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Barack Obama has claimed it is no longer necessary to kill Osama Bin Laden to win the war against al-Qaeda. In an unprecedented departure from the current wanted 'dead or alive policy,' the U.S. President-Elect said that simply keeping bin Laden holed up in a cave was enough to keep America safe. 'My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him,' he said. 'But if we have so tightened his noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America

Three members of the elite Navy SEALs, who were hailed as heroes for capturing one of Iraq's most wanted alleged terrorists, are now being court martialed for roughing him up, according to Fox News. The detainee claims he was punched during the operation and suffered a bloody lip.

I would like to say a few words about some who 'Kvetch' often about the Board of Education of the East Ramapo (NY) Central School District: They are driven by hate and anti-Semitism! They – The director of NAACP’s mid-Hudson and Westchester regions office, and the President of the Spring Valley, NY chapter of the NAACP - work officially to fight discrimination and to protect Civil Rights, but it is likely hate that drives them to file complains and publish negative reports against the Orthodox Jewish/Hasidic Board members who have a majority on the nine-seat School District's BOE. A sample...

The radiation level of 1,000 MilliSieverts (MSV) at the power plant in Fukushima, Japan is hundred Rem. A person in America gets a year 620 Rem of radiation. The only diff is, that 1,000 MSV (100 Rem) per hour at Fukushima, is way higher than 620 Rem spread through the 8,760 hours a year. of course, if a person reads that the radiation level at the plant is 400 MSV per hour (instead of 1000 MSV P/H that it once reached), the person indeed knows that it is a high level. However, with the above information at hand, one understands...

On any given day, Glenn Beck’s show at 5:00 PM Eastern on Fox News, has better ratings than Fox’s Greta Van Susteren’s show that runs at night, prime time shall we say. Susteren, regardless how weak she is versus the others in the evening at FNC, is still stronger than the hot-heads on MSNBC and the losers at CNN. Therefore, it is strange the Drudge Report-posted pending NYT story that Fox and Beck will part ways. Indeed, Beck being “extreme” may be the reason as to why Beck may end his career at Fox. However if he is extreme, in...

Some say that but for the Stimulus and bailouts, things could have been worse. However by looking at Ford – a firm that did not have all the government intervention as GM did – we see that things could have been… better for GM had they gone into bankruptcy without Obama’s shtick. Here are the numbers: •For all of 2010, Ford’s after tax net profit was $6.56 billion, and GM’s was $4.7 billion, placing Ford at a 40% better gain for 2010 than the bailed out GM. •Ford’s revenue in 2010 was $120.9 billion, and GM’s was $135.6 billion. This...

Newly installed White House Press Secretary Jay Carney spent his first day on the job officially staying away from the White House briefing room. Carney, who replaces former Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, decided not to speak to the nation today. The decision surprised and disappointed White House reporters, who presumably will have to wait until Tuesday to get a crack at President Obama’s new spokesman. Carney has never briefed from the podium, and his first appearance will be a high-stakes, high-pressure affair. Not only does he have no experience under the klieg lights, but he has only been in the...

it may seem strange to learn that George W. Bush – the one who is so despised by voters – actually had more people who watched his State of the Union (SOTU) Addresses than the amount of people who watch the speeches of President Obama. Consider the numbers from Nielson: ü Obama’s current SOTU address was viewed by 42.7 million people. The Bush speech given in the same time, early the third year in office (2003) was viewed by 62.0 million people. ü Bush’s 2003 speech was given shortly before the start of Iraq War, which likely drove up viewership....

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer's website currently links to the Twitter account "@leaderhoyer." But this is not Rep. Hoyer's Twitter account. Not unless Hoyer is Tweeting things like "Look how Republicans fell for this bi-partisan seating crap." Or this: "This is what happens when political offices pay for high-priced, money-sucking ‘social media' firms that have no clue what they are doing" New York Governor Andrew Cuomo fell into a similar trap earlier this month—the Twitter account linked to on his official page wasn't his. Politicians, take warning: Check the outgoing links on your homepages! And maybe don't pay for "high-priced,...

Following the call of many, including some House Democrats, that other states and people in general should boycott Arizona over its new tough immigration laws, Dem Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords said the following on Fox News, June 30, 2010: “If you’re angry at the politicians, take out your anger and resentment on the politicians, not over — you know, over the hard-working people.” The interviewer, GVS, did not even blink on Gifford’s language. No, not because GVS is used to hearing it from Palin or Beck, but because this – again – is regular political talk that is used all the...

You goto love how the Leftist Dems, such as Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Senator Gillibrand who politically can’t stand Blue Dog Democrats, are now the biggest champs of their newly-found friend “Gabby” (Giffords), the Blue Dog Democrat who was one of nineteen to vote against Pelosi being Speaker. With the left so busy with their love for Gabby, I am wondering how many times – if at all – Obama campaigned personally for Gabby during her tough re-election campaign, and how much monetary support Schultz and Gillibrand gave for their Gabby during the last election cycle. I am only...

Rasmussen’s Presidential Approval Index (PAI) of today Sunday is -14, which means there are fourteen percent more people who strongly disapprove of Obama’s work than those who strongly approve of the President’s work. Today’s numbers are based on polling of the last three days, i.e., the three days following the Tucson speech of Wednesday evening. Obama’s minus fourteen percent in today’s (Sunday) Rasmussen Presidential Approval Index is worse than yesterday’s -12, following Friday’s -13. The last PAI number based on pre-Tucson speech surveys was Thursday’s -11. This shows that Obama is actually doing worse following his speech. In the four...

ü A CBS News Poll shows that 57% surveyed, including 57% Independents, do not associate political rhetoric with the shooting. ü A Rasmussen Poll released Thursday, January 13, 2010, writes that 62% survey think that stricter gun rules would not have avoided the Arizona shooting, and 58% say so in the above CBS Poll. ü 56% in the above Rasmussen poll say that the United States does NOT need stricter gun laws. ü Only fifteen percent, again: only 15%, in a Quinnipiac Poll taken January 10-11, say that Overheated Political Rhetoric was a main reason for the Arizona Shooting, and...

A group of Democrats in the House are proposing a ban on using terminology in political debates, reporting and ads that can strike as a call to violence. In fact, the term ‘strike’ is among the words placed in the draft of the bill. Such words as, ‘Used his Campaign Arsenal;’ Has no Ammunition Left;’ ‘Is a Target of a new Attack ad,’ will all be banned. In addition, ‘A Fire fight Erupted;’ ‘Caught in the Crosshairs;’ ‘Take out political opponent;’ ‘The other side Shot Back,’ and ‘The President drew Sharp criticism,’ are all on the chopping block. “We don’t...

FoxNews.com has learned that the suspect purchased a firearm legally — and after passing an FBI background check — from Sportsman's Warehouse's Tucson store in November, the company's vice president of hunting operations told FoxNews.com. Loughner did not present a concealed weapons permit so he was required to pass an FBI background check, which he did "immediately and without incident," said Matt French, speaking from the Sportsman's Warehouse's Utah headquarters.

President Obama was busy signing legislation all week – legislations that he wanted, and as such the media describes it as BIG wins for him. However, let’s have some context here: START with Russia is indeed a win in the context of passing a bill despite opposition of lead Republicans. However, if the policy will come back and bite America, there is nothing to be excited about it. Obama “won” when he got his Stimulus in Feb 2009 and later the Health Care Reform (HCR) bill. However, both of them came with a heavy price for his party this last...

Some on the left claim that tax cuts harm economic growth, as we see that GWB cut taxes and the economy went to hell in recent years. In addition, they point out that Bill Clinton had a 1993 tax increase, yet the economy was strong in the following years, which means raising tax helps the economy. Claiming the above is as honest as me saying that, “Look: We had a few years of record Federal budget surpluses and the 9/11 attack took place right after it. Therefore, the surpluses caused the attacks.” I mean, you cant just take any event...

US gained 26% on its investment in the greedy, selfish Citi bank, yet LOST (as of now) 81% it invested in Union-run GM. Gov earned $12 Billion on its $45 billion Citi investment (aka 'Bailout'), but gov. got only $12 Billion of its $70+ Billion in GM.

Despite a recession in his early months, tax cuts, terror attacks and two wars, Bush could have balanced a few of his Republican budgets (2002-2207) if only he followed Clinton on some discretionary spending. So smart-heads at the Debt Commission: I don’t know what you guys were busy fighting recently. But leave our tax, military, and seniors alone, and focus on afew spending programs of The GREAT Clinton years that everyone - Dems and Repubs - seems to love in terms of budgets. For example, in the Republican Clinton years, 1995 through 2000, the Federal Government spent on average, approximately...

The Christmas Day Bomber, who had powder in his underpants, could have been stopped a year ago. No, not because he is Muslim; I am against Religious and Racial Profiling. But the fact that he once was on a terror watch list; arrived at airport with not much carryon luggage; and bought with cash a one-way ticket to fly via a passport with a history of being in rouge countries, should have given a perfect profile that he may be a terrorist, and thus being stopped. – If only Reasonable Profiling had been in place. However, had he arrived at...