May 25, 2007
ABC News accused of treasonous report
Viewers, lawmakers scorch network for disclosing 'CIA covert operation'
When foreign governments and terrorist groups can simply watch the news to find out about potential U.S. intelligence operations, we have a problem on our hands.
'Have sex, do drugs,' speaker tells students
'Men with men, women and women, whatever combination you would like'
A guest speaker at a Boulder, Colo., High School assembly told students to go have sex and use drugs. "I am going to encourage you to have sex and encourage you to use drugs," said the guest to kids as young as 14. The instructions came from Joel Becker, an associate clinical professor of psychology at UCLA.
Changing Crime Rates: Ineffective Law Enforcement Grants and the Prison Buildup
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/wm1355.cfm
Social scientists need time to collect and adequately analyze the recent crime data to develop explanations for the rise. Social critics, however, are not right to claim that the Bush Administration's reduction of subsidies to local law enforcement for their routine responsibilities, through such programs as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), is to blame. A better explanation is that the U.S. may not be relying heavily enough on criminal penalties, especially incarceration, to discourage criminal activity.
The Immigration Bill: Comprehensive or Incomprehensible?
http://abcradio.com/article.asp?id=409614&SPID=15663
Fred Thompson - Most Americans know that we have an illegal immigration problem in this country, with perhaps as many as 20 million people residing here unlawfully. And I think most Americans have a pretty good idea about how to at least start solving the problem – secure our nation’s borders.
France’s New President will enforce Country’s Sovereignty
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=456666&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490
France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy, has ruled out legalizing undocumented immigrants en masse. We have to put aside massive legalization. It doesn't work and it penalizes, even immigrants," indicated Sarkozy’s Immigration Cabinet member. “We will enforce our borders as well as begin deportations concerning illegal entries.”
Richardson joins presidential race
Vows to repair 'ravages' of Bush administration
New Mexico’s Democrat Gov. Bill Richardson vowed to repair the "ravages" of the Bush administration Monday as he formally announced his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Chinese villagers riot over forced abortions
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=5808227
An intensive campaign to enforce strict population-control measures prompted violent clashes between the police and local residents in southwestern China. To limit the growth of its population of 1.3 billion, the Chinese government relies on coercive measures, including forced abortions and sterilizations.
Anti-war vet' charged with fraud
Claimed he 'slaughtered' hundreds of civilians in Iraq
A man who claimed in an anti-war video to have "slaughtered" hundreds of civilians while serving with the Army Rangers in Iraq faces federal charges of falsifying his record.
25% of U.S. Muslims OK with suicide bombings
Islamic leader: 'It is a hair-raising number'
Pew Research Survey: One in four U.S. Muslims say suicide bombings to defend their religion is acceptable at least in some circumstances. The survey estimates there are roughly 2.35 million Muslim Americans. It found that among adults, two-thirds are from abroad while a fifth are U.S.-born blacks. If 25% find suicide bombings and terrorism acceptable that means arithmetically there is more than 500,000 potential terrorists in our country.
Our steady path to national suicide
Pat Buchanan quotes Lincoln, Roosevelt to highlight immigration-induced disunity
Addressing the Knights of Columbus in 1915, Theodore Roosevelt warned, "The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities."