Memo to Rev. Wright:
Do Souls Have Colors?
Monday, April 28, 2008
By John Moody
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Archive for April, 2008
US report says al-Qaida gaining strength
By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida has rebuilt some of its pre-Sept. 11 capabilities from remote hiding places in Pakistan, leading to a major spike in attacks last year in that country and neighboring Afghanistan, the Bush administration said Wednesday.
Attacks in Pakistan more than doubled [...]
The Real Agenda of Black Liberation Theology
By Jeffrey Schmidt
Now, suddenly, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is misunderstood. Suddenly, so-called black liberation theology is misunderstood.
Wright’s successor at Trinity United Church of Christ, the Reverend Otis Moss III, won’t bow to the wishes of “they” to shut up. It begs the question: “Who are they?” The larger [...]
Ethanol boondoggle
has a global impact
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
NOW WE know why a United Nations official called the biofuels craze “a crime against humanity.”
When U.N. hunger expert Jean Ziegler spoke out last year against ethanol and other biofuels, he seemed to be exaggerating legitimate concerns about the impact of biofuel production on global food supplies. [...]
My Friends,
Today, there are 47 million uninsured individuals in the U.S., and nearly a quarter of them are children. High costs and limited access are the underlying, fundamental problems in our healthcare system.
As you know, both Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are touting outrageously expensive and unrealistic universal health care plans - a government [...]
Dear GOPUSA Reader,
I urgently need you to tell your U.S. Representative and Senators today to set aside political and parochial interests and instead support the interests of taxpayers and our troops!
Let me explain.
The U.S. Air Force recently announced that it would award the contract for its next generation of aerial refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman [...]
OBAMA’S OPPORTUNITY
By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com on April 29, 2008.
At the start of his campaign, Obama ran in counterpoint to the previous candidacies of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Here was a black man running for president on issues that had nothing to do with race as he rose above the victimization rhetoric that characterizes [...]
Senate Democrats Calling for More Food Assistance
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: April 29, 2008
WASHINGTON — Citing hunger riots in developing countries and soaring grain prices around the world, Senate Democrats called on Monday for a swift increase of $200 million in foreign food aid, on top of an additional $350 million that President Bush has [...]
Ex-Prosecutor Tells of Push by Pentagon on Detainees
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
Published: April 29, 2008
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The former chief prosecutor here took the witness stand on Monday on behalf of a detainee and testified that top Pentagon officials had pressured him in deciding which cases to prosecute and what evidence to use.
The prosecutor, Col. Morris [...]
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break
By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: April 29, 2008
WASHINGTON — As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton [...]
