The Lunch Counter

Hard On Bush, Soft On Terror

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:51:14 GMT

By passing the 'Military Commissions Bill' today, the Senate has validated that which was already precedent. That, and the affirmation that enemy combatants can be held until the end of the war, and under the military jurisdiction and control. So if this war takes 10, 20, 50, or 60 years to complete, then that's how long they'll be there. Watching democrats like Kucinich and Leahy demand that enemy combatants (a special class of people they just can't get a grip on) be given constitutional rights was quite revealing. They are whining about constitutional violations when the object of the bill are terrorists, not Joe Blow across the street. They are the ones who believe that the U.S. Constitution is a suicide pact. Well, it isn't.

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:11:44 GMT

Rice Says Time Is Running Out for Iran To Suspend Enrichment. The United States is willing to give European Union negotiator Javier Solana a bit more time to pursue negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program before pushing for U.N. Security Council sanctions, but Iranâ€™s time is running out, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. â€œIt is important in keeping a coalition together to -- if people want to explore something that doesn't move you very far off course -- to go ahead and explore it,â€ Rice tells journalists. [US State Dept - Washington File]

Giuliani Weighs In On The Clintons

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:11:00 GMT

The country's honorary mayor, Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, takes the high road. Which leaves Bill and Hillary down there.

7-Eleven Makes Up Their Mind On Chavez & Citgo

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:25:09 GMT

Slurp It: 7-Eleven Dumps Chavez's CITGO. It's good to see business taking community and country responsibility seriously. Now what about our U.S. Navy getting another gas vendor in the Navy Exchanges in this country? Citgo is an exclusive vendor there.

Bush and Karzai on the NIE.

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:10:41 GMT

Yesterday, President Bush and Afghanistan's President Karzai gave a press conference at which Jennifer Loven of the Associated Press demanded to know how Bush can say that the Iraq war has made us safer, when the partially-leaked National Intelligence Estimate says the war has fueled jihadism around the world. We quoted Bush's answer, as well as Karzai's contribution, yesterday, and video of Karzai was on Hot Air yesterday, too. But Bush was also excellent, and if you haven't seen it, the video is well worth a look:

To Change the Subject, Ask for Something You Can't Get.

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:43:09 GMT

The Democrats evidently aren't happy with the release of the "key judgments" of the National Intelligence Estimate on global terrorism, because now they've demanded that the White House release the entire report.

Sometimes Racism Is Just Racism

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:31:34 GMT

Sen. Allen accused by one person, and not from 17 others who knew him from college some 30 years ago, of using the N word. And boy is the left in a political tizzy over that? They have a one-page playbook. Don't discuss issues, destroy them personally and professionally so you can win by default.

Democrats War On Bush, Not Terrorism

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:27:13 GMT

Haven't heard one peep from anyone wanting to find out who leaked to the New York Times again. The level and preponderance of people willing to commit treason is astounding. Bush isn't 'playing politics' when he says that the leaker, whoever it was, was playing politics by leaking a sentence out of context from a secret report called a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), to give the wrong impression that that is the overall conclusion of the report. On that point, he is obviously right. If only the democrats would devote half their energy to fighting this war instead of fighting Bush and undermining the war effort and the troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, we may have been out of there by now. So for this reason alone, I'm glad the President ordered the key judgements of the report declassified. That's only fair. Right?

Homeschooling Up In Black Families

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:05:02 GMT

Homeschooling, school vouchers, accountability, all are ways to combat 'the soft bigotry of low expectations' when it comes to educating our children to become successful and productive members of society. That goal isn't a race thing, its a human thing. The demographics of 'the educated' can, however, be described in racial and ethnic terms, but only at the risk of being counterproductive. There is evidence now that homeschooling among Black families is on the rise, the results of which can only be good for the kids, the families, and society.

It's Really Bush's 'See I Told You So'

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:25:10 GMT

War In Iraq Increasing Terrorist Threat