Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets , Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Ken Ballen to discuss his book Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals , which provides case studies of individual extremists, their life histories, and their personal perspectives, in the context of showing how the United States can better understand the Islamic world. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates . If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related Links: Buy Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals on Amazon Terrorists in Love TerrorFreeTomorrow.org Follow Pej on Twitter Follow Kevin on Twitter The hosts and guests of Coffee and Markets speak only for ourselves, not any clients or employers.
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The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals
‘The simplest question,” Dick Cheney writes in his memoir In My Time , “is the most important one.” He mentions this in the context of asking how many American nukes were aimed at Kiev during the Cold War. For President Obama, with job growth stuck near zero, the simplest question is a domestic one. How do you think jobs are created?
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Mark Levin Puts John Boehner’s Ascent to House Speaker in Context
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Mark Levin Puts John Boehner’s Ascent to House Speaker in Context
Yesterday, I provided conclusive proof that MSNBC’s Ed Schultz had doctored a Neal Boortz quote to make it look like Neal Boortz was advocating white people in Atlanta murder black people. In reality, Boortz was advocating that victims of carjackings get conceal-carry permits and gun down the thugs trying to car jack them. Ed Schultz willfully and maliciously left out the key part of Boortz’s quote providing context that Boortz was talking about self-defense against thugs. When a guest on Schultz’s show tried to raise the context in which Boortz made his comments, Schultz immediately switched to bashing the tea party movement as racist. As of yet, MSNBC and Ed Schultz have not apologized to Boortz for doctoring his quote. When will MSNBC adhere to basic journalistic standards and correct the Schultz’a malicious act of quote doctoring? Jeremy Gaines is the Vice President of Communications for MSNBC and can be reached at Jeremy.Gaines@nbcuni.com . You might want to email him and ask when MSNBC plans to issue an apology to Neal Boortz for doctoring his quote.
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Ed Schultz and MSNBC Have Not Apologized to Neal Boortz Yet
Fly Zone Hold up there, Slick. ( Foreign Policy ) — The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee argued against implementing a no-fly zone over Libya on Thursday, and also said that Congress must pass a formal declaration of war if the Obama administration decides to take that step . “Clearly, the United States should be engaged with allies on how to oppose the Qaddafi regime and support the aspirations of the Libyan people,” said Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) at the start of the committee’s Thursday morning hearing on the Middle East. “But given the costs of a no-fly zone, the risks that our involvement would escalate, the uncertain reception in the Arab street of any American intervention in an Arab country, the potential for civilian deaths, the unpredictability of the endgame in a civil war, the strains on our military, and other factors, I am doubtful that U.S. interests would be served by imposing a no-fly zone over Libya.” Lugar pointed to the fact that 145,000 American troops are currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the annual U.S. budget deficit is already around $1.5 trillion. “In this broad context, if the Obama administration decides to impose a no-fly zone or take other significant military action in Libya, I believe it should first seek a Congressional debate on a declaration of war under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution ,” Lugar said. Lugar’s stance against imposing a no-fly zone puts him at odds with committee chairman John Kerry (D-MA), who supports the move. Kerry didn’t mention the no-fly zone in his opening remarks on Thursday. However, he did say that “The will of the Libyan people will in my judgment prevail,” contradicting last week’s testimony by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who predicted that Qaddafi would win out. Kerry also argued that America’s reliance on foreign oil had led to a misguided foreign policy in the Middle East. “We had relationships that focused on leaders rather than people and that’s part of the energy dependency we are locked into,” he said. “We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.” Kerry also announced he will go to the region this weekend, stopping in Egypt on Sunday .
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Senator Lugar: No-Fly Zone Requires Congressional Declaration of War
