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Greg Gutfeld

Daily Gut: Jackson, Iran RIP

by Greg Gutfeld

Michael Jackson is dead.

I get why this is news, and on a very deep level, why it’s important to a lot of people. But I hope soon we all make room for the things that are equally as important. Michael Jackson’s death doesn’t mean we should forget Neda’s.

Millions of Iranians who were risking their lives – hoping that we might act in solidarity- are now temporarily rendered irrelevant and unwatched by the world, because of the coverage of the death of a superstar. (more…)

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Posted Jun 26th 2009 at 11:44 am in Daily Gut | 2 Comments

Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI)

Her Name Was Neda: A Generational Chance for Freedom

by Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI)


Her name was Neda. In Farsi, it means “the voice.” True to her name, she loved music; sought freedom; and she’s dead – shot down in the streets by the Iranian regime’s state sanctioned murderers. She must not have died in vain.

Today, Iranians and Americans face a generational chance for freedom – one that ensures a rogue regime’s implosion prevents a nuclear confrontation.

Regrettably, our president’s “post-American” foreign policy presumes talk can thaw the murderous mullahs’ hearts and attain a “grand bargain” for peace in our time; consequently, while Iranians demanded their freedom from a barbarous regime, the president vapidly opined: “It is up to Iranians to make decisions about who Iran’s leaders will be… We respect Iranian sovereignty.” (more…)

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Posted Jun 23rd 2009 at 6:39 pm in Military, News, Politics | 13 Comments