Ross Kemp BACK in Afghanistan

The Times: Reports on the return to Afghanistan of Ross Kemp, actor turned Award Winning Documentary Maker. Hat off to Mr Kemp, not sure I would have the courage to go on foot patrols in Afghanistan, Mr Kemp shows the real side of the War in Afghanistan.

Obama and Rendition

LA Times: Reports that President Obama has authorized the CIA to follow its practice of rendition of terrorists. My estimation of President Obama has gone up, it shows that the President does get the fact that there is a War on Terror. The United States Government has to get its hands dirty as to protect the American Citizen. Those on the left in Europe care more about the rights of the terrorists than the rights of the law abiding citizen not to be killed by terrorists. Hat off to President Obama.

History, Watergate and Frost/Nixon

The New York Times: Has an interesting article on a scholarly debate about the Watergate Tapes of Richard Nixon. There is nothing like a fight between historians, politicians think they hold grudges, its nothing when it comes to Historians, as readers of this blog might notice my views of the Liberal New York Times is not great, well there is a caveat to that, their reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan is great; because we both agree on the Issue. When it comes to history have just finished Frost/Nixon by David Frost with Bob Zelnick, excellent background to the Frost/Nixon interviews and the Interviews themselves. Also has great Transcripts of the Interviews. If you seen the great Play Frost/Nixon and are waiting to see the Film by Ron Howard, would be worth the time to read this book, will place the interviews in their context when you watch the film.

The Washington Post and the Obama Economic Plan

The Washington Post: Interesting Editorial from the Liberal Post on the Obama Economic Plan, the article states that Obama should show leadership by making the Democratic Leadership on the Hill remove the Pork from the Economic Plan; just as Obama has been critical of big business of late; the WP states the following, " Now the president should make the same demand on those in Congress, including leaders of his own party, who are cluttering his fiscal stimulus plan with extraneous and counterproductive provisions. " It should be noted that this blog noted before the Inauguration that Obama was naive to think that the Hill would not place Congressional Pork in his Economic Plan. The White House should have come out with a simple plan, not allowed the Democrats on the Hill to think this is Happy Hour for Democrats. If Obama cant not get Republican support he will own the Bill, if it works he gets all the credit if it does not work then he cant blame any one but himself, will he be another Jimmy Carter Mark 11 ?. It really depends does Obama want to be Carter or Reagan.

No Republican Support for Obama ?

Yahoo! News: Reports that Republican Senators have problems with the Obama Economic Plan. This is the time for Republicans to return to the Agenda of Ronald Reagan, Small Government, Tax Cuts and a big Defence Spending. The Obama Plan will take to long and is more about welfare for out of work workers. The Democrats need there to be poor people, Republicans want people to get rich, the Republicans are following an old lesson, if you teach a man to fish he can fish for himself and the community, if you give him fish he and the community do not benefit in the long term. In modern language, welfare in the long term creates poor out of work people, tax cuts and helping people to helm themselves grows the civic community. Follow the Reagan Path Republicans.