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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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The only working AM radio station in New Orleans has now gone out. This is not good for the people seemingly 'left behind' with no information available. Living in Pensacola I can share some of what they are going through. Katrina pretty much missed us compared to the rest of the gulf coast going west. We all remember what Ivan did to our area, but for what it is like to go through isolation caused by no transportation, no electric, no water, and in their case no nothing, having a way to get information is just as important as getting water and ice.
With nothing but a portable radio to get news from, the local AM radio stations were necessary for a lot of reasons beyond, where do we go for MRE's and ice, to where the help is and will be coming from. The whole town only had the battery-operated radio as a means to help us through the storm and recovery afterwards.
The 24hr continuous live talk and information was a godsend. Now the people in NO don't have any radio station to listen to. I can't imagine the added pain to their situation by not knowing ANYTHING about what to do or what is coming or where to go. It's frightening.
I think the DHS needs to have an AM station on a truck if necessary to broadcast all the local EOC (Emergency Operations Center) briefings and recovery information. Aside from the obvious need for such an option for disasters like this, it goes a long way to help maintain your sanity and sense of calm or sense of normalcy in the community with chaos all around, when you can listen to people you know keeping you informed of what is going on out there. It really played an important part in our living through those tough times.
There's got to be a way to set this up, the people need to know that something is going on out there that will help them, and what they can do to help themselves.
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Well this certainly has the potential to fix two problems at once. The port's insolvency and helping our country in one fell swoop. But are Pensacolians ready for this kind of progress? Is building a commercial operation on the waterfront a better investment than the Port of Pensacola?
Port of Pensacola could be alternative for storm-closed ports. Ports in Mobile, Gulfport and New Orleans are closed and cargo ships and cruise ships are looking for a temporary home in Pensacola. [PensacolaNewsJournal.com - Local News]
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Somebody who counts ought to suggest that the cruise lines that normally do business in New Orleans return to pick up evacuees. Presuming of course that the Mississippi river is still navagable.
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Way to go Jesse. Meet Venezuela's new Secretary of State, Jesse Jackson. Jackson says Pat Robertson's comment was illegal, and President Hugo Chavez calls for Robertson's arrest. Pick any 10 floors Hugo.
Chavez threatens UN complaint, if no action against Robertson (AFP).  AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned he will lodge a complaint against the United States at the United Nations and other international bodies if the US government fails to act against television evangelist Pat Robertson, who has called for Chavez's assassination.
[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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On the day after, they were using helicopters, military vehicles, and boats, emergency services were asking for volunteers who had a boat and could help rescue people. It was a total effort, and will continue to be.
People on Canal St. use a boat to get to higher grounds as water began to fill the streets in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fresh floods, fires and looting rode in the destructive wake of Hurricane Katrina, deepening a humanitarian crisis that left hundreds feared dead and sections of New Orleans submerged to the rooftops.The(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
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Speaking from Coronado CA today, President Bush commented on the hurricane victims all along the gulf coast.
This morning, our hearts and prayers are with our fellow citizens along the Gulf Coast," Bush told Navy sailors and World War II veterans, the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier at his back. "We know that many are anxious to return to their homes. It's not possible at this moment."
The federal, state and local governments are working together side-by-side to help people get back on their feet.
The president asked individual Americans to get involved with the relief effort, suggesting anyone who wishes to help could call 1-800-HELPNOW, log on to the Red Cross Web site at http://www.redcross.org or get in touch with the Salvation Army.
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Big Fat Liar Al Franken tells another one, that Cindy Sheehan didn't say that America is not worth dying for. A cut-n-paste from anyone who reads the text that the liar posts reveals these words from Cindy Sheehan "I’m going all over the country telling moms: “This country is not worth dying for."  It's the same speech where she said "We’re waging a war of terror. The biggest terrorist in the world is George W. Bush." This is not smearing Cindy Sheehan, it is revealing her, and Al Franken. Well, if he isn't telling a lie then he obviously doesn't check sources he espouses. Liar or incompetent, pick one. The Sheehan Smear.
Okay, that should actually read: "A Sheehan Smear." The right claims Cindy Sheehan said America's not worth dying for. She didn't. Here's what she really said. [The Al Franken Show | Air America Radio -]
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Monday, August 29, 2005
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Well, we made it out all right. Had power & phones until 9am today. Still no phones (land line) or power, but hopefully it will only be a matter of hours and not days to come back up. And again, the COX cable did not go out so we can still communicate along with the handy dandy emergency electrical generator. The PhillyCam is up and running under generator power. I'm seriously considering changing my phone service as well to the cable.
Conditions aren't bad right here right now, with 40mph winds from the south, and the rain has stopped. All bridges are still closed but expect to be opening later today or until they can be properly inspected. Philly's will remain closed until the power comes back on.
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Iraqi constitution is signed, to go to a public referendum in October this year. Good news. Would have been better if the Sunnis had signed on to it, but as it is it is now supported by the 80% of the Iraqi people. Lest we forget, in our own development, there were several states that didn't sign on to our own constitution. Taken into context, Iraq is nothing like Vietnam, it is taking a positive step forward. Draft constitution signed but rejected by Sunnis [Telegraph News | Breaking News]
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I didn't know Venezuelan communist leader (dictator) Hugo Chavez was in so dire straits that Rev. Jesse Jackson feels it important to stick up (no pun intended) for him. I wish he would pick a specialty, either you're going to perpetuate racial tensions in this country or you're going to attempt to embarrass and interfere with the Bush administration in any way possible. He doesn't miss the opportunity to blur a racial component against the administration and for a half-baked dictator.
Rev. Jackson Lends Support to Chavez (AP).  AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson offered support for President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, saying a call for his assassination by a U.S. religious broadcaster was a criminal act and that Washington and Venezuela should work out their differences through diplomacy.
[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
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Florida panhandle gets spared. With hurricane Katrina bearing down on New Orleans, we who live in the Florida panhandle are breathing a sigh of relief. We're now happy to get rain and 70 mph winds after going through both Ivan and Dennis in the last 11 months.
It is not going to be a pretty sight in New Orleans very soon. Flooded, washed out, washed in, graveyard remains and caskets in the water along with toxic wastes of all sorts. I'm praying for those holed up in the shelters and the Superdome.
The feeling in Pensacola is that of relief, in as much as a 10-foot storm surge and hurricane category 1 type winds is considered a relief. The Pensacola Civic Center and other places in the area have opened up to shelter evacuees from the hurricane. If you can get to Pensacola you'll have a place to stay.
11:26:55 PM
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
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No one will have the opportunity to ask Sen. Hillary Clinton her thoughts on Cindy Sheehan and company, she is so well insulated from hard questions, especially extemporaneous ones. What about Bill Clinton or John Kerry or John Edwards? What do they think about the so-called grieving mother and her statements? Another case where they can't tell you what they believe or they would become an even smaller and more insane minority.
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Friday, August 26, 2005
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
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Left Sinks to New Low (Yes, It's Possible).
This is what happens when people do not govern their usage of the First Amendment with simple, common decency.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the current home of hundreds of wounded veterans from the war in Iraq, has been the target of weekly anti-war demonstrations since March. The protesters hold signs that read "Maimed for Lies" and "Enlist here and die for Halliburton." Take it from a wounded soldier.
Kevin Pannell, who was recently treated at Walter Reed and had both legs amputated after an ambush grenade attack near Baghdad in 2004, considers the presence of the anti-war protesters in front of the hospital "distasteful."
When he was a patient at the hospital, Pannell said he initially tried to ignore the anti-war activists camped out in front of Walter Reed, until witnessing something that enraged him.
"We went by there one day and I drove by and [the anti-war protesters] had a bunch of flag-draped coffins laid out on the sidewalk. That, I thought, was probably the most distasteful thing I had ever seen. Ever," Pannell, a member of the Army's First Cavalry Division, told Cybercast News Service.
"You know that 95 percent of the guys in the hospital bed lost guys whenever they got hurt and survivors' guilt is the worst thing you can deal with," Pannell said, adding that other veterans recovering from wounds at Walter Reed share his resentment for the anti-war protesters.
"We don't like them and we don't like the fact that they can hang their signs and stuff on the fence at Walter Reed," he said. "[The wounded veterans] are there to recuperate. Once they get out in the real world, then they can start seeing that stuff (anti-war protests). I mean Walter Reed is a sheltered environment and it needs to stay that way." Now, before the liberals start ranting and raving about their freedom of speech, this is not about that. It's about decorum and respect. They can protest, but they ought to be more thoughtful about it.
"[The anti-war protesters] have no business here. If they want to protest policy, they should be at the Capitol, they should be at the White House," said [counter-protester] Nina Burke. "The only reason for being here is to talk to [the] wounded and [anti-war protests are] just completely inappropriate."
[GOP Bloggers]
3:08:17 PM
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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African-American Leaders Call Press Conference to Discuss Record of Judge John Roberts
Project 21 Member Mychal Massie is participating in a
Thursday press conference
at the National Press Club in Washington on the record and beliefs of Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts.
Says Mychal:
John Roberts is the type of jurist who represents the beliefs of great Americans such as James Madison and Martin Luther King, Jr. Roberts is someone who can be relied upon to administer our Constitution as it is written and not how he or his political benefactors think it should be.
Other prominent African-American leaders expected to appear with Project 21's Massie include Niger Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality, Robert Woodson of the National Council for Neighborhood Enterprise and Phyllis Berry Myers of the Center for New Black Leadership.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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Get Out There and Fight Like a Liberal!
(from gopbloggers.org)
That, at any rate, is the idea behind Brendan Miniter's latest over at Opinion Journal - the idea that we on the right are takings pages out of the left's playbook and using them to advance conservative positions:
on a variety of fronts conservatives are using arguments and tactics heretofore under patent protection by the left, including pushing for activist judges (with four decades of liberal jurisprudence on the books, the left's best hope is judges who respect precedent above all), using federal dollars to build political constituencies, filing lawsuits, launching boycotts, and arguing for free speech and "diversity" in education. The last has drawn a surprising amount of attention lately with a debate over evolution and "intelligent design"--the hypothesis that evolution isn't random but rather the mechanism an intelligent being uses to change the universe.
I'll dissent slightly from any concept that we are actually fighting like liberals - we do, after all, adhere to truth and common-decency in our battle tactics. But, on the other hand, it is rather fun to push for massive increases in the budget of the Department of Education and then use the money to promote accountability and school choice. This is, actually, part of the brilliance of President Bush's political tactics - pour very new conservative wine into very old liberal bottles...it isn't as pretty or as pure as some conservatives would like, but the howls resulting from liberals as they watch it done indicate that its striking home.
It is hoped, of course, that a long period of advocacy and agigtation will eventually lead the American people to embrace pure, unadulterated conservatism - but, meantime, we can get a lot of good done by using liberalism against itself.
[GOP Bloggers]
4:18:57 PM
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Sunday, August 21, 2005
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Is the Cindy Sheehan of late a grieving mom, or an anti-war activist? Take the quick poll
11:59:08 AM
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It must be flattering to have people tug at you to run for office. But in the end, Joe Scarborough did the right thing for the right reason. If the fire isn't in your belly then the reason for running is not right. Joe received a lot of input from his former Pensacola constituents who were about 3 to 1 against him running for Senate according to a phone poll taken by the local ABC TV affiliate WEAR-TV.
Would you vote for Joe Scarborough if he ran for the U.S. Senate? 28% Yes 72% No
In reality, Joe would be a good candidate, a shoe-in in fact, were it not for the bad taste left in the mouths of his constituents over two things, his quitting 6 months after being re-elected, which also cost taxpayers money to have a special election to replace him, and his announcing that he would be working with the Levin Law firm. The latter being the home of Air America Radio host big-law type Mike Papantonio, a raging liberal in a law firm full of them.
Pensacola is unique in politics in that there are nearly as many democrats as republicans, but they have a conservative voting record producing conservative landslides of the kind that got him elected 4 times.
Had he made it known that he had left the Levin firm a couple years ago then things may have been different. It is or was a costly PR oversight. But this didn't come out until he spoke about it in an interview just a few days ago. That notwithstanding, his belief that if you have to be coaxed into running then you would be running for the wrong reason. Hats off to our 'regular Joe' for his candor. One reason he has been as popular as ever. The time isn't right for him now, but if he gets the fire in his belly to effect some change in Washington, Pensacola would once again support him.
Missing in all this hoopla is the cowardly or fearful attitude surrounding declared candidate Katherine Harris. Some republicans are afraid of the 'baggage' of the 2000 election. She did nothing wrong or illegal. The republicans need to stand up and support her and quit trying to duck the criticism that will come no matter who runs against Bill Nelson. The republican establishment, to their detriment, is too quick to discard good people under fear of the inevitable attacks that could be expected from the left. They need to find their backbone in cases like this. Although Scarborough will not challenge Harris for the Senate seat, the question remains will he support her?
Scarborough Won't Challenge Harris in Fla. (AP).  AP - Talk show host and former congressman Joe Scarborough said Saturday he had decided not to challenge U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris in the Republican Senate primary.
[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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9:27:14 AM
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
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What a brilliant way to unite the country. Why didn't I think of that?
Sen. John Kerry Blisters Republicans (AP).  AP - Sen. John F. Kerry told state legislators Friday the Democratic Party doesn't need to undergo an extreme makeover, saying "the last thing America needs is a second Republican Party."
[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
Sounds like their advisors want them to act more like mainstream America. Well, he'll have nothing of that.
Sen. John F. Kerry is referring to the left's recent obsession with political think tanks. They believe that republicans got to their superior (but way under utilized) political position because they had better think tanks and have had them for decades. So some democrat think tanks are thinking hard on . . . what? What do we, as democrats, believe in? I don't think so. It's more like how can we tell people what we believe in without really telling them what we believe in?
A republican wouldn't have a problem naming core principles.
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Friday, August 19, 2005
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Diplomacy like this goes unnoticed. Does not fit the template of world conquerer does it? All those who are against human rights please raise your hand.
Bush names envoy for North Korean rights (AFP).  AFP - US President George W. Bush has appointed a former senior domestic policy aide, Jay Lefkowitz, as special envoy to promote human rights in North Korea, the White House announced.
[Yahoo! News: George W. Bush]
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The message is powerful and genuine. If you heard it live Thursday your eyes would have welled up. Debbie from Indianapolis called into Rush Limbaugh's show to share her feelings about her son serving in Iraq. It's entirely appropriate that Rush told her that she was The Voice of America. Graciously lifted from Rush 24/7. Folks, if you're not already a subscriber to Rush's website, shelling out the $39 just to be able to hear Debbie's call would be worth it. This mother's story is one you won't hear of or see in the media today. Doesn't fit the template, all their energies are in Crawford Texas.
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: This is Debbie in Indianapolis, named after Indians, and it's the headquarters of the NCAA. Welcome to the program.
CALLER: Hey, Rush we come from a super mega dittos household. When my 13-year-old was born she said ditto before she could say mom.
RUSH: (Laughing.) I'm not surprised. The future of America.
CALLER: Absolutely. I'm a MOM, which stands for, "Mother of a Marine", and I'm looking for a bumper sticker that says, "Your son got an A in college; my son got a Purple Heart in Iraq." His vehicle ran over a land mine twice in one day. We always talk about "if" something would happen to my son, I would never dishonor him. I'm sorry. I'm getting emotional in this. I would never dishonor his actions by doing what this woman is doing. My son volunteered to join the Marines. When he was 18 years, one month, and ten days old on September 12th he announced that he was joining the Marines after he saw the Twin Towers fall. When his first orders to Iraq were canceled he told us that, "Bush better not pull out before I get there." He knew it was something that needed to be done. He's going back for his second tour next month. What she's doing is not only dishonoring her son, she's dishonoring mine.
RUSH: Debbie, I can't thank you enough for calling, and I can't thank you enough for doing another thing. You have just spoken for the vast majority of Americans in your call. You have just echoed exactly what they think. God bless you. Thanks so much for your call.
CALLER: I hope so. Thank you.
RUSH: You have, trust me on this. You are far more a voice, a representative voice of the people of this country than any of the rabble rousing malcontents that are being given airtime in a failed attempt to destroy the policy by the mainstream press. Trust me.
CALLER: It hurts me that she's sending the message that it seems like her son died for nothing. He didn't die for nothing. He died in the United States Armed Forces. There's nothing more honorable than that. These kids volunteered. They were not yanked from their cradle by an evil government to send them someplace they didn't want to go. My son knew on September 12th he was going over. My son knew what was in store for him, and my son stepped up to the plate. The caller you had on Monday, he was talking about, "Gee, how come these senators' kids aren't volunteering if the war is so great?" We're not going to talk about if the war is so great, let's talk about these kids who are great who stepped up to the plate and said, "You know what, I need to do something about this. There's something bigger than me out there."
RUSH: Debbie, exactly right. Debbie, thank you again. You just heard it, Debbie in Indianapolis, the voice of this country.
END TRANSCRIPT
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
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Joe Scarborough, circa 1994 U.S. representative (FL) and now MSNBC cable TV talk-show host, is saying that he is being coaxed into challenging Katherine Harris for the U.S. Senate. What is all this resistance to Katherine Harris? I don't like nor understand this apparent opposition to Harris now. She stepped aside for the party in the last election. This time she deserves the party's support.
Scarborough ended up to be a disappointment in Congress. Started off strong for a few years then seemed to lose interest or give up. What happened to his 'reason for quitting' in 2001, which was to be with his children?
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
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No need to read any further. This is what they do. Candidates with brains of their own would be a good start. Out of the four, none of them uttered their vision for the city. No, this is not a joke. It's not even funny. It is pathetic.
Democratic Challengers Meet, Slam NY Mayor (AP). AP - The four Democrats hoping to unseat Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg met during their first debate Tuesday, using most of their time to criticize him rather than tussle with each other. [Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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Here is what it sounds like in my backyard at night after a light rain. The enclosure is a small (231k) wav file.
1:54:29 AM
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Says Larry Kudlow at NRO "Unless Social Security is reformed substantially, by providing for the ownership of personal savings accounts that will permit stock and bond investments to finance benefits rather than tax hikes, the system will continue to deteriorate." Using that which makes this country great, freedom and free enterprise, is where the answer is to solving Social Security's insolvency problem.
Ref: Investing In America Will Save Social Security
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Monday, August 15, 2005
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Isn't it just like the liberal spin that tax cuts are 'costs' that the government has to 'pay?' There's a perpetual denial going that tax cuts are the reason the deficit is lower by billions of dollars.
To wit "If Bush's tax cuts are renewed, the deficit picture would worsen by $204 billion in 2011 — to perhaps $327 billion or so. By 2015, the cost of extending the 2001 and subsequent tax cuts would reach $432 billion."
In other words, if the stimulus that has been reducing the deficit with increasing speed were to remain that it would all of a sudden make the deficit worse. And that makes sense to who?
That $432 billion isn't a cost, it's a stimulus. The liberal perspective is that tax revenue is the government's money, disassociated from the taxpayer who pays it. Except when more money is needed, then they zero in on 'the rich' to finance it. Money the government spends is our cost, money the people spend is the stimulus. The more money the people can keep, the more money the people will spend or invest. That's what creates jobs. It is economic principles rather than political ideologies that is moving the economy along, at twice the rate of any country in Europe. Why won't they admit that?
Forecasters See Drop in Budget Deficit (AP). AP - Congressional forecasters said Monday the federal deficit this year, though still huge, won't be as bad as originally projected — a welcome turn for President Bush who inherited healthy surpluses four years ago and saw them disappear in a sea of red ink. [Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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"I realize how tragic your loss is and I know how much pain there is crushing your heart and I know the darkness that suddenly came to wrap your life and wipe away your dreams and I do feel the heat of your tears that won't dry until you find the answers to your question; why you lost your loved one?" Read the rest of it here on Iraq The Model blog.
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Sunday, August 14, 2005
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"You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny...you give my son back and I'll pay my taxes. Come after me (for back taxes) and we'll put this war on trial," says Cindy Sheehan, 48. Well its good to see her period of grief has come to an end.  Cindy Sheehan becomes the left's poster child for Bush bashing. Take the poll.
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Friday, August 12, 2005
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
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Flash, cutting taxes actually does generate more revenue. Receipts, i.e. taxes, increased a billion dollars more than expected. OK, democrats please explain why cutting taxes won't increase revenue again? Grow the economy, shrink the budget deficit.
From Gopbloggers.org below
Incredible Shrinking Deficit Keeps Shrinking. This just in: The U.S. federal budget deficit shrank to $52.8 billion in July from $69 billion a year ago, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The deficit was about $5 billion less than the $58 billion estimated by the Congressional Budget Office a week ago. Receipts came in $1 billion more than expected, while outlays were $4 billion less than CBO projected. Through the first 10 months of the fiscal year, the federal deficit has totaled $302.6 billion, $110.2 billion less than at this time in 2004. Receipts are up 13.7% year-to-date at $1.75 trillion. Outlays are up about 6.1% year-to-date at $2.05 trillion. That's a 23% decline year-over-year. It's also 9% less than what CBO projected just one week ago. [GOP Bloggers]
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
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Giving new meaning to the phase 'in bed with big labor,' the Governor of New Jersey, Democrat and multi-millionaire Jon Corzine is having to explain why $470,000 was given to Carla Katz, president of Local 1034 of the Communication Workers of America, which represents about half of the state government's unionized workers but neglected to report it on U.S. Senate disclosure forms. developing . . .
ref. PowerLineBlog A special relationship, take 2.
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
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After eight months in charge of the Democrat National Committee, Chairman Howard Dean has his epiphany, "We need a message. It has to be clear," he said. "The framing of the debate determines who wins the debate." Then there's this gem from Dean, "running away from issues is how you lose elections."
The reason you haven't a clear message is that a conglomeration of special interest groups who influence you don't have much in common with each other. It's what happens when they guide you, instead of the other way around.
"The framing of the debate determines who wins the debate." This is usually the case but only works nowadays (thanks to the alternative media) when the debate is based in the truth, not wishful thinking. So far, their side of the debate is limited to bashing Bush, and that isn't winning them support.
"Running away from issues is how you lose elections." I assume he's referring to bashing Bush when he talks about running away from issues. Or was it running from the Swift Boat Vets? Who knows what he means or what he was thinking?
4:29:21 PM
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Marking the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte used it to call blacks in the Bush administration 'black tyrants.' To which I say, black tyrants to who?
NewsMax version (what actually happened)
NYT version (omits all the hatespeech at Bush and republicans, and blacks in the administration)
Linda Chavez comments.
Samples of what the NYT did not even mention, graciously lifted from gopbloggers.org:
First, the predictable whining about "stolen" elections (it must make them feel better:
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) echoed the accusation of many at the march that Bush was an illegitimate president.
"The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about," Lee told the crowd gathered.
That Democrats uniformly tolerate a member of the House making such claims says much about the Democratic party. Then some more hackneyed insults.
The Bush administration was also targeted by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who declared that the president's "record against human rights, civil rights, economic rights, is absolutely terrible."
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said America was being ruled by the "Bush mentality," where "crony capitalism" was supreme.
Yawn. Does it ever get old for these people. Not for Harry Belafonte, on whom you can always count for inane outbursts.
Entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte also used charged rhetoric during the march when he referred to black members of the Bush administration as "black tyrants."
The banana boat man reiterates that all blacks must conform to the same beliefs, because diversity does not extend to thought. But this is the best part:
Jesse Jackson said the Voting Rights Act extension is critical because "the same old enemies of civil rights and voting rights will always keep up their ugly activities.
"Race baiters and discriminators may go underground, but they never move out of town," Jackson said.
It takes a race baiter to know one, and Jesse Jackson is the godfather of race baiting.
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Black Democrats Revel in Delusional Hatefest. For too long, the black community has been owned lock-stock-and-barrel by the Democratic party. The result is an apparent predisposition to rabid conspiracy theories and fallacious vitriol. Those who dare to escape the ideological plantation and challenge black liberal orthodoxy are branded as race-traitors, as if all blacks must think alike. Many of these fossils gathered in Atlanta for a good old-fashioned hatefest.
First, the predictable whining about "stolen" elections (it must make them feel better: U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) echoed the accusation of many at the march that Bush was an illegitimate president.
"The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about," Lee told the crowd gathered. That Democrats uniformly tolerate a member of the House making such claims says much about the Democratic party. Then some more hackneyed insults.The Bush administration was also targeted by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who declared that the president's "record against human rights, civil rights, economic rights, is absolutely terrible."
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said America was being ruled by the "Bush mentality," where "crony capitalism" was supreme. Yawn. Does it ever get old for these people. Not for Harry Belafonte, on whom you can always count for inane outbursts.Entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte also used charged rhetoric during the march when he referred to black members of the Bush administration as "black tyrants." The banana boat man reiterates that all blacks must conform to the same beliefs, because diversity does not extend to thought. But this is the best part:Jesse Jackson said the Voting Rights Act extension is critical because "the same old enemies of civil rights and voting rights will always keep up their ugly activities.
"Race baiters and discriminators may go underground, but they never move out of town," Jackson said. It takes a race baiter to know one, and Jesse Jackson is the godfather of race baiting. [GOP Bloggers]
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Dean Says Democrats Need A Message. For the past nine months we've heard the Democrats say they need a message... and apparently they still haven't figured out what it is...
"We need a message. It has to be clear," he said. "The framing of the debate determines who wins the debate.
"Running away from issues is how you lose elections," said Dean, a former Vermont governor.
"We need to position ourselves as the party of change," he said. "I think we have learned that when big changes happen in the House and Senate, they happen because one party nationalizes the race and becomes the change agent."
How long does it take to figure out what your message is? Well, if your message is based on principal, not very long... But when you're trying to fabricate a politically safe message in an attempt to please moderates and satisfy your base, it apparently takes atleast nine months or longer.
We've seen the Democrats trying to figure out "moral values" ever since the election in 2004, without realizing unless moral values defines your positions on the issues then you aren't going to attract values-voters. So what do they do? They redefine what values means... If you've ever had a liberal try to justify abortion with the Bible then you know what I'm talking about.
Abortion is another issue the Democrats are trying to reinvent. Nowadays, Democrats cannot admit they support abortion... No. Not anymore... Now when you ask them, they're all against abortion, but think it should be legal. Otherwise known as the "Pro-Life, But..." position.
What makes since so amusing is that while the Democratic Party seeks political safety with a neutral message, Howard Dean still considers a Democrat's opposition to abortion a "position of conscience," while a Republican is "making up the minds of women."
It seems to me that its not that Democrats need a new message, and their problem isn't that people don't know what they stand for. Their problem is everyone has seen their message and they are rejecting what they stand for. Americans don't support higher taxes, partial-birth abortion, abortion on demand for minors, a weak military, legalized discriminition in schools and the workplace, higher taxes, judicial activism, a United Nations veto over our national security interests, an international court system, obstruction of judicial nominees, higher taxes, nationalized health care, and whatever else they consider to be "their" issues. [GOP Bloggers]
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The president elect of the American Bar Association, Michael Greco, told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that they appreciate President Bush's efforts to keep the country safe with the Patriot Act, however "we have taken policy positions, four or five of them, where we think due process has not been followed." He further says "The ABA position is that some of these provisions are so invasive of individual liberties that there has to be a sunset provision. They're offensive, I think, to democracy," Greco said. I'm happy do disagree here with the ABA. On Sept 11, 2001 the world saw for themselves what an offense to democracy can be under the terrorists' due process. We are free, but not free to kill. 
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Sunday, August 07, 2005
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The word 'illegal' has apparently been dropped from Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's vocabulary. Contrary to Dr. Dean and Mexico's President Vicente Fox's statements, illegal aliens are not immigrants. Immigrants are people who come to this country LEGALLY.
Dean: GOP to Scapegoat Immigrants in Next Election. Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argued on Friday that Republicans will try to make immigrants the "scapegoats" in the next election. By foxnewsonline@foxnews.com. [FOXNews.com - Politics]
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It doesn't take money to have principles and values. It merely takes the strength of conviction and moral clarity. But, what the hell...
Rich Liberals Vow to Fund Think Tanks . At least 80 wealthy liberals have pledged to contribute $1 million or more apiece to fund a network of think tanks and advocacy groups to compete with the potent conservative infrastructure built up over the past three decades. By Thomas B. Edsall. [washingtonpost.com - Politics]
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Friday, August 05, 2005
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The latest tack from the left and the biased media is the so-called "news" about Roberts doing work in support of gays. That's just they way they portray it. This line is intended to create a fissure among republicans over President Bush's Supreme Court Justice nominee, driven obviously by the stereotyped presumption that conservatives or republicans are anti-gay.
That's the template they follow. Harken back to the last election when either Kerry or Edwards, I don't remember which now, brought up Dick Cheney's daughter being a lesbian.
Fact is, virtually all law firms do pro-bono work and can and do choose what cases they want to do. Robert's firm is in the top 2 or 3 in D.C. so no surprise a case of that magnitude would reach his law firm.
The work Roberts did was consultative in nature. Other attorneys did the trial and paper work. Not that that makes a difference.
The fact that John Roberts can advocate for something (I'm assuming) he may not personally believe in should be re-assuring to those who think that he can't serve on the Supreme Court because of his political or religious beliefs. That and the fact that a trial lawyer and a Supreme Court justice have different roles. To blur that fact with a 'he helped gays' hype is pure political propaganda, found in the LA Times, the NY Times and CBS, NBS, ABS, CNNBS, and MSNBS.
Finally, not to overlook the tactics of the ethically challenged media and the Democrat party to go down this road. Next thing they're after is the adoption records of the Roberts' two adopted children. Disgusting.
3:32:24 PM
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In full context, that's what the NYT headline should read, not "Novak Walks Off Live CNN Program." Carville was being more than his usual antagonistic self. He quickly made it personal, to interrupt Novak and (like they always do) to keep him from making his point. Rather than listen to Novak, Carville projects slimy motivations upon Novak. Like, after politely asking Carville to let him speak without interrupting, several times, Carville quips "He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone."
I don't fault Novak, I wouldn't have wasted my time there either, once it became clear that he wasn't going to be heard over motormouth.
They were talking about the possibility that Katherine Harris (R-FL) could win the Republican nomination for a Senate seat. Here's a transcript snippet of the show "Inside Politics".
"She might get elected," Mr. Novak said.
After Mr. Carville tried to interrupt Mr. Novak twice, Mr. Novak said: "I know you hate to hear me. But you have to."
Mr. Carville interrupted again, saying of Mr. Novak, "He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone."
A moment later, Mr. Carville said directly to Mr. Novak: "The Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show them you're tough."
Mr. Novak responded with a profanity,[no, not really, he said "this is bullshit"] before telling Mr. Carville: "I hate that. Just let it go."
He stood up, removed his microphone and walked off.
Novak Uses Expletive and Stalks Off Live CNN Program in a Huff. A spokeswoman for CNN released a statement saying that the network had asked Robert D. Novak "to take some time off." By JACQUES STEINBERG. [NYT > Home Page]
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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 Does anyone believe that if there was an investigation of a conservative talk radio show or network to determine whether government grant money intended for a poor and minority children non-profit summer camp was used for either personal use or for use in the business, that the media would be so quiet?
Michelle Malkin has some perspective on this. Both she and others have been keeping up on the investigation and asking the questions that the mainstream media should be asking.
Where are they? Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are the supermen of the civil rights establishment -- able to leap tall buildings in a single bound to get in front of a picket line. When victim politics calls, the demagogic duo leap into patented action: March. Boycott. Shakedown. Repeat.
But the raging reverends are nowhere to be found as a scandal involving the liberal radio network Air America and a Bronx, N.Y.-based inner city charity for poor children brews. Why the silence?
4:40:23 PM
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A few days ago, I argued that the complaints against what John Roberts wrote 20 years ago about civil rights law boil down to the fact that he was against racial quotas. Ed Whelan shows how this is true with respect to complaints about what Roberts wrote on the Voting Rights Act.
Ed sums it up nicely when he writes:
Roberts’s documents show that he embraced the “bedrock principle of treating people on the basis of merit without regard to race or sex.” The Left’s vision, as Roberts recognized way back then, treats people not as individuals but as members of castes or social groups and focuses “on advancing particular groups as groups.” [Power Line]
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Their best shot doesn't win, former Ohio State House Representative Jean Schmidt (R) beats Iraq war veteran and trial lawyer Paul Hackett (D), who says that Bush is a bigger threat to the country than bin Ladin. And whose campaign never mentions his party affiliation, only that he served in Iraq. His campaign ad makes him to appear to be republican. They believe they have to hide or decieve in order to win. Can you hear me now?
Bashing Bush and the war in Iraq does not win elections. This younger version of John Kerry didn't work.
GOP's Schmidt Wins Ohio Special Election. Republican Jean Schmidt narrowly defeats Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett to win a special congressional election in Ohio. By foxnewsonline@foxnews.com. [FOXNews.com - Politics]
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