Former MN Governor Tim Pawlenty To Announce Exploratory Committee Today

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will take to his Facebook page today at 3PM ET to announce an exploratory committee to seek the Republican nomination for president. You have to “like” Pawlenty in Facebook to receive the message.

Pawlenty confirmed his plans on a conference call with supporters Monday morning. He said he will file the paperwork for the exploratory committee today, adding that he expects a full announcement of a presidential run will “come soon enough.”

Pawlenty will be the third candidate – and the first seen as a legitimate contender for the nomination – to announce an exploratory …

Obama Working To Convince Arab World Libya Action Doesn’t Exceed UN Mandate

President Obama, contrary to what conservative attackers are promoting, isn’t vacationing in Rio, but rather continuing with senior officials to reach out to the Arab world to convince shore up support for the Libya action, and to convince Arab nations that the UN mandate is not being exceeded.

The senior officials described the Obama team’s phone calls as making clear to the Arab League that bombing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s air defenses falls within the U.N. Security Council resolution’s scope of imposing a no-fly zone and taking “all necessary measures” to stop the dictator from attacking civilians in his …

True Freedom Also Means Personal Freedom

As we watch the fight for freedom around the world, what about your personal freedom? Blissologist KB from ktotheb.com did this video especially for liberaland.
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Are We On A Humanitarian Mission In Libya Or In The Middle Of A Civil War?

What are your thoughts? Comment below. (Pictured: A Qaddafi supporter does evening prayers as smoke rises from a burning oil refinery.)…

Libya Declares New Ceasefire; Arab Concern That Allies Exceeding UN Mandate

Libya has declared a second ceasefire as allied forces hit Tripoli destroying a building in Muammar Qaddafi’s residence.

As warplanes took off from Italian bases and anti-aircraft guns roared in the Libyan capital, Kadhafi’s army announced a new ceasefire Sunday, saying it was heeding an African Union call for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

But the United States accused Tripoli of lying about the ceasefire or breaching it immediately.

And United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a swift reaction: “I sincerely hope and urge the Libyan authorities to keep their word.

“They have been continuing to attack the …

SecDef Gates Says “Primary Responsiblily” For Libya To Be Turned Over “In A Matter Of Days”

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Muammar Qaddafi is not the primary target in Libya, that our goals are limited by the UN resolution, and that our plan is to turn over “primary responsibility” in leading the action “in a matter of days.”

The coalition with the U.K., France and Arab countries relies on the terms laid out in the UN Security Council resolution adopted last week, Gates told reporters traveling with him to Russia today on a trip he delayed yesterday so he could monitor the start of “Operation Odyssey Dawn.” The resolution backed military action to prevent Qaddafi from …

Palin In India Says She Won’t Bash Obama While Abroad; Then Bashes Him

Claiming she wouldn’t criticize the president while overseas, Sarah Palin went on to bash him.

Pressed in a much tougher question-and-answer session than Palin has recently allowed herself to be subjected to during appearances in the U.S, the former Alaska governor told conference attendees at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi that Obama had not shown enough conviction in executing a strategy in Libya.

Asked how she would have handled the Libyan uprising had she been president, Palin told India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie: “I won’t criticize what [Obama's] foreign policy has been. But certainly there would have …

U.S. In Three Wars In Muslim World; Not One Of Them Declared

Liberal Democrats are rightly concerned that we are now in three wars in Muslim countries and, like the others, the latest strikes against Libya did not follow a war resolution by Congress; nor was Congress consulted on the latest conflict.

Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Donna Edwards (Md.), Mike Capuano (Mass.), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Rob Andrews (N.J.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) “all strongly raised objections to the constitutionality of the president’s actions” during that call, said two Democratic lawmakers who took part.

Kucinich, who wanted to bring impeachment articles …

Qaddafi Sees Attack As “Christian Crusade”; Promises “A Long War”

Now that U.S. and allied forces have fired on Tripoli, Libya’s leader says he is ready, and the war will be long, and sees the attack in religious terms.

Vowing that Libyans will fight to the death as martyrs but ultimately be victorious, Qaddafi proclaimed, “This is the best moment in our life. We are going to be victorious in every town in Libya. We will fight, we will target any traitor who is co-operating with the Americans or Christian crusade.”

He called the international coalition serving to enforce United Nations Resolution 1973 the “New Crusade.”

“All nations …

Sarah Palin On Why Obama Won: “I Wasn’t At The Top Of The Ticket, Remember?”

Showing little gratitude for John McCain, without whom Sarah Palin would still be in Alaska as a little-known, or former, governor, Sarah Palin told India Today that the reason Republicans lost was that she didn’t head the ticket. She attributed Obama’s win to being the change candidate.

Pressed by India Today editor Aroon Purie that she also represented change, Palin replied, “I wasn’t at the top of the ticket, remember?”

The 2008 vice presidential nominee said she was not claiming she should have been the nominee over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), but her comments provide a glimpse of her …

Franklin Graham: Japan Disaster Could Mean Second Coming

Evangelist Franklin Graham says the tragedy in Japan could signal the second coming of Christ, at the same time blasting the media for hyping fear.

Opening with a quick recap of this century’s disasters– Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, the tsunami in Indonesia– the host asked Graham just how worried the world should be that these are the end times. Graham replied that the signs are clearly there, that wars and famine and earthquakes are precisely what would indicate the end of the world. “It would be like labor pains,” he explained, “and as a woman gives birth …