Tuesday, 19 August 2008 09:17
Raquel Okyay
1. Obama is weak and naïve on foreign affairs. Americans understand that there are evil forces in the world that want to destroy us and our way of life. When it comes to protecting America, especially, Americans want the president of the United States to have courage and show resolve. Obama’s inability to admit that a premature pull out of American forces in Iraq would have caused irreparable harm for Iraq and America; and Obama’s willingness to meet with and give credibility to the world’s despots, including human rights violators, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are just two examples of Obama’s naiveté.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 09:54 )
Saturday, 16 August 2008 08:31
Jay Golub
Although the election of Barack Obama seemed almost inevitable less than two months ago, it seems that John McCain 's candidacy is quietly gaining strength. Is this a short term blip or are his chances of victory truly increasing? If fundraising totals are anything to gauge a campaign, McCain surely has momentum. As well, some critical issues are starting to fall McCain's way... "64% now favor going ahead with off-shore oil drilling as one way to help reduce natural gas and oil prices and 61% want Congress to return to Washington immediately to lift the ban on such drilling."
Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 August 2008 12:29 )
Friday, 15 August 2008 10:41
Herb London
D-day is just over the horizon for Israel. Either it decides to attack the Iranian installations where uranium enrichment is proceeding apace or it lives with an Iran armed with nuclear weapons and the capacity to deliver them. Timing is critical since the Iranians are about to install sophisticated Russian radars and missile ground to air defenses that will make penetration of Iranian airspace very problematic. Those who argue that deterrence will work dismiss Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric as empty rants. They contend that the mullahs are basically sensible and realize that Armageddon is not in anyone’s interest. While nuclear weapons will give Iran hegemonic leadership in the Middle East, proponents of deterrence claim the “bomb” is a political instrument that offers cover for surrogate terrorists such as Hezbollah, but is not a weapon of preemption.
Last Updated ( Friday, 15 August 2008 10:46 )
Friday, 15 August 2008 10:29
Deroy Murdock
NEW YORK — Five months in jail for driving Mr. bin Laden? Only in America!
Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s former chauffeur, recently won an appallingly light sentence for aiding al-Qaeda. Hamdan’s apologists call him a hapless, innocent motorist. If so, anyone steering a bank-job getaway car is “just a driver.”
Hamdan is no naïf. He is a camp-trained al-Qaeda member who a Guantanamo military tribunal convicted of giving “material support” to America’s chief enemy in the War on Terror. Hamdan transported weapons (including two shoulder-launched missiles with which he was caught), drove and hid bin Laden, and guarded this mass murderer with a machine gun.
Last Updated ( Friday, 15 August 2008 10:40 )
Thursday, 14 August 2008 07:46
jay golub
If anyone ever wondered why the State's budget mess is being met by most legislators with a yawn, a story in today's NY Post should clear things up... With the teacher's union and the healthcare workers unions number three and five on this list, legislators fear reprisals and fear losing campaign cash. The GOP has been as guilty of this as the Dem's, especially when it comes to the State Senate. It's time for GOP elected officials to free themselves from the chains that bind them by saying no to any more support from these two entities. Otherwise, Patterson's effort to control the out of control budget will be limited and NY State's future will follow...
Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 August 2008 16:01 )
Wednesday, 13 August 2008 10:40
Jay Golub
When will the city council find something constructive to do already???!! Link "Hopefully, it will prevent the brownouts and the blackouts," said Councilwoman Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan), who sponsored the bill. "If we are serious about our planet, this is just one small way that you can contribute." Hopefully? I think the best way to "prevent the brownouts and blackouts" is for councilmembers and other elected officials, including the Mayor, to hold Con Ed accountable for their horrendous performance to date for NYC electric consumers. this is not the best way to do anything except scare more business activity away from NYC small businesses.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 August 2008 10:47 )
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 22:08
Raquel Okyay
If you haven’t heard of decorated Army Officer Allen West yet, rest assured, you will. LTC West is a decorated War hero running against Democrat Ron Klein in the 22nd Congressional District of Florida. The district is significant because it is a seat lost to the Democrats in 2006 that is poised for a return to the Republican Party. Traditionally a Republican district and lost in a razor sharp election, the seat is understandably vulnerable, but it is the candidate himself that is creating quite a buzz, mostly accolades, in Florida’s District 22 and nationally.
Vince Mariano writes in The Sunshine State: An Irregular View of Politics (August 1, 2008):
“Partisan liberal Democrats should have good reasons to fear the candidacy of LTC Allen West. Not only is LTC West a legitimate threat to make Ron Klein a one term congressman… LTC West also has the potential to become an effective national spokesman for the Republican Party by virtue of his commanding persona coupled with his impressive background and credentials…”
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 09:24 )
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 09:03
Stu Mirsky
For those of us who still remember World War II (either because we lived through it or because we grew up, as I did, in its immediate aftermath), what's happening today in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia looks strangely ominous. Not long ago I completed a book telling the story of a local Rockaway lady's remarkable survival as a girl of only fifteen in eastern Poland at the onset of World War II (A Raft on the River, Paul Mould Publishing, UK). When Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia simultaneously invaded her native land to carve up and devour her country between them, little Miriam's family lost everything, including their lives. She, alone, survived to flee into the countryside and fend for herself, living off the land where she had to. Today, both Hitler's Germany and the Soviet Union are gone, of course, but Miriam's story remains to remind us of the horrors of naked nationalism when coupled with aggression.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 August 2008 10:48 )
Monday, 11 August 2008 21:45
Jay Golub
After reading a few business and economic articles in Crains NY today, I stumbled onto this story... Link Could that story's foundation be true? "In most of the United States, 24 abortions are carried out for every 100 live births. In New York, 72 abortions occur for every 100 live births." 72 abortions for every 100 live births????
Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 August 2008 08:02 )
Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:30
Jay Golub
As has been discussed previously, an aide to John McCain is stating today the Sen. Joe Lieberman is being considered for VP on the GOP ticket. Link Do Urban Elephants think that this is a good idea?
Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 August 2008 08:03 )
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