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Congressman John Murtha, Dead at 77

By Trenton Hansen

From the AP report…
U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.
The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said.
Yet another seat unexpectedly open. [...]

This is Torture?

By Trenton Hansen

Torture is defined as:
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
Below is a video that shows what the Liberals/Progressives in America have been whining about for the past couple of years. It is a demonstration of waterboarding, as used by [...]

More Proof Of Saddam’s WMDs

By Trenton Hansen

Paul Weyrich had a great column yesterday regarding the AP’s coverage of the evidence of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear weapons program, and why it has been so long in coming.
Weyrich points out that the reasons for the silence from the Bush Administration on the matter has been for National Security reasons–in other words, what we should expect [...]

Dear Mr. Obama

By Trenton Hansen

This video was done by a former soldier who served in Iraq. I liked the content of the ad, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

RSS AP Political Headlines

  • Dems look to health vote without abortion foes March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.... […]
  • Pa. GOP picks Burns as nominee for Murtha's seat March 12, 2010
    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Republicans in Pennsylvania have nominated a political newcomer to fill the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Murtha.... […]
  • Report: Obama to tap Yellen to be Fed vice chair March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported.... […]
  • Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said.... […]
  • Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.... […]
  • Obama pushes trade initiative as jobs helper March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create - and how he will get it done.... […]
  • US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power.... […]
  • Gov't may seek more authority on vehicle safety March 12, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.... […]
  • Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- With one eye on the calendar and the other on elusive bipartisanship, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support.... […]
  • Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people.... […]