Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 193

VIDEO: Anatomy of Casino Capitalism

Jane D'Arista unravels the web of banking confidence schemes.

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VIDEO: Seeing My Dog the Day I Got Home From Afghanistan

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VIDEO: Web Alert: New Law to Restrict Online File Sharing

Restrictions being negotiated almost entirely in secret could place restrictions on internet service providers even leading to the cancellation of Internet privileges – three strikes and you are off the Net for good.
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James K. Polk: Forgotten Great

By Patrick J. Buchanan

As America debates whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in the ninth year of a war for ends we cannot discern, a riveting new history recalls times when Americans fought for vital national interests.

"A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of [...:]

Dobbs Out – CNN Succumbs to the Left-Right Global Establishment

WebNote from Linda: Well that's it. Now there is never any reason to watch CNN again. After Pat Buchanan left CNN, Lou Dobbs was the only patriot left standing to have a full time news anchor position – on any network.

Nightly he exposed corruption in state and federal government. Dobbs stood strong against the New [...:]

U.S. State Department: Israel is Not a Tolerant Society

By Akiva Eldar – Haaretz

Web Note: The report is actually much worse than what is covered in this brief article. See the full text of the State Department Report here….

Israel dismally fails the requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department.

Despite boasting religious freedom and protection of [...:]

West Bank Land Belongs to Jews, Says Israeli Army Judge

by Meron Rapoport in Jerusalem – Guardian, UK

Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in a West Bank Jewish settlement. Adrian Agassi believes Israel has a biblical claim to territory beyond its borders. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

• Settlements lawyer reveals core beliefs
• Peace with Palestinians 'goes against nature'

Major Adrian Agassi did not make the connection [...:]

Bill Gives Fed New Power to Police Risk

By Victoria McGrane – Political.com

Frank's supporters contend that critics are overblowing the potential for a more powerful, more intrusive Federal Reserve… But Ron Paul himself is not so sanguine. "It's not finished yet, but they're getting more powers, and I want them to have less powers," said Paul. The Fed "gave us the financial crisis, [...:]

Pattern of Escalating Violence at Fort Hood

by Michael Moss and Ray Rivera – New York Times
- Veterans for Common Sense

Fort Hood, Texas — Staff Sgt. Gilberto Mota, 35, and his wife, Diana, 30, an Army specialist, had returned to Fort Hood from Iraq last year when he used his gun to kill her, and then took his own life, the [...:]

90,000 Casualties, but Who's Counting?

By Kelley B. Vlahos – AntiWar.com

Veterans Day arrives tomorrow, and with it, the anticipated harvest of heartbreaking anecdotes driving the press coverage and our ever wandering attention back to less desirable realities: the disfigured but persevering hero, the homeless warrior, the unemployable sergeant, the father or [...:]