Obama outrages on his first day at the office

By: Josh Painter (Diary)  |  January 21st at 08:34 PM  | 

President Barack Obama, on his first full day in the office, has managed to draw the ire of family members of those killed on September 11, 2001, and in other terror attacks.  The rookie president’s executive draft  order Wednesday calls for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility within a year and halting any war crimes trials in the meantime.  In response to the Obama order, a judge | Read More »

Move over, Joe the Plumber. Here’s Joe the Dumber!

By: Josh Painter (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 02:34 PM  | 

Just when the Obama campaign was enjoying the focus of the race being on a weak economy, here comes Joe Biden to bring the game back to John McCain’s strong suit – foreign policy and national security issues. Not only that, but Biden managed to stencil a big question mark over his running mate’s head at the same time. And the big ol’ dumb guy | Read More »

Energy, Security and the Coming Arms Race

By: Josh Painter (Diary)  |  July 27th at 05:38 PM  | 

News item: Russia announced plans on Sunday to revive its once-mighty navy by building several aircraft carriers and upgrading its fleet of nuclear submarines in the coming years. Russia’s power at sea is a shadow of the formidable Soviet navy which challenged U.S. military dominance in the Cold War. But, with a strong economy now from booming oil exports, it is seeking to raise its | Read More »