Cheney Criticizes "Law" and Police Approach to Terrorism

March 15, 2009

The Obama administration has made the country more vulnerable to a terrorist attack by changing interrogation and detention policies and combating terrorism through law enforcement action rather than treating it like a war, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday in his first television interview since leaving office. Citing “enhanced interrogation” techniques, government wiretapping and […]

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Steele: Why Republicans Can't Win With Minorities

March 15, 2009

Today conservatism is stigmatized in our culture as an antiminority political philosophy. In certain quarters, conservatism is simply racism by another name. And minorities who openly identify themselves as conservatives are still novelties, fish out of water.

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Useful Govt Measurements: Georgia Claims it has "Zero Unsafe Schools"

March 15, 2009

Tammy Davis Kamotto worries about her son Vincent, who has brought home talk of threats from kids in science and a smack to the back of his head during gym. The 12-year-old’s school, Columbia Middle in DeKalb County, has “no bullying” signs and security officers, Kamotto said, but she still doesn’t feel it’s safe for […]

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Major Upset as NFL Player's Union Picks Upshaw Replacement

March 15, 2009

In what could only be considered a stunning upset, attorney DeMaurice Smith of Washington was named executive director of the NFL Players Association late Sunday night. Smith, who has no NFL ties and no labor experience, beat favorites Trace Armstrong and Troy Vincent, both of whom played in the league and had served as union […]

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India Frets Over Clinton, Obama's Chinamania

March 15, 2009

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechen’s visit to Washington this week is notable for three reasons. One, Yang is paying a return visit in a little over a fortnight of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Beijing. The intensity of the US-China traffic is indeed extraordinary by diplomatic norms. China seems to have blithely […]

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This is Sure to Save Hollywood: Sean Penn in the Scooter Libby Movie

March 15, 2009

It’s July 7, 2003. The camera focuses on Karl Rove in his office, fuming at Bush White House spokesman Ari Fleischer on TV the day after a New York Times op-ed piece written by retired Ambassador Joe Wilson accused the president of deliberately misleading the public by citing false data about Iraq purchasing uranium from […]

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Russia's Oligarchs at Crossroads as Debt Bomb Ticks

March 15, 2009

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Humbled by huge debts, Russia’s once mighty oligarchs are fighting for survival after the government warned there will be no more bailouts. Falling company revenues have forced some of the tycoons, who borrowed heavily to expand in the boom years under former President Vladimir Putin, to beg Western creditors to allow them […]

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G-20 Lets Loose on Geithner, Rejects Stimulus Plan

March 15, 2009

This whole “looking to the US for leadership” thing is starting to sound a lot more like “looking for someone to blame.” TreasSec Tim Geithner gets an earful from the finance ministers’ summit, fails to sell them on the “spend like hell” solution. “Fix your own banks first,” says Europe, ticked no one’s returning calls.

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Obama Faces Democrat Revolt on Spending Plans

March 15, 2009

Now that they’ve had a chance to hear back from some constituents, Obama’s record $3.55 trillion budget plan isn’t sitting well with top Democrats on Capitol Hill. “Dead on arrival,” said House Agriculture Chairman, Senate Budget Committee Chairman blasts cutback in Agriculture subsidies. But…he won?

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Worries Grow That Obama's Team Has a Competence Problem

March 15, 2009

The biggest problem with W’s admin picks was arguably a lack of confidence in basic competence to get the job done. Michael Goodwin notices same problem is already plaguing the new team: “A veteran Democratic pol approached me with a pained look on his face and asked, ‘Do you think they know what they’re doing?’”

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