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Fulton Lewis - "Top of the News ... As It Looks From Here"
DEMOCRATS COLLAPSE ON IRAQ WAR ISSUE
DEMOCRATS COLLAPSE ON ANTI-WAR VOTE
As children, we were taught that if you play with fire, you might get burned. Last week the Democrats discovered that playing political games with the Iraq War issue can be equally disastrous. When they took over the new Congress in January, there were claims that last November’s elections had given them a “mandate” to bring the troops home from Iraq, and for the last five months the House and Senate have been virtually myopic on the war issue – doing little more than passing funding bills which contained deadlines and other conditions that they knew ...<< MORE >>
As children, we were taught that if you play with fire, you might get burned. Last week the Democrats discovered that playing political games with the Iraq War issue can be equally disastrous. When they took over the new Congress in January, there were claims that last November’s elections had given them a “mandate” to bring the troops home from Iraq, and for the last five months the House and Senate have been virtually myopic on the war issue – doing little more than passing funding bills which contained deadlines and other conditions that they knew ...<< MORE >>
Jimmy - Thanks For Reminding Us About Just How Bad "The Carter Years" Were!
Last weekend, former President Jimmy Carter criticized George W. Bush’s presidency as “the worst in history” in international relations, and told a BBC radio audience that British Prime Minister’s loyalty to Bush was “abominable.” Blair, he said, had been “loyal, blind, apparently subservient.”
It was the fourth time in the last six years that Carter has cast Bush as our “worst” president ever. He has inadvertently done us a favor by reminding us that there was a very ugly era when things were far worse than they are today – the period of 1976 to 1980 known as ...<< MORE >>
It was the fourth time in the last six years that Carter has cast Bush as our “worst” president ever. He has inadvertently done us a favor by reminding us that there was a very ugly era when things were far worse than they are today – the period of 1976 to 1980 known as ...<< MORE >>
CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY THIS GAME?
The U.S. Constitution is a marvelous document and, despite some strong efforts to distort it, is pretty well intact after 220 years. It may be facing its greatest test in the not-too-distant future – one that it may not be capable of handling. What would happen if we just tossed out every politician in Washington? Public disgust with them has grown to the point where Americans seem to parroting the line Casey Stengel allegedly used when he was coaching the Mets: “Can’t anybody here play this game?”
Virtually every poll puts public approval of the Congress at well under 40%, and ...<< MORE >>
Virtually every poll puts public approval of the Congress at well under 40%, and ...<< MORE >>
EUROPE STARTING TO TILT TO THE RIGHT!
52-year-old conservative Nicolas Sarkozy won the most recent election for President of France. A record-breaking 84.6% of France’s 44.5 million registered voters cast ballots and Sarkozy captured 31.1%. He scored a significant victory with a 54% to 46% margin over Ségolene Royal, the Socialist candidate.
Although a member of the same Union for a Popular Movement that produced current President Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy is expected to bring France into a much friendlier relationship with the United States. You won’t see French troops fighting alongside Americans and English in Iraq, but you can expect greater cooperation in our efforts to curb Iran’s ...<< MORE >>
Although a member of the same Union for a Popular Movement that produced current President Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy is expected to bring France into a much friendlier relationship with the United States. You won’t see French troops fighting alongside Americans and English in Iraq, but you can expect greater cooperation in our efforts to curb Iran’s ...<< MORE >>
A NEW ERA FOR SUPREME COURT ABORTION DECISIONS?
Wednesday's decision by the Supreme Court upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 marked the first time that a majority of justices have agreed that a specific abortion procedure could be prohibited. It was also the first time since the original Roe v. Wade decision that the Court said it was permissable to restrict an abortion procedure that did not contain an exception for the health of the mother.
Writing for the majority in the 5 to 4 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy stated: "The government may use its voice and its regulatory authority to show its profound respect for ...<< MORE >>
Writing for the majority in the 5 to 4 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy stated: "The government may use its voice and its regulatory authority to show its profound respect for ...<< MORE >>
IMUS – IN MOURNING!
If one thing can be said for (or against) Don Imus it is that he has been “an equal opportunity offender”! He has played the “shock jock” role perfectly – going after virtually everyone: all races, all religions, all political persuasions, all ethnic groups. You name it, and Imus at some point has insulted it. But unless I missed something I thought that is what “shock jocks” are supposed to do. They are expected to do what? Shock! Say or do outrageous things in order to get our attention and stimulate our minds. Deliberately yell “fire” in a crowded theater ...<< MORE >>