Here is a shocking video report from CNN's Michael Ware that claims the Obama Administration is willing to engage in negotiations with Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who has been on the run since his role in harboring Osama Bin Laden before and after the September 11 attacks on the United States. Pakistani officials are reportedly willing to help broker negotiations with Omar only if the United States is willing to put pressure on India in behalf of Pakistan. Ware also reports Obama is willing to consider doing so.
This is now the centerpiece of American Foreign Policy - talk with the worst scoundrels and criminals in the world and think somehow they can be trusted. Americans should absolutely refuse to support a policy of negotiating with the likes of Mullah Omar. The Taliban will be the mortal enemy of the United States forever. A foreign policy that does not accept that reality is just asking for disaster.
Here is video of Republican leaders speaking out for Democracy in Honduras. They are seeking to support the people of Honduras against the actions of Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya was removed by the military after doing what the Honduran Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. He was exiled to Costa Rica. Republicans support the people of Honduras who say Zelaya was seeking to become a virtual dictator, while President Obama has supported Zelaya, a vocal critic of the United States and close ally of Venezuela's dictator - Hugo Chavez.
As President Obama speaks up for the ousted president of Honduras, a Republican congressman has introduced a resolution to condemn Manuel Zelaya for having "trampled" his country's constitution.
Florida Rep. Connie Mack introduced a measure Wednesday that would express official disapproval of Zelaya's ties to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and his move to change presidential term limits. It would express "strong support" for the people of Honduras.
"Manuel Zelaya's record on quashing freedom looked like it was ripped from Hugo Chavez's playbook. Zelaya trampled the Honduran Constitution, pushing for an illegal referendum to allow him to rule indefinitely," Mack said in a written statement.
"The United States and freedom-loving nations across the globe must stand with the Honduran people during this state of upheaval. We urge a legal and peaceful resolution to this crisis that respects freedom, the rule of law and democracy," he said.
Several Republican colleagues had signed on as co-sponsors, Mack said.
But the Obama administration has voiced support for Zelaya, despite his record.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Zelaya this week, announcing that Costa Rica's president would serve as a mediator to help resolve the crisis.
And Obama said that the United States supports the "restoration of the democratically elected president of Honduras, even though he has strongly opposed American policies."
The president said he takes this stance out of "respect" for democratic principles.
Roberto Micheletti took over as the Honduran leader after Zelaya was forced out of office.
Once again, President Obama is choosing to pal around with the wrong people. The way to support democratic principles is to support the people of Honduras when they refuse to allow a would-be tyrant to trample their constitution.
WARNING - GRAPHIC VIDEO - Here is graphic video of a Spanish man being gored by a bull at the annual Pamplona "Running of the Bulls" in Spain yesterday. The video is chaotic and in Spanish, but if you look carefully in the center of the screen you see a man in a striped shirt. You then see the bull make one quick thrust which gores the man on the left side of his neck. At the end of the video you see the man on a stretcher with emergency personnel trying to stop the bleeding. The man - said to be from Madrid - later died of his injuries.
Below is another video showing general action of the "Running of the Bulls" that does not show the goring of the man who died, but mentions it.
Here is video of Levi Johnston, former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, talking with reporters. He said he believes Gov. Palin is resigning as Alaska Governor because of the money she can make by writing a book once she is out of office. Johnston also said he could not vote for Palin if she runs for President after seeing "what she's done to Alaska," referring to her resignation before finishing her term.
I post this pathetic interview, not because Johnston has one ounce of credibility or judgment when it comes to politics, but because it shows the kind of thing Sarah Palin has had to deal with since September of last year.
Here is video of President Obama and Michelle meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today. They took no questions, but officials said the two had a spirited discussion on a wide-range of issues. Michelle was wearing what the MSNBC anchor had a hard time describing, finally settling for, "some kind of religious garb."
Here is conservative comedian Steven Crowder with a video preview of an in-depth look at Canadian Government Health that will come out next Monday, July 13. Crowder is originally from Canada, and will definitely bring an informed and hilarious perspective to the issue. For now, check out the preview!
The Rasmussen Presidential Approval Index today, July 10, 2009, finds President Obama with a -7 rating. Among those surveyed, 30% strongly approve of the job Obama is doing as President while 37% strongly disapprove. The overall tracking poll which includes all who were surveyed shows Obama with a 51%-48% approval rating.
Here is audio of Dick Morris and Dennis Prager talking about President Obama's dream of changing American into a European-stlye Socialist State. Morris points out that in Europe, they essentially see work as an "interruption in a life of leisure." No one should work more than 35 hours a week and everyone should get 8 weeks of vacation. Morris calls Obama a socialist because he wants to bring the level of government control of the economy to a level that is equal to the European socialist nations such as France and Germany.
Here is video of Sean Hannity's "Great American Panel" on July 9,2009 commenting on a photo captured in Italy of President Obama looking at the rear end of a woman as France's President Sarkozy looks on.
Here is video of Fox News' Brit Hume's commentary last night, July 9, 2009, where he said talk on Capitol Hill of a 2nd Stimulus Plan was being accompanied by the sound of "chickens coming home to roost." Hume says the failure of the first stimulus so far to make a difference in the economy is because it was really not designed to stimulate the economy, with very little to help small business or provide genuine tax relief to Americans. He suggests they could still take some of the money not yet allocated and redirect it to tax relief and to spur businesses to hire workers.
I think the chances are "slim to none" that the Democrats will do that. The $787 billion of the first stimulus may not have yet been spent, but you can be sure it has already been promised to someone the Democrats want to keep happy. You won't see that money redirected to what it should have been used for in the first place.
NOTE:Hume's "Chickens coming home to roost" remark should remind President Obama of another time, and another place where someone used that phrase (see the 3:09 mark of the video below):
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