BUSH WAS BLAMED FOR PREVIOUS-QUARTER SLUMPS, SO WHY NOT?
CNN.com - Bush claims credit for third-quarter boom - Oct. 30, 2003
CNN.com - Bush claims credit for third-quarter boom - Oct. 30, 2003
Friday, October 31, 2003
Thursday, October 30, 2003
BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS
"The troops have tremendous morale. But unfortunately the terrorists are encouraged and the Iraqi people are being dissuaded from cooperating with the American forces because of the terrible coverage back here."
"What I saw is totally different from what the American media [are] reporting."
"What the media [don't] show is that the rest of Baghdad is traffic jams, markets open ... you would have thought you were in midtown Manhattan."
"I promised an American colonel yesterday, an Army colonel, that [I'd relay his message]: 'There's blood on the hands of the American media.'"
- Peter King, Congressman from NY after returning from Iraq
Read the article
"The troops have tremendous morale. But unfortunately the terrorists are encouraged and the Iraqi people are being dissuaded from cooperating with the American forces because of the terrible coverage back here."
"What I saw is totally different from what the American media [are] reporting."
"What the media [don't] show is that the rest of Baghdad is traffic jams, markets open ... you would have thought you were in midtown Manhattan."
"I promised an American colonel yesterday, an Army colonel, that [I'd relay his message]: 'There's blood on the hands of the American media.'"
- Peter King, Congressman from NY after returning from Iraq
Read the article
"OUCH!"
- Terry McCaullife
U.S. economic growth surged in the third quarter of 2003 to the fastest pace in nearly two decades, the government said Thursday, in a report that was much stronger than most economists expected.
U.S. economy posts strongest growth in nearly 20 years - Oct. 30, 2003
- Terry McCaullife
U.S. economic growth surged in the third quarter of 2003 to the fastest pace in nearly two decades, the government said Thursday, in a report that was much stronger than most economists expected.
U.S. economy posts strongest growth in nearly 20 years - Oct. 30, 2003
DICK'S GOTTA LOVE THIS ONE...
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean would get the backing from the largest union in the AFL-CIO, should the Service Employees International Union decide to endorse next week, the union said.
"It's Dean or no one," said union spokeswoman Sara Howard.
CNN.com - Major union indicates likely support for Dean - Oct. 30, 2003
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean would get the backing from the largest union in the AFL-CIO, should the Service Employees International Union decide to endorse next week, the union said.
"It's Dean or no one," said union spokeswoman Sara Howard.
CNN.com - Major union indicates likely support for Dean - Oct. 30, 2003
"NOW ALL WE CAN HOPE FOR IS BAD NEWS IN THE WAR ON TERROR!"
-Signed, Democrats Running for President
Economy Grows at Fastest Pace Since 1984
-Signed, Democrats Running for President
Economy Grows at Fastest Pace Since 1984
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
BANNER WAS TRUE EITHER WAY
They're starting to call this thing "Bannergate". Give me a break. The announcement was that "major combat" was over. It was. The banner said "Mission Accomplished". Even if the White House WAS responsible for the banner and its placement, the banner reflects a true statement. The mission was regime change. Mission accomplished.
Another case of the media trying to invent a "scandal"... disappointed after not getting any traction on Enron, Haliburton, the CIA leak (Joe who?), etc...
CNN.com - White House pressed on 'mission accomplished' sign - Oct. 29, 2003
They're starting to call this thing "Bannergate". Give me a break. The announcement was that "major combat" was over. It was. The banner said "Mission Accomplished". Even if the White House WAS responsible for the banner and its placement, the banner reflects a true statement. The mission was regime change. Mission accomplished.
Another case of the media trying to invent a "scandal"... disappointed after not getting any traction on Enron, Haliburton, the CIA leak (Joe who?), etc...
CNN.com - White House pressed on 'mission accomplished' sign - Oct. 29, 2003
SOME DEMOCRATS DO UNDERSTAND WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP IS
SENATOR ZELL MILLER OF GEORGIA, the nation's most prominent conservative Democrat, said today he will endorse President Bush for re-election in 2004 and campaign for him if Bush wishes him to. Miller said Bush is "the right man at the right time" to govern the country.
Zell Miller Endorses Bush
SENATOR ZELL MILLER OF GEORGIA, the nation's most prominent conservative Democrat, said today he will endorse President Bush for re-election in 2004 and campaign for him if Bush wishes him to. Miller said Bush is "the right man at the right time" to govern the country.
Zell Miller Endorses Bush
STILL NO EXIT STRATEGY IN GRAY DAVIS' QUAGFIRE
FIRE SLOGS ON, NO END IN SITE
NBC 4 - News - Mountain Communities Forced To Flee Fires
FIRE SLOGS ON, NO END IN SITE
NBC 4 - News - Mountain Communities Forced To Flee Fires
SHRILLARY LEADS THE PACK... BY A MILE
Latest poll testing Hillary against the Dem field... (from Drudge)
H. Clinton 43%
Clark 10
Lieberman 8
Gephardt 8
Kerry 7
Dean 7
Edwards 5
Sharpton 1
Braun 1
Kucinich 1
Undec. 10
--Source: QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSTIY, conducted 10/23-27; 403 regis. Dems nationwide; margin of error of +/- 4.9%...
DRUDGE REPORT 2003®
Latest poll testing Hillary against the Dem field... (from Drudge)
H. Clinton 43%
Clark 10
Lieberman 8
Gephardt 8
Kerry 7
Dean 7
Edwards 5
Sharpton 1
Braun 1
Kucinich 1
Undec. 10
--Source: QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSTIY, conducted 10/23-27; 403 regis. Dems nationwide; margin of error of +/- 4.9%...
DRUDGE REPORT 2003®
Gang Violence: The Ultimate Denial of Free Speech
By Frank Salvato
Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung no longer has the right to free speech. This is because he was shot dead by a gang member who mistakenly took he and his friends for members of a rival gang. It wasn’t as if they were cruising the streets looking for trouble either. Ung and his friends were “free-style rapping” at a barbecue in celebration of his return from Iraq, his return to his neighborhood, a neighborhood mired in the hopelessness that a gang haven has to offer. This is when and where the murder took place. Over his backyard fence the shots rang out from the weapon of a criminal that Ung didn’t know. It is ironic, and tragically so, that LC Ung spent a five month tour of duty in Iraq fighting against and eliminating the remnants of a murderous and oppressive regime, getting injured by shrapnel and receiving the Purple Heart for his service only to die in his own backyard, the victim of senseless gang violence. The quagmire for Ung was in Long Beach California, not Baghdad, Iraq.
Ung’s father brought his family here to the United States in 1979 to escape the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. He did it legally too, not skipping over the border in the middle of the night or paying some coyote to get them to the land of opportunity. He put his own life on the line so he could offer a better one to his family. He arrived in this country with dreams of simplicity that respected the bounds of humility. He embraced the opportunity to work rather than depending on the government to subsidize his life and found himself engaged in the art of being a handyman. He works in his small community in Long Beach, California, a community the locals call Little Phnom Penh because of the concentration of Cambodians who call it home. Mr. Ung said the dreams he had for his son were simple, "I wanted to see him grow up, stay in school and get a good education and a good job," he said through another of his sons who was interpreting for him. "That's what we came here for."
But no matter the fact that Mr. Ung did the right thing by his family. No matter that he reached the land of promise and did it by the rules. No matter that he chose the respectable and admirable path of pride and hard work over the easy excuses and self-pity that could have seen him feeding off of the public trough like so many other unmotivated and self-absorbed people in our country who routinely abuse the system. For all of the things that Mr. Ung did correctly in his life, escaping a country enveloped in war and persecution, setting up life in a new country for his family among a community of strangers, and working hard everyday to set an example and provide for his family, his reward was having his son murdered for coming home and singing.
The acceptance of gangs in our society has reached such a pitiful level that many among us have simply decried it as a part of life. People who live in areas that are considered “gang turf” have even started to accept the fact that sporadic gunfire and ridiculously loud car stereos have replaced the sounds nature had chosen to adorn the hours of the night when most of the world sleeps. The unwelcome edit of nature’s symphony all courtesy of those who would hear a group of people enjoying themselves, celebrating the return of a friend from a situation where he put his life on the line everyday, and feel the need to end it through the senseless use of violence because they suspected the revelers were members of a rival gang. No proof of the matter just the thought and then deadly action, action that snuffed out the life of someone who had enough honor to voluntarily serve his country.
When we look at this tragic and needless loss of life invariably we have to wonder how we allow this kind of activity to continue. There is no question that we know it is wrong. Each time a young person, the son or the daughter of one who feels so helpless in the matter, is laid to rest courtesy of a barrage of firepower usually attributed to military force, we hear the cries of a loved one giving testimony to that wrong. There is also no question as to whether we know who condones and perpetrates the illegal actions that have come to be known as gang activity. Gang-bangers walk around so arrogantly displaying their gang colors and flashing their gang signs that one would have to possess the ocular wherewithal the likes of Stevie Wonder not to be able to see them. They display their affiliations proudly and assert their brand of dominance whenever and wherever they feel the need. It matters not that innocent people are trying to go about their lives free of the evils of gang activity. It matters not that most people want to be free to learn in a classroom, go about their occupations or even celebrate the return of an American hero devoid of the threat of death, senseless death, at the hands of pompous ignorance.
The arrogance of the gang mentality has no room for respecting those who choose not to participate. Instead it embraces the thought of their right to exist. After all, it really is all about their right to free speech and their right to assembly, right? If we were to outlaw gangs and enforce laws created to make our streets safe from their illegal and violent activities we would be infringing on their civil rights, right? If you disagree I am sure any local chapter of the ACLU would be happy to explain how gangs have the right to exist even though the product they give back to the community is death, drug addiction, violence and the destruction of life and community. Of course you would probably get a much straighter explanation from any inner-city gang cop who stands, hands tied by the courts, courtesy of the ACLU, helpless to do what he or she knows needs to be done in order to make the streets safer for respectable citizens.
I defy anyone to find one thing good any organized gang has done for their community or their country. It cannot be done. While groups such as the 4H Club in the Los Angeles Area are being threatened with non-existence by the ACLU and the NAACP because they can’t attract enough potential minority members from their community, gangs such as the ‘Bloods’ and the ‘Cryps’ have enrollment numbers that rival those generated in college admissions offices all over the country. While groups such as the Boy Scouts of America are being threatened with lawsuits because they adhere to their beliefs of traditional values, love of country, and respect for God, values that have been their center for decades, the ‘Latin Kings’ and the ‘Gangster Disciples’ are teaching children as young as sixth grade to sell narcotics and pimp out their female counterparts.
Our society, courtesy of those who would bastardize the laws of our land and the Constitution of our country, finds itself defending those who would rob, cheat, steal, harm and murder while those who live honorably, work hard and risk their lives trying to overcome the adversity the world holds have to learn to live with the sickness that is defended by organization such as the ACLU.
Mr. Ung, a Cambodian immigrant to the United States will bury his son, Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung of the United States Marine Corps, hero and Purple Heart recipient for his sacrifice in battle for his country, his corps and his unit. Mr. Ung will bury his son, Sok Khak, for whom he had the simple dream of peace and prosperity. And while Mr. Ung buries and grieves for his son, whom he risked his life for in escaping the murderous land of the Khmer Rouge, the indignant arrogance of the creature that took his life finds himself reloading his weapon and putting another notch on the barrel - “Yo, homie! Good cap! That was straight up,” - all because of the bastardization of our system of rights by organizations such as the ACLU.
Mr. Ung will bury his son and grieve. We, the law abiding citizens of the United States are in the process of burying the American dream and we don’t even know it, courtesy of the ACLU, and organizations like theirs that embrace the idea of defending the offender for semantics’ sake rather than embracing the responsibility of defending the right for our country to exist freely and without threat of having our heads blown off while we are celebrating a homecoming. Yo, homies! Good cap! Give me some more of that free legal assistance! The blood of Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung is on the hands of the ACLU. Sleep well, defenders of the offenders.
Copyright © 2003 Frank Salvato
Frank Salvato is a political media consultant, a freelance writer from the Midwest and the Managing Editor for www.TheRant.us. He is a contributing writer to The Washington Dispatch, OpinionEditorials.com and AmericanDaily.com. He has appeared as a guest panelist on The O’Reilly Factor and his pieces are regularly featured in Townhall.com and occasionally featured in The Washington Time sand The London Morning Paper as well as other national and international publications. He can be contacted at contact@therant.us.
By Frank Salvato
Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung no longer has the right to free speech. This is because he was shot dead by a gang member who mistakenly took he and his friends for members of a rival gang. It wasn’t as if they were cruising the streets looking for trouble either. Ung and his friends were “free-style rapping” at a barbecue in celebration of his return from Iraq, his return to his neighborhood, a neighborhood mired in the hopelessness that a gang haven has to offer. This is when and where the murder took place. Over his backyard fence the shots rang out from the weapon of a criminal that Ung didn’t know. It is ironic, and tragically so, that LC Ung spent a five month tour of duty in Iraq fighting against and eliminating the remnants of a murderous and oppressive regime, getting injured by shrapnel and receiving the Purple Heart for his service only to die in his own backyard, the victim of senseless gang violence. The quagmire for Ung was in Long Beach California, not Baghdad, Iraq.
Ung’s father brought his family here to the United States in 1979 to escape the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. He did it legally too, not skipping over the border in the middle of the night or paying some coyote to get them to the land of opportunity. He put his own life on the line so he could offer a better one to his family. He arrived in this country with dreams of simplicity that respected the bounds of humility. He embraced the opportunity to work rather than depending on the government to subsidize his life and found himself engaged in the art of being a handyman. He works in his small community in Long Beach, California, a community the locals call Little Phnom Penh because of the concentration of Cambodians who call it home. Mr. Ung said the dreams he had for his son were simple, "I wanted to see him grow up, stay in school and get a good education and a good job," he said through another of his sons who was interpreting for him. "That's what we came here for."
But no matter the fact that Mr. Ung did the right thing by his family. No matter that he reached the land of promise and did it by the rules. No matter that he chose the respectable and admirable path of pride and hard work over the easy excuses and self-pity that could have seen him feeding off of the public trough like so many other unmotivated and self-absorbed people in our country who routinely abuse the system. For all of the things that Mr. Ung did correctly in his life, escaping a country enveloped in war and persecution, setting up life in a new country for his family among a community of strangers, and working hard everyday to set an example and provide for his family, his reward was having his son murdered for coming home and singing.
The acceptance of gangs in our society has reached such a pitiful level that many among us have simply decried it as a part of life. People who live in areas that are considered “gang turf” have even started to accept the fact that sporadic gunfire and ridiculously loud car stereos have replaced the sounds nature had chosen to adorn the hours of the night when most of the world sleeps. The unwelcome edit of nature’s symphony all courtesy of those who would hear a group of people enjoying themselves, celebrating the return of a friend from a situation where he put his life on the line everyday, and feel the need to end it through the senseless use of violence because they suspected the revelers were members of a rival gang. No proof of the matter just the thought and then deadly action, action that snuffed out the life of someone who had enough honor to voluntarily serve his country.
When we look at this tragic and needless loss of life invariably we have to wonder how we allow this kind of activity to continue. There is no question that we know it is wrong. Each time a young person, the son or the daughter of one who feels so helpless in the matter, is laid to rest courtesy of a barrage of firepower usually attributed to military force, we hear the cries of a loved one giving testimony to that wrong. There is also no question as to whether we know who condones and perpetrates the illegal actions that have come to be known as gang activity. Gang-bangers walk around so arrogantly displaying their gang colors and flashing their gang signs that one would have to possess the ocular wherewithal the likes of Stevie Wonder not to be able to see them. They display their affiliations proudly and assert their brand of dominance whenever and wherever they feel the need. It matters not that innocent people are trying to go about their lives free of the evils of gang activity. It matters not that most people want to be free to learn in a classroom, go about their occupations or even celebrate the return of an American hero devoid of the threat of death, senseless death, at the hands of pompous ignorance.
The arrogance of the gang mentality has no room for respecting those who choose not to participate. Instead it embraces the thought of their right to exist. After all, it really is all about their right to free speech and their right to assembly, right? If we were to outlaw gangs and enforce laws created to make our streets safe from their illegal and violent activities we would be infringing on their civil rights, right? If you disagree I am sure any local chapter of the ACLU would be happy to explain how gangs have the right to exist even though the product they give back to the community is death, drug addiction, violence and the destruction of life and community. Of course you would probably get a much straighter explanation from any inner-city gang cop who stands, hands tied by the courts, courtesy of the ACLU, helpless to do what he or she knows needs to be done in order to make the streets safer for respectable citizens.
I defy anyone to find one thing good any organized gang has done for their community or their country. It cannot be done. While groups such as the 4H Club in the Los Angeles Area are being threatened with non-existence by the ACLU and the NAACP because they can’t attract enough potential minority members from their community, gangs such as the ‘Bloods’ and the ‘Cryps’ have enrollment numbers that rival those generated in college admissions offices all over the country. While groups such as the Boy Scouts of America are being threatened with lawsuits because they adhere to their beliefs of traditional values, love of country, and respect for God, values that have been their center for decades, the ‘Latin Kings’ and the ‘Gangster Disciples’ are teaching children as young as sixth grade to sell narcotics and pimp out their female counterparts.
Our society, courtesy of those who would bastardize the laws of our land and the Constitution of our country, finds itself defending those who would rob, cheat, steal, harm and murder while those who live honorably, work hard and risk their lives trying to overcome the adversity the world holds have to learn to live with the sickness that is defended by organization such as the ACLU.
Mr. Ung, a Cambodian immigrant to the United States will bury his son, Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung of the United States Marine Corps, hero and Purple Heart recipient for his sacrifice in battle for his country, his corps and his unit. Mr. Ung will bury his son, Sok Khak, for whom he had the simple dream of peace and prosperity. And while Mr. Ung buries and grieves for his son, whom he risked his life for in escaping the murderous land of the Khmer Rouge, the indignant arrogance of the creature that took his life finds himself reloading his weapon and putting another notch on the barrel - “Yo, homie! Good cap! That was straight up,” - all because of the bastardization of our system of rights by organizations such as the ACLU.
Mr. Ung will bury his son and grieve. We, the law abiding citizens of the United States are in the process of burying the American dream and we don’t even know it, courtesy of the ACLU, and organizations like theirs that embrace the idea of defending the offender for semantics’ sake rather than embracing the responsibility of defending the right for our country to exist freely and without threat of having our heads blown off while we are celebrating a homecoming. Yo, homies! Good cap! Give me some more of that free legal assistance! The blood of Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung is on the hands of the ACLU. Sleep well, defenders of the offenders.
Copyright © 2003 Frank Salvato
Frank Salvato is a political media consultant, a freelance writer from the Midwest and the Managing Editor for www.TheRant.us. He is a contributing writer to The Washington Dispatch, OpinionEditorials.com and AmericanDaily.com. He has appeared as a guest panelist on The O’Reilly Factor and his pieces are regularly featured in Townhall.com and occasionally featured in The Washington Time sand The London Morning Paper as well as other national and international publications. He can be contacted at contact@therant.us.
THE HOWARD DEAN WING OF THE HOWARD DEAN PARTY
Why are the Democrats taking such incoherent positions on Iraq? Because they're trying to appeal to the "antiwar" base of the party. The Belligerent Bunny Blog has some eye-opening photos from an antiwar demonstration in Washington over the weekend. The first shows an Iraqi flag--the old, Saddam-era Iraqi flag--that someone is flying. Then there are placards bearing the following messages:
"The Destruction of the U.S.A. is a necessary condition for Peace Put no Hope in a Vote Fight the Power"
"Running Zionist-American Imperialist Dog: What Right Do You Have NOT to Be Afraid?"
"God Loves us All--You stupid Asses" (this one has a peace sign on it)
"Support The Troops Bring them Home!"
"BUSH IS A COWARDLY TERRORIST"
"BUSH KILLS U.N. HEALS"
BBB: Come for the bunny photographs. Stay for the Warmongery
Why are the Democrats taking such incoherent positions on Iraq? Because they're trying to appeal to the "antiwar" base of the party. The Belligerent Bunny Blog has some eye-opening photos from an antiwar demonstration in Washington over the weekend. The first shows an Iraqi flag--the old, Saddam-era Iraqi flag--that someone is flying. Then there are placards bearing the following messages:
"The Destruction of the U.S.A. is a necessary condition for Peace Put no Hope in a Vote Fight the Power"
"Running Zionist-American Imperialist Dog: What Right Do You Have NOT to Be Afraid?"
"God Loves us All--You stupid Asses" (this one has a peace sign on it)
"Support The Troops Bring them Home!"
"BUSH IS A COWARDLY TERRORIST"
"BUSH KILLS U.N. HEALS"
BBB: Come for the bunny photographs. Stay for the Warmongery
IMAGINE THE GARDEN OF EDEN WE'D EXIST IN IF ONLY A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
From the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web
After watching last night's Democratic presidential debate, waking up this morning to news of new carnage in Iraq really brought home just how woefully inadequate the Democrats are when it comes to national security. Here are some quotes:
John Edwards: "I believe that Saddam was a threat that had to be dealt with; therefore I voted for the congressional resolution. However, I said at the time that it was critical for us to have a plan for what would happen now. This president has no plan of any kind that I can see."
Joe Lieberman: "Tough decision. Eighty-seven billion dollars is a lot of money. Eighty-seven billion dollars is a lot of money. It should have been less if George Bush had brought in our allies and had a plan.
Dennis Kucinich: "I could tell you that I've actually presented a plan--it's on my Web site at Kucinich.us--it's an exit strategy to get the U.N. in and the U.S. out of Iraq."
Wesley Clark: "When you put American troops in harm's way, you better not do it without a plan and a strategy and the determination that you're going to prevail."
The claim that there is "no plan" is just silly; even sillier is the implication that a "plan" can produce a casualty- and cost-free war. Just imagine a couple of Saddam loyalists or al Qaeda terrorists sitting in a basement preparing one of this morning's car bombings. "We better not do this," one says. "President Edwards has a plan!"
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
From the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web
After watching last night's Democratic presidential debate, waking up this morning to news of new carnage in Iraq really brought home just how woefully inadequate the Democrats are when it comes to national security. Here are some quotes:
John Edwards: "I believe that Saddam was a threat that had to be dealt with; therefore I voted for the congressional resolution. However, I said at the time that it was critical for us to have a plan for what would happen now. This president has no plan of any kind that I can see."
Joe Lieberman: "Tough decision. Eighty-seven billion dollars is a lot of money. Eighty-seven billion dollars is a lot of money. It should have been less if George Bush had brought in our allies and had a plan.
Dennis Kucinich: "I could tell you that I've actually presented a plan--it's on my Web site at Kucinich.us--it's an exit strategy to get the U.N. in and the U.S. out of Iraq."
Wesley Clark: "When you put American troops in harm's way, you better not do it without a plan and a strategy and the determination that you're going to prevail."
The claim that there is "no plan" is just silly; even sillier is the implication that a "plan" can produce a casualty- and cost-free war. Just imagine a couple of Saddam loyalists or al Qaeda terrorists sitting in a basement preparing one of this morning's car bombings. "We better not do this," one says. "President Edwards has a plan!"
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
JOHN KERRY WAS INVOLVED?
"Half the missiles were 68 millimeter, which have a range of two to three miles; the others were 85 millimeter, whose range is three to four miles, he said. The smaller ones were French made, and designed for use by helicopters. The others were Russian. The French rockets, officers said, were quite new, and likely purchased after the arms embargo was in place."
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
"Half the missiles were 68 millimeter, which have a range of two to three miles; the others were 85 millimeter, whose range is three to four miles, he said. The smaller ones were French made, and designed for use by helicopters. The others were Russian. The French rockets, officers said, were quite new, and likely purchased after the arms embargo was in place."
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
DID KARL ROVE SEW IT?
CNN.com - White House pressed on 'mission accomplished' sign - Oct. 29, 2003
CNN.com - White House pressed on 'mission accomplished' sign - Oct. 29, 2003
WOW... BUSH DIDN'T THINK THREAT FROM IRAQ WAS IMMINENT!
"Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, all recriminations would come too late."
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
"Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, all recriminations would come too late."
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
MUSLIM CLERICS AND THEIR OPINON ON (ONE OF THEIR OWN) FEMALE ARABS WINNING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"In a statement carried by the hardline Jomhuri Eslami newspaper, the group from Qom's main seminary said: "The decision by the Western oppressive societies to award the prize to Ebadi was done in order to ridicule Islam."
The paper did not say how many people signed the statement, which also lamented that a "serious revolutionary confrontation with the tribe of infidels" had not yet taken place.
As for the "infidels," it voiced hope for their "tongues to be cut from their mouths and the poisonous pens broken in their hearts."
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
"In a statement carried by the hardline Jomhuri Eslami newspaper, the group from Qom's main seminary said: "The decision by the Western oppressive societies to award the prize to Ebadi was done in order to ridicule Islam."
The paper did not say how many people signed the statement, which also lamented that a "serious revolutionary confrontation with the tribe of infidels" had not yet taken place.
As for the "infidels," it voiced hope for their "tongues to be cut from their mouths and the poisonous pens broken in their hearts."
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
NORTH KOREA MAD"MAN" KIM IL SUNG
"Needless to say, the North Korean problem was not solved, and a crucial decade has been lost. Today, while our forces are engaged in a major open-ended operation in Iraq, a minor open-ended operation in Afghanistan, and a global war against al Qaeda, we are quietly sliding into the gravest crisis of this kind since Nikita Khrushchev placed nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. Two crazy states--both charter members of what President Bush has rightly called the "axis of evil," both openly flouting an international treaty to which they are party, both perpetrators of acts of international terrorism, both animated by a blistering hatred for America and the West--are bent on acquiring weapons of unthinkable destructive power. The CIA, as it admits in its own statements, does not know what it needs to know about either country, except that North Korea almost certainly possesses two or more fully operational bombs and could have as many as ten within months, while Iran is at most several years away from acquiring the bomb unless it purchases one or more tomorrow or next week or next month from Pyongyang."
It's 7 pages printed out... but an absolute must-read.
OpinionJournal - read the entire article
"Needless to say, the North Korean problem was not solved, and a crucial decade has been lost. Today, while our forces are engaged in a major open-ended operation in Iraq, a minor open-ended operation in Afghanistan, and a global war against al Qaeda, we are quietly sliding into the gravest crisis of this kind since Nikita Khrushchev placed nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. Two crazy states--both charter members of what President Bush has rightly called the "axis of evil," both openly flouting an international treaty to which they are party, both perpetrators of acts of international terrorism, both animated by a blistering hatred for America and the West--are bent on acquiring weapons of unthinkable destructive power. The CIA, as it admits in its own statements, does not know what it needs to know about either country, except that North Korea almost certainly possesses two or more fully operational bombs and could have as many as ten within months, while Iran is at most several years away from acquiring the bomb unless it purchases one or more tomorrow or next week or next month from Pyongyang."
It's 7 pages printed out... but an absolute must-read.
OpinionJournal - read the entire article
NO DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ YET?
John Fund points out the following tidbit in his diary...
"The troops returning home are worried. 'We've lost the peace,' men tell you. 'We can't make it stick.' . . . Friend and foe alike look you accusingly in the face and tell you how bitterly they are disappointed in you as an American."
From "Americans Are Losing the Victory in Europe," by John Dos Passos, Life Magazine, January 7, 1946.
Hmmmm....
OpinionJournal - OpinionJournal's Political Diary
John Fund points out the following tidbit in his diary...
"The troops returning home are worried. 'We've lost the peace,' men tell you. 'We can't make it stick.' . . . Friend and foe alike look you accusingly in the face and tell you how bitterly they are disappointed in you as an American."
From "Americans Are Losing the Victory in Europe," by John Dos Passos, Life Magazine, January 7, 1946.
Hmmmm....
OpinionJournal - OpinionJournal's Political Diary
DE JA VU ... PRAISE GOD
CNN.com - Rescuers break through to miners - Oct. 29, 2003
CNN.com - Rescuers break through to miners - Oct. 29, 2003
Monday, October 27, 2003
DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS
Hatch offers Democrats deal on stalled judges - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics
Hatch offers Democrats deal on stalled judges - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics
ANN COULTER ON RUSH
SO LIBERALS have finally found a drug addict they don't like. And unlike the Lackawanna Six – those high-spirited young lads innocently seeking adventure in an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan – liberals could find no excuses for Rush Limbaugh.
After years of the mainstream media assuring us that Rush was a has-been, a nobody, yesterday's news – the Rush painkiller story was front-page news last week. (Would anyone care if Howell Raines committed murder?) The airwaves and print media were on red alert with Rush's admission that, after an unsuccessful spinal operation a few years ago, he became addicted to powerful prescription painkillers.
READ THE ARTICLE: With Half His Brain Tied Behind His Back
SO LIBERALS have finally found a drug addict they don't like. And unlike the Lackawanna Six – those high-spirited young lads innocently seeking adventure in an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan – liberals could find no excuses for Rush Limbaugh.
After years of the mainstream media assuring us that Rush was a has-been, a nobody, yesterday's news – the Rush painkiller story was front-page news last week. (Would anyone care if Howell Raines committed murder?) The airwaves and print media were on red alert with Rush's admission that, after an unsuccessful spinal operation a few years ago, he became addicted to powerful prescription painkillers.
READ THE ARTICLE: With Half His Brain Tied Behind His Back
TED "JACK DANIELS" KENNEDY STUMBLES INTO SENATE CHAMBER, ACCIDENTALLY VOTES AGAINST GRUESOME MURDER OF PARTIALLY-BORN BABIES
IN NICK OF TIME, DESIGNATED DRIVER/VOTING CHAPERONE TOM DASCHLE HELPS TEDDY CORRECT VOTES CAST ERRONEOUSLY TO SAVE BABY LIVES, SUPPORT TROOPS
From NewsMax.com
"The Senate chamber was filled with audible gasps last Tuesday when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the pro-choice champion, clearly voted 'yes' on final passage of the bill to ban partial-birth abortion," columnist Robert Novak reported Sunday.
Kennedy also botched his vote on a Democratic-backed amendment to require partial Iraqi repayment of U.S. reconstruction aid by inadvertently siding with the White House.
The fumble required the intervention of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, who had to explain what happened to Kennedy and get him to change his vote.
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
IN NICK OF TIME, DESIGNATED DRIVER/VOTING CHAPERONE TOM DASCHLE HELPS TEDDY CORRECT VOTES CAST ERRONEOUSLY TO SAVE BABY LIVES, SUPPORT TROOPS
From NewsMax.com
"The Senate chamber was filled with audible gasps last Tuesday when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the pro-choice champion, clearly voted 'yes' on final passage of the bill to ban partial-birth abortion," columnist Robert Novak reported Sunday.
Kennedy also botched his vote on a Democratic-backed amendment to require partial Iraqi repayment of U.S. reconstruction aid by inadvertently siding with the White House.
The fumble required the intervention of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, who had to explain what happened to Kennedy and get him to change his vote.
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
(From Neal Boortz)...
Yup, it was another one of those Democratic presidential debates last night. Another evening of heroic Democrats telling America and the world that if they manage to get into the White House America will switch from a policy of confronting and destroying terrorists to a policy of appeasement and encouragement. With the possible exception of Joe Lieberman, this is a crowd that believes the time has come for the United States to cease being a sovereign nation and meekly accept its place as just another member "state" under the control of the United Nations.
There are many issues before the American people in next year's election. There is no issue, however, that is more important than our security and the defeat of Islamic terrorism. For the first time in over 200 years America has been attacked on our own soil. As soon as that first airplane hit the World Trade Towers there were three courses of action open to our president. Fight them here, fight them there or don't fight them at all. George Bush chose to take the fight against Islamic terrorism overseas. Those Democrats you saw on that platform last night don't want to fight them at all.
boortz.com: The world-famous Internet site of the Nationally Syndicated Neal Boortz Show!
(From Neal Boortz)...
Yup, it was another one of those Democratic presidential debates last night. Another evening of heroic Democrats telling America and the world that if they manage to get into the White House America will switch from a policy of confronting and destroying terrorists to a policy of appeasement and encouragement. With the possible exception of Joe Lieberman, this is a crowd that believes the time has come for the United States to cease being a sovereign nation and meekly accept its place as just another member "state" under the control of the United Nations.
There are many issues before the American people in next year's election. There is no issue, however, that is more important than our security and the defeat of Islamic terrorism. For the first time in over 200 years America has been attacked on our own soil. As soon as that first airplane hit the World Trade Towers there were three courses of action open to our president. Fight them here, fight them there or don't fight them at all. George Bush chose to take the fight against Islamic terrorism overseas. Those Democrats you saw on that platform last night don't want to fight them at all.
boortz.com: The world-famous Internet site of the Nationally Syndicated Neal Boortz Show!
CALIFORNIA'S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HAS NO EXIT STRATEGY FOR FIRE QUAGMIRE
"GRAY DAVIS SHOULD HAVE HAD A PLAN" CITIZENS INSIST
CNN.com - California fires consume 600,000 acres - Oct. 28, 2003
"GRAY DAVIS SHOULD HAVE HAD A PLAN" CITIZENS INSIST
CNN.com - California fires consume 600,000 acres - Oct. 28, 2003
Sunday, October 26, 2003
WE'RE TERRIFIED OF DEAN SUPPORTERS, NOT DEAN
"I had lunch with a senior Democratic strategist this week... They are terrified of Dean."
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol to Fox News Sunday
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
"I had lunch with a senior Democratic strategist this week... They are terrified of Dean."
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol to Fox News Sunday
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
IT'S THE TAX CUTS, STUPID
"The fact is we are having a turnaround in the economy... The tax cut has had some benefit in that, there's no question about that."
- Democratic Senator Jon Corzine to WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg on Sunday
"The fact is we are having a turnaround in the economy... The tax cut has had some benefit in that, there's no question about that."
- Democratic Senator Jon Corzine to WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg on Sunday
The Money Pitch
Why spend $32 million to promote the new $20 bill?
from Slate.com
Earlier this month the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing brought out a new $20 bill. Curiously, the debut of this redesigned piece of currency was accompanied by a marketing campaign—at a reported cost of $32 million. That's a decent budget and includes events, print ads, some Web goodies, and even TV spots.
The Money Pitch - Why spend $32 million to promote the new $20 bill? By Rob Walker
Why spend $32 million to promote the new $20 bill?
from Slate.com
Earlier this month the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing brought out a new $20 bill. Curiously, the debut of this redesigned piece of currency was accompanied by a marketing campaign—at a reported cost of $32 million. That's a decent budget and includes events, print ads, some Web goodies, and even TV spots.
The Money Pitch - Why spend $32 million to promote the new $20 bill? By Rob Walker
DEMOCRATS DEBATE AGAIN
DEBATE, AGAIN, IS: "WHO HAS HAS THE BEST 'I HATE BUSH' SOUNDBITE?"
Challenge #1... how fast can these donkeys get around the question about THEM, to answer it in terms of BUSH...
Let's see.... here are the first few answers at the outset of the debate:
DEAN'S FIRST ANSWER: "I don't think service men and women do view my position as short of supporting the troops. I've made it very clear that we need to support our troops, unlike President Bush, who..."
KERRY'S FIRST ANSWER: "Not in the least. In fact, it is absolutely consistent, because what I voted for was to hold Saddam Hussein accountable but to do it right. This president has done it wrong..."
SHARPTON'S FIRST ANSWER: "First of all, my mother is from the South. One of the things I learned is you can't plant a watermelon seed and grow oranges. You cannot get right out of wrong... Bush was wrong to go in in the first place
GENERAL CLARK'S FIRST ANSWER: "I'd be happy to tell you where I stand. I think I've been very consistent from the beginning. Right after 9/11, this administration determined to do bait and switch on the American public. President Bush said he...
CLARK'S SECOND ANSWER (FOLLOW UP): "No, I always -- I'm a fair person, Carl. And when this administration's ..."
THE WORDS "BUSH", "THIS ADMINISTRATION", AND "THIS PRESIDENT" WERE UTTERED 49 TIMES IN THIS DEBATE (count e'm: transcripts are linked from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101262,00.html)
NOW...
the debate is "NOT ABOUT BUSH"... according to Carol Mosley Braun in her closing statement.
LOL
MODERATOR TO CAROL MOSLEY BRAUN: "And furthermore, everybody up here is going to say that the commander in chief needs to provide a plan, but what is your (emphasis HIS) plan specifically for getting us out of this mess?"
Her anwer included the quote of the night: "We blew the place up; we have to fix it back."
KUCINICH'S PLAN FOR IRAQ:
1) Bring the UN in to handle the oil
2) Bring the UN in to handle the reconstruction contracts
3) Bring the UN in to handle the new government
Dennis apparenlty knows something we don't about the UN's ability to handle anything effectively.
Carl Cameron asked Wesley Clark to answer questions about his being fired from NATO for "integrity and character" issues.
The fired General blamed it on "McCarthyism". Perhaps he IS a true democrat after all.
We absolutely loved the "what about you" questions with the "Well, BUSH... blah, blah, blah" retorts ... don't you just love Democrats intimidated by a real leader?
Here's a couple of examples (server space doesn't allow all):
MODERATOR TO DICK GEPHARDT: "My question to you, would you be willing to negotiate with groups now labeled as terrorists if such an effort would end the suicide bombings in Israel and also possibly resolve the Middle East crisis?"
DICK GEPHARDT: " I don't think you can negotiate with terrorists, people who have decided that violence is the way that they are going to settle their problems. But let me say this to you. I think this administration has failed in..."
Here's another:
MODERATOR TO HOWARD DEAN: "What do you say to service members and their families who view your position as something short of supporting the troops?"
HOWARD DEAN: "I don't think service men and women do view my position as short of supporting the troops. I've made it very clear that we need to support our troops, unlike President Bush, who tried to..."
And another:
MODERATOR TO DEAN: "You have been unstintingly critical of this war, yet, with all due respect, you have commanded nothing more than the Vermont National Guard. You did not serve in the military. How would you, as president, be able to exert any credibility, any command over a post-war Pentagon?"
DEAN: "Well, first of all, I have as much foreign-policy experience as George W. Bush did when he..."
They must love this guy!!
A couple random observations we made while watching the "debate"...
- Dick Gephardt said "We've got to stop the support for terrorism." [read: don't vote for Democrats] - followed with "We need peace in the world, not terrorism." [read: don't vote for Democrats] Good points Dick.
- Joe Lieberman said "...we are all Americans and we are all children of the same god and children of the same father, Abraham." We say: tell that to the sons of Ishmael when you grant them statehood, to live "in peace" as you say, next to the Jews... or pigs, as they teach their children they are.
- John Edwards said: "If you watch what happened, the Clinton administration was actually engaged, making progress. As soon as President Bush came into office and this administration took over, they disengaged."
That's right John, as soon as Bush took office, Kim Il Sung disengaged from the "agreement" he made with American dupes Clinton and Carter and told the world that he had played them for fools. Another black mark on America's past (and God forbid, future) left by Democrats being given keys to the White House.
- Sharpton received the largest and loudest standing ovation of the night for blabbering about how HE met with the murderous terrorist Arafat, and how Lieberman probably wouldn't. Welcome to the left wing of the left wing party.
- Speaking of which, Sharpton probably takes the cake with his comment about "saving this party from sliding continually to the right"...
Which party is Sharpton in? (We could've sworn he was a Democrat)
Full debate transcripts available - links on this FoxNews Page
DEBATE, AGAIN, IS: "WHO HAS HAS THE BEST 'I HATE BUSH' SOUNDBITE?"
Challenge #1... how fast can these donkeys get around the question about THEM, to answer it in terms of BUSH...
Let's see.... here are the first few answers at the outset of the debate:
DEAN'S FIRST ANSWER: "I don't think service men and women do view my position as short of supporting the troops. I've made it very clear that we need to support our troops, unlike President Bush, who..."
KERRY'S FIRST ANSWER: "Not in the least. In fact, it is absolutely consistent, because what I voted for was to hold Saddam Hussein accountable but to do it right. This president has done it wrong..."
SHARPTON'S FIRST ANSWER: "First of all, my mother is from the South. One of the things I learned is you can't plant a watermelon seed and grow oranges. You cannot get right out of wrong... Bush was wrong to go in in the first place
GENERAL CLARK'S FIRST ANSWER: "I'd be happy to tell you where I stand. I think I've been very consistent from the beginning. Right after 9/11, this administration determined to do bait and switch on the American public. President Bush said he...
CLARK'S SECOND ANSWER (FOLLOW UP): "No, I always -- I'm a fair person, Carl. And when this administration's ..."
THE WORDS "BUSH", "THIS ADMINISTRATION", AND "THIS PRESIDENT" WERE UTTERED 49 TIMES IN THIS DEBATE (count e'm: transcripts are linked from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101262,00.html)
NOW...
the debate is "NOT ABOUT BUSH"... according to Carol Mosley Braun in her closing statement.
LOL
MODERATOR TO CAROL MOSLEY BRAUN: "And furthermore, everybody up here is going to say that the commander in chief needs to provide a plan, but what is your (emphasis HIS) plan specifically for getting us out of this mess?"
Her anwer included the quote of the night: "We blew the place up; we have to fix it back."
KUCINICH'S PLAN FOR IRAQ:
1) Bring the UN in to handle the oil
2) Bring the UN in to handle the reconstruction contracts
3) Bring the UN in to handle the new government
Dennis apparenlty knows something we don't about the UN's ability to handle anything effectively.
Carl Cameron asked Wesley Clark to answer questions about his being fired from NATO for "integrity and character" issues.
The fired General blamed it on "McCarthyism". Perhaps he IS a true democrat after all.
We absolutely loved the "what about you" questions with the "Well, BUSH... blah, blah, blah" retorts ... don't you just love Democrats intimidated by a real leader?
Here's a couple of examples (server space doesn't allow all):
MODERATOR TO DICK GEPHARDT: "My question to you, would you be willing to negotiate with groups now labeled as terrorists if such an effort would end the suicide bombings in Israel and also possibly resolve the Middle East crisis?"
DICK GEPHARDT: " I don't think you can negotiate with terrorists, people who have decided that violence is the way that they are going to settle their problems. But let me say this to you. I think this administration has failed in..."
Here's another:
MODERATOR TO HOWARD DEAN: "What do you say to service members and their families who view your position as something short of supporting the troops?"
HOWARD DEAN: "I don't think service men and women do view my position as short of supporting the troops. I've made it very clear that we need to support our troops, unlike President Bush, who tried to..."
And another:
MODERATOR TO DEAN: "You have been unstintingly critical of this war, yet, with all due respect, you have commanded nothing more than the Vermont National Guard. You did not serve in the military. How would you, as president, be able to exert any credibility, any command over a post-war Pentagon?"
DEAN: "Well, first of all, I have as much foreign-policy experience as George W. Bush did when he..."
They must love this guy!!
A couple random observations we made while watching the "debate"...
- Dick Gephardt said "We've got to stop the support for terrorism." [read: don't vote for Democrats] - followed with "We need peace in the world, not terrorism." [read: don't vote for Democrats] Good points Dick.
- Joe Lieberman said "...we are all Americans and we are all children of the same god and children of the same father, Abraham." We say: tell that to the sons of Ishmael when you grant them statehood, to live "in peace" as you say, next to the Jews... or pigs, as they teach their children they are.
- John Edwards said: "If you watch what happened, the Clinton administration was actually engaged, making progress. As soon as President Bush came into office and this administration took over, they disengaged."
That's right John, as soon as Bush took office, Kim Il Sung disengaged from the "agreement" he made with American dupes Clinton and Carter and told the world that he had played them for fools. Another black mark on America's past (and God forbid, future) left by Democrats being given keys to the White House.
- Sharpton received the largest and loudest standing ovation of the night for blabbering about how HE met with the murderous terrorist Arafat, and how Lieberman probably wouldn't. Welcome to the left wing of the left wing party.
- Speaking of which, Sharpton probably takes the cake with his comment about "saving this party from sliding continually to the right"...
Which party is Sharpton in? (We could've sworn he was a Democrat)
Full debate transcripts available - links on this FoxNews Page
DEAN POSES IMMINENT THREAT TO DEMOCRATS, INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAY
"We must topple the dangerous Dean Regime" Dem moderates say, debunking accusations that they're "going it alone on false pretenses"
Zogby Poll Results
"We must topple the dangerous Dean Regime" Dem moderates say, debunking accusations that they're "going it alone on false pretenses"
Zogby Poll Results
MOVIE STARS SET OUT TO FIX WHAT DECADES OF DIPLOMACY, PRIME MINISTERS, AND PRESIDENTS COULDN'T
"The past few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred..."
- statement from Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston
So BOTH sides hate each other?
We tried, but were unable to find any Jewish curriculums that include the "Arabs are Pigs" lesson.
We also were not able to track down any crowds of 10-13 year old Jewish children wearing ninja suicide masks strapped at the waist with a dozen sticks of dynamite.
But we'll keep looking...
Telegraph | News | After Tony and Kofi fail, Brad and Jennifer try Mid-East diplomacy
"The past few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred..."
- statement from Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston
So BOTH sides hate each other?
We tried, but were unable to find any Jewish curriculums that include the "Arabs are Pigs" lesson.
We also were not able to track down any crowds of 10-13 year old Jewish children wearing ninja suicide masks strapped at the waist with a dozen sticks of dynamite.
But we'll keep looking...
Telegraph | News | After Tony and Kofi fail, Brad and Jennifer try Mid-East diplomacy
JOE LIEBERMAN'S NEW WEBSITE
Bush Administration Integrity Watch
We'll soon be working on a new project:
www.liebermanintellectualdishonestywatch.com
-stay tuned.
Bush Administration Integrity Watch
We'll soon be working on a new project:
www.liebermanintellectualdishonestywatch.com
-stay tuned.
AS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SQUASHES OUR ABILITY TO DISSENT,
Democratic candidates attack Bush -CNN.com
Democratic candidates attack Bush -CNN.com
AFTER THE COUNTRY WOKE UP IN A COLD SWEAT AFTER AN EIGHT-YEAR NIGHTMARE
CNN.com - Bill Clinton, still the Democrats' Dream
CNN.com - Bill Clinton, still the Democrats' Dream
Friday, October 24, 2003
SCRAPPLEFACE HILARIOUS "NEWS" STORY OF THE DAY
"Mr. Jones, a former auto-parts salesman, said he's "eager to take the plunge into politics" and will meet with former President Bill Clinton over the weekend to find out where he's going to stand on the issues."
Read the rest > ScrappleFace: Niagara Falls Survivor Jumps Into Presidential Race
"Mr. Jones, a former auto-parts salesman, said he's "eager to take the plunge into politics" and will meet with former President Bill Clinton over the weekend to find out where he's going to stand on the issues."
Read the rest > ScrappleFace: Niagara Falls Survivor Jumps Into Presidential Race
Senatorial Skullduggery In The Judiciary Committee
by Frank Salvato
It’s quite amazing how the liberal press and those of the left in our government can take a truth and completely invert it for their own political gain. Take the matter of President Bush’s nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, Janice Rogers Brown. Here again we have an excellent candidate, one who is rated as qualified by the American Bar Association and who has consistently ruled on the word of law rather than acquiesce to the role of judicial activist that so many liberal judges have adopted. Yet we are hearing “pre-emptive” rumblings about how she is a “far right dream judge” and a judge that has a “record of ideological extremism and aggressive judicial activism that makes her unfit to serve on the appeals court.” It would seem that the obstructionists in the Senate are revving up their engines to take yet another qualified judicial nominee to the land of limbo. More...
by Frank Salvato
It’s quite amazing how the liberal press and those of the left in our government can take a truth and completely invert it for their own political gain. Take the matter of President Bush’s nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, Janice Rogers Brown. Here again we have an excellent candidate, one who is rated as qualified by the American Bar Association and who has consistently ruled on the word of law rather than acquiesce to the role of judicial activist that so many liberal judges have adopted. Yet we are hearing “pre-emptive” rumblings about how she is a “far right dream judge” and a judge that has a “record of ideological extremism and aggressive judicial activism that makes her unfit to serve on the appeals court.” It would seem that the obstructionists in the Senate are revving up their engines to take yet another qualified judicial nominee to the land of limbo. More...
G.O.P. FAVORITE HOWARD DEAN SOARS 23 POINTS PAST FRENCH VIETNAM VET KERRY IN NEW HAMSHIRE, ACCORDING TO ZOGBY
Also: Kerry served in Vietnam, voted for Iraq War, now protests Iraq War, has unearned ketchup fortune & crazy wife
P.S. General Wesley Clark, "Superstar of the Democratic Party", claims 6% in same poll. Perhaps his military credentials are a big turn-off to the Democratic faithful...
Zogby News
Also: Kerry served in Vietnam, voted for Iraq War, now protests Iraq War, has unearned ketchup fortune & crazy wife
P.S. General Wesley Clark, "Superstar of the Democratic Party", claims 6% in same poll. Perhaps his military credentials are a big turn-off to the Democratic faithful...
Zogby News
Thursday, October 23, 2003
DEMOCRATS: TAKE NOTICE
"The latest hallucination of geopolitics has it that if only we can make North Korea's Great Leader Kim Jong Il feel safe from the fate of Saddam Hussein, maybe he'll stop testing missiles and making nuclear bombs. So the experts--whose ranks have now swelled to include, alas, even President George W. Bush--have been scrambling for ways to make Kim feel more secure."
The Report:
http://www.hrnk.org/
Read the article >
OpinionJournal - The Real World: "North Korea's Gulags
Even babies aren't spared from Pyongyang's regime of torture and murder. "
"The latest hallucination of geopolitics has it that if only we can make North Korea's Great Leader Kim Jong Il feel safe from the fate of Saddam Hussein, maybe he'll stop testing missiles and making nuclear bombs. So the experts--whose ranks have now swelled to include, alas, even President George W. Bush--have been scrambling for ways to make Kim feel more secure."
The Report:
http://www.hrnk.org/
Read the article >
OpinionJournal - The Real World: "North Korea's Gulags
Even babies aren't spared from Pyongyang's regime of torture and murder. "
ALL THE G.O.P. HAS TO DO IS POINT OUT WHAT HE'S SAYING NOW
HOW EASY IS OUR JOB?! (NO 36 HOURS IN THE ARCHIVE DUNGEON DIGGING UP OBSCURE STATEMENTS FROM EONS PAST)
CNN.com - 'Dean Divers' put spotlight on candidate's record - Oct. 21, 2003
HOW EASY IS OUR JOB?! (NO 36 HOURS IN THE ARCHIVE DUNGEON DIGGING UP OBSCURE STATEMENTS FROM EONS PAST)
CNN.com - 'Dean Divers' put spotlight on candidate's record - Oct. 21, 2003
UNPOLISHED POLISHTICIANS
"Some accuse us both of not being able to speak the language."
- President Bush, after meeting with Kaleefornia Governor Schwarzenegger
"Some accuse us both of not being able to speak the language."
- President Bush, after meeting with Kaleefornia Governor Schwarzenegger
BUSH CRITIC BLASTS THE PRESIDENT
“Absolutely. He still doesn’t take my advice, that dirty dog.”
- W.'s mom, Barbara Bush
The very entertaining interview w/ Dateline is below:
Looking back with Barbara Bush
“Absolutely. He still doesn’t take my advice, that dirty dog.”
- W.'s mom, Barbara Bush
The very entertaining interview w/ Dateline is below:
Looking back with Barbara Bush
AT LEAST HE ADMITS THEY TRICK PEOPLE
"We can't win if people think we're too liberal, but we can't get our own folks out if people think we have no convictions. So the trick is to get them both."
- Bill Clinton, ostensibly in regards to the leftward shrillary of Howard Dean
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
"We can't win if people think we're too liberal, but we can't get our own folks out if people think we have no convictions. So the trick is to get them both."
- Bill Clinton, ostensibly in regards to the leftward shrillary of Howard Dean
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN CONGRESS WITH A BRAIN
"These nine candidates - the naive nine who are running for president - they're not really running for president," (Zell) Miller complained. "They're running for the nomination. They're not trying to put together a consensus to win."
"They're just taking that shrinking Democratic base that's about 32 percent right now, and they are appealing to the most shrill and the most active and the loudest - what they're doing is they're pulling this party further and further to the left."
-Zell Miller to Sean Hannity
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
"These nine candidates - the naive nine who are running for president - they're not really running for president," (Zell) Miller complained. "They're running for the nomination. They're not trying to put together a consensus to win."
"They're just taking that shrinking Democratic base that's about 32 percent right now, and they are appealing to the most shrill and the most active and the loudest - what they're doing is they're pulling this party further and further to the left."
-Zell Miller to Sean Hannity
NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
SADDAM WAS NO THREAT (EXCEPT FOR ALL OF THE WEAPONS AND SUCH)
The photographs on the NewsMax page (linked below) are proof that that Iraq violated the U.N. Security Council's ban on importing weapons.
Photographic Proof of Iraq's Weapons Violations
The photographs on the NewsMax page (linked below) are proof that that Iraq violated the U.N. Security Council's ban on importing weapons.
Photographic Proof of Iraq's Weapons Violations
CRONIES? DISENFRANCHISEMENT? OVERTURNING ELECTIONS?
Those Dirtry GOP Scandalmiesters
"Remember the 2000 election in Florida? Republican Governor Jeb Bush and his cronies used every dirty trick in the book to make sure George W. Bush won that state's electoral votes. They purged Democrats from voter rolls. They went to court to stop counting the votes. They even lined up the Republican legislature to overturn a Gore election if all the votes were actually counted."
- From a recently received newsletter from the DNC titled "Important Presidential Race Update"
Those Dirtry GOP Scandalmiesters
"Remember the 2000 election in Florida? Republican Governor Jeb Bush and his cronies used every dirty trick in the book to make sure George W. Bush won that state's electoral votes. They purged Democrats from voter rolls. They went to court to stop counting the votes. They even lined up the Republican legislature to overturn a Gore election if all the votes were actually counted."
- From a recently received newsletter from the DNC titled "Important Presidential Race Update"
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
NY TIMES, WAKE UP AND SMELL THIS STORY IF YOU DARE
MEDIA FLASH: ENQUIRER TO ALLEGE PAST ILLEGAL DRUG USE BY TOP TV MORNING PERSONALITY... // 'MATT LAUER COCAINE DEALER TELLS ALL' -- 'HIS SECRET DRUG PAST EXPOSED', NATIONAL ENQUIRER ALLEGES IN COVER SPLASH, SAY SOURCES.... LIE DETECTOR TAKEN: PASSED, BY 'DEALER-FRIEND'... MID-1980S, LAUER ANCHORMAN IN RHODE ISLAND, STARTING OUT IN BUSINESS; MAN 'SOLD HIM COCAINE 5 OR 6 TIMES'... LAUER NOT COMMENTING ON ENQUIRER REPORT, SET FOR RELEASE THIS WEEKEND...
DRUDGE REPORT 2003®
MEDIA FLASH: ENQUIRER TO ALLEGE PAST ILLEGAL DRUG USE BY TOP TV MORNING PERSONALITY... // 'MATT LAUER COCAINE DEALER TELLS ALL' -- 'HIS SECRET DRUG PAST EXPOSED', NATIONAL ENQUIRER ALLEGES IN COVER SPLASH, SAY SOURCES.... LIE DETECTOR TAKEN: PASSED, BY 'DEALER-FRIEND'... MID-1980S, LAUER ANCHORMAN IN RHODE ISLAND, STARTING OUT IN BUSINESS; MAN 'SOLD HIM COCAINE 5 OR 6 TIMES'... LAUER NOT COMMENTING ON ENQUIRER REPORT, SET FOR RELEASE THIS WEEKEND...
DRUDGE REPORT 2003®
SOFTBALL???
(from TheRant.us)
“They play hardball. We play softball.” - DNC Strategist Donna Brazile As Quoted In The Weekly Standard, 6/30/03, Citing The New York Times, 5/26/03
The Democrat claims of playing “softball” is directly refuted by some incredibly bitter personal attacks on President Bush and his administration. This was never so evident as during the second of their million or so "debates". Here are some exerpts:
Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO): “This President has to lead and he is not leading. He’s a miserable failure on this issue and he must be replaced in the election.” (Rep. Dick Gephardt, Democrat Presidential Candidates Debate, Albuquerque, NM, 9/4/03)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT): “[T]he Bush economic policy has been a powerful failure. It has stifled the American dream …” (Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrat Presidential Candidates Debate, Albuquerque, NM, 9/4/03)
Read the rest of the vitriol at TheRant.us (link below)
Braying Jackass
(from TheRant.us)
“They play hardball. We play softball.” - DNC Strategist Donna Brazile As Quoted In The Weekly Standard, 6/30/03, Citing The New York Times, 5/26/03
The Democrat claims of playing “softball” is directly refuted by some incredibly bitter personal attacks on President Bush and his administration. This was never so evident as during the second of their million or so "debates". Here are some exerpts:
Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO): “This President has to lead and he is not leading. He’s a miserable failure on this issue and he must be replaced in the election.” (Rep. Dick Gephardt, Democrat Presidential Candidates Debate, Albuquerque, NM, 9/4/03)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT): “[T]he Bush economic policy has been a powerful failure. It has stifled the American dream …” (Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrat Presidential Candidates Debate, Albuquerque, NM, 9/4/03)
Read the rest of the vitriol at TheRant.us (link below)
Braying Jackass
SHE CALLS IT LIKE SHE SEES IT. WAY TO GO MOM.
CNN.com - Barbara Bush calls Democrat line-up a 'sorry group' - Oct. 20, 2003
CNN.com - Barbara Bush calls Democrat line-up a 'sorry group' - Oct. 20, 2003
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.... ER, CANDIDATE, SHOWERS BUSH WITH LOVE
"I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander-in-chief, our president, George Bush..."
- Democratic Presidential "Candidate" General Wesley Clark on January 22, 2002
TIME article
"I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander-in-chief, our president, George Bush..."
- Democratic Presidential "Candidate" General Wesley Clark on January 22, 2002
TIME article
CBS CHIEF TAKES A BREAK FROM CAVORTING WITH CASTRO TO MAKE REAGAN "DOCUMENTARY"
"In light of CBS's so-called "documentary" on Reagan that will soon disgrace the air, many are discussing the INaccuracy of its content and absence of facts concerning RR’s better achievements, like, for example, that little "defeating Communism and ending the Cold War" thing.
Instead, we are subjected to the political genious of Barbara Streisand’s husband as he bumbles his way through a left-wing script that is about as factually accurate as Hillary’s, Lying History."
- Craig Hill, Prevent Truth Decay Contributor
"In light of CBS's so-called "documentary" on Reagan that will soon disgrace the air, many are discussing the INaccuracy of its content and absence of facts concerning RR’s better achievements, like, for example, that little "defeating Communism and ending the Cold War" thing.
Instead, we are subjected to the political genious of Barbara Streisand’s husband as he bumbles his way through a left-wing script that is about as factually accurate as Hillary’s, Lying History."
- Craig Hill, Prevent Truth Decay Contributor
DEMOCRATS FURIOUS AT CLARK FOR SUPPORTING THE MILITARY
"I fully support every possible effort to continue the training at Vieques," [Welsey Clark] told the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2000.
"To provide our soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen with less than this optimum training in the future would be unconscionable, cause undue casualties and place our nation's vital interests at risk," Welsey Clark wrote in 1999.
PTD > Doesn't sound like a REAL Democrat to us. Too bad Karl Rove didn't return his phone calls... he'd probably make a good Republican... seeing how all the Bush bashing is thin, "make-pretend" partisanship... you know - seeing how he showered accolades on Bush not long ago. Bottom line... he doesn't know who (or where) he is.
Read the article
"I fully support every possible effort to continue the training at Vieques," [Welsey Clark] told the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2000.
"To provide our soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen with less than this optimum training in the future would be unconscionable, cause undue casualties and place our nation's vital interests at risk," Welsey Clark wrote in 1999.
PTD > Doesn't sound like a REAL Democrat to us. Too bad Karl Rove didn't return his phone calls... he'd probably make a good Republican... seeing how all the Bush bashing is thin, "make-pretend" partisanship... you know - seeing how he showered accolades on Bush not long ago. Bottom line... he doesn't know who (or where) he is.
Read the article
Monday, October 20, 2003
BARBARA BUSH ON CROWD OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
"So far, they are a pretty sorry group if you want to know my opinion."
In most of ours Barbara,... in most of ours.
Reuters News Article
"So far, they are a pretty sorry group if you want to know my opinion."
In most of ours Barbara,... in most of ours.
Reuters News Article
Friday, October 17, 2003
BAD NEWS FOR DEMOCRATS: ECONOMY LOOKING UP, AMERICA DOING WELL (SORRY GUYS)
Jobless claims are at their lowest levels in eight months.
Employment grew by 57,000 in September.
Stock market values have increased $2 trillion in last ten months.
Disposable personal income is up 3.8%.
Homeownership is at record highs with a 68% ownership rate.
GDP growth is at 3.3% in the second quarter.
Productivity growth remains strong, which has bolstered profits.
Orders of manufacturing goods continue to increase.
Shipments and orders of durable goods increased this summer.
Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal - Featured Article
Jobless claims are at their lowest levels in eight months.
Employment grew by 57,000 in September.
Stock market values have increased $2 trillion in last ten months.
Disposable personal income is up 3.8%.
Homeownership is at record highs with a 68% ownership rate.
GDP growth is at 3.3% in the second quarter.
Productivity growth remains strong, which has bolstered profits.
Orders of manufacturing goods continue to increase.
Shipments and orders of durable goods increased this summer.
Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal - Featured Article
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
THE SMOKING GUN REVEALS CUB FAN'S IDENTITY
ALSO: BREAKING... FAN WHO CAUGHT BALL TOPS EDWARDS, LIEBERMAN IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY POLLS
The Smoking Gun: Archive
ALSO: BREAKING... FAN WHO CAUGHT BALL TOPS EDWARDS, LIEBERMAN IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY POLLS
The Smoking Gun: Archive
SCRAPPLEFACE ON GORE TV
ScrappleFace: New Gore-TV News 'Definitely Not Liberal': "'We're aiming for a younger, hipper, not liberal audience,' he said. 'Our viewers will come from all parts of the political spectrum -- from those who favor a government-run universal health plan, to those who think that Kofi Annan ought to be in charge of the U.S. military. We'll even appeal to people who think that the rich don't pay enough taxes.'
The network, a cross between CNN and MTV, will start operations as soon as Mr. Gore can muster enough advertising support.
'One of my advisors said liberal TV is dead on arrival with advertisers,' Mr. Gore added. 'That's why we're not doing the liberal thing. We'll cover stories that appeal to a broad audience -- from people who support a woman's right to choose abortion, to those who think the government should fund abortions on demand. Our newscasters will be a cross-section of ordinary Americans -- peace protestors, homosexual activists, animal rights defenders and really smart Ivy League grads who could be President of the United States if all the votes had been counted just one more time.'"
ScrappleFace: New Gore-TV News 'Definitely Not Liberal': "'We're aiming for a younger, hipper, not liberal audience,' he said. 'Our viewers will come from all parts of the political spectrum -- from those who favor a government-run universal health plan, to those who think that Kofi Annan ought to be in charge of the U.S. military. We'll even appeal to people who think that the rich don't pay enough taxes.'
The network, a cross between CNN and MTV, will start operations as soon as Mr. Gore can muster enough advertising support.
'One of my advisors said liberal TV is dead on arrival with advertisers,' Mr. Gore added. 'That's why we're not doing the liberal thing. We'll cover stories that appeal to a broad audience -- from people who support a woman's right to choose abortion, to those who think the government should fund abortions on demand. Our newscasters will be a cross-section of ordinary Americans -- peace protestors, homosexual activists, animal rights defenders and really smart Ivy League grads who could be President of the United States if all the votes had been counted just one more time.'"
From boortz.com
THERE GOES THAT RIGHT WING FOX NEWS CHANNEL AGAIN
Last night they ran another one of those features showing life returning to normal, or better, on the streets of Baghdad. Fox showed furniture makers busy at their trade, water tank sellers saying that business has never been better. The streets were teeming with shoppers visiting stores and curbside markets. Yup ... those Iraqis looked pretty happy. Damn those right wing zealots at Fox. How dare they show the positive side of our presence in Iraq. This is just proof that the evil conservatives have taken over our media."
THERE GOES THAT RIGHT WING FOX NEWS CHANNEL AGAIN
Last night they ran another one of those features showing life returning to normal, or better, on the streets of Baghdad. Fox showed furniture makers busy at their trade, water tank sellers saying that business has never been better. The streets were teeming with shoppers visiting stores and curbside markets. Yup ... those Iraqis looked pretty happy. Damn those right wing zealots at Fox. How dare they show the positive side of our presence in Iraq. This is just proof that the evil conservatives have taken over our media."
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
CUBS FAN WHO INTERFERED WITH PLAYOFF WIN GOES INTO HIDING...
WILL JOIN KUCINICH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO AVOID ATTENTION
"I feel safe here... away from the all of the cameras and media attention" he says
WILL JOIN KUCINICH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO AVOID ATTENTION
"I feel safe here... away from the all of the cameras and media attention" he says
THE ONION HITS THE MARK WITH NEAR-REALITY RENDITION OF LIEBERMAN SOUNDBITEstrong>
The Onion | Lieberman Pledges To Gloss Over The Boring Issues: "'Americans are very busy, and I won't bore them with the details of my positions,' Lieberman said. 'I think George W. Bush is doing a terrible job as America's chief executive, both at home and abroad. I'd do much better. I'd keep America safe. It's all very complicated when you get into it, so I'll spare you the boring legislation-this and appropriations-that. All you need to know is that I'm on it.'"
The Onion | Lieberman Pledges To Gloss Over The Boring Issues: "'Americans are very busy, and I won't bore them with the details of my positions,' Lieberman said. 'I think George W. Bush is doing a terrible job as America's chief executive, both at home and abroad. I'd do much better. I'd keep America safe. It's all very complicated when you get into it, so I'll spare you the boring legislation-this and appropriations-that. All you need to know is that I'm on it.'"
NEIL CAVUTO ON RUSH LIMBAUGH
Rush Limbaugh is off the air. But his critics are only just now getting on his back. As he tries to kick his prescription drug habit, those who hate him are just kicking him. I say, give it a rest.
I'll admit it: I'm biased. I like Rush. He's a kind and decent man and, few people know, a very, very generous man as well. Generous with his time and his money.
But I'm not here to sing his praises. I am here to put things in perspective. Taking painkillers to stop pain doesn't make you a sinner. It does make you human.
Many celebrities wear their frailties on their sleeves. They make themselves causes. Leave it to Rush himself to say, he is neither a cause nor a hero.
He's built his career going after all that is politically correct. So it's not surprising that all who are politically correct are building their careers now going after him.
They call it outrageous this drug habit of Rush's. Yet they barely blinked an eye at the repeated drug habits of actor Robert Downey, Jr. His vices were OK. Rush's were not.
They call him a hypocrite for pointing fingers. Yet they never said boo when a certain president pointed his finger.
There's nothing wrong with being human and failing. There is everything wrong with being selective and phony.
I'm not fit to lecture you on healthy eating. Far be it from some liberals to lecture anyone on healthy lifestyles.
Rush never called himself a saint. His sin was calling liberals on the carpet. Yet his was always about the policy of the person, not the person.
Again, I'm biased. I like Rush. I admire Rush. So, I'm sticking by Rush and I'm praying for Rush.
Keeping people in the dark about your inner pain doesn't make you bad. It does make you vulnerable. Vulnerable to enemies you know you had and to so-called friends you thought you had.
Rush, all I'm saying is there are a lot of people out there still not keen on you. Please know there are far more -- far more – people that are still very much rooting for you.
- Neil Cavuto (Oct. 13)
FOXNews.com - Your World w/ Neil Cavuto - Common Sense - Rush's Bum Rap
Rush Limbaugh is off the air. But his critics are only just now getting on his back. As he tries to kick his prescription drug habit, those who hate him are just kicking him. I say, give it a rest.
I'll admit it: I'm biased. I like Rush. He's a kind and decent man and, few people know, a very, very generous man as well. Generous with his time and his money.
But I'm not here to sing his praises. I am here to put things in perspective. Taking painkillers to stop pain doesn't make you a sinner. It does make you human.
Many celebrities wear their frailties on their sleeves. They make themselves causes. Leave it to Rush himself to say, he is neither a cause nor a hero.
He's built his career going after all that is politically correct. So it's not surprising that all who are politically correct are building their careers now going after him.
They call it outrageous this drug habit of Rush's. Yet they barely blinked an eye at the repeated drug habits of actor Robert Downey, Jr. His vices were OK. Rush's were not.
They call him a hypocrite for pointing fingers. Yet they never said boo when a certain president pointed his finger.
There's nothing wrong with being human and failing. There is everything wrong with being selective and phony.
I'm not fit to lecture you on healthy eating. Far be it from some liberals to lecture anyone on healthy lifestyles.
Rush never called himself a saint. His sin was calling liberals on the carpet. Yet his was always about the policy of the person, not the person.
Again, I'm biased. I like Rush. I admire Rush. So, I'm sticking by Rush and I'm praying for Rush.
Keeping people in the dark about your inner pain doesn't make you bad. It does make you vulnerable. Vulnerable to enemies you know you had and to so-called friends you thought you had.
Rush, all I'm saying is there are a lot of people out there still not keen on you. Please know there are far more -- far more – people that are still very much rooting for you.
- Neil Cavuto (Oct. 13)
FOXNews.com - Your World w/ Neil Cavuto - Common Sense - Rush's Bum Rap
Monday, October 13, 2003
CONDITIONS IMPROVING IN IRAQUAGMIRE
A Changed World: Daily Update | csmonitor.com
A Changed World: Daily Update | csmonitor.com
YA THINK?
"Liberal TV is dead on arrival... you just can't do it."
- an insider advising Presidential loser Al Gore and his team
NEW AL GORE TV HOPES TO AVOID 'LIBERAL' LABEL
"Liberal TV is dead on arrival... you just can't do it."
- an insider advising Presidential loser Al Gore and his team
NEW AL GORE TV HOPES TO AVOID 'LIBERAL' LABEL
OH YEAH, BUT WHERE'S OSAMA?
-Ostensibly from a soon-to-be released DNC talking points memo if Saddam is captured or exterminated.
CNN.com - 'Credible' Saddam sightings reported, U.S. Army says - Oct. 13, 2003
-Ostensibly from a soon-to-be released DNC talking points memo if Saddam is captured or exterminated.
CNN.com - 'Credible' Saddam sightings reported, U.S. Army says - Oct. 13, 2003
Evan Maloney is at it again... exposing the left with the undeniability of video tape.
IDENTICAL LETTER SCAM PROVES QUAGMIRE EXISTS IN IRAQ??
The media is salivating over this...
"The letters appeared in roughly 12 newspapers across the country. From Massachusetts to California, and many places in between, family members and local newspapers received letters from soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Infantry Regiment detailing their successes in northern Iraq." (ABCnews.com) - link to article below
Even IF the letters were absolute fabrications, and the content wasn't reviewed and agreed upon by each signee, does that prove credible the doom-and-gloom coverage on conditions in Iraq...?
ABCNEWS.com : Soldiers Write Identical Letters Home
The media is salivating over this...
"The letters appeared in roughly 12 newspapers across the country. From Massachusetts to California, and many places in between, family members and local newspapers received letters from soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Infantry Regiment detailing their successes in northern Iraq." (ABCnews.com) - link to article below
Even IF the letters were absolute fabrications, and the content wasn't reviewed and agreed upon by each signee, does that prove credible the doom-and-gloom coverage on conditions in Iraq...?
ABCNEWS.com : Soldiers Write Identical Letters Home
Friday, October 10, 2003
NOTHING'S SACRED OR SERIOUS WHEN POLITICAL GAIN CAN BE HAD
Democrats will scoff at this. Until Cheney's prediction materializes.
Democrats will scoff at this. Until Cheney's prediction materializes.
PTD DONKEY DEBATE UPDATE:
DEMOCRAT "SOUNDBITE OF THE NIGHT FIGHT"
A few fun tidbits from the fray...
Read the official transcript from CNN.com here
Carol Mosley Braun > "...we've blown the place up, blown up Iraq. We have a responsibility to build it back and leave it at least in as good shape as we found it."
Note to Carol: We found it in horrible shape and it's already in better shape than we found it.
Gen. Wesley Clark > interrupted after his FIRST ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION by Judy Woodruff (moderator from CNN) with this: "With all due respect, General, we've heard about the criticism of President Bush. What I am trying to determine here is what is the differences among the nine of you."
Good for you Judy. We heard about how you all hate the Prez. What about YOUR ideas?
Dick Gephardt > "It is four months since he [Bush] landed on the aircraft carrier in his flight suit and said the war was over..."
Note to DICK: That's not what he said, and the sad thing is... you know it. Almost as sad... Judy does too.
The whole "well what would YOU do differently?" thing threw these guys (and Carol) for a loop the whole night... everything wrong with this terrible country was vis a vis Bush.
John Kerry > (this is not a fabrication) - the Frenchman's first answer included these first few words: "Can I say that when I was serving in Vietnam..."
Gen. Wesley Clark > said that "I think my position on Iraq has been very, very clear from the outset."
Note to Clark > No one else does. Unless, of course, by "clear" you mean "confusing".
Dennis Kucinich > (standing on a telephone book to supplement stature deficit), the odd looking Department of Peace visionary said that the administration blamed 9-11 and the anthrax attacks on Iraq.
It did?
Joseph Lieberman > "I must say that I've been very disappointed since Wes Clark came into this race about the various positions he has taken on the war against Saddam Hussein."
Wes Clark's Rebuttal > "I am not going to attack a fellow Democrat, because I think everybody on this stage shares the same goal."
They do? Wait... are you talking about a different stage?
General Clark and Judy Woodruff >
WOODRUFF: But you acknowledge you made a...
CLARK: And that's the simple answer to it.
WOODRUFF: You acknowledge...
CLARK: At every stage as we walked down through this resolution, since I wasn't in Congress and I was a CNN military commentator, I took the situation as it was and necked it down to look for the least worst choice.
I did praise George Bush and Tony Blair for sticking with the offensive in Iraq once it had begun. But I also noted in every op-ed and every comment I ever made that there was not enough forces there, there was not a plan for dealing with it afterwards.
And I've said all along, it was not an imminent threat.
WOODRUFF: But you acknowledge...
CLARK: I think that's a very clear answer, Judy.
PTD: Apparently not General. But nice try.
Howard Dean > Still doesn't know how to smile. Tries... just doesn't know how.
"Reverend" Sharpton > always smiling. And by "always", we mean "never". He says "We are 48 hours away from watching an actor that couldn't win an Oscar winning to be the governor of California."
How about a liar who couldn't tell the truth if he wanted to wanting to be President of the United States?
Sharpton won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. Did I say Sharpton, I meant Arafat... maybe Sharpton's day is coming... he's right on track.
Carol Mosley Braun > inadvertently encourages groping women in her statement "Our country is in a been a mess. It's time to give a woman a hand, a chance..."
Gen. Weasley Clark > had his feet held to the fire again after sidestepping questions about the clarity of his "I'd vote for war" / "I'd never vote for war" stance on voting for the war.
Candy Crowley (CNN): "General Clark, let me try and go at this one more time."
So she asked about why he praised Bush during the tax cuts and praised his war effort by saying "liberation is at hand", but now sounds like Howard Dean on a mad day.
Back to Clark, who insisted he's a true, dyed-in-the-wool BUSH BASHER... back to Kerry, who, in a true Senior Senatorial spanking, said he's not as good a Bush Basher as the rest of them... back to Clark for a rebuttal attempt... back to Judy Woodruff ("but you praised Bu...") - back to Clark, over to Kucinich (who steps up onto his pile of phone books to put an end to what he calls an "unproductive exchange"), back to Judy - and over to Senator Lieberman who told the exhausted and humiliated General: "Very quickly, first thing I want to say, Wes Clark, welcome to the Democratic presidential campaign."
[laughter]
ARTICULATE QUOTE OF THE EVENING
From Dick Gephardt > "We got the budget straightened out through growth and we got the defense of this country made better."
Did he mean "We got the budget straightened out through growth and we got to do a better job with the defense of this country."
MOST LAUGHABLE LINE OF THE EVENING
From Joe Lieberman > "And I don't think there is anybody in this room who would disagree that if Al and I had been able to take office, America would be a lot better off today."
The only thing that all the liberal democrats in the audience seemed to agree on was one thing: don't clap.
Dick Gephardt discovered that the madder he seemed and the more shrill the bleating... the more the applause. These guys would be boring if they had nothing to complain about. At the risk of perpetuating the horrible state this country is in, we still advise voting for Bush in '04.
It would be interesting (at least to weater fanatics), however, if a Democrat was elected, to see the dark, cold clouds of doom and gloom dissolve into clear, sunny skies over Washington D.C. as the inaugural speech is being spewed with one hand raised and the other hypocritically resting on The Good Book.
John Kerry > asked this by Candy Crowley: "Should you become president, if you get solid evidence that Iran is in fact developing nuclear weaponry, and you cannot get anything in the U.N. like what you would like, are you prepared to go after a factory in Iran on your own?"
Pretty straigh forward, huh?
His answer explained how it was wrong. To go to Iraq preemptively. The doctrine of preemption is wrong...period. Kerry as president: "We'll fight back ONLY after attacked... regardless of what intelligence exists."
That is, of course, if intelligence still exist should Kerry pull off regime change in D.C.
"Who stood up against this President more?" was tonight's theme... seems that this is why the Democrats are so out of touch with the mainstream. They've by and large stood BY HIM.
The Democrats plan to protect the homeland, as far as we can tell, is: eliminate the Department of Homeland Security
Plan to protect us from terrorism: release the Gitmo detainees out of concern for their civil liberties?
After the break, the men shed their suit coats and sat closer to the audience to take questions from the "UNDECIDED" voters (one of which, by the way, asked "why you think there is so much hate for the United States right now" - and another who said that she chose "food over medicine"... seems like that undecided has decided. Everyone knows that Republicans are against people eating medicine.)
So the suit coats were shed:
"Reverend" Al looked fat(ter)
Dennis Kucinich looked small(er)
Wesley Clark looked nervous(weatier)
John Edwards rolled up his sleeves to look more like a front-runner
Speaking of which, Dean had his sleeves rolled up under his suit coat
Kerry
DEMOCRAT "SOUNDBITE OF THE NIGHT FIGHT"
A few fun tidbits from the fray...
Read the official transcript from CNN.com here
Carol Mosley Braun > "...we've blown the place up, blown up Iraq. We have a responsibility to build it back and leave it at least in as good shape as we found it."
Note to Carol: We found it in horrible shape and it's already in better shape than we found it.
Gen. Wesley Clark > interrupted after his FIRST ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION by Judy Woodruff (moderator from CNN) with this: "With all due respect, General, we've heard about the criticism of President Bush. What I am trying to determine here is what is the differences among the nine of you."
Good for you Judy. We heard about how you all hate the Prez. What about YOUR ideas?
Dick Gephardt > "It is four months since he [Bush] landed on the aircraft carrier in his flight suit and said the war was over..."
Note to DICK: That's not what he said, and the sad thing is... you know it. Almost as sad... Judy does too.
The whole "well what would YOU do differently?" thing threw these guys (and Carol) for a loop the whole night... everything wrong with this terrible country was vis a vis Bush.
John Kerry > (this is not a fabrication) - the Frenchman's first answer included these first few words: "Can I say that when I was serving in Vietnam..."
Gen. Wesley Clark > said that "I think my position on Iraq has been very, very clear from the outset."
Note to Clark > No one else does. Unless, of course, by "clear" you mean "confusing".
Dennis Kucinich > (standing on a telephone book to supplement stature deficit), the odd looking Department of Peace visionary said that the administration blamed 9-11 and the anthrax attacks on Iraq.
It did?
Joseph Lieberman > "I must say that I've been very disappointed since Wes Clark came into this race about the various positions he has taken on the war against Saddam Hussein."
Wes Clark's Rebuttal > "I am not going to attack a fellow Democrat, because I think everybody on this stage shares the same goal."
They do? Wait... are you talking about a different stage?
General Clark and Judy Woodruff >
WOODRUFF: But you acknowledge you made a...
CLARK: And that's the simple answer to it.
WOODRUFF: You acknowledge...
CLARK: At every stage as we walked down through this resolution, since I wasn't in Congress and I was a CNN military commentator, I took the situation as it was and necked it down to look for the least worst choice.
I did praise George Bush and Tony Blair for sticking with the offensive in Iraq once it had begun. But I also noted in every op-ed and every comment I ever made that there was not enough forces there, there was not a plan for dealing with it afterwards.
And I've said all along, it was not an imminent threat.
WOODRUFF: But you acknowledge...
CLARK: I think that's a very clear answer, Judy.
PTD: Apparently not General. But nice try.
Howard Dean > Still doesn't know how to smile. Tries... just doesn't know how.
"Reverend" Sharpton > always smiling. And by "always", we mean "never". He says "We are 48 hours away from watching an actor that couldn't win an Oscar winning to be the governor of California."
How about a liar who couldn't tell the truth if he wanted to wanting to be President of the United States?
Sharpton won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. Did I say Sharpton, I meant Arafat... maybe Sharpton's day is coming... he's right on track.
Carol Mosley Braun > inadvertently encourages groping women in her statement "Our country is in a been a mess. It's time to give a woman a hand, a chance..."
Gen. Weasley Clark > had his feet held to the fire again after sidestepping questions about the clarity of his "I'd vote for war" / "I'd never vote for war" stance on voting for the war.
Candy Crowley (CNN): "General Clark, let me try and go at this one more time."
So she asked about why he praised Bush during the tax cuts and praised his war effort by saying "liberation is at hand", but now sounds like Howard Dean on a mad day.
Back to Clark, who insisted he's a true, dyed-in-the-wool BUSH BASHER... back to Kerry, who, in a true Senior Senatorial spanking, said he's not as good a Bush Basher as the rest of them... back to Clark for a rebuttal attempt... back to Judy Woodruff ("but you praised Bu...") - back to Clark, over to Kucinich (who steps up onto his pile of phone books to put an end to what he calls an "unproductive exchange"), back to Judy - and over to Senator Lieberman who told the exhausted and humiliated General: "Very quickly, first thing I want to say, Wes Clark, welcome to the Democratic presidential campaign."
[laughter]
ARTICULATE QUOTE OF THE EVENING
From Dick Gephardt > "We got the budget straightened out through growth and we got the defense of this country made better."
Did he mean "We got the budget straightened out through growth and we got to do a better job with the defense of this country."
MOST LAUGHABLE LINE OF THE EVENING
From Joe Lieberman > "And I don't think there is anybody in this room who would disagree that if Al and I had been able to take office, America would be a lot better off today."
The only thing that all the liberal democrats in the audience seemed to agree on was one thing: don't clap.
Dick Gephardt discovered that the madder he seemed and the more shrill the bleating... the more the applause. These guys would be boring if they had nothing to complain about. At the risk of perpetuating the horrible state this country is in, we still advise voting for Bush in '04.
It would be interesting (at least to weater fanatics), however, if a Democrat was elected, to see the dark, cold clouds of doom and gloom dissolve into clear, sunny skies over Washington D.C. as the inaugural speech is being spewed with one hand raised and the other hypocritically resting on The Good Book.
John Kerry > asked this by Candy Crowley: "Should you become president, if you get solid evidence that Iran is in fact developing nuclear weaponry, and you cannot get anything in the U.N. like what you would like, are you prepared to go after a factory in Iran on your own?"
Pretty straigh forward, huh?
His answer explained how it was wrong. To go to Iraq preemptively. The doctrine of preemption is wrong...period. Kerry as president: "We'll fight back ONLY after attacked... regardless of what intelligence exists."
That is, of course, if intelligence still exist should Kerry pull off regime change in D.C.
"Who stood up against this President more?" was tonight's theme... seems that this is why the Democrats are so out of touch with the mainstream. They've by and large stood BY HIM.
The Democrats plan to protect the homeland, as far as we can tell, is: eliminate the Department of Homeland Security
Plan to protect us from terrorism: release the Gitmo detainees out of concern for their civil liberties?
After the break, the men shed their suit coats and sat closer to the audience to take questions from the "UNDECIDED" voters (one of which, by the way, asked "why you think there is so much hate for the United States right now" - and another who said that she chose "food over medicine"... seems like that undecided has decided. Everyone knows that Republicans are against people eating medicine.)
So the suit coats were shed:
"Reverend" Al looked fat(ter)
Dennis Kucinich looked small(er)
Wesley Clark looked nervous(weatier)
John Edwards rolled up his sleeves to look more like a front-runner
Speaking of which, Dean had his sleeves rolled up under his suit coat
Kerry