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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 01:02 PM

    Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid

    must go!

    Unless they can demonstrate a clear and convincing reason why the United States Congress must get involved in this situation with a resolution supporting either side, they are merely enabling the warmongers.

    In the meantime, where is President Elect Obama? It's now clear that his ducking the issue by proclaming that "America has only one President at a time" has been made not relevant.

    If Obama truly believes that American foreign policy is the purvue of the sitting President only, why isn't he convincing Pelosi and Reid to table any motion regarding American support of Israel's activities? Why isn't he telling them that there is only "one President a time"?

    ....or if he is, why aren't Pelosi and Reid listening?

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