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Catherine Herridge is reporting that this bill was debated by both Senate and House today for only 5 hours, then voted into law. Obama is out of the country so it will be signed into law by the Auto-Pen... It contains widening of wire taps, something called a Lone Wolf Provision and clears the way for federal LE to obtain forms and police records to determine who and how many own guns. Hope all the Law-And-Order-At-Any-Cost Conservatives are happy tonight! An unconstitutional piece of legislation, barely debated, then voted into law and not even signed by the president, but a...

One of the marks of a truly lousy leader is publicly placing blame on their subordinates. In most cases the subordinate is being blamed unfairly, and even when the staff is at fault, publicly shifting the blame reflects an unwillingness to shoulder any responsibility. President Obama has this nasty habit of placing the blame solidly on the lap of his subordinates. Then again, one would expect nothing less from someone who during the campaign, threw his Grandma and his spiritual mentor under the bus. Many Commentators criticize the President's interactions with Congress, they don't understand why some of his most...

Last year, when he was running for President Barack Obama described Afghanistan as the "good war." He promised to see this war through to the end. Over a month ago General Stanley McChrystal asked for additional troops to get the job done. The President sat on his hand-picked General's recommendation for three weeks until it leaked out. Now he says he needs to think about what to do (don't forget the POTUS fired the last General for requesting more troops). What has the President been doing since word leaked out? Lets see, he took the opportunity to experience the joy...

With the public’s trust in his handling of health care tanking (50%-44% of Americans disapprove), the White House has launched a new phase of its strategy designed to pass Obamacare: all Obama, all the time. As part of that effort, Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible. During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be...

Just caught the nd of a phone interview on CNN.. A woman from Tehran was describing going to a protest today in front of Parlement, and the protesters were ambushed by Basiji streaming out of a masque, who bwgan massacring the protesters, beating them to death, shooting them..Still on now..the woman is crying as she begs us for help!

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.

Where is the President?A rare moment of opportunity for Iran to rejoin the family of nations is at hand. With millions of Iranians in cities and towns across the country protesting what is clearly a stolen election, the time is ripe for all those who support freedom and the peace that comes with it to stand with the demonstrators. Curt has a full report here. Among many dramatic scenes, the video below stood out: [video at site] Iranians stood in their windows and on their rooftops chanting "God is Great" and "Death to the Dictator." It reminds me of that...