The Raw Story ‘All political violence is committed by the left,’ she says Ann Coulter is at it again. In a discussion with Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera, the loud-mouthed conservative pundit defended protesters rights to bring guns to events where President Barack Obama is speaking, positing that “all political violence is committed by the left.” “I believe it is absolutely, malignantly irresponsible to allow armed people, even if the local ordinance permits, anywhere near the President of the United States,” Rivera declared.

Barack Obama ’s efforts to revive peace talks in the Middle East will come under scrutiny on Tuesday when he hosts a meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu , and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.

As the days go one, it’s becoming ever more apparent that the President’s decision to forgo construction of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic was probably the right one: Call it another revolt of the generals. More than 13 years ago, the nation’s military leaders told civilian defense officials they wanted to limit spending on missile defenses and to emphasize the protection of forces deployed overseas over defense of the American homeland against a long-range missile threat.

By VICTORIA MCGRANE Politico.com cross posted at The Huffington Post Blue Dogs and other conservative Democrats — uneasy with a key element of President Barack Obama’s plan to regulate Wall Street — are rallying around an alternative proposal that scraps the consumer financial protection agency the president has been pushing. Rep. Walt Minnick , a freshman Democrat from Idaho, has floated the new plan.

He who pays the piper calls the tune , and more so with the media. Not surprisingly, after taking over the banks, the automakers, and attempting to take over 17% of the economy with the healthcare bill, now comes this: Obama open to newspaper bailout bill The president said he is “happy to look at” bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as nonprofit businesses.

Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE Thailand’s widely-revered King has been admitted to hospital with a fever. (By boonkumnoun /Flickr) In this Bulletin … – Taliban leaders boast eventual victory in Afghanistan; – Thai King in hospital with fever; and – Three Afghans held over U.S plot. ********************** An online message from the Taliban’s elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, claimed that the Taliban fight against American and NATO troops in Afghanistan is forging ahead like a powerful flood.

WASHINGTON – Seven former CIA directors are asking President Barack Obama to quash Attorney General Eric Holder’s investigation into harsh CIA interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration . The request came in a letter Friday from CIA directors who served both Democratic and Republican presidents, including three who served former President George W. Bush.

President Obama and former president Bush. Look at what’s going on in good ole red Texas. A school district in North Texas is causing a bit of controversy. After refusing to air President Barack Obama ’s “stay in school” speech a couple of weeks ago, the district announced that is sending its students on buses to hear former president George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush at an event at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. The Arlington School District decided not to air Obama’s speech after it caused concern by many students’ parents.

  Another day, another congressional scandal: WASHINGTON — The House ethics panel said Thursday that it is investigating Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat who came under scrutiny for allegedly helping a bank with which she had ties secure a meeting with Treasury Department officials about obtaining bailout funds. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that Ms. Waters allegedly helped OneUnited Bank of Boston get a meeting with Treasury officials to negotiate a $12 million bailout.

Is there any industry that Barack Obama won’t bail out of it’s own incompetence ? Apparently not: Saying he is a “big newspaper junkie,” President Obama expressed hope on Friday that newspapers can find their way through the financial crisis most are now mired in. In an Oval Office interview with editors from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade, the President talked about the vital role journalism and newspapers play in American society.