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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 6 Comments

Harry Reid made the following statement yesterday regarding the Democrats' flip-flop on closing the prison at Guantanomo Bay, and bringing the detainees to prisons in the United States. Reid rejected the idea, stating:"Can't put them in prison unless you release them."The internal inconsistency of the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 10 Comments

We are in the process of nationalizing and/or federalizing vast stretches of our economy, including the auto industry, banks, and health care. Individual property rights have taken a back seat to political priorities.I am against this trampling of individual property rights, which are the foundation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 2 Comments

The controversy over Nancy Pelosi's accusation that the CIA repeatedly misled her and Congress as to detainee interrogation has taken a new turn: Word games.What Pelosi knew, when she knew it, and what she did in reaction, rightly has become a center of attention because...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2009 5 Comments

A Pakistani newspaper, The Nation, published a story claiming that former Vice President Dick Cheney ran an assassination squad which killed, among others, Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan:Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad formed by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2009 7 Comments

My article, Nancy Pelosi Is The Central Issue, appears today at American Thinker:Nancy Pelosi recently accused the CIA of misleading Congress as to interrogation techniques employed against three al-Qaeda leaders. The CIA pushed back, claiming that Pelosi was given truthful details at briefings at least...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 17, 2009 1 Comment

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2009 15 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has denied being briefed in September 2002 about the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah. Pelosi claims she was told that the technique had not been used (when in fact it had been used a month earlier). Pelosi uses this September...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2009 8 Comments

Two heartbeats away from President Barack Obama, in the line of succession, sits the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.Two heartbeats away from the Presidency sits someone who has alleged that the Central Intelligence Agency repeatedly misled Congress as to the interrogation of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2009 8 Comments

Obama knows that there is no way to pay for universal health care insurance coverage. He also knows that there is no way to borrow enough money for such coverage. The well is running dry on the national credit card.The solution: Cut health care costs...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2009 3 Comments

As my loyal readers know, I long have been a fan of the Google Ads algorithm. The ad on this blog for Big Beautiful Women continues to generate an amazing number of hits, usually from a google search by someone seeking a big beautiful woman....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2009 5 Comments

Critics, including me, of Obama's economic plans have made the point that the unprecedented huge deficits necessary to pay for expanded health insurance coverage, college education guarantees, the present and future "stimulus" plans, infrastructure projects, budget expansion, financing and operational takeovers of the auto industry...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2009 16 Comments

Nancy Pelosi is holding a press conference in which she has acknowledged being briefed by the CIA about waterboarding in 2002, but accuses the CIA of lying to Congress about the use of the technique and whether the techniques were legal. Pelosi also acknowledged, when...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2009 3 Comments

Give praise where praise is due. Barack Obama acted wisely in deciding to continue appealing the court-ordered release of detainee abuse photos.These photos, by the way, have nothing to do with the controversial interrogation program which was the subject of the four legal memoranda recently...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 13, 2009 19 Comments

Many Democrats in Congress have pushed for release of documents and the holding of hearings on waterboarding and other interrogation methods. Putting aside for now whether the release of such information should take place, it appears that Obama started the ball rolling down hill by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2009 2 Comments

His name is George McGovern. He was a war hero, who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II. He also ran for President once upon a time. And has been a liberal icon for decades due to his opposition to the Vietnam War.He's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2009 10 Comments

On the controversy surrounding Miss California's statement at the Miss USA pageant that she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman, Donald Trump embarrassed those in Hollywood and the left-wing blogosphere who tried to portray her answer as hate speech or bigoted....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2009 9 Comments

Cass Sunstein has a problem if he wants to get on the Supreme Court. It's not his intellect or credentials. According to Elena Kagan, also a contender for the high court, "Cass Sunstein is the pre-eminent legal scholar of our time — the most wide-ranging,...

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