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O BACKS OFF GITMO CLOSE

  By JOSH MARGOLIN  No-go on closing Gitmo. Despite pleas from the left and President Obama’s re-election, the White House is not going to consider closing the detention and military-commission facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The president is no fan of Gitmo or trying 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed before a military tribunal there. But [...]

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President Obama, Why Have You Forsken Your Promise to Close Guantanamo?

[Editor's Note: I don't agree with many of the assertions in this article and I am most assuredly not taking the leftist position that we have committed human rights abuses at Gitmo. If anything, we go overboard in our attempts to make incarceration time for terrorists as pleasant as possible. However, I think it's useful [...]

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Obama Destined to Be a Footnote in Presidential History

By: Rusty Weis THE AMERICAN THINKER Barack Obama has set a course that will leave his legacy as no more than a footnote in American presidential history. For all of the bluster and glory, for all of the pomp and circumstance, and yes, for all of the anticipated hope and the promised change, the whirlwind [...]

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Mort Zuckerman: World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur

Image Credit: pumasunleashed.files.wordpress.com   President Obama came into office as the heir to a great foreign policy legacy enjoyed by every recent U.S. president. Why? Because the United States stands on top of the power ladder, not necessarily as the dominant power, but certainly as the leading one. As such we are the sole nation [...]

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Kirk a no-show for Palin event

By: Jessica Taylor Senate candidate Mark Kirk once sought Sarah Palin’s endorsement in his GOP primary, but the congressman won’t be among the attendees when the former Alaska governor headlines an Illinois Republican Party fundraiser next month. The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday Kirk’s campaign said House votes would keep him in Washington for the May [...]

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Gitmo’s Indefensible Lawyers

Legal counsel to some of the detainees went far beyond vigorous representation of their clients. Doesn’t the public have a right to know? By Debra Burlingame and Thomas Joscelyn On the evening of Jan. 26, 2006, military guards at Guantanamo Bay made an alarming discovery during a routine cell check. Lying on the bed of [...]

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Political Consultancy groups smell the chum in the water

Ever since Scott Brown’s historic come from behind upset of Massachusetts Democrat Martha Coakley, the Shawmut Group of political consultants have been one of the hottest commodities in the business. They are the group that helped Scott formulate the message that obviously resonated with the voters in the Bay State. Now word comes that the [...]

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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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No Compromise on Enemy Combatants

Imagine the Yanks are beating the Mets 12–0 in the eighth inning (I know — not hard to imagine). Now, imagine if the Mets approach the Yanks and say, “How ’bout we give you a new Gatorade barrel, and we call this thing a draw?” Joe Girardi would laugh them out of the dugout and [...]

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Told Ja!

Here is an excerpt from a recent blog article of mine and then an excerpt from NRO. Many conservatives are on the same page in opposing any terrorist trials on civilian courts and increasingly, so are many Democrats as they get an earful from the citizens whose lives will be endangered and disrupted by this [...]

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