FSM Security Update: 1-29-09 *The Wagon-Pullers are Getting Tired*

January 29th NY Post on ‘CELEBUTARDS!' New rules stripping ex-presidents, VPs of privacy. Sowell: What is Obama's congress buying? First steps to re-establish the draft? If Obama seeks absolute power, he will be blamed "absolutely" for any big mistakes. . Exclusive: The Wagon-Pullers are Getting Tired Tom McLaughlin Got an over-the-table job? Paying taxes? Paying for your own health insurance? Well, you're pulling the wagon, and it's getting heavier because there are more people riding and fewer pulling. How long can this go on? Advice for New Middle East Envoy George Mitchell Mark Silverberg Mitchell is about to discover that his role in disarming Ireland's IRA is vastly different than his task with Hamas. UCLA: Symposium of Hate Toward Israel Rachel Neuwirth How are the intellectual needs of students served when the panelists at a symposium, comprised of professors, present only one side to the conflict between Israel and Gaza? Wall Street's Marxist Presidential Pawn Cliff Kincaid How could Obama, a controversial figure with a revolutionary Marxist background, communist connections, and socialist worldview, emerge as the favorite of Wall Street interests? Exclusive: CRC Open-Source Intelligence Briefs Maj. W. Thomas Smith Jr., Director of the Counterterrorism Research Center High-seas weapons smuggling to Hizballah and Iran gaining time to perfect its weapons and delivery capabilities - Maj. W. Thomas Smith Jr.'s weekly open-source intelligence briefs Today's Blog Topics Final Vote On Stimulus Bill Liberal Victimhood: A Game You Can Play at Home - by Ann Coulter MSNBC's O'Donnell Begs Congressman to Denounce Rush Limbaugh Glenn Beck Interviews Gov. Rod Blagojevich The Handwriting is on the Wall ........a sober warning from Brigitte Gabriel US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressed concern today over Iranian activity in our hemisphere. Now is the time - not "later" - to recognize the realities of creeping socialism in America. Americans are being sold a potentially lethal bill of goods. O Goes Unilateral - Dissing U.S. Allies on Middle East Amir Taheri Within the first 72 hours of his presidency, Obama tried to emphasize that he isn't George W. Bush, at least on Middle East issues U.S.- India Strategic Partnership on Laser-Based Missile Defense Lisa Curtis and James Carafano, PhD Shared security interests between India and the U.S. should be a top foreign policy issue. Exclusive: Education and Indoctrination Cannot Co-exist Gabriel Garnica, Esq. Why have so many opportunities to properly educate our young people - who will be taking over as our nation's leaders in the coming years - been fumbled? New Twists in Congo Conflict - and Just Maybe a Turn for the Better J.Peter Pham, PhD Is there possibly an end to the longstanding regional instability in the Congo in sight? Caption Contest January 29-February 3 Will your caption come in at number one? We choose, you peruse. •1. Obama Suggested FDR's ‘New Deal' Was Too Small, House Republicans Say •2. TARP Watchdogs Outline Their Criticisms of the Bailout •3. Clinton Administration Negotiator, Gary Samore Tapped for Weapons of Mass Destruction 'Czar' . •4. Iraq secures vote sites for election •5. Stimulus plan passes in House without GOP -Obama plea for support falls flat; opposition could spread to Senate •6. DEAR AHMADINEJAD: OBAMA DRAFTS LETTER TO IRAN •7. My Bipartisan Stimulus - Let's cut taxes, as I want, and spend more, as Obama would like. (by Rush Limbaugh) •8. State of the War by Jed Babbin •9. Obama: The Endless Honeymoon? by Larry Elder •10. More of the Same on Al-Arabiya - Where's the change? •11. Change Terrorists Can Believe In •12. Dancing Among Landmines--The Obama Al-Arabiya Interview By Victor Davis Hanson •13. Obama ethics question: New WH lawyer's firm sought bailout •14. Obama Made a Rash Decision on Gitmo •15. The Geithner Exception •16. More giant steps toward government health care.