New York Democrats refuse to stand for the Pledge Of Allegiance

    New York State Senate Democrats caught on tape refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: The Senators can play all the political games their constituents will let them get away with, but they should not disrespect the Flag of the United States of America. They should know better. United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10 – Patriotic Customs, provides: ยง172. Pledge | Read More »

    Guantanamo Bay detainee transferred to New York

    So it begins. The Obama administration has made its first transfer of a detainee at the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to United States soil. Ahmed Ghailani, arrived in New York early Tuesday to be tried in federal court in lower Manhattan for his role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed more than 224 people. Ghailani’s transfer | Read More »