put in place [...]