There are many differences between President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush — unfortunately, foreign policy is not one of them. Although they differ wildly on social issues, when it comes to national security and foreign policy, the two have much in common. Both Dubya and Obama exude an aura of neoconservatism when …
Hope And Change? Obama Is Nearly GWB On Foreign PolicyRead More »
From the BBC: A report has revealed that 2012 saw the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded. US production grew due to an increase in techniques such as fracking, a method for extracting shale oil and gas, the report by oil giant BP said. Overall, global energy consumption grew by 1.8% …
Here we go again. Another GOP politician says something stupid and just blantantly false about rape and pregnancy. Another Republican congressman ventured into the realm of rape and pregnancy Wednesday, saying at a committee hearing that incidences of pregnancy from rape are “very low.” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), whose measure banning abortions after 20 weeks …
GOP Congressman Says Rate of Pregnancies From Rape Is Very LowRead More »
Described below is the fate of Eddie Willers, long-time faithful assistant to Dagny Taggart: “He stepped to the front of the engine and looked at the letters TT. Then he collapsed across the rail and lay sobbing at the foot of the engine, with a beam of motionless headlight above him going off into a …
Who Is John Galt? Happy Warrior or Elitist You’d Dread Inviting Over for Dinner?Read More »
Oh how the times change. Back when Chimpy McHitlerBurton was running the show, he was aiding the terrorists when the NSA was collecting data. Vice President Joe Biden (who has been locked away in his safe room or Gimp box for some time) in 2006 had some very strong words for President Bush when he …
VP Biden In 2006: NSA Record Collection Is Violation Of PrivacyRead More »
The Senate voted to begin debate on the so-called “Gang of 8″ bill. A bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration system easily cleared its first procedural hurdle Tuesday afternoon, belying the difficult fight that remains in Congress for the legislation. The Senate voted 82 to 15 to limit debate on the bill, allowing senators …
It will be interesting to see where this goes: In the wake of the past week’s revelations about the NSA’s unprecedented mass surveillance of phone calls, today the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the program violates Americans’ constitutional rights of free speech, association, and privacy. This lawsuit comes a day after we submitted a motion to the Foreign …
Here are even more reasons to rethink the Patriot Act in light of recent revelations about the NSA and PRISM. NBC News’ Open Channel reports: The FBI has dramatically increased its use of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act to secretly obtain a vast store of business records of U.S. citizens under President Barack …
1000% Increase in Business Record Requests Under Patriot Act in Only 4 YearsRead More »
We’ve had a blast around here for the last 2 months. We’ve tried to bring you the best content we could. We know not every person of every ideological stripe is going to agree with what we publish, but as we stated when this thing kicked off, we had no desire to be part of …
The United States is considering a request from the UN to resettle Syrian refugees in the US. Two years into a civil war that shows no signs of ending, the Obama administration is considering resettling refugees who have fled Syria, part of an international effort that could bring thousands of Syrians to American cities and …