Read this excellent post by Jay Reding.
Excerpt:
"At any given moment, any given employer can only spend so much for wages. That figure may vary over time, but a “living wage” means that employer has to make do with the same amount of money, but much higher costs. That means fewer jobs, and that means that employers are going to want to take as few risks as possible with the people that they do hire.
The “living wage” sounds good in principle, but the reality of the situation is that it would be devastating to the least fortunate among us"
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
John Edwards screws himself up AGAIN!
JLF's Jon Sanders has the details.
Noteworthy:
"The Barnes & Noble where Edwards will hawk his book pays $7 an hour to start. The Wal-Mart that sits just yards away pays $7.50 an hour. … Asked back in January what he thought would be an appropriate minimum wage, Edwards told The New York Times, 'My view is it should be $7.50 an hour, and I can make a great argument for it being a lot higher than that.'"
Keep it up, John Boy. You're doing just fine......
Noteworthy:
"The Barnes & Noble where Edwards will hawk his book pays $7 an hour to start. The Wal-Mart that sits just yards away pays $7.50 an hour. … Asked back in January what he thought would be an appropriate minimum wage, Edwards told The New York Times, 'My view is it should be $7.50 an hour, and I can make a great argument for it being a lot higher than that.'"
Keep it up, John Boy. You're doing just fine......
It's not enough that "progressives" use revisionist history
...to fulfill their insidious agenda, now they're using textbook material to promote revisionist constitutional law to get the job done.
The "Religon of Peace" at work
This is what happens to moderate Muslims who speak out in America.
Can you imagine what happens to moderate Muslims who speak out in the Muslim world?
Yet the Kissinger/Baker/Sowcroft "Realists" and the Lefties think we should engage in "dialog" with the Puppetmasters.
Can you imagine what happens to moderate Muslims who speak out in the Muslim world?
Yet the Kissinger/Baker/Sowcroft "Realists" and the Lefties think we should engage in "dialog" with the Puppetmasters.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Will Muslims Turn Europe into Eurabia?
Ralph Peters says "No way!".
Excerpts:
"THE historical patterns are clear: When Europeans feel sufficiently threatened - even when the threat's concocted nonsense - they don't just react, they over-react with stunning ferocity. One of their more-humane (and frequently employed) techniques has been ethnic cleansing."
"All the copy-cat predictions of a Muslim takeover of Europe not only ignore history and Europe's ineradicable viciousness, but do a serious disservice by exacerbating fear and hatred. And when it comes to hatred, trust me: The Europeans don't need our help."
Interesting.
Excerpts:
"THE historical patterns are clear: When Europeans feel sufficiently threatened - even when the threat's concocted nonsense - they don't just react, they over-react with stunning ferocity. One of their more-humane (and frequently employed) techniques has been ethnic cleansing."
"All the copy-cat predictions of a Muslim takeover of Europe not only ignore history and Europe's ineradicable viciousness, but do a serious disservice by exacerbating fear and hatred. And when it comes to hatred, trust me: The Europeans don't need our help."
Interesting.
Further debunking the "scientific consensus" on "global warming"
... nonsense that the True Believers are so desperate to defend.
From AEI's New American magazine.
Noteworthy:
"Of the 12 phenomena the UN Climate Panel identified, as of 2001, that could either warm or cool the climate, only one is considered well understood: that is the heat–trapping effect of the greenhouse gases (see chart, page 94). Two other climate influences are given a “medium” level of understanding by the panel, and the other nine factors are understood “poorly.” In fact, some of the potential cooling forces and climate feedback mechanisms that are poorly understood may be large enough to offset the warming influence of the greenhouse gases. For example, research published in the August 4, 2006, issue of Science found that human-caused emissions of aerosol particles may increase cloud cover by up to 5 percent and that clouds have a cooling effect that may neutralize the warming that is caused by human-induced greenhouse gases. If that is true, then natural variation could be the best explanation for surface warming.[iii]"
"Achieving major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the near term is more a fantasy than a meaningful climate policy."
We also know that anthropogenic carbon dioxide greenhouse gas contributions are infinitesimally small.
The reasons we hear all the babble, dribble, drool and spew about "scientific consensus" on "global warming" are several.
Among them are the facts that:
-- It fulfills a Sacred Cow "progressive" agenda item, which must be protected at ALL cost, and.....
-- It provides a lucrative living for many folks who could not survive it it were not for this particular agenda, and....
-- It has potential to help fulfill redistribution of wealth advocates' fantasies, and.....
-- It's a useful tool to be used politically by "progressives" to portray the "evils" of free market capitalism.
From AEI's New American magazine.
Noteworthy:
"Of the 12 phenomena the UN Climate Panel identified, as of 2001, that could either warm or cool the climate, only one is considered well understood: that is the heat–trapping effect of the greenhouse gases (see chart, page 94). Two other climate influences are given a “medium” level of understanding by the panel, and the other nine factors are understood “poorly.” In fact, some of the potential cooling forces and climate feedback mechanisms that are poorly understood may be large enough to offset the warming influence of the greenhouse gases. For example, research published in the August 4, 2006, issue of Science found that human-caused emissions of aerosol particles may increase cloud cover by up to 5 percent and that clouds have a cooling effect that may neutralize the warming that is caused by human-induced greenhouse gases. If that is true, then natural variation could be the best explanation for surface warming.[iii]"
"Achieving major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the near term is more a fantasy than a meaningful climate policy."
We also know that anthropogenic carbon dioxide greenhouse gas contributions are infinitesimally small.
The reasons we hear all the babble, dribble, drool and spew about "scientific consensus" on "global warming" are several.
Among them are the facts that:
-- It fulfills a Sacred Cow "progressive" agenda item, which must be protected at ALL cost, and.....
-- It provides a lucrative living for many folks who could not survive it it were not for this particular agenda, and....
-- It has potential to help fulfill redistribution of wealth advocates' fantasies, and.....
-- It's a useful tool to be used politically by "progressives" to portray the "evils" of free market capitalism.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
More insightful analysis on the Wray railroad
...over at Joe Guarino's blog.
Good point made by Wendell Sawyer:
"Obviously, Mitch Johnson and Linda Miles had a different opinion about David Wray. Why? What was the real motive that fueled Johnson in his quest to undermine the Chief of Police? Was it for the purported reasons that were published in the News & Record? Or, was there another motivation that was lurking beneath the surface?"
Our pals on the other side of this issue have fallen strangely silent on this issue. I wonder why?
What do you think?
Good point made by Wendell Sawyer:
"Obviously, Mitch Johnson and Linda Miles had a different opinion about David Wray. Why? What was the real motive that fueled Johnson in his quest to undermine the Chief of Police? Was it for the purported reasons that were published in the News & Record? Or, was there another motivation that was lurking beneath the surface?"
Our pals on the other side of this issue have fallen strangely silent on this issue. I wonder why?
What do you think?
Friday, November 24, 2006
Milton Friedman was right
"Corporate social responsibility" is bunk.
Eternal Political Truth:
"The origins of this transformation lie in the minds of people who do not like or appreciate the genius of capitalist success stories, including always politicians, who will generally make any argument in order to control more private wealth. Of course, the social responsibility of corporations is always tied to the proponents' own views of compassion or justice or avoidance of a cataclysm. But the logic of their own arguments requires that essentially private corporations be viewed as somehow "public" in nature."
"Our laws against extortion do not function effectively when it comes to corporations. And so to some extent these private entities have indeed, via the social responsibility notion, been converted into crypto-public enterprises that are the essence of socialism. Milton Friedman was right again."
Eternal Political Truth:
"The origins of this transformation lie in the minds of people who do not like or appreciate the genius of capitalist success stories, including always politicians, who will generally make any argument in order to control more private wealth. Of course, the social responsibility of corporations is always tied to the proponents' own views of compassion or justice or avoidance of a cataclysm. But the logic of their own arguments requires that essentially private corporations be viewed as somehow "public" in nature."
"Our laws against extortion do not function effectively when it comes to corporations. And so to some extent these private entities have indeed, via the social responsibility notion, been converted into crypto-public enterprises that are the essence of socialism. Milton Friedman was right again."
Meanwhile, back in Iraq
Here is but one of the stories you will NOT read or see in the Lame Stream Media, or on "progressive" blogs.
Noteworthy:
"I had expected them to be sick of Iraq but I was wrong. The American people may want their troops home, but these and most other troops I meet want to stay to finish their mission. Pull out now and 'everything we’ve accomplished would be pointless', says Eric Miller, 33, a Baltimore engineer whose first child was born three months before he was deployed to Iraq. 'Everybody wants to be here. Everybody wants to complete this mission.'"
Except for the media, BDS sufferers, history revisionists, most Democrats, and the smart-ass ever arrogant know-it-all blog pundits on the internet nationally and locally.
Noteworthy:
"I had expected them to be sick of Iraq but I was wrong. The American people may want their troops home, but these and most other troops I meet want to stay to finish their mission. Pull out now and 'everything we’ve accomplished would be pointless', says Eric Miller, 33, a Baltimore engineer whose first child was born three months before he was deployed to Iraq. 'Everybody wants to be here. Everybody wants to complete this mission.'"
Except for the media, BDS sufferers, history revisionists, most Democrats, and the smart-ass ever arrogant know-it-all blog pundits on the internet nationally and locally.
The Dems' Election Strategy: Bait and Switch
The programs they campaigned on will NOT be the ones they try to implement in the next session of Congress.
Noteworthy:
"Much like this advertising scam, the 1992 and 2006 political campaigns had three things in common:
* They were hugely successful in garnering enough votes to assure victory
* They offered promises that weren't remotely meant to be kept
* Their pledges would be rescinded before those newly elected would take office.
Surprisingly, the Democrats of 2006 were faster in retracting their campaign promises than Clinton. He at least waited a few weeks to tell the seemingly stunned populace that 'suddenly' exploding budget deficits made tax cuts unfeasible, setting up the perfect ruse to raise them. By contrast, in 2006, the Democrats only waited nine days to betray their supporters."
Noteworthy:
"Much like this advertising scam, the 1992 and 2006 political campaigns had three things in common:
* They were hugely successful in garnering enough votes to assure victory
* They offered promises that weren't remotely meant to be kept
* Their pledges would be rescinded before those newly elected would take office.
Surprisingly, the Democrats of 2006 were faster in retracting their campaign promises than Clinton. He at least waited a few weeks to tell the seemingly stunned populace that 'suddenly' exploding budget deficits made tax cuts unfeasible, setting up the perfect ruse to raise them. By contrast, in 2006, the Democrats only waited nine days to betray their supporters."
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Things that bloggers and journalists should be thankful for this Thanksgiving
....especially if you think the Bush Administration stifles free speech.
Noteworthy:
"Give thanks we live in America, land of the free, home of the brave, where the media's elite journalists can leak top-secret information with impunity, win Pulitzer Prizes, cash in on lucrative book deals, routinely insult their readership and viewership, broadcast enemy propaganda, turn a blind eye to the victims of jihad, and cast themselves as oppressed victims on six-figure salaries.
God bless the U.S.A."
Noteworthy:
"Give thanks we live in America, land of the free, home of the brave, where the media's elite journalists can leak top-secret information with impunity, win Pulitzer Prizes, cash in on lucrative book deals, routinely insult their readership and viewership, broadcast enemy propaganda, turn a blind eye to the victims of jihad, and cast themselves as oppressed victims on six-figure salaries.
God bless the U.S.A."
From the "Free Speech for Me, But Not For Thee" Department
Here's yet another example of the Libthink double standard at its finest.
Excerpt:
"Instead of being a marketplace of ideas, some professors try to silence or even punish students whose beliefs do not conform to their personal worldview......"
Background info on the original complaint.
Noteworthy:
"When Kauffman reportedly 'engaged in leftist diatribes denigrating President Bush,' Brooker and several other students objected. She received an atypically bad grade which, after a year of effort, was successfully appealed."
Isn't it interesting how quickly the university caved when the lawsuit was filed?
Excerpt:
"Instead of being a marketplace of ideas, some professors try to silence or even punish students whose beliefs do not conform to their personal worldview......"
Background info on the original complaint.
Noteworthy:
"When Kauffman reportedly 'engaged in leftist diatribes denigrating President Bush,' Brooker and several other students objected. She received an atypically bad grade which, after a year of effort, was successfully appealed."
Isn't it interesting how quickly the university caved when the lawsuit was filed?
Monday, November 20, 2006
Humans Cause "Global Warming"?
Not very likely, according to a new NCPA study.
Noteworthy:
"Are human activities, including the burning of fossil fuel, the primary or even significant cause of the current warming trend? The scientifically appropriate answer - cautious and conforming to the facts - is probably not......"
Cue the True Believer knee jerk responses.
Noteworthy:
"Are human activities, including the burning of fossil fuel, the primary or even significant cause of the current warming trend? The scientifically appropriate answer - cautious and conforming to the facts - is probably not......"
Cue the True Believer knee jerk responses.
Today's Media Moment
Today's N&R, pg C2, top right hand corner.
Emmitt Smith is pictured with his dance partner Cheryl Burke, and the trophies for their recent win on "Dancing with the Stars."
The caption starts with "Former NFL great Emmitt Smith....."
My question is this:
Did he stop being great because his NFL playing career is over?
Next question:
Who wrote the caption?
AP? Or a N&R staffer?
Emmitt Smith is pictured with his dance partner Cheryl Burke, and the trophies for their recent win on "Dancing with the Stars."
The caption starts with "Former NFL great Emmitt Smith....."
My question is this:
Did he stop being great because his NFL playing career is over?
Next question:
Who wrote the caption?
AP? Or a N&R staffer?
Picture of the Day
(link updated 7:45M PM)
Don't try this at home, folks.
I get a kick out of the self-appointed "experts" who never served a day, but claim to know "all about" the military experience, when the closest they ever come to combat is shaving every morning.
How many of them have done something like this for real, let alone for practice?
Don't try this at home, folks.
I get a kick out of the self-appointed "experts" who never served a day, but claim to know "all about" the military experience, when the closest they ever come to combat is shaving every morning.
How many of them have done something like this for real, let alone for practice?
Sunday, November 19, 2006
The Democrat Agenda Takes Shape
(from the Patriot Post U.S.)
" When Charles Schumer starts bragging about a permanent Democrat majority, you know trouble is brewing. Leaders of the Democrat caucus are setting up shop for investigations into pretty much everything the Bush administration has championed, including tax cuts, the Iraq war and a rational energy policy. We can also expect early bills to include a minimum-wage increase and an end to tax incentives for oil companies.
Sen. Hillary Clinton told reporters, “Health care is coming back.” If her plans for health-care reform include implementation of the draconian system of socialized medicine that she tried to enact when she was co-president in 1993, then she would be more accurate to say that health care is going away.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, who will chair the Environment and Public Works Committee, plans to hold hearings on global warming. She is calling for stricter controls on carbon emissions, using California’s recent restrictions as a model for national regulation. Sen. Schumer vowed that there would not be another Samuel Alito, indicating that President Bush’s remaking of the courts with constitutional constructionists is over.
Democrats are expected to proceed cautiously on immigration reform, if at all. This issue, which does not break neatly along partisan lines, hurt the electoral prospects of Republicans on both sides of the fence (as it were). However, if Democrats support a softer program that includes temporary worker status for illegals, they would be tacitly endorsing President Bush’s stand on the issue. That could translate into a political victory for the president, which is surely not on the liberal agenda."
" When Charles Schumer starts bragging about a permanent Democrat majority, you know trouble is brewing. Leaders of the Democrat caucus are setting up shop for investigations into pretty much everything the Bush administration has championed, including tax cuts, the Iraq war and a rational energy policy. We can also expect early bills to include a minimum-wage increase and an end to tax incentives for oil companies.
Sen. Hillary Clinton told reporters, “Health care is coming back.” If her plans for health-care reform include implementation of the draconian system of socialized medicine that she tried to enact when she was co-president in 1993, then she would be more accurate to say that health care is going away.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, who will chair the Environment and Public Works Committee, plans to hold hearings on global warming. She is calling for stricter controls on carbon emissions, using California’s recent restrictions as a model for national regulation. Sen. Schumer vowed that there would not be another Samuel Alito, indicating that President Bush’s remaking of the courts with constitutional constructionists is over.
Democrats are expected to proceed cautiously on immigration reform, if at all. This issue, which does not break neatly along partisan lines, hurt the electoral prospects of Republicans on both sides of the fence (as it were). However, if Democrats support a softer program that includes temporary worker status for illegals, they would be tacitly endorsing President Bush’s stand on the issue. That could translate into a political victory for the president, which is surely not on the liberal agenda."
The Lefty Economic Game Plan
Extortion of Corporate America.
Noteworthy:
"Manheim goes through painstaking detail to illustrate the Progressive-Left’s plan of capturing the money, power and influence of corporations. The plan involves painting Big Business and capitalism as an enemy of the public. Once vilified, the next stage is for the CSR advocates to offer corporations the one and only redemption: buy credibility through the implementation of CSR programs that redeem the corporate evil-doers by promoting the CSR advocates’ preferred social goals."
" For the CSR advocates, they now have a Congress with a friendly ear toward implementing regulations with the stated purpose of controlling capitalism to ensure that it “works for the benefit of all people”. The legislators are consequently all too happy to codify the behaviors and activities the CSR advocates have been “persuading” companies to implement for years. For the Democratic Congress, the CSR advocates, and especially the corporations that have been brow-beaten into advocating the CSR policies, provide important political cover for increasing the regulatory burdens on industry."
Far fetched? Hardly.
If you don't believe this could take place, watch and learn.
The rest of us will be active to ensure this insidious outrage never comes to fruition for the "progressives".
Noteworthy:
"Manheim goes through painstaking detail to illustrate the Progressive-Left’s plan of capturing the money, power and influence of corporations. The plan involves painting Big Business and capitalism as an enemy of the public. Once vilified, the next stage is for the CSR advocates to offer corporations the one and only redemption: buy credibility through the implementation of CSR programs that redeem the corporate evil-doers by promoting the CSR advocates’ preferred social goals."
" For the CSR advocates, they now have a Congress with a friendly ear toward implementing regulations with the stated purpose of controlling capitalism to ensure that it “works for the benefit of all people”. The legislators are consequently all too happy to codify the behaviors and activities the CSR advocates have been “persuading” companies to implement for years. For the Democratic Congress, the CSR advocates, and especially the corporations that have been brow-beaten into advocating the CSR policies, provide important political cover for increasing the regulatory burdens on industry."
Far fetched? Hardly.
If you don't believe this could take place, watch and learn.
The rest of us will be active to ensure this insidious outrage never comes to fruition for the "progressives".
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Regarding the ongoing attempt to re-establish the Caliphate
....which you never seem to read much about or hear much about from those who profess a certain brand of political/social/economic world view, it's time we started paying better attention to the seriousness of the problem.
The bottom line:
"For if the West decides to fight this war, rather than accept Islamic domination as the price of peace (an open question), the bombing and killing are going to be on a scale that makes the current war on terror look like a preliminary skirmish."
The bottom line:
"For if the West decides to fight this war, rather than accept Islamic domination as the price of peace (an open question), the bombing and killing are going to be on a scale that makes the current war on terror look like a preliminary skirmish."
On Propagating the Global Warming agenda
Sometimes it's not what they say, it's what they don't say.
Excerpt:
"Not once does Reuters acknowledge the dire predictions made last year by global-warming advocates about the radical effect of incremental fluctuations in temperature on weather, even though that hypothesis got wide dissemination after the hurricanes last year.
There's a lot of hot air, to be sure ... but it isn't coming from the Atlantic, and it disappears conveniently."
Excerpt:
"Not once does Reuters acknowledge the dire predictions made last year by global-warming advocates about the radical effect of incremental fluctuations in temperature on weather, even though that hypothesis got wide dissemination after the hurricanes last year.
There's a lot of hot air, to be sure ... but it isn't coming from the Atlantic, and it disappears conveniently."
Friday, November 17, 2006
Edwards probably figured he could get away with this
Unfortunately for him, Wal Mart got wind of it.
Does anyone really believe the unnamed staffer took it upon his/herself to do this, unaware of the senator's class warfare nonsense about Wal Mart?
Does anyone really believe the unnamed staffer took it upon his/herself to do this, unaware of the senator's class warfare nonsense about Wal Mart?
Joke of the Day
An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're in the wrong place."
So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is admitted.
Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and, as is the wont for engineers, starts designing and building improvements.
After a while, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and asks, "So how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey things are going great. We've got air conditioning, flushing toilets and working escalators, and there's no telling what an engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he should never have gotten down there; send him up here."
Satan says, "No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah right. And where are you going to get a lawyer?"
So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is admitted.
Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and, as is the wont for engineers, starts designing and building improvements.
After a while, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and asks, "So how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey things are going great. We've got air conditioning, flushing toilets and working escalators, and there's no telling what an engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he should never have gotten down there; send him up here."
Satan says, "No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah right. And where are you going to get a lawyer?"
Rest well, Professor Friedman
You will indeed be missed.
Noteworthy:
"There are still plenty of devotees of the old, top-down, socialist-state model (Hillary Clinton, eg), but they no longer even pretend that what they do is economics - they couch all their prescriptions these days in terms of pure morality...a weird attempt by socialists to conscript Judeo-Christian ethics in support of socialized medicine and welfare. In the end, we can also thank Mr. Friedman for this: for forcing the socialists to fight on our battlefield, and thus in a place where we are bound to win."
Noteworthy:
"There are still plenty of devotees of the old, top-down, socialist-state model (Hillary Clinton, eg), but they no longer even pretend that what they do is economics - they couch all their prescriptions these days in terms of pure morality...a weird attempt by socialists to conscript Judeo-Christian ethics in support of socialized medicine and welfare. In the end, we can also thank Mr. Friedman for this: for forcing the socialists to fight on our battlefield, and thus in a place where we are bound to win."
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Rudy's the man!
Along with McCain, he's got to be considered a frontrunner.
Excerpt:
"But when selecting a President, Americans tend to vote on the basis of who they think will be the most effective leader. This tendency will be amplified in the next presidential election, when the nation will choose President Bush's successor as commander-in-chief in the War on Terror. That's why, even though a Giuliani victory may be difficult, it's far from impossible."
And THAT is the reason ANY of the potential Democrat nominees would face an uphill battle. (Hillary's triangulation skills don't qualify her as a "leader".)
Not to completely rule out Romney, Huckabee, or several other folks, but McCain vs Giuliani is going to be the contest for the GOP nomination.
All this is subject to change however, if the "Draft Condi Rice" movement gets its wish.
Excerpt:
"But when selecting a President, Americans tend to vote on the basis of who they think will be the most effective leader. This tendency will be amplified in the next presidential election, when the nation will choose President Bush's successor as commander-in-chief in the War on Terror. That's why, even though a Giuliani victory may be difficult, it's far from impossible."
And THAT is the reason ANY of the potential Democrat nominees would face an uphill battle. (Hillary's triangulation skills don't qualify her as a "leader".)
Not to completely rule out Romney, Huckabee, or several other folks, but McCain vs Giuliani is going to be the contest for the GOP nomination.
All this is subject to change however, if the "Draft Condi Rice" movement gets its wish.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Election aftermath joke
A woman married three times walked into a bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a wedding gown for her fourth wedding. Of course, madam," replied the sales clerk, "exactly what type and color dress are you looking for?"
The bride to be said: "A long frilly white dress with a veil." The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said, "Please don't take this the wrong way, but gowns of that nature are considered more appropriate for brides who are being married the first time - for those who are a bit more innocent, if you know what I mean? Perhaps ivory or sky blue would be nice?"
"Well," replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness, "I can assure you that a white gown would be quite appropriate. Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as any first-time bride. You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he died as we were checking into our hotel.
My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the Limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again."
"What about your third husband?" asked the sales clerk.
"That one was a Democrat," said the woman, "and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be."
The bride to be said: "A long frilly white dress with a veil." The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said, "Please don't take this the wrong way, but gowns of that nature are considered more appropriate for brides who are being married the first time - for those who are a bit more innocent, if you know what I mean? Perhaps ivory or sky blue would be nice?"
"Well," replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness, "I can assure you that a white gown would be quite appropriate. Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as any first-time bride. You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he died as we were checking into our hotel.
My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the Limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again."
"What about your third husband?" asked the sales clerk.
"That one was a Democrat," said the woman, "and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be."
Monday, November 13, 2006
TheLaw of Unintended Consequences: Foreign policy department
The "progessives" and the "realists" play both sides against the middle.
Noteworthy:
"Why then do so many progressives then celebrate the return of realism? The reasons are multifold. First, having allowed personal animosities to dominate their ideology, they embrace change, regardless of how it impacts stated principles. Hatred of Mr. Rumsfeld became a principle in itself. Likewise, the same progressives who disparage John Bolton seldom explain why they feel forcing the U.N. to account for its inefficiencies or stick to its founding principles is bad. They complain not of his performance, but rather of his pedigree."
It's time to keep a close watch on this. Any further nonsense along these lines must be nipped in the bud.
Noteworthy:
"Why then do so many progressives then celebrate the return of realism? The reasons are multifold. First, having allowed personal animosities to dominate their ideology, they embrace change, regardless of how it impacts stated principles. Hatred of Mr. Rumsfeld became a principle in itself. Likewise, the same progressives who disparage John Bolton seldom explain why they feel forcing the U.N. to account for its inefficiencies or stick to its founding principles is bad. They complain not of his performance, but rather of his pedigree."
It's time to keep a close watch on this. Any further nonsense along these lines must be nipped in the bud.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
It's starting already
These folks obviously didn't get the memo, did they?
Excerpt:
"Some of the very activists who helped propel the Democrats to a majority in the House and Senate last week are claiming credit for the victories and demanding what they consider their due: a set of ambitious — and politically provocative — actions on gun control, abortion, national security and other issues that party leaders fear could alienate moderate voters and leave Democrats vulnerable to GOP attacks as big spenders or soft on terrorism."
Here's a hint, Loony Tooners: NONE of those issues were things that resonated as important agenda items among those who voted the Democrats back into control of Congress.
But what the heck-- go for it!
It's will only hasten the quick return of the voting public to there senses for the 08 election.
Excerpt:
"Some of the very activists who helped propel the Democrats to a majority in the House and Senate last week are claiming credit for the victories and demanding what they consider their due: a set of ambitious — and politically provocative — actions on gun control, abortion, national security and other issues that party leaders fear could alienate moderate voters and leave Democrats vulnerable to GOP attacks as big spenders or soft on terrorism."
Here's a hint, Loony Tooners: NONE of those issues were things that resonated as important agenda items among those who voted the Democrats back into control of Congress.
But what the heck-- go for it!
It's will only hasten the quick return of the voting public to there senses for the 08 election.
Hey Stew!
How would this strike you as an example of the Law of Unintended Consequences at work?
Excerpt:
"If he switches parties, he delivers control of the Senate to the GOP for the next two years, and makes Dick Cheney a very busy man. It forces the Democrats to carefully consider Lieberman when determining policy, especially on the war. It might force the Democrats to escalate efforts to get a Republican to cross the aisle, which would neutralize Lieberman."
Joe Lieberman is going to be a VERY important man when the new senate reconvenes in January.
Excerpt:
"If he switches parties, he delivers control of the Senate to the GOP for the next two years, and makes Dick Cheney a very busy man. It forces the Democrats to carefully consider Lieberman when determining policy, especially on the war. It might force the Democrats to escalate efforts to get a Republican to cross the aisle, which would neutralize Lieberman."
Joe Lieberman is going to be a VERY important man when the new senate reconvenes in January.
The Dems' Alternate Reality is starting to kick in
Here's a hint for them: There was no mandate in the Senate vote totals.
Excerpt:
"What Edkow is doing, and I don't know if its intentional or not on his part, is mythmaking for the Democrat's Alternate Universe. This is a Universe in which Bill Clinton balanced the budget, Bill Clinton was impeached over oral sex, North Korea's nuclear program was halted by Jimmy Carter, Al Gore won Florida, terrorism was under control, there was about to be peace between Israel and Palestine, Saddam wasn't working on WMD's or sponsoring terrorism, bin Laden was allowed to escape, Blackwell and Diebold stole Ohio in 2004... "
It's gonna be a FUN two years......
Excerpt:
"What Edkow is doing, and I don't know if its intentional or not on his part, is mythmaking for the Democrat's Alternate Universe. This is a Universe in which Bill Clinton balanced the budget, Bill Clinton was impeached over oral sex, North Korea's nuclear program was halted by Jimmy Carter, Al Gore won Florida, terrorism was under control, there was about to be peace between Israel and Palestine, Saddam wasn't working on WMD's or sponsoring terrorism, bin Laden was allowed to escape, Blackwell and Diebold stole Ohio in 2004... "
It's gonna be a FUN two years......
Saturday, November 11, 2006
A tale of two oaths: A story for Veterans Day
......from The Patriot Post (PatriotPost.US)
"It is no small irony that Election Day and Veterans Day fall in the same week.
Veterans and elected officials all have one thing in common: Upon entering service, both took an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” and to “bear true faith and allegiance to the same.”
On 1 June 1789, the first law enacted by Congress was statute 1, chapter 1: an act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths. It established the oath that all civilian and military officials take before entering into the service of our nation. Our Founders understood that the security of the Republic depended on leaders who would honor and uphold constitutional rule of law, lest the Republic would dissolve into a democratic state ruled by men.
Notably, the oath mandates the support and defense of our Constitution, a document revered not only for its timeless precepts, but for its crisp and clear language. The oath refers to our Constitution precisely as it was ratified, not the so called “living constitution” rewritten by judicial activists, who populate what Thomas Jefferson predicted would become “the despotic branch”.
Veterans support and defend our Constitution with their lives, while most elected officials debase it with all manner of extra-constitutional empowerment of the central government, and forced income redistribution to benefit the constituency groups which re-elect them. That is to say, while veterans have nobly honored their oath, most elected officials have disgracefully violated the same.
In recent months, we have been swamped with ugly politics. This week, we saw the whirlwind that an ostensibly conservative political party reaps when it abandons its oath of office and platform. If Republicans thought they could retain majorities in the legislative branch by offering themselves as the lesser of two evils, they were sorely, grossly, terribly mistaken. They overestimated conservative tolerance for those who desert their oaths.
By contrast this Veterans Day, consider the story of one American who never violated his oath. That American is my friend and Patriot mentor, Col. Roger Ingvalson.
Roger was born in Austin, Minnesota, in the era between the World Wars. He was an all-American kid, attending local schools and then the University of Minnesota. He joined the Air Force in 1950 and earned his wings in 1953. He married Jacqueline in 1959, and they had one son. He spent the next nine years as an operations officer for fighter squadrons around the world.
In 1968, Roger was flying the F-105D with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Korat Royal Air Force Base, Thailand. The air war over Vietnam was in its third year, and the pilot casualty list included Roger’s wingman and best friend, Wayne Fullam, who was shot down in late 1967.
On 28 May, Roger took off on his 87th combat sortie, leading a mission to destroy a bridge in North Vietnam. (Roger notes lightheartedly today that it is very important to keep the number of mission takeoffs and landings equal.) With 1600 hours in the F-105, he was confident that this mission would be a success. As he pulled off the target, an air controller requested that he hit an enemy truck convoy nearby.
Roger’s tactical preference was for high speed and low altitude engagement in order to assure accuracy. At about 0900, he located the convoy of Soviet-built trucks near Dong Hoi and rolled in at more than 500 knots. At 50 feet above the hard deck, he fired a long 20mm burst into the convoy.
Moments later, Roger recalls, “I heard and felt an explosion and my cockpit immediately filled with smoke. I hit the afterburner to gain valuable altitude, then pulled the canopy ejection handle to get rid of the smoke. I rocketed up to about 600 feet before my aircraft went into an uncontrollable roll. I pulled the ejection seat handle and squeezed the trigger. As I was catapulted out of the burning aircraft, the wind blast knocked me out, and I didn’t regain consciousness until just prior to landing on a dried out rice paddy.”
Give John Kerry the brilliant rebuttal he deserves with this bumper sticker memo from ’Irak!’
As he hit the ground, Roger’s first reaction was to feel for broken bones. “With 15 years of fighter-aircraft experience, I was fully aware of the fact that there is very little chance of survival during an emergency ejection at high speed and low altitude, without a multitude of injuries. To my amazement, I had no broken bones or other injuries.”
Roger had regularly attended church for 40 years, but he says his relationship with his Savior really began when he realized he had survived the ejection. He prayed and gave thanks as his would-be Communist captors were running toward him.
For the next 1,742 days, Roger endured torture, starvation, desolation, disease and one stretch of 20 months in strict solitary confinement.
Three years into his horrendous internment, Jane Fonda showed up in Hanoi to collaborate with Roger’s captors. She starred in a propaganda film purporting that American POWs were being treated humanely. Roger and other POWs were shown that film repeatedly in an effort to further break their spirit. Hanoi Jane even posed for photographs on an NVA anti-aircraft gun near his prison. She boasted of the civil unrest being fomented back home by leftists like her friend John Kerry who “aided and abetted the enemy” by accusing American service personnel in Vietnam of all manner of atrocities.
Roger received devastating news in late 1971, when he was told by his captors that his wife, Jackie, had died months earlier from complications related to multiple sclerosis. Roger recalls, “During the three years since capture, I had continually dreamed of her in a crippled condition. Then the night after receiving the tragic news, I had another dream of my dear wife—this time she was in perfect health, just like the day we were married. She had gained the victory from suffering and sin; whereas, I gained the peace of knowing that she was in heaven.” (His 13-year old son was taken in by Jackie’s parents.)
On 14 March 1973, after nearly five years of brutal incarceration, Roger and his fellow POWs, including future Senator John McCain, departed for Clark Air Base in the Philippines. There, for the first time in half a decade, he was given medical aid, wholesome food and clean clothes. “The Lord sustained me through 1,742 days of tragedy; nevertheless, I count my blessings. I was set free by the North Vietnamese Communists but had already been fully liberated by Jesus Christ.”
Col. Roger Ingvalson retired from the Air Force a couple of years after his release. His decorations included the Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the DFC with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the POW Medal.
However, the most remarkable chapter in this Vietnam Vet’s story was yet to be written.
Upon his return to the United States, Roger married the widow of Wayne Fullam, his wingman and best friend, and they raised their combined family of four sons together. After returning to his wife’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Roger spent the rest of his career in prison ministry.
To Roger, and all our fellow Patriots who have served their nation with courage and great sacrifice, we offer our heartfelt gratitude. You have honored your oath to “support and defend,” as do those on the frontline in Iraq today. You have kept the flame of liberty, lit by our Founders, burning bright for future generations.
In 1918, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marked the cessation of World War I hostilities. That date is now designated in honor of our veterans, and a focal point for national observance is the placing of a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
Let us never, ever forget."
Indeed, we shall not.
"It is no small irony that Election Day and Veterans Day fall in the same week.
Veterans and elected officials all have one thing in common: Upon entering service, both took an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” and to “bear true faith and allegiance to the same.”
On 1 June 1789, the first law enacted by Congress was statute 1, chapter 1: an act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths. It established the oath that all civilian and military officials take before entering into the service of our nation. Our Founders understood that the security of the Republic depended on leaders who would honor and uphold constitutional rule of law, lest the Republic would dissolve into a democratic state ruled by men.
Notably, the oath mandates the support and defense of our Constitution, a document revered not only for its timeless precepts, but for its crisp and clear language. The oath refers to our Constitution precisely as it was ratified, not the so called “living constitution” rewritten by judicial activists, who populate what Thomas Jefferson predicted would become “the despotic branch”.
Veterans support and defend our Constitution with their lives, while most elected officials debase it with all manner of extra-constitutional empowerment of the central government, and forced income redistribution to benefit the constituency groups which re-elect them. That is to say, while veterans have nobly honored their oath, most elected officials have disgracefully violated the same.
In recent months, we have been swamped with ugly politics. This week, we saw the whirlwind that an ostensibly conservative political party reaps when it abandons its oath of office and platform. If Republicans thought they could retain majorities in the legislative branch by offering themselves as the lesser of two evils, they were sorely, grossly, terribly mistaken. They overestimated conservative tolerance for those who desert their oaths.
By contrast this Veterans Day, consider the story of one American who never violated his oath. That American is my friend and Patriot mentor, Col. Roger Ingvalson.
Roger was born in Austin, Minnesota, in the era between the World Wars. He was an all-American kid, attending local schools and then the University of Minnesota. He joined the Air Force in 1950 and earned his wings in 1953. He married Jacqueline in 1959, and they had one son. He spent the next nine years as an operations officer for fighter squadrons around the world.
In 1968, Roger was flying the F-105D with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Korat Royal Air Force Base, Thailand. The air war over Vietnam was in its third year, and the pilot casualty list included Roger’s wingman and best friend, Wayne Fullam, who was shot down in late 1967.
On 28 May, Roger took off on his 87th combat sortie, leading a mission to destroy a bridge in North Vietnam. (Roger notes lightheartedly today that it is very important to keep the number of mission takeoffs and landings equal.) With 1600 hours in the F-105, he was confident that this mission would be a success. As he pulled off the target, an air controller requested that he hit an enemy truck convoy nearby.
Roger’s tactical preference was for high speed and low altitude engagement in order to assure accuracy. At about 0900, he located the convoy of Soviet-built trucks near Dong Hoi and rolled in at more than 500 knots. At 50 feet above the hard deck, he fired a long 20mm burst into the convoy.
Moments later, Roger recalls, “I heard and felt an explosion and my cockpit immediately filled with smoke. I hit the afterburner to gain valuable altitude, then pulled the canopy ejection handle to get rid of the smoke. I rocketed up to about 600 feet before my aircraft went into an uncontrollable roll. I pulled the ejection seat handle and squeezed the trigger. As I was catapulted out of the burning aircraft, the wind blast knocked me out, and I didn’t regain consciousness until just prior to landing on a dried out rice paddy.”
Give John Kerry the brilliant rebuttal he deserves with this bumper sticker memo from ’Irak!’
As he hit the ground, Roger’s first reaction was to feel for broken bones. “With 15 years of fighter-aircraft experience, I was fully aware of the fact that there is very little chance of survival during an emergency ejection at high speed and low altitude, without a multitude of injuries. To my amazement, I had no broken bones or other injuries.”
Roger had regularly attended church for 40 years, but he says his relationship with his Savior really began when he realized he had survived the ejection. He prayed and gave thanks as his would-be Communist captors were running toward him.
For the next 1,742 days, Roger endured torture, starvation, desolation, disease and one stretch of 20 months in strict solitary confinement.
Three years into his horrendous internment, Jane Fonda showed up in Hanoi to collaborate with Roger’s captors. She starred in a propaganda film purporting that American POWs were being treated humanely. Roger and other POWs were shown that film repeatedly in an effort to further break their spirit. Hanoi Jane even posed for photographs on an NVA anti-aircraft gun near his prison. She boasted of the civil unrest being fomented back home by leftists like her friend John Kerry who “aided and abetted the enemy” by accusing American service personnel in Vietnam of all manner of atrocities.
Roger received devastating news in late 1971, when he was told by his captors that his wife, Jackie, had died months earlier from complications related to multiple sclerosis. Roger recalls, “During the three years since capture, I had continually dreamed of her in a crippled condition. Then the night after receiving the tragic news, I had another dream of my dear wife—this time she was in perfect health, just like the day we were married. She had gained the victory from suffering and sin; whereas, I gained the peace of knowing that she was in heaven.” (His 13-year old son was taken in by Jackie’s parents.)
On 14 March 1973, after nearly five years of brutal incarceration, Roger and his fellow POWs, including future Senator John McCain, departed for Clark Air Base in the Philippines. There, for the first time in half a decade, he was given medical aid, wholesome food and clean clothes. “The Lord sustained me through 1,742 days of tragedy; nevertheless, I count my blessings. I was set free by the North Vietnamese Communists but had already been fully liberated by Jesus Christ.”
Col. Roger Ingvalson retired from the Air Force a couple of years after his release. His decorations included the Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the DFC with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the POW Medal.
However, the most remarkable chapter in this Vietnam Vet’s story was yet to be written.
Upon his return to the United States, Roger married the widow of Wayne Fullam, his wingman and best friend, and they raised their combined family of four sons together. After returning to his wife’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Roger spent the rest of his career in prison ministry.
To Roger, and all our fellow Patriots who have served their nation with courage and great sacrifice, we offer our heartfelt gratitude. You have honored your oath to “support and defend,” as do those on the frontline in Iraq today. You have kept the flame of liberty, lit by our Founders, burning bright for future generations.
In 1918, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marked the cessation of World War I hostilities. That date is now designated in honor of our veterans, and a focal point for national observance is the placing of a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
Let us never, ever forget."
Indeed, we shall not.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Image of the Day
Don't be like John Kerry. HONOR my American brothers and sisters in arms, our veterans, by THANKING us for our service every chance you get
What's missing in the aftermath of the election?
The over wrought wailing and moaning of "Stolen Election!" by the folks who were on the short end of the results.
Excerpt:
"I don’t hear those liberals who complained so much about the evil Bush-manipulated machines prior to the election questioning the integrity of the vote now that so many of those machines recorded Democrat wins, so I guess Democrats are having to change their 'to do' lists as well."
"Other items on (Bob) Owens’ list of things he would not be doing were 'staying in bed with massive depression,' 'creating a new election-based psychological malady,' and 'checking out immigration laws to other countries.'
Don't worry.....the complaints and the psychoses are sure to resurface in two years among those who suffered it previously.
Excerpt:
"I don’t hear those liberals who complained so much about the evil Bush-manipulated machines prior to the election questioning the integrity of the vote now that so many of those machines recorded Democrat wins, so I guess Democrats are having to change their 'to do' lists as well."
"Other items on (Bob) Owens’ list of things he would not be doing were 'staying in bed with massive depression,' 'creating a new election-based psychological malady,' and 'checking out immigration laws to other countries.'
Don't worry.....the complaints and the psychoses are sure to resurface in two years among those who suffered it previously.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Who posted the most recent leak of the RMA report to the internet?
We know that the copy that was used for this most recent leak, published at Greensboro 101, came from Diane Bellamy-Small, but we do not know who actually posted it.
Could the copy have come from the original leak to the N&R, and have been posted by someone associated with the N&R?
I think the investigation into BOTH leaks is FAR from over.
Could the copy have come from the original leak to the N&R, and have been posted by someone associated with the N&R?
I think the investigation into BOTH leaks is FAR from over.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Newt Gingrich talks about today's election
"Campaign '06 is down to its final hours. And already there are signs that we may not know the results of some of the most hotly contested races until Wednesday or even later.
In some cases, the races are just that close. But in any case, liberal activist groups are planning on challenging in court the election results they don't like.
Liberal Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is seemingly already laying the groundwork for challenging an outcome she does not favor. She told the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday that "the only variable in this" is "will we have an honest count?"
Yet at the same time, in states such as Indiana, Missouri, Georgia and Ohio that have passed laws requiring photo identification to vote, liberal interest groups have challenged these laws in the courts. In some places such as Missouri, they've been successful in getting the courts to reverse the expressed desire of citizens to require photo identification, even while newspapers are full of stories of voter fraud on the part of other liberal activist groups. Does that sound honest to you?
Liberal groups are also setting the stage to discredit elections that conservatives win by challenging the accuracy of voting equipment itself.
This cannot be allowed to happen. We've seen how liberals have succeeded in short-circuiting our democracy by turning to the courts to overturn laws they don't like. We cannot allow the same thing to happen to our elections. Win or lose on Tuesday, Americans should keep in mind that the integrity of the process itself is more important than the outcome of any individual race.
I know you take voting seriously, but I want you to convince your friends to take it seriously, too. Make sure they get to the polls tomorrow. Our country depends upon it."
No question about the last sentence.
The only question left to ask is "Have the Dems fooled enough people to win?"
Monday, November 06, 2006
Quote of the Day
"America has the best-trained, most professional, most
well-educated military in the world. But the moonbats want
only to hear the myths of the soldier-as-victim or the
soldier-as-brutalizer or soldier-as-indentured servant. This
is no isolated case of Democrat incompetence and insensitivity
toward the military.
Kerry's party is the party of Dick Durbin,
who likened American interrogators and Gitmo military staff to
Nazis, Soviet gulag operators and genocidal maniac Pol Pot. Kerry's
party is the party of Patty Murray, who praised Osama bin Laden's
charity work with nary a nod to our men and women in uniform who
have sailed and flown to the most far-flung regions of the world
on reconstruction and humanitarian missions. Kerry's party is the
party that approved of him tarring American troops as terrorizers
in Iraq last year. And Kerry's party is the party whose national
party website couldn't even find an American soldier to illustrate
a page dedicated to 'Veterans and Military Families.'
Until a military reader of my blog called attention to it, the DNC site
erroneously featured a photo of a Canadian soldier named 'Abdul'
in its attempt to show support for American troops. Can you trust
a party with such entrenched disdain and contempt for the military
to use that power well and wisely at a time of war? America made a
choice in 2004. Two years later, the Democrats have said and done
nothing to earn the nation's endorsement now."
---Michelle Malkin
Remember that as you go to your voting place tomorrow.
(from the Patriot Post USA)
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Vanity Fair is sooooo busted!
Their press release last Friday regarding their article describing how some important conservative backers of the Administration have regrets about the Iraqi War is absolutely bogus.
Excerpt:
"Rose has earned a reputation as a truth teller. The same unfortunately cannot be said for the editors and publicists at Vanity Fair. They have repackaged truths that a war-fighting country needs to hear into lies intended to achieve a shabby partisan purpose."
It's just another Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair editor) hit job on George Bush and his administration. The press release was published just days before the election to have maximum damage on Republican chances in Tuesday's election.
It's not the first time, and I doubt it will be the last time, assuming his ass doesn't get canned over this sham he passed off as non-fiction.
It's a shameless slimeball attempt to influence the election.
Excerpt:
"Rose has earned a reputation as a truth teller. The same unfortunately cannot be said for the editors and publicists at Vanity Fair. They have repackaged truths that a war-fighting country needs to hear into lies intended to achieve a shabby partisan purpose."
It's just another Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair editor) hit job on George Bush and his administration. The press release was published just days before the election to have maximum damage on Republican chances in Tuesday's election.
It's not the first time, and I doubt it will be the last time, assuming his ass doesn't get canned over this sham he passed off as non-fiction.
It's a shameless slimeball attempt to influence the election.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
I have not seen this elsewhere in the local blogosphere
......... so it deserves to be published here on Noteworthy.
According to some people, I'm just like Dick Cheney
Here's what Charming Charlie Rangel said about the Vice President, because he told the truth.
"He's such a real son of a b****, he just enjoys a confrontation.""
Just like me! (according to some people)
I need to work on my Darth Vader impression if I hope to truly emulate the VP.
Hmm.....would that mean Ed Cone gets to be Luke Skywalker?
Nah, that role clearly needs to go to Joe Killian.
Only problem from them is that they show no signs of having anything but the Lefty Force with them, something that's actually much closer to the Dark Side of the Force than anything I could come up with.
"He's such a real son of a b****, he just enjoys a confrontation.""
Just like me! (according to some people)
I need to work on my Darth Vader impression if I hope to truly emulate the VP.
Hmm.....would that mean Ed Cone gets to be Luke Skywalker?
Nah, that role clearly needs to go to Joe Killian.
Only problem from them is that they show no signs of having anything but the Lefty Force with them, something that's actually much closer to the Dark Side of the Force than anything I could come up with.
NYT pulls a November surprise. This one has backfired on them.
Saddam had a nuke program which was getting close to going operational.
(hat tip: Fred Gregory, motivation: Lex Alexander. Thanks, guys!)
Excerpt:
" The anti-war crowd is going to have to argue that the information wasn't dangerous in the hands of Saddam but was dangerous on the internet. It doesn't work. It can't be both no threat to America and yet also a threat to America once it's in the hands of Iran. Game, set and match. "
Glenn at Instapundit says:
"Judging from some of the delighted emails I'm getting, I need to warn people not to get too carried away -- this doesn't say that Saddam would have had a bomb in 2004. But it does say that he had all the knowledge needed to have a bomb in short order. And as we know he was looking to reconstitute his program once sanctions were ended -- and that sanctions were breaking down in 2003 -- that's pretty significant. However, perhaps even more significant, given that we knew most of the above already, is that the NYT apparently regards the documents that bloggers have been translating for months as reliable, which means that reports of Iraqi intelligence's relations with Osama bin Laden, and "friendly" Western press agencies, are presumably also reliable."
(hat tip: Fred Gregory, motivation: Lex Alexander. Thanks, guys!)
Excerpt:
" The anti-war crowd is going to have to argue that the information wasn't dangerous in the hands of Saddam but was dangerous on the internet. It doesn't work. It can't be both no threat to America and yet also a threat to America once it's in the hands of Iran. Game, set and match. "
Glenn at Instapundit says:
"Judging from some of the delighted emails I'm getting, I need to warn people not to get too carried away -- this doesn't say that Saddam would have had a bomb in 2004. But it does say that he had all the knowledge needed to have a bomb in short order. And as we know he was looking to reconstitute his program once sanctions were ended -- and that sanctions were breaking down in 2003 -- that's pretty significant. However, perhaps even more significant, given that we knew most of the above already, is that the NYT apparently regards the documents that bloggers have been translating for months as reliable, which means that reports of Iraqi intelligence's relations with Osama bin Laden, and "friendly" Western press agencies, are presumably also reliable."
Friday, November 03, 2006
VDH re Iraq: "The assumptions of a forgetful chattering class are badly off the mark."
The revisionsits are wrong.
The truth:
"No, nothing has changed about Iraq other than its tragic tab. Changes of view are fine, as long as those who now criticize the effort at least acknowledge the climate in which fighting in Iraq was born, and the real conditions under which they themselves once supported the war — and lost heart."
The truth:
"No, nothing has changed about Iraq other than its tragic tab. Changes of view are fine, as long as those who now criticize the effort at least acknowledge the climate in which fighting in Iraq was born, and the real conditions under which they themselves once supported the war — and lost heart."
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