Israel: Shimon Peres back in power.

Keep an eye on this story.  It will have implications moving forward.  It will be interesting to see how world dealings with Iran move forward. 
JERUSALEM (June 13) – Elder statesman Shimon Peres has been elected Israel’s next president, winning the support of 86 of parliament’s 120 members in a second and final round of balloting, [...]

Bush spits into the wind on immigration.

This just simply isn’t going to happen.  The first brush off was bad enough.  No way Republicans do a flip flop on this. 

WASHINGTON (June 12) – President Bush , wading deeper into an issue that bitterly divides his party, hopes a personal appeal can help persuade skeptical Republicans to resurrect and pass his immigration  bill.

Saul Loeb, [...]

‘Let’s talk’ with militant Muslims.

Certainly grown men who spout hatred and violence, then send their women and children to do the dirty work must be reasonable and sane people.  Wake Up and get your head out of the sand folks! When it becomes OK to strap bombs to your wives and daughters, we don’t really have a whole lot [...]

The Real Deal on Fred Thompson.

There has been much speculation over the past 36 hours with regard to a possible Presidential bid by former Senator Fred Thompson.
OK. Here is what I know.
Yesterday I posted about the Politico.com article regarding a Fred Thompson Presidential run. That article is here.
Well, that article postulated that Thompson would announce on or near July [...]

Here Goes Nothin!

Our first regularly scheduled broadcast on Blog Talk Radio will be tomorrow morning at 6:30 AM- EST.
We plan on being with you every morning at that time… Unless the alarm doesn’t go off or the dogs are being particularly pesky. We’ll also do shows on Thursday evenings at 10:00 PM and Sunday mornings at [...]

More violence in Baghdad

BAGHDAD – A car bomb ripped through a wholesale food market in western Baghdad on Sunday, flattening cars and shops and killing at least 30 people in the deadliest of a wave of attacks across

Iraq that killed at least 50 people.  The attack came [...]

Debate Night Round Table at ‘Heading Right”.

I and few others have started a new blog, “Heading Right”….

Heading Right

Notables (I’m not included, because I’m not notable) include:

Captains Quarters
Fausta’s Blog
Atlas Shrugged
bRight and Early
etc…

(full blogroll available at the site)

Although the blog has been up for a week or so, we’ll be kicking things off in style on debate night, May 3rd.

We’ll be doing a [...]

Britons get life for plotting al Qaeda bombing spree

Nice!!!
Britons get life for plotting al Qaeda bombing spree – Yahoo! News
LONDON (Reuters) – A judge jailed five Britons for life on Monday for plotting to carry out al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain at targets ranging from nightclubs to trains and a shopping centre.
“The sentences are for life. Release is not a foregone conclusion. [...]

Democrats: Bush has hurt U.S.

Fear and self loathing in South Carolina… 
Democrats: Bush has hurt U.S. – Politics – MSNBC.com
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The United States has lost its global standing during George W. Bush’s presidency and needs a Democratic commander in chief to restore America’s place in the world, Democrats running for the White House said Saturday.
“We are today internationally [...]

The Hunt for a Fred October: Fred Thompson, in or out?

It’s not news that the media is abuzz with speculation as to a possible Fred Thompson run at the Presidency. As ‘Law and Order’ co-star Sam Waterston noted today, it’s the worst held secret in Washington. Join us tomorrow on ‘House of Chin Live” as we discuss the implications of a Thompson announcement. [...]