Jul
09
2006
I know liberals tend to be very weak in mathematics (which is why they are so easily duped by news articles where 10 million phone records is somehow the same as spying on the 100’s of millions of personal, business and mobile phone numbers in the US. So I am not surprised that a leftwing […]
Jul
09
2006
Given Times new front page liberal fantasy about Bush’s efforts since 9-11 I think the theme for the summer will be how the left self destructed by forgetting that their need for power doesn’t trump Americans’ right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – in other words protection from terrorist attack. More on […]
Jul
09
2006
The NY Times is always flumoxed when faced with the reality that tax cuts energize the economy and create a great tax revenue windfall. They are stunned to see how much steam the US economy has picked up, even in the face of a military actions and rebuilding nations, natural disasters and terrorist strikes on […]
Jul
07
2006
The investigation has been going on for more than a year. The plan has mostly been thwarted (sounds bad) Number of actions around the world Someone exposed this action too early to the media! Sounds like they may have this person identified. Another Benedict Arnold. The Lebonese suspect was a key Al Qaeda operative with […]
Jul
07
2006
Update: CBS is trying trivialize the threat because the Key players were not in the US – yet. But as I live blogged the press conference, the next stage of the plan was to surveillance the targets and acquire the materials. You do not do that from overseas. That means the FBI or others had […]
Jul
07
2006
update – fixed the link The existence of the Iraqi nuclear program into the 1990’s is not much in dispute since Saddam’s son-in-law Hussein Kamal defected in 1994-5 and finally exposed the program to the UN inspectors who had missed its existence for years since the end of the first Gulf War. But recently publishd […]
Jul
07
2006
In what has to be a stunningly stupid move, Democrats challenged Tom Delay’s efforts to retire by forcing his name to remain on the ballot in his district. The Democrats went so far as to get a judge to eliminate all exit strategies for Delay. If Delay cannot get out of the way of a […]
Jul
07
2006
Welcome Powerline readers. Updates at end – keep checking back Reports are out this morning that the FBI has foiled a terrorist plot to bomb the Holland Tunnel in NY City and send a deluge of water into parts of Manhatten. he FBI has uncovered what officials consider a serious plot by jihadists to bomb […]
Jul
06
2006
I am seeing a lot of sightings of a supposed Bush shift on the immigration issue which seems to mirages (in my humble opinon). The first sighting of this phantom shift came from a link on Drudge: President George W. Bush is adopting a tougher line in the contentious debate on overhauling US immigration laws, […]
Jul
06
2006
Update: I want to focus in on this section of the article below and see if we can connect some dots as to who would possibly be the NY Times (favorite source): To that end, the Justice Department has quietly and unofficially begun looking into possible sources for the leak. “We don’t think it’s someone […]