In 2005, leaders in Portland, Oregon, angry at the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on terror, voted not to allow city law enforcement officers to participate in a key anti-terror initiative, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. On Friday, that task force helped prevent what could have been a horrific terrorist attack in Portland. Now city officials say they might re-think their participation in the task force — because Barack Obama is in the White House.
Archive for November, 2010
Politically correct Portland rejected feds who saved city from terrorist attack
D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services crime spree
This article from the Washington Times highlights the dangerous failure of the DYRS to rehabilitate young criminals.
Obama’s Trade Contortions
Why, besides the Democratic Party’s loyalties to the AFL-CIO, is the president not pushing the U.S. free trade agreement with Colombia?
Terror Strike Eight on Obama’s Watch
While President Obama was icing his sore lip this weekend, Americans narrowly avoided tragic fatalities from an eighth terror strike–on American soil–during his tenure.
Jekyll and Hyde Government
Government is hopelessly out of touch and is trending authoritarian. It is corrupt and inept. Ordinary people see a ruling class thriving while they suffer.
Workers World Party conference calls for push to world wide socialist revolution
Calls to ‘abolish the system’ and for occupying factories and staying in foreclosed homes accompanied the push for world socialism at the Workers world Party 2010 National conference.
Reid’s Lame Duck Agenda
Reid’s plan is to push his leftists agenda while they still have control of congress.
US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomatic crisis
The US criticizes Wikileaks’ release of diplomatic messages – including a report the Saudis urged Washington to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites.
Hezbollah on the Mexican border
North Carolina Congresswoman Sue Myrick on Mike Huckabee’s show, speaks on Hezbollah in Mexico – Nov. 28, 2010
Political Parties Have Different Agendas for Lame-Duck Session
The Democrats want a politically ambitious and totally unrealistic agenda, one that includes among many things the approval of the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that governs the presence of gays in the military; ratification of the Start Treaty with Russia; and approval of the Dream Act, which would grant children of undocumented immigrants who attend college or serve in the military a path towards citizenship.