The Attack on Libya Crossed a Very Bright Constitutional Line

When the President ordered the attack on Libya without Congressional authorization, he crossed a very bright Constitutional line that he himself recognized in 2007 when he told the Boston Globe “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual [...]

The Real Failure at Reagan National

The tower at Reagan National airport goes dark because of a sleeping air traffic controller. People call and planes land without incident, but nobody thinks to call local or federal law enforcement. Does this underscore a deeper problem with national security?

Congress Needs to RECLAIM Constitutional Authority

A week ago President Obama, without Congressional approval, committed our armed forces to an international conflict in the nation of Libya.  Today Congressman Amash (R-Mich) and I are introducing the RECLAIM Act to reclaim Congressional authority to declare war that is so clearly proscribed in Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution; we urge all [...]

Obama: Consistently Anti-American

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Bill Gates Supports Socialized Medicine: ‘I’d Take Any Rich Country’s Medical System Over Ours’

Bill Gates of Microsoft fame (or infamy)  visited the Claremont Colleges this past week. You can watch that visit here. What follows is a transcript typed by one of my associates of that event.

Gates, after discussing his foundation’s work, had harsh words for America’s health care system.
Our health care system has huge problems. It’s got [...]

Boehner: Obama Should Explain Libya Mission

From Reuters:

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Sunday called on President Barack Obama to explain the U.S. mission in Libya and how his administration intends to achieve its goals.
“The president is the commander-in-chief. But the administration has a responsibility to define for the American people, the Congress and our troops, what the mission in [...]

Obama the Appeaser

During President Obama’s first two years in office, we have seen him do nothing but fumble on the world stage.  He often seems to sit back and watch major changes occur – making no effort to be a part of the solution or reassert America’s position in the state of world affairs.
Bruce Thornton, a professor [...]

Libya Crisis: UK Prime Minister Emerges as Bold Statesman

From The Telegraph:

MPs of all political colours paid tribute to David Cameron’s role in securing the United Nations resolution on Libya.
They talked glowingly of Mr Cameron’s “breathtaking courage,” and his “superb leadership.” Even those who admitted they had doubted the Prime Minister were forced to admit he had brought off a “remarkable diplomatic success”.
In the [...]

A New Brand of Welfare Reform: Ending Earmarks

It’s been years since Wisconsin’s welfare reforms under Gov. Tommy Thompson inspired Congress to pass the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Now, spurred to action by a looming $1 trillion federal budget deficit, a national debt of $14 trillion and a growing taxpayer rebellion, some members of Congress are taking a stand against the earmarks [...]

Hillary’s Moment

Inside the Obama administration, a debate is raging. In the face of the uprisings in the Middle East, Barack Obama has opted to sit on his hands. He has a talent for that. Robert Gates, who is extremely wary – one might even say, excessively wary – of commitments abroad, is happy about the President’s [...]

Bush Defense Department Documents Detail Terrorist Threat Posed by Guantanamo Detainees

So what would happen if Barack Obama were to keep his promise to shut down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and release enemy combatants housed there? According to the Bush administration, these terrorist sympathizers would immediately “set out to kill Americans or other innocent civilians around the world.”

GAO Identifies $100 BIL. Savings by Cutting Specific Duplicated & Wasteful Programs

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), issued it first annual report on reducing or eliminating duplication, overlap, or fragmentation in government spending (embedded below).  This particular report identifies areas where adjustments would generate tens of billions of savings, and the GAO did not even examine the entire federal government.
Within and across these missions, this report touches [...]

Egypt and the Wider Middle East: The Limits of Intelligence

The stunning speed of events in the Middle East that brought about the fall of Tunisia’s strong-arm dictator, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, followed by the resignation of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might suggest that our intelligence services were caught napping.  While the final chapter of the ousters of Mubarak and Ben Ali have [...]

Friday Free-for-All: Chaos Edition

WTF is going on in the world??

BREAKING: Nir Rosen Resigns Over Comments on Lara Logan Sexual Assault in Egypt

Yesterday, Eyeblast wrote a post on Nir Rosen, a fellow at NYU’s Center for Law and Security, and his outlandish comments he made of the sexual assault of CBS correspondent Lara Logan- which was posted on here. Jim Geraghty from National Review and Steve Nelson at the Daily Caller did the same.?
Rosen’s comments [...]

It’s Time for Republicans to Get Serious about Budget Cuts

President Obama’s budget hit Capitol Hill with all the enthusiasm a close talker with bad breath receives when getting on an elevator.  Republicans rushed to news cameras with vigor usually only seen from Senator Chuck Schumer to rightly denounce it and Democrats released written statements with tepid “good starting point” type phrases in it. While [...]

Carbon Nation

My participation in “Carbon Nation” came about quite fortuitously. After I retired from the Army, I was working as a government analyst, looking at the tactical implications of energy security. I was leaving that position to try to encourage commercial interest to get involved with the Department of Defense to help solve what had [...]

Egypt Reminds Us We Are Running Out Of Time – Not Oil

What is going to happen next in Egypt?  According to Mubarak, “the result will be extremism and radical Islam.”  Others aren’t so sure.  What is certain is that the risk factor in the Middle East has risen again.  That means the world’s oil supply is at risk as well.  A wise country would do what [...]

‘Patriot Act’ Fight A Brewin’

The House failed to pass an extension of provisions of the Patriot Act this week.  House leaders put the bill on the House Suspension Calendar which requires a 2/3rds vote to pass and forecloses the opportunity for amendments to the bill.  Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has pledged to slow down the legislation in the Senate.
Senator Paul feels so [...]

Mubarak Pushed Out in Coup?

From the Associated Press:

President Hosni Mubarak will meet the demands of protesters, military and ruling party officials said Thursday in the strongest indication yet that Egypt’s longtime president may be about to give up power and that the armed forces were seizing control.
Gen. Hassan al-Roueini, military commander for the Cairo area, told thousands of protesters [...]

Minnesota Man Continues Fight for Property Rights on Home Front from Iraq and Afghanistan

Ethan Dean recently wrapped up his fourth tour of duty as a U.S. advisor in Iraq, but soon he’ll be carrying on the battle from his new post in Afghanistan—his battle, that is, with the City of Winona, Minnesota.

Wow. Even The Progressive Left Doesn’t Read The Washington Post!

The Progressive left is in full attack mode against Glenn Beck for his assertion that what’s happening in Egypt is not about democracy, rather it is about re-establishing a Muslim supremacist Caliphate.

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Middle East unrest according to Glenn Beck and friends
Media Matters
Yes, Tantaros, “Lunatic Theories” About Egypt Have Aired On Fox
Business Insider
Chris Matthews: Glenn [...]

Lt. Gen. Sami Enan: Could he Be Mubarak’s replacement?

Lt. General Sami Enan is the chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

Reuters is reporting that the “Egypt general could be new leader-Islamist “:
Enan could be an acceptable successor to Hosni Mubarak because he is perceived as incorruptible, a member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday.
Egyptian Muslim cleric Kamel Al Helbawi, a [...]

Predictable: Media Matters Blames Jews for Egypt Crisis

Will the 400 leftist rabbis refute this?
This was some sick stuff. Anti-Semitism is alive and well at Media Matters.

Media Matters blamed the Egyptian crisis today on the US Jewish lobby and media-owning Jews.
Yid With Lid reported this from Media Matters.
If one needs additional proof that the “pro-Israel” lobby and the policies it dictates to [...]

Hope and Change Just as Hollow Worldwide

Predictably, the media is describing the goings on in the Arab world as consisting of revolutionaries fighting their oppressive leaders for democracy and human rights.  Never mind that democracy does not ensure liberty.  Never mind that the governments that will likely ultimately take over will consist of terrorists and terrorist sympathizers.  Never mind that in [...]

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