Captain's Quarters has a great round-up of Kerry's latest accusation: Iraq is like the Bay of Pigs.
Why would a person who wants to be JFK II talk about Kennedy's BIGGEST FAILURE? Moreover, how does he think this will affect the Cuban vote by reminding them why they freakin' HATE Democrats to begin with?
This man cannot even run a campaign--how can we trust him to run this country???
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Black People Are NOT Idiots!
Check out GOP & the City; Da Man has a great post demonstrating that if a 6 year old can operate a voting machine that the NAACP and democrats cry of disenfrachisement is bullshit.
Why Is She Smiling?
Head over to Crush Kerry for his insider tip on why Hillary does NOT want Kerry elected (throwing the "Justice Clinton" theory out the window).
Softer Voices
I can only assume the title of this 527 is asking us to continue the Teddy Roosevelt policies of the Bush administration. They have an excellent ad; check it out here.
Donate generously!
Donate generously!
Arafat Dying
I wish he died as he commanded other's to die, blowing himself up for greater Palestine...but however he dies it's still a good day for Israel and Palestine. Check out the ongoing coverage at the Command Post.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has an excellent round-up including the sob story the AP is preparing ready to laud Arafat as a hero instead of the murderous terrorist he is.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has an excellent round-up including the sob story the AP is preparing ready to laud Arafat as a hero instead of the murderous terrorist he is.
Usama Sighting Near China!
Captain's Quarters has an exlusive regarding an FBI investigation into sightings of Usama in the Pakistan region bordering China and India.
Kennedy Skank
Alpha Patriot has choice words for the latest Kennedy to give us her precious 2 cents.
Child Labor
Check out the Boots & Sabers' post analyzing the use of school children to do voter registration for the teachers' union and John Kerry.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Stop and Think!
Thomas Sowell wants voters to stop and think!
While many people are urging us to vote -- regardless of for whom, for what, or for what reason -- there are very few urging us to do what is far more important: Stop and think!
Voting is not a matter of personal expression but a serious responsibility for choosing what course this country will take in the years -- and decades -- ahead.
Seldom have two Presidential candidates presented more starkly contrasting visions of what course to take, both internationally and domestically. But this election is not about John Kerry or George Bush or even about the next four years.
It is about a country at a crossroads and closely divided as to which road to take -- roads from which there may be no turning back for many years. We are talking about our future and the future of our children and grandchildren.
If you don't have the time or the inclination to give that the serious attention it deserves, then it is irresponsible to vote on the basis of watching a couple of men exhibiting their debating skills or watching TV anchor men spin the news to suit their politics -- or watching the shouting matches between spinmeisters on what are charitably called "discussion" programs.
If there are issues you care about, there are records of how John Kerry voted on those issues in the Senate and what George W. Bush did on those issues as President and as Governor of Texas before that. Never mind how they talk now. Look at what they did when it was time to put up or shut up.
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The reason that there was a Vietnam war in the first place is that France would not grant Vietnam independence after World War II, as other European colonial powers granted independence to their colonies in Asia and Africa.
This gave the Vietnamese Communists a chance to pose as freedom fighters and fool people inside and outside Vietnam -- including John Kerry, who referred to Communist dictator Ho Chi Minh as the George Washington of his country.
Only after being decisively beaten in what was then called French Indo-China did France pull out, leaving it up to the United States to try to defend those Vietnamese who wanted to be both independent and not living under a Communist dictatorship.
John Kerry dismissed "the mystical war against communism" in his 1971 book The New Soldier, where he also said, "we cannot fight communism all over the world." He added: "I think we should have learned that lesson by now."
Ronald Reagan didn't learn that lesson. He did fight communism all over the world -- and he won, no thanks to John Kerry, who repeatedly voted in the Senate to weaken our military.
As for the war in Vietnam, Kerry's 1971 book said, "we are more guilty than any other body of violations of those Geneva Conventions." Any other body would include the Vietnamese Communists, to whom deliberately murdering civilians, torturing and raping were all in a day's work.
More than a century ago, John Stuart Mill warned about people who "take part with any government, however unworthy, which can make out the merest semblance of a case of injustice against our own country." But Mill probably never dreamed that such a person would somebody be a candidate for President of the United States.
Stop and think what it would mean to have such an irresponsible man as President before you go into the voting booth on November 2.
While many people are urging us to vote -- regardless of for whom, for what, or for what reason -- there are very few urging us to do what is far more important: Stop and think!
Voting is not a matter of personal expression but a serious responsibility for choosing what course this country will take in the years -- and decades -- ahead.
Seldom have two Presidential candidates presented more starkly contrasting visions of what course to take, both internationally and domestically. But this election is not about John Kerry or George Bush or even about the next four years.
It is about a country at a crossroads and closely divided as to which road to take -- roads from which there may be no turning back for many years. We are talking about our future and the future of our children and grandchildren.
If you don't have the time or the inclination to give that the serious attention it deserves, then it is irresponsible to vote on the basis of watching a couple of men exhibiting their debating skills or watching TV anchor men spin the news to suit their politics -- or watching the shouting matches between spinmeisters on what are charitably called "discussion" programs.
If there are issues you care about, there are records of how John Kerry voted on those issues in the Senate and what George W. Bush did on those issues as President and as Governor of Texas before that. Never mind how they talk now. Look at what they did when it was time to put up or shut up.
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The reason that there was a Vietnam war in the first place is that France would not grant Vietnam independence after World War II, as other European colonial powers granted independence to their colonies in Asia and Africa.
This gave the Vietnamese Communists a chance to pose as freedom fighters and fool people inside and outside Vietnam -- including John Kerry, who referred to Communist dictator Ho Chi Minh as the George Washington of his country.
Only after being decisively beaten in what was then called French Indo-China did France pull out, leaving it up to the United States to try to defend those Vietnamese who wanted to be both independent and not living under a Communist dictatorship.
John Kerry dismissed "the mystical war against communism" in his 1971 book The New Soldier, where he also said, "we cannot fight communism all over the world." He added: "I think we should have learned that lesson by now."
Ronald Reagan didn't learn that lesson. He did fight communism all over the world -- and he won, no thanks to John Kerry, who repeatedly voted in the Senate to weaken our military.
As for the war in Vietnam, Kerry's 1971 book said, "we are more guilty than any other body of violations of those Geneva Conventions." Any other body would include the Vietnamese Communists, to whom deliberately murdering civilians, torturing and raping were all in a day's work.
More than a century ago, John Stuart Mill warned about people who "take part with any government, however unworthy, which can make out the merest semblance of a case of injustice against our own country." But Mill probably never dreamed that such a person would somebody be a candidate for President of the United States.
Stop and think what it would mean to have such an irresponsible man as President before you go into the voting booth on November 2.
Monday, October 25, 2004
The Supreme Court
Sunday, October 24, 2004
DBS News!
Only two weeks until the election! Please listen to the great posts for DBS News this week:
Wild Bill from Passionate America kicks things off with his Okie take on take on the state of things.
Kitty from Kitty Litter gives us every reason to feel confident that Bush will win this election!
I do a once over on Terroreza Heinz Kerry:
Pat from Kerry Haters runs anchor with his best piece yet!
Wild Bill from Passionate America kicks things off with his Okie take on take on the state of things.
Kitty from Kitty Litter gives us every reason to feel confident that Bush will win this election!
I do a once over on Terroreza Heinz Kerry:
Pat from Kerry Haters runs anchor with his best piece yet!
Saturday, October 23, 2004
More MSM Meltdown
Captain's Quarters points us to the Daily Recyler with another Chrissy Matthews style meltdown on MSNBC. It is UNREAL:
Quick Wit and Quicker Feet
Watch as Ann fakes out the pie throwers with moves better than most NFL halfbacks.
The New Tet Offensive
Al-Qaeda adopts Viet Cong's Tet strategy: Don't' fall for it
Peter A. Brown, Orlando Sentinal
October 22, 2004
It is reasonable to assume that someone in the al-Qaeda hierarchy has been reading books other than the Quran.
The last time I checked, the Muslim holy book didn't have a chapter on the Tet offensive.
Nor does it contain a verse on how suicidal violence can play to TV's obsession with pictures and deliver a political message aimed at influencing voters before an election.
Yet someone pulling strings in al-Qaeda central clearly understands those matters, and how they shaped America's Vietnam experience.
Most important, they understand the lesson of Tet -- that a military defeat can be more than worth the cost if its violence produces enough dissatisfaction to damage the enemy's political will.
That's evident in the recent effort by al-Qaeda and its allies to emulate the tactics of anti-U.S. forces in Vietnam that helped push Lyndon B. Johnson into retirement and the subsequent election of a president who wound down the American presence there.
One can only assume they are trying to do the same thing to George W. Bush.
In Vietnam, the enemy took advantage of the the world's first televised war to maximize violence before the Democratic presidential primaries in 1968.
They understood that the casualties inflicted on U.S. troops -- even if far fewer than their own -- and the pictures it provided to the news media made many millions of Americans question the wisdom of fighting a war thousands of miles from home.
The North Vietnamese were willing to suffer a military defeat in hopes of achieving their desired result -- the withdrawal of U.S. troops -- by political means.
Their strategy worked.
Tet marked the turning of U.S. public opinion against the Vietnam War that led to the American withdrawal in 1975.
The analogy between Vietnam and today's conflict in Iraq has been overused this election season.
To opponents of the American effort, Iraq is another case of U.S. forces becoming entangled in a civil war between various domestic factions.
War supporters see the Iraq campaign as an important effort to combat terrorism and create a shining example of democracy in a crucial but unstable part of the globe.
Curiously, little has been made of the al-Qaeda adoption of the Tet strategy.
The increased level of violence in Iraq in the past month is a transparent effort to copy the tactics of Tet, aimed at political, rather than military, victory.
These attacks are actually often suicide bombings as opposed to the Viet Cong efforts against larger forces in1968.
It is more than coincidental that the recent increase in attacks are occurring during the period when Americans, through the presidential election, are deciding the thrust of their policy toward terrorism and the Middle East.
The "Tet offensive," named for the Buddhist holiday during which it occurred, was launched in early 1968, just before the Democratic presidential primaries.
Johnson had been heavily favored for both renomination and election. But the public furor here at home over Vietnam, fed by the Tet attacks and pictures beamed into America's living rooms, led him to withdraw from the race.
The Republicans had been in shambles after their disastrous 1964 nomination of Barry Goldwater, and LBJ's landslide re-election. They entered that campaign as underdogs, but they were fueled by an anti-war sentiment that was probably stronger than that view is today.
Richard Nixon, who won that election, promised a "secret plan" to extricate the United States from Vietnam, not a hugely different approach than John Kerry's often contradictory comments about the war and vague plan about how he would do things differently than Bush.
Be clear about this: Al-Qaeda & Co. are campaigning for votes, just as Bush and Kerry are.
Regardless of what the American people decide, the terrorists want to pressure the next president into withdrawing U.S. forces.
They think the best way to do that is by convincing U.S. voters through suicide attacks that the benefits of remaining in Iraq are not worth the price in men and money.
That being the case, it is important to remember that Tet was a clear military victory for U.S. forces and their Vietnamese allies. If a democratic Iraq is worth pursuing, then bloody pictures should not make it any less so.
Consider the long-term ramifications of your vote. Don't just react emotionally to what you are seeing on your television screen.
Peter A. Brown can be reached at 407-420-5276 or pbrown@orlandosentinel.com
Peter A. Brown, Orlando Sentinal
October 22, 2004
It is reasonable to assume that someone in the al-Qaeda hierarchy has been reading books other than the Quran.
The last time I checked, the Muslim holy book didn't have a chapter on the Tet offensive.
Nor does it contain a verse on how suicidal violence can play to TV's obsession with pictures and deliver a political message aimed at influencing voters before an election.
Yet someone pulling strings in al-Qaeda central clearly understands those matters, and how they shaped America's Vietnam experience.
Most important, they understand the lesson of Tet -- that a military defeat can be more than worth the cost if its violence produces enough dissatisfaction to damage the enemy's political will.
That's evident in the recent effort by al-Qaeda and its allies to emulate the tactics of anti-U.S. forces in Vietnam that helped push Lyndon B. Johnson into retirement and the subsequent election of a president who wound down the American presence there.
One can only assume they are trying to do the same thing to George W. Bush.
In Vietnam, the enemy took advantage of the the world's first televised war to maximize violence before the Democratic presidential primaries in 1968.
They understood that the casualties inflicted on U.S. troops -- even if far fewer than their own -- and the pictures it provided to the news media made many millions of Americans question the wisdom of fighting a war thousands of miles from home.
The North Vietnamese were willing to suffer a military defeat in hopes of achieving their desired result -- the withdrawal of U.S. troops -- by political means.
Their strategy worked.
Tet marked the turning of U.S. public opinion against the Vietnam War that led to the American withdrawal in 1975.
The analogy between Vietnam and today's conflict in Iraq has been overused this election season.
To opponents of the American effort, Iraq is another case of U.S. forces becoming entangled in a civil war between various domestic factions.
War supporters see the Iraq campaign as an important effort to combat terrorism and create a shining example of democracy in a crucial but unstable part of the globe.
Curiously, little has been made of the al-Qaeda adoption of the Tet strategy.
The increased level of violence in Iraq in the past month is a transparent effort to copy the tactics of Tet, aimed at political, rather than military, victory.
These attacks are actually often suicide bombings as opposed to the Viet Cong efforts against larger forces in1968.
It is more than coincidental that the recent increase in attacks are occurring during the period when Americans, through the presidential election, are deciding the thrust of their policy toward terrorism and the Middle East.
The "Tet offensive," named for the Buddhist holiday during which it occurred, was launched in early 1968, just before the Democratic presidential primaries.
Johnson had been heavily favored for both renomination and election. But the public furor here at home over Vietnam, fed by the Tet attacks and pictures beamed into America's living rooms, led him to withdraw from the race.
The Republicans had been in shambles after their disastrous 1964 nomination of Barry Goldwater, and LBJ's landslide re-election. They entered that campaign as underdogs, but they were fueled by an anti-war sentiment that was probably stronger than that view is today.
Richard Nixon, who won that election, promised a "secret plan" to extricate the United States from Vietnam, not a hugely different approach than John Kerry's often contradictory comments about the war and vague plan about how he would do things differently than Bush.
Be clear about this: Al-Qaeda & Co. are campaigning for votes, just as Bush and Kerry are.
Regardless of what the American people decide, the terrorists want to pressure the next president into withdrawing U.S. forces.
They think the best way to do that is by convincing U.S. voters through suicide attacks that the benefits of remaining in Iraq are not worth the price in men and money.
That being the case, it is important to remember that Tet was a clear military victory for U.S. forces and their Vietnamese allies. If a democratic Iraq is worth pursuing, then bloody pictures should not make it any less so.
Consider the long-term ramifications of your vote. Don't just react emotionally to what you are seeing on your television screen.
Peter A. Brown can be reached at 407-420-5276 or pbrown@orlandosentinel.com
Friday, October 22, 2004
Let Him Boldly Go!
William Shatner wants to go to space. I think this nation owes that to him. Anyone out there that knows how to set up contributions should do so for this man.
Call me crazy, but through the duldrums of a stagnant NASA, even crusty Star Trek episodes inspire people.
Help him go!
Team America: Interview with Matt Stone
Alpha Patriot points us to Matt Stone's interview at NPR. It is good; South Park Republicans should take a listen here.
US Knows the Rock Usama Is Hiding Under
Speaking at one of my (Pomona) sister colleges (Pitzer, the hippie college)...
Former Navy Secretary and 9-11 commissioner John Lehman says the U.S. knows where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding but can't reach him because he is in a region of Pakistan controlled by Islamic extremists opposed to President Pervez Musharraf.Read more here.
He said the terrorist leader is in South Waziristan in the Baluchistan Mountains of Pakistan's Baluchistan region.
"There is an American presence in the area, but we can't just send in troops," Lehman told the Sun. "If we did, we could have another Vietnam, and the United States cannot afford that right now."
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Whales Cannot Sue Military/Bush
Every conservative out there should watch Penn & Teller's bullshit religiously. They had an episode disparaging PeTA saying, "if animals have rights, will we jail all the lions who eat dear." It sounded ridiculous until today, when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals HEARD A CASE (!) where someone sued the military on behalf of whales and dolphins for damage caused by Navy sonar.
I remember dealing with a dolphin lover in high school; she was all for going against tuna fisherman because of the dolphins they killed. I asked her, "what about the Tuna?"
It's always about beautiful animals...
I remember dealing with a dolphin lover in high school; she was all for going against tuna fisherman because of the dolphins they killed. I asked her, "what about the Tuna?"
It's always about beautiful animals...
I'm the King of the World
For all you End Times conspiracy theorists out there, you should dig deep into this:
Copyright 2004 by United Press International.
All rights reserved.
Analysis: Clinton eyes U.N. post
By ROLAND FLAMINI, UPI Chief International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has set his sights on becoming U.N. secretary-general. A Clinton insider and a senior U.N. source have told United Press International the 56-year-old former president would like to be named leader of the world body when Kofi Annan's term ends early in 2006.
"He definitely wants to do it," the Clinton insider said this week.
A Clinton candidacy is likely to receive overwhelming support from U.N. member states, particularly the Third World. Diplomats in Washington say Clinton would galvanize the United Nations and give an enormous boost to its prestige. But the former president's hopes hang on a crucial question that will not be addressed until after the presidential elections: can he get the support of the U.S. government -- a prerequisite for nomination?
The political wisdom is that a second George W. Bush presidency would cut him off at the pass. The notion of Clinton looming large in the international arena from "the glass tower" in New York would be intolerable to the Bush White House. If Democratic candidate, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., wins on Nov. 2 the prospect of Clinton as secretary-general won't exactly be welcome either, but Kerry would find it much harder -- if not impossible -- to go against it.
After a Middle East U.N. Secretary General (Boutros Boutros Ghali) and an African (Kofi Annan) it is generally considered Asia's turn to fill the post, U.N. experts say. No announcement has been made, but behind the scenes China is already pushing the candidacy of Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai, who also seems to have U.S. support. If Clinton does emerge as a candidate, however, China would most likely shift its support, the experts say.
No American has ever been U.N. secretary-general, but the United States is both host country to the United Nations and the major contributor to its budget. A hostile U.S. Congress held up its dues for years -- until the Clinton administration negotiated a payment plan for Washington's arrears. Clinton also revived U.S. membership of UNESCO though the Americans did not actually move back into their offices at the Paris-based scientific and cultural U.N. agency until after the start of the Bush presidency.
President Reagan had taken the United States out of UNESCO in protest against alleged corruption by former top agency officials.
Clinton is currently recovering from the heart bypass surgery he had to undergo last month, and this has kept him away from the Kerry campaign after a few initial support appearances. The former president has told friends and Kerry staffers he plans to resume campaigning for Kerry, but on a limited scale because his recovery has been gradual. He has talked of his interest in taking over at the United Nations since the publication of his commercially successful autobiography, which he recently said had sold 1.9 million copies. Writing the book kept him busy after leaving office in 2000, but he is now ready to channel his considerable political skills and energy into another role in public life.
There had been rumors that he would run the Third Way organization, the world Social Democratic movement he had talked of launching together with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. But the political alliance had come unstuck and the idea ran out of steam partly because Blair and Schroeder found themselves on opposite sides in the Bush-led Iraq war.
Putting Clinton in charge of the United Nations would be a real test of international intentions, observers say.
"Critics of the U.N. complain that it's an organization without the muscle and will to put its decisions into effect," the U.N. source observed. "There's a good chance that Clinton could significantly change that situation, and then we'll see if the critics mean what they say."
Copyright 2004 by United Press International.
All rights reserved.
School Says Halloween Disrespectful to Witches
Imagine the uproar if some Christian said Halloween was disrespectful? Read more here.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Constitutional Introspection
Owen has, I believe, posted one of his best posts discussion the genius of our constitution. I believe God worked through these men to stake his only other claim on earth other than Israel to fulfill his convenant with the Jews and his promises of Revelation.
That's my personal opinion. Owen takes a more secular approach here.
That's my personal opinion. Owen takes a more secular approach here.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Kerry Promised Lie #1
Reimportation of Canadian Drugs:
More than 30 Canadian internet pharmacies have decided not to accept bulk orders of prescription drugs from US states and municipalities. The move delivers a potentially serious setback to US politicians - most notably Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry - campaigning to give Americans easier access to cheap drugs from Canada.
More from Financial Times.
More than 30 Canadian internet pharmacies have decided not to accept bulk orders of prescription drugs from US states and municipalities. The move delivers a potentially serious setback to US politicians - most notably Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry - campaigning to give Americans easier access to cheap drugs from Canada.
More from Financial Times.
Pounding Pavement for the President!
What a great time I had working to get our president re-elected. I enjoyed meeting fellow supporters and was glad Bethany got to experience her first act of civic duty! Here are some pictures:
Sunday, October 17, 2004
DBS News!
With Ann Coulter's help, I tell you how to argue with a liberal in the next two weeks!
Kitty over at Kitty Litter discusses Operation Gratitude.
Wild Bill brings us the voice from the heartland at Passionate America.
Pat over at Kerry Haters runs anchor this week blasting liberals.
Kitty over at Kitty Litter discusses Operation Gratitude.
Wild Bill brings us the voice from the heartland at Passionate America.
Pat over at Kerry Haters runs anchor this week blasting liberals.
Friday, October 15, 2004
Alpha Patriot Senate Round-up
Head over to Alpha Patriot's website where he does an outstanding job of analyzing the contested senate seats this election.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Wictory Wednesday
Support Republican Senators to stop obstructionist policies in the US Senate. Donate to Coburn for OK Senate!
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Poor Ghost...
He has now resumed to bringing up lame people like O'Neill whom Bush fired because he had a bad policy. He cites some 170 economists that toot Kerry's horn (is Paul Krugman REALLY an economist?). But unfortunately, economists agree with Bush 2 to 1.
Dance with that, Ghost :-)
368 Economists Against KerrynomicsAlso, the person who JUST WON THE NOBEL PRIZE in ECONOMICS said Bush didn't cut taxes ENOUGH.
The challenger’s policies would bring “a lower standard of living for the American people.”
By J. Edward Carter & Cesar V. Conda
Leading economists have a message for America: “John Kerry favors economic policies that, if implemented, would lead to bigger and more intrusive government and a lower standard of living for the American people.”
That was the conclusion released in a statement Wednesday by 368 economists, including six Nobel laureates: Gary Becker, James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, Robert Lucas, Robert Mundell, and — the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics — Edward C. Prescott. The economists warned that Sen. Kerry’s policies “would, over time, inhibit capital formation, depress productivity growth, and make the United States less competitive internationally. The end result would be lower U.S. employment and real wage growth.”
Dance with that, Ghost :-)
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Support Our Troops
The Washington Post reports:
By an astonishing 72 to 17 percent margin, the active-duty military personnel who took the survey favored Bush over Kerry (Guard and Reserve respondents favored Bush, 73 to 18 percent). Frankly, the margin greatly exceeds anything that I or any other analyst had expected.The best way to support our troops is to support their vote. 72% of the people who will face war and fight for our lives support Bush. Why won't you?
Again, thanks Alpha Patriot.
Blix: Pre-war Intelligence Was UNDERSTATED
The Scotsman reports:
Thanks, Alpha Patriot.
Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix believed the Government’s controversial Iraq weapons dossier actually understated the case against Saddam Hussein, according to documents released today by the Foreign Office.What more needs to be said to prove that Bush misled NO ONE!
The papers released by the FO show that British officials at the United Nations in New York showed a draft of the dossier to Dr Blix in September 2002, two weeks before the final version was published.
A note from one official, Adam Bye, said that Dr Blix had liked the section on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons as he believed that it did not exaggerate the facts.
Thanks, Alpha Patriot.
Sunday, October 10, 2004
I Hate to Admit It, But I Agree
Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, today reiterated her claim that the AIDS virus was a deliberately created biological agent.
"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys (since) time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.
"Us black people are dying more than any other people in this planet," Ms Maathai told a press conference in Nairobi a day after winning the prize for her work in human rights and reversing deforestation across Africa.
"It's true that there are some people who create agents to wipe out other people. If there were no such people, we could have not have invaded Iraq," she said.
"We invaded Iraq because we believed that Saddam Hussein had made, or was in the process of creating agents of biological warfare," said Ms Maathai.
"In fact it (the HIV virus) is created by a scientist for biological warfare," she added.
Read more here.
UPDATE: Apologies to the wonderful Kitty; she posted a question I accidentally deleted. She asks if I believe that AIDS was created to kill blacks. I reponded to her in the comments. SORRY KITTY!
DBS News!
We have all-star commentary again this week!
Check out Wild Bill at Passionate America.
Here's my take on the importance of this election:
Pat asks Kerry to assume the position at Kerry Haters.
Kitty runs anchor this week with a GREAT post at Kitty Litter.
Check out Wild Bill at Passionate America.
Here's my take on the importance of this election:
Pat asks Kerry to assume the position at Kerry Haters.
Kitty runs anchor this week with a GREAT post at Kitty Litter.
Kerry Spot Live from Pomona!
The Kerry Spot live blogged the debate from my college! Oh, how I wish I could have been there! I see myself sitting in the Smith Campus Center taking tequila shots every time Kerry says, "I have a plan!"
Smith Campus Center
Then I would stumble across campus to some great party at the Wash...aaahhhh those were the days!
Smith Campus Center
Then I would stumble across campus to some great party at the Wash...aaahhhh those were the days!
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Democrats Vote to Reinstate the Draft
In a resounding slam to those in the Moveon.org propoganda camp, the house forced a vote on the bill introduced by Democrats to reinstate the draft. Only two people voted for it...and guess what? They were both Democrats. Read more at Alpha Patriot.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Alexander the GREAT!
Please! Keep the scenes in there! WOOF!
Is “Alexander” too gay?
The opening date of the Oliver Stone epic about the Macedonian conqueror has been pushed back from Nov. 5 to Nov. 24, and an insider says one reason for the delay is that execs at the studio want to cut some of the film’s male-on-male love scenes.
“Alexander was almost certainly bisexual [I BEG TO DIFFER! HE WAS 100% QUEER!], and [director] Oliver Stone wanted to portray that," says the source. "So there are scenes between Colin [Farrell, who plays Alexander] and women, but there’s also some passionate scenes between Colin and Francisco Bosch.”
Bosch plays Bagoas, a Persian eunuch, who many historians believe was Alexander’s lover.
Read more here.
Brackets added.
Is “Alexander” too gay?
The opening date of the Oliver Stone epic about the Macedonian conqueror has been pushed back from Nov. 5 to Nov. 24, and an insider says one reason for the delay is that execs at the studio want to cut some of the film’s male-on-male love scenes.
“Alexander was almost certainly bisexual [I BEG TO DIFFER! HE WAS 100% QUEER!], and [director] Oliver Stone wanted to portray that," says the source. "So there are scenes between Colin [Farrell, who plays Alexander] and women, but there’s also some passionate scenes between Colin and Francisco Bosch.”
Bosch plays Bagoas, a Persian eunuch, who many historians believe was Alexander’s lover.
Read more here.
Brackets added.
Mine's in the Mail!
Right Wing News has a round-up of the best Ann Coulter quotes of the last year (thanks, Pat). These are my fav'rite:
"The Swift Boat Veterans provide detailed accounts from dozens and dozens of eyewitnesses to Kerry's Uriah Heep-like behavior – which "Unfit for Command" contrasts with Kerry's boastful descriptions of the exact same incidents. By contrast, Kerry's supporters have their usual off-the-rack denunciations of any witness against a Democrat. The veterans are: liars, bigots, idiots, politically motivated, and I was never alone in a hotel with Paula Jones."
"Like Thomas Sowell's definition of a "racist" ("a conservative winning an argument with a liberal"), the definition of an "unpopular Republican" is "a Republican the Democrats would like to be rid of." Whenever liberals are being hysterical about a Republican, it's because that Republican is not good for the Democrats."
"In one of (John) Edwards' silver-tongued arguments to the jury on behalf of a girl born with cerebral palsy, he claimed he was channeling the unborn baby girl, Jennifer Campbell, who was speaking to the jurors through him...Is Edwards able to channel any children right before an abortionist's fork is plunged into their tiny skulls? Why can't he hear those babies saying, "Let me live! Stop spraying this saline solution all over me!" Edwards must experience interference in channeling the voices of babies about to be aborted. Their liberal mothers' hands seem to muffle those voices."
"While making himself fabulously rich by taking a one-third cut of his multimillion-dollar verdicts coaxed out of juries with junk science and maudlin performances, (John) Edwards has the audacity to claim, "I was more than just their lawyer; I cared about them. Their cause was my cause." If he cared so deeply, how about keeping just 10 percent of the multimillion-dollar jury awards, rather than a third? In fact, as long as these Democrats are so eager to raise the taxes of "the rich," how about a 90 percent tax on contingency fees?"
"America's greatest president has gone home. God worked through Ronald Reagan on Earth and now He's taken him back. Reagan is survived by his wife, three children, and the hundreds of millions of people he saved by winning the Cold War. Thanks to him, the United States of America never ceased to be, as Reagan said, "a place to escape to" – the last stand on Earth. No thanks to liberals, I might add."
God Bless Ann Coulter!
Cowgirl Blues
Blogging from Sealab 2021 at the bottom of the ocean, GOP & the City has this HILARIOUS post about an interview between John Kerry and Cowgirl Magazine here.
Hillary Clinton Fundraising Probe
Who would have thought?
WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign is the subject of an ongoing probe into possible fund-raising violations, FOX News has learned.
Legal sources suggest that the New York Democratic senator is not expected to be subject of the probe. Instead, David Rosen, Clinton's chief fund-raiser, is subject of a criminal investigation and now in front of a grand jury, sources told FOX News.
According to the FBI, Rosen has been named by indicted businessman Peter Paul, who alleges the former first lady's campaign deliberately understated its fund-raising costs so it would have more money to spend on elections.
Paul, a three-time convicted felon currently facing stock fraud charges in New York, hosted a Hollywood fund-raising event for Sen. Clinton before her election in 2000. He asserts he underwrote most of the costs of the event. Prosecutors say Paul was looking for a pardon from President Clinton at the time.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign is the subject of an ongoing probe into possible fund-raising violations, FOX News has learned.
Legal sources suggest that the New York Democratic senator is not expected to be subject of the probe. Instead, David Rosen, Clinton's chief fund-raiser, is subject of a criminal investigation and now in front of a grand jury, sources told FOX News.
According to the FBI, Rosen has been named by indicted businessman Peter Paul, who alleges the former first lady's campaign deliberately understated its fund-raising costs so it would have more money to spend on elections.
Paul, a three-time convicted felon currently facing stock fraud charges in New York, hosted a Hollywood fund-raising event for Sen. Clinton before her election in 2000. He asserts he underwrote most of the costs of the event. Prosecutors say Paul was looking for a pardon from President Clinton at the time.
Monday, October 04, 2004
A Universal Test
Maybe we need to send Jodi Foster through the Contact gate everytime we need to resolve a national crisis...so says Powerline with Kerry's Extra-terrestrial test:
[I]f they were honest enough to give America the full quote, which America heard, they would know that I'm never going to allow America's security to be outsourced. That's the job of the president.
But I can do a better job of protecting America's security because the test that I was talking about was a test of legitimacy, not just in the globe, but elsewhere.
"Stake in the Heart of Clinton's Recession"
Everyone needs to check out Alpha Patriot's round-up of great news on the economy over the last two years here.
Daddy Warbucks!
Here is the ad I just saw on WaPo...
It should read:
Earned Billions hedging against success in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Promotes socialist-communism around the world.
Check out why he's banking the Kerry campaign.
It should read:
Earned Billions hedging against success in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Promotes socialist-communism around the world.
Check out why he's banking the Kerry campaign.
Don't Count on It
I do not buy the screed that Republicans are out to supress the black vote; the RNC is trying to get the black vote out so they can vote Republican!
I believe the difficulties in this election will entail voter surge. I believe that the local municipalities in Florida sucked. This year, I believe many other municipalities across the country will be bursting at the seams--and all it takes is one woman who stands in line for an hour and then has to leave to pick up her kids for someone to shout, "DISENFRANCHISEMENT."
This is where I believe monitors might actually benefit the electoral process. They will notice the counties are not prepared for the voter surge, not that someone is intimidating anyone.
If Bush wins, and even if he wins big, I believe we will suffer a spat of domestic terrorism. You can see evidence of that here and here.
I believe the difficulties in this election will entail voter surge. I believe that the local municipalities in Florida sucked. This year, I believe many other municipalities across the country will be bursting at the seams--and all it takes is one woman who stands in line for an hour and then has to leave to pick up her kids for someone to shout, "DISENFRANCHISEMENT."
This is where I believe monitors might actually benefit the electoral process. They will notice the counties are not prepared for the voter surge, not that someone is intimidating anyone.
If Bush wins, and even if he wins big, I believe we will suffer a spat of domestic terrorism. You can see evidence of that here and here.
Almost Too Good To Believe!
Saddam Possessed WMD, Had Extensive Terror Ties
(CNSNews.com) - Iraqi intelligence documents, confiscated by U.S. forces and obtained by CNSNews.com, show numerous efforts by Saddam Hussein's regime to work with some of the world's most notorious terror organizations, including al Qaeda, to target Americans. They demonstrate that Saddam's government possessed mustard gas and anthrax, both considered weapons of mass destruction, in the summer of 2000, during the period in which United Nations weapons inspectors were not present in Iraq. And the papers show that Iraq trained dozens of terrorists inside its borders. Full Story
(CNSNews.com) - Iraqi intelligence documents, confiscated by U.S. forces and obtained by CNSNews.com, show numerous efforts by Saddam Hussein's regime to work with some of the world's most notorious terror organizations, including al Qaeda, to target Americans. They demonstrate that Saddam's government possessed mustard gas and anthrax, both considered weapons of mass destruction, in the summer of 2000, during the period in which United Nations weapons inspectors were not present in Iraq. And the papers show that Iraq trained dozens of terrorists inside its borders. Full Story
Sunday, October 03, 2004
John F. Kerry: Cheater
I am just beside myself with this:
Read the analysis over at INDC Journal, Drudge and Little Green Footballs.
Read the analysis over at INDC Journal, Drudge and Little Green Footballs.
DBS News!
DBS News is up again for our third roundtable of opinions of this weeks events.
First, we have Kitty, who is feeling much better, over at Kitty Litter.
Next, Wild Bill socks it to Kerry over at Passionate America.
I take on the actual content of the debate here:
And Pat runs anchor this week with his excellent post over at Kerry Haters.
First, we have Kitty, who is feeling much better, over at Kitty Litter.
Next, Wild Bill socks it to Kerry over at Passionate America.
I take on the actual content of the debate here:
And Pat runs anchor this week with his excellent post over at Kerry Haters.
Third Rate Burglery
Breaking into campaign offices, while made famous by Richard Nixon, is not new to the Kerry campaign. In 1972, Kerry's brother burgled Kerry's opponent's office during Kerry's bid for Congress.
Again, in Bellevue, WA, the democrats prove their criminality again by robbing the republican party headquarters there.
Again, in Bellevue, WA, the democrats prove their criminality again by robbing the republican party headquarters there.
Friday, October 01, 2004
The Results
Bush lost the debate in the "debate sense" in that he did not do what he should have: SHAME KERRY.
But the polling afterwards doesn't show that American's cared who won the debate; the people wanted to hear what they would do and wanted to see who they were. Rat bastards can win debates...that doesn't mean they win the vote.
Read the stats here. Thanks, Crush Kerry.
But the polling afterwards doesn't show that American's cared who won the debate; the people wanted to hear what they would do and wanted to see who they were. Rat bastards can win debates...that doesn't mean they win the vote.
Read the stats here. Thanks, Crush Kerry.
The Chinese?
Captain's Quarters discusses a small caveat from the Chinese regarding Kerry's mistatements in the debates:
The US and China have said they were confident North Korea will return to six-party talks to end the stand-off over Pyongyang's nuclear programmes. US State Secretary Colin Powell said after talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing the format was "what we should be concentrating on".Check out the analysis from Captain Ed here.
Kerry's World Summit Agenda
Bounce over to Boots & Sabers and check out Owen's wife's prediction of John Kerry's agenda for his Grand Solve the World's Problems Summit here.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Go to Kerry Haters
I invited myself to guest blog on Kerry Haters tonight and they have graciously allowed it.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
More Votergasm
I just love people that know how to describe nasty, torrid sex. Spunk is my fav'rite sex word. This from a post at Votergasm.com:
I'm in a Rush
To get some Bush
You don't have to brush
I'll just give it a push!
Call me a Trunk
And I'll call you can Ass
I'll bust out some spunk
If you give me some sass!
If you vote for Kerry
And not for the Prez
Our prospects are Scary
You betta believe what I sez!
I'm in a Rush
To get some Bush
You don't have to brush
I'll just give it a push!
Call me a Trunk
And I'll call you can Ass
I'll bust out some spunk
If you give me some sass!
If you vote for Kerry
And not for the Prez
Our prospects are Scary
You betta believe what I sez!
and the Truth Shall Set You Free
Check out my new webcast in the right margin that serves as truth for all the "nuance" Kerry will offer in the debate.
Draft
Democrats will draft you.
The Draft Bill in the house and senate are spearheaded by Democrats.
Also, look at all the NEW REQUIREMENTS high school students and college students will have under a Kerry Administration here.
The most hilarious hypocrisy is this: Kerry will force all schools that receive federal money to have a ROTC program.
I wonder how the IV (ivy) League and the other liberal arts colleges (including mine) would think about this because they will not allow ROTC because of the Army's ban on gays in the military.
FLOP!
Thanks, Country Store.
The Draft Bill in the house and senate are spearheaded by Democrats.
Also, look at all the NEW REQUIREMENTS high school students and college students will have under a Kerry Administration here.
The most hilarious hypocrisy is this: Kerry will force all schools that receive federal money to have a ROTC program.
I wonder how the IV (ivy) League and the other liberal arts colleges (including mine) would think about this because they will not allow ROTC because of the Army's ban on gays in the military.
FLOP!
Thanks, Country Store.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Welcome Swarthmore Swatties!
I looked at my stats and saw someone from Swarthmore College was checking out my site!
Kudos! or Hazaa (as Professor Farnsworth would put it)!
Please come back often and share with your friends at Swat!
Kudos! or Hazaa (as Professor Farnsworth would put it)!
Please come back often and share with your friends at Swat!
Pumpkingate
I just love stuff that's funny. I think humor in a campaign is very effective and if Kerry knew that he wouldn't be doing so poorly as he is. But here we have a picture from and a poem from Hewitt.
pic from Blogs for Bush
Blooms and grows in July.
Turns Orange in September.
Carved up in October.
Thrown out in November.
Let's hope!
pic from Blogs for Bush
Blooms and grows in July.
Turns Orange in September.
Carved up in October.
Thrown out in November.
Let's hope!
You Know You're a Liberal if...
Da Man has his third installment of his hilariously funny, "you know you're a liberal if..."
If you get both your political and keg stands from Ted Kennedy, you might be a liberal.GOP & the City is a daily read! Check it out often.
You're so liberal if you can say "Fake but Accurate" with a straight face.
You're also so liberal if you offended by my use of the word "straight" in the previous paragraph.
If you claim to have a better picture of the situation in Iraq than the prime minister of Iraq, you are a liberal. Also, if your idea of "winning the peace" in Iraq involves calling the prime minister of Iraq a "puppet", you might be a liberal.
If you state: "I have a plan that I'm going to have a press conference at least once a month to talk to the nation about what I'm doing because I don't have anything to hide," Then go a month without taking any questions from the press because you have something to hide. You are a liberal.
If your ratings are torpedoed by a group of jammie-wearing bloggers, you might be a liberal.
You're so liberal if.... in the 60's and 70's you protested the Vietnam war and the soldiers that were committing atrocities like burning villages and raping women....then turn around and vote for one of them to run the country.
If you have a bumper sticker that reads: "my child and my money go to UC-Berkley", you might be a liberal.
You are so wrong if your campaign website lists you as once serving as Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence...even though you never held the position.
If you spent Christmas in Cambodia and Armistice day in Safwan, you might be a liberal.
You can find these and many more in the forums at Mighty Righty. Feel free to email me additions or enter them in the comments.
Lileks
John Hawkins has a nice round-up of John Lileks money quotes over the last year or so. These are my few fav'rites:
"Commentators now fear an "upsurge" in the old dependable "cycle of violence" you know, Hamas sends someone to drive ball bearings through children on a bus and Israel responds by killing the people who hatched the plot. It takes a particularly Olympian viewpoint to view this as tit for tat, but moral equivalence is the dusty chipped prism through which the press regularly views the conflict."Read more here.
"Getting bombed by al-Qaida because you helped topple a fascist regime is a stark reminder that you did the right thing. You have the right enemies. A country should worry when al-Qaida doesn't regard it as a target, because that would mean it appeared to be a house of rotten wood, easily collapsed when the time is right."
"As the strongest nation in the world, we are apparently required to do what the weakest ones want, lest we waste their most precious commodity: sympathy. It's a common theme for those who value process over results and admire impotent international institutions whose primary output is thick, creamy paper stamped with interesting signatures and lovely official seals."
"It goes without saying that President Bush emanates a mind-warping energy field. You've seen it in action: Perfectly rational people who pride themselves on their nuanced, sophisticated opinions fall to the ground and begin frothing and barking when the subject turns to Bush; you expect them to succumb to Sudden Rumplestiltskin Syndrome, grab a leg in each hand and rip themselves in two."
"The United Nations will probably agree, once again, to do the wrong thing together rather than the right thing alone. A single death, after all, is a tragedy. A million deaths is a U.N. committee report. Nicely bound. With graphs and pictures."
Frogs: Negotiate with Barbaric Murderers
Crush Kerry points us to what will definitely be a growing belief of the UN worshipers--all the terrorists want is dialogue.
Bull$hit.
Bull$hit.
Airhead America
Captain's Quarters likens Al Franken taking to the road for his radio show (I guess he will go around and visit his eight listeners) to a 527. I actually disagree with this assessment. I believe that Reagan was right to support the removal of the fairness doctrine on the media--making it more beholden to the public and less to elitists. If Franken can improve his ratings by travelling around and doing his radioshow--more power to him!
To characterize Al Franken's radio network as a 527 would be the same as calling Rush or Hannity or Stewart or Maher 527s. They are entertainers. And, in the tradition of most circuses, I support Al Frankenstein taking his freak show to the people.
Also, Franken comments on O'Reilly's interview on 60 Minutes Sunday. He says he will pay O'Reilly $1million to prove he comes from a blue collar background. This makes me wonder if O'Reilly (who I have a love-hate relationship with) is hiding something. If he did come from a blue collar background, O'Reilly could shut down Air America in one fail swoop. So why won't he do it?
To characterize Al Franken's radio network as a 527 would be the same as calling Rush or Hannity or Stewart or Maher 527s. They are entertainers. And, in the tradition of most circuses, I support Al Frankenstein taking his freak show to the people.
Also, Franken comments on O'Reilly's interview on 60 Minutes Sunday. He says he will pay O'Reilly $1million to prove he comes from a blue collar background. This makes me wonder if O'Reilly (who I have a love-hate relationship with) is hiding something. If he did come from a blue collar background, O'Reilly could shut down Air America in one fail swoop. So why won't he do it?
Enemies Read the Polls
Alpha Patriot has a good post on Syria trying to make nice with the US. Could this be that they read the polls and see that Bush will likely be re-elected?
I wish Americans would understand that the only thing our president needs to force the hand of our allies and enemies is the backing of the US electorate. Bush with a mandate will be able to tell the UN to kiss our ass and actually take care of problems from the Sudan to North Korea.
Owen at Boots & Sabers posts a great cartoon illustrating the defunct world order:
I wish Americans would understand that the only thing our president needs to force the hand of our allies and enemies is the backing of the US electorate. Bush with a mandate will be able to tell the UN to kiss our ass and actually take care of problems from the Sudan to North Korea.
Owen at Boots & Sabers posts a great cartoon illustrating the defunct world order:
Monday, September 27, 2004
Botox Curbs Sweating
I am reading that the Bush campaign negotiated that the debates could not be cooled to 70 degrees because they wanted the world to see Kerry sweat. This, honestly, shows how stupid they are because we now that Kerry is going to have botox treatment this week before the debates and botox curbs sweating! Score one for the Kerry campaign.
DBS News!
Here is the second installment of our weekly DBS (Digital Brownshirts) News broadcast.
First up is Pat over at Kerry Haters.
Followed by Wild Bill at Passionate America.
And I am running anchor this week with my post below:
Kitty at Kitty Litter, Kerry Haters is taking the week off because she is ill. Please post your get well wishes here. Also, check out her post Do not Go Gently into the ER.
First up is Pat over at Kerry Haters.
Followed by Wild Bill at Passionate America.
And I am running anchor this week with my post below:
Kitty at Kitty Litter, Kerry Haters is taking the week off because she is ill. Please post your get well wishes here. Also, check out her post Do not Go Gently into the ER.
Shroomin'!
GOP & the City hits the nail right on the head by asking when are people going to realize that Ted Kennedy is trippin' on something--and whatever he has, I want some!
No Coalition at All
Well, we already know that the 30 some nations in Iraq are nothing but "bribed and coerced" says John Kerry. So he leads us to believe that a "fresh start" will get France and Germany on board.
Well, maybe not. France and Germany said they will not offer any military assistance in Iraq--even if John Kerry is elected president.
Well, maybe not. France and Germany said they will not offer any military assistance in Iraq--even if John Kerry is elected president.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Watchers' Council
Herego:
1. The winning council post: The Barrier to Defeating Terrorism
2. The winning non-council post: Fall of the Media Empire
3. Results from the latest poll: Watcher of Weasel Winners
4. Posting of Nominees: Watcher Council Submissions
Or, as they put it:
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around... per the Watcher's instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
1. The winning council post: The Barrier to Defeating Terrorism
2. The winning non-council post: Fall of the Media Empire
3. Results from the latest poll: Watcher of Weasel Winners
4. Posting of Nominees: Watcher Council Submissions
Or, as they put it:
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around... per the Watcher's instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
Patronizing
This whole, "Gay boy stuggles in Middle America," crap is getting old. Gay people stuggle no matter where they live. But the Washington Post found another cute, all-American, boy who is willing to talk about his sexual experiences at 16.
Did the Washington Post write articles about 16 year old women's sex life before 1919? Did any newspaper? Isn't it child pornography to discuss his sexual trist at 16???
This is nothing but pandering.
Kerry, Kill my Baby!
This picture was posted, with rightful disgust, on Kerry Haters. I stated I wasn't too turned off about a pregnant belly; in fact, it is beautiful and the life inside is something we should anticipate.
I just don't like pregnant bellies filled with life used to advocate politicians (like John Kerry) who think it's okay to stick that baby in the head with a vacuum hose and suck it's brain out--and if the abortion is botched and the baby is still alive--try to murder it again.
What do you think?
Jimmy Carter: Irrelevant
Am I the only person who believes that Jimmy Carter looks like the emporer in Return of the Jedi?
Anyway, he says F9/11 on of his fav'rite movies. Who could have guessed? He drinks the same kool-aid as Kofi Annan and the Nobel Prize committee.
Thanks, Crush Kerry.
Christmas in Safwan!
I am going to wait to see what comes out of this, but it is hilarious to read: Kerry claims he was in Safwan during the cease-fire signing ending the first Gulf War.
Banning the Bible
CNS News reports:
A Catholic group is accusing the Republican National Committee of "fear-mongering" by warning residents in two states that if the Democrats wins in November, they will ban the Bible and allow same-sex marriage. The Catholic League was referring to comments the RNC made Thursday regarding literature sent residents in Arkansas and West Virginia. "For the past week, reports have surfaced that the RNC has been behind a mass mailing warning the residents of Arkansas and West Virginia that if the 'liberals' win the election, they will ban the Bible," Catholic League President William Donohue said. "Now the RNC has admitted that it did so; this was its way of appealing to religious voters. But what it did is exploitative. Not only are the Republicans indulging in fear-mongering, they are also playing to the stereotype of Christians from rural communities," said Donohue. "The role of religion in the public square is something the Catholic League wants discussed by both Republicans and Democrats, and that is why we ran an op-ed page ad in the New York Times on September 20 called 'Censoring Religious Speech.' But what the RNC did in these two states has nothing to do with the public expression of religion. No more mailings of this sort should be approved," he concluded.I agree that the RNC went overboard on this advertisement and it should apologize. However, I don't believe the RNC was saying that the Bible was actually going to be banned, but was speaking to the attempts of the left to wash America clean of any religion like, "in God we trust," or "under God."
Friday, September 24, 2004
Hugh Hewitt Interviews Paul Wolfowitz
Great get for Hugh Hewitt, but with his ascendency to stardom--it's not surprising. Check out the interview here.
College Entrance Discussion
Here is a discussion I am having with Jed (great guy from what I can tell) are having at Boots & Sabers:
My reply:
Jed's very decent response:
My last reply:
More Racial Preference BS--JED
From the AP:
University of California officials have raised the bar for admission to the prestigious system, despite protests the decision will hinder enrollment of disadvantaged students.“Educate, don’t segregate!” students chanted as the Board of Regents voted 14-6 Thursday to raise the minimum grade-point average from 2.8 to 3.0, effective fall 2007.Why not just chant “We’re f***ing ignorant, but we’re minorities, so let us in!”Proposals to raise standards have rekindled debate over the system’s policies and the generally low admission rates for black and Hispanic students, especially at the top campuses of Berkeley and Los Angeles.There is no roadblock here. The minimum standard is an objective number. You want more minorities admitted? Get them better educated.
“This is another hurdle,” said regent and state schools Superintendent Jack O’Connell. “It’s another roadblock to opportunity."Raising the GPA affects fewer students, about 750, but drew much more opposition. Opponents noted the changes disproportionately affected blacks and Hispanics because their numbers are much smaller.Spoken like a true Berkelian - a touchy feely statement that makes no sense, and doesn’t even remotely approach the merits of the argument.
“This is not about percentages,” Linda Salinas, a UC Berkeley student, told regents before the vote. “This is about changing the course of human lives."
My reply:
Jed, what you fail to realize is that schools often are brands--have name recognition that can propel people further in life.--AARON
If I went to a school in Watts with no textbooks and lower standards of learning and the better grades are given to athletes I would be upset because GPA is not objective--it’s a number--but it’s not objective.
Also, I question why some of the people who go to tough secondary schools are up in arms because what’s a C at one school might be an A at another.
That’s why, frankly, minimum standards can only be used if they are 100% objective: i.e. you can’t run in the olympics unless you meet this time.
But with school...GPA, being subjective, is not always a true measure of college success.
Don’t forget that just this spring they tried to pull a black validictorian down by going back and changing two white students’ final grades to rank them higher.
GRADES ARE SUBJECTIVE.
Jed's very decent response:
I agree that grades are subjective, and that’s why I favor standardized testing as the primary means of determining who gets admitted.--JED
But, as long as schools are going to use GPA as a factor, minorities who have historically made lower grades need to realize that not every move toward limiting admission is targeted at them. There’s not a Klansman behind every tree here, and crying “RACISM!” everytime an admissions policy is changed is counterproductive in the long run.
My last reply:
Jed, have you ever considered the fact that some teachers give lower grades to minority students because they are minorities?What do you think? I want to hear your opinion here and I will share that with Jed. I think that some conservatives, in their fight against any type of action that considers race because they feel most people are fair, sometimes forget the reality that does need remedy.
Personal experience: I was in honors english in the 10th grade taught by a Mormon woman--Ms. Warnick. She went to the registrars office during Christmas break and had every minority student (6) and the one pregnant white student removed from her class because we were not honor student material.
No, I received an A the first quarter and a B+ the second semester--which put me in the top half of the class.
My mother (white, father is black) nearly lost control of her senses and confronted this woman the second day of the second semester.
I was the only person who got back into the class--but all five other minority parents thought it was due to their performance.
So it’s not something that minorities need to “just accept” because since it was an honors class it counted as a 5 point class towards a 4 point GPA--so my A was better than other As and so if those minorities stayed in that course thier GPAs would be higher.
Also, standardized tests, like the SAT are not on their face discriminatory, but they do discriminate. Please let me explain how:
When you test that a person can reasonably pay Kaplan or whatever to coach them how to take the test--that means the test gives a greater advantage to those who can afford to pay $300 bucks to get the training.
Now I was blessed; I almost maxed out the SATs without training or coaching. But I did see all the more affluent people in my town have their parents pay all that money and their kids bumped their scores up the second time they took it by about 100 points.
People who are poor cannot do that. Therefore, tests that are coachable are in fact biased towards those that can afford the coaching.
I am no liberal! but if you look at some basic tenets of college entrance, there are systemic disadvantages to impoverished communities--that, because of past racism--are predominantly minority.
Please think about that.
Well Wishes to Kitty Litter
Please use this post's comment section to send your get-well wishes and PRAYERS to our lovely, class-act of a blogger, Kitty Litter.
Kerry's Premption Plan circa 1997
In the spirit of link whorage, I am going to link to the hat tip I gave to my buds at Kerry Haters. By the way, I hate the term, "hat tip." I prefer to thank people by saying, "thank you, X."
Anyway, the quip of the day found in the Washington Times today is the following:
Anyway, the quip of the day found in the Washington Times today is the following:
During a 1997 debate on CNN's "Crossfire," Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq.UPDATE!!!: It appears the Washington Times needs to post a retraction and quick. The above account, from the transcript given to me in the comments section--and vetted with the folks on the Kerry Spot at NRO--seems to be the bad memory and wishful, partisan memory of Rep. King.
So reveals Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, who appeared with Mr. Kerry on the program.
Mr. King says the U.N. Security Council had just adopted a resolution against Iraq that was watered down at the behest of the French and the Russians. Yet the candidate who now criticizes President Bush for ignoring French and Russian objections to the Iraq war blasted the two countries, claiming that they were compromised by their business dealings with Baghdad.
"We know we can't count on the French. We know we can't count on the Russians," said Mr. Kerry.
"We know that Iraq is a danger to the United States, and we reserve the right to take pre-emptive action whenever we feel it's in our national interest."
While no "Crossfire" transcripts from 1997 are available, Mr. King in recent days produced a tape of the show, sharing it with New York radio host Monica Crowley for broadcast, and this Inside the Beltway column for publication. Stay tuned.
Coalition of the Bribed and Coerced, Again
John F. Kerry has a BRILLIANT foreign policy that will obviously bring all kinds of allies to our side in the war on terror. This is Kerry's five point plan:
1. Send my sister to Austrailia to tell Aussies that a vote for Bush will endager them.
2. Condemn all the allies we currently have.
3. Use the word retreat as often as possible.
4. Scare aspiring teenagers into fleeing with threats of a new military draft with a bill in congress by democrats.
5. Shit all over the person spearheading the Iraqi stive toward democracy.
1. Send my sister to Austrailia to tell Aussies that a vote for Bush will endager them.
2. Condemn all the allies we currently have.
3. Use the word retreat as often as possible.
4. Scare aspiring teenagers into fleeing with threats of a new military draft with a bill in congress by democrats.
5. Shit all over the person spearheading the Iraqi stive toward democracy.
Commander-in-Chief
Alpha Patriot discusses Bush's reaction when he visited soldiers on their way to Iraq. The Washington Post reports:
I say, "AMEN."
It had been a pretty glum day for Spec. Brian Parker, who along with the other members of his National Guard unit said goodbye to their families and departed on a charter flight for a long-term stint in Iraq. But then, on a refueling stop here, a familiar figure boarded the plane.Alpha Patriot said, "It's called leadership."
"We were down when we left our families," Parker said, giving a thumbs down. "But then we heard Air Force One was here. It's a good morale boost."
President Bush, after a campaign appearance in Bangor, held his plane on the tarmac when he heard an MD-11 carrying 292 Army reservists and National Guard members was about to refuel here. For the troops, grimly heading toward an 18-to-24-month assignment in Iraq, it was a welcome lift. For Bush, who has been accusing his Democratic presidential opponent, Sen. John F. Kerry, of demoralizing the troops in Iraq by criticizing the war effort, it was a chance to demonstrate his devotion to the troops.
"May God bless you all," the commander in chief said over the plane's public address system. "May God keep you safe." As he worked his way up and down the plane's aisles, posing for photographs, signing autographs and shaking hands, the happily surprised troops called out to him.
"That's my president, hooah!" shouted Sgt. Wanda Dabbs, 22, a member of the 230th Area Support Group, a Guard unit from Tennessee. Others seconded her cheer.
I say, "AMEN."
Flag Burning Amendment
I commented on this at Kerry Haters.
I believe the argument that this involves freedom of speech is ridiculous. The flag is property of our government, and thus belongs to everyone. This is true with our money and our monuments. So I ask, should the person who wants to burn the flag be able to deface the White House? Should they be able to destroy monuments? Wouldn't that, under the assumption of burning the flag, be the same thing?
I believe the most relevant comparison is with US currency and the flag. It is a federal offense to destroy MONEY. And I have yet seen any attorney successfully argue that a person has a right to destroy money as a basis for freedom of speech. Sure, if I burn a twenty, I probably won't go to jail. But it's still illegal. And if there were rampant money burning in a time of economic crisis--then the law would be enforced.
This would be true with the flag burning amendment. If we are all at piece and some hippie at a college wants to desecrate the flag for an art project--so be it. But if a person in a time of war wants to incite riots and blowback by burning the flag to demoralize our troops and to balk at our nation, then that law should be enforced.
What do you think of that comparison? Let me know in the comments.
I believe the argument that this involves freedom of speech is ridiculous. The flag is property of our government, and thus belongs to everyone. This is true with our money and our monuments. So I ask, should the person who wants to burn the flag be able to deface the White House? Should they be able to destroy monuments? Wouldn't that, under the assumption of burning the flag, be the same thing?
I believe the most relevant comparison is with US currency and the flag. It is a federal offense to destroy MONEY. And I have yet seen any attorney successfully argue that a person has a right to destroy money as a basis for freedom of speech. Sure, if I burn a twenty, I probably won't go to jail. But it's still illegal. And if there were rampant money burning in a time of economic crisis--then the law would be enforced.
This would be true with the flag burning amendment. If we are all at piece and some hippie at a college wants to desecrate the flag for an art project--so be it. But if a person in a time of war wants to incite riots and blowback by burning the flag to demoralize our troops and to balk at our nation, then that law should be enforced.
What do you think of that comparison? Let me know in the comments.
Memo to Kerry (Republican Operative)
TO: JOHN KERRY, Republican mole
From: Karl Rove, White House political adviser
I just wanted to let you know that the game plan is working perfectly. By all logic, the president should be packing boxes for his move back to Crawford by now. He's got a sluggish economy, Iraq is turning into such a disaster that even Republicans accuse the president of "incompetence," and Martha Stewart is going to jail while Osama bin Laden is free as a bird.
Given all this, the Democrats had every reason to think they not only could defeat George W. Bush - again! - but actually put their guy in the White House. Unfortunately for them, they made the mistake of nominating our guy, who is merely pretending to be their guy. And now they can't figure out why the campaign is going badly. Their naivete is almost touchingly childlike. You'd think they'd never heard of Richard Nixon or dirty tricks.
But in all seriousness, let's review some of the tactics we've implemented. They fall into the following categories:
# Making Michael Dukakis look good. People thought he looked like a doofus riding in a tank wearing that goofy helmet. But you outdid him when you put on an anticontamination suit to tour the space shuttle orbiter. You looked like one of those sausages that race around the field at the Milwaukee Brewers' home games.
Those windsurfing suits are almost as bad, so put them on any chance you get. I'll keep you posted on our plan to have you visit a fire station and put on a firefighter's helmet - backward!
# Impersonating Thurston Howell III. One of the ways rich politicians show their kinship with Joe Sixpack is speaking the universal language of sports. But you've cleverly "bungled" every opportunity to show your sports savvy. You went to Michigan and said, "There is nothing better than Buckeye football." You said your favorite Red Sox player of all time was Eddie Yost, who never played for Boston. Maybe I'm overoptimistic, but that last one might even put Massachusetts in play this year.
Those remarks were scripted by our crack staff, of course, but they didn't equal your brilliant ad lib when you showed up in Green Bay and made a reference to the Packers' "Lambert Field" - when everyone this side of Paris knows it's "Lambeau." The only thing that could have hurt the Democratic ticket more in the Dairy State is to confess that you're lactose-intolerant.
# Creating your own woman problem. Bill Clinton had Gennifer and Monica, but you've got Teresa. It was shrewd to equip you with a fabulously wealthy wife who speaks with a foreign accent, but Mrs. Kerry has expanded the role far beyond my fondest hopes. That speech she gave at the Democratic convention - well, I haven't witnessed such a prolonged display of self-absorption since Alanis Morissette's last CD.
One of our biggest challenges this year is finding a way to help President Bush among black voters who would rather eat dirt than vote Republican. But for a rich white lady to proclaim herself "African-American" might cause them to reconsider.
Marie Antoinette has nothing on your main squeeze. I loved that remark about the hurricane victims in the Caribbean needing food and electricity more than clothing: "Let them go naked for a while, at least the kids." My only worry is that it might pull in a lot of the pedophile vote.
# Making yourself look hopelessly confused on Iraq. Honestly, who could have imagined one U.S. senator could come up with a different position for every day of the week? At this point, I doubt God himself could figure out what you really think about Iraq. But here's what you can do to seal the deal: I'll plant a question at your next town hall meeting, asking what colors you'd like to see in a new Iraqi flag. Your answer: "Plaid."
Maybe we should scratch that idea. If you do too good a job of botching this campaign, people may start to figure out that you're actually working for us. For that matter, I wonder if we've gone too far already.
So I'll tell you what. For the time being, do your best to look like a competent politician who wants to win the election. I know it's a stretch, but try. Really.
Steve Chapman is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, a Tribune Publishing newspaper. His column appears Tuesdays and Fridays in The Sun.
From: Karl Rove, White House political adviser
I just wanted to let you know that the game plan is working perfectly. By all logic, the president should be packing boxes for his move back to Crawford by now. He's got a sluggish economy, Iraq is turning into such a disaster that even Republicans accuse the president of "incompetence," and Martha Stewart is going to jail while Osama bin Laden is free as a bird.
Given all this, the Democrats had every reason to think they not only could defeat George W. Bush - again! - but actually put their guy in the White House. Unfortunately for them, they made the mistake of nominating our guy, who is merely pretending to be their guy. And now they can't figure out why the campaign is going badly. Their naivete is almost touchingly childlike. You'd think they'd never heard of Richard Nixon or dirty tricks.
But in all seriousness, let's review some of the tactics we've implemented. They fall into the following categories:
# Making Michael Dukakis look good. People thought he looked like a doofus riding in a tank wearing that goofy helmet. But you outdid him when you put on an anticontamination suit to tour the space shuttle orbiter. You looked like one of those sausages that race around the field at the Milwaukee Brewers' home games.
Those windsurfing suits are almost as bad, so put them on any chance you get. I'll keep you posted on our plan to have you visit a fire station and put on a firefighter's helmet - backward!
# Impersonating Thurston Howell III. One of the ways rich politicians show their kinship with Joe Sixpack is speaking the universal language of sports. But you've cleverly "bungled" every opportunity to show your sports savvy. You went to Michigan and said, "There is nothing better than Buckeye football." You said your favorite Red Sox player of all time was Eddie Yost, who never played for Boston. Maybe I'm overoptimistic, but that last one might even put Massachusetts in play this year.
Those remarks were scripted by our crack staff, of course, but they didn't equal your brilliant ad lib when you showed up in Green Bay and made a reference to the Packers' "Lambert Field" - when everyone this side of Paris knows it's "Lambeau." The only thing that could have hurt the Democratic ticket more in the Dairy State is to confess that you're lactose-intolerant.
# Creating your own woman problem. Bill Clinton had Gennifer and Monica, but you've got Teresa. It was shrewd to equip you with a fabulously wealthy wife who speaks with a foreign accent, but Mrs. Kerry has expanded the role far beyond my fondest hopes. That speech she gave at the Democratic convention - well, I haven't witnessed such a prolonged display of self-absorption since Alanis Morissette's last CD.
One of our biggest challenges this year is finding a way to help President Bush among black voters who would rather eat dirt than vote Republican. But for a rich white lady to proclaim herself "African-American" might cause them to reconsider.
Marie Antoinette has nothing on your main squeeze. I loved that remark about the hurricane victims in the Caribbean needing food and electricity more than clothing: "Let them go naked for a while, at least the kids." My only worry is that it might pull in a lot of the pedophile vote.
# Making yourself look hopelessly confused on Iraq. Honestly, who could have imagined one U.S. senator could come up with a different position for every day of the week? At this point, I doubt God himself could figure out what you really think about Iraq. But here's what you can do to seal the deal: I'll plant a question at your next town hall meeting, asking what colors you'd like to see in a new Iraqi flag. Your answer: "Plaid."
Maybe we should scratch that idea. If you do too good a job of botching this campaign, people may start to figure out that you're actually working for us. For that matter, I wonder if we've gone too far already.
So I'll tell you what. For the time being, do your best to look like a competent politician who wants to win the election. I know it's a stretch, but try. Really.
Steve Chapman is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, a Tribune Publishing newspaper. His column appears Tuesdays and Fridays in The Sun.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Mug Shot Contest!
Since my hoodie was resoundly stated as "spooky" or "creepy" by our readers I want your feedback ASAP. For Owen at Boots & Sabers, I will take a new picture for my blog. Tell me what you wanna see (background, clothing, pose, and if I hold a sign, what it should say).
Owen get's three points for his recommendation; Jared gets two. Everyone else gets one point. After one week I will take that picture and it will be posted.
Disclaimer--no cock shots! For those, you have to email me at my private address: largerthanlife@breakherinhalf.com.
Fill up the comments!
Owen get's three points for his recommendation; Jared gets two. Everyone else gets one point. After one week I will take that picture and it will be posted.
Disclaimer--no cock shots! For those, you have to email me at my private address: largerthanlife@breakherinhalf.com.
Fill up the comments!
Devastating
I thought the Swift Vets should have left the medals alone and simply went after what Kerry did after he came home. Well, now they are there and it is devastating. There is nothing in the piece that is not factual.
Worse than You Think
I won't comment on about how Janet Jackson blames the president for the public's reaction to seeing her tit during the half-time show at the Super Bowl. But regarding the half-million dollar fine the FCC levied, listen to CBS' reaction and see if you can see the group-think at work at CBS:
The breast-baring song generated a record number of complaints to the FCC - more than 500,000.
CBS said it was extremely disappointed with the decision.
"While we regret that the incident occurred and have apologized to our viewers, we continue to believe that nothing in the Super Bowl broadcast violated indecency laws," the network said in a statement. "Furthermore, our investigation proved that no one in our company had any advance knowledge about the incident."
Coalition of the Bribed and Coerced
John Kerry says he would bring NATO allies in to train more Iraqi troops. Meanwhile, the Bush administration is already doing so:
NATO allies agreed Wednesday to send hundreds of instructors to run a training center for Iraq's armed forces after addressing French concerns that had delayed a deal for a week.This is a 300% increase in NATO support; this significant breakthrough is just a footnote in WaPo today.
France, Belgium, Germany and Spain have indicated they will not send instructors to Iraq and wanted to ensure that the bulk of the costs would be covered by participating nations.
Under the agreement, NATO will coordinate training of Iraqi officers outside the country, in addition to deploying about 300 allied instructors to Iraq to operate the academy outside Baghdad.
"We are very pleased that this step has now been taken," said NATO spokesman James Appathurai. "This assistance should be oriented to help Iraq build the capability of its government to address the security needs of the Iraqi people," Appathurai told reporters.
Strategery
The marks of a smart campaign:
President Bush’s political team is orchestrating a vastly larger advertising campaign than thought possible under federal law, taking control of millions in Republican Party funds simply by inserting the phrase “our leaders in Congress” in selected commercials.For those not privy to presidential humor, when asked for one word to describe his presidency, Will Farrell (playing president Bush on SNL) answers, "Strategery."
The GOP strategy had gone unnoticed for weeks by Sen. John Kerry and the Democrats, who now may abandon their own less-cost-efficient approach to advertising.
Decisive Leadership!
In selecting the new Director of Intelligence, we have this:
In the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, four of the eight Democratic members voted against the nomination of Goss, the same who opposed his floor vote. All nine Republicans approved, and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, did not vote.On the most important vote since the 9/11 Commission report was completed, John Edwards is absent.
Request for Blog Ettiquite Addition
Many of us (government employees) like to read blogs at work since they link to many news articles and important information relevant to our position. I think maybe we should start a new idea where people identify if their posts have links that are "not safe for work." This goes beyond the normal "explicit" line if you linke to a nude photograph or something violent/grotesque...but something you might read in say Maxim magazine or FHM and just link to it and then all of a sudden at work you have some movie star in their underwear.
Just a thought.
(No, this hasn't happened to me yet).
Just a thought.
(No, this hasn't happened to me yet).
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