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Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and we will continue to slaughter them.
Yet, today, we see what is becoming a constitutional crisis which is completely unprecedented, and that is the use of the filibuster to basically stop the confirmation process both for circuit court and Supreme Court nominations.
With the increasing use of vulgarity during major award shows and even the Super Bowl half-time show, parents are becoming increasingly outraged.
When federal judges arbitrarily choose to dismiss the will of the nation's elected representatives and chief executive, they place themselves above the law they are sworn to uphold.
We need to help married couples and their families, not penalize them with a higher tax rate.
We have never embraced a system in which it requires 60 votes to confirm a judge, and we should not be doing that now.
We do not have to look very far to see the results of family deterioration.
This law would define China and Taiwan as a unified country, and unilaterally change mainland China's legal approach to status of Taiwan. This is an unwelcome and provocative action that would increase, rather than calm, tensions in the region.
This is not about who is running the media, this is about the question of the shock jocks who have been pushing the moral envelope for all too long and the vulgar and indecent comments that come over the public airwaves.
This is a truly historic moment for the people of Iraq and for the entire region as the newly elected Iraqi National assembly meets for the first time.
This is a major defeat for the enemies of freedom in Iraq and around the world, and sends a message that despite the best efforts of the terrorists, people throughout Iraq are eager to govern themselves and live in liberty.
They've been legislating from the bench and they've been inventing various broad sweeping powers or inventing policy that they find intuitively in the Constitution which to any clear-minded person is not there at all.
There is simply no excuse for that crudeness on the public airwaves.
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.
The same can be said of partial birth abortion, which is a horribly violent procedure which kills a baby moments before birth. This decision is contemptuous to Congress, which overwhelmingly passed the ban.
The real discrimination here is by activist judges who are trying to deny children the advantages of a simple family.
The Holy Father spoke not only to the Catholic community, but to men and women of conscience on every continent. Most notable may be his courage in standing for a culture of life, as well as defying communism and standing in solidity with those opposed to that great evil.
The Holy Father held a special place in the hearts of more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide.