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The Lunch Counter
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
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Ahhhnold, those who don't have the courage to make the tough economic decisions are just economic girly men.
Great line at the Republican National Convention tonight.
11:35:32 PM 
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Monday, August 30, 2004
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Sunday, August 29, 2004
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Now that Sen. John Kerry himself is doing his own campaign ads, we have a chance to see who he is at the time, and what he believes in, at the time. To better understand this Democrat platform, as articulated by its masthead, here is how to interpret the Democrat message and platform.
First you must parse out every sentence that has the word 'Bush' in it. You will see that none of those sentences articulate a platform position. Those sentences are simply Kerry bashing Bush. In his opinion Bush is a bad President, doing everything wrong, wrong for economy, education, wrong war, wrong on security, etc. Nowhere will you find a platform item in these sentences.
After discarding those sentences, what is left is sentences where Kerry says that he has 'better ideas' than Bush. He says he'll do more than Bush if more is better, and do less than Bush if less is better. Kerry can be a better Bush than Bush, and, his ideas are better. That sums up the Democrat platform.
What we do know is that President Bush says what he believes, and does what he says. Kerry does neither.
original post 5/11/04
12:37:09 PM
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It should be of no surprise to anyone that since the Patriot Act was passed, the vocal minority that wants it abolished will not shut up about it and get on with their lives. Well, unless you can propose something that can protect our lives better than that, you should just shut up. When you don't like the law that you made, you change it. Pretty much the same way it was made. Meanwhile, about 63 percent of the country believe it is just fine.
This vocal minority spans party lines; it is the wacko ends of the democrat and republican parties. Talk about strange bedfellows. No, we won't go there.
I checked my thesaurus on wacko and it came up with crackpot, weirdo, lamebrain, nut, kook, dingbat, screwball, oddball, and ding-a-ling. So for lack of a more descriptive term, 'wacko' will do just fine.
The common thread in their opposition to the Patriot Act is their fear that it will be abused. If you follow this logic to it's ultimate conclusion, they hold to the notion that we would be better off dead without the Patriot Act than to effectively deal with the real threats at hand.
This perverse denial of reality defies reason. The reality is, there are people who want to kill us. The reality is, it's going to take physical intervention to stop an attack from occurring. The reality is, shredding a document called the Patriot Act will pretty much guarantee that physical intervention will not occur.
How would these people answer this question?
Knowing that the enemy is in 68 countries and probably still in the United States, and knowing that they need money to operate, and knowing they use electronics to communicate, and knowing they fly airplanes, and have in fact used them to kill, and have hundreds of other ways to kill us, and will if given the chance: What would you do that would enable the government to pre-empt an attack here in the United States, better than what the Patriot Act can?
You simply have to draw the line that yes, we are a free people, but we are not free to kill.
To Believe This
Is To Ignore This
Original posting date 01/05/04
1:47:11 AM
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Saturday, August 28, 2004
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What Free Market?
You want it? You pay the price. You don't want to? Do without. It's pile on Microsoft time again. California taps another revenue source, Microsoft, a company with deep pockets.
Oh, and because you're so successful, we're going to punish you. I see how it goes now. This is in San Francisco, 9th Circus Court of Appeals land.
"It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide," said San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
What's this "It's" he is talking about? He's talking about probably the most successful business enterprise in the world. One that could be the shining example of what a technical and marketing genius can accomplish. I've not heard one consumer screaming that they've been denied something from Microsoft.
And what's this "should", as in "the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide." The market provides what the market provides. Save the socialist agenda for some other country.
These money grubbing class action plaintiff lawyers and politicians just need to get a grip. It's the lawyers and politicians who are after the money; there are no real 'victims' until after they're done raping the business.
"Taxpayers no less than consumers have been victimized by Microsoft's misconduct, and we are seeking a just resolution with our lawsuit today."
It's this kind of litigation that tends to make victims of the consumers due to increased cost of the product as the cost of doing business (frivolous litigation) goes up.
California Cities, Counties Sue Microsoft (AP). AP - Several California cities and counties, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, sued Microsoft Corp. on Friday, accusing the software giant of illegally charging inflated prices for its products because of monopoly control of the personal computer operating system market. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
8:39:04 AM
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Wednesday, August 25, 2004
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Hurricane Charley and Politics
In a glaring example of who has the right priorities and who doesn't, one only needs to observe the behavior of the campaigns.
Bush Campaign
The day after the hurricane tore through parts of south Florida, the Bush Campaign sends out emails to their supporters asking not for anything to do with their campaign, but asking instead for us to help our fellow citizens who've lost everything to try to fill immediate needs. They suggested contributing to the American Red Cross and/or the Salvation Army. They said that monies received for the victims would get to the victims to help provide essential services. Reminding us of how compassionate Americans are, as evidenced by the outpouring of aid for the 9/11 victims and families, the email then simply thanks you for helping the storm victims.
I didn't expect a letter like that from the campaign. I felt proud that they would do such a thing.
Kerry Campaign
This campaign, on the other hand, did exactly what you would expect. Their emails afterward never changed. No attempt to rally support for the victims. No mention of it in their website. Their emails were the usual, donate money to our campaign so we can beat that evil Bush. Period.
It is obvious where Kerry's priorities are. They have nothing to do with you or the victims of hurricane Charley. We are seeing the actions of someone who wants to be president of the Democrats instead of president of the United States of America. How divisive is that?
10:19:39 PM
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Rumsfeld, Right Where He Belongs
How bright is this? Changing the Sec. of Defense in the middle of a war doesn't seem to bother Sen. Kerry. Let's just discount the successes we've had so far, thanks to Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Why? Oh yea, because of a pile of naked enemy combatants.
Kerry's hair trigger reaction to dumping Rumsfeld over that stupid prison thing should serve as an example of the magnitude of the problems that can happen when you lose sight of the big picture like Kerry has. The big picture being the prosecution of this war for OUR protection and security. Kerry totally ignores the war.
And right now, Rumsfeld is right where he should be.
Kerry Renews Call for Rumsfeld to Resign. Sen. John F. Kerry repeated his call for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and recommended the creation of a new commission to investigate prisoner mistreatment in Iraq. By Fred Barbash. [washingtonpost.com - Politics]
3:43:24 PM
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Kerry's Focus and Wrath Misplaced
Sen. John Kerry, who apparently served in Vietnam for 4 1/2 months in 1968, is showing a peculiar behavior in rebutting the SwiftVet's political ad. He whines over the fact that the vets got contributions totaling $200,000 from a Republican in Texas. And because of that, it must be lies. How quick he is to divide. No reaching out by him. That must be a whole lot worse than George Soros and his millions of bucks supporting Kerry and moveon.org. He somehow misses the point that Texans are U.S. citizens too, and have just as much freedom to speak as a Democrat or moveon.org has.
In his own ad, purported to be a response to the swift vet's ad, Kerry fails to rebut anything. It's the vet's who were there with Kerry whom Kerry needs to challenge. They are the ones making the charges about Kerry's service and how he has presented it in his campaign. Not the president.
It's another dodge that the press goes along with, no one notices that the basic charges have still gone unanswered.
Reminds me of Kerry and his democrat donors and 527's all chastising the president for going into Iraq with the war on terrorism using the spin of Al Qaeda being in Afghanistan and not in Iraq. In this case, the accusations are coming from decorated Vietnam War veterans, so Kerry attacks and accuses Bush instead.
Well, that's easier than having to deal with the vets themselves. It's shoot the messenger time again.
These are neither the judgement nor actions of a leader worthy of the title of Commander-In-Chief.
7:50:59 AM
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Vice President Dick Cheney On Troop Re-alignment
First week of August, a couple weeks ago, regarding our global military posture, Senator Kerry said that as president, he would be making changes in Europe and S. Korea, where our military presence there no longer best meets the threat they were charged to face.
Meanwhile, culminating nearly 3 years of planning and studies, the Bush Administration has announced its plan to bring 70,000 soldiers and over 100,000 of their families back home or re-positioned to meet the security needs of today.
On Thursday, August 19, 2004 from JACKSON HOLE, WY , Vice President Cheney said this about that.
"Just over two weeks ago, Senator Kerry talked about the merits of troop realignment in Europe and Asia. 'There are great possibilities open to us,' he said. Yesterday he said it was a bad idea. The one consistency we have seen from Senator Kerry is that he is willing to take any position on any issue if he thinks it will benefit him politically. As we saw yesterday, these political calculations even include his positions on our national security."
6:34:32 AM
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
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Kerry Tells Me All I Need To Know, About Him
With no less than 70 days until the general election, Sen. John Kerry is demonstrating exactly what I don't want as a potential Commander In Chief. In fact, it's a little scary.
Today Kerry says that Bush needs to get to the issues, and stop the negative attacks. I think the memo he read was meant for himself, not to be aimed at Bush, but what the hell.
If Kerry handles our country and our military the way he handles his campaign, and there is no reason on earth to suggest that it would be any different, then how secure, safe, and sound does that make you feel? This group of swift boat vets has got Kerry stuck in the mud. His campaign advisors as well as Kerry himself have come up with several different explanations about a single incident, his Christmas in Cambodia experience.
How much like Clinton will Kerry be as a President? I mean, when Clinton was up to his neck with Monica, trying to deal with impeachment trials, personal scandals and all, he delegated the tough decisions of dealing with Bin Laden to Sandy Berger, who did nothing but tread water until his administration was over. Will Sen. Kerry get so sidetracked by an issue or problem, that he won't be able to concentrate fully on the security of our good old U.S. of A.?
In trying to become President, by his own doing he seems to be wrapped around the axle with his service in Vietnam, when he should be telling us why we should vote for him.
Bush is the one speaking to issues of security, education, the economy, and things that matter today. It is Kerry, by spending his time trying to stifle decorated American Vietnam War veterans, that is not dealing with issues of the day.
The thought of someone trying to prohibit free speech is one thing, but coming from someone who wants to be the President is quite another. How can he possibly protect and defend us and our freedoms provided for in the Constitution? These freedoms belong to all citizens, not just democrats. And for Kerry and his advisors to not see this, shows me all I need to know about who I'll be voting for.
The only good thing is that Bush is President now, and I hope will continue to be for a second term. Bush is the leader between the two. The world is too dangerous a place for Kerry to be in the White House.
4:11:58 PM
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