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AMAZING! THEY EVEN BEAT THE DEMOCRATS IN BLAMING THE U.S.

2009-06-26T09:31:00.001-07:00

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iran.ambassador/

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The United States may have been behind the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old Iranian woman whose fatal videotaped shooting Saturday made her a symbol of opposition to the June 12 presidential election results, the country's ambassador to Mexico said Thursday.

Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, was shot to death in Tehran on Saturday.

"This death of Neda is very suspicious," Ambassador Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri said. "My question is, how is it that this Miss Neda is shot from behind, got shot in front of several cameras, and is shot in an area where no significant demonstration was behind held?"

He suggested that the CIA or another intelligence service may have been responsible.

"Well, if the CIA wants to kill some people and attribute that to the government elements, then choosing women is an appropriate choice, because the death of a woman draws more sympathy," Ghadiri said.

TO PHOTO WALK

2008-12-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH

2008-11-03T16:17:00.001-08:00

Breitbart has it right.

I have a dark secret to tell before the election so that it's on the record. It's something that is difficult to say to certain friends, peers, family and, lately, many fellow conservatives.

I still like George W. Bush. A lot.

For starters, I am convinced he is a fundamentally decent man, even though I have read otherwise at the Huffington Post.

President Bush is far smarter, more articulate and less ideological than his plentiful detractors scream, and, ultimately, he will be judged by history - not by vengeful Democrats, hate-filled Hollywood, corrupt foreign governments, an imploding mainstream media or fleeting approval ratings.

George W. Bush is history's president, a man for whom the long-term success or failure of democracy in Iraq will determine his place in history. He may end up a victim of his own tough choices, but the cheerleading for his demise when Iraq's outcome is yet determined has hurt America and possibly set up the next president for the same appalling partisan response.

The fact that the United States has not been attacked since Sept. 11, 2001, far exceeds the most wishful expert predictions of the time. Perhaps facing another al Qaeda-led barrage would have reinforced our need for national unity, caused us to recognize the gravity of the Islamist threat and fortified Mr. Bush's standing at home and abroad.

Yet, thankfully, that never happened. And Mr. Bush has been punished for this obvious success.

By most accounts, al Qaeda is reeling from the damage inflicted by our efforts against the once-thriving terror network. Yet reflexive enemies of the president - including Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee - shamefully mock him for not having caught Osama bin Laden.

It's a playground taunt from the same people who never seriously advocated for a strong military foray into the regions where bin Laden could have been caught. These Daily Kos armchair generals also rhetorically ask why we don't invade North Korea or Saudi Arabia. Yet no one takes this hypothetical warmongering seriously, or expects a President Obama to go on the offense in any of these conveniently preferable hot spots. It's meant to hurt, not help, the president.

While President Bush has been marshaling a multinational force to take on modernity's enemies in foreign lands, the American left has decided to go to war against not only Republicans but also moderate Democrats.

Bush hatred was a fait accompli.

Back in November 2000, when Al Gore contested Florida and the demonizing of George Bush began full-bore ("President Select," "Bush Chimp," "the illegitimate president"), I told Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund, "You watch, the Democratic Party will never grant Bush his humanity, and they will never let up."

And they never did.

The Democratic Party chose to send a clear message that the impeachment of President Clinton incurred by the newly minted Republican-led Congress and the upstart new media - talk radio and the Internet - would be countered by unprecedented partisan fury.

The media will shape "the truth" that Democrats were always behind the initial Afghanistan effort or were poised to grudgingly accept the president whom they previously mocked as "illegitimate."

But those brave liberals who stood by the president were mostly a small minority, and all of them have since been excommunicated for their apostasy.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and actor Ron Silver were presented as cautionary tales to left-of-center politicians and public figures who would lend support to a wartime Republican president.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who was described as the "conscience of the Senate" when he ran for vice president with Al Gore in 2000, was summarily dismissed from the Democratic Party for dissenting over one thing.

And the youth movement that is fueling Obama-mania is riddled with minds that do not have the perspective of what happened before Mr. Bush, and why the media and the Democratic Party have stood against Mr. Bush and his motivations from the word go.

Much of Mr. Bush's 28 precent approval rating is born not of "failed policies" - of which there are many - but of the ill-gotten gains pilfered from a pre-Bush inauguration strategy to send the message to Republicans that the Democrats play politics harder and better.

Mr. Obama said it best: "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."

I don't think Albert Einstein could have devised an equation to guide the leader of the free world during the wildly tumultuous post-9/11 realities without a modicum of help from the opposition party and the vast majority of the print and electronic media.

Right now, America appears to be leaning toward electing a man for whom popularity is a paramount concern. That means he must trust the American media and the American electorate to guide him to difficult decisions, not the other way around.

The American people pay closer attention to "Survivor: Gabon" than to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Yet the majority will soon have a greater say in how we proceed in the war on terror. We are headed to the "American Idol" presidency. The last thing I want is my text vote on the financial crisis to have a say on how we proceed.

If Barack Obama is elected the next president of the United States on Tuesday, I hope the Republican Party and conservatives take the higher road. The republic cannot handle another four years of undeclared civil war while we have real enemies out there to fight.

FROM VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

2008-10-29T14:56:00.001-07:00

In the National Review Online:

The Messianic Style [Victor Davis Hanson]

Individually, the extra-electoral efforts are irrelevant. But in the aggregate, they start to add up. In 1996 Obama goes to court, challenges the petition signatures of mostly African-American voters, and gets all his rivals eliminated from the ballot and so de facto runs unopposed.

In 2004 sealed divorce records were strangely released destroying the chances of his chief Democratic rival Blair Hull; then in the general, lightning again struck, and Republican front-runner Jack Ryan's sealed divorce records were likewise mysteriously released—and he too crashed, in effect, leaving Obama without a serious primary or general election rival.

In this campaign, Acorn galvanizes to register voters and almost immediately runs into serial charges of voter registration fraud. Now an Obama ad runs asking Americans simply to take the day off to help get out the Obama vote: apparently American businesses, universities, and the government all are supposed to sacrifice hundreds of millions of dollars in lost collective work days to subsidize the Obama campaign in order "to change history"?

When one marries all that with the swarming of radio stations when someone like Stanley Kurtz goes on, the threats to go to court to stop ads, or the blacklisting of TV stations who dared to conduct tough interviews, the same old pattern reappears of by any means necessary. And in turn the explanation for all that?

The messianic style—the cosmic tug to "change history", or stop the seas from rising or the planet from heating, juxtaposed with the creepy faux-Greek columns, Michelle's "deign to enter" politics snippet, the fainting at rallies, the Victory Column mass address, the vero possumus presidential seal, and the 'we are the change we've been waiting for' mantra—reflects the omnipresent narcissism: the exalted ends of electing a prophet always justify the often crude and all too mortal means.

If this is considered 'right', I'd rather be wrong with McCain.

LIPSTICK AND ALL THAT

2008-09-10T14:46:00.001-07:00

So the little Messiah wasn't referring to Sarah Palin huh?

Who believes him? No one. His audience figured it out immediately. The shouted out "No hockey Mom."

And now the empty suit himself is offended that anyone would question his motives. This guy is not just a lying, hack Chicago pol. He has more brass than a Kansas City fire engine!

How about this Barry Hussein Obama: You can dress up the community agitator, but he is still just an empty suit. But of course I don't mean you. Oh no, of course not. How dare you think so.

Or how about: You can send your old lady out there to choke on the words that she loves her own country, but she is still just a loudmouthed, uppity radical. But of course I don't mean the lovely, flag waving Michelle. Hell no.

These people are through. Their true anti-American, lying, it's all about me attitudes are finally being exposed to the country at large. Even their apologists in the MSM can't ignore the air rushing our of the balloon.

My only hope is they keep up their vicious, typically left wing, Democratic tactics. Every time they open their mouths we add to our victory.

This is for you BO:

Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama

2008-09-01T07:46:00.001-07:00

After Charles Krauthammer, who is a better writer and analyst than Gerard Baker? This is from his Times On Line article (HT - RCP)

Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama

By Gerard Baker

Democrats, between sniggers of derision and snorts of disgust, contend that Sarah Palin, John McCain's vice-presidential pick is ridiculously unqualified to be president.

It's a reasonable objection on its face except for this small objection: it surely needs to be weighed against the Democrats' claim that their own candidate for president is self-evidently ready to assume the role of most powerful person on the planet.

At first blush, here's what we know about the relative experience of the two candidates. Both are in their mid-forties and have held statewide elective office for less than four years. Both have admitted to taking illegal drugs in their youth.

So much for the similarities. How about the differences?

Political experience

Obama: Worked his way to the top by cultivating, pandering to and stroking the most powerful interest groups in the all-pervasive Chicago political machine, ensuring his views were aligned with the power brokers there.

Palin: Worked her way to the top by challenging, attacking and actively undermining the Republican party establishment in her native Alaska. She ran against incumbent Republicans as a candidate willing and able to clean the Augean Stables of her state's government.

Political Biography

Obama: A classic, if unusually talented, greasy-pole climber. Held a succession of jobs that constitute the standard route to the top in his party's internal politics: "community organizer", law professor, state senator.

Palin:A woman with a wide range of interests in a well-variegated life. Held a succession of jobs - sports journalist, commercial fisherwoman, state oil and gas commissioner, before entering local politics. A resume that suggests something other than burning political ambition from the cradle but rather the sort of experience that enables her to understand the concerns of most Americans..

Political history

Obama: Elected to statewide office only after a disastrous first run for a congressional seat and after his Republican opponent was exposed in a sexual scandal. Won seat eventually in contest against a candidate who didn't even live in the state.

Palin: Elected to statewide office by challenging a long-serving Republican incumbent governor despite intense opposition from the party.

Appeal

Obama: A very attractive speaker whose celebrity has been compared to that of Britney Spears and who sends thrills up Chris Matthews' leg

Palin: A very attractive woman, much better-looking than Britney Spears who speaks rather well too. She sends thrills up the leg of Rush Limbaugh (and me).

Executive experience

Obama: Makes executive decisions every day that affect the lives of his campaign staff and a vast crowd of traveling journalists

Palin:Makes executive decisions every day that affect the lives of 500,000 people in her state, and that impact crucial issues of national economic interest such as the supply and cost of energy to the United States.

Religious influences

Obama: Regards people who "cling" to religion and guns as "bitter" . Spent 20 years being mentored and led spiritually by a man who proclaimed "God damn America" from his pulpit. Mysteriously, this mentor completely disappeared from public sight about four months ago.

Palin: Head of her high school Fellowship of Christian Athletes and for many years a member of the Assemblies of God congregation whose preachers have never been known to accuse the United States of deliberately spreading the AIDS virus. They remain in full public sight and can be seen every Sunday in churches across Alaska. A proud gun owner who has been known to cling only to the carcasses of dead caribou felled by her own aim.

Record of bipartisan achievement

Obama: Speaks movingly of the bipartisanship needed to end the destructive politics of "Red America" and "Blue America", but votes in the Senate as a down-the-line Democrat, with one of the most liberal voting records in congress.

Palin: Ridiculed by liberals such as John Kerry as a crazed, barely human, Dick Cheney-type conservative but worked wit Democrats in the state legislature to secure landmark anti-corruption legislation.

Former state Rep. Ethan Berkowitz - a Democrat - said. "Gov. Palin has made her name fighting corruption within her own party, and I was honored when she stepped across party lines and asked me to co-author her ethics white paper."

On Human Life

Obama: Devoutly pro-choice. Voted against a bill in the Illinois state senate that would have required doctors to save the lives of babies who survived abortion procedures. The implication of this position is that babies born prematurely during abortions would be left alone, unnourished and unmedicated, until they died.

Palin: Devoutly pro-life. Exercised the choice proclaimed by liberals to bring to full term a baby that had been diagnosed in utero with Down Syndrome.

Now it's true there are other crucial differences. Sen Obama has appeared on Meet The Press every other week for the last four years. He has been the subject of hundreds of adoring articles in papers and newsweeklies and TV shows and has written two Emmy-award winning books.

Gov Palin has never appeared on Meet the Press, never been on the cover of Newsweek. She presumably feels that, as a mother of five children married to a snowmobile champion, who also happens to be the first woman and the youngest person ever to be elected governor of her state, she has not really done enough yet to merit an autobiography.

Then again, I'm willing to bet that if she had authored The Grapes of Wrath, sung like Edith Piaf and composed La Traviata , she still wouldn't have won an Emmy.

Fortunately, it will be up to the American people and not their self-appointed leaders in Hollywood and New York to determine who really has the better experience to be president.

Hmmm.....Tough Choice - NOT

2008-08-30T09:03:00.000-07:00

So whom do you think is a more appealing candidate?

No contest. Give me the All-American woman!!

ME AND MICHAEL BARONE

2008-08-27T16:06:00.001-07:00

Here is a link to Michael Barone's article on the USNWR blog with his astute take on Hillary;'s performance last night.

Here is my comment:

I LOVE IT

Mr. Barone, you are right, as usual. HRC did what she had to do in order not to be considered the spoiler when Obama loses. She is then perfectly set up for 2012. I laughed throughout her speech, knowing it was the opening gun of her 2012 campaign.

Obama cannot be elected because this country does not subscribe to his far left ideology. HRC did better in the later primaries once it was clear she was the more "normal" of the two.

I do not trust the Clintons, but they are smart and understand the game. In 2012 she will unleash her own brand of leftist nonsense, without having to triangulate against BO. But it won't work for her either. Americans hate the concept of the all knowing nanny state.

Michelle said she and Barack made it from humble beginnings to success. So why do they insult the rest of us by assuming we need their elitist help to do likewise.

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DO YOU BELIEVE CHILDREN?

2008-08-26T13:10:00.001-07:00

Pelosi claims we should reduce our usage of fossil fuels and use natural gas instead. Of course she has no clue that natural gas IS a fossil fuel. How can you believe her about anything? You can't!

Michelle ("I hate America") Obama pretends to be your average soccer mom. Just Good Housekeeping seal of approval. Does anyone believe her? Of course not!

Hillary will pledge to fully support the Messiah. But we all know she lights candles every day hoping for a McCain victory. And all her hot air about unity is c**p. Can you believe her? Of course not!

Do you see a pattern? The hypocrites assembled in Denver claim they are against abortion but support choice. They support the troops but want to surrender. They hate high gas prices but would never drill.

They live in fairyland. And they think the American public is stupid. They think we will believe anything they say even after their years of lies, self dealing, deceptions and crooked deals.

Can you take anything they say seriously? Do you believe children?

OF COURSE NOT!!!

THE GORECLE EFFECT

2008-07-09T10:18:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when uneducated "youts" listen to the ravings of an out of work, hack politician. Makes you long for the security of the Cold War.

Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon".
"A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of
apocalyptic events."
(So have Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery, Profit of
Doom Al Gore and Sir Richard Brazen, but I digress.)
"The patient had also developed the belief that, due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead within days to the deaths of millions of people through exhaustion of water supplies."
But never mind the poor boy, who became too terrified even to drink. What's scarier is that people in charge of our Government seem to suffer from this
"climate change delusion", too.

SO WHAT' S IN THE BOX? (ER BARREL)

2008-05-25T10:51:00.000-07:00

Since everyone is up in arms about oil, here is some interesting information from the California Energy Commission. Maybe the bozos in Congress should take a look and learn a little. Especially its stupidest member, Maxine Waters.

BAD GEOGRAPHY - BIG LIES

2008-03-09T13:08:00.000-07:00

I don't think all Democrats are liars. But it seems all liars are Democrats. That's the only conclusion if you listen to Pelosi, Obama and Shrillary.

They all bleat about the Air Force awarding a plane contract to a team of Northrup Grumman and EADS. Northrup will build the planes in Alabama with many more parts sub-contracted around the country.

Clinton and Obama of course rap it all up in their nonsense about NAFTA. Typical liberal propaganda whining about free trade. Blah, blah, blah. Nothing new. Same old political flamethrowing by dishonest scabs trying to appeal to a no-nothing electorate.

But that left wing doyan from San Francisco Pelosi beats them all. She tries to harpoon McCain for calling attention to the original non-bid process which gave the contract to Boeing and, oh by the way, sent people to jail.

McCain called it out, which ordinarily would have thrilled left wingers. Anything to trash the military.

But not this time. We are in an election. So all bets are off. Any lie will do.

So what does Peolosi have to say? She claims awarding the contract to Northrup Grumman amounts to "outsourcing". (Ahhh, that great all purpose Democratic buzz word lie.)

NOTE TO PELOSI: Last time I checked Alabama was part of the U.S. And Northrup Grumman is an American company.

Maybe she should buy an atlas. Then she could rely on facts not lies. But then that wouldn't be Democratic.

GET AL GORE HIS MEDS

2008-02-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

Gee, whoda thunk? All that left wing hysteria based on junk science and a failed politician looking for love was just hokum.

Maybe next time we should rely on folks who actually know some science instead of the poly sci , liberal arts types who couldn't get past physics for poets. Read the whole article.

Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966.
The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February. According to the NCDC, the average temperature in January "was -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average."
China is surviving its most brutal winter in a century. Temperatures in the normally balmy south were so low for so long that some middle-sized cities went days and even weeks without electricity because once power lines had toppled it was too cold or too icy to repair them.
There have been so many snow and ice storms in Ontario and Quebec in the past two months that the real estate market has felt the pinch as home buyers have stayed home rather than venturing out looking for new houses.
In just the first two weeks of February, Toronto received 70 cm of snow, smashing the record of 66.6 cm for the entire month set back in the pre-SUV, pre-Kyoto, pre-carbon footprint days of 1950.
And remember the Arctic Sea ice? The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its "lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts in the past.
The ice is back.

BOOBS

2008-02-13T15:11:00.000-08:00

Not the kind you're thinking of. I mean the ones in the Berkley City Council who tried to throw the Marines out of the home of free speech.

They are Fascist BOOBS!

I just heard part of an interview on Michael Medved's show with one of these left wing schmucks. Listen to her for 30 seconds and it's all you need to know about the lies, disjointed thinking and treasonous mindset of today's left.

She accused the Marines or rape, murder and other atrocities while proclaiming how she supports the troops. Total lie typical of the left.

I hope when the Jihadists come for her and she whines and begs to be protected by the Marines, they just laugh and light another Marlboro.

Serves the boob right.

PENTAX K20D AND K200D

2008-01-26T16:38:00.000-08:00

This was just announced and has been long awaited by the Pentax faithful. It looks hot. Can't wait to play with one in person.

Is this not pretty?My friend Norman, a knee jerk liberal but overall good guy, is in the market for a new cam. I think the K100Super or the new K200 would fit the bill for him.
Plus there are rumors of more stuff coming from Pentax in few months. Cannot wait. Now all I need is money.

RAISINS IN THE PUDDING

2008-01-26T16:21:00.000-08:00

I don't go see a lot of movies. Most are tripe made by talentless, left wing ideologues hoping to slip one past those fools in the heartland (i.e. - east of the 405 and west of 7th Ave.)

I work in the entertainment industry and so I am familiar with the garbage flowing out of Hollyweird well before it hits the wall, er screen. It doesn't take much to discern the passable from the excreable (insider's quick tip - anything with George Clooney or by Michael Moore is crap).

So for 2007, we have the only films worth seeing: "300", "3:10 To Yuma" and "Juno".

"300" because it was just a kick ass bunch of fun that not only entertained but pissed off liberals, gays and others who took remedial anything in school. But I am being redundant.

"3:10" because I like Russel Crow. That's it.

"Juno" because it is great every year to see the little film that could, beat the big guys. Especially when it has an anti-abortion message. It was not only well written, acted and directed but it offered hope and honesty. Oh and it pissed off liberals, etc.

ALGORITHMS

2008-01-26T16:13:00.000-08:00

What can I say?

30 below in the midwest, massive cold everywhere else and this loser still whines about global warming. Maybe he should close his hot air emitting mouth. Or stay off the private jets. Or give up the SUVs. NAH!! that's too much like what he expects from us little folk.

If he is not the biggest joke in existence. He makes Hugo Chavez, Sean Penn and Rosie almost look sane.

What is truly scary is this fool (he was in Love Story and invented the internet you know?) came within a whisker of being President. Thank God for the Supreme Court.

THE PRIMARIES

2008-01-26T16:11:00.000-08:00

The schedule and weird rules for the primaries this year are playing havoc with our politics.

First we have and New Hampshire, with a total of 17 people, establishing front runners. Neither represents the country as a whole and to make matters worse, independents got to vote in New Hampshire, diluting the value of party registration.

We then have South Carolina, where the biggest question the boobs in the MSM can ask the Republican candidates is where they stand on the Confederate flag. And this week the only news out of the Palmetto state is whether Bill Clinton is a bigger asshole in the White House or out.

Now we have Florida. Oy vey. Rudy waits to get there and by the time he does, he's dead. Romney looks good and McCain, who was dead is BAAAACCCK. Go figure. Meanwhile Huck is somewhere and Fred is gone.

The Dems have Shrillary continuing to be blatantly transparent and Osama Obama (i.e the Magic Negro) falling into the trap of playing in the Clinton mudpit.

All in all, a hell of way to choose the leader of the free world.

Where is Reagan when you need him?

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2007-12-25T11:30:00.001-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

AND BEST WISHES FOR A

VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

OH MY GAWD!

2007-11-02T14:00:00.001-07:00

Just in case you missed it, here is Shrillary being PERFECTLY clear!!!

HERE'S AN IDEA

2007-07-23T14:26:00.001-07:00

Great idea from Greg Gutfeld:

Many thoughtful environmentalists are telling us that our planet is facing a deadly calamity. The combination of overpopulation and increasing greenhouses gases puts us on a path to destroy Mother Earth... unless we do something now.

• Feeling peckish? Watch Greg's Greg-alogue

Two suggestions to prevent such disaster were unveiled this week:

In England, scientists suggested creating restrictions on family sizes, to reduce the global population.

Meanwhile, researchers in Japan suggest an end to eating meat, since producing beef is responsible for more pollution than driving a car for three hours.

I have examined this problem and came up with a simple solution: If overpopulation and consumption of animals cause major harm to our planet, then we can simply end both threats — through cannibalism.

Yes people, let's eat each other.

Like acupuncture and Yoga, cannibalism has been around for centuries. And as you know, we are always willing to embrace anything associated with ancient, spiritual cultures. And, believe me, you can't get any more ancient or spiritual than a self-consuming practice that protects animals while paying tribute to our planet.

Think of it as a healing process for the Earth… but in a pot with carrots and spring potatoes.

Because, to embrace environmentalism, you must reject the idea that humanity is special, or any possibility that something good might come from creating more people.

So dig in. I suggest we start with Al Gore. He's got some tender meat on those thighs!

And that's my gut feeling.

PC IN UK

2007-07-13T11:44:00.001-07:00

This political correctness crap has gone TOO far!

How can you teach British history without mentioning Churchill?

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/13/1977438.htm?section=justin

SCOOTER LIBBY

2007-07-02T17:49:00.001-07:00

FINALLY! The President has shown some cajones.

Only, why commute the 30 month prison sentence and leave the rest? Why not pardon Mr. Libby completely of this politically driven disgrace of a prosecution?

Was GW afraid the Dems wouldn't love him if he went the whole way?

Note to George: THEY HATE YOU ANYWAY! You would have done a lot more to improve your ratings and serve justice if you had given a full and complete pardon.

CONAN'S INSULT COMIC DOG

2007-06-23T08:34:00.001-07:00

This VERY funny stuff!

THE GREAT DEBATE

2007-05-04T15:09:00.001-07:00

So who won? Gov. Romney. No question.

He was smooth, confident, crisp, self assured, direct and positive. Everyone else seemed a bit tentative. None were bad. All made their points. But Romney shoe through.

And, of course, in comparison to the dwarf Dems last week, EVERY Republican candidate seemed like a giant.

Now if Fred T. and Newt G. join in, it could be even more fun.

TARZANA JOE ON HUGH HEWITT

2007-04-28T08:06:00.001-07:00

If you missed it on Hugh Hewitt's radio show yesterday (shame of you) here is the latest offering from resident poet Tarzana Joe on our unfalteringly inane Democratic Senate leader, Harry "We're Number Two" Reid:

Thoughts for Harry Reid
By Tarzana Joe

Would Rockne be remembered
If the towel he had tossed?
Forget about the Gipper, boys
This game's already lost.

Would Lincoln be a hero
And on pennies be embossed
If he announced that, after Shiloh
This Union, friends, is lost.

Would Caesar have surrendered
Before the Rubicon was crossed?
Did Ulysses pull the plug
When his barque was tempest-tossed?

Would Perry's flag be flying
Would hist'ry gip a rip
If, on it, he embroidered
"Do give up the ship!"

If we'd been bowed by setbacks
Or our opponents' fury
Nothing would have happened
On the deck of the Missouri

So in the battle of our lifetime
If I can be the chooser
I'd rather keep on fighting
Than declare myself the loser.
Joe can be reached at tarzanajoe@hotmail.com.

VIRGINIA TECH

2007-04-18T14:33:00.001-07:00

Like everyone else, I have been extremely disturbed by the shootings at Virginia Tech. I grieve for the students, faculty and parents and the horror visited upon them by a madman.

But I have been troubled by something else. Besides the inevitable wails for gun control and the usual "it's all our fault nonsense", I am bothered by the fact lone gunman could line up and execute 30+ people. And they stood there and let it happen. Nobody rushed the lunatic. Nobody through a desk or a book or anything at him to slow his murderous progress.

This may sound harsh. And I do not mean it to be so. However, I wish someone there had the fortitude or courage to try something.

As usual, Mark Steyn says it all better than I can:

I haven't weighed in yet on Virginia Tech — mainly because, in a saner world, it would not be the kind of incident one needed to have a partisan opinion on. But I was giving a couple of speeches in Minnesota yesterday and I was asked about it and found myself more and more disturbed by the tone of the coverage. I'm not sure I'm ready to go the full Derb but I think he's closer to the reality of the situation than most. On Monday night, Geraldo was all over Fox News saying we have to accept that, in this horrible world we live in, our "children" need to be "protected."

Point one: They're not "children." The students at Virginia Tech were grown women and — if you'll forgive the expression — men. They would be regarded as adults by any other society in the history of our planet. Granted, we live in a selectively infantilized culture where twentysomethings are "children" if they're serving in the Third Infantry Division in Ramadi but grown-ups making rational choices if they drop to the broadloom in President Clinton's Oval Office. Nonetheless, it's deeply damaging to portray fit fully formed adults as children who need to be protected. We should be raising them to understand that there will be moments in life when you need to protect yourself — and, in a "horrible" world, there may come moments when you have to choose between protecting yourself or others. It is a poor reflection on us that, in those first critical seconds where one has to make a decision, only an elderly Holocaust survivor, Professor Librescu, understood instinctively the obligation to act.

HERE COME THE SPARTANS

2007-03-08T17:15:00.001-08:00

The New York Times hates the new Zack Snyder film, "300".

"300" is about as violent as "Apocalypto" and twice as stupid.

So do a lot of other left wing rags who deplore real history and prefer the revisionist version where the Greeks are not white Europeans and the Persians are not swarthy Asians.

And that is good enough for me. I can't wait to see "300".

Actually, my interest extends beyond loving anything which gives leftists pain. Although, that is an excellent reason. But I also love history, especially ancient history, and more especially ancient history which immortalizes noble sacrifice and honor, which is so lacking in today's narcissistic population of sheep.

Plus I loved "Sin City", the first depiction of another of Frank Miller's graphic novels. These are great, stylized , innovative efforts in film making. Totally different than the usual left wing propaganda pap spewing from the pores of no talent Hollywood babies.

So, off I go to the theater for the first time in along time to vote with my money in favor of something worth my time and gold.

Here come the Spartans baby!

WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY?

2007-03-07T16:12:00.001-08:00

>From the Washington Post:

"A bipartisan investigation by the Senate intelligence committee subsequently established that all of these claims [by former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV] were false -- and that Mr. Wilson was recommended for the Niger trip by Ms. Plame, his wife... The [Libby] trial has provided convincing evidence that there was no conspiracy to punish Mr. Wilson by leaking Ms. Plame's identity -- and no evidence that she was, in fact, covert... The former ambassador will be remembered as a blowhard. Mr. Cheney and Mr. Libby were overbearing in their zeal to rebut Mr. Wilson and careless in their handling of classified information. Mr. Libby's subsequent false statements were reprehensible. And Mr. Fitzgerald has shown again why handing a Washington political case to a federal special prosecutor is a prescription for excess. Mr. Fitzgerald was, at least, right about one thing: The Wilson-Plame case, and Mr. Libby's conviction, tell us nothing about the war in Iraq"

SO WHAT DID YOU DO?

2007-02-28T14:32:00.001-08:00

So did anyone watch the Oscars?

Didn't think so. Neither did I. And now I am especially glad I did not, given that Slick Willie's former veep won an award for his hot air docu-propaganda. Not exactly a surprise. After all, who else would a bunch of pompous losers choose to celebrate other than the biggest loser of the decade?

The best part is, now after all the talk of his enviro-creds, it is reported he lives in a humongous shack back in Tennessee, that use 20 TIMES the energy of your standard working stiff's home. Plus this is only one of three palaces Mr. Clean owns.

Oh, hypocrisy thy name is left wing, liberal Democratic assholes. There should be special award just for them. I mean besides the Oscars. Those used to be for films, before they were hijacked by politically correct Hollywood fascists.

But who to choose for the award? There are some real contenders! Suggest away.

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

2007-02-20T11:05:00.001-08:00

According to the Christian Science Monitor, it's everywhere.

Livestock are responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions as measured in carbon dioxide equivalent, reports the FAO. This includes 9 percent of all CO2 emissions, 37 percent of methane, and 65 percent of nitrous oxide. Altogether, that's more than the emissions caused by transportation.

Next up for Al "I invented everything" Gore and the looney Democrats: "EAT A BURGER, GO TO JAIL!!!"

Make mine medium rare please.

HOT AIR ALERT

2007-02-13T16:40:00.001-08:00

HA HA HA!!!! From Drudge:

HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM
HEARING NOTICE
Tue Feb 13 2007 19:31:25 ET

The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing is entitled "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?"

The hearing will be rescheduled to a date and time to be announced later.

DC WEATHER REPORT:

Wednesday: Freezing rain in the morning...then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Ice accumulation of less than one quarter of an inch. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 18. Northwest winds around 20 mph.

LIKE ANY GOOD LIBERAL FASCIST

2007-02-09T10:33:00.001-08:00

Find Ellen Goodman's intolerant rant here. A sample:

I would like to say we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future.

AL GORE NOMINATED FOR GLOBAL WARMING HYSTERIA

2007-02-02T10:15:00.001-08:00

HO HUM.....


			© Thomas D. Mangelsen

WHAT THE DEMOCRATS AND MEDIA WON'T TELL YOU

2007-02-01T07:34:00.001-08:00

From Investors Business Daily:

...our newspapers and TV talking heads are obsessed with stories of mass "inequality" and "middle-class squeeze" and "jobs shipped abroad" and "falling behind."

Reality is quite different, of course. But reality can never be permitted to get in the way of Bush-bashing — the stock in trade of the mainstream media and their allies in the Democratic Party.

So what's the real record? Since Bush's tax cuts took effect in mid-2003:

• Real gross domestic product is up to $1.33 trillion, or 12.6%.

• Existing businesses have hired 5.9 million workers (not counting the millions of jobs entrepreneurs have created).

• Corporate profits have soared 91% to $1.6 trillion.

• Tax receipts have leapt $503 billion, or roughly 1.1 percentage points of GDP, refuting the notion the tax cuts "caused" deficits.

And thanks to rebounding stock prices and huge gains in home values, Americans' total wealth has soared 39% to $54 trillion — the biggest expansion ever.

After such a stellar performance, a breather — what economists call a "midcycle correction" — would be in order. Yet the economy continues to power ahead.

In 2006's final period, GDP growth was 3.5%, and it has averaged 3% since the tax cuts. Real wages rose 1.7% in '06, much faster than the 0.3% average of the Clinton years. In just the last 12 months, unemployment plunged from 5.0% to 4.5%, near postwar lows.

I LOVE THE PENTAX *istDL

2007-01-07T16:23:00.000-08:00

GUESS WHO JR IS ROOTING FOR?

2007-01-07T16:08:00.000-08:00

IT'S ALL GONNA BE OK

2007-01-07T09:14:00.001-08:00

Now that Mama Nancy is in charge.

What crock!. Despite her best efforts to look like House Mother, she is still a left wing, San Francisco radical bent on destroying the country. The agenda has never changed.

Luckily, it won't matter. The last election was not a mandate for the Donothingdemocrats ("DNDs"). The barely squeaked by. Plus all the "new" DNDs were conservative, And in the case of Webb in Va., a former Republican. Also, take a look at the state ballot initiatives. No to affirmative action, No to illegal immigration, No to gay marriage, etc.

What We The People bought was GRIDLOCK. The next 2 years will be static with nothing going forward. Stalemate between Congress and the Pres. And that's the way we usually like it. Reagan had Tip, Bill had Newt and now W has Nancy.

It is all part of the unacknowledged wisdom of the American people. The less government we have, the better we like it.

Mama Mia!

NIGHT OF THE GENERALS

2006-04-15T08:17:00.000-07:00

So a bunch of retired 4 stars decide to criticize Rumsfeld.

Naturally, my liberal friends throw their skirts up and declare he is done for.

Not so fast I say. Not going to happen. You just don't get it.

First you forget Bush is not Clinton (or any other Demo) driven by polls and the NY Times editorial page. He is his own man. He's from Texas and flips the bird to the pundits.

Second, Rumsfeld has done a great job and is still vital to the war on terror (yes Virginia it still goes on, just as W said it would).

Lastly, why would anyone invest anything in a bunch of crybabies who only want to promote their forthcoming book. Watch for appearances soon on the usual MSM left wing gab fests.

I'M A MORON!

2006-04-03T17:11:00.000-07:00

THOSE ZANY ILLEGALS

2006-04-02T08:44:00.000-07:00

The whole debate about immigration often fails to place the emphasis on where it belongs.

It is not immigrants we, who support immigration reform efforts, oppose. It is ILLEGAL immigrants. The minute these folks stepped across the border they were guilty of a federal offense. And while here they are STEALING educational, employment and health services intended for CITIZENS.

Joe Hicks has a terrific OP-ED in today's Los Angeles Times that is right on point:

Now, many Latino immigrant-rights organizers and their sympathizers seem to be saying that there is some inherent right being expressed when people sneak into the country, thumb their noses at the law and make fools out of those who wait patiently in foreign lands for visas to come to the United States.

It is quite clear that many of those participating in the demonstrations have adopted the stance of the beleaguered victim, perceiving frustration about illegal immigration as racism. Some comments have been painfully ignorant. One protester said: "I'm here to make sure that Mexicans get their freedom, their rights."

During the student protests, the American flag was only occasionally on display, while the Mexican flag was omnipresent. A student said he was waving the latter in support of La Raza (the race), while another asked why illegal immigrants were "treated like criminals." Perhaps he wasn't aware that crossing the U.S. border without the required visa is now, and always has been, against the law.

I heard the quote mentioned above on the local news and it astounded me as much as it did Mr. Hicks. I am perfectly happy for Mexicans to have their rights - IN MEXICO! I for one would be happy to buy a one way bus ticket back south for this ungrateful idiot.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BLOGS

2006-03-04T08:56:00.000-08:00

You have to check in regularly with NIHILIST IN GOLF PANTS . In fact just bookmark it.

Here is a sample:

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Top 11 Reasons Why Daddy is a Republican
To the best of our knowledge, no one has yet written a sequel to “Why Mommy Is A Democrat” (summarized for you here). But if there did exist a book “Why Daddy Is A Republican”, here would be the top 11 reasons:

11. Daddy is sick of mommy's liberal BS.

10. When Daddy goes on fishing trips with his buddies, the only thing theydo besides fish is drink

9. Because Mommy doesn't feel "fulfilled" just raising children and daycare is expensive

8. Daddy likes to shoot real guns, not just play guns like you have

7. Daddy wants to brutalize your criminals, lower your taxes and rule you like a King

6. The government withholds nearly half of daddy's paycheck for taxes.

5. Daddy deals with grown-ups all day, not simple little children.

4. Daddy likes oil and oil-based products

3. Daddy believes there is a supreme being higher than Orpah Winfrey

2. Daddy understands that free trade allows him good imported booze, cheap electronics and fast sports cars.

1. Daddy is a mean SOB

WHO CARES?

2006-03-04T08:35:00.000-08:00

About the Oscars this Sunday.

Nobody except the left wing Hollywood elites who inhabit the West Side of LA.

There are five films nominated for Best Picture that nobody cares about. All have radical left wing agendas and no artistic merit. Pure agiprop.

Worse, they are commercial failures. All five together have grossed less than "The Chronicles of Narnia" which came out in December. But of course that was not nominated because of its Christian theme. Can't have that. How predictably PC.

Throw in no talent host John Stewart and it is an event designed to be missed.

BEST

2006-01-29T14:12:00.000-08:00

What could be better than watching the Democrats-socialists-leftwing loonies self-destruct over Judge (soon to be Justice) Alito?

When turds like Kennedy, Kerry, Boxer, Hillary, Leahy, Boxer, et al whine as they have, you know you are on to something great.

If Alito is one tenth the conservative they fear, we are on the way to getting the country back.

Hell yes, repeal Roe (horrible decision - ever hear of enumerated powers?), support the President's use of NSA wiretaps (hello Abdullah, its me Achmed. It' s OK to call, the Democrats said so) and do away with affirmative action (i.e. - anti-white male quotas).

The sooner we have Justice Alito, the better.

BETTER

2006-01-29T14:01:00.000-08:00

Oh Canada!

Come sing along.

The northern neighbors threw out the Liberals and replaced them with the Tories. Whodathunk? It seems not everyone in Maple Leaf land is crazy. Or maybe they are just tired of all the socialist nonsense where they pander to the Quebecers and pretend to have health care.

Maybe the rest of Canada caught up to the Western provinces when it comes to having some common sense.

Of course the "sophisticated" urban areas went left as usual. But hey, that's where all the lawyers, criminals and bureaucrats live. The folks who have a stake in socialist nanny statism. Just like the gangbangers, illegals and liberals in this country.

But go 25 miles outside the city line, and you meet the real folks who do all the work, pay the taxes and generally create the civilization that allows the diletantes to live.

It's all terrific, eh?

GOOD!

2006-01-29T13:55:00.000-08:00

So the Palestinians have an election and Hamas wins. Not just wins but wins in a landslide.

I say GOOD!

Now there is no question what these folks are about. Either they are murdering terrorist scum who should be annihilated or they will finally embrace a pragmatic approach and accept a two state solution.

If the latter, then the world is better off. If the former, then the Euro-weenies and our own left wing hypocrites will have to shut up, once and for all.

Either way, it's GOOD!

PREDICTIONS - 2006

2005-12-29T16:47:00.000-08:00

OK, why not. It's almost 2006 and since I have NEVER been wrong, I offer all my wise readers a look into the year ahead. Why should I be the only one to have fun.

1) USC bets Texas 38-14 and earns it's third straight national championship.

2) The economy continues to improve defying the Cassandras in the Democratic Party and their running dogs in the MSM.

3) The DOW hits 12,000 by June and ends 2006 at 13,500.

4) Judge Alito will be confirmed and move the Court (finally) to the right).

5) The Iraqis will actually hagle together a government (this is the Middle east after all).

6) US troops will start to leave Iraq by Summer.

7) Interest rates will plateau during the Spring and then head down by the Fall.

8) Oil will drop to under $50 by April and to the mid 40s by Summer.

9) Pres. Bush will help the Republicans hold both houses of Congress, defying hopes of chowderhead Democrats and their running dogs in the MSM.

10) The Angels will win the American league pennant and go on to win the world series.

There they are. 10 can't miss predictions. All you need to know to get through 2006. Updates to follow as needed.

VICTIMHOOD, OH VICTIMHOOD

2005-12-29T16:40:00.000-08:00

Been away for awhile with work, the holidays, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I couldn't resist this from Dr. Sanity's great site. A Christmas gift to all our liberal, leftwing, socialist, commie friends who think everybody is a victim (EXCEPT MIDDLE AGED WHITE GUYS) and America is to blame.

A SHORT COURSE ON HOW TO BE A VICTIM

Chapter I: THE ADVANTAGES OF VICTIMHOOD

This brief guide is for those searching for an expedited pathway into the exalted status of Victimhood. Becoming a victim --as we all have learned from famous TV stars, prominent politicians; religions, races, and even nations--is an advantageous state of being in many ways, several of which are:

-You are not responsible for what happened to you
-You are always morally right
-You are not accountable to anyone for anything
-You are forever entitled to sympathy
-You are always justified in feeling moral indignation for being wronged
-You never have to be responsible again for anything

As you can see, these are some heavy-duty privileges; and they are not given to just anyone. This list is not exclusive. There are many benefits of Victimhood; and in our current society, new rewards are continuously being discovered! You, too, may be someone who blazes a new path for future victims!

The badge of victimhood must be "earned" (ha ha, just kidding!) by one of two methods: (1) Membership in a special "victim" class; or (2) having something bad actually happen to you. Method 1 is definitely is superior in every way since it eliminates the need for something bad to actually happen to you (as long as it once happened to someone like you--you are set); thus this method is preferable and automatically puts all sorts of celebrities and famous people on your side. They will not be concerned if you are a good person or a bad person; just as long as you meet the basic victimhood criteria.

You are probably tempted to ask what that basic criteria is for most famous people to support you? Here is a tip (keep it under your hat): most famous people--especially undeserving famous people (i.e., people who are famous not for any particular talent they have, but because they might have a good publicist, for example) have an intense need to feel that they are "champions of the oppressed." This relieves them of the pervasive feelings of guilt under which they must function. Hence, all you have to do is to convince them that you are "oppressed" by one of a number of usual "oppressors", and you are home free!

Here is a handy list of possible oppressors that can be used by almost anyone searching for victimhood status:

- caucasian, heterosexual males
- Republicans (either male or female)
- conservatives (either male or female)
- businessmen or women (commonly referred to as "little eichmanns")
- capitalists
- rich people
- Christians (particularly Republican or conservative)
- the U.S. Military (all services)
- Americans (as a general group)
- Israelis (Jews)

Read the whole thing.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

2005-11-08T11:15:00.000-08:00

Liberals never learn.

Muslims hate us because GW invaded Iraq. They attacked the World Trade Center because we support Israel. They hate Israel, because of the Palestinians.

On and and and on. It's always OUR fault they act act like animals.

Maybe they are just animals!

Maybe we should stop apologizing and kick their asses.

Why can't you learn from the French we heard.

Well maybe the French need to learn from us. Get rid of Chirac and his surrender monkey cronies.

Put in Sarkozy, decalre a curfew and start shooting some of the "misguided youths". Then deport the rest of the ungrateful bastards. Send them back to their hovels in Algeria. Or dump them in the Mediterranean. Whatever. Just get rid of the terrorist scum.

The sooner the better.

FRANCE

2005-11-06T07:34:00.000-08:00

So now our dear friends the French see the result of their appeasement of the practitioners of the religion of peace.

Instead of allowing this rioting to continue, the French government should 1) shoot to kill anyone out on the street after curfew and 2) put the whole motley crew of camel jockeys on a barge and ship them back to Tunisia. Just dump them on a beach there and let them survive on the goodwill and kindness of their Muslim brothers.

This would be a good time to remind everyone exactly who won the Battle of Poitiers. (Hint: It was not the people with sheets over their heads.)

Muslims have tried to invade Europe and displace Christianity for centuries. They were defeated. Now they are trying through immigration, high birthrates and living off the ridiculously generous social welfare programs of the stupid Western Europeans.

The Dutch have begun to figure it out, after the murder of Theo Van Gogh. The Brits are getting it after the London bombings. And now the French may start to learn something. One can only hope. Though there hasn't been a French leader worth a damn since Napoleon.

The attempt by Islamic terrorists to take over Christian Europe must be repulsed again.

ALITO

2005-10-31T07:09:00.000-08:00

Well at last the race is on. Bush finally picked a true blue conservative and of course the Dems are screaming. I love it.

Forget Sam Alito is an experienced appellate judge or is an intellectually heavyweight.

Forget that. He opposes killing babies in their mother's womb so he is a priori unfit. He will threaten our hard fought freedom to exterminate whelps from irresponsible narcissistic gum snapping sap heads.

Yeah, he's a problem. Plus he's a middle aged WHITE GUY. Holy crap. What was Bush thinking?

I say bring on the radical left wing Democrats like Shumer, Boxer, Reid, et. al. I hope you choke on it.

IN CASE YOU FORGOT

2005-09-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

For all those liberals, Democratics and left wing members of the MSM incapable of knowing the truth or determined to deny it. Courtesy of Pajama Media.

Look at that destruction, that massive, senseless, cruel loss of human life ... and then I ask you to look in your hearts and recognize that there is no room for neutrality on the issue of terrorism. You're either with civilization or with terrorists.
On one side is democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human life; on the other is tyranny, arbitrary executions, and mass murder.
We're right and they're wrong. It's as simple as that.
-- Rudy Giulani, October 1, 2001

WILLIAM REHNQUIST, RIP

2005-09-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

The Chief Justice has died after a courageous fight against Thyroid cancer.

He was a remarkable force on the Court, helping to restore some balance after the leftward radicalism of the Warren court. He was a constitutionalist and a Federalist. He believed each branch of government had a specific constitutional role and fought against the forces who tried to ususrp the judiaciary's proper and historical function.

The President now has an opportunity to nominate a replacement to lead the Court into the 21st Century. He should choose a conservative like Rehnquist.

I nominate Justice Scalia. He is the best writer and the best legal mind to serve on the Supreme Court in 100 years.

KATRINA LIES

2005-09-04T09:23:00.000-07:00

I have been riveted by the news from New Orleans over the past several days, like everyone else. Incredible tragedy mixed with heroism. Such is the power of the immense power of nature.
Now as things begin to settle down, however, we naturally slide into the unseemly world of human nature. Politics, criminality, finger pointing, excuses and just plain nonsense.

For example, take the nonsense being spewed by the governor of Louisiana and the mayor of New Orleans. Both of whom, had primary responsibility before, during and after the storm to protect their people but failed. They both lash out at Pres. Bush and the feds. Of course. They are Democrats and he is a Republican. However as even the left wing, Bush hating Washington Post points out:

Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.

The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.

A senior administration official said that Bush has clear legal authority to federalize National Guard units to quell civil disturbances under the Insurrection Act and will continue to try to unify the chains of command that are split among the president, the Louisiana governor and the New Orleans mayor.
Louisiana did not reach out to a multi-state mutual aid compact for assistance until Wednesday, three state and federal officials said. As of Saturday, Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency, the senior Bush official said.

She STILL HASN'T DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY!!! Exactly what is she waiting for? It is just the usual blame game. LIES!

Then we have some no name loser on a what is supposed to be fundraiser, opening his stupid mouth and letting his ignorance flow out by claiming GW hates black people. Where did they find this example of an urban low life crack head?What an asshole.

Then we have the BIG LIE that stealing big screens and shooting at rescue helicopters is to be expected from people who have been abused by American racism.

HELLO! These scumbags were criminals before Katrina and are now. They are responsible for N.O. having one of the highest murder rates in the country and have preyed on their neighbors for years.

The storm only gave them more opportunity to succumb to their criminal inclinations. They do not need sympathy or water or a jobs program. They just need to be shot. Hopefully the national guard brought plenty of live ammo.

Finally, we have the incredibly stupid remarks by a German Minister and our very own Bobby Kennedy Jr. claiming it's all Bush's fault because he didn't sign Kyoto. Global warming don't you know.

Perhaps someone can tell these geniuses that the Southeastern U.S. is prone to hurricanes this time of year. Has been for millions of years. Well before the SUV. SHEESH!

SAY WHAT?

2005-08-25T10:52:00.000-07:00

This is from an email I received. It appears to have been originated by a Shawn Moore, whom I do not know. But wherever you are Shawn, Cheers!

Most Syrians struggle to even read Arabic - much less have a clue about English.

So, how does a group of Syrian protest leaders create the most impact with their signs by having the standard "Death To Americans"(etc.) slogans printed in English? Answer: They simply hire an English-speaking civilian to translate and write their statements in English.

Unfortunately, they were unaware the "civilian" insurance company employee hired for the job was a retired US Army sergeant. Obviously, pictures of the protest rally never made their way through the Arab TV network, but the results were "Priceless".

WHOM DO THEY MEAN?

2005-08-24T09:16:00.000-07:00

From Atlas Shrugs:

Dear Abby,

My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the beginning, and when I confront him, he denies everything. What's worse, everyone knows he cheats on me. It is so humiliating.
Also, since he lost his job three years ago he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does is buy cigars and cruise around and jokes with his pals, while I have to work to pay the bills.
Since our daughter went away to college he doesn't even pretend to like me and hints that I am a lesbian. What should I do?

Signed,
Clueless

Dear Clueless:

Grow up and dump him. For Pete's sake, you don't need him anymore, you're a United States Senator from New York, act like it.

STRANGE BUT TRUE DEPT.

2005-08-23T12:05:00.000-07:00

From Drudge:

65 Girls At Ohio High School Pregnant...

Maybe they should check the water. Or the boys.

HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD

2005-08-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

In his usual indisputable style, Mark Steyn gets it right. Read the whole article.

If a 13-year-old wants to have an abortion, that's her decision and her parents shouldn't get a look-in. If a 21-year-old wants to drop to the broadloom in Bill Clinton's Oval Office, she's a grown woman and free to do what she wants. But, if a 22- or 25- or 37-year-old is serving his country overseas, he's a wee "child" who isn't really old enough to know what he's doing.

DIMAGE X

2005-08-06T09:23:00.000-07:00

My daughter has a Minolta Dimage X. Great little camera. Very small. Slips in a shirt pocket and takes excellent pictures even though it's only 2 megapixels. (It's 2-3 years old).

However, after using it at a recent event, it has stopped working. Just won't come to life. Tried recharging the battery. Even replaced it. Nothing. It has not been abused or damaged.

So what gives? I'd rather not have to send it to Minolta for repairs that would probably cost $100+. I would probably be better off buying a new one. But I hate to see a nice piece of equipment just tossed.

Anybody have similar problems? Any solutions? Any thoughts?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

2005-08-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

"There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers."

- Robert Orben

DEMOCRATIC VALUES?????

2005-07-21T14:38:00.000-07:00

Now this is cute. A Republican teacher is forced to leave her job because a Democratic principal dislikes her politics. I guess the First Amendment only applies to tolerant, radical, abortion loving Jackasses, er Democrats. What hypocrites!

Plus, the principal is married to a NY State Assemblyman from Brooklyn!

Here is a suggested campaign poster for Mr. and Mrs." The Constitution is for everyone who agrees with me".

The teacher is suing the idiot principal and the school district.

YOU GO GIRL!!!!

L'AFFAIRE PLAME

2005-07-17T09:48:00.000-07:00

Leave it to Mark Steyn:

What's this really about? It's not difficult. A big chunk of the American elites have decided there is no war; it's all a racket got up by Bush and Cheney. And, even if there is a war somewhere or other, wherever it is, it's not where Bush says it is. Iraq is a ''distraction'' from Afghanistan -- and, if there were no Iraq, Afghanistan would be a distraction from Niger, and Niger's a distraction from Valerie Plame's next photo shoot for Vanity Fair.

AND MORE....

2005-07-08T12:12:00.000-07:00

From the thepeoplescube.com

They are spot on. Scroll to the bottom.

Pictures From Iraq:
Too Shocking & Graphic for The Mainstream Media

EXCLUSIVE!

You will not see these pictures in Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times!

Why? Scroll to the bottom...

Headlines you won't ever see...
Photos that will never make the news...

Because they might dampen the spirit
of these selfless fighters supported by our patriotic media:

FROM THEPEOPLESCUBE.COM

2005-07-08T12:09:00.000-07:00

No comment needed:

NEWS THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE ABOUT:

Senator Durbin apologizes to Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot

Germany rebuilds Berlin Wall to spite Bush

Homosexuality found on other planets

UN: World has 15 years to stop capitalism

Proctologist puts finger on causes of liberalism

France : another day without surrender

Survey shows men who work more earn more. Liberal economists baffled

Researchers: abortion not as much fun as previously thought

LONDON

2005-07-07T08:41:00.000-07:00

In the aftermath of the London bombings, it is ineveitable we will hear liberal wailing how it's all the fault of the US. It's already begun on NPR.

These left wing fools do not deserve any attention. Exactly whom do they think the Jihadists will go after if we appease them?

Their stated aim is do rid society of Western filth like women without chadors, homosexuals, Christians, Hindus, Jews, artists, music and anything not from the 8th century.

These supposed "liberals" don't understand it is THEM the murdering bastards want. Just like Hitler and every other totalitarian regime in history. That is why these pigs are called Islamo-fascists.

The true defenders of Western liberalism and pluralisim are not the pontificating losers on the left. The true heros are Bush and Blair. Like Churchill and Reagan before them, these two leaders are the foundation of our ultimate victory.

Today we mourn with our true friends the Brits.

RULE BRITTANIA!

THE END OF HISTORY

2005-06-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

No, not the end of time or the end of the world. Nothing so apocalyptic.

Rather, the corruption of our so-called education system, which substitutes left wing ideology for facts and truth.

David Gelernter has a great piece in the Los Angeles Times (go figure) that explains the need to bypass the useless drivel shoveled on students in our schools and actually teach them what this country is about and why it matters.

Or they might all grow up to be as stupid as Senators Boxer, Durbin, Reid, Kennedy, etc.

THE PROBLEM WITH EUROPE

2005-06-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

Three very good articles by three very good writers which cogently explain the reasons for Europe's decline despite enjoying the fruits of the Pax Americana.

Thomas Friedman, Victor Hansen Davis and Gerard Baker at their best.

Check out realclearpolitics.com for more.

REAGAN AND D-DAY

2005-06-04T07:17:00.000-07:00

Don't miss the US News excerpt from author Douglas Brinkley's book "The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion."

The RR legend only grows brighter.

BEST AIRLINES

2005-06-03T16:57:00.000-07:00

CNN and Money magazine polled airline customers to find the 10 best.

Of course, no US carriers. And the usual Asian and Gulf airlines are represented. But British? Don't get it. Although they do have fast baggage service since they always lose it.

ZARQAWI REDUX

2005-06-03T16:50:00.000-07:00

Hopefully it is true. If this report is correct and he had intestinal injuries, then he hopefully also suffered a slow agonizing death.

Now bin laden.

WHOSE HERO?

2005-05-31T15:47:00.000-07:00

It seems the former #2 man at the FBI has outed himself as "Deep Throat" of Watergate infamy. According to reports:

A grandson, Nick Jones, read a statement. "The family believes that my grandfather, Mark Felt Sr., is a great American hero who went well above and beyond the call of duty at much risk to himself to save his country from a horrible injustice," it said. "We all sincerely hope the country will see him this way as well."

Well actually no. We see it as treason.

Of course, if you listen a little longer the truth comes out. His daughter is quoted as saying maybe now the family can cash in to pay their kid's college bills.

Heroic? Don't insult us.

TSK, TSK...

2005-05-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

Zarquawi is injured and may be dying according to various reports.

THE terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, wanted for some of the most devastating attacks in Iraq, is injured and may be dying, according to a message posted yesterday on an Islamic website sympathetic to his cause.

His criminal al-Qaida organization in Iraq has asked for prayers.

I think I shall pray. I pray he either dies a long, painful, excruciating death from his injuries. Or I pray he stays alive long enough for our troops to find and execute him.

Either way.

WELL DUH....

2005-05-24T16:19:00.000-07:00

It seems the Eurozone folks are beginning to feel the effects of their own misbegotten policies.

As opposed to the dynamic US economy, the overtaxed, over regulated Euro economies are suffering. France is about to reject the EU constitution and the German Chancellor has had to call elections. The dollar is surging, to the dismay of speculators (take that Warren Buffet), and the price of oil is dropping.

Of course they could have avoided all this shock and awe had they read ThermBlog a few months ago when this was all predicted with great prescience.

IT'S AMERICA'S FAULT

2005-05-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

We've come to expect outlandish nonsense from those in the so-called entertainment industry, especially at self congratulatory events like the Cannes Film Festival, but this takes the cake.

Danish director LARS VON TRIER shocked crowds at the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL yesterday (18MAY05), when he branded US President GEORGE W BUSH "an a**hole" and launched into a bitter tirade against globalisation.

The DANCER IN THE DARK film-maker, who has been promoting his new film MANDERLAY at the movie showcase, hit out when he was asked why his movies take an anti-American stance.

Von Trier said, "Mr Bush is an a**hole. So much in Denmark is American. We are a nation under influence.

"America fills about 60 per cent of my brain. So, in fact, I am American.

"But I can't go there to vote and I can't change anything, because I am from a small country. So that is why I make films about America."

So, it's America's fault this a**hole that nobody has ever heard of can't stop making insulting tripe that nobody will ever see about the only country willing to defend his right to produce this manure.

Oh, now I get it.

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

2005-05-21T08:15:00.000-07:00

Let me get this right.

Newsweek publishes an untrue story that inflames a bunch of maniacal zealots to kill a bunch of innocent people to protest the US treatment of terrorists.

Meanwhile, in self same zealot's homelands, carrying a Bible (let alone flushing it down a toilet) is grounds for death. And these folks have a wonderful history of burning Bibles and other religious items sacred to Jews and Christians (not to mention desecrating temples and churches).

And the world wants investigations and apologies from US.

R.i.g.h.t!

How about ....well I guess you get the point.

BILGE WATER

2005-05-19T17:31:00.000-07:00

Does anyone realy take the Democrats serioulsy in this judical filibuster debate?

Put aside the lunatic left led by Boxer, Kennedy, Clinton et. al. And the just plain lunatic Byrd.

The leader of the Dems, Sen. Reid seems to reach farther and farther to make a point of non-sequitor.

His argument is basically "We are for democracy so that's why we want the minority to thwart the will of the majority." Earth to Reid: You and your gang have lost every national election since 1994, except for Bill Clinton's solitary reelection.

Perhaps the will of the people has been expressed and your dictatorial cohorts ought to step aside.

GUESS WHO'S WHO?

2005-05-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

Jonah Goldberg has an article today quoting research from the Pew Center. Goldberg's main point is the "Europeanization" of certain elements of American society.

Here's a snippet. Guess who's who:

According to the Pew Center, the less you like to fly the American flag, the more likely it is you are Democrat. The more you think hard work and personal initiative aren’t the ticket to the good life, the more likely you are to be a Democrat. The more you believe the United Nations is a better steward of international relations, while America is a negative actor on the world stage, the more likely you are to be a Democrat. The more you believe that the government is there to help, the more likely it is you are Democrat. The less seriously you take religion, the more likely you are to be a Democrat. Flip all of these values around and the more likely it is you are a Republican — or that you vote that way.

Where is your flag? And is it European or American?

HE'S BACK

2005-04-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

Been away for a couple weeks but I'm finally getting a grip on things, so here we are.

Kept up on news events particularly the fight over judicial appointments in the Senate. What a load. I am tired of both sides. The Dems reach new heights of hypocrisy every time their so called leaders speak. But at least I expect nothing from them.

Sen. Frist and GOPs, however, frustrate the hell out of me. Perhaps they forgot who won the election. They dance around this "save the filibuster or plunge into tyranny" nonsense rather than call it the extra-constitutional crap that it is.

The constitution says the Senate shall advise and consent. It says by a majority. Not a super majority of 60.

And yet the GOP won't pull the trigger and expose the lies flowing from the DEMs.

BUT WHAT REALLY GOT ME GOING was the return of the MOUTH HIMSELF - AL "I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDA" GORE.

Did you here his latest drivel? You would think the filibuster rules were handed down to Moses. Rather than a Democratic invention of the 18th Century to protect their racist KKK brethren and deny blacks equal rights.

Big mouth Al and his co-hort liars are in good company.

Of course, the KKK and other lovers of democracy were a bit more temperate than BIG AL.

TERRY SCHIAVO

2005-03-24T08:26:00.000-08:00

As usual, Peggy Noonan makes the point much better than I can:

I do not understand the emotionalism of the pull-the-tube people. What is driving their engagement? Is it because they are compassionate, and their hearts bleed at the thought that Mrs. Schiavo suffers? But throughout this case no one has testified that she is in persistent pain, as those with terminal cancer are.

If they care so much about her pain, why are they unconcerned at the suffering caused her by the denial of food and water? And why do those who argue for Mrs. Schiavo's death employ language and imagery that is so violent and aggressive? The chairman of the Democratic National Committee calls Republicans "brain dead." Michael Schiavo, the husband, calls House Majority Leader Tom DeLay "a slithering snake."

Everyone who has written in defense of Mrs. Schiavo's right to live has received e-mail blasts full of attacks that appear to have been dictated by the unstable and typed by the unhinged. On Democratic Underground they crowed about having "kicked the sh-- out of the fascists." On Tuesday James Carville's face was swept with a sneer so convulsive you could see his gums as he damned the Republicans trying to help Mrs. Schiavo. It would have seemed demonic if he weren't a buffoon.

Why are they so committed to this woman's death?

They seem to have fallen half in love with death.

What does Terri Schiavo's life symbolize to them? What does the idea that she might continue to live suggest to them?

Why does this prospect so unnerve them? Again, if you think Terri Schiavo is a precious human gift of God, your passion is explicable. The passion of the pull-the-tube people is not.

I do not understand their certainty. I don't "know" that any degree of progress or healing is possible for Terri Schiavo; I only hope they are. We can't know, but we can "err on the side of life." How do the pro-death forces "know" there is no possibility of progress, healing, miracles? They seem to think they know. They seem to love the phrases they bandy about: "vegetative state," "brain dead," "liquefied cortex."

I do not understand why people who want to save the whales (so do I) find campaigns to save humans so much less arresting. I do not understand their lack of passion. But the save-the-whales people are somehow rarely the stop-abortion-please people.

The PETA people, who say they are committed to ending cruelty to animals, seem disinterested in the fact of late-term abortion, which is a cruel procedure performed on a human.

I do not understand why the don't-drill-in-Alaska-and-destroy-its-prime-beauty people do not join forces with the don't-end-a-life-that-holds-within-it-beauty people.

I do not understand why those who want a freeze on all death penalty cases in order to review each of them in light of DNA testing--an act of justice and compassion toward those who have been found guilty of crimes in a court of law--are uninterested in giving every last chance and every last test to a woman whom no one has ever accused of anything.

There are passionate groups of women in America who decry spousal abuse, give beaten wives shelter, insist that a woman is not a husband's chattel. This is good work. Why are they not taking part in the fight for Terri Schiavo? Again, what explains their lack of passion on this? If Mrs. Schiavo dies, it will be because her husband, and only her husband, insists she wanted to, or would want to, or said she wanted to in a hypothetical conversation long ago. A thin reed on which to base the killing of a human being.

The pull-the-tube people say, "She must hate being brain-damaged." Well, yes, she must. (This line of argument presumes she is to some degree or in some way thinking or experiencing emotions.) Who wouldn't feel extreme sadness at being extremely disabled? I'd weep every day, wouldn't you? But consider your life. Are there not facets of it, or facts of it, that make you feel extremely sad, pained, frustrated, angry? But you're still glad you're alive, aren't you? Me too. No one enjoys a deathbed. Very few want to leave.

WHY?

2005-03-24T07:50:00.000-08:00

Why is it the people most strident in their attempt to kill Terry Schiavo are the same ones who hold vigils for felons convicted of the most egregious crimes as they face the death penalty?

Why is the life of an innocent woman who cannot speak for herself less valuable than that of a miscreant who has caused incalculable pain to society and had the benefit of due process?

And why do we suffer judges who are so keen on legal process and blind to justice?

Somethng has to change.

THERE SHE GOES AGAIN DEPT.

2005-03-18T16:40:00.000-08:00

Daffy Sen. Barbara Boxer shows why we don't have senators for life. Her grasp of the Constitution is simply indescribable. Here she is at a MoveOn.org rally railing against following the Constitutionally mandated approach to selecting new federal judges. Didn't she take an oath to uphold the Constitution? (Ed. - Oh yes, I forgot.)

Why would we give lifetime appointments to people who earn up to $200,000 a year, with absolutely a great retirement system, and all the things all Americans wish for, with absolutely no check and balance except that one confirmation vote? So we're saying we think you ought to get nine votes over the 51 required. That isn't too much to ask for such a superimportant position. There ought to be a super vote. Don't you think so? It's the only check and balance on these people. They're in for life. They don't stand for election like we do, which is scary.

No Senator. You're the one who's scary.

THERE IT IS

2005-03-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

Is there anybody better than Krauthammer?

A leftist judge in Spain orders the arrest of a pathetic, near-senile Gen. Augusto Pinochet eight years after he's left office, and becomes a human rights hero -- a classic example of the left morally grandstanding in the name of victims of dictatorships long gone. Yet for the victims of contemporary monsters still actively killing and oppressing -- Khomeini and his successors, the Assads of Syria and, until yesterday, Hussein and his sons -- nothing. No sympathy. No action. Indeed, virulent hostility to America's courageous and dangerous attempt at rescue.

The international left's concern for human rights turns out to be nothing more than a useful weapon for its anti-Americanism. Jeane Kirkpatrick pointed out this selective concern for the victims of U.S. allies (such as Chile) 25 years ago. After the Cold War, the hypocrisy continues. For which Arab people do European hearts burn? The Palestinians. Why? Because that permits the vilification of Israel -- an outpost of Western democracy and, even worse, a staunch U.S. ally. Championing suffering Iraqis, Syrians and Lebanese offers no such satisfaction. Hence, silence.

Until now. Now that the real Arab street has risen to claim rights that the West takes for granted, the left takes note. It is forced to acknowledge that those brutish Americans led by their simpleton cowboy might have been right. It has no choice. It is shamed. A Lebanese, amid a sea of a million other Lebanese, raises a placard reading "Thank you, George W. Bush," and all that Euro-pretense, moral and intellectual, collapses.

IT'S WILD!

2005-03-14T15:11:00.000-08:00

Weeks of rain can do more than just stall Los Angeles traffic and create rivers of mud.

It can also create an explosion of wildflowers. And no where better than in Death Valley.

For those unfortunate enough to live east of the Rockies, you have never seen anything like the desert in bloom. Highly recommended,

USUAL SUSPECTS

2005-02-14T15:51:00.000-08:00

Well Eason Jordan is gone and now the search for the perps begins. For the MSM, that means those (we) nasty bloggers. You know who you are, you red state, bible thumping knuckle draggers. All you wild eyed conservatives who insist on the truth. Unlike our dear departed brother Mr. Jordan who made that off-hand comment about our servicmen being muderers. Yeah that one.

Michelle Malkin neatly exposes the plan of attack by the MSM purveyors of "all the news that's FIT to print."

COWARDS IN EUROPE?

2005-02-09T15:40:00.000-08:00

As something of a student of history, I have always felt there was a critical distinction between how Americans (the "New World") and Europeans (the "Old World") approach things. As much as I admired the history of past European empires (Greece, Rome, Britain, etc.), it always seemed that America was the true heir to those great civilizations. Modern Europe lost its cajones somewhere after Napeolean arrived. Europeans always seem to seek accomodation rather than stand up for principle. Perhaps this is unexpected, as you can't keep killing each other for 5,000 years and not see some weakening of the gene pool.

In any event, it remained a pet theory of mine but one which seems valid. But now it has found voice from a prominent European business leader. BSPOLITIX.BLOG reports that Matthias Dapfner, Chief Executive of German publisher Axel Springer AG recently wrote a peice in DIE WELT, Germany's largest daily newspaper, critical of the appeasement mentality pervading Europe. Here is a key section:

Only two recent American Presidents had the courage needed for anti-appeasement: Reagan and Bush.

His American critics may quibble over the details, but we Europeans know the truth. We saw it first hand: Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War, freeing half of the German people from nearly 50 years of terror and virtual slavery. And Bush, supported only by the Social Democrat Blair, acting on moral conviction, recognized the danger in the Islamic War against democracy. His place in history will have to be evaluated after a number of years have passed.

In the meantime, Europe sits back with charismatic self-confidence in the multicultural corner, instead of defending liberal society's values and being an attractive center of power on the same playing field as the true great powers, America and China.

On the contrary - we Europeans present ourselves, in contrast to those "arrogant Americans", as the World Champions of "tolerance", which even (Germany's Interior Minister) Otto Schily justifiably criticizes. Why? Because we're so moral? I fear it's more because we're so materialistic, so devoid of a moral compass.

For his policies, Bush risks the fall of the dollar, huge amounts of additional national debt, and a massive and persistent burden on the American economy - because unlike almost all of Europe, Bush realizes what is at stake - literally everything.

As BSPOLITIX.BLOG says, at least one German gets it.

MODERN CONSERVATISM

2005-02-06T14:13:00.000-08:00

David Gelernter has a great peice in the Weekly Standard on Disraeli and his role in forming modern conservatism. It is a must read no matter your political persuasion.

Key point relative to our politics:

Two of Disraeli's central interests, patriotism and democracy, were important to George Bush's 2004 victory. In this nation the people and not the courts are meant to lay out the moral and social foundations of society, subject only to constitutional absolutes. When anti-democratic judges and elected officials decide to update America's moral code on their own authority, the people get upset. Democracy in America has been hurt badly where it counts most. Disraeli knew well and said often: Nothing counts more than society's moral foundations. Next to that, all other issues are small change.

Patriotism favors Republicans on a deeper level than many of them seem to realize. No one questions the personal patriotism of Democratic leaders. The real question is different: Where do you rank patriotism as a public virtue? Anyone who has looked at young people nowadays (in the Blue States especially) knows that, since we no longer teach them to be patriotic, many of these Blue State Specials no longer are. No country has the luxury of not speaking up for itself to its own children in its own schools. For a generation and more, we in the wealthy, influential, profoundly self-important Blue Regions have run our schools as if we were too sophisticated for any such low-brow, cornball drivel as teaching children to love their country. If this nation is serious about defeating terrorism, we must teach our children why we fight. From where I stand, we are not doing it--at least, not in Connecticut. The conservative party should be the national party, Disraeli said, and he knew what he was talking about.

WHY DO THEY HATE US

2005-02-04T14:41:00.000-08:00

Mark Noonan of GOPBloggers has a great piece on a subject I have been thinking a lot about recently.

He points out the disparity of thought between those who "do" (i.e. - the creators of wealth, stuff, society, life, etc.) and the idle classes (i.e. - those who analyze and criticize).

I agree although I have been thinking of it in terms of those who understand risk and reward trade-offs and those who seek a "guarantee" in life. That's why business people, entrepreneurs, farmers and anyone else who seeks to rely on their own initiative tend to be Republicans. Those who seek a risk free environment, like MSM reporters, university professors, public employees, unions, the retired, minorities, etc. tend to vote Democratic.

Naturally, we are all intrigued by guarantees. It's secure and comforting. It's a wonderful fairy tale. So nobody begrudges the elderly not being willing to take the chances as a 25 year old. Thus the basis for the recent varied opinions regarding Social Security.

However, it is craven pandering for Democratic politicians to imply they can deliver rewards without risks. If it sounds too good to be true, it always is. That is why every Democratic soak the rich, spread the wealth scheme ultimately fails. Somebody's pocket has to get picked. There is no free lunch.

It is also why they cannot appreciate the desire by the Iraqi people for freedom. They cannot fathom how anyone would take the risk! The elections will fail, there is no security and all the other bleating nonsense reveals a basic truth. They would never take the chance so why would anyone else. They will always trade freedom for bread.

These are not American thoughts. These are not the sentiments of a people who wish to extend the flame of liberty. Life takes courage. But in our P.C. world, schools don't teach these values. They pander to every group of self-proclaimed victims and undercut the very foundation of the freedoms they demand. They are the attitudes of people too willing to surrender all for a promise of safety. Unfortunately, as history has always shown, those unwilling to take a risk for freedom are destined to lose it.

NAVEL LINT AND RON JR.

2005-02-03T16:42:00.000-08:00

Can ANYone tell me why Ron Reagan Jr. has any face time on TV? Who determined that this ungrateful son of a great man, this failed dancer, this smirking boy has anything to say of value?

Mr R. questioned the authenticity of the hug between Safia Taleb al-Suhail, who recently voted in the Iraqi elections, and Janet Norwood, mother of a Marine who died in Iraq. Discussing the most moving moment of the speech last night on MSNBC, the boy genius proffered the opinion that the hug had been pre-arranged by the PR people. He was egged on by the mouth that never stops, Chris Mathews.

How craven are these people? Do they think everyone is like them? That everything is for effect? They could no more imagine this was an honest expression of gratitude and pride than they could understand the reason behind Sgt. Norwood's sacrifice.

They have spent too much time in the toxic environs of DC. They need to get out into the real world where real people live and die and strive and sacrifice. They need to reconnect with their own country and what it stands for. And they need to get off the tube.

SOTU

2005-02-03T16:28:00.000-08:00

President Bush gave a great speech last night. This is one gutsy guy.

He clearly laid his domestic and foreign policy visions. Social security is broken: let's fix it. Syria and Iran are threats: reform. Iraq is developing into the first true mid-east democracy: we will stay as long as needed.

Compare that to the whining Democrats who followed. Reid and Pelosi offered nothing but no, no no,...

They have no plans, no counter arguments, no philosophical foundation. Just no. They looked pathetic. The D party could not have picked two better spokesmen for the Rs. Unless of course, you consider Teddy "One more for the road" Kennedy and John "I really was in Cambodia, before I wasn't" Kerry.

The gulf between the parties has become a political Grand Canyon. One is serious, sober, resolute and patriotic. The other is ridiculous, phony, treasonous and lame. Calling them simply pathetic is charitable.

It is fascinating to watch the disintegration of a major American institution. As someone who has keen love of history it is sad. As a republican, it's all good.

DEMOCRATIC GLORY

2005-01-30T14:55:00.000-08:00

No, it has nothing to do with our own erstwhile American political party (or what's left of it).

Rather it refers to the resounding success of the Iraqi elections. What a tribute to the brave people of Iraq, our magnificent troops and the President's fortitude.

It is also an inglorious refutation of the "chicken little" Dems here at home like Kennedy, Boxer, Kerry, Biden, Dayton, Dean, etc. They not only got it 100% wrong but have maligned the spirit and history of what once was a great party that promoted justice and liberty.

Fortunately, even their lies and cynical hot air cannot detract from this momentous event.

DOUBLE MURDER

2005-01-30T14:50:00.000-08:00

Officials at the Rotterdam Film Festival have murdered Theo Van Gogh a second time.

First, an Islamofascist thug killed the Dutch filmmaker a few months ago. But now the good folks of Rotterdam have seen fit to cancel a screening of his film "SUBMISSION" citing security concerns.

Another cowardly Euro espression of freedom of speech.

Shame!

PLAIN TRUTH

2005-01-28T18:11:00.000-08:00

Everyone should take a look at this fine salute to our troops.

You will never see or hear about scenes like these in the MSM.

CALL FOR SENATOR STUPID

2005-01-23T13:09:00.000-08:00

That's Barbara Boxer for those not from California.

GOPBloggers ask where is the outrage from the outrageous senator.

...As paid Democrat activists are to be charged with felonies for their attempt to keep Republicans from voting on Election Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The paid Democrat activists "will be accused of cutting the tires of some 20 vans and cars rented by the state Republican Party to usher the party faithful to and from the polls on election day."

Hmmmm. I guess we'll have to wait and see the true depth of the good senator's committment to justice.

HINT: Don't hold your breath!

THE DNC HIGH DIVE

2005-01-22T10:58:00.000-08:00

The Democratic party looks as though it is moving in the direction of annointing Howard Dean as head of the DNC.

As a card carrying, conservative Republican all I can say is YES!

If I were a mainstream Democrat, I'd be worried. Or at least planning to reregister.

TOO PLAIN FOR LIBERALS

2005-01-21T08:22:00.000-08:00

The President gave a magnificent speech yesterday, setting the tone and agenda he believes America must pursue. He was eloquent, inspiring and direct. Perhaps too direct for liberals, who prefer nuance.

One thing this past election campaign made clear is that liberals disdain committment. Particularly to core values. (Remember the election?) They do not mind grand, nuanced pronouncements but will never sacrifice their own comfort or safety for a greater good. They have no hesitation telling you how to live your life and what to believe but only so long as they are the ones dictating the rules. They cannot accept discordant voices or views that actually challenge them to do something. They can always nuance their way to see past threats.

But that leaves them with nothing with which to draw attention to themselves. Wait!. We have the old standby, that great bugaboo for every problem: America itself!

America is to blame for everything. Famine, AIDS, volcanoes, meteors and the loss of the dinosaurs. Of course. It's those nasty capitalist, God squad yahoos from red America who did it all.

Thus, they deride Mr. Bush for calling for an end to tyranny, just as they derided President Reagan for pronouncing the Soviet Union an "evil empire". They would rather wail about mythical oppression of gays, woman, three toed sloths and minorities in America (where they are of course free to publish such tripe) than remember those true heroes who languish in Fidel's gualag or women who are forced into virtual slavery in Iran.

No, those tyrants they can excuse. So long as they are safe and prosperous. It's all so nuanced. Sort of like how the French behave. Free to sit back and pursue machiavellian schemes with dictators while proclaiming liberty, quality and fraternity.

These hypocrites deserve no attention. Liberals past would blanch at their accommodation with evil. But it is of minor consequence. Nobody listens anymore to these self absorbed, "look at me" crybabies who refuse to grow up. Their hypocrisy is pathetic and laughable. They live in their own bubble of un-reality and cannot recognize plain truth when it right before them. They are blinded by their own nuance.

But for the benefit of those without the wit or soul to discern what is imporant, I offer the President's words from yesterday's address. Read and repeat as needed. Until you understand.

"It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."

What could be more plain? Or more true.

HOW BIG?

2005-01-19T13:05:00.000-08:00

So Dr. Rice how big is Senator Boxer's brain?

SENATOR HIGHBALL EXPLAINS IT ALL

2005-01-13T09:24:00.000-08:00

Senator Ted Kennedy at the National Press Club:

"We as Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans."

OH! NOW I understand how democracy works. Term limits look better and better.

VOIP

2005-01-11T11:46:00.000-08:00

No, not a hiccupping sound or other bodily emanation. It stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol and it's the hottest thing coming through your broadband connection. Flat rate local and long distance calling. In some cases it's free.

I am currently using SKYPE (free if calling other SKYPE users). It sounds great. Vonage is another provider. Even the big guys are getting into it. AT&T, Verizon, SBC and Comcast are launching service.

Check it out.

IT NEVER RAINS IN CALIFORNIA

2005-01-08T03:47:00.000-08:00

It POURS! Hole in the roof. Call the roofer. Four days later call returned. Can't come by until NEXT week.

SENATOR STUPID, PART DEUX

2005-01-07T16:28:00.000-08:00

From James Taranto and the WSJ Opinion Journal:

Barbara Boxer, the lone senator to object to the election result, has resorted to crying in an attempt to get her way. The Washington Times, meanwhile, reports that Boxer is on the defensive over the connection between her challenge and full-bodied filmmaker Michael Moore's agitprop piece "Fahrenheit 9/11." She insists the dreadful documentary "had nothing to do with what I'm doing now."

But Boxer acknowledges that, as the Times puts it, " 'Fahrenheit 9/11' gave her guilt feelings about her deference to Vice President Al Gore's request that his Democratic colleagues not contest the Electoral College count over the disputed 2000 race in Florida."

Those who objected to the election result insisted they knew their effort would not succeed and their purpose was merely to urge Congress to reform the election system. Bring it on, says reader Dave Clark:

I hope the Republicans will respond to the grandstanding of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and the rest of the Congressional Black Caucus. This is a great opportunity to advance comprehensive election reforms that include some kind of uniform voter ID in every state. Election reforms could eliminate the huge advantage Democrats have in urban areas where there are more voters than the adult census population, like Philadelphia, Milwaukee and St. Louis. It could also track voters who use the absentee ballot provision to vote twice in different states. Could the Democrats win Pennsylvania if voting was cleaned up in Philadelphia?

Be careful what you wish for . . .