Netanyahu says will meet Hillary Clinton during U.S. visit

Palin to Speak at Gun Convention
The Hill reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month. Palin will speak Saturday, Jan. 29, to the Safari International Club (SCI) in Reno, Nev.,  according to the group’s website. The organization bills itself as “the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting Wildlife Conservation worldwide.” The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee’s Speech is expected to touch on “her past hunting ex...

Obama 2008 campaign speech & t-shirt recycled for Arizona memorial?
OmarD: CNN probably failed to grease the proper hands on time. They still have Al Jazera and Russian Television. They... asombra: Cuba doesn’t need more Political Prisoners dying from Hunger Strikes. It needs run-of-the-mill,... asombra: How about trading Steven Spielberg for Gross? Spielberg could live in ecstasy for the rest of his life, and... asombra: This makes little practical difference. It’s not as if CNN was ever going to tell it like it was... pototo: I said it before, and ...

Something New for Left to Melt Down Over: Palin Will Keynote Hunting Club Convention
The convention is being run by the Safari Club International. No doubt some lefty kooks will probably show up to picket or something. I can already see the Palin-hating media lining up to bash her every word. Let the quivering and trembling begin.The address comes amid a debate in Congress over Gun Rights that followed the shootings of 20 people at a meet-and-greet event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Palin's Speech will likely be watched to see if she references the Arizona shooting, wh...

Boehner Knew Obama Would Give a Moving Speech and There Would be No Booze
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Reason Writers on TV: Matt Welch Says Nice Things About Obama's Speech on Russia Today's The Alyona Show
On Thursday, Jan. 13, Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch, who does not have a mustache, appeared on The Alyona Show to discuss President Barack Obama's Speech in Tucson Wednesday. Religion, Native American ceremonies, and tone-civility were also discussed: ...

Beck: Obama Speech Best He Has Ever Given
Huffington Post reports: Glenn Beck said that President Obama’s Speech at the memorial for the Victims of the Arizona shooting was “the best Speech he has ever given.” Speaking on his Radio Show Thursday, Beck had one caveat: Obama should have made his Speech earlier. “Last night, the president said what he should have said on Saturday,” Beck said. “A leader says that on Day 1. But it is truly better late than never. This is probably the best Speech he has e...

Obama, Palin & Lincoln: A Tale Of Three Speeches
The inestimable historian Garry Wills, noting that the loudest cheers during President Obama’s Tucson memorial service address were for the news that Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords had opened her eyes, writes that “Perhaps there was the sound, there, of a nation recovering.” A video address made by Sarah Palin some 3,700 miles away earlier in the day reminds us that it won’t be that simple by a . . . uh, long shot. Mind you that while both Obama and Palin have su...

Glenn Beck criticizes Tucson memorial, compares it to Wellstone memorial debacle
 Glenn Beck criticizes Tucson memorial, compares it to Paul Wellstone memorial debacle. A day after the Barack Obama-attended Tucson memorial for the Victims of the Jared Loughner Killing Spree, Glenn Beck has nothing kind to say about the raucous crowd that seemed to think it was at, as Beck put it, a High School pep rally. Beck went on to address the inappropriate and zany behavior of the memorial crowd, comparing them to what occurred at the late Senator Paul Wellstone’s memorial m...

Glenn Beck praises Obama for Tucson speech. Can partisan pause last?
Some of President Obama's sharpest critics - from Glenn Beck to Pat Buchanan - spoke positively of his Speech at the memorial service in Tucson Wednesday. But the collegial tone will be tested next week with a Repeal of health-care reform on the docket....

Where Will Obama Go From Tucson?
President Obama is receiving uniform praise for his memorial remarks in Tucson, Ariz. Even Conservatives are saying he hit the right notes, substantively and tonally. I agree, with a few qualifiers and gentle cautions. Obama was eloquent in his tribute to the Victims and appropriately acknowledged that "none of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious attack ... or what thoughts lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man's mind." More importantly, he said: "But what we cannot do is us...

Glenn Beck Supports Barack Obama. Seriously.
There's just one week for the Bipartisan feeling to stay in the media, as conservative commentators lauded President Barack Obama for his speech at the University of Arizona during a memorial service for the six dead and dozen wounded at a Tucson shooting, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. But for now, media figures like Glenn Beck and Chris Wallace lauded the efforts of Obama, who flew with several other lawmakers to be on the scene as not just the city, but the state of Arizona mourned, notes

Obama moment stolen by UA hicktown political behavior
Who is to blame for the fiasco of a Memorial Service in Tucson that was turned into a political pep rally? And should the citizens of Tucson and President Obama an Apology? What should have been Obama’s moment to wear the mantle of healer,  was stolen by the University of Arizona administration and whoever decided to turn what should have been a solemn occasion into something resembling the preamble to a football game? Those watching on TV should have had some indication of what was t...

Muslims and the Christmas Spirit
The Coptic church celebrates Christmas on January 7, but Christmas almost didn’t happen after a New Year’s eve bombing attack at Saints Church in Alexandria by Terrorists which killed 21 people. According to one Muslim Student “This is not about us and them. We are one. This was an attack on Egypt as a whole, and I am standing with the Copts because the only way things will change in this country is if we come together.” The Bishop of Alexandria said that Muslims attendin...

Husband says Giffords breathing tube could be removed Friday (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Russia warns of arms treaty pullout if U.S. pursues Missile Defense Poll: Very few Americans blame Arizona shooting on 'political Rhetoric' Obama's positioning for spending fights benefits from careful planning, but unforeseen events play major role Congressmen want increased security for themselves — but are they in more danger than teachers and doctors? Stephanopoulos, NYT, CNN, WaPo decline to correct erroneous Giffords reporting Rep. Gabrielle Giff...

Glenn Beck and Jared Loughner: Separated at birth?
This weird segue popped up the other day in the Twilight Zone between Neil Cavuto's Fox News show and the Glenn Beck show immediately following. CAVUTO: I want you to look at him. Look at him closely. Maybe you recognize this guy. But I don't. Maybe you think this guy is all of us. But I don't. I just see a nut. We didn't make him. He made and then unmade himself. The script works for that guy, too! And the more I think about it, the more the daily rants from Glenn Beck start to eerily resembl...

Tucson Shooting Victim Blames Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle
The public at large isn’t buying that the shooting had anything to do with politics, but that’s not stopping one of the Victims of Jarred Loughren from claiming that “lunatic Fringe anarchism” from the right is to blame for the attack. A wounded survivor of the Tuscon shooting that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is blaming Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner, Fox TV host Glenn Beck, and former Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle for the tragedy. R...

Glenn Beck: The History Of Bacon (And How It Relates To The End Of America)
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Arizona shootings a teachable moment?
Then I realized something undeniable. When the Tea Party screamed their hate and lies for over a year unchallenged... it empowered the haters and the unstable who were looking for an excuse for their hate. It gave them a target. It is common knowledge that Frank Luntz came up with the socialism, Big Government lies... even though the CBO has scored the new Health Care bill and says it will lower the Deficit and facts were it would help 30 million suffering Americans and in no way was a "govern...

O'Reilly: No gender bias against Palin, Bachmann
Bill O'Reilly got into it last night with conservative, Fox commentators, Margaret Hoover and Gretchen Carlson. CARLSON: I believe there is some gender bias associated with Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin. O'REILLY: Gender bias? CARLSON: Yes, and I think Margaret would agree with me on this that, as women, they would be more criticized than you might be and what you would say about this topic [the Arizona shootings]. O'REILLY: [interrupting]... I don't think so. I mean, look, I don't know gen...

The First Lady's Open Letter
At Wednesday night's memorial service in Tucson, Michelle Obama cut a somber figure even as broad swaths of the crowd appeared to find catharsis through laughter or cheering. Mrs. Obama, the mother of a nine-year-old girl, seemed particularly emotional during the sections of her husband's Speech that focused on Christina Taylor Green, the nine-year-old Victim of last Saturday's shooting. Yesterday the First Lady broke her silence about the tragedy, issuing an Open Letter to parents that outlined...

Howard Stern On Sarah Palin: You Want To Vomit From Her (And Thats The Nicest Part)
Yesterday, Howard Stern had some harsh words for Sarah Palin about the tone of her video Speech from Wednesday morning. Like many of Palin’s detractors, Stern felt that the former Governor focussed too much on herself and not enough on the actual Victims. However, unlike most of the other criticisms of the video we’ve heard, Stern’s aforementioned words weren’t just harsh; a couple of them were those that one doesn’t use in polite company. A quote from a more SFW se...

Somber Tucson Rally In Oakland
There was a rally in Oakland for the Tucson Victims, a “NON-PARTISAN RALLY.” A loon named Roy Wilson delivered a speechifying rant on hate Rhetoric, asking that politicians at all levels of government pass laws prohibiting what I can only assume would be Speech that Roy Wilson doesn’t agree with. This call to politicians came after he accused Sarah Palin and company of being culpable for the shooting in Tucson. Question: Will false accusations of accessory to Murder be covere...

Question of the day from Capitol Hill Cubans
How can so-called Cuba "experts" assert that U.S. development worker Alan Gross violated Cuban "law," when he has been summarily jailed by the Castro regime for 13 months without charges, trial or any semblance of Due Process? What "law" did he violate? Why hasn't he been charged? Why hasn't he had any legal recourse? Just think about the absolute contradiction of such an assertion.   Obama 2008 campaign Speech & t-shirt recycled for Arizona memorial? » You must be logged in to p...

Talking to Your Kids about Tucson: The First Lady Speaks
This is the full text of the First Lady’s Open Letter to American parents. There is no hyperlink because it’s important Mrs. Obama’s words be out here on the front page, despite the resulting length of this article. We can all be better than we are. Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend. Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet with...

Sarah Palin Reveals the Real Victim of Tucson : Sarah Palin
I hope not to have to spend too much time on this topic.   I’ve already said my piece, the data stands on its own.   I am going to point out some of the inadvertent arguments a few pundits have brought up to disavow any responsibility for this tragedy, and how they make a really strong for argument taking some. After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now with sadness, to the irresponsible statements from people attempting to...