Tag: America
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Does Jon Stewart Really Think Truman Was A War Criminal?
Update: Nevermind. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days Unlike many conservatives, I love The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He’s a very funny man, backed by an outstanding research staff. His views skew […]
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Raising Anchor: Seaman Recruit Harry Petersen Reports For Duty
Seaman Recruit Harry Petersen with his proud father, minutes after being sworn in. (That’s Harry on the left.) After two tentative reporting dates came and went, Harry shipped out today following a brief swearing-in ceremony at Fort Hamilton, near the base of the Verrazano Bridge in Brooklyn. Also there to see Harry off were the […]
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“Easter SEALs” Rescue Captain, Kill Pirates; More to Come
Best possible ending: Three dead pirates, no good guys hurt, one hero captain survives after winning his crew’s freedom by offering himself as a hostage. On Easter Sunday, no less. (I wish I had thought of Easter SEALs!) Shades of United Airlines Flight 93, as the American crew apparently fought back and retook the Maersk […]
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Slouching Towards Europe: Obama’s Domestic Agenda Undercuts American Exceptionalism
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by President Obama’s steadfastness regarding national security issues. After winning his party’s nomination by promising to surrender in Iraq more quickly than the other Democrats would, Obama has: retained his predecessor’s defense secretary; adopted his predecessor’s timetable for responsible disengagement in Iraq; supported his own rhetoric about the importance of Afghanistan […]
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Responsible Economic Policy is a National Security Issue
John Bolton, who gets my vote for America’s best-ever ambassador to the United Nations (plus I love the mustache), describes how Rahm Emanuel’s never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste mentality will weaken the security of the United States, by devaluing the dollar and making us more dependent on financing from China and other countries that do not share our values. […]
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Grateful to Live in the Shining City on the Hill
Conservative Peggy Noonan takes a step back from the gloomy economy and focuses on the big picture: People are angry but don’t have a plan, and they’ll give the incoming president unprecedented latitude and sympathy, cheering him on. I told a friend it feels like a necessary patriotic act to be supportive of him, and […]