Monday, January 28, 2008
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The Price They Paid - What Happened to the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
5 were captured by the British and tortured
12 had their homes ransacked and burned
2 lost their sons during the Revolutionary War
9 fought and died from wounds or hardships during the Revolutionary War
They signed and pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
read entire story
http://snopes.com/history/american/pricepaid.asp
12 had their homes ransacked and burned
2 lost their sons during the Revolutionary War
9 fought and died from wounds or hardships during the Revolutionary War
They signed and pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
read entire story
http://snopes.com/history/american/pricepaid.asp
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Perspective -Pardons granted by President Clinton (1993-2001)
Complete list of Bill Clinton's 396 pardons during his administration from the Department of Justice web site.
http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm
http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm
Sentencing of Scooter Libby by Fred Thompson
The sentencing of Scooter Libby was the last in a series of acts that has resulted in a shocking injustice – one created by and enabled by federal officials. As I’ve been saying for many months, this is a “he said-she said” case about political infighting that would have never been brought in any other prosecutor’s office in America.
The CIA started the ball rolling by sending the Democratic partisan husband of one of its employees to Niger on a sensitive mission. Knowing an opportunity when he saw one, he returned and blasted the Bush Administration (the fact that he blatantly falsified a few important things along the way is another story). It should not have been a shock to CIA officials when people then asked, “Who is this guy and why was he sent to Niger?” The only mystery in Washington is why the CIA employee-wife’s name, Valerie Plame, took as long as it did to leak.
Nevertheless, the CIA demanded that the Department of Justice investigate the leak of her name (not surprisingly, the fact that the CIA was making such a request was leaked). This put pressure on the DOJ. The DOJ, in turn, promptly caved to the media and Congressional pressure to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Plame leak. However, there were two glaring problems for anyone with a sense of justice, or who may have gone to law school for one semester.
The Justice Department and the new Special Counsel knew that:
1.) The leaking of Valerie Plame’s name did not constitute a crime because she was not a “covered person” under the relative criminal statue and,
2.) They already knew the name of the leaker: State Department official Richard Armitage.
Yet small matters such as these do not matter much to Justice Department officials trying to cover their own....
The CIA started the ball rolling by sending the Democratic partisan husband of one of its employees to Niger on a sensitive mission. Knowing an opportunity when he saw one, he returned and blasted the Bush Administration (the fact that he blatantly falsified a few important things along the way is another story). It should not have been a shock to CIA officials when people then asked, “Who is this guy and why was he sent to Niger?” The only mystery in Washington is why the CIA employee-wife’s name, Valerie Plame, took as long as it did to leak.
Nevertheless, the CIA demanded that the Department of Justice investigate the leak of her name (not surprisingly, the fact that the CIA was making such a request was leaked). This put pressure on the DOJ. The DOJ, in turn, promptly caved to the media and Congressional pressure to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Plame leak. However, there were two glaring problems for anyone with a sense of justice, or who may have gone to law school for one semester.
The Justice Department and the new Special Counsel knew that:
1.) The leaking of Valerie Plame’s name did not constitute a crime because she was not a “covered person” under the relative criminal statue and,
2.) They already knew the name of the leaker: State Department official Richard Armitage.
Yet small matters such as these do not matter much to Justice Department officials trying to cover their own....
read or listen to the entire commentary by Fred Thompson
Monday, July 2, 2007
A Thompson Book Revival
By David D. Kirkpatrick
Other presidential contenders have sold more books, but none of their books have sold for as much as Fred D. Thompson’s.
Mr. Thompson’s amble toward the Republican race has sent the price of used copies of his long-forgotten, out-of-print 1975 memoir soaring to $199.35 on Amazon.com’s network of used-book dealers, providing a gauge of his appeal as a candidate, if not as an author.
The book, “At That Point in Time: The Inside Story of the Senate Watergate Committee,” recounts his stint as Republican counsel to the panel. Before Mr. Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and actor, became a presidential contender, a reviewer on the site concluded that the book was likely to appeal to only a few “Watergate enthusiasts.”
But in June, when his potential candidacy was shaking up the race, a second reader called it a “fascinating book.” He concluded that he was glad “I got my copy before the prices went crazy!’’
“I certainly hope Fred runs!” he said
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/a-thompson-book-revival/
Other presidential contenders have sold more books, but none of their books have sold for as much as Fred D. Thompson’s.
Mr. Thompson’s amble toward the Republican race has sent the price of used copies of his long-forgotten, out-of-print 1975 memoir soaring to $199.35 on Amazon.com’s network of used-book dealers, providing a gauge of his appeal as a candidate, if not as an author.
The book, “At That Point in Time: The Inside Story of the Senate Watergate Committee,” recounts his stint as Republican counsel to the panel. Before Mr. Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and actor, became a presidential contender, a reviewer on the site concluded that the book was likely to appeal to only a few “Watergate enthusiasts.”
But in June, when his potential candidacy was shaking up the race, a second reader called it a “fascinating book.” He concluded that he was glad “I got my copy before the prices went crazy!’’
“I certainly hope Fred runs!” he said
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/a-thompson-book-revival/
A Better than Fair Day by Fred Thompson
Yesterday was a good day. Talk radio, along with the blogs, helped block an immigration bill that the American people overwhelmingly opposed. Then, a congressman, who is also an ex-radio talk show host, managed to get a “yes” vote on language in a House bill that could permanently stop those who want to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine.
We've been hearing threats to use the obsolete Fairness Doctrine to go after talk radio ever since the left-leaning talk radio network, Air America, failed. Ironically, I think Air America might have had a shot if its target audience hadn’t already been...
read entire commentary: http://abcradionetworks.com/Blog.asp?id=15663&m=6&y=2007
listen to podcast: http://www.abcrn.com/thompson/player/thompson.html
We've been hearing threats to use the obsolete Fairness Doctrine to go after talk radio ever since the left-leaning talk radio network, Air America, failed. Ironically, I think Air America might have had a shot if its target audience hadn’t already been...
read entire commentary: http://abcradionetworks.com/Blog.asp?id=15663&m=6&y=2007
listen to podcast: http://www.abcrn.com/thompson/player/thompson.html
Clinton Slams Fred Thompson's Cuban Remark
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday criticized Fred Thompson for suggesting illegal Cuban immigrants pose a terrorist threat. "I was appalled when one of the people running for or about to run for the Republican nomination talked about Cuban refugees as potential terrorists," Clinton told Hispanic elected officials. "Apparently he doesn't have a lot of experience in Florida or anywhere else, and doesn't know a lot of Cuban-Americans."
Thompson posted Thursday on his campaign blog saying he had been referring to Cuban spies, not immigrants. "Our national security is too important an issue to let folks twist words around for a one-day headline," Thompson said in his post. "Cuban-Americans are among the staunchest opponents of illegal immigration, and especially so when it's sponsored by the Castro regime."
Fred Thompson was criticizing an immigration bill in the Senate, contending it would make the country more vulnerable to terrorism. Noting that the United States had apprehended 1,000 people from Cuba in 2005, Thompson said, "I don't imagine they're coming here to bring greetings from Castro. We're living in the era of the suitcase bomb." Fidel Castro is Cuba's leader.
By BETH FOUHY (AP)
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thompson says voters want honest president
By KEVIN LANDRIGANTelegraph Staff
Likely Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said voters want candor to come out of the 2008 election and confidence from the next president, whoever it is to be.“I think the next president is going to have to tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may,’’ Thompson said during a telephone interview with The Telegraph on Thursday.The complications from the war in Iraq should teach the next leader to own up to things if they don’t go as well as planned and not to dwell on the past.“I think Americans are more than willing to acknowledge mistakes, but we are not going to be wallowing forever in our mistakes,’’ said the former Tennessee senator“When America appears to be weak or divided, that is when things become even more dangerous. We have to be mindful of that as we go forward.’’Thompson, 64, has seized the lack of enthusiasm for the 10 declared GOP candidates and surged in the polls even as he readies when to make his final, expected decision to enter the race.
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Veteran Takes On Chris Matthews In Coulter Debate
Not Fred Thompson related, but worth seeing. This war veteran confronts Chris Matthews for his criticism of Ann Coulter's attacks on Elizabeth Edwards. He is not defending Ann Coulter, but is asking why some of that criticism can't be shared with the Democrats who constantly attack the troops. His point is that they are elected and should be held more accountable for what they say. Credit to Chris Matthews for not running.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Fred Responds to Dem Critics
Fred Thompson respnds to Democrat's criticism of his past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCVNuSA__-g
Fred Thompson wows GOP in S.C.
By JIM MORRILL
McClatchy-Tribune
The former Tennessee senator, 64, and a star of TV's Law & Order, spoke to more than 300 South Carolina Republicans at a Columbia hotel. Invoking Ronald Reagan and what he called his party's "underlying principles," he gave many
read more:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4926856.html
McClatchy-Tribune
The former Tennessee senator, 64, and a star of TV's Law & Order, spoke to more than 300 South Carolina Republicans at a Columbia hotel. Invoking Ronald Reagan and what he called his party's "underlying principles," he gave many
read more:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4926856.html
The Darfur Genocide and Global Warming - by Fred Thompson
Recently, the new UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the root cause of the current genocide in Darfur is … global warming. Now if you've been following the tragedy of the Darfur region in the African nation of Sudan, you know how absurd that statement is.
There's not room here for even a good summary, but let me make a few points. Sudan straddles the line between Christian African and Muslim Arabic cultures, bordering Egypt and Libya on the north. Bloody regional warfare stretches back centuries but, in modern times, the country has been in pretty much of a constant state of war since the 1950s. It's safe to say that millions have died in wars that are often aimed at control of the rich oil fields in the South. Today, however, the vastly reduced African Christian population isn't even involved. Two Muslim factions, divided along racial lines, are fighting for
read more:
http://abcradionetworks.com/article.asp?id=431466&SPID=15663
There's not room here for even a good summary, but let me make a few points. Sudan straddles the line between Christian African and Muslim Arabic cultures, bordering Egypt and Libya on the north. Bloody regional warfare stretches back centuries but, in modern times, the country has been in pretty much of a constant state of war since the 1950s. It's safe to say that millions have died in wars that are often aimed at control of the rich oil fields in the South. Today, however, the vastly reduced African Christian population isn't even involved. Two Muslim factions, divided along racial lines, are fighting for
read more:
http://abcradionetworks.com/article.asp?id=431466&SPID=15663
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