Archive | April, 2010
Should Diplomatic Immunity Be Ended?
No man is above the law. No citizen, no visitor, no elected official, no president. Well, actually, that’s not entirely true. Foreign diplomats are free to commit whatever crimes they wish on American soil and, as long as their home countries don’t revoke their immune status, the most we can do is throw them out. [...]
Qatari Embassy Releases Statement
8. April 2010
The Qatari embassy in Washington has released a statement concerning the detention of one of its diplomats by US Air Marshals aboard a United flight to Denver: FROM THE AMBASSADOR OF THE STATE OF QATAR TO THE UNITED STATES, H.E. ALI BIN FAHAD AL-HAJRI PRESS REPORTS TODAY REGARDING AN INCIDENT ABOARD A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT FROM [...]
Developing: Attempted Terror Attack on US Flight
7. April 2010
United States Air Marshals have stopped an individual from evidently attempting to detonate an explosive aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Denver. Update: ABC News says the man in question Mohammed al Modadi, a diplomat in the Qatar embassy with full diplomatic immunity rights. Does that mean he can’t be charged for [...]
Wasserman-Schultz Denies Very Existence of Individual Mandate
7. April 2010
Absolutely moronic. At an April 5 town hall meeting in Fort Lauderdale (see video below), a constituent asked Wasserman Shultz where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandate that individuals buy health insurance. She responded that the new health care law did not require individuals to buy health insurance. In a written statement to CNSNews.com on [...]
Coup in Kyrgyzstan: Opposition Seizes Power
7. April 2010
Opposition forces have seized power in Kyrgyzstan, ousting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and presenting a major headache for the United States. The United States uses the nation to funnel supplies for its war effort in Afghanistan. Mr. Bakiyev fled the capital after protesters stormed government buildings and captured several top aides, some of whom they beat [...]
Obama’s War on Internships
7. April 2010
Hey, you know what business and government need less of right now? Young people willing to work for free, because that might actually develop their skills and free up some money to keep paid employees aboard or the business itself open. Let’s declare a war on internships. The labor market is still in recession, but [...]
Half of Households Pay No Income Taxes
7. April 2010
Unless something changes to even out the financial load, we’re witnessing the beginning of the end of the republic. You simply can’t maintain this country with a majority able to vote for the minority to pay for everything. You can’t have a majority with no financial interest in the federal government and who runs it. [...]
“Where do we get the free Obama care…”
7. April 2010
Democrats insist that opposition to government-run health care is rooted in false fears created by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and the Republican Party. I actually think it’s the other way around: The reason opposition isn’t greater is due to false promises by Democrats and their adoring media accomplices. Exhibit A: Questions reflecting confusion have flooded [...]
Libya Released Hundreds of Al-Qaeda Terrorists
6. April 2010
How could I have missed this? Michael Totten points to news that Libya released 214 members of al-Qaeda the other day, and hundreds more are scheduled to be released soon. That would bring the total number of terrorists freed by Muammar al-Gaddafi to about 1,000. Reason magazine’s Michael Moynihan offers us a few clues as [...]
Peter Galbraith Hints Karzai Is On Drugs
6. April 2010
I’m not exactly Peter Galbraith’s biggest fan but would anyone be surprised if the allegation were true? As the man says, Afghanistan’s economy is largely based on drug exports. And his government is notoriously corrupt. That said, I don’t understand why Galbraith is confused by Karzai’s statement about joining the Taliban. From day one Barack [...]
8. April 2010
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