Daily Archives: July 3rd, 2007 «

 

Reax to the commuting of Libby’s sentence

Posted by: ST on July 3, 2007 at 10:17 pm » 13 Comments

Make sure to read James Taranto’s flashback to Nancy Pelosi’s reaction to Clinton’s pardoning of 14 FALN terrorists, versus her reaction to the President commuting Libby’s sentence: The House voted 311-41 for a nonbinding resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not have granted clemency to terrorists.” All 41 of those voting [...]

 

It’s official: Gordon Brown is no Tony Blair

Posted by: ST on July 3, 2007 at 3:34 pm » 12 Comments

Erasing any doubt that he is not as resolute on confonting the threat of terrorism on his own soil from Islamofascists as his predecessor, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has mandated a ‘new tone’ from the Brown government on how to refer to terror attacks and the war on terror in the UK: Gordon Brown has [...]

 

MSM runs with story about alleged beheadings in Iraq, but blogger Bob Owens finds out the story was false

Posted by: ST on July 3, 2007 at 1:52 pm » 3 Comments

This is an excellent piece of citizen journalism. It goes right to the heart of what some of the complaints have been about regarding MSM reporting on what happens in Iraq: Some of their so-called ‘reliable sources’ are dubious at best, and in this case, corrections were made to reflect the error made but after [...]

 

NYT: Bush’s commuting of Libby’s sentence means he’s ‘soft on crime’

Posted by: ST on July 3, 2007 at 8:18 am » 5 Comments

Laughable. Predictable. I can’t wait to see Tom Maquire’s response to the NYT’s assertions about the administration’s ‘exposing’ of Valerie Plame’s identity. In the meantime, the blogosphere continues to weigh in on Bush’s decision … PM Update: The Bush administration won’t rule out a pardon for Libby. Gasp!