THE MEDIA’S LIES ABOUT IRAQ

The National Intelligence Council, a collection of the poobahs from all of our intelligence agencies, has issued a pessimistic national intelligence estimate (NIE) on Iraq. The estimate was given to President Bush in July. It is classified, but the rough outline of its contents have been leaked to journalists.

The NIE said there were three possible outcomes in Iraq over the next 18 months: civil war among the various ethnic/religious/tribal factions; partition of the country into separate states; and a continuation of the status quo, the outcome considered most likely.

The NIE was based on information gathered in April and (more…)

THE MASSACHUSETTS DRIFTER

“[He is] decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent.” Does anyone come to mind?

Those were actually Winston Churchill’s words describing the Hitler appeasers leading the British government prior to World War II. But it is an uncannily evocative description of John F. Kerry on the matter of Iraq in 2004.

In the last few months, Mr. Kerry has been for more troops and less troops, for believing the war was necessary (even knowing everything we now know) and for believing it is the wrong war in the (more…)

STEALING ELECTIONS

This is the full Introduction to John Fund’s new book, Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy . A friend of mine for many years, John is on the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal and writes the WSJ’s Political Diary column. You’ve seen him often on Fox News – it’s always enjoyable to see John rhetorically slap Alan Colmes around.

John has written a very important book, and it could not be more timely. The Democrats are masters at stealing elections, and new rules regarding such things as “provisional ballots” and mass absentee voter fraud give them (more…)

TAXES, TRUTH, AND CBS

How do you think the sanctimonious people at TV’s “60 Minutes” would portray a company charged by the FCC with “serious indecency violations,” that made expensive settlements with employees and others because of injuries related to asbestos and other hazardous material exposures, underfunded its employee pension, is legally accused of securities violations, employs those who widely distributed forged documents in an effort to destroy political opponents, failed to dismiss or discipline employees who violated the company code of conduct, owned offshore enterprises that paid little or no U.S. corporate tax, and operated in and/or dealt with countries harboring terrorists?

The (more…)

MOSLEMS DENOUNCE MOSLEM TERROR

A useful update to TTP’s “Gresham and the Currency of Islam” last week. Let’s see if the Voices of Peace claimed by this essay in Singapore’s main newspaper gain strength or will soon be muffled. -JW

Moslems around the world are increasingly speaking out against the Islamist militants behind the recent terrorist attacks in Russia and Indonesia. In the wake of these recent attacks, there has been a chorus of condemnation of extremism.

From Jakarta to London, Cairo to Paris, Moslems have been calling radio talk shows, writing newspaper columns and firing off letters to the media condemning terrorist acts (more…)

THE FBI’S ANTI-SEMITIC WITCH HUNT

For weeks now, the FBI has carried out in the press a prosecution of individuals and organizations it has so far been unable or unwilling to pursue in court.

Using innuendo and a steady stream of (often recycled) press leaks, the names and reputations of a number of people “including several who are senior officials in the United States government at the moment” have been sullied. There is no need to repeat their names here. Virtually all are people I have known and greatly admired for decades. It is bad enough their years of public service have been in any (more…)

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD

Over 30 years ago they put away their medals and their uniforms. They buried their anger and bitterness and moved on with their lives–and they waited.

Revisionists are trying to change history, claiming the returning Viet Nam veterans didn’t suffer all that much when they returned home. All that talk of being labeled animals has been exaggerated over the years. But the veterans know better. They were there.

On the radio last week, one man related that he had unpacked the uniform that he wore home from Viet Nam all those years ago. It had not seen the light of (more…)

THE WOLF IN THE HENHOUSE

Last month TTP gave you a heads up that Hillary, in order to run in 2008, will gut Kerry with an October Surprise. Last week all of Hillary’s players were put in place. She immediately leaked Slick’s advice to Kerry delivered by phone from his hospital so the Clinton-as-guru/Kerry-as-neophyte story dominated the news. She then conned Kerry into inserting a raft of Clintonistas deep into his campaign. Guys like Paul Begala, James Carville, and Joe Lockhart will just make a lot of noise, however. The real player is Hillary’s former chief of staff, Howard Wolfson.

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