FSM Security Update: 2-26-09 *FSM’s Keep the Change™ Awards – February, 2009*

February 26th "The Speech" - "Not all talk is cheap." His big test: we could be a nation of Rick Santellis! Obama Wants to Move the Center to the left. Obama "all fragrance;" Reagan "all substance." Why is the W.H. so quiet about Afghan troop surge? Exclusive: FSM's Keep the ChangeTM Awards - February, 2009 The Editors This month's winners - or losers, depending upon how you look at it. The Deceits of Bridges TV Daniel Pipes Was Bridges TV a fraud from the beginning, pretending to be moderate when it was just another member of the "Wahhabi lobby?" Exclusive: Pork, Lipstick and Suckers Like Me Tom McLaughlin I don't feel too bad about junking my old pickup, but it's hard watching Congress and the President junk my country. Today's Blog Topics Obama's School Choice: Democrats want to kill vouchers for 1,700 poor kids. Obama Less Popular Than Bush After First Month in Office Video: The Next Generation of Conservative Leadership? Video: Limbaugh defends Jindal Video: VP Biden forgets name of Recovery Web Site Denver archbishop warns against ‘spirit of adulation' surrounding Obama ACT NOW: If you can believe it.....U.S. House Approves to spend $410 billion MORE of your money! Are the States About to Slap the Runaway Fed Down to Constitutional Size? When Will We Say ‘Enough' to the World's Biggest Ponzi Scheme? Exclusive: Invasion USA: Congressman Calls for Hearing on Border Violence Jim Kouri, CPP A hearing in drug-related violence on the U.S.-Mexican border has been called for in Congress. What, if anything, will be done? Senators Praise FBI's CAIR Freeze Steve Emerson "[I]f CAIR wishes to pursue an outreach relationship with the FBI, certain issues must be addressed to the satisfaction of the FBI." From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi Maj. W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Military Milestones from the Alamo to Mount Suribachi. What is Missing in the Terrorist Threat Assessment Douglas Farah The paradigm shift in terrorist financing from states and large donors to crime and quasi-state institutions is a clear - and alarming - trend that is accelerating. A Sustainable Response to the Scourge of Somali Piracy J.Peter Pham, PhD Somali piracy is on the rise. What can be done to face this challenge? Caption Contest February 26 - March 3 Will your caption come in at number one? Today's Hot Topics: 2-26 We choose, you peruse. •1. McCain: 'We Are Not Winning' War in Afghanistan •2. Obama to Tax People for $634B Health Care Plan •3. Why We Love Bobby Jindal (Rush Transcript) •4. Illegals-raid dismays Obama backers •5. Clinton to press Israel on Gaza as children suffer •6. Barney Frank: Republicans Didn't Applaud Obama for Fear of Limbaugh and Hannity •7. Pelosi wants 15-20,000 Iraq force •8. AG Holder says closing Guantanamo won't be easy •9. Longest serving Dem senator slams Obama... •10. S.Korea says N.Korea is likely to fire missile •11. Iran says no slowdown in its nuclear work •12. CNN Cites 'Conservative' David Brooks, Andrew Sullivan & Kathleen Parker •13. Intelligence Chief: ‘Global Economic Crisis,' Not Iran or Al Qaeda, Is Top Security Threat to U.S. •14. Beheading Moderate Islam •15. Take everything they earn, and it still won't be enough. •16. A Radical Presidency •17. ‘Not One of Us' Why the intelligentsia loves Obama and hates Palin. •18. Turning Universities into Graveyards •19. Hillary is on a permanently tone-deaf listening tour.