Monthly Archives: November 2005

UN: Hunger kills millions of children a year

According to a report issued this week by the United Nations, hunger kills nearly 6 million children ever year, with a large number of those deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, in fact there are more malnourished and dieing children today … Continue reading

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The Ordeal of Jose Padilla

Since 2002, Jose Padilla, a US citizen, has been held in a military stockade without being formally charged with a crime. According to the US government such action was warranted in light of the fact that he was viewed as … Continue reading

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The left tries again

We have noted for some time how leftist in the media, politics and entertainment work overtime to convince us that the country, its economy and society as a whole is in the toilet. We frequently hear published reports described the … Continue reading

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Germany’s new leader too compromised to be effective

Last September Germany held parliamentary elections, in those elections the leftists Social Democrats and the conservative Christian Democrats were virtually tied in members elected to the Bundestag. Since that time the two parties have been jockeying for positions. The conservatives … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania girl chooses a murderer over her own family

A Pennsylvania girl who was supposedly kidnapped by her 18 year old “boyfriend” wasn’t kidnapped after all, according to law enforcement officials, in fact this girl choose a murderer over her own family and not just any murderer, but the … Continue reading

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Another Congressional pay raise (in violation of the Constitution)

“No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.” So reads the 27th Amendment to the US Constitution. Simply put, if Congress receives a pay … Continue reading

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Clinton decries Washington’s tone, which he cultivated

Bill Clinton marked the first anniversary of his presidential library by coming out against the hard-line rhetoric that has become all too familiar in Washington these days. Increasingly, the left has stepped up their attacks on the president and his … Continue reading

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Unrest in France returns to normal…for France

After several weeks of chaos in the form of rioting, guns shots and street fires, the French Republic is returning to normal. To commemorate this return to normalcy, the French are celebrating with one of their favorite past times…a strike. … Continue reading

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Americans not keen on spreading democracy…and neither are we

Since the first shots were fired in the Iraq war the Phalanx has been in a bind. While we support the war on terror, the war on Iraq is far more complicated. There is no question that Saddam Hussein was … Continue reading

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Bush hits back?

President Bush and the administration stepped up their efforts to “hit back” at critics in the last few days. Yesterday, the President, now in South Korea, and Vice President Cheney, responded to charges that they manipulated intelligence and mislead the … Continue reading

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