Iran-Mexico meeting deepens ties to Islam
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In a little notice meeting reflecting growing ties between South America and the Islamic world, Mexican President Felipe Calderon welcomed the former Iranian President to Mexico City. The radical leftist La Voz de Aztlan in Los Angeles characterized the Khatami-Calderon meeting as "part of a growing alliance between Mexico, South America and Islam."

NBC refuses to show military thank you ad
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NBC has nixed holiday advertisements meant to thank troops for serving overseas in opposition to the inclusion of a non-profit's Web address. The ads, paid for by the non-profit Freedom's Watch, are a simple thank you, the group says, with people shown paying gratitude to members of the military and the final frame showing the group's Web address, www.freedomswatch.org. Special note - Thanks to the support of millions, NBC reversed itself and will allow the commercial to be aired.

Media Coverage of Mall Shooting Fails to Reveal Mall's Gun-Free-Zone Status
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But despite the massive news coverage, none of the media coverage, at least by 10 a.m. Thursday, mentioned this central fact: Yet another attack occurred in a gun-free zone. Surely, with all the reporters who appear at these crime scenes and seemingly interview virtually everyone there, why didn’t one simply mention the signs that ban guns from the premises? Nebraska allows people to carry permitted concealed handguns, but it allows property owners, such as the Westroads Mall, to post signs banning permit holders from legally carrying guns on their property.

Petraeus cites violence decline in Iraq
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Citing a 60 percent decline in violence in Iraq over the last six months, Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday that maintaining security is easier than establishing it and gives him more flexibility in deploying forces.

More CNN setups discovered at Republican Presidential Debates
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At last month's Republican debate in St. Petersburg, Fla., a former CAIR intern was selected by host CNN to challenge GOP presidential hopefuls about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and complain about the anger they've created in the Muslim world.

Huckabee Surges in Iowa
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The most dramatic result to come out of the poll, which is based on telephone interviews with 1,408 registered Iowa voters on Dec. 5 and 6, is Huckabee's emergence from the shadows of the GOP race into the front runner's spot in just two months. The ordained Southern Baptist minister now leads Romney by a two-to-one margin, 39 percent to 17 percent, among likely GOP caucus-goers.

Pat Buchanan: Mitt’s Hour of Power
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If Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination, it will be due in large measure to his splendid and moving defense of his faith and beliefs delivered today at the George Bush Presidential Library.

Mitt Romney: Faith in America
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Governor Mitt Romney delivers his "Faith in America" speech from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas. In all candor, this is one of the best Presidential speeches that I have heard since 1982, when I personally went to see President Ronald Reagan speak at Kansas State.

Environmentalists now hate wind farms
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The federal suit, filed in U.S. Western District Court in Austin, said the turbines could kill untold numbers of migratory birds and damage the bay. It seeks to overturn the decision by the Texas General Land office, which Patterson heads, to allow the projects to be built without environmental review or input from the public. The suit contends that the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and the Texas Coastal Management Program require a permit process for any energy generation facility on the coast, including wind farms. Let’s see; no coal, gas, oil, wind, nuclear, cow-farting. We can use squirrels in a cage for that is abuse. Let’s just live in caves again.

Crosses to be removed from police chaplain badges
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Crosses will be removed from badges worn by Spokane Police chaplains under terms of an out-of-court settlement between the city and a former Lutheran pastor-turned-atheist who sued over the government agency’s use of the insignias and Christian prayers.

Immigration debate unifies California GOP
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"There is more unity among Republicans in this state on illegal immigration than on anything else, including taxes," said Tom Hudson, chairman of the Republican Party in Placer County, near Sacramento, one of the most conservative counties in the state.

Burglary suspects were illegal and part of a crime ring
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The suspects were illegal immigrants from Colombia, and one man had been deported nearly 10 years ago, authorities said. Authorities have said they are investigating whether Diego Ortiz, 30, and Hernando Riascos Torres, 48, were part of a crime ring linked to burglaries and the use of fake immigration documents.

Keyes: American ideal of self-government attacked
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In a series of question-and-answer sessions with candidates for the office of president, today, Alan Keyes says the American ideal of self-government itself is under assault, and depends on the 2008 election to survive.

Toyota's new robot can play the violin, helps the aged
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Toyota Motor on Thursday unveiled a robot that can play the violin as part of its efforts to develop futuristic machines capable of assisting humans in Japan's senior society.

House resolution wants former Border Patrolmen freed
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A bi-partisan resolution is being introduced into the House of Representatives calling on President Bush to commute immediately the sentences of Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, so they can be home with their families by Christmas. The two are serving sentences for shooting at fleeing illegal alien drug smuggler in an incident on the Texas border with Mexico in 2005.

Credit card policies shock good customers
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Some credit card companies are raising interest rates on good customers even if they pay down their balances, on time, every month. The reason they cite is that the customer's credit rating has fallen elsewhere.

We Shall Not Forget
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On December 7th 1941 Pearl Harbor was under attack by the Japanese. In less than two hours, 2,504 Americans would die and 1,174 would be wounded.

State Rep drives to DC on Dec 7 and asks Congress to reject amnesty
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Pennsylvania State Representative and State Legislators for Legal Immigration founder Daryl Metcalfe and several other state lawmakers journeyed to Washington D.C. on Pearl Harbor Day to officially call on members of the United State Congress to move the ongoing immigration reform debate above and beyond the overwhelmingly-rejected “in-security blanket” of granting amnesty to illegal aliens.

Golden Compass disappoints at the box office
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"The Golden Compass," a costly fantasy starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, got off to a slow start at the North American box office and will likely fall short of opening-weekend expectations.