Friday, July 28, 2006

Unarmed Posts In Southern Lebanon? This headline is just too funny.  According to the UN Security Council Resolution 1559, those blue helmets were supposed to be routing out and disarming Hezbollah.   What's the point of an unarmed post except to act as a crossing guard for terrorists?  UN abandons unarmed posts in southern Lebanon [Telegraph News | Breaking News] 4:53:37 PM    comment [] trackback []

Affirm John Bolton I don't know why it isn't already patently obvious that John Bolton is the right man to represent the President and the United States at the United Nations.  That is, of course, if you've ever seen him in action as Alan Dershowitz has.    At any rate, his temporary assignment is about to expire and there's the usual hand wringing going on on the left side of the aisle.   His confirmation hearing began this week.  So who listens to Joe Biden any more? Liberal Democrat for Bolton. Democrats who actually think for themselves are realizing that John Bolton is an able and worthy U.S. ambassador to that den of iniquity called the U.N. Alan Dershowitz is one. As a liberal Democrat, I listened carefully to the opposition voiced by many Democratic senators to the nomination of John Bolton as our chief representative to the United Nations. Mr. Bolton has been representing us at the United Nations since August. During the current Middle East crisis, I have been able to listen for myself to what Mr. Bolton has been saying at the United Nations. On the basis of his performance, I have become a Bolton supporter. He speaks with moral clarity. He is extremely well prepared. He is extraordinarily articulate. He places the best face on American policy, particularly in the Middle East during this crucial time... at this point in history, the United States needs a public advocate who can further its case in the court of public opinion. No one does that better than John Bolton. New York Senators Schumer and Clinton are under pressure not to filibuster Bolton, and he just might get the vote he deserves. [GOP Bloggers] 4:48:46 PM    comment [] trackback []

Philadelphia Is No Friend Of The Boy Scouts While the City of Brotherly Love examines what to do about the rising violent crime rate, the city's Mayor Street wants to evict the Boy Scouts of America from the city-owned building that they've occupied since 1928.  Since 1928.  Their reason is because the scouts don't accept gays to be scout leaders.  They can be scouts, just not scout leaders.  All this, despite the fact that the SCOTUS has adjudicate that the scouts have a right to qualify who and what their members can and cannot do. Mayor Street pleaded to the city's youth: "You are the future of this city. Lay down your weapons. Do it now." Seems obvious that their goal of evicting the scouts would just add to the city's crime problem.  Mayor Street ought to be finding ways to promote scouting instead of promoting a gay agenda possibly at the expense of the city's youth and families. Scouts will fight for use of building. The Boy Scouts of America will fight to stay in the city-owned building they have occupied since 1928, saying the City of Philadelphia has no right to force them to change their policy barring gay members. [Front Page -- Philadelphia Inquirer] 8:16:25 AM    comment [] trackback []

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