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November 7, 2009

Video: Dan Rostenkowki and the original 1989 health care protest!

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 7, 2009
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November 7, 2009

Video: Female U.S. military veteran speaks out on POTUS' handling of Ft. Hood tragedy.

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 7, 2009
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November 7, 2009

Satire: Great Moments in "Psychologically Disturbed" Gunmen Committing Mass Murder

When John Wilkes Booth opened fire on President Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre in April 1865, the media was puzzled. “True, the actor was outspoken in his Confederate sympathies and viewed himself as a Southerner,” said someone who knew him, “but that was no reason he might want Lincoln to be dead.” The day before he went on his shooting spree, Booth hoisted a big Confederate flag outside his hotel room. After he leaped onto the stage he shouted, "Thus ever to tyrants!" the motto of the rebel state of Virginia. The New York Times reported that Booth was psychologically unstable and was frightened of the Civil War coming to an end and having to face a peacetime actors’ surplus. “His political views had nothing to do with the motives for this tragic act,” it said, quoting experts.

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 7, 2009
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November 7, 2009

What the Pelosi Health-Care Bill Really Says: Need-to-Know Information!

The health bill that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing to a vote (H.R. 3962) is 1,990 pages. Here are some of the details you need to know.

What the government will require you to do: [...up to $250,000 in fines and 5 years in prison, if you don't obey government commands to buy THEIR mandated insurance policies.]

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 7, 2009
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November 7, 2009

Political Correctness and the Ft. Hood Shooting

A Muslim fanatic with an Internet site praising Islamic suicide bombers as defenders of their comrades is a Major in the U.S. Army with access to military intelligence and lethal weaponry. And it’s not as though the army didn’t know that he was a Muslim fanatic and supporter of the Islamic jihad against the West. He was under investigation for six months because of his anti-American, jihadist rantings. He did not want to be deployed. He wanted to be discharged. But despite his identification with America’s enemies, the army kept him in its officer corps. How in God’s name was this possible?

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 7, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Soldiers' Angels - Supporting Fort Hood

Soldiers' Angels is assessing the needs and--with our founder currently residing in Texas--standing by to offer physical and emotional support to our heroes and their families at Fort Hood.

RIGHT NOW: Collecting encouraging notes and NEW stuffed animals for the families and children of the injured or killed.

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posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: Challenging Government Run Health Care on Competence

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Nidal Malik Hasan: "I'm a Muslim first and an American second."

Islamic jihadists routinely characterize anti-terror efforts as part of a "war on Islam." But of course, there is no war on terror, and there is no war on Islam. There is just the Islamic jihad against the U.S. and the West. "Hasan Called War on Terror 'War Against Islam,' classmate Says.

"He was very vocal about the war, very up-front about being a Muslim first and an American second," said Finnell, 41, a preventive medicine doctor in Los Angeles, in an interview today.

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

CIC's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

By ROBERT A. GEORGE - NBC Chicago

President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.

After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks.

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posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

When Anger Goes Cosmic

by Andrew McCarthy

If I may, I'm going to push back against one aspect of Victor's characteristically insightful post because I think it underscores exactly the problem he diagnoses. VDH says, "A saner approach would be to acknowledge that there is a small minority of Muslims who channel generic Islamist fantasies." I would just point out that the belief that the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is cause for violent jihad until Americans are driven out of those Muslim countries is not a generic Islamic fantasy held by a small minority of Muslims. It is a mainstream Islamic position held by tens of millions of Muslims. That doesn't mean tens of millions of Muslims will act on it, but many will and millions will cheer on those who do.

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posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect

His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive. But details of his life and mindset, emerging from official sources and personal acquaintances, are troubling.

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posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: Shep Smith and Senator agree..... Ft. Hood Shooter's Name "Says A Lot"

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: First Video Of Fort Hood Shooter in - CNN

Hours before shooting - dressed in Muslim Garb

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: Dad: Daughter Heard Ft. Hood Shooter Exclaim ‘Allah Akbar’ as He Opened Fire

"Allah is the Greatest"

 

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Confronting Nidal Malik Hassan’s Erstwhile “Martyrdom”

From this AP story about the devout Muslim, execution-style murderer of US soldiers and civilian personnel at Fort Hood, Nidal Malik Hassan, surviving erstwhile "martyr":

At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades. They had not determined for certain whether Hasan is the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case. One of the officials said late Thursday that federal search warrants were being drawn up to authorize the seizure of Hasan's computer. Retired Army Col. Terry Lee, who said he worked with Hasan, told Fox News that Hasan had hoped President Barack Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Lee said Hasan got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars, and had tried hard to prevent his pending deployment.

 

It is likely that the full Nidal Malik Hasan comments alluded to in the AP story are these:

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posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: Jon Voight on Administration's socialist America'

"Kill the Bill" rally in D.C.

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: Michelle Bachman at "Kill the Bill" rally in D.C.

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 6, 2009

Video: CIC Gives ‘Shout Out’ Before Commenting on U.S. Military Base - Fort Hood Violence

posted by : Nancy Kennon on November 6, 2009
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November 5, 2009

A Year of Living Dangerously: Dismantling Missile Defense

As bad as the past year has been for missile defense, the future appears even bleaker. The Obama Administration is prepared to subordinate missile defense to its arms control agenda, most particularly President Obama’s desire to achieve global nuclear disarmament. It is also pitting one missile defense program against another, which is likely represents a serial approach to killing most of these programs.

The Obama Administration is on the cusp of reducing the overall defense budget in fiscal year 2011 in ways that will hit the research and development and procurement accounts particularly hard. These are the accounts that fund the bulk of the missile defense program.

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 5, 2009
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November 5, 2009

Video: Dan Henninger: The Permanent Tea Party

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on November 5, 2009
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