Archive | July, 2011
Club for Growth: Boehner Plan Will Be Like TARP
This actually works on several levels. The first level: Conservatives will remember the Republican sell-out in the face of pressure from the left. Paul Ryan is still taking flack for his — now disowned — vote for the legislation. And Ryan has more fiscal credibility than most. The second level: It’s another piece of “we [...]
Boehner to Conservatives: “Get Your Ass in Line”
27. July 2011
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has a message for conservatives opposed to his weak bill, which reduces the deficit by just $1 billion while raising the debt ceiling $1 trillion: “Get your ass in line.” The speaker is apparently sick and tired of conservatives demanding he live up to the promises he made voters. He’s tired [...]
FBI Documents: ATF Lied About “Fast and Furious”
27. July 2011
The Los Angeles Times reports: Reporting from Washington— The claim by senior ATF officials that none of the weapons lost in the botched Fast and Furious sting operation were used in the shooting of a Border Patrol agent is not supported by FBI ballistics tests, according to a copy of the FBI report on the [...]
Obamanomics: Durable Goods Orders Fall 2.1% in June
27. July 2011
The Department of Commerce has revealed that durable goods orders fell significantly, by 2.1%, during the month of June. The fall translates to about $4 billion in economic losses. This decrease, down two of the last three months, followed a 1.9 percent May increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.1 percent. Excluding defense, new orders [...]
Lockerbie Bomber is Miraculously Still Living
27. July 2011
You remember this guy. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi murdered 270 people, most of them Americans, by bombing Pan-Am flight 103 in 1988. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison but served only 8 of them, thanks to a decision by the Scottish government to release him on “compassionate” grounds. “Compassionate” grounds? Yes, because he was said [...]
Illegal Immigrant Charged with Plotting to Kill Obama
27. July 2011
A 22-year-old illegal immigrant from Uzbekistan has been arrested and charged with plotting to kill President Barack Obama. The suspect, Ulugbek Kodoriov, is known to have sympathies for Islamic terrorism. Kodoriov was arrested on July 13th after purchasing an assault rifle, USA Today reports. An FBI informant had learned of his plans on July 9th. [...]
Kandahar Mayor Assassinated in Suicide Attack
27. July 2011
Ghulam Haider Hamidi, mayor of Afghanistan’s second largest city, Kandahar, has been been assassinated. He was killed by a suicide bomber who detonated explosives in the hallway of Hamidi’s office. A bodyguard was also wounded in the attack. No group has yet stepped forward to claim responsibility for the assassination. This is the second high-profile [...]
Senate to Obama: Back Off the Second Amendment
27. July 2011
Rather than directly push gun control legislation through Congress, President Barack Obama wants the U.S. Senate to ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty, which would trample all over the Second Amendment. In response, dozens of members of the United States Senate — enough to block ratification — have written to the White House warning that [...]
ATF Agent: Four Agencies Involved in “Fast and Furious”
26. July 2011
The ATF agent responsible for running “Operation Fast and Furious” admitted today before Congress that four federal agencies were involved in the deadly project. The agencies were: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), under Kenneth Melson Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under John T. Morton Drug Enforcement Administration, under Michele Leonhart Internal Revenue [...]
Finally: U.S. to Block Palestinian UN Membership
26. July 2011
Following pressure from Israeli allies on both sides of the political aisle, the Obama Administration has announced that it will block Palestine’s bid for full membership at the United Nations. The Palestinian government is composed of a coalition that includes internationally-sanctioned terrorist groups. Those groups are openly dedicated to destroying the state of Israel. While [...]
27. July 2011
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