http://floridapundit.com The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. - Edmund Burke Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/islams-unacceptable-reaction-to-one-mans-dumb-stunt/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/islams-unacceptable-reaction-to-one-mans-dumb-stunt/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:48:59 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4002 Sometimes bizarre events are triggered close to home. Terry Jones, a preacher at a small church in Gainesville, has announced plans to burn copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on Sept. 11, the ninth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. Florida Pundit does not support burning of books. It is a [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/islams-unacceptable-reaction-to-one-mans-dumb-stunt/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/general-petraeus-confirms-deadline-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-is-political/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/general-petraeus-confirms-deadline-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-is-political/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:22:10 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=3597 During the confirmation hearings for General Petraeus assuming command of our forces in Afghanistan, Petraeus skillfully communicated that the deadline for starting the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in July, 2011 is not something any military commander recommended. In his testimony today, Petraeus started chipping away on the deadline that President Obama announced to appease [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/general-petraeus-confirms-deadline-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-is-political/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/general-petraeus-the-best-choice-for-leading-the-war-in-afghanistan/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/general-petraeus-the-best-choice-for-leading-the-war-in-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:14:59 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=3528 President Obama’s today accepted General McChrystal’s resignation after the publication of an article in Rolling Stone magazine in which McChrystal and his staff were critical of administration officials. McChrystal never challenged Obama’s policy and most of the critical comments came from his staff. The subordination of America’s military to elected civilian leadership is an important [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/general-petraeus-the-best-choice-for-leading-the-war-in-afghanistan/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/04/a-debate-on-americas-role-in-the-world/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/04/a-debate-on-americas-role-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:00:20 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=2683 The opposition to President Obama’s leftist policies consist of people that agree on a lot, but who also differ in some respects. The rational opposition consists of conservatives, libertarians and American centrists. Many in the Tea Party movement never were involved in politics before Obamacare and other plans to increase the power of the federal [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/04/a-debate-on-americas-role-in-the-world/feed/ 0 http://floridapundit.com/2010/01/2010-stories-that-will-impact-american-freedom-strength-and-security/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/01/2010-stories-that-will-impact-american-freedom-strength-and-security/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:50:41 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=1291 While none of us can predict the future and unexpected events are bound to develop, the following stories will be significant in their impact on American freedom, strength and security during 2010. Please continue reading this blog during 2010 if any of these topics are of interest to you. 1. Iran: Nuclear Weapons, Resistance to [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/01/2010-stories-that-will-impact-american-freedom-strength-and-security/feed/ 3 http://floridapundit.com/2009/12/great-wartime-leadership-we-shall-never-surrender/ http://floridapundit.com/2009/12/great-wartime-leadership-we-shall-never-surrender/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:35:46 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=791 Winston Churchill’s famous speech rallying Great Britain to fight the Nazis is an interesting contrast to President Obama’s speech announcing a new strategy to fight another evil ideology that advocates killing those who don’t believe in the Taliban’s radical brand of Islam, support for al-Qaeda’s terrorism, implementing worse than Medieval laws, preventing girls from going [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2009/12/great-wartime-leadership-we-shall-never-surrender/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2009/12/the-good-and-bad-of-obamas-speech-on-afghanistan/ http://floridapundit.com/2009/12/the-good-and-bad-of-obamas-speech-on-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:33:52 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=793 After three months of indecision, President Obama is giving General McChrystal 30,000 of the 40,000 troops he requested to fight an anti-insurgency campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. He said that “the common security of the world is at stake” and in the very next sentence announced that we would start withdrawing from [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2009/12/the-good-and-bad-of-obamas-speech-on-afghanistan/feed/ 4