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Biden Says Hillary A Better Choice

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A better veep choice?

Campaigning in New Hampshire, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden says he was not the best choice as Barack Obama’s running mate.
Shockingly, Biden, known for his straight talk (read political pontification blunders) forcefully suggested that Hillary Clinton is qualified to be president of the United States and would have made a better veep candidate.
This, of course, reminds us of the question raised when Obama chose Biden. Why didn’t he even at least consider Clinton as his running mate? Was the primary campaign so acrimonious that he turned his back on what would have been a political slam dunk?
Well, like it or not Sen. Biden, Obama did choose you. And, while you believe Clinton to be more qualified to be vice-president, there are many, myself included, who believe you to be more qualified than John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin.

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September 11, 2008 at 7:22 pm

9/11 Being Remembered In War On Terrorism As Well

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As Americans gather in New York, Shanksville, PA and Washington DC to remember the terrorist attacks of 7 years ago today, American troops are on the ground in Pakistan going for Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda’s throat.
This action, reported by the New York Times, undoubtedly makes Americans feel better about what their government is doing on the war on terror. For the most part, even those who oppose the war in Iraq believe that military action should be stepped up against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, it’s believed that the terrorist organization behind the September 11 attacks has relocated its command and control structure to northern Pakistan.
In the past, the U.S. has largely honored Pakistan’s sovereignty and has worked with that nation’s government in coordinating efforts against al Qaeda and Taliban assets. But now the United States, according to the report, is acting on its own.
This is certain to anger many Pakistanis. And could potentially lead to confrontations between Pakistani and American troops.

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September 11, 2008 at 7:11 pm

Remembering 9/11

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Dr. Udasin

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 will be the focus of the next News Talk Online on Paltalk.com as we pause to remember on the 7th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Joining me to discuss the attacks and their lingering impact will be two physicians and a New York City paramedic who treated the wounded and helped search the pile on Ground Zero for victims of the collapse of the Twin Towers.

Dr. Iris Udasin is an associate professor of environmental and occupational medicine at New Jersey’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She has been treating rescue and recovery workers from the garden state who are suffering illnesses as a result of their exposure to the toxic fumes at the World Trade Center site.

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Emotional Response To Today’s News Talk Online

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WASHINGTON, DC – Two women, guests on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com. From different backgrounds. Different racial backgrounds. Different communities. But tied together by a terrible bond. Both are victims of the illegal immigration crisis in the United States.

One a wife, whose husband has been taken away from her for 11 years. The other, a mother, whose son is gone forever.

Monica Ramos’ husband was a Border Patrol agent. Doing his job in El Paso County, TX near the Rio Grande. Pursuing a drug smuggling illegal alien who had been stopped with nearly 800 pounds of marijuana in his van. Shots had been fired. The suspect pointed something at him. He thought it was a gun. He opened fire. Later, Agent Ignacio Ramos, who had acted in his capacity as a sworn federal law enforcement, was charged criminally with the shooting of this drug dealer. And was sentenced to prison in Mississippi for 11 years.

Ramos had tears in her eyes as she told her story. So did I. So did many of our callers.

This is what we call justice in the United States?

The other woman is Anita Shaw. She is a sergeant in the United States Army. Has done two tours of duty in Iraq. The second tour interrupted by a family tragedy. A tragedy that could have been averted had the system worked.

Her 17-year-old son, a Los Angeles high school football player who rushed for 1,000 yards in one season, was walking home at 8:30 at night when he was accosted and shot dead. Allegedly by a gang member. Another illegal alien.

Anita Shaw says Pedro Espinoza had been arrested three times before her son was murdered. Once for felonious assault. Once for assault on a peace officer. The third time, the day before the shooting. Then released from the county jail. Released to kill a fine young man. Whose mother was overseas, fighting for his nation. Her nation. Our nation. Not the nation of Espinoza, 19, who is now charged with capital murder. He came here illegally, and used what this nation, this land of opportunity, not to better his life, but to rip and run as a gang banger.

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