Krauthammer: Obama's 17 Minute Response 9 Times Longer Than Gettysburg Address

Charles Krauthammer Discussss Obama's 17-minute, 2,500-word Response to Woman's Question of Being 'over-taxed'
Charles Krauthammer discusses Obama's 17 minute answer to a tax question at a Townhall event last week... "It's only nine times longer than the Gettysburg Address." Charles Krauthammer on the president's jibber-jabbering: "I don't know why your surprised. It's only nine times longer than the Gettysburg Address. And, after all Lincoln was answering an easier question on the higher purpose of the union and Soldiers that fall in battle. Look the president had an easy answer. He...

Charles Krauthammer: With friends like Obama...
What's it like to be an ally of Barack Obama's America? If you're a Brit, your head is spinning. It's not just the personal slights to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Nor is it just the symbolism of Obama returning the Churchill bust that was in the Oval Office. Query: If it had to be out of Obama's sight, could it not have been housed somewhere else on U.S. soil rather than repatriated? Perhaps it was the State Department official who denied there was a special relationship between the...

The Secret War in Laos Wasn’t a Secret to Laotians
This Glenn Greenwald piece about the Helicopter attack in Iraq contains something that always sort of drives me insane about Americans and our concept of ourselves in the world : The Wikileaks video is not an indictment of the individual Soldiers involved—at least not primarily. Of course those who aren’t accustomed to such sentiments are shocked by the callous and sadistic satisfaction those Soldiers seem to take in slaughtering those whom they perceive as The Enemy (even when...

Targeting Journalists in Iraq is Pentagon Policy
Kurt Nimmo The Baghdad snuff video released by Wikileaks has yet to receive much corporate media play. MSNBC, however, covered the video. In a discussion of the video, Brett McGurk of the Council on Foreign Relations and an NSC member for Bush and Obama, defended the mass Murder episode. McGurk said the Soldiers fired on journalists because they thought they saw an RPG launcher. How is it trained Soldiers mistook camera equipment for an RPG launcher? In fact, part of the mission of the ...

Krauthammer predicts coming of national sales tax
On a recent episode of The Factor , Charles Krauthammer predicted that the Democrats will push for a national Sales Tax to help pay for the healthcare law and the annual $1.5 trillion federal Budget Deficit. This will be on top of state and local Sales taxes and in addition to state and federal Income Tax. Illinois taxes are among the highest State Tax in Illinois is currently 3 percent, but if the Springfield Democrats have their way, this may increase to 4.5 percent. The Cook County Sales...

Maoist rebels kill at least 76 soldiers in east India
Reporting from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and New Delhi - Maoist rebels in eastern India killed at least 76 paramilitary Soldiers Tuesday, authorities said, underscoring the continued strength of an insurgency that India has tried for decades to wipe out. The dawn attack in Chhattisgarh state was among the deadliest by the guerrillas in memory. S. R. Kalluri, a deputy police inspector in densely forested Dantewada district where the attack occurred, told local media that the Soldiers were on an...

Our Commonwealth
WHEREAS,  Virginia has long recognized her Confederate history, the numerous Civil War battlefields that mark every  region of the state, the leaders and individuals in the Army, Navy and at home who fought for their homes and communities and Commonwealth in a time very different than ours today; and WHEREAS ,  it is important for all Virginians to reflect upon our Commonwealth’s  shared history, to understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, Soldiers...

Collateral Murder?
I can see and understand some people’s comments on YouTube that the Soldiers (Pilots) were a bit blood thirsty, callous, and a little to casual with humor in killing the Insurgents. I think their wrong! Frankly, I’d never hold it against anyone in taking enjoyment out of their job. You might find that callous as well. Tough. If your living this 24/7 I doubt you would spend a year without laughing and having a good time. This is war, the thing video games are based upon and...

McDonnell recognizes April as Confederate History Month
Gov. Bob McDonnell has recognized April 2010 as Confederate History Month, embracing an element of Virginia’s history that’s caused headaches for former governors. A proclamation posted to his Web site reads, “it is important for all Virginians to reflect upon our commonwealth’s shared history, to understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, Soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War, and to recognize how our history has led to our present.“...

VA Gov. Bob McDonnell Recogizes Confederate History Month
VA Gov. Bob McDonnell has issued an order recognizing April as Confederate History Month, saying that it's important "to understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, Soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War." McDonnell's most recent order of this type recognized Christian Heritage Week. April's Confederate History Month recognition is at least the fourth proclamation McDonnell has issued since his inauguration in January, according to the governor's Web site....

Maoist rebels kill 76 soldiers in eastern India
PATNA, India -- Maoist Insurgents claiming to fight for India's rural poor killed at least 76 Soldiers Tuesday in a series of carefully planned ambushes in the forests of eastern India, underscoring the rebels' strength despite a government offensive. The attack by hundreds of Maoists in a rebel stronghold in Chhattisgarh state was the deadliest by the Militants against government forces in their 43-year insurgency. The rebels launched the initial attack early in the morning, firing on a group...

Browser: Site offers peek into Hutaree Christian militia
The Web site says the Militia is on a mission as a group of Christian Soldiers. "Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment," the Web site says . "The Hutaree will one day see its enemy and meet him on the battlefield if so God wills it. We will reach out to those who are yet blind in the last days of the kingdoms of men and bring them to life in Christ." The site also links to a page of sources of information the group uses, which...

Gunmen attack Mexican army housing, 2 troops hurt
Mexico City (AP) - Suspected cartel gunmen wounded two Soldiers in an unprecedented grenade attack on army housing in northern Mexico, the latest sign that Drug gangs are increasingly turning to open warfare tactics against the Military. The gunmen fired the grenade from a rifle at a camp where Soldiers live with their families outside the Gulf Coast City of Tampico, the Defense Department said in a statement Tuesday. The two wounded Soldiers were treated, but none of their relatives was...

Video shows death of 2 Reuters employees in Baghdad attack
David Finkel: Well I don;t want to agree or disagree with Glenn Greenwald, but I think it;s fair to say that there have been many many bad days for Iraqis and Americans, and this was one of them. What's helpful to understand is that, contrary to some interpretations that this was an attack on some people walking down the street on a nice day, the day was anyting but that. It happened in the midst of a large operation to clear an area where US Soldiers had been getting shot at, injured, and...

US Troop Deaths Double in Afghanistan
Kabul (March 27) - The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington has added tens of thousands of additional Soldiers to reverse the Taliban's momentum. Those deaths have been accompanied by a dramatic spike in the number of wounded, with injuries more than tripling in the first two months of the year and trending in the same direction based on the latest available data for March. U.S....

Are Mexican cartels terrorist organizations?
It’s no news that Mexican Drug Cartels are engaged in increasingly all-out warfare with the government of President Felipe Calderon. The Associated Press had this to say about recent incidents in which the Cartels targeted government security forces, including police and Soldiers: The apparently coordinated assaults raise the prospect that parts of Mexico could be descending into open warfare between the Cartels and the government. According to the L.A. Times , the attacks on Military...

Did the US military target Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Iraq?
The shooting of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena and three Italian intelligence agents by US troops near Baghdad international airport on Friday night has provoked an angry response in Italy and calls for the immediate withdrawal of Italian Soldiers from Iraq. Sgrena was wounded in the attack that killed Nicola Calipari, the agent who negotiated her release, and injured two others. At the very least, the incident highlights the ruthless methods employed by the US Military in the face of...

The Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch frauds
First , it has been well-known for several years that the U.S. Military outright invented lies regarding literally every aspect of the Jessica Lynch story. And the Tillman family for years has been vocally complaining about the lies they were told by the Pentagon regarding the circumstances surrounding Pat Tillman's death, the pressure on other Soldiers to conceal the truth, and the crass and disgusting exploitation of those lies to serve the administration's political interests. None of this...

Afghans confront U.S. over civilian casualties
MEHTERLAM, Afghanistan— An angry Afghan ranted wildly at the U.S. officials last week, shouting about how their overnight raid had killed 16 Civilians in his village. An Afghan elder cried out in grief that his son and four grandsons were among the dead. One after another, a long line of government officials, villagers and community leaders told American Military officials at the Laghman governor’s compound that Afghan Soldiers must be allowed to take part in such raids. Several...

Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks
REYNOSA, Mexico — In a ratcheting up of tactics in a long, bloody War, Drug Cartel gunmen made seven especially brazen assaults on Mexican Soldiers in one day this week, throwing up roadblocks near Army garrisons and spraying checkpoints with automatic weapons fire. The apparently coordinated assaults raise the prospect that parts of Mexico could be descending into open warfare between the Cartels and the government. Drug bosses appeared to have little to show for Tuesday's attacks near...

German friendly fire kills Afghan soldiers
Kabul — German Soldiers traveling to the scene of a deadly firefight with Taliban Insurgents accidentally killed six Afghan troops, the Afghan Military said Saturday. Three Germans died in the firefight with the Militants. In the capital Kabul, the speaker of the lower house of parliament criticized President Hamid Karzai over an outburst Thursday in which he blamed the international community for the controversy over last year’s disputed Presidential Election. Yunus Qanooni blasted...

Flashback: British Soldiers Abuse Innocent Iraqi Children As Cameraman Channels Satan
The cameraman can be heard laughing and saying: "Oh yes! Oh Yes! You're gonna get it. Yes, naughty little boys. You little f***ers, you little f***ers. Die. Ha Ha."

War Porn (part one)
2007, Baghdad, Iraq: On July 12, Kauzlarich ate a Pop-Tart at 4:55 a.m., guzzled a can of Rip It Energy Fuel, belched loudly, and announced to his Soldiers, "All right, boys. It's time to get some." On a day when in Washington, D.C., President Bush would be talking about "helping the Iraqis take back their neighborhoods from the extremists," Kauzlarich was about to do exactly that. I believe its fair to conclude from the above quote that its author crafted it with little sympathy for the unit...

Afghan and Iraqi Civilian Killings Nothing New
There are times when I feel that all of the Posts I write for FDL are just variations on one story: US Forces kill Civilians in occupied country. US spinmeisters claim Civilians were really "Insurgents." Witnesses speak up or neighbors go to local government to complain. US Military quietly backtrack on original story and some officer makes a visit to the scene of the killing, pockets full of condolence cash. Officer pledges that from now on, things will change, more care will be taken - and...

Mr Obama Are We a Vassal State of Yours? Are We a Banana Republic?
From 1977 to 1983 Israel had a Prime Minister who did not mince words when it came to  protecting his country, he was slow to make agreements because once made he believed they should be followed. His political philosophy was created in the background of The Holocaust, watching Britain and the US refuse to allow Jews to immigrate to safety while Hitler was mercilessly committing Genocide.  He was a stickler for the meaning of words and the lessons of history. In 1991 Menachem Begin,...