Proof of How Shameful Our Media Has Become

Winning Isn't News By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Iraq: What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq . London's Sunday Times called it 'the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.' A terrorist force that once numbered more than 12,000, with strongholds in the west and central regions of Iraq, has over two years been reduced to a mere 1,200 fighters, backed against the wall in the northern city of Mosul.

The destruction of al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) is one of the most unlikely and unforeseen events in the long history of American warfare. We can thank President Bush's surge strategy, in which he bucked both Republican and Democratic leaders inWashington by increasing our forces there instead of surrendering. We can also thank the leadership of the new general he placed in charge there, David Petraeus, who may be the foremost expert in the world on counter-insurgency warfare. And we can thank those serving in our military in Iraq who engaged local Iraqi tribal leaders and convinced them America was their friend and AQI their enemy. Al-Qaida's loss of the hearts and minds of ordinary Iraqis began in Anbar Province, which had been written off as a basket case, and spread out from there.

Now, in Operation Lion's Roar the Iraqi army and the U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment is destroying the fraction of terrorists who are left. More than 1,000 AQI operatives have already been apprehended. Sunday Times (London) reporter Marie Colvin, traveling with Iraqi forces in Mosul, found little AQI presence even in bullet-ridden residential areas that were once insurgency strongholds, and reported that the terrorists have lost control of its Mosul urban base, with what is left of the organization having fled south into the countryside. Meanwhile, the State Department reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government has achieved ¡satisfactory' progress on 15 of the 18 political benchmarks 'a big change for the better from a year ago.' Things are going so well that Maliki has even for the first time floated the idea of a timetable for withdrawal of American forces. He did so while visiting the United Arab Emirates, which over the weekend announced that it was forgiving almost $7 billion of debt owed by Baghdad, an impressive vote of confidence from a fellow Arab state in the future of a free Iraq.

But where are the headlines and the front-page st ories about all this good news? As the Media Research Center pointed out last week, 'the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 were silent Tuesday night about the benchmarks 'that signaled political progress.' The war in Iraq has been turned around180 degrees both militarily and politically because the president stuck to his guns. Yet apart from IBD, Fox News Channel and parts of the foreign press, the media don't seem to consider this historic event a big story.

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Addendum: The reason you haven't seen this on American television or read about it in the American press is simple--journalism is 'dead' in this country. They are controlled by Liberal Democrats who would rather see our troops defeated than recognize a successful Republican-initiated response to 9/11. Media probably were holding 'til after coronation of BHO in order to give him credit.

Reagan Bashers, Listen Up!!!

Natan Sharansky is a devout Jew and former Soviet dissident who was imprisoned by the KGB for several years. He has authored a brilliant book titled "The Case For Democracy" in which he, among other things, recalls his days as a Soviet political prisoner. He states very plainly the vital role that Ronald Reagan played in the collapse of communism. Believe me, I'd take Mr. Sharansky's word over that of any of today's elitist liberals who label Reagan as "overrated" and who yearn for our great country to slouch towards socialism, appease state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran, and allow the government to gain even more control over people's lives than it already has (i.e. mandatory community service, socialized medicine, spreading the wealth, etc., etc.):

"Today, it is fashionable to believe that the Soviet Union would have collapsed regardless of who sat in the White House or which policies were adopted in Washington. In this view, Reagan was simply lucky, a man in the right place at the right time who benefited from an inexorable historical process. Nothing could be further from the truth. Had Reagan chosen to cooperate with the Soviet regime rather than compete with it, accommodate it rather than confront it, the hundreds of millions of people he helped free would still be living under tyranny."

"Instead of lending a hand to a sick society, as advocates of detente were calling for, Reagan was determined to increase the pressure. The U.S. president instinctively understood . . . A fear society is no match for a free society that can unleash the creative genius of its own people."

"The U.S. president's faith in freedom's eventual triumph was matched by a deep distrust of totalitarian regimes. When he justified his decision to build an eleborate strategic missile defense system as a means of safeguarding America against the belligerent intentions of a non-Democratic regime, he was essentially telling the world . . . A country that does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbors."

*Don't we see some parallels in today's society? Specifically in Iran, as well as the Gaza Strip under Hamas rule (which appears thankfully to be close to its end)?

"Reagan's challlenge to the Soviets was as much moral as it was economic, which is why the impact of his policies on the lives of Soviet dissidents was no less dramatic. One day, my Soviet jailors gave me the privilege of reading the latest copy of Pravda (state-controlled newspaper in the former USSR). Splashed across the front page was a condemnation of Ronald Reagan for having the temerity to call the Soviet Union an `evil empire.' Tapping on walls and talking through toilets, word of Reagan's `provocation' quickly spread through the prison. The dissidents were ecstatic. Finally, the leader of the free world had spoken the truth- a truth that burned inside the heart of each and every one of us . . . there had been much criticism of Reagan's decision to cast the struggle between the superpowers as a battle between good and evil. Well, Reagan was right, and his critics were wrong."

-Natan Sharansky
"The Case for Democracy"

Supreme Court Gets It Right!

I have been closely following this case ever since the 9th Circuit's terrible ruling, and am so happy that our nation's highest court struck the ruling down. To me, it's not so much an abortion issue as a first amendment issue. The 9th Circuit pretty much ignored CBR's constitutional rights, even though the group never drove onto or set foot onto school property. It was judicial activism at its worst, and I am glad we have a Supreme Court that still understands that our nation is not, nor was it ever intended to be, a police state. Had the lower court's ruling been allowed to stand, it would have set a precedent of absolutely disastrous proportions.


Columbus, OH – January 15, 2009 – The U.S. Supreme Court this week upheld the rights of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform to display graphic abortion photos in California.

In July 2008, a panel of California judges ruled that pro-life activists could not show their graphic signs depicting aborted babies in a location adjacent to a middle school. The case involved a 75-minute police detention of two members CBR. CBR members had been driving a box bodied truck that displayed large photos of first-term aborted babies on its sides.

The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, brought the case on behalf of CBR.

“This is a tremendous victory for the First Amendment and the pro-life movement,” said Robert Musie, trial counsel for CBR’s case.

Casey Blog is Back!!!

I know you all missed me . . . my deepest apologies! It was a pretty busy holiday season, and I also just moved back to my native Arizona. I am sure you all know how much of a big pain moving can be. Anyways, I sure have plenty to blog about, so here is an upcoming preview of what you can expect in the coming weeks:

1.) Policing the Credit Card Companies, Dick Morris Style

2.) Hamas's Human Shields and anti-Israel Propoganda

3.) Open Letter to Sarah Palin

4.) Note to Obama: If You Believe in Public Education, Why Do You Send Your Own Daughters to Private School?

5.) Hilary Clinton's Qualifications for Secretary of State (A Blank One For Now)

6.) Appeasing Iran: Jeopardizing Our National Security With the Ultimate Exercise in Futility

7.) The ULTIMATE Double Standard: Sarah Palin vs. Caroline Kennedy

8.) The Employee "Free Choice" Act: A Misnomer on Its Face

9.) We're Spreading Enough Wealth Already!

10.) Advice to GOP: Lay Off the Culture War Rhetoric

11.) Why Blacks Will End Up Hating Obama

12.) Where's the "Bailout" for Madoff's Victims?

13.) What GM Really Needs: Bankruptcy, Not Bailout

14.) Raising Capital Gains Taxes: The Final Economic "Nail In the Coffin"

15.) The Failure of Universal Health Insurance: Lessons From the State Level


I've Also Read Several Books Lately, New Books and Timeless Classics, and Plan on Posting Reviews on My Blog. A Few of Those Books Include:

-The Subprime Solution, by Robert J. Shiller
-The Conscience of a Liberal (Yes I'm Trying to Keep a Straight Face), by Krugman
-Eat the Rich, by P.J. O'Rourke
-The Eighties: America In the Age of Reagan, by John Ehrman
-Fleeced, by Dick Morris
-Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee
-Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman
-Basic Economics, by Thomas Sowell
-My Grandfather's Son, by Clarence Thomas
-The Tyranny of Good Intentions, by Roberts and Stratton
-Liberal Facism, by Jonah Goldberg
-They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, by Jacob Heilrunn
-The Devil We Know: Dealing With the New Iranian Superpower, by Robert Baer
-The Dirty Dozen, by Levy and Mellor
-The Politics of Freedom, by David Boaz
-Fall From Grace: The Untold Story of Michael Milken, by Fenton Bailey
-The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso
-The Case For Democracy, by Natan Sharansky

-The Case Against Israel's Enemies: Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand in the Way of Peace, by Alan Dershowitz

*Obviously, I have a LOT of blogging to do, but I'm looking forward to it! The next four years are going to be a field day for me, and I invite you all to partake in the festivities! Also, starting next week, look for "Obama Gaffe" of the day =)


Respecfully and of Course Conservatively,

Casey

Obama Already Showing His Corrupt Side?

What's most ironic is the source of these facts . . . not Fox News, not Ann Coulter, but the YOUNG TURKS, normally big time liberal Obama cheerleaders. Better now than never they learn that Obama is no Messiah, but a typical politician, now espousing the same behaviors that he at least pretended to condemn during the campaign:

-The single largest contributor to Obama's "inauguration fund" is none other than CITIGROUP!!! This is the same troubled financial institution that, to date, has received $45 billion in government bailouts. They have so far given $113,000 to the inauguration fund. Could this possibly have anything to do with President Bush's decision earlier this week to grant Obama's request to release the second half of the bailout monies?

-Another troubled financial institution, Goldman Sachs, has contributed almost $45,000 to the same fund. JP Morgan Chase has contributed over $30,000.

-As a matter of fact, Goldman Sachs was the second largest contributor to Obama's presidential campaign, to the tune of $884,000. JP Morgan Chase gave $600,000. Morgan Stanley gave just over $400,000.

Let's just wait and see how these banks' good deeds get rewarded when it comes time for Obama and his administration to decide who gets the biggest handout from the federal government coffers (a.k.a. our tax dollars). This would have been the perfect opportunity for Obama to prove, even before he assumes the presidency, that things would change under his watch. He could have refused the donations, and return those he already took, to send the clear message that he works for the PEOPLE (imagine that) and is not for sale. But has he done this? Of course not.

However, we shouldn't be that surprised. After all, this is the same Barack Obama who took a big contribution to his Senate campaign two years ago from Fannie Mae. In return, he, along with other Democrats in Congress who accepted compaign contributions from the mortgage giant, kept the regulators away. We now see where that has gotten us. I just can't help but feel sorry for all of the people, particularly minorities and the poor, who still don't know what a big disappointment they are in for.

FURTHER FOOD FOR THOUGHT: If the government can afford to cough up all of this money to rescue financial institutions, many who were guilty of gross mismanagement and downright incomptence, how come they can''t come up with a measly $20 billion dollars to pay back all of the people and charity organizations who were swindled by that crook Bernie Madoff, people who did nothing wrong at all?