Posts Tagged ‘Gabrielle Giffords’

Prejudice in the name of human rights

June 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Every week opensecrets.org highlights some group.  This week, in honor of President Obama declaring this month “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month”, opensecrets targeted the Human Rights Campaign: Among them. the Human Rights Campaign, which was founded in 1980 and boasts more than 1 million grassroots supporters, has some of the deepest pockets. During [...]

Armenia: Sacrificing the future to dwell on the past

March 5th, 2010 | No Comments

“Two years ago, I criticized the Secretary of State for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, after he properly used the term ‘genocide’ to describe Turkey’s slaughter of thousands of Armenians starting in 1915. … as President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide.” Sounds simple enough.  Sounds nice enough.  Only problem is [...]