Closing GITMO: Is it Soft or Smart?

President Obama is expected to sign orders to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday. Supporters say it is a message that America intends on changing their approach to controversial issues in dealing with foreign aggressors, and a first step toward working with other countries on a level the Bush administration did not. Critics fear it’s soft and places American interests in a defensive position.

Editorial: The True Miracle of the Day: The Peaceful Transfer of Power

By Peter Roff
Conservative Commentator/Former Senior Political Writer for United Press International

Inauguration Day 2009 is as important as everyone says it is. There’s no escaping it. It is, as most of those covering it have already observed, an historic day, full of meaning for people all across the world. That a mere half-century after a time when blacks in parts of America were routinely prevented from voting we inaugurate an African-American president of the United States is a time of celebration for us all. It is a tangible symbol of how far the nation has come on race, one of the thorniest issues we as a nation have ever had to confront. We must not, however, lose sight of the fact that this is a subtext of the real story.

Editorial: Hey America, Take a Chill Pill

By Liz Peek
Financial Columnist

Whoa there America– take a deep breath. As impressed as we all are with the significance of this moment — we are about to inaugurate the first African American President of the United States — it is possible that our collective giddiness will lead to the worst kind of disappointment. President-elect Barack Obama is being breathlessly compared to FDR, JFK, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. So far — he has won an election.

Today’s the Day…Tomorrow’s the question

Today America ushers in the 44th President of the United States. With that, a promise of a better America for all
Americans will be put to the test, not in the first 100 days, but in the first 100 hours.

From Obama’s mouth comes the truth: HE IS A SOCIALIST

At best Barack Obama is a Socialist that has been predisposed to waging class warfare his entire life.

On the one hand, Obama espouses his desire to play Robin Hood by taking money from those HE decides don’t deserve it and GIVING it to those HE believes need more money than they earn. On the other hand, his people have the audacity to suggest that his own comments calling for a redistribution of wealth have nothing to do with Obama’s economic plan….

Actions Speak; Clinton, Dems put party politics ahead of country

For some news today that Hillary Clinton has withdrawn from a protest geared toward sending a message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Government before his UN visit is no great surprise.

Bankrupt of ideas and having no principles to lean on, the Democratic Party has become reduced to a group of bitter politicians that can’t seem to fill their insatiable appetite for power. As a result, the significance of having a sworn enemy of peace, and a supporter of the fighters that currently shoot and kill American soldiers in Iraq, on our soil, is lost on the liberal left led now by Barack Obama and the Clinton clan.

The OP-ED the NY Times doesn’t want you to see written by Senator John McCain

By Sen. John McCain

In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation “hard” but not “hopeless.” Today, 18 months later, violence has fallen by up to 80 percent to the lowest levels in four years, and Sunni and Shiite terrorists are reeling from a string of defeats. The situation now is full of hope, but considerable hard work remains to consolidate our fragile gains.

Warner, Obama and Dems making oil their “fourth rail”

The Democratic Party has spent a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money promoting scare tactics and divisive measures to protect their sacred cow social security, or as it is commonly referred to, “the third rail.”

As a result, the burdens of entitlements like social security are quickly becoming overwhelming to the long term health of the American economy. While Democrats see such challenges as opportunities to justify higher taxes, others see the problem as an indicator that changes need to be made in how government conducts its business. The protestations of Democrats and their lack of leadership have eliminated the possibility of real reform for Americans depending on such programs for their retirement, and now they’re doing the same thing with regards to drilling for oil in our back yard.

It’s the oil stupid…

Does Clinton know her role or not…

In her desperation to prove her experience, Hillary Clinton is touting that she was a key foreign policy advisor to her husband during his time as President. Her proof, it seems, is a 1996 trip to Bosnia where she claims she “landed under sniper fire.”

No matter that, one, it is completely inappropriate that the wife of the President would be involved in top matters of U.S. Policy here or abroad, and, second, she’s dramatizing the events of her Bosnia trip for political purposes, which is to say, there was no sniper fire.

Happy Easter from Tennessee…

While Conservative Viewpoints resides in Virginia traveling is a love of mine. Seeing new places or, as is the case for this trip, visiting family is always a welcomed event.

Easter is the most significant holiday for Christians. The importance of the weekend only adds to the time spent with my father in the great state of Tennessee.

I hope each of you finds the time to celebrate God’s faith in you shown through the sacrifice of his only son for the forgiveness of our sins. It is the one time to truly consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ, what it means to you, and perhaps what purpose surrounds your existence.