NEW YORK NEWSDAY'S Jami Bernard REVIEWS 'PASSION'... ONE STAR

No child should see this movie.

Even adults are at risk.

Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" is the most virulently anti-Semitic movie made since the German propaganda films of World War II.

It is sickening, much more brutal than any "Lethal Weapon."

Read the rest of the review

'KING OF POP' REDUCED TO PEASANT

Apparently Michael Jackson's finances have deteriorated to the point that he's shopping where the rest of us go.

Police Stop Michael Jackson at Wal-Mart

RUSH A PALETTE OF PEPTO TO DNC
America's economy, bolstered by brisk business spending, grew at a healthy 4.1 percent annual rate in the final quarter of 2003. That was even faster than first thought and offered new evidence that the nation's economic recovery was firmly rooted going into the new year.

My Way News

KILL THE PILL

My latest column is up at OpinionEditorials.com. Men who despise the idea of vasectomies and the like should enjoy this one.

I Refuse to Go On the Pill

HOW LONG WILL WE IGNORE THIS?

A video smuggled out of North Korea reveals conditions at one of the prison camps that the communist state denies exist:

* Men with bare heads and women wearing scarves despite below-freezing temperatures, harvesting cabbages and hauling heavy loads. The women try to eat some of the cabbage but must stop when an armed guard nears.

* Men and women carrying canisters of human waste slung from a pole across their shoulders.

Keep in mind that these poor souls are "political prisoners," kept on the verge of starvation and forced to mine for iron ore. And the United Nations and liberals in our own country turn a blind eye, too busy criticizing the detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

Video Shows Harsh Life in N. Korea Camp

GO KERRY!
From Drudge:

NUMBER ONE: KERRY RANKED 'MOST LIBERAL' IN SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES, TOPS KENNEDY, CLINTON

NATIONAL JOURNAL on Friday claimed Democrat frontrunner John Kerry has the "most liberal" voting record in the Senate.

The results of Senate vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5 -- far ahead of such Democrat stalwarts as Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton.

NATIONAL JOURNAL's scores, which have been compiled each year since 1981, are based on lawmakers' votes in three areas: economic policy, social policy, and foreign policy.

DRUDGE REPORT 2004

MRS. HANOI JOHN IS A HYPOCRITE TOO... WHO KNEW?

(from Drudge):

"Another thing that drives me crazy, and I hope I don't offend anyone here, is WAL-MART, ...they destroy communities."

- Teresa Heinz Kerry, to Democratic women activists at a luncheon in St. Paul last Tuesday

Teresa Heinz Reality:

H.J. Heinz III Marital Trust

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Assets: Over $1,000,000
Dividends, Income: $2,501 - $5,000

Transactions:

04/04/02: Purchase: $500,001 - $1,000,000
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06/04/02: Purchase: $15,001 - $50,000
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11/13/02: Purchase: $50,001 - $100,000
11/14/02: Purchase: $15,001 - $50,000
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Hmmmm...

DRUDGE REPORT 2004

RUSH BLAMES LURCH FOR BLAMING BUSH ON HAITI

Kerry: “I think the administration has missed a lot of opportunities, in fact, has exacerbated the situation over the last two years with its cutoff of humanitarian assistance.”

It is the exact opposite, you doofus! The Clinton administration installed a thug and then underwrote the thug with never-ending American assistance that obviated the people from having to learn how to support themselves down there. That's precisely what led to this situation. What happened was that the people of Haiti under Jean-Bertrand Aristide had grand expectations and ideas that never materialized.

From Rush's Stack of Stuff: Dead Horse Kerry Blames Bush for Haiti

WHY DIDN'T THEY RUN OVER HIS TOES?

My latest column is up at OpinionEditorials.com, in which I discuss John Edwards' lack of "disability etiquette," made clear when he patted two women in wheelchairs on their heads. Yes, he really did.

Here, Cripple! Here, Cripple!

SAY THAT TO HIS FACE
'I'm not going to spend $9 just for a few laughs.'

- From Druge: CBS's Andy Rooney to Don Imus on why he won't see PASSION OF CHRIST

DRUDGE REPORT 2004�

GOOD FOR YOU CLEAR CHANNEL. GOOD RIDDANCE STERN. THE LINE WAS DRAWN IN THE SAND. YOU STEPPED OVER. YOU'RE OUT.
"We will not air Howard Stern on Clear Channel stations until we are assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting," said a statement from John Hogan, president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio.

CNN.com - Howard Stern suspended for indecency - Feb. 26, 2004

WHO'S SURPRISED HERE?
NEWSROOM SOURCES: NYT TO SLAM GIBSON'S 'PASSION' IN REVIEW TOMORROW: 'Gibson has constructed an unnerving and painful spectacle that is also, in the end, a depressing one... It is disheartening to see a film made with evident and abundant religious conviction that is at the same time so utterly lacking in grace.... What makes the movie so grim and ugly is Gibson's inability to think beyond the conventional logic of movie narrative'...

- From Drudge

PTD COMMENT > THE PUBLIC DIDN'T BUY THE MEDIA'S INSISTENCE THAT THE MOVIE WAS ANTI-SEMITIC... SO NOW THE REASON TO NOT SEE 'PASSION' IS: IT'S TOO GORY.

DRUDGE REPORT 2004�

CLASSIC W
"[These Democratic candidates] are an interesting group with diverse opinions -- for tax cuts and against them; for NAFTA and against NAFTA; for the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act; in favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it."

"And that's just one senator from Massachusetts,"

- President Bush

CNN.com - Bush takes on critics - Feb. 24, 2004

RON JEREMY, EMBODIMENT OF A GREAT LEADER
"Martin Luther King Jr. suffered from infidelity, so did John F. Kennedy. Clinton is a self-made man. And you're much more likely to find great leadership coming from a man who likes to have sex with a lot of women than one who's monogamous."

- Ethan Hawke, B-List Actor, Democrat, Bush Hater, Divorcee

FCC CLEANSING OF THE AIRWAVES: BACKLASH IN BUSH'S DIRECTION?

PTD COMMENT: Bubba the Love Sponge has been axed by Clear Channel... Multiple radio programs this morning, including trash peddlers Howard Stern and Orlando's Monsters of the Midday began using a phrase we predict will be used extensively by the Democrats in their attacks on Bush: references will be to the frightening "POLITICAL CLIMATE" that has developed under this administration.

Don't underestimate this threat to Bush's reelection chances. These radio programs boast an unfortunately high number of uneducated voters as loyal listeners. Nationally-syndicated Stern has been often credited with swining NY's governorship to Pataki. This morning Stern said that he will do everything in his power to see that Bush is replaced.

Clear Channel Communications was fined nearly a million dollars by the Federal Communications Commission because of remarks and actions on Bubba's show. Commissioners said the show was indecent. After that incident, the FCC warned Clear Channel it would consider taking away 98 Rock's radio license if there was any further instances of indecency. Bubba was also taken to court by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for the on-air butchering of a pig.

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AND THE FUN BEGINS...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush took the offensive on his re-election campaign Monday, casting Sen. John Kerry as a waffler and warning that the Democrats would raise taxes, expand the government and fail to lead decisively on national security.

Previewing his principal re-election theme, Bush made national security the centerpiece of his revamped re-election speech, explicitly invoking the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He questioned the credentials of the Democrats who want his job.

My Way News

IT'S YOUR CHOICE...

From Boortz:

You're trying to chose a Commander in Chief of America's armed forces who, for the next few years, we lead our armed forces as they fight World War IV, the war against Islamic Terrorism. Here are your two choices:

A: A man who's military service consists first of serving in the Air National Guard where he earned exemplary ratings from his superiors as a military leader and as a jet fighter pilot; and who then served for four years as the Commander in Chief of America's armed forces. During those four years as Commander in Chief he built the morale and strength of the U.S. armed forces; decimated the ranks of the Islamic terrorist organization that attacked America on 9/11, and liberated two countries -- freeing millions of people from tyranny in the process. A man, by the way, who has and will continue to have the respect and admiration of the men and women who serve our country in uniform.

B: A man who went to Vietnam as a Naval officer suffered three flesh wounds, two of them minor, wrote some of his own commendations for Purple Hearts, and upon the receipt of his third Purple Heart immediately asked to be sent back to the United States. Time in Vietnam? Four months. After discharge from the Navy this man became a radical opponent of the action in Vietnam, testifying before congress of various atrocities committed by American servicemen there which, admittedly, he did not witness. This man then voted against virtually every major Pentagon weapons program during his tenure in the U.S. Senate. He does not have and never will have the respect and admiration of the men and women who now serve our country in uniform.

boortz.com: Nealz Nuze Today's Nuze

ANOTHER THING TO SCREAM ABOUT
Despite raising a record $50.3 million, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign was in debt when Dean withdrew from the race.

Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / Dean campaign debt to exceed $500,000

ANOTHER THING TO SCREAM ABOUT
Despite raising a record $50.3 million, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign was in debt when Dean withdrew from the race.

Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / Dean campaign debt to exceed $500,000

MAX CLELAND, WAR HERO?
"Cleland lost three limbs in an accident during a routine noncombat mission where he was about to drink beer with friends. He saw a grenade on the ground and picked it up. He could have done that at Fort Dix. In fact, Cleland could have dropped a grenade on his foot as a National Guardsman –- or what Cleland sneeringly calls "weekend warriors." Luckily for Cleland's political career and current pomposity about Bush, he happened to do it while in Vietnam."

- Ann Coulter

Cleland Drops A Political Grenade

DAMN THOSE VOICE-RECORDING CONTRAPTIONS!
In a stark about-face, Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry is now denying that he ever accused U.S. soldiers of committing war crimes in Vietnam, despite amply documented comments - some televised, others delivered while under oath - in which he did exactly that. More

HOW NICE OF THE RED CROSS TO VISIT WITH THE VICTIMS OF SADDAM'S REGIME. OOPS... OUR MISTAKE. IT WASN'T HIS VICTIMS THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH... IT WAS HIM. SILLY US.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it visited captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for the first time Saturday and plans to visit him again while he remains in detention.

CNN.com - Red Cross checks in on Saddam - Feb. 21, 2004

WARNING: OFF-MESSAGE DEMOCRAT
"I give the effort overall real credit," Daschle said. "It is a good thing Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. It is a good thing we are democratizing the country."

Rapid City Journal: Serving Rapid City South Dakota

AH, THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD

Simon Peter, my 3-year-old son, yelled for me this morning. "Daddy! I need you!" I come running, thinking he'll hug me goodbye before I head to work.

Instead, he drops a booger in my palm. "Can you throw that away for me?" he asks.

Kids these days ...

ON "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST"

My latest column is up at OpinionEditorials.com, on the real reason Mel Gibson's film about Jesus is so despised by the media and intellectual elite:

Crucifixion? Gee, Pass the Popcorn

I must admit to my irritation about the hubbub over this film. It hasn't even been released.

On one end of the spectrum, you have Protestant churches acting as if it's the Second Coming, buying blocks of tickets without a single comment that "Passion" is the product of not only a devout Catholic, but a Catholic who doesn't even agree with Vatican II. On the other end, a number of Jewish leaders are denouncing this film and Gibson's father as if the family were singlehandledly responsible for the Holocaust. It's a movie about Jesus, not a movie about the Holocaust.

Besides, the only other stuff at the box office is "Eurotrip" and "50 First Dates." I'm not exactly counting out my pennies to see those pieces of poop.

Now that I think about it, though, "Welcome to Mooseport" is opening, and Ray Romano is hilarious ...

AND YOU, SIR, WERE NUTS TO ENDORSE HIM
One of Howard Dean's most powerful labor supporters, Gerald W. McEntee, said on Thursday that he had decided that Dr. Dean was "nuts" shortly before he withdrew his support for Dr. Dean's candidacy and begged him to quit the race to avoid a humiliating defeat.

Labor Supporter Says Dean Ignored His Entreaties to Quit

EXACTLY. THAT'S WHY WERE VOTING FOR BUSH.
John Kerry: "Well, people are given different hands in life. I respect John Edwards and I respect his family's history and everything about it. But if the qualification is sort of where you're born or whether you can feel things, we'd have never had a great president in Franklin Roosevelt. We'd have never had a great president in John Kennedy. I think the test is, what do you fight for? What are your values?"

CNN.com - Kerry: I will stand by my record - Feb. 19, 2004

MEDIA CASES OF ANTI-SEMITISM WILL "RISE" IN CONJUCTION WITH THE RELEASE OF GIBSON'S PASSION

(NOT UNLIKE REPORTS OF HOMELESSNESS SKYROCKETED FOLLOWING BUSH'S INAUGURATION)

EU vows action against 'monster' of anti-Semitism

McCain: Hanoi Hilton Guards Taunted POWs with Kerry's Testimony

These days former Vietnam war POW Sen. John McCain has nothing but praise for his fellow Vietnam veteran, Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' current presidential front-runner.

But after he was released from the Hanoi Hilton in 1973, Sen. McCain publicly complained that testimony by Kerry and others before J. William Fulbright's Senate Foreign Relations Committee was "the most effective propaganda [my North Vietnamese captors] had to use against us."

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

FROM DRUDGE
FLASHBACK : MEDIA GRILLED BUSH OVER 'ADULTERY' CLAIMS

As main press players blast the DRUDGE REPORT and foreign outlets for revealing details of a behind-the-scenes campaign drama surrounding candidate Kerry and the nature of his relationship with a mystery woman -- just 12 years ago the same players peppered former President George Bush with questions surrounding an infidelity rumor!

DRUDGE REPORT 2004�

MORE FRENCH TRUTH AND WAFFLES
"Guilty as Lieutenant Calley may have been of the actual act of murder, the verdict does not single out the real criminal ... the United States of America..."

- John Kerry in 1971, during a demonstration, as reported by the Baltimore Sun

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

INSIDER NOTE

Dominick... Kerry had an affair with Wendy.

The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest selling newspaper

STOP HANOI JOHN

Read the information documented on this site in conjunction with other sources and make up your own mind about John Kerry...

Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry

1) SHE'S NO MONICA LEWINSKY (she's actually cute)

2) WOULD WE REALLY BE SURPRISED IF THIS ACTUALLY WORKS IN KERRY'S FAVOR? AFTER ALL, HOW COOL WILL HE APPEAR TO DEMOCRATS IF HE USES THE "F" WORD, SLEEPS AROUND, AND LIES ABOUT IT? WOULDN'T THIS PROPEL HIM TO HERO STATUS IN TODAY'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

3) NOT THAT IT MATTERS, BUT IS "POLIER" FRENCH?

Telegraph | News | 'This won't go away. What happened is much nastier than is being reported'

THE DEMOCRATS' REACTION: "IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. HEY, WHAT'S IN THE RECORDS?"

CNN.com - Bush releases his Vietnam-era military files - Feb. 14, 2004

A PEEK AT CNN'S WORLDVIEW:

Infidelity
Is it okay to cheat?

(from CNN's "CNN Presents" page... )

PTD Comments > IS IT OKAY? OF COURSE IT'S OKAY. FIDELITY IS SO LAST DECADE. BE SEXUALLY PROGRESSIVE... CHEAT ON YOUR SPOUSE. EVERYONE'S DOING IT...

CNN Programs - Presents

FUNNY YOU'RE NOT INSISTING WE 'MOVE ON' WHEN IT COMES TO BUSH'S RIDICULOUS AWOL ACCUSATIONS... YOU KNOW, THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO TOO. AND THOSE ARE JUST RUMORS.

"You know, we just move on. You know, we're 30 years beyond that and I think people are interested in the future."

- John Kerry

(Comment was made in regards to the photo of the former communist sympthizer at a Vietnam War protest rally with Jane Fonda)

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

IF IT'S TRUE, MATT DRUDGE DESERVES TO BE NO LONGER CALLED A RIGHT-WING INTERNET GOSSIPMONGER BY THE MEDIA. IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSTANTLY EMBARASSING THEM BY BREAKING NEWS BEFORE THEY DO?
New York Daily News - Home - STRAY? IT AIN'T SO: KERRY

THIS IS THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2003

PTD: Comments: Frankly, we would've had a hard time chosing between these two .

THIS MAY GET REAL INTERESTING IF IT'S TRUE
"If you ever get something, I'll maim you. I won't kill you. I'll maim you."

- Teresa Heinz Kerry, on the subject of her husband John Kerry and adultery

Kerry sex scandal lurking?

SO THIS IS HOW THE BRITISH SEE OUR PRESIDENTS...
EXTRA-marital affairs have a long tradition among occupants of the White House.

John F Kennedy is the most famous presidential philanderer. He had affairs with actresses Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Kim Novak and Angie Dickinson.

Bill Clinton was caught lying when he denied having sex with intern Monica Lewinsky. He was ridiculed when she gave details of their lovelife and Clinton narrowly avoided being thrown out.

The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest selling newspaper

24 YEARS OLD? I HOPE SHE WAS AT LEAST RICH. MY IMAGE OF KERRY WOULD BE TARNISHED OTHERWISE...

New JFK hit by scandal
From BRIAN FLYNN
in New York

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful John Kerry was branded a “sleazeball” last night by the parents of a young woman he allegedly tried to woo.

Alex Polier, 24, was named as the woman at the centre of a scandal that threatens to damage Democrat Kerry’s bid for the White House...

The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest selling newspaper

NEW SEX SCANDAL FOR THE DEMOCRATS, SAME OLD RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY
Kerry faces big test in internet storm about mystery woman
By Alec Russell and David Rennie in Washington
(Filed: 13/02/2004)

The campaign of Senator John Kerry, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, faced its first media storm last night after a Right-wing website alleged that he had asked a woman to leave the country for personal reasons...

GOOD OLD DRUDGE... THAT CRAZY RIGHT-WINGER!

Telegraph | News | Kerry faces big test in internet storm about mystery woman

PLEASE, NO MORE SEMEN-STAINED DRESSES

Check out the Drudge Report, all. Reporters are digging deep for evidence of an alleged Kerry infidelity. But don't think this will hurt his chances for the nomination. Adultery is a plus in the Democratic camp. Still, doesn't this have Hillary's fingerprints all over it?

Campaign Drama Among Democrats

What Happened to Howard Dean?
by Frank Salvato
Not a month ago the “Dean Machine” couldn’t be stopped. But one “rebel yell” later this New England liberal’s political machine is no more. In fact, the politically aware are starting to bet on when he will throw in the towel. There are questions surrounding this implosion worthy of asking and the answers may spotlight the seldom spoken of tender under-belly of media manipulation and spin. In essence, Dean’s failure allows us a peak through the window to the world of liberal vulnerability. (more)

Presidential Candidates on Religion
An ongoing record of the Democratic presidential hopefuls' comments on religion and spirituality

Democratic presidential hopefuls' comments on religion and spirituality -- Beliefnet.com

MORE FRENCH TRUTH AND WAFFLES: GAY FLIP-FLOP EDITION

Kerry Signed Letter Backing Gay Marriage

By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry who opposes gay marriage and hints he might support a limited ban, just two years ago signed a letter with other congressional colleagues urging the Massachusetts legislature to drop a constitutional amendment outlawing homosexual nuptials.

Yahoo! News - Kerry Signed Letter Backing Gay Marriage

DEAN SITE OF THE DAY: WEBMASTERS FOR AMERICA

PTD IRONY FACTOR: NO OFFENSE, BUT WHAT A CRAPPY WEBSITE

(CASE IN POINT: THE LINK BELOW... THAT'S THE PAGE TITLE FOR THIS SITE'S HOMPEPAGE)
This website is

Why didn't Clark click?

PTD COMMENTS > WE THINK WE CAN ANSWER CNN'S QUESTION...

Clark decided one day that he would call himself a Democrat... Ironically after applauding, aligning with, and voting for Republicans.

A few days later, he jumped into the Democratic presidential race, ostensibly at the bequest of Billary Clintons. As was, and is, the standard MO for Democratic presidential candidates, Clark began bashing Bush, not only after he had showered accolades on Bush and praised his administration to high heaven.

The resolute general then said he 'might have' voted for the Iraq war resolution. Then, a day later, he said he definitely would not have.

After the pandering, waffling, and pancake flipping during the primaries, voters began sensing that Clark knew as much about politics and foreign affairs as most of their friends who don't follow politics and don't know what 'foreign affairs' means. IT'S JUST A HUMBLE THEORY, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY CLARK DIDN'T 'CLICK'.

CNN.com - Why didn't Clark click? - Feb. 11, 2004

HOW'S THIS FOR A POST 9-11 LEADERSHIP WORLDVIEW?
"I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."

- JOHN F. KERRY

The Harvard Crimson Online :: News

A COMMITTMENT TO FIGHT TERROR SINKS LIEBERMAN,... GORE SINKS DEAN,... MOORE SINKS CLARK. ANOTHER DAY IN THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE'S NEIGHBORHOOD

My Way News

FRENCH. IT FIGURES.
NICE, France (AP) -- Dressed in a demure black suit, a 35-year-old Frenchwoman has married her dead boyfriend, an exchange of vows that required authorization from President Jacques Chirac.

CNN.com - Bride and widow in single ceremony - Feb. 10, 2004

WAS THIS SITE CREATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE IOWA CONCESSION SPEECH?

Deaf Americans for Howard Dean: Main

WHO CARES THAT THE SOLDIERS IN IRAQ THINK? JOHN KERRY'S OUR MAN AND HE OPPOSED THE WA... UHHH... WHATEVER.

Saddam's Capture Justifies War for Some

By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer

TIKRIT, Iraq - For Staff Sgt. Isaac Day and many other American soldiers serving here, ridding Iraq (news - web sites) of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) made the war worthwhile — regardless of whether anyone ever finds weapons of mass destruction.

"I'm glad we got Saddam," said Day, of Tarpon Springs, Fla. "When I grow old I can tell my grandchildren that we liberated this country."

That was a sentiment expressed in dozens of interviews with U.S. soldiers stationed near Tikrit, Saddam's hometown and a center of resistance to the U.S. occupation.

Yahoo! News - Saddam's Capture Justifies War for Some

TYSON AND DEAN TO FRIENDS: 'CAN I BORROW A DOLLAR?'

Print Article: Tyson has $5000 in the bank

ANOTHER NON-PARODY NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE LEFT

I had a good time at Guantanamo, says inmate
By Rajeev Syal

An Afghan boy whose 14-month detention by US authorities as a terrorist suspect in Cuba prompted an outcry from human rights campaigners said yesterday that he enjoyed his time in the camp.

Mohammed Ismail Agha, 15, who until last week was held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, said that he was treated very well and particularly enjoyed learning to speak English. His words will disappoint critics of the US policy of detaining "illegal combatants" in south-east Cuba indefinitely and without trial.

In a first interview with any of the three juveniles held by the US at Guantanamo Bay base, Mohammed said: "They gave me a good time in Cuba. They were very nice to me, giving me English lessons."

Mohammed, an unemployed Afghan farmer, found the surroundings in Cuba at first baffling. After he settled in, however, he was left to enjoy stimulating school work, good food and prayer.

Telegraph | News | I had a good time at Guantanamo, says inmate

WHAT'S SO SHOCKING ABOUT A PRESINTIAL CANDIDATE PICTURED WITH COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS?
Kerry Photo Shocker: Candidate Teamed Up With 'Hanoi' Jane Fonda

On Labor Day weekend 1970, Kerry - then a rising star with Vietnam Veteran Against the War - teamed up with Fonda as the two headlined an ugly anti-war in rally in Valley Forge, Pa., railing against U.S. policy in Southeast Asia from the back of the same flatbed truck.

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

BUT WE THOUGH MASSACHUSSETTS REPRESENTED THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM?

In Poll, Most Oppose Gay Marriage

GORE ENDORSES DEAN. DEAN SLIDE INTO THE DUST BIN OF McGOVERNISH UNELECTIBILITY BEGINS IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. WASN'T THIS ENOUGH TO SHUT THIS GUY UP?

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Al Gore, who lost the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000, assailed Bush, accusing him of betraying the nation by invading Iraq.

"He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure, dangerous to our troops, that was preordained and planned before 9-11," Gore told Tennessee Democrats at a party event Sunday...

PTD COMMENTS > KUDOS TO THE AP FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF AL GORE USED TO BEGIN THIS ARTICLE

CNN.com - Gore: Bush 'betrayed us' - Feb. 9, 2004

PROOF THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN ELECTION YEAR... SCOTT RITTER ON KERRY'S CARE RE: WMD

New York City - Kerry, Too, Needs to Clear the Air

WE LOVE SEGWAY SCOOTERS. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. ANOTHER REASON EISNER SHOULD BE CANNED.

CNN.com - Disney turns away visitors on Segways - Feb. 9, 2004

MORE FRENCH TRUTH AND WAFFLES
“If You Don’t Believe Saddam Hussein Is A Threat With Nuclear Weapons, Then You Shouldn’t Vote For Me.”

- John F. Kerry, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, 1/31/03)

G O P.com :: Sunday Supplement: After 14 Years, Kerry Changes Story On WMDs

BUT, BOY WAS IT FUN

CNN Says It Overplayed Dean's Iowa Scream

Yahoo! News - CNN Says It Overplayed Dean's Iowa Scream

"THERE THEY GO, SCARING US WITH THIS TERRORISM CRAP AGAIN."

- THE IGNORANT DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Report: Al-Qaida has obtained tactical nuclear explosives

By Haaretz Service

Al-Qaida has obtained tactical nuclear explosive devices that can fit inside a suitcase, Israel Radio reported Sunday night citing the Al-Hayat newspaper.

Haaretz - Israel News

Pilot reportedly promoted Christianity on flight

(CNN) -- American Airlines is investigating reports that a pilot asked passengers to identify themselves as Christians so non-Christians on board could talk to them about their faith, a spokesman said Sunday.

PTD COMMENTS > NOT TO BE A RADICAL PROPONENT OF RIGHT-WING CHRISTIANITY OR ANYTHING, BUT WE WERE JUST WONDERING IF THIS WOULD BE ABOVE THE FOLD ON CNN.COM IF IT WERE ANY RELIGION OTHER THAN CHRISTIANITY. (?)

CNN.com - Pilot reportedly promoted Christianity on flight - Feb. 8, 2004

Girl's family wants to know why suspect was free

SARASOTA, Florida (AP) -- For the better part of a decade, the man suspected of killing an 11-year-old girl whose abduction was caught on videotape had been under the supervision of Florida's criminal justice system. But despite his many brushes with the law, Joseph P. Smith never spent long behind bars.

PTD COMMENT > AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A RADICAL MEMBER OF THE VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY, WE THINK WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE TITLE QUESTION: LIBERALS.

CNN.com - Girl's family wants to know why suspect was free - Feb. 8, 2004

PERHAPS WE SHOULD BOMB MEXICO TOO

U.S. soccer team hears Osama chants in Mexico

Associated Press

ZAPOPAN, Mexico - The Mexican crowd hooted "The Star-Spangled Banner." It booed U.S. goals. It chanted "Osama! Osama! Osama!" as U.S. players left the field with a 2-0 victory.

U.S. soccer team hears Osama chants in Mexico

FRENCH TRUTH AND WAFFLES
"At least three times in his Senate career, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry has recommended individuals for positions at federal home loan banks just before or after receiving political contributions from the nominees, records show":

In one case, Kerry wrote to the Federal Housing Finance Board to urge the reappointment of a candidate just one day before a Kerry campaign committee received $1,000 from the nominee, the records show.

"One has nothing to do with the other," said Marvin Siflinger, who contributed around the time of Kerry's Oct. 1, 1996, recommendation that he be reappointed for another term to the board.

AP Exclusive: Three times, Kerry nominations and donations coincided

There Are Monsters Among Us
by Frank Salvato
With the death of Carlie Brucia it is clear, there are monsters among us. Carlie, an 11-year old from Sarasota, Florida, was abducted and murdered by a man with an extensive criminal record, a man who by all rights should have been in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections. Joseph Smith is the murderer but the system that afforded him the opportunity to murder is the monster. (more)

AMERICA TO CANADIANS: GET A LIFE... AND A MILITARY, EH

Canadians to Bush: Hope You Lose, Eh
By Jonathon Gatehouse

According to a new poll, only 15 per cent of us would vote for the President

February 9, 2004-Maybe it's that smug little smile. His penchant for fantastically expensive military photo-ops. Or the swaggering, belt-hitching walk that cries out for a pair of swinging saloon doors. And though, God knows, we have too many of our own syntactically challenged politicians to be casting stones, shouldn't the leader of the free world know that "misunderestimate" isn't a word?

AxisofLogic/ Canada

A GEM FROM BOB DOLE:

[paraphrased] - "MY BEST ADVICE TO EDWARDS AND KERRY IS... IF AL GORE CALLS, DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE."

Bob Dole quotes and quotations - BrainyQuote

S&M CROWD "SPANKING" MAD AT JANET

The New York Post has a rather interesting story about what the Drudge Report has termed the "nipple ripples" from Janet Jackson's Super Bowl striptease. Apparently the shop where her leather get-up was purchased is infuriated at the pop singer for giving the impression that it carries shoddy products.

"There's no way it would have ripped that way," fumed Sam Hill, the female manager of DeMask, a dungeon-like store in Chelsea that sells whips, masks, studded collars, harnesses and scary-looking rubber sex aids.

Janet Kink Stink

GO DAVE, GO DAVE ...

In his latest column, David Limbaugh sums it up: "In the Democrats' America, it no longer matters whether you're truly poor, only whether others have more."

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I'm Glad They're Nominating Kerry

I, ADAM, DO TAKE YOU, STEVE ...

Morning, PTDers. My latest column is up at OpinionEditorials.com.

Gay Marriage: The Worst Idea Since New Coke

THE BEST IN BOTOX AND WAFFLES
"Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition ... to the early use of military force by the US against Iraq. I share your concerns. On January 11, I voted in favor of a resolution that would have insisted that economic sanctions be given more time to work and against a resolution giving the president the immediate authority to go to war."

--letter from Senator John Kerry to Wallace Carter of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, dated January 22 [1991]

"Thank you very much for contacting me to express your support for the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. From the outset of the invasion, I have strongly and unequivocally supported President Bush's response to the crisis and the policy goals he has established with our military deployment in the Persian Gulf."

--Senator Kerry to Wallace Carter, January 31 [1991]

The New Republic Online: etc.

On Guard!
by Frank Salvato
Terry McAuliffe came right out and said it and John Kerry alluded to it. The DNC position, from the mouth of McAuliffe, is that the service of those who choose to serve in the National Guard is somehow inferior to those who enlist in the active armed services. This has to come as a stinging slap in the face to the National Guard personnel who are deployed in Iraq at this very moment. From this one instance it is clear how the Democrats plan to wage their campaign against George W. Bush, the McAuliffe way. (more)

CNN'S HOMEPAGE LINK TO THIS STORY READ "Glitch blamed for loud bang at Bush prayer breakfast"

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Speaking Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Bush praised U.S. troops for exhibiting compassion and religious tolerance as they help rebuild Iraq.

Bush lauded the work of the American military, saying the war and its aftermath have shown the world "the kind of people America sends forth from our towns and neighborhoods to serve in freedom's cause."

CNN.com - Bush lauds troops' work in Iraq - Feb. 5, 2004

NOT JUST TREE TRUNK-FACED AND FRENCH, BUT ALSO GOLD-DIGGING AND FREELOADER
ONE of the surest ways to get the phones ringing on any Massachusetts talk-radio show is to ask people to call in and tell their John Kerry stories. The phone lines are soon filled, and most of the stories have a common theme: our junior senator pulling rank on one of his constituents, breaking in line, demanding to pay less (or nothing) or ducking out before the bill arrives.

The tales often have one other common thread. Most end with Sen. Kerry inquiring of the lesser mortal: "Do you know who I am?"
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HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THE COVER OF NEWSWEEK?

WHERE'S ALL OF THE PICTURES OF THE LOUDMOUTHS FROM WHICH MATT GRILL'S RECENT POSTING OF QUOTES CAME...? CALL ME A PARTISAN, BUT I THINK THE FACTS SHOW THAT THEY WERE "ALL WRONG" AS WELL... DAMN THOSE VOICE RECORDERS AND QUOTE TRANSCRIPTERS...

MSNBC - Newsweek Front Page

THEY MUST BE DYING TO COME HERE BECAUSE WE'RE SENDING ALL OF OUR JOBS ELSEWHERE

PTD'S NEO-CON THOUGHT: WHY AREN'T WE INVADING CUBA?
CNN.com - Cubans try floating vintage car to Florida - Feb. 4, 2004

A DISGUSTING IMPLICATION

Only from the mouth of John Kerry:

“I’ve never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to jail, being a conscientious objector, going into the National Guard.”

Yep, that's right. Kerry is implying that joining the Guard is on par with fleeing to Canada, avoiding the draft or going to jail.