05-09-11: "Why Is It Legal to Shoot Unarmed Bin Laden in the Face, Yet We Cannot Waterboard?" (Plus:Presidential Policy)

Gutsy? by Bill Siegel Since the shooting of bin Laden, President Barack Obama has been described by one word more than any other: Gutsy... * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. Video: FOX News asks "Why Is It Legal to Shoot Unarmed Bin Laden in the Face, Yet We Cannot Waterboard?" 2. Video: U.S. Navy Mother and Restaurant Owner Cited for Flying Too Many Patriotic Flags 3. Video: Just released: Video of OBL Watching Himself on TV 4. Video: Is President Passing Secret Note to Air Force General? 5. Video: How Are Kids Reacting to Osama bin Laden's Death? 6. Video: V.P. Dick Cheney: Waterboarding not torture, reinstate it 7. Video: USS Michael Murphy: Navy SEAL Honored With Warship Bearing His Name 8. Video: Administration Gets Desperate on Immigration 9. Video: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Breaks Out the Pink Handcuffs for Deadbeat Parents 10. Did Naval Burial Ceremony for Bin Laden Curse Jews and Christians, and Confer Pardon and Paradise on the Muslim Mass Murderer? Did the Obama Administration Act Illegally to Fire a CNCS Inspector General? An Interview with Gerald Walpin Ruth King The former Inspector General of the CNCS gives an exclusive interview in which he discusses the bizarre and possibly illegal manner in which he was sacked by the Obama administration. Truth And Consequences Gadi Adelman With continuing back and forth over the administration's accounts of bin Laden's execution, are we losing sight of the bigger picture in relation to the threat of terrorism? Peak in Presidential Polls Shows America Wants Peace Through Strength Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Carafano, PhD The raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed was favoured by the public, but is the administration really prepared to push forward the defense of America? Judgment at Amsterdam Edward Cline Geert Wilders is on trial in the Netherlands for telling the truth about Islam. His moral outlook is being assailed, like that of the judge in the 1961 movie "Judgment at Nuremberg." Did Naval Burial Ceremony for Bin Laden Curse Jews and Christians, and Confer Pardon and Paradise on the Muslim Mass Murderer? Andrew Bostom Anneke Green has a disturbing analysis in the Washington Times which indicates the very likely specifics of the burial ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson-repeatedly noted by witless counter-terrorism czar John Brennan to be in strict "conformance to Islamic requirements"-for pious Muslim jihadist Osama Bin Laden, orchestrator of the mass murder of Americans on 9/11/2001. Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. Robed Muslim Clerics Kicked Off U.S. Flight After Pilot Refuses To Take Off With Them (And They Were En Route To Conference On Islamophobia (DAILY MAIL) 2. Navy Authorizes Chaplains to Perform Same-Sex ‘Marriages' in Naval Chapels (CNS) 3. Arizona Seeks Online Donations to Build Border Fence (FOX) 4. Unemployment Back Up at 9% (BLOOMBERG) 5. Housing crash is getting worse (WSJ) 6. Crashed Copter Sparks Concern About Secrets (WSJ) 7. Obama's national security team was sharply divided over Osama bin Laden raid (WAPO) 8. Bush-era leaders greet OBL raid with mixed Obama reviews (CNN) 9. Your monthly gasoline bill: $368 (CNN) 10. Fannie Mae seeks $8.5 billion more in federal aid (AP) Osama's Death & The New York Times' Man in Libya Moshe Phillips Is the New York Times' Libyan correspondent really an objective reporter, or does he relate too closely to Islamist causes? The Pakistani Pit of Deception Alan Caruba If the nation of Pakistan were an individual, it would be diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic... Holder vs. Holder Andrew McCarthy When it comes to terrorists, the Attorney General is at odds with himself. Thrice! Taking Cancer to the Mat Paul Driessen An author whose daughter has leukemia discusses the inspirational role model of a young man who confronted death not once, not Twice, but three times, with a "never surrender" attitude. Inmates Will Retain Control of Tehran's Insane Asylum Lt. Colonel James Zumwalt, USMC (ret) Iran's president is apparently being ousted by the Supreme Leader. With accusations of sorcery flying about, the Iranian government seems more like a lunatic asylum... Iran: The Purge of the Hojatieh Society Showdown in the Shia Corridors of Power Gary H. Johnson, Jr. A row has broken out between Iran's president and its Supreme Leader, and now the president's supporters are accused of sorcery. Medievalism and madness meet head-on... Sharia and Moderate Muslims Dave Gaubatz America has many people described as moderate Muslims, but what is a moderate Muslim? Can a moderate Muslim pick and choose which aspects of Sharia he or she should follow? Mahmoud Abbas: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Victor Sharpe The leader of the Palestinian Authority is a scion of Yasser Arafat's terrorist PLO, who does not want Jews living in any future Palestinian territory. The media portrays him as a peace-broker. Trustees and Honorees Marilyn Penn The row over CUNY's decision to award anti-Israel playwright Tony Kushner an honorary degree continues. Kushner's comments about ethnic cleansing suggest Israel commits genocide. Terrorists Still on the Loose Cliff Kincaid The death of bin Laden should now cause the media to ask the president and Attorney General if they are now going to bring other fugitive terrorists to justice. Osama and al-Qaeda's Planned Attacks Revealing, Say Security Experts Jim Kouri, CPP The thumb drives, computers and other digital media retrieved from bin Laden's compound show strategic plans of al-Qaeda. The PLO's Desperate Defenders Caroline Glick No less significant than the HAMAS-FATAH pact itself are the lengths the Left is going to, to obfuscate and belittle the importance of what happened. Obama Energy Policies Running Out of Gas Roger Aronoff The unelected EPA was given power to regulate alleged man-made global warming. The administration has only added hot air to the greenhouse gases, but American energy problems remain. Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!