Leave it to those egotistical men and women in Congress to remind us why we need three branches of Government. While the President has a lot of power, he is one person. The President cannot force people in government to do something illegal – they will just run to the press or congress and blow […]

Jack Kelley has a great piece out today at RCP which discusses how this summer it will be the investigation of rogue personnel in the US government who have leaked critical information to our enemies through our press that provides the spectacle and the splash: After all the cheerleading journalists have done for Mr. Fitzgerald, […]

*** Update: Ralph Peters basically says the same thing today: WITH the formation of Iraq’s new government, it’s a good time to take stock of where we stand in our confrontation with Islamist terror. You wouldn’t know it from the outrageously dishonest headlines, but we’re winning. “ End update *** Poor Mad Murtha and them […]

The ‘country’ of Yugoslavia is now gone as Montenegro has voted independance from Serbia: With nearly all ballots counted, 55.4 percent of voters chose to dissolve Montenegro’s 88-year union with its much larger and sometimes overbearing Balkan neighbor. That is just over the 55 percent threshold needed to validate Sunday’s referendum under rules set by […]

The news concerning the Taliban’s and Al Qaeda’s attempted spring offensive in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a story of a one sided war, where the terrorists poke their heads up and get slaughtered.   Yes, there are civilian casualties.  The Terrorists are infamous for killing people who they suspect do not unconditionally follow their leadership.  But […]

Seems the Democrat plans to portray the Bush administration has hit a land mine of their own making: A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found […]

I am guessing that the administration is sending a signal to the news media with these comments: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday he believes journalists can be prosecuted for publishing classified information, citing an obligation to national security. The nation’s top law enforcer also said the government will not hesitate to track telephone calls […]

Dafydd over at Big Lizards is reading my mind regarding the idea the Democrats are about to ride a wave to Congressional Control: The Democrats continue being Democrats, and more and more we hear open talk of two years of investigations and impeachment proceedings against Bush.None of these possibilities except the last is in the […]

This week’s top posts have been selected by the Watcher’s Council, and here are the results. In the council category first place went to Public Virtue by Done With Mirrors, while second place went to Conservative Fatigue Syndrome by ShrinkWrapped. In the non-council category first place went to You Dissin’ My God! by [the ever […]

Top Dog at the Able Danger Blog has news that the Pentagon may have found over 9,000 pages of Able Danger related documents: Back in November, Chris submitted a FOIA request for all documents and emails that could be located related to Able Danger. He was routed from the Pentagon to SOCOM, back to the […]