Crimes Against Liberty

by David Limbaugh

  58 Scott Gottlieb, “What Doctors and Patients Have to Lose Under Obamacare,” The Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2009; available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704254604574613992408387548.html [accessed July 2, 2010].

  59 Ben Domenech, “Obama Nominee Donald Berwick’s Radical Agenda,” RedState.com, May 12. 2010; available at: http://www. redstate.com/ben_domenech/2010/05/12/obama-nominee-donald-berwick%E2%80%99s-radical-agenda/ [accessed July 2, 2010].

  60 Robert M. Goldberg, “The Fix Is In,” The American Spectator, April 26, 2010; available at: http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/26/the-fix-is-in [accessed July 2, 2010].

  61 Joseph Ashby, ‘“Death Panel,’ is Not in the Bill . . . it already exists,” The American Thinker, August 15, 2009; available at: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/death_panel_is_not_in_the_bill.html [accessed July 2, 2010].

  62 Michael D. Tanner, “The Mythology of Health Care Reform,” op. cit.

  63 Matt Patterson, “Obamacare Would Drive Doctors Out of Business,” The National Center for Policy Analysis, March 2010; available at: http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA606.html [accessed July 2, 2010].

  64 Betsy McCaughey, “Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan,” Bloomberg, February 9, 2009; available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs [accessed July 2, 2010].

  65 Joseph Ashby, “‘Death Panel’ is Not in the Bill . . . It Already Exists,” op. cit.

  Chapter 13

  1 “Obama: America a Superpower ‘Whether We Like It or Not,’” FOX News, April 15, 2010; available at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/15/obama-america-superpower-like/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  2 “Brian Ross and Rehab El-Buri, “Obama’s Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11,” ABC News, March 13, 2008; available at: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/DemocraticDebate/story?id=4443788&page=1 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  3 Mark Finkelstein, “Obama’s Spiritual Guide: ‘God Damn America, ’” NewsBusters.org, March 13, 2008; available at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/03/13/could-mccain-be-candidate-pastor-obamas-god-damn-america-wright [accessed July 6, 2010].

  4 Ronald Kessler, “Barack Obama’s Racist Church,” Newsmax.com, January 7, 2008; available at: http://www.newsmax.com/Ronald-Kessler/Obama-Church-Racism/2008/01/07/id/322582 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  5 Ed Lasky, “Barack Obama and Israel, “ American Thinker, January 16, 2008; available at: http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/barack_obama_and_israel.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  6 David Squires, “Rev. Jeremiah Wright Discusses President Obama and Jews,” Hampton Roads Daily Press, June 10, 2009; available at: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_wright_0610jun10,0,7603283.story [accessed July 6, 2010].

  7 Tim Graham, “ABC: Obama’s Race Speech Doesn’t Match Year of Wright Spin,” Newsbusters.org, March 20, 2008; available at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/03/20/abc-obamas-race-speech-doesnt-match-year-wright-spin [accessed July 6, 2010].

  8 Jodi Kantor, “Disinvitation by Obama is Criticized,” The New York Times, March 6, 2007; available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06obama.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  9 Jake Tapper, “Just What Did Obama Know about Wright’s Past Sermons?” ABC News, March 15, 2008; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/just-what-did-o.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  10 Michael D. Shear, “At West Point, Obama Talks Up Security Strategy,” Washington Post, May 23, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/22/AR2010052201586.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  11 “Obama Call for ‘International Order’ Raises Questions About U.S. Sovereignty,” FOX News, May 24, 2010; available at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/24/obama-international-order-raises-questions-sovereignty/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  12 “On World Stage, Obama Uses Podium to Express Regret,” FOX News, May 12, 2009; available at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/12/world-stage-obama-uses-podium-express-regret/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  13 Karl Rove, “The President’s Apology Tour,” The Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2009; available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124044156269345357.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  14 Jake Tapper, “US Cites AZ Immigration Law During Human Rights Talks with China, Conservatives Call It An Apology,” ABC News, May 17, 2010; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/arizona-immigration-law-human-rights-china-conservatives-apology.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  15 2009 Report on Mexico, Amnesty International, http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/mexico/report-2009 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  16 Jared E. Peterson, “Is This Just a Nightmare, or Did It Really Happen?” American Thinker, May 24, 2010; available at: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/is_this_just_a_nightmare_or_di.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  17 “NIE Report: Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program Years Ago,” ABC News, December 3, 2007; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/12/nie-report-iran.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  18 David E. Sanger, “Iran Deal Would Slow Making of Nuclear Bombs,” The New York Times, October 21, 2009; available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/middleeast/22nuke.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1278424844-ovMChEMk+/ Y2Zpau77V3vw. [accessed July 6, 2010].

  19 Editors, “Diplomatic Rubes,” Investors Business Daily, October 30, 2009.

  20 Gregg Easterbrook, “What Will Iran Do with Nuclear Weapons?” Reuters, April 22, 2010; available at: http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/2010/04/22/what-will-iran-do-with-nuclear-weapons-probably-nothing/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  21 “Clinton Warns Iran, N. Korea About Nuclear Ambitions,” CBC News, July 22, 2009; available at: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/22/clinton-iran-north-korea.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  22 Ross Calvin, “Obama Says He Wants Progress with Iran by Year’s End,” Reuters, May 18, 2009; available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE54H4QX20090518 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  23 Hossein Jaseb, “Iran’s Ahmadinejad Dismisses West’s Year-end Deadline,” Reuters, December 22, 2009; available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL0J420091222 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  24 Jonathan Tobin, “Obama’s Iran Deadline Gets Thrown Down the Memory Hole,” Commentary Magazine, Contentions Blog, January 8, 2010; available at: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/tobin/213746 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  25 “Iran Accepts Clinton Non-deadline on Nuke Talks,” China Daily, January 5, 2010; available at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-01/05/content_9269641.htm [accessed July 6, 2010].

  26 Massimo Calabresi , “To Obama’s Piles of Woes, Add a Failing Iran Policy,” Time.com, January 25 2010; available at: http://www.time.com/time/world/article10,8599,1956075,00.htm [accessed July 7, 2010].

  27 Charles Krauthammer, “Iran’s Revolution, Obama’s Shame: The President has hung the democratic movement out to dry,” New York Daily News, December 25, 2009; available at: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/12/25/2009-12-25_irans_revolution_ obamas_shame.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  28 “Iran’s ‘New Deal’ on its Nuclear Stockpile: A Real Turkey,” The Heritage Foundation, The Foundry, May 17, 2010; available at: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/17/iran%E2%80%99s-new-deal-on-its-nuclear-stockpile-a-real-turkey/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  29 Editorial, “Obama’s Diplomatic Flop,” The Washington Times, June 10, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/10/obamas-diplomatic-flop/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  30 Fouad Ajami, “The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama,” The Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2009; available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703499404574558300500152682.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  31 Miret el Naggar and Margaret Talev, “Muslim Praise for Obama Dries Up a Year After Cairo Speech,” McClatchy Newspapers, June 3, 2010; available at: http://www.mcclatchydc
.com/2010/06/03/95317/muslim-praise-for-obama-dries.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  32 Fouad Ajami, “The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama,”op. cit.

  33 Ben Feller, Associated Press, “Obama Defends Venezuela Position At America’s Summit,” Huffington Post, April 19, 2009; available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/19/obama-defends-venezuela-p_n_188730.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  34 Jake Tapper, “Chavez Gifts Obama With Book That Assails U.S. for Exploiting Latin America,” ABC News, Political Punch, April 18, 2009; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/chavez-gifts-ob.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  35 “Obama Endures Ortega Diatribe,” FOX News, April 18, 2009; available at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/18/obama-endures-ortega-diatribe/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  36 Helen Murphy and Joshua Goodman, “Obama Gets History Lesson from Latin American Leaders,” Bloomberg, April 18, 2009; available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aun_fNO0161g [accessed July 6, 2010].

  37 “Chavez Predicts Failure in Copenhagen Summit and Criticizes Obama,” Reuters, December 18, 2009.

  38 “Biden Questions Vote but Sticks to Policy on Iran,” New York Times, June 14, 2009; available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/world/middleeast/15diplo.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  39 Mark Memmott, “McCain: Obama Needs To Condemn ‘Sham, Corrupt Election’ In Iran,” NPR.org, June 16, 2009; available at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/mccain_us_needs_to_condemn_sha.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  40 Nile Gardiner, “The Iranian Election: Barack Obama’s Cowardly Silence,” The Telegraph, June 15, 2009; available at: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/10063438/the_iranian_election_barack_obamaas_cowardly_silence/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  41 Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, “Iran’s Khamenei rejects U.S. outreach,” The Washington Post, November 4, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110301397.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  42 “Honduras Votes Against Manuel Zelaya Reinstatemen,” Times Online, December 3, 2009; available at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6942029.ece [accessed July 6, 2010].

  43 “Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya Begins Exile,” BBC, January 28, 2010; available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8484181.stm [accessed July 6, 2010].

  44 David Saltonstall, “London aghast at President Obama over gifts given to Prime Minister Brown,” New York Daily News, March 7, 2009; available at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/03/06/2009-03-06_london_aghast_at_president_obama_over_gi.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  45 Tim Shipman, “Barack Obama ‘too tired’ to Give Proper Welcome to Gordon Brown,” The Sunday Telegraph, March 7, 2009; available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  46 Patrick Wintour, “Barack Obama Snubs Gordon Brown Over Private Talks,” The Guardian, September 24, 2009; available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/23/barack-obama-gordon-brown-talks [accessed July 6, 2010].

  47 Nile Gardiner, “Does Obama Have it in for Britain?” Daily Mail, December 9, 2009; available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1234291/NILE-GARDINER-Does-Obama-Britain.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  48 Jennifer Carlile, “Brits Blame Obama as BP-linked Pensions Plummet,” MSNBC, June 10, 2010; available at: http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/10/4490597-brits-blame-obama-as-bp-linked-pensions-plummet [accessed July 6, 2010].

  49 Alex Singleton, “On Foreign Relations,” The London Daily Telegraph , April 11, 2010.

  50 Charles Bremner, “Barack and Michelle Obama Decline Dinner with the Sarkozys,” Times Online, June 5, 2009; available at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6434141.ece [accessed July 6, 2010].

  51 Bruce Crumley, “Sarkozy’s Comments On Leaders Draw Shock, Denial,” Time, April 18, 2009; available at: http://time.com/time/world/article/o,1892375,00.html.

  52 Charles Bremner, “Barack and Michelle Obama Decline Dinner with the Sarkozys,” op. cit.

  53 D.K. Jamaal, “Ouch! French President Sarkozy slams ‘naïve’ Obama for living in ‘virtual world’ on Iran,” San Francisco Examiner, September 26, 2009; available at: http://www.examiner.com/x-19823-PostPartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d26-OUCH-French-Pres-Sarkozy-slams-naive-Obama-for-living-in-virtual-world-on-Iran [accesed July 6, 2010].

  54 Ibid.

  55 Jake Tapper, “Sources Say Sarkozy Finds Obama’s Iran Policy ‘Arrogant, ’ Utterly Immature,’” ABC News Political Punch, October 28, 2008; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/sources-say-sar.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  56 “Avertible Catastrophe,” Financial Post, June 26, 2010; available at: http://www.financialpost.com/Avertible+catastrophe/3203808/ story.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  57 Swapan Dasgupta, “Arrogant Obama Alienates Friends,” The New Delhi Daily Pioneer, April 11, 2010; available at: http://www.daily-pioneer.com/248392/Arrogant-Obama-alienates-friends.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  Chapter 14

  1 See the dossier on Khalidi at http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1347 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  2 P. J. Gladnick, “LA Times Publishes Excuses for Not Releasing Khalid Video,” Newsbusters.org, October 31, 2008; available at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/10/31/la-times-publishes-excuses-not-releasing-khalidi-video [accessed July 6, 2010].

  3 Peter Wallsten, “Allies of Palestinians See a Friend in Obama,” Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2008; available at: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/10/nation/na-obamamideast10. [accessed July 6, 2010].

  4 Aaron Klein, “Obama Church Published Hamas Terror Manifesto,” WorldNetDaily, March 20, 2008; available at: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=59456 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  5 Steve Gilbert, “Obama Church Did Pro-Hezbollah Article,” Sweetness & Light Blog, May 11, 2008; available at: http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-church-published-pro-hezbollah-articles [accessed July 6, 2010].

  6 Ed Laski, “Barack Obama and Israel,” American Thinker, January 16, 2008.

  7 Noel Sheppard, “Will Media Report Anti-Semitic Article at Obama’s Website?” NewsBusters, June 8, 2008; available at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/06/08/will-media-report-anti-semitic-article-obamas-website [accessed July 6, 2010].

  8 See: Organizing for America, http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/search?q=jewish+lobby [accessed July 6, 2010].

  9 Jeff Dunetz, “National Security Adviser Jones: Jews Are Greedy Merchants,” RedState.com, April 26, 2010; available at: http://www.redstate.com/jeffdunetz/2010/04/26/national-security-adviser-jones-jews-are-greedy-merchants/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  10 “Obama Authorizes $20 Million in Aid to Gaza Palestinians,” Voice of America, January 30, 2009; available at: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-01-30-voa17-68810337.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  11 Aaron Klein, “Obama ‘Guarantees’ West Bank Withdrawal,” WorldNetDaily.com, February 2, 2009; available at: http://www.wnd.com/index.php/news/index.php/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=87860 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  12 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, “US Ducks Bush Support for Jewish Cities in Yesha,” Israel International News, June 3, 2009; available at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131687 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  13 “U.S. to pledge $900 million for Gaza rebuild,” MSNBC.com, February 23, 2009; available at: http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/23/2468615-us-to-pledge-900-million-for-gazarebuild [accessed July 6, 2010].

  14 James Phillips, “The Gaza Aid Package: Time to Rethink U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Palestinians,” The Heritage Foundation, March 9, 2009.

  15 Marcia Kramer, “Jewish Leaders Blast Clinton Over Israel Criticism,” WCBSTV.com, February 27, 2009; available a
t: http://wcbstv. com/national/hillary.clinton.israel.2.945238.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  16 “United States rejoins U.N. rights council,” USA Today, March 4, 2009; available at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-03-04-rights-council_N.htm [accessed July 6, 2010].

  17 Jason Koutsoukis, “Obama’s Stance Worries Israelis,” The Age, April 18, 2009; available at: http://www.theage.com.au/world/obamas-stance-worries-israelis-20090417-aa90.html [accessed July 6, 2010].

  18 Karin Laub, “Obama Envoy: Two-State Solution is Only Solution,” Associated Press, April 17, 2009.

  19 Aaron Klein, “Obama will ‘Quickly” Give Palestinians State,” WorldNetDaily, April 17, 2009; available at: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=95231 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  20 Akiva Eldar, “U.S.: Palestinians need not recognize Israel as Jewish state before talks,” Haaretz.com, April 19, 2009; available at: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-palestinians-need-not-recognize-israel-as-jewish-state-before-talks-1.274334 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  21 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, “U.S.: Syria and Israel Must Talk; Syrian FM Praises Ahmadinejad,” Arutz Sheva, April 25, 2009; available at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131026 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  22 “White House Links Iran Nukes to Palestinian State,” Israel Today, May 4. 2009; available at: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=18709 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  23 Eli Lake, “Exclusive: Secret U.S. - Israel Nuclear Accord in Jeopardy,” The Washington Times, May 6, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/06/us-weighs-forcing-israel-to-disclose-nukes/ [accessed July 6, 2010].

  24 Louis Charbonneau, “U.S. and other big powers back Mideast nuclear arms ban,” Reuters, May 5, 2010; available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6443YG20100505 [accessed July 6, 2010].

  25 Caroline Glick, “Obama’s Green Light to Attack Iran,” The Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2009; available at: http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=141612 [accessed July 6, 2010].