University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole, author of the influential Middle Eastern politics blog Informed Comment, is calling for an investigation of reports that the Bush White House directed the Central Intelligence Agency to dig up information that could be used to discredit him. Former CIA counter terrorism official Glenn Carle told the New York Times that on at least two occasions members of the Bush administration asked intelligence officials to gather sensitive information on Cole, whose blog was seen as critical of the U.S. war effort. [...] Cole said that the revelations come as a “visceral shock.”
Former CIA counter terrorism official Glenn Carle told the New York Times that on at least two occasions members of the Bush administration asked intelligence officials to gather sensitive information on Cole, whose blog was seen as critical of the U.S. war effort. [...]
Cole said that the revelations come as a “visceral shock.”
Already on the defensive, scores of House Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to beat back repeated conservative attempts to make still deeper cuts from nutrition programs and food aid overseas. The resulting margins approached 3-1, and the underlying $17.25 billion agriculture bill has clearly touched a deeper nerve than its Republican managers had expected.
The resulting margins approached 3-1, and the underlying $17.25 billion agriculture bill has clearly touched a deeper nerve than its Republican managers had expected.
Regarding Romney’s comment that only Afghans can “win Afghanistan’s independence,’’ according to the Hill newspaper Graham retorted, “This is not a war of independence. This is a war to protect America’s national vital security interests.’’ Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, was even more critical. “I’ve really lost faith in Mitt Romney,’’ he said in an interview. “Something happens to someone when they become the front-runner . . . For him to make a statement like that questions whether or not we should be there, and that we should get out — it’s not going to work. To me, that statement was a killer for his nomination bid.’’
Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, was even more critical. “I’ve really lost faith in Mitt Romney,’’ he said in an interview. “Something happens to someone when they become the front-runner . . . For him to make a statement like that questions whether or not we should be there, and that we should get out — it’s not going to work. To me, that statement was a killer for his nomination bid.’’
Treasurer of 'Turn Right USA' SuperPAC says he might resign over offensive TV ad. "It's not something I would have produced. I have a little bit more class than that," treasurer Claude Todoroff told TPM in an interview. "I just don't approve of that video. 'Gimme the money bitch' and a person doing a pole dance. ... that's not the kind of image I'd like to display."
The Nobel prize-winning former vice president — and top vote getter in the 2000 presidential election — has some praise on his blog for a man who seeks to get the most (electoral) votes in 2012: “It seemed like a straightforward question on a second-tier issue: Would Mitt Romney disavow the science behind global warming?” “The putative Republican presidential front-runner, eager to prove his conservative bona fides, could easily have said what he knew many in his party’s base wanted to hear.” “Instead, the former Massachusetts governor stuck to the position he has held for many years — that he believes the world is getting warmer and that humans are contributing to it.” Mitt is undoubtedly thrilled.
“It seemed like a straightforward question on a second-tier issue: Would Mitt Romney disavow the science behind global warming?” “The putative Republican presidential front-runner, eager to prove his conservative bona fides, could easily have said what he knew many in his party’s base wanted to hear.” “Instead, the former Massachusetts governor stuck to the position he has held for many years — that he believes the world is getting warmer and that humans are contributing to it.”
“The putative Republican presidential front-runner, eager to prove his conservative bona fides, could easily have said what he knew many in his party’s base wanted to hear.”
“Instead, the former Massachusetts governor stuck to the position he has held for many years — that he believes the world is getting warmer and that humans are contributing to it.”
"They’re talking about it in New York," said Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), the state’s only openly gay lawmaker, who proposed a bill (A4130) on Monday to legalize same-sex marriage. "Why aren’t we talking about it in New Jersey?" [...] In New Jersey, it’s the first time a lawmaker has put forward a bill on gay marriage since it was defeated in the state Senate in January 2010 — just before Gov. Chris Christie took office.
In New Jersey, it’s the first time a lawmaker has put forward a bill on gay marriage since it was defeated in the state Senate in January 2010 — just before Gov. Chris Christie took office.
New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree has shot a video for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), in which he claims that same-sex marriage will push the country towards anarchy, rooting his opposition to civil marriage in religious dogma: TYREE: You can’t teach what you don’t have, two men can’t teach a woman how to be a woman. That’s just simple that’s just common sense, not political, I approach more from an angle of prayer…If they pass this gay marriage bill… what I know will happen if this does come forth is this will be the beginning of our country sliding toward, it’s a strong word, but anarchy. If you trace back to other cultures, other countries, this will be the moment that our society loses its grip with what’s right.
TYREE: You can’t teach what you don’t have, two men can’t teach a woman how to be a woman. That’s just simple that’s just common sense, not political, I approach more from an angle of prayer…If they pass this gay marriage bill… what I know will happen if this does come forth is this will be the beginning of our country sliding toward, it’s a strong word, but anarchy. If you trace back to other cultures, other countries, this will be the moment that our society loses its grip with what’s right.
"We have 20 nuclear cores exposed, the fuel pools have several cores each, that is 20 times the potential to be released than Chernobyl," said Gundersen. "The data I'm seeing shows that we are finding hot spots further away than we had from Chernobyl, and the amount of radiation in many of them was the amount that caused areas to be declared no-man's-land for Chernobyl.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner appeared on a Sarasota conservative talk show today, echoing previous comments on the dangers of Sharia in the Sunshine State by saying there is a “civilizational jihad” underway across the country and in Florida. ... “This is a civilizational struggle against an ideology of Sharia Islam ... It’s also a threat from those who seek to destroy us from within.
... “This is a civilizational struggle against an ideology of Sharia Islam ... It’s also a threat from those who seek to destroy us from within.