Forgetting Past Mistakes is to Repeat Them
After hundreds of thousands of Americans protested his economic policies, Barack Obama batted 1.000 today by releasing the disputed Office of Legal Counsel memos authorizing the use of tortue on captured terrorists, declaring that intelligence officers responsible for the interrogations would not be prosecuted, and announcing that the U.S. will focus on enforcing existing gun smuggling laws rather than re-instituting the lapsed assault weapons ban.
What do you get when you mix a major economic slump, a new president with decidedly liberal ideals, an economic plan that calls for unprecedented levels of spending and debt, and at least 4000 Texans concerned about the situation? Call it a Texas Tea Party!
The Pew Hispanic Center reports that 73% of illegal immigrants’ children are U.S. citizens, an increase of 10% in the last 5 years and a jump of 1.3 million in absolute numbers over the same period. Conversely, the number of juvenile illegal immigrants actually declined by 100,000. All told, there are at least 16 million illegal immigrants and their children living in the U.S.
Like the men on the scene, President Obama deserves kudos for the successful military operation that resulted in the rescue of kidnapped America Captain Richard Phillips. His guys kicked some ass getting Phillips back and the guy in the big chair in D.C. deserves credit for it.
But President Obama has a long way to go before he can claim the kind of steadfast resolve that characterized President Bush’s commitment to the peace in Iraq. But we can’t assume that one small operation, no matter how successful, indicates he will continue to demonstrate such leadership.
The fundamental tenets of the Christian faith are that Jesus was God’s son and that he rose from the dead after being crucified near Jerusalem when he was about 30 years old. My wish for today is that you’d seriously consider the matter. Happy Easter!
The culture war is over? Oh, no it’s not. There’s much more to come. Some important battles have been lost; however, the will and the need to carry on is still strong in America’s Christians.
Ed Frank went to the New Way Forward rally and reports that only a dozen or so people attended the left’s answer to conservatives’ “tea parties” that have turned out tens of thousands of people protesting against Barack Obama’s massive deficit spending plan. FDL’s Jane Hamsher was there as promised, though. In a bizarre turn, she accused conservativess of being angry at not being the ones to steal now – interesting word choice, no? – and accused Fox News of organizing the real tea parties. Bizarre.
Nour Hadid beat 2-year-old niece to death over a period of 4 days after her husband accused Nour of stealing from him. Sadly the little girl’s death doesn’t seem to be what’s important to her husband, Alaeddin Hadid who is planning to sue because his wife’s picture was taken as part of being booked on murder charges.
Arizona State University is not planning to award Barack Obama an honorary doctorate degree in exchange for giving the commencement address at the school – and rightly so. At this point Mr. Obama’s resume is paper-thin, too much so for the office he already holds.
President Obama’s bow to Saudi royalty wasn’t befitting of the President of the United States. It was, however, an acknowledgement of reality. The U.S. operates on their oil, a fact that we need to change sooner rather than later.