Kevin McCullough -- Townhall.com -- November 17, 2009     NYC to Obama: No you won't    The Obama administration grossly underestimated the response of the American people in it's decision to try war-field combatants as common thieves in criminal courts handed down this week by Attorney General Holder. The American people were also not impressed that President Obama ducked responsibility in calling it a "prosecutorial" decision...

New York Post -- November 17, 2009     Lou Dobbs: My downfall at CNN started when Obama became president    ...Dobbs, who had come under fire from [open-borders zealots] because of his on-air, anti-[illegal] immigration stance, told Bill O'Reilly Monday on the Fox News Channel that he never heard directly from CNN management that he made the network look bad - but there was a tonal change when Obama became President...

Alan Reynolds -- New York Post -- November 17, 2009     How Washington goosed joblessness    Why did the unemployment rate rise so rapidly -- from 7.2 per cent in January to 10.2 percent in October? It was clearly the administration's "stimulus" bill -- which in February provided $40 billion to greatly extend jobless benefits at no cost to the states...

WorldNetDaily.com -- November 17, 2009      'Cap-and-trade' scam feared for impact on liberties    A video explaining the dangers of a U.N. treaty proposal promoted by President Obama that critics say would lead to a world government has received more than 3.5 million views since WND broke the story on the ominous possibilities, and now there is word from the Obama administration the plan might not be going so smoothly...

Lonely Conservative -- November 17, 2009         Krauthammer on the "first Pacific president"    I know, the bow half-way to the Emperor's toes is getting old. Hang in there, Krauthammer makes a great point about our "First Pacific President." Ouch, even!

David Limbaugh -- Human Events -- November 17, 2009       Civil trials for jihadists and Obama's Third World vision for America    I can think of a number of motives President Barack Obama might have for his egregious decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other high-profile al-Qaida terrorists to New York for trial in our civil courts. Regardless of which motives apply, one thing is clear: Our enemy is at war against us while we are in a suicidal, 9/10 state of denial...

Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman -- Family Security Matters -- November 17, 2009      Why do we ignore red flags?    If there was ever a "red flag" that both the FBI and the Army should have heeded, it was the army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, On November 5, 2009, he murdered 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded 29 others. This is what we know about him... [See Obama Watch]

Fox News -- November 17, 2009      Rep. blasts incompetent and deceptive Obama administration on job data     The Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee is demanding greater accountability from the the Obama administration after gross inaccuracies were found on a government Web site that tracks jobs purportedly saved or created by the $787 billion stimulus plan... [Related item]

Washington Post -- November 16, 2009      How Do You Like That 'Change?": Report says more Americans going hungry    The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track, according to a federal report released Monday that shows particularly steep increases in food scarcity among families with children...

London Daily Mail -- November 16, 2009      Obama branded 'Groveller-In-Chief' after bowing to Japanese ruler    President Obama has been branded the 'Groveller-in-Chief' after giving an exaggerated bow to Japan's emperor Akihito – the son of the ruler who authorised the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. -- Coming so soon after Remembrance Day, the deep bow caused an outcry in the U.S...

Dick Morris -- GOPUSA.com -- November 16, 2009      Painting a bull's eye on New York City    President Obama's decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in New York City along with four others accused of helping destroy the World Trade Center and attack the Pentagon on 9-11 paints a bulls-eye for terrorists right on New York City, their favorite target. Now Obama has identified where the terrorists should focus their energies - on New York City... [See AG Watch]

Family Security Matters -- November 16, 2009      Guiliani blasts NYC trials as unnecessary benefit to terrorists    Video clip from This Week with George Stephanopoulos, ABC News. -- Related: This video from 2006 shows the Snake Oil Salesman-In-Chief saying Khalid Sheik Mohammed will get a 'full military trial.' [See AG Watch] -- More FSM blog entries here.....

Gregory D. Lee -- Family Security Matters -- November 16, 2009      Why are 9/11 killers being tried in New York?    The administration snatched a government conviction from the jaws of victory when it halted military tribunals in Guantanamo earlier this year. Now, Attorney General Eric Holder is giving terrorists another opportunity to get away with murder. -- Seen this before...

Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely, US Army (Ret) -- Family Security Matters -- November 16, 2009      It's Time to Hold All U.S. Government Officials Accountable    The Declaration of Independence states, in part: "...That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it..."

Peter Gadiel -- Family Security Matters -- November 16, 2009   Is the term 'politically correct' more accurately 'un-American?'    At Fort Hood, political correctness claimed 13 more lives (14 when the unborn child of one of the victims is included). It appears certain that fear of being called "racist" or "nativist" or "anti-Muslim" caused dozens of otherwise sensible people, including many psychiatrists and high ranking military officers...

WorldNetDaily.com -- November 15, 2009      Obama revives talk of U.N. gun control    Gun rights supporters are up in arms over a pair of moves the White House made last month to reverse longstanding U.S. policy and begin negotiating a gun control treaty with the UN. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton first announced on Oct. 14 that the U.S. had changed its stance... [See Obama Watch and

Emanuel A. Winston, Middle East Analyst & Commentator -- November 15, 2009       Another act of stupidity by Obama & Attorney General Eric Holder     President Barack Hussein Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder may be the best friends of Muslim Terrorists who planned the 9/11 attacks and other Muslim Terror attacks. Once they were safely locked up in Guantanamo Prison, Cuba - called Gitmo. But, Obama, in deference to the Liberal Left, had pledged during his presidential campaign...

TodayTonight -- Yahoo! Australia & NZ -- November 15, 2009       Is political correctness and lax immigration enforcement threatening Australia?    This is a segment from an Australian TV news show. It features an illegal Algerian alien Muslim with ambitions of terrorism living in Australia. This guy was ordered deported several times and didn't leave. He also collected about $1 million (AUD) in welfare payments while squatting in the country. Obama should watch this one. Thanks to Peter G. for providing the clip.

Reuters -- November 15, 2009      Obama comrade Axelrod says amnesty scheme advancing    Democrats and Republicans in Congress are working together to craft an immigration reform bill [read: amnesty] that could become law as early as next year.... -- That legislation could create a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal [aliens.... criminals] already in the US, David Axelrod... told CNN's State of the Union with John King...

Politico -- November 15, 2009      Judges could free detainees moved to U.S.    When it comes to keeping Guantanamo inmates locked up indefinitely in the United States, the problem really isn't the jails, some lawyers say -- it's the judges and the law. -- While some Americans fear that Guantanamo prisoners brought to U.S. prisons might break out, a far more likely possibility is that some of the terror suspects will simply walk out... [See AG Watch]

Fox News -- November 15, 2009      Giuliani: Obama repeating 'mistake of history' with Sept. 11 trial decision    The mayor who oversaw rescue efforts in the wake of the attacks on lower Manhattan tells "Fox News Sunday" the president is only granting the "wish" of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad at the expense of the American people and that the conspirators should be tried in a military tribunal...

Hot Air -- November 15, 2009      Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?    It's time once again to choose the Obamateurism of the Week — and this week, our friend Chris Muir should take a bow for his new OOTD graphics! One has to wonder who Obama will blame for these follies, especially since he doesn't seem too shy about airing poor performances in the family...

Ben L. Kaufman -- City Beat -- Cincinnati -- November 15, 2009       Obama "spread the wealth" regime threatening the free press?    Some veteran and excellent journalists are suggesting a taxpayer bailout for financially floundering (and possibly foundering) daily newspapers. That idea is worse than the federal shield law for journalists in Congress now. -- My objection is an old one: "If you accept the Queen's shilling, you dance the Queen's tune."

Associated Press -- November 15, 2009      More Obama Antics: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates    The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois (the Thomson Correctional Facility) to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday. --- Thomson is not the only U.S. town that had hoped to lure Guantanamo detainees. Officials in Marion, Ill., Hardin, Mont., and Florence, Colo...

David Horowitz -- NewsReal Blog -- November 14, 2009      The worst decision by a US president in history    The Obama administration has taken a giant step in its march to throw in the towel in the war against radical Islam. On Fox News this morning, Peter King said of the decision to try the soldiers of al-Qaeda -- who by their own account have no country but their cause -- as civilians "may be the worst decision by a U.S. president in history."

Matthew Vadum -- NewsReal Blog -- November 14, 2009        Obama pal Andy Stern of the SEIU denies he's a radical    In a Washington News Observer video, Andrew (Andy) Stern, boss of the radical union SEIU, denies Glenn Beck's frequent accusation that Stern is a radical. -- "Despite what Glenn Beck says, I am a capitalist, not a socialist, communist, or anything else he's called me in the last two weeks."

NewsReal Blog -- November 14, 2009      Giuliani on Civilian Trial: Unbelievable incompetence. Invites a terrorist attack.    On Cavuto [last] evening, Rudy Giuliani underscored the obvious. We tried prosecuting terrorists as criminals after the first World Trade Center attack in 1993. It got us the second attack. What is it that the Obama doesn't understand about the word "war?" How can he wish to inflict this nightmare on the families of 9/11 and the City of New York?

San Antonio Express-News -- November 14, 2009      Barack Hussein Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe     President Barack Obama called Saturday for a comprehensive review of the events leading to the tragedy at Fort Hood to "prevent a similar breach from happening again," and he urged Congress to hold off on hearings until an official investigation is complete...

Dakota Voice -- November 14, 2009      Survivor of socialism has warning for America    ...The woman told her they would do this by getting massive numbers of illegals into the U.S. and pushing the sanctuary movement. [Kitty] Werthmann [of Eagle Forum] said when she saw illegal [alien] marches in California carrying the Mexican flag and trampling the American flag, she knew this was actually happening. [See Amnesty Watch]

London Telegraph -- November 14, 2009     Pathetic apologist Obama bows deeply to Emporer of Japan    There was talk of green tea ice cream, memories of a childhood visit to Japan and even a reference to the remote fishing town Obama as the US President set out his vision for US relations with Asia in a keynote speech. -- He later bowed deeply to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, upon arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo...

Investor's Business Daily -- November 13, 2009      Ongoing Obama Disaster: Clueless Summit     Next month's "Jobs Summit" at the White House promises to feature a lot of posing and preening by Washington politicians. Unfortunately, despite lots of photo ops, it's not likely to result in many jobs. -- Something's wrong when the government of the most prolific job-creating economy in history has to schedule a "summit" to decide how to create jobs...

TPM Media -- November 13, 2009      Obama's radical AG to try 9/11 terror suspects in civilian court in N.Y.    At a press conference this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder said he hoped Washington would "leave the politics out of it" when considering his decision to transfer five suspected 9/11 conspirators from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay to New York City for trial in federal court... [Video: Rep. Pete King denounces Obama administration decision]

New York Times -- November 13, 2009         Obama to begin amnesty push during deep recession    The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal [aliens] as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday... [Watch Napolitano's disturning performance] [See Amnesty Watch]

CBS News -- November 12, 2009      Rick Perry: Obama administration "hell-bent" on socialism    Texas governor Rick Perry declared that the Obama administration was "hell-bent" on socialism during a speech to the Republican Women's Club in Midland, Texas yesterday, according to Texas local newspapers. He also called for more tea party protests against health care reform efforts...

El Sol de Mexico -- November 12, 2009   Translated by Google      Mexican rag says White House to announce amnesty scheme Friday    The U.S. president, Barack Obama, on Friday [will] unveil details of its plan to consolidate in the near future a comprehensive reform of immigration laws [read: amnesty], allowing regularize the status of residence of some 11 million [illegal Mexican aliens.... criminals] overwhelmingly... [See Amnesty Watch]

Reuters -- November 12, 2009      Foundering BHO to hold "jobs summit" in face of soaring unemployment    President Barack Obama, facing a 10.2 percent U.S. unemployment rate, [announced today] plans for a jobs summit in December, an administration official said. -- The U.S. economy began growing again in the third quarter but unemployment has continued to climb...

Lynn Woolley -- Human Events -- November 11, 2009      Fort Hood could be Obama's Katrina    As Hurricane Katrina zeroed in on New Orleans in 2005, government at all levels was lethargic, seemed unprepared, and to some, even uncaring. In the wake of last week's massacre at Fort Hood, we are learning that the United States Army knew quite a bit about Major Nadal Malik Hasan -- but did not act on the information...

News Busters -- November 11, 2009      Dobbs excoriates Obama for double standard    Some of the mainstream media intelligentsia following the Fort Hood, Texas massacre have cautioned people to reserve judgment about the suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan and have bypassed many key details in order to live up to what could be construed as a politically correct standard. CNN's Lou Dobbs isn't one of them...

Ben Shapiro -- Human Events -- November 11, 2009      Using dead soldiers as props    There's nothing more offensive to the memory of those who die while serving our country than using them as props for a nonassociated political cause. Yet that is precisely what both the Army and our president have done repeatedly since the terrorist massacre of 13 American troops at Fort Hood...

Gene Healy -- The Examiner -- November 10, 2009     Obama's arrogance of power    Last year's financial meltdown rightfully destroyed former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan's reputation as an infallible "wise man," but he said something wise in his 2007 memoirs, describing a constitutional amendment he'd been "pushing for years."

Michelle Malkin -- November 10, 2009      'Climate Change' Hoax: EPA lawyers speak out    The EPA has two more whistleblowers in its own ranks calling out the agency's flawed agenda and the cap-and-trade monstrosity. -- You'll recall the case of Alan Carlin, whose research critical of the outdated data used in EPA's "public endangerment finding" on greenhouse gases was stifled by EPA...

Francis Rice -- Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga. -- November 10, 2009      Obama's socialist stake in the heart Of America     Unfazed by the damage caused to our nation by out-of-control spending, President Barack Obama and the Democrats in the US House of Representatives passed a massive, trillion-dollar government-run healthcare revamp bill...

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers -- November 9, 2009          Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    ...Referring to the topic of migration, she [Janet Napolitano] said President Barack Obama wants to move ahead with that in 2010. She anticipates changes will be presented to Congress in the first half of next year. She said that there is a better system for finding those who have crossed the border illegally and for identifying the businesses that give them employment... [See Amnesty Watch and Meddling Mexicans]

Jordan Vivian -- Human Events -- November 9, 2009      Another radical Obama nominee heads to Senate    Obama's first judicial nomination, David Hamilton was nominated in March for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, based in Chicago. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has signaled that he intends to bring Hamilton's nomination before the full Senate this week...

Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas -- November 9, 2009          CNBC: Dollar will be utterly destroyed, global currency, new world order     The dollar will get "utterly destroyed" and become "virtually worthless," said Damon Vickers, chief investment officer of Nine Points Capital Partners. Due to the huge wage disparities between the United States and emerging markets like China, Vickers said that may resolve itself in some type of a global currency crisis... [See NWO Treason Watch]

Adam Murdock, MD -- Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas -- November 9, 2009      The end of America, in the middle of the night    While normal everyday oblivious Americans were preparing their beds to sleep Saturday night their elected officials quietly passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Indeed, the passage of this act deals one of the final death blows to the Constitution and with it our liberties...

Agence France-Presse -- November 9, 2009      African-Americans slam Obama in White House protest     Decrying Barack Obama as "white power in black face," hundreds of African-Americans marched on the White House Saturday to protest policies of the first black US president, and demand that he bring US troops home. -- More than 200 people gathered for the first public demonstration by African Americans against the Obama administration...

The Hill -- Washington -- November 8, 2009     House health bill passes 220-215; 39 Dems and one GOP defect    The House passed its $1 trillion healthcare overhaul late Saturday with only two votes to spare, becoming the first chamber to vote on such a significant expansion of healthcare since Congress passed Medicare in 1965. -- The 220-215 vote late Saturday was a victory for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama...

Bill O'Reilly -- Human Events -- November 7, 2009      Visiting the White House     ...Topping the visitor chart is Andy Stern, president of the far-left Service Employees International Union. Stern has been received by the Obamas 22 times. Wow. He must be quite a guy. In fact, shouldn't he be getting frequent stayer points like they give in hotels?

Tom Tancredo -- WorldNetDaily.com -- November 7, 2009         Stopping the next amnesty is not enough    If you think a congressional amnesty for 15 million illegal aliens is a bad idea, think about a stealth amnesty for 50 million. That's what we've got now even without any new legislation from the 111th Congress. -- Whether or not Obama pushes for the new amnesty – which will again be packaged as "comprehensive immigration reform" as it was in 2006 and 2007...

Pat Boone -- WorldNetDaily.com -- November 7, 2009     Stonewall transparency    Let's see. I seem to remember a declarative, emphatic promise from candidate Barack Obama, something about "a new transparency in government." -- Yes, and a resounding, fervent promise by the newly elected President Obama: "My administration will bring a new transparency in our governance."

Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- November 7, 2009     Rep. Deal wants Obama to prove citizenship    Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal says he wants the president to prove he is an American citizen. -- Deal says he has "no reason to think" that President Barack Obama is not a legal U.S. citizen but enough questions have been raised that he plans to write a letter to the president...