Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Aug 4th, 2007 in 08 Election, Commentary, Defense, Iran/Iraq, John McCain, Obama with No Comments
Submitted by: Elaine Karsner
Obama and McCain’
Thomas Sowell
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Now that the two parties have finally selected their presidential candidates, it is time for a sober– if not grim– assessment of where we are. Not since 1972
have we been presented with two such painfully inadequate candidates. When election day came that year, I could [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 30th, 2007 in 08 Election, Commentary, Defense, Dem Candadates, Iran/Iraq, Obama with No Comments
Obama’s Lack of Gravitas as he Preaches Socialism
Submitted by: Lee S Gliddon III
1. Barrack Obama’s Gravitas Deficit
Recall when G.W. Bush ran for president the liberal media was abuzz
with the use of the word “gravitas.” The echo chamber that is the
liberal media is nothing new as we have heard innumerable examples of
montages like this with all [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 29th, 2007 in 08 Election, Commentary, Defense, Obama with No Comments
Obama sowing socialist seeds in young people
Monday, July 28, 2008
Actor Jon Voight. Associated Press.
OP-ED
We, as parents, are well aware of the importance of our teachers who teach and program our children. We also know how important it is for our children to play with good-thinking children growing up.
Sen. Barack Obama has grown up with the [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 29th, 2007 in 08 Election, Commentary, Defense, Dem Candadates, Iran/Iraq, MEDIA, Terrorism with No Comments
Dear Desert Conservative Reader,
For the last two and a half years Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Chessani, USMC, has been investigated and prosecuted for his involvement in the so called “Haditha massacre” – a massacre that never happened.
Now – after devoting 20 years of his life to defend ours’ ─ he faces criminal charges as a result of [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 28th, 2007 in 08 Election, Commentary, Defense, Democracy, Energy, John McCain, OIL/GAS, Obama, Polls, President, Social Security with No Comments
Why is Obama not improving in the polls?
By Adam Nagourney
Monday, July 28, 2008
WASHINGTON: It is a question that has hovered over Senator Barack Obama even as he has passed milestone after milestone in his race for the White House: Why is he not doing better?
It shadowed him as he struggled against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 27th, 2007 in 08 Election, ACTS/BILLS, Commentary, Defense, Dem Candadates, Economy, Energy, GOP Candidates, Harry 'Hands Up' Reid, House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, John McCain, MEDIA, OIL/GAS, Obama, Pelosi, President, Senate with No Comments
If American voters really learn just how much Democrat Senators and Congresspeople are doing to thwart any actions to curtail Illegal Immigration and oil/energy production and drilling, they’d see through the lies of the Media. Republicans are not using our tax dollars to remain in power as they are not in power!
Democrats are seeking the [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 26th, 2007 in Al Qaeda, Commentary, Defense, Iran/Iraq, Terrorism with No Comments
July 26, 2008
Prosecutors State Case in First Guantánamo Trial
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — For years, as his case went from Guantánamo to the Supreme Court and back again, Salim Hamdan has been little more than “Osama bin Laden’s driver,” a Yemeni with a couple of daughters, caught in the netherworld of Guantánamo.
But this week, [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 25th, 2007 in 08 Election, Commentary, Defense, Obama with 1 Comment
Maliki’s Sophistication and Cunning
Charles Krauthammer
Friday, July 25, 2008
WASHINGTON — In a stunning upset, Barack Obama this week won the Iraq primary. When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not once but several times expressed support for a U.S. troop withdrawal on a timetable that accorded roughly with Obama’s 16-month proposal, he not only legitimized the plan. He [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 25th, 2007 in 08 Election, Afghanistan, Commentary, Defense, Iran/Iraq, Obama with 4 Comments
Submitted by: Clark Havard
HUSSEINE’S VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
Friday, July 25, 2008 12:19 PM
Subject: FW: HUSSEINE’S VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN - 24 JUL 08
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass
along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour
on his visit to ‘The War Zone’. I wanted [...]
Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 24th, 2007 in 08 Election, Al Qaeda, Commentary, Defense, Homeland Security, Iran/Iraq, Obama, Terrorism with No Comments
Obama’s Trip: Some Questions Katie,
Brian and Charles Should Ask
Larry Elder
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Q: Before your trip to Iraq, you said that you intend to give the military a “new mission” — all of the combat troops withdrawn within 16 months. Why bother traveling to Iraq and consulting with commanders on the ground, if you’ve [...]