Marie Harf, State Department spokeswoman, was right on ISIS
Well, how about that! The solution for peace in the Middle East has been hidden in a doo-wop song all this time.
Well, how about that! The solution for peace in the Middle East has been hidden in a doo-wop song all this time.
SharesIran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claims he's been secretly communicating directly with President Obama through private letters they write to each other.
SharesI nearly fell off the treadmill in laughter as I watched respectable foreign policy analysts struggle to keep a straight face as they defended President Obama's weak excuse for snubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr. Obama claimed Mr. Netanyahu's March 3 visit is too close to the Israeli elections, so he must avoid him so that Israeli voters don't get the wrong impression.
SharesPresident Obama seems to be in perpetual campaign mode, using the State of the Union to pitch an unrealistic utopia in which the rich are taxed into poverty, and everyone else gets everything else for free. Now that this annual speech is becoming a distant memory, the focus is shifting to the policies he proposed, both in the speech and the days after. Yet, this focus on his policy proposals has me questioning a few things.
SharesIn a rare moment of brutal honesty, the White House acknowledged that they should have sent a higher-ranking member of the administration to Paris for the unity march to acknowledge the Charlie Hedbo attacks.
SharesWhen grilled about CIA Director John Brennan's statement in the days following the release of the report, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dubiously refused to address the discrepancy between the CIA and the administration-touted "torture" report.
SharesEverything the federal government does should be restricted to three functions. If something does not have a direct impact on defense, infrastructure or interstate commerce, the federal government can't touch it. Leave it to the locals.
SharesThere they go again, Democratic leaders trying to shirk responsibility for what they can't accomplish.
SharesWith deceptive explanations about Obamacare, the IRS and our medical records, they really want us to believe health insurance records aren't medical records.
SharesUnder Obamacare, our medical records will be incorporated into our tax records.
SharesThis week, President Obama decided to cancel campaign appearances on both Wednesday and Thursday so that he could huddle in the White House and monitor the emerging Ebola crisis. In other words, the President has finally decided to act presidential and, surprise, surprise, it's right before next month's mid-term elections.
SharesI'd still rather have a liberal Democrat than an establishment Republican as our next president. I'll take it one step further ... I'd rather have a liberal Democrat than a cowardly conservative in just about any elected office.
SharesWe give too much power to the media when we react to their salacious stories. We especially give them too much power when we don't discern between fact and opinion in their allegedly objective news story.
SharesThe United States is a house divided and the world is watching. We're on the brink of losing our allies while countries like Iran and Russia continue to join forces,
SharesWhile watching Congress debate whether or not we should arm the Syrian rebels, I found myself humming the 1960s Shirelles song, "Will you still love me tomorrow?"
SharesDoing nothing is a better strategy than airstrikes alone. Airstrikes should be a part of a well thought out stratagem. Without proper planning, the unintended consequences will increase the violence. There are too many lives at stake, too many unanswered questions.
SharesWith just a week's notice, Mr. Obama had an immediate strategy for dealing with the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., yet even with a year's notice, he didn't have a strategy for the violence and unrest in Syria.
SharesSocialism always starts with rainbows, unity and fairness. But it always, without exception, ends badly.
SharesIf you want the promise of the full resources of the federal government, if you want a personal visit from one of the administration's most powerful officials, then set buildings on fire and incite riots.
SharesIt creeps. It crawls. It eats you alive. It's a mass that keeps getting bigger and bigger. Will it be stopped before it destroys everything in its path?
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