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Pennsylvania: Richard Nixon

October 6, 2009 - 05:38 am
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Henry Kissinger, War Criminal

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

Hey, did you know that Henry Kissinger was in town yesterday? He said something Jack Kelly wouldn't like (I think - I still can't make heads or tails out of this column). Anyway here's the Trib on Henry's visit:
President Obama should heed the advice of top military advisers and send more troops to Afghanistan, but the United States needs to focus less on setting up a strong central government there, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said during an appearance at Heinz Hall Monday night.
And this is how he's described:
Kissinger served as secretary of State to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford during one of the most tumultuous periods in recent U.

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June 23, 2009 - 09:20 pm
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Nixon On Abortion

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

From the New York Times:
On Jan. 23, 1973, when the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade, President Richard M. Nixon made no public statement. But privately, newly released tapes reveal, he expressed ambivalence.

Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster “permissiveness,” and said that “it breaks the family.” But he also saw a need for abortion in some cases — like interracial pregnancies, he said.

“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding, “Or a rape.”
No no no. The Times gets it wrong.

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May 15, 2009 - 01:18 pm
NEWS FEED: Tony Phyrillas

Nancy Pelosi Water Torture

By TPhyrillas@gmail.com (TONY PHYRILLAS)

Nancy Pelosi saying she is not lying is about as convincing as Richard Nixon claiming he is not a crook. Listening to Nancy Pelosi lie about not being fully briefed by the CIA is the ultimate in torture.

From Investor's Business Daily: The CIA will bite back after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's wild new allegations of a cover-up on terrorist interrogations. When that truth comes out, she'll lose big. It may be the lie that ensnares her. Read the full editorial, "Flailing In Quicksand," at Investor's Business Daily.

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