Category: The Long War Here At Home
Obama Won’t End “Indefinite Detention” and No One’s Surprised but Progressives.
Remember when Candidate Obama swore he’d close Guantanamo Bay and make sure we treated those terrorists incarcerated there in a way that would “restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great even in the midst of war, even in dealing with terrorism”? Yeah, well, so much [...]
Is the TSA Really Listening to Us, Or Just Waiting Us Out?
The TSA has been under a lot of heat recently as travelers have told story after story of abuse — and there really is no other word to describe a system that leaves a cancer survivor weeping and soaked in his own urine — at the hands of those who work for us. TSA Administrator [...]
The TSA’s Arrogance Could Benefit Us Yet
tIf you have not been keeping up with the quickly-growing scandal over the Transportation Security Agency’s new security measures, you’ve missed quite a lot in the last week. Let me give you a quick summary. The TSA rolled out some shiny new machines that can scan through your clothes and give agents a good look [...]
Feds Arrest Man Who Was Planning Attack on DC Subway System. No Word If He’s Catholic or Lutheran Yet.
Whether we like it or not, there’s still a war on. Authorities say a Virginia man took surveillance footage of three Metro stations in Arlington and passed the images to federal investigators posing as al Qaeda operatives as part of a sting operation to designed to disrupt attacks authorities say the man was planning. Farooque [...]
Think You’re Safe? Think Again.
We should probably take this threat seriously. WASHINGTON – The terror group tied to the Ft. Hood killings and the Christmas Day undies airbomber urge wannabe American jihadis to open fire on crowded restaurants in the nation’s capital to massacre U.S. government workers. The advice appears in “Inspire,” the latest issue of a slick propaganda [...]
The Pledge to America: 21 Pages of Meh
The Congressional Republicans have released their gameplan for 2011 and beyond in a document called the “Pledge to America”. It’s 21 pages of solidly written and occasionally  inspirational calls to remember the Constitution and the principles on which the nation was founded as well as a bushel basket full of promises they say they’ll keep [...]
Yeah, They’re Tools All Right.
I wonder if anyone at the New York Times considered how many Americans this story is likely to kill before they released it? WASHINGTON — The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi [...]
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