May 8, 2011
All the talk of not wanting to spike the ball somehow creates a false impression of nobility when it comes to the death of Osama bin Laden. The truth of the matter is that most covert operations, if not all, are a messy business with success determined by stealth, cunning, and in most cases brute force. Had not [...]
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March 27, 2011
Panelist and NBC White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie on Meet The Press earlier today reported that President Obama in a meeting called the military action in Libya a “turd sandwich,’ indicative of Obama’s ambivalence on employing U.S. force in Libya. Watch the entire video here→
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Is Release Of Oil Reserves A Signal Of Panic In The White House?
June 29, 2011Bernanke is at a loss as to why the economic recovery once again is on life support. 429,000 unemployment claims up by 9000 this past week, the biggest jump in a month. Obama shortens the time line for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan; and now without any sign of a supply disruption, he releases 30M gallons of [...]
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