09-26-11:Palestinian Nationhood: Truth...The Key to Peace [PLUS: Lt. Colonel James Zumwalt, USMC (ret)]

Iraqi Journalist's Death Sends a Warning "To Whomever Listens" Lt. Colonel James Zumwalt, USMC (ret) After warning that Iraq's current government was becoming like Saddam's regime, a journalist was permanently silenced... ** VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS ** 1. VIDEO: NYPD Chief: Police Could Take Down Plane if Needed...Sending message to terrorists about NYC: We are too tough a target 2. INSPIRING VIDEO: Tunnel to Towers Run: 'A reminder you can do anything' 3. VIDEO: MSNBC Uses Liberal Green Jobs Activist to Blame Solyndra on George W. Bush 4. VIDEO: President At Black Caucus Dinner; ‘Stop Complaining' And March 5. VIDEO: Netanyahu Tells NBC's Gregory 'You're Trying to Throw Me Under the Bus of American Politics' 6. VIDEO: Released American Hiker Rails Against USA ‘Human Rights Violations' At Gitmo 7. VIDEO: Morgan Freeman: Obama Made Racism Worse, Tea Party Will Do 'Whatever [It] Can To Get This Black Man Outta Here' 8. VIDEO: President: A Billionaire Should Pay Same Tax Rate As A JEW... Er... Janitor 9. VIDEO: Muslim Students Convicted of Disrupting Free Speech at Israeli Ambassador Event in Calif. 10. SHOCKING: Mexican Drug Cartel Decapitates Woman Who Speaks Out Using Social Media Palestinian Nationhood: Truth... The Key to Peace Gadi Adelman After Abbas' UN theatrics, Israeli premier Netanyahu said, "The truth is that Israel wants peace with a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians want a state without peace." So what is the truth? Can We Tell the Truth? I have met the weasel, and he is us. Andrew McCarthy How effective are weasel words in fighting off weasel words? We know the left use such tactics, but are the right any better at honest talking? The Financial Advice of Experts, Then and Now Alan Caruba On October 29, 1929, the Wall Street Crash burst unrealistic financial pipe dreams. How similar are the pronouncements of today's economic pundits to those from 1929? Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. Inspector general: Bush-era Pentagon officials cleared of wrongdoing [WT] 2. Catholic Bishops: Obamacare Reg 'Unprecedented Attack on Religious Liberty,' Even Jesus Would Not Qualify as 'Religious' [CNS] 3. Israeli Father, Baby Killed After Palestinians Threw Rocks at Their Car - Police: 'Car Accident' Was Terror Attack [ISRAEL NATIONA NEWS] 4. Reset? Putin to run for Russian president in 2012 [WT] 5. Religious minorities fear Syria Islamists [WT] 6. Saudi King Will Allow Women to Vote in Local Elections for First Time [FOX] 7. Freed American Hikers - First Thing They Do: Bash America! [HYSCIENCE] 8. Obama tells blacks to 'stop complainin' and fight [MSNBC] 9. Attack on Building Used by CIA in Kabul [FOX] 10. IMF may need billions in extra funding [TELEGRAPH] The State Department's Skewed Standards Raymond Ibrahim When the U.S. State Department condemns attacks upon mosques, why is it silent on the issue of Christians and churches being attacked by Muslims? "Irvine 11" Convicted Steve Emerson Pro-Palestinian student hecklers who disrupted a lecture by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren have been convicted by a jury. Israel at the U.N.: A Sucker's Game Caroline Glick By going to the U.N., bypassing all previous negotiations, the Palestinians seek to gain a nation that will be born in a state of war with Israel. Is COIN Fantasy Worth the Real-World Cost? Diana West U.S. troops in Afghanistan are urged to make more foot patrols, even though this increases their risk of severe injury from roadside IEDs. The Man Behind The Last Balanced Budgets We Will Ever See Frank Hill Today's budget deficits run close to 42% of annual outlays. In the 1990s when the deficit stood at 21%, Alex McMillan regarded that figure as too high to be ignored. Interview with Former Times Reporter Weinraub Reveals Unfortunate Parallels for Israel Roger Aronoff Palestinian attempts to make a state without establishing peace worryingly echo events from WWII, warns former New York Times writer Bernard Weinraub. Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!