National Security
Posted at 7:10pm on Jul. 10, 2008 The ACLU Goes Court Shopping
By ilitigant
When logic goes to the wind, one has to ask, who's hiding what?
Used to be, when things didn't go your way, you might take your ball and go home. Not today. Today the ACLU thinks it is proper when you lose a game to go play in a different field, and that new game somehow is going to be different than the first game, when you are playing by the same rules, with the same team and in the same game. The Rules of District Courts are the same, regardless of where you file an action, it is only the local rules that differ, and many of the FRCP's are under SCOTUS precedent. But that is ignored by the ACLU.
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Posted at 1:42pm on Jul. 10, 2008 FISA Signed and HE SLAMMED DOWN THE PEN!
By ilitigant
I love the man!
George W. Bush has signed the new FISA bill into law and when he did, a determined look came over his face and he
SLAMMED THE PEN onto the table.
GOOD for him!
The window of opportunity is now open.
Let justice prevail.
He slammed the pen after signing a bill.
DANG! This is gonna be good!
http://www.countrybeforeself.com
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Posted at 11:06pm on Jul. 9, 2008 The Great Obamian Netroots Betrayal--A Continuing Series
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Glenn Greenwald continues his attacks on Barack Obama for Obama's support of FISA reforms. Needless to say, other people are upset as well. Of course, if Obama's stark and amazing reversal on FISA does not prove that he is just an ordinary politician--as opposed to being the vehicle of Hope and Change he portrayed himself as being--then I don't know what to think. But for now, at least, it seems clear that Obama's campaign has enraged its base. If centrists and center-right voters are reminded that contrary to the contentions of the Obama campaign, the presumptive Democratic nominee is nowhere near the center or the center-right in terms of votes and rhetoric, then we might see the Obama campaign isolated not only from its base, but from the very people it is seeking to reach out to in the general election campaign.
Posted at 7:12pm on Jul. 9, 2008 The Ideological Offensive (VERY LONG)
By TheSophist
In his meticulously documented memoir, War and Decision, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Doug Feith laid out several themes that serious-minded Americans must consider in depth.
One of the themes he kept hammering on over and over again was the need for the United States (as the leader of the free world) to undertake an ideological offensive against what he called, following Norman Podhoretz, "Islamofascism". He basically condemned the State Department under Powell, and the White House itself, for failing this critical task.
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Posted at 6:09pm on Jul. 9, 2008 Iranian Missile Test
By redscan
A missile test this morning takes Iran to the next level.
Nine 1250-mile-range missiles were successfully fired.
Each can carry a 1 ton payload to Israel or to US bases.
One ton is a great deal of payload.
Is it time to sit down for tea with Mr. Ahmedinejad?
Let's do lunch. Or not.
References:
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Posted at 4:45pm on Jul. 9, 2008 Some quotes of interest from The Kosaks on FISA Passage
By ilitigant
Hey, Its my civic duty to bring enlightenment to the darkness.
- Damn. This is a cold, hard day and our "free" press is doing nothing to alert the public of the loss of their 4th Amendment. Very dark times. Very, very dark.
- Rape of the Constitution.
- Anyone want to start a new country? I'm thinking of calling it "Canada"
- Dems f'd us
- Barack Obama lied. Plain and simple. He said he would filibuster any legislation that contained retroactive immunity for the telecoms. But he didn't. What else can you call that? And if he can get rolled so quickly on one of the most important pieces of legislation in my lifetime, why should I, or you, or anyone else believe he won't get rolled on issues of less importance?
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Posted at 3:54pm on Jul. 9, 2008 Obsessed With "Obsession"
By pparmley
As we approach the inauguration of a new president, the importance of a strong national security/terrorism policy – thank god for FISA - is without question one of the most vital and crucial issues in the campaign. In that vein, I want to share some thoughts about a really powerful movie I recently watched, titled Obsession.
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Posted at 3:35pm on Jul. 8, 2008 Withdrawal Symptoms
By AndrewHyman
Sounds like Iraq is asking the U.S. for a timetable for a US troop withdrawal. This is good news, at least partly. It reflects the fact that security has improved in Iraq, that the government there is stronger and becoming assertive, and that the U.S. may soon be able to reduce the huge effort we’ve been making there.
On the other hand, setting a strict timetable for withdrawal does not take into account events on the ground that may develop in the future. If a withdrawal starts, and security then deteriorates, it would make no sense to require the withdrawal to proceed robotically.
Instead of a timetable, how about simply giving the Iraqi government authority to reduce the number of U.S. troops by 50% during 2009, by 50% in 2010, et cetera? The Iraqi government wouldn’t have to use that power, but could if conditions warrant.
Just my two cents.
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Posted at 1:38pm on Jul. 7, 2008 U.S. Army's "Top Ten Greatest Inventions of 2007.
By PhxG
FORT BELVOIR, Va. - The commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, the U.S. Army vice chief of staff and other senior Army science and technology leaders will recognize the U.S. Army's "Top Ten Greatest Inventions of 2007.
The Army-wide awards program is dedicated to recognizing the best technology solutions for the Soldier. Nominations for the program were submitted from across the Army laboratory community. Nine of the 10 recipients are elements of the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command.
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Posted at 11:13pm on Jul. 6, 2008 CNN Poll Shows Disaster For Progressive Agenda
By ilitigant
A poll published by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. on our Nation's Birthday this year says "69 percent of adult Americans who responded to a poll June 26-29 said the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed by the way the nation has turned out overall."
Sounds interesting doesn't it?
Twenty Nine percent responded the Founding Fathers would be pleased with the way things are in this country. Sixty Nine percent of adult Americans believe the Founding Fathers of this nation would not be happy with the way it is right now. So what is it they would not be happy with? Is it, as progressive children want us to believe, how bad the war in Iraq is going, how bad President Bush has been for the nation, how much civil liberties have been trampled in the quest to wage a mythical war on a tiny little foreign private group of thugs: is that what the American People are concerned about?
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Posted at 9:10am on Jul. 2, 2008 Abmadinejad At War With Israel And The World
By ICRJCalvin
The U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector, Mohamed El-Baradei, recently told Al-Arabiya television that Iran could have a nuclear weapon in as little as six months. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in possession of nuclear weapons is not a pretty picture I want to think about. Ahmadinejad's particular form of radical Islam actually welcomes an apocalyptic war with the world. He believes in an Islamic messiah. His messiah is the Mahdi or 12th Imam. This messiah comes to rid the world of infidels after a cataclysmic confrontation with the West.
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Posted at 12:32pm on Jun. 28, 2008 Does John McCain Know of A Coup d'etat?
By ilitigant
Before my fellow conservatives jump my case for the title, read it.
Mind you, that the term '48 hours' certainly sounds definitive, especially when used in the context of an 'underdog'. And it is that literal interpretation that has the liberal web buzzing today. John McCain was reported, in one online article, at FoxNews as having said: "'I’m the underdog. I’m behind,' the presumptive GOP nominee told reporters in Ohio. 'I’ve got to catch up and get ahead. And I expect to do that about 48 hours before the general election,' he said with a laugh."
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Posted at 8:51pm on Jun. 24, 2008 As 'Progressives' Obstruct FISA in the Senate...
By ilitigant
I'm going to come right out and say this: A Democrat filibuster, the attempts to strip immunity for the telecoms from the FISA bill are FOR A REASON, and that reason has nothing to do the lies the Democrats are trying to use as an excuse.
Do you really buy into the 'protect Americans' line? Do you really buy into the 'civil liberties' line? Do you not think for just one nanosecond that the real reason Moveon.Org, America Coming Together and the rest of George Soros' minion propaganda arms, and the progressive media are so adamant at stopping immunity, might be for a reason no one is going to bring up? Yet?
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Posted at 7:58pm on Jun. 23, 2008 What If Obama Does Not Filibuster?
By ilitigant
I'm not saying he will, or that he would even consider it, now that he's lied about doing it before and now says he'll support the FISA bill: I'm saying that he can't.
MoveOn.Dummies is out to get him. So are FiredogLake and DailyKos and a plethora of other 'realism is not relevant' blogging sites. They want the man to do what he said he would do. But this is Obama we're talking about. He doesn't understand what character is, let alone show any.
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Posted at 11:00am on Jun. 23, 2008 Boeing v. Airbus
By Erick
As you probably know, the Air Force ran afoul of the GAO in the past couple of weeks over its decision to give an air tanker deal to Airbus.
There is a lot of spin on both sides regarding the implications, outcome, etc.
Jed Babbin, who has a great deal of experience in these sorts of matters, sorts it all out.
The government is supposed to buy what it needs, not what it wants. And – in the case of combat systems, among which the tanker is certainly counted – the needs have to be defined by the warfighters. The government’s request for contractor proposals is supposed to define those needs in terms specific enough to enable the contractors to compete by offering the aircraft that best meets the precise need. But the Air Force -- bowing to political pressure -- crafted a specification so vague that two vastly different aircraft could arguably qualify under it.
To make matters worse, in the final stages of the competition, the Air Force cut the warfighters out of the loop and changed what they had said they needed to keep the European Airbus in the running for the contract. That and the other errors it made -- the process issues the GAO used to overturn the decision -- provide the lessons on which the Air Force can get it right in the days ahead.
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