Fool Me Thrice

Now "Lie" in It

John Kerry made his bed--wrapped in sheets of ribbons, comforters of medals and dustskirts of lore--and he should "lie" in it. The media took his lead. If you notice in this piece about Bush putting his foot in his mouth, you'll notice that Kerry is always recognized as, "Decorated Vietnam Veteran," but never:

1. Former Mass. Prosecutor
2. Lt. Governor to Michael Dukakis
3. Senator for 20 years

So when I hear all this crap condemning other Vets for voicing their opinion...I rightly turn a deaf ear.

America's Best Christian

Betty Bowers, in a similar vain to Shirley Q. Liquor, is ridiculously funny. A drag queen pretending to be America's Best Christian maitains "Crack-whore Ministries," "BASH: Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals," and "BITCH: Bringing Integrity to Christian Homemakers."

She is especially funny to conservative Christians who are comfortable enough to poke fun at themselves and their politics.

Keyes Beats Ditka Hands-down

I really wanted Ditka to run against Barak Obama because I just wanted a challenger to have the popularity to beat a democrat--that is a poor reason. Alan Keyes, however, will school his fellow Harvard alum about what our nation faces. Keyes won every GOP primary debate in 2000 and not for wisecracks like Rev. Sharpton.

Alan Keyes will be on Hannity and Colmes Monday. The Keyes-Obama debates might go down as the most electrifying senate race debates in history.

How Ya Durrin'?

Shirley Q. Liquor is not for the faint hearted; SQL's blackface comedy is riotous but is often met with protest. Take a look at her site and watch some clips.

Freedom Fighters

Great photoshopping done at Digital Brownshirts. Thanks, Crush Kerry.

And then...

Supporting my expectations of the Kerry Doctrine, I saw Kerry's latest campaign ad where he says:

We need a stronger military, we need stronger alliances, AND THEN we can tell the terrorists...

Again with this after the fact mentaility...

Analysis of the Week

I've seen it mentioned on other blogs as a great post, but I just got around to reading it. XRLQ received a letter from the ACLU and he handily deconstructs all the liberal propaganda. For example (text of ACLU letter in italics):

The USA PATRIOT Act - passed hastily by a Congress afraid to appear “unpatriotic"….

See above re air quotes. No one actually accused anybody of being unpatriotic, but never mind that.

… not only expanded the government’s power to invade our privacy…

Who’s “we?” The Patriot Act didn’t give the government any new power to invade my privacy, only that of criminal and/or terrorist suspects. Does this mean the ACLU itself is run by criminal suspects who have lost privacy under the PATRIOT Act? I’ve often heard them referred to as the American Criminal Liberties Union, but it never occured to me that they might actually be a union of American criminals seeking more liberty. Then again, I’m also one of those silly Americans who think that no means yes, pissed means angry, and curse word means something other than a word that is cursed. So what do I know?

…imprison people without meaningful due process…

“Meaningful” means, of course, “meaning what the ACLU wants it to mean.” Imprisoning people without actual due process - as defined by the courts - would never fly anyway. See U.S. Const. Amends. V, XIV, which the ACLU played no role in enacting.

…search homes and offices without prior notice…

Translated: search offices without prior notices, which regulators have done for years. As to searching homes, see U.S. Const. Amend IV, which the ACLU played no role in enacting.

…and punish dissent…

How? By discouraging individuals from buying Linda Ronstadt’s Greatest Harangues, or by persauding Babies ‘R’ Us not to stock it in the first place?

…but also deliberately and dangerously undercuts the ability of judges to check and balance the potential abuses of these sweeping new powers.

Good God, you’d think the federal government were about to impose any checks and balances on judges. OK, so they did try that with the Marriage Protection Act, but that bill is mentioned nowhere in the letter.

Attorney General John Ashcroft introduced new rules that allow the FBI to spy on Americans in their house of worship, on the Internet, in bookstores and in libraries - without evidence that a crime might be committed.

Translation: Attorney General John Ashcroft introduced new rules that allow the FBI to pay attention to what people do in public and, worse still, to actually do something about it if evidence of a serious crime emerges.

Read more here. Thanks, Alphapatriot.

Great Post on Slate

The Right Rev. George W. Bush
Among the worshippers at the president's traveling revival show.
By Chris Suellentrop

...Even while Bush is in his teaching mode, the whole event has a Sunday-morning air. Bush says of Saddam, "He had used weapons of mass destruction. Remember that? He had used them on his own people." The crowd murmurs back, "That's right, that's right." When Bush mentions that John Kerry and John Edwards were two of only 12 senators—whom Wednesday he called "a small, out-of-the-mainstream minority"—to vote against the $87 billion for the war in Iraq, someone else yells out, "Shame on them!"

Bush almost gets weepy later, when he tells a story "that touched my heart," about seven Iraqi men who visited him in the Oval Office. The men's right hands were chopped off by order of Saddam Hussein, and they had X's burned into their foreheads. An American organization provided them with prostheses. "A guy took my Sharpie, wrapped his new fingers and wrote, 'God bless America,' in Arabic," Bush says, his voice choking up. "What a contrast," he says. In America, "We want to heal you, no matter who you are," his voice catching again.

So, are we going to abandon Iraq? Bush asks the crowd. "Are we going to be a country of our word?" he asks. "Or are we going to go timid and weary and afraid of the barbaric behavior of a few?" The crowd shouts back: "No!"

As the event winds down, Bush gets looser and funnier. He points to a member of the crowd, one of the hand-picked Ohioans intended to represent a particular Bush policy, and says that she can explain it better than he can. Then he turns to another audience member and says, "You didn't have to agree with her." When another of the Representative Americans tells Bush that she recently received her associate's degree, magna cum laude, Bush replies, "That's better than I did, I want you to know."

Bush says a CEO in the audience has an interesting idea to share. The man doesn't say anything. "Flex time," Bush says. "I'm glad you told me what my interesting idea was," the CEO says appreciatively. Bush replies, "I'm not a lawyer, but it looks like I'm leading the witness." "I appreciate that," the CEO says, and Bush shoots back, "You appreciate the fact that I'm not a lawyer?"...

Read the rest here. Thanks, Polipundit.

Only 32,000 New Jobs

Yes, this is a crappy number. The 10,000 new manufacturing jobs is a great number though...but alas, I was hoping for a surprise in the other direction.

Lib-speak

Washington Post's headline reads: McCain Defends Kerry Again.

In fact, we all know that McCain did no such thing; he simply came out against another 527 circumventing the campaign finance reform laws he sponsored.

But don't expect the Post to say that--simply, McCain defends Kerry.

Where were the "McCain Defends Bush" headlines when he spoke out against the tens of millions of dollars being spent by 527s comparing Bush to Hitler?

Where were they? They were titled something like "Bush 'tries' to deflect damaging attacks."

Support for John Kerry

Here is a roundup of quotes from all the foreign supporters of John Kerry provided in Reckless Disregard:

* Al-Jazeera praises Kerry as a "popular mainstream Democrat with liberal tendencies, [who] hs been widely seen as a good compromise candidate in a divided party."

* Iranianian Ayatollah Mehdi said the Iranian Mullahs "fear Bush." "They think that if Bush is re-elected, they'll be gone. That is why they want to see Kerry elected."
Senior Advisor to Hasni Mubarak said Egyptians "are certain that a Democratic administration will be more realistic."

* North Korea broadcasts Kerry's speeches on state television and radio hoping for a return to the soft-power politics of the Democrats.

* Patrick Forestier, French municipal office worker, said "He is very much admired in France." "It seems like he will be more sympathetic to Europe...And of course anyone who is opposed to Bush will be popular with us."

* Spanish President (and terrorist appeaser) Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said "W are aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our alliance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry Administration."

UNITY Journalist Conference

First, I apologize for the slow blogging; I am juggling visitors and transitioning out of my old job and into my new one.

I stood outside the DC convention center waiting for my cousin to come out of the UNITY conference for minority journalists. Needless to say, even with me wearing a Calvin Klein suit (looking quite sophisticated) all of the "journalists of color" walked up to me and asked me if I was driving "that" bus (pointing to whichever bus was closest at the moment).

Hmmm.

Coffee and Donuts

Bill Maher stated that Americans should be more concerned with donuts and coffee than they should with terrorism only moments ago on Hardball with Chris Matthews.

And next, Keith Olbermann on Countdown will discuss if Islamic terrorists are really the threat of if it's really domestic malitias...just like Clinton with Waco, Elian and Oklahoma City--meanwhile, we were attacked by Al Queda in 1993 (twice), 1995, 1998 and 2000.

VOTE DEMOCRAT!

First Lady Laura Bush

The most charming and classiest first lady since Jackie Kennedy will be on the O'Reilly Factor tonight at 8pm. Please tune in.

Another Great Ad

God Bless America

Toronto Sun
Sat, July 31, 2004
By MICHAEL COREN

...I'm tired of the America-bashing from mediocrities the world over, and the blaming of every conceivable problem on Washington.

The last straw was, in itself, not particularly significant. It was when cyclist Lance Armstrong was spat at during the Tour de France. Spat at because he is an American. We do not know his politics, but his girlfriend, Sheryl Crow, is an opponent of George Bush. That didn't matter. The man was American and thus worthy of disdain.

So, almost three years later, I say it again: God bless America.

For leaving half a million men on the battlefields of Africa, Asia and Europe during the Second World War, a conflict the United States could easily have sat out. For effectively forcing Japan to declare war and thus joining the alliance of light against the gang of darkness. God bless America.

For that farm boy from Nebraska who had never even heard of Normandy or Sicily, who wanted so much to walk back from the hill but continued on, the bullets flying over and around him. For his not turning back. For his determination to do his duty and for his dedication to freedom. God bless America.

For being prepared to rip the country apart in a bloody spasm of civil war because, however delayed and reluctant in some quarters, the leaders and people knew that slavery was wrong. For seeing the future dawn when others could only see the enveloping night. God Bless America.

For Lincoln and Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Truman, Kennedy and Franklin, Jefferson and Adams. For Mark Twain and John Steinbeck, Henry James and Scott Fitzgerald, Melville and Whitman. God bless America.

For the legion of Nobel Prizes won with grace, for the medical breakthroughs celebrated with decorum, for the sporting records, the intellectual triumphs, the moral victories, the glory. For embracing "yes" rather than hiding behind "no." God bless America.

For the vibrant pastures and forests, for the mountains and valleys that startle, for the cities and the towns, the highways and back roads. God bless America.

For jazz and pluralism, baseball and religious tolerance, burgers and equality. For inventing and pursuing an ideal that, though not always achieved, is still glorious in the making and pristine in the chasing. God bless America.

For the billions in foreign aid, greater per capita than any other country in the world. For the food, clean water, medicine, machinery given to every continent on Earth. For the Marshall Plan and Marshall Dillon, for Tom Sawyer and Tom Hanks, for New York and for the New Deal. God bless America.

For inviting Irish, Jew, Italian, Pole, German, Hispanic, black, Asian, man and woman, all and every into the highest levels of government. For being the first nation in the world to treat the outsider as a guest rather than a problem. For being a melting pot rather than a melting society. God bless America.

For allowing God and prayer and faith to enter public life and for not running scared of gratitude to the Almighty for all that He has given us. For not lauding the religion of secularism whilst lambasting the religions of the church and synagogue. God bless America.

For being right more often than being wrong. For being the nation that still leads the way in so many ways, still lights the path on so many days. For being you. For being. God bless America.

Thanks, Tyler.

Fixin's

I had my first blog fiasco and learned to often save your code as a text document. Thanks for the suggestions Kitty, Tyler and Pat. I just redid everything from scratch--only took 30 minutes...this time. :-)

Nancy Reagan Supports Bush

Despite ONE ideological difference that the Democrats tried to use as a wedge issue, Nancy knows who keeps her husband's legacy alive: George W. Bush.

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be working at the Small Business Administration beginning August 16, 2004!

"I'd Like to Thank the Academy!"

Toot-toot! That's me tooting my own horn. Actually, I'd like to thank the following for the success of my blog:

Kitty Litter
Kerry Haters
Red Line Rants
Blogs for Bush
The Alliance
Blogwise

While my daily readership is still relatively low, I've gone from 6500 to 585 on the Truth Laid Bear ecosystem in less than four months. Thanks for all your support!

Republicans?

My friend Kitty introduced me to the, "South Park Republicans" phrase a few months ago. I since watched a lot of South Park reruns and think the term is relevant. Matt Stone and Trey Parker take on a wealth of liberal propoganda and demonstrate how idiotic it is.

Now Kitty points to the South Park team will take on the world in: Team America, World Police!



There is also an unlikely Hollywood couple that might vote for Bush. If you haven't seen Penn & Teller's Bullsh!t! on Showtime, it's a MUST see. They take on all the nutcases from PeTA, the environmental movement and the Frakenfood hysteria.

Nails, Extermination and Dynomite

writes an excellent piece describing the bastardization of inventions that led to prosperity by the Palestinian terrorists:

One of the oldest inventions, and one of the most essential in the rise of civilization, was the nail. The idea of permanently fastening two pieces of wood together led to improved shelter, transportation, and a whole slew of other innovations that greatly improved people’s quality of life.

Disease has been another great threat to people’s health and prosperity. It took centuries to discover the link between vermin and pestilence. The Black Plague was spread by mites on rats. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that modern pest control and extermination began to develop in earnest. Today, rats and their related diseases are a nuisance, and only rarely cause the outbreaks of disease and death they brought in centuries past.

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist of the mid-19th century. He was obsessed with developing a chemical that would make mining easier, safer, and quicker. He began working with formulas and blends of nitroglycerine, until he found one that was a stable paste, easily worked with and much more stable than the liquid form. His invention, dynamite, led to tremendous leaps in mining, excavating, road-clearing, and countless other advances.

And that brings us to today. Today, when the Palestinians are presented with these three great inventions, these three great building blocks of modern civilization, three of the many things without which we could not live as we do, they take them and combine them and wreak death and destruction and mayhem. The explosives used to cut roads and dig mines and clear land is packed in a vest. The nails that hold together the beams of homes and schools and hospitals are hurled into the bodies of innocents, killing and maiming. And the rat poison, that keeps disease and pestilence at bay, poisons those wounded by the nails and the dynamite and keeps their bodies from stopping the bleeding.

Party Platform Planks

Our friend Tyler over at Red Line Rants (or Red Liner Ants as our friend Kitty calls it) outlines a great party platform. While I commented that I think Bush's platform title will be "The Ownership Society," he hits the nail on the head with the specifics.

Ownership Society would include:

1. Owning your home/property.
2. Owning and keeping your wealth.
3. Owning your education through school choice.
4. Owning your social security (and thereby, your future).
5. Owning your gun.

Tyler's write-up discusses the following:

1. Limited Government through Federal Land Trusts, Term Limits and repealing the 17th Amendment.
2. Personal Freedom through ending the War on Drugs, expanding Free Trade Agreements and ending the Cuban Embargo.
3. Equal Opportunity through Health Care and Education.
4. National Security through fighting Islamic Terrorism, upholding the Patriot Act and enforcing Immigration Rules.