There are situations that are screaming for action. Our Border Patrol and citizens are being subjected to law suits for performing their lawful rights. Money grubbing attorneys are seeking out plaintiffs for the filing of actions as they seek to get rich off the government or individuals they themselves (plaintiffs) sought to harm.
Lets look at […]

By STEPHEN FARRELL and SOLOMON MOORE
Published: December 30, 2007
BAGHDAD — The top American military commander in Iraq said Saturday that violent attacks in the country had fallen by 60 percent since June, but cautioned that security gains were “tenuous” and “fragile,” requiring political and economic progress to cement them.

The commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus, said […]

If my memory serves me correctly it is illegal, according to the Geneva Convention, to publish any images or photographs that would be construed as degrading to the position of any prisoner. With that in mind, for Congress to seek to do so is a breach of the Geneva Conyention!   
SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: December […]

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If a person witnesses a crime and comes forth and testifies to what was seen, that person CANNOT be seen as a snitch! It is only a person witnessing a non-criminal act and relating what was seen to others for either personal aggrandizment or gain that can truly be called snitching. Anyone that wintnesses a […]

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In the dictionary definition, democracy “is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.” In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
The […]

Associated Press 
 
CRAWFORD, Texas —  President George W. Bush headed toward a constitutional confrontation with Congress on Friday over his effort to reject a sweeping US defense bill.
Bush announced he would scuttle the bill with a “pocket veto” — essentially, letting the bill die without his signature 10 days after he received it, or the end of […]

NRA Lawsuit: New Orleans Gun Owners’ Rights Violated During Katrina Firearm Seizures
Posted in December 26th, 2007
by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton in 2nd Amendment, Politics
From Fox News:
NEW ORLEANS — The National Rifle Association has hired private investigators to find hundreds of people whose firearms were seized by city police in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, according to court […]

For our part, we say a prayer for Benazir Bhutto and her family today. We consider this a great tragedy and a huge set-back for Pakistan. May she find peace and may her family find some as well. We share your grief… From Joel Rosenberg:
By Joel C. Rosenberg
(Washington, D.C., December 27, 2007)—Former Pakistani Prime Minister […]