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Friday, December 30, 2005
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MSM's Bid to Aid Terrorists Continues.
With the constant leaks of details of counterterrorist programs to the MSM, which publishes the information, it is clear that the MSM is on a mission to shut down, or at the very least inform our enemies about, the methods with which the American government seeks to foil terrorist plots before they are hatched. The Washington Post continues this campaign today. It is about time Americans register their outrage with these MSM outlets for deliberately and explicitly aiding and abetting an enemy that would incinerate every infidel on Earth if possible. And, yes, publicizing the details of our counterterrorist programs is aiding and abetting the enemy. [GOP Bloggers]
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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This morning I came across one of the most remarkable pieces of poll data I've seen in a long time, in the Quinnipiac University poll that was released yesterday. The poll has generally been cited for its finding that Americans are highly optimistic about 2006; by a margin of 79% to 10%, respondents say that they expect 2006 to be better for them personally than 2005.
But here is what I found stunning. Respondents were also asked whether 2005 had been better for them personally than 2004. By a 53% to 33% margin, they said it was better rather than worse. But look at the partisan breakdown behind that number:
Q.: Do you think 2005 was better or worse than 2004 for you personally?
Republicans:
Better: 65%
Worse: 22%
Democrats:
Better: 41%
Worse: 45%
Note that the question was not about the direction of the country, or about any aspect of current affairs; respondents were asked how 2005 was for "you personally." It's a generally accepted fact, I think, that Republicans tend to be happier and more optimistic people than Democrats. Still, I find these results astonishing. The only apparent explanation is that Democrats--not just the activists and political junkies, but millions and millions of Democrats--were so depressed over President Bush's re-election that they perceived 2005 as a bad year for them "personally."
This explains, I guess, the venom and persistence with which the Democrats attack the Bush administration. It appears that millions of them really believe that President Bush is ruining their lives! There are lots of Democrats, apparently, who need to take a deep breath, get over the last election, and cheer up. [Power Line]
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
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Demanding a probe into 'domestic spying?' Screw that. These 'lawmakers' should be concerned with all the leaking going on in the CIA, FBI and State Department and find out who did it, and punish them. Fighting the war by all means available doesn't need explanation. Leaking state secrets does.
Echelon began under Clinton. As if the MSM doesn't know, they portray it as Bush's evil plan. Remember this on 60-Minutes in Feb. 2000?
Lawmakers Demand Domestic Spying Probe (AP).
 AP - Democrats and Republicans called separately Sunday for congressional investigations into President Bush's decision after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to allow domestic eavesdropping without court approval.
[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
10:18:58 PM Google It!
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Saturday, December 17, 2005
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Thursday, December 15, 2005
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Historical day today. Today's election in Iraq would never have happened had Al Gore, Kerry, and the lot won. Beginnings of freedom and democracy spreading where it has never been.
Things are going according to plan and the Democrats will never be able to say they supported it or take any credit for it.
3:09:54 PM Google It!
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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Jane Fonda claims our military are killing machines. First of all, that is the whole point. In war, you kill people and break things. But in her case it's much more sinister. Isn't it always?
soft focus filters work
"This began," Fonda maintained, "because the military discovered that in World War II and Korea, [U.S.] soldiers weren't killing enough."
"So they changed training procedures" to teach troops how to commit atrocities.
Same anti-American Jane Fonda that she was in the 60's, just more wrinkles.
11:43:51 PM Google It!
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Surely I'm not the only one who had noticed that there was no rioting after the execution of Tookie Williams. His execution marks the first time that a 'riot-triggering' event has taken place where there was no riot in response. Is it a sign that cooler heads prevailed, where those who were expected to riot have actually begun to overcome the destructive behavior that racism foments? It's a welcome sign.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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No word yet as to whether his medical records are being subpoenaed to see if doctor shopping had occurred.
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Has a ground war ever been won by retreating or 'redeploying' 200 miles from the action? How many innocent Iraqis can be slaughtered in the time it takes to respond on the ground? Certainly too long for a military that is worn out and out of supplies, according to Rep. John Murtha (D,Pa).
12:40:20 AM Google It!
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Sunday, December 11, 2005
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Congressman Jack Murtha, as old and experienced in Vietnam as he is, shows he hasn't learned much in today's war on terrorism. After weeks of saying he has been taken out of context by his cut and run ideas, he continues to say, on Face The Nation today, that we can't win in Iraq, that our troops are not being properly supplied, that we, our forces have become the enemy. All of which contradicts the elections that have taken place and a third election coming up next week, which is part of the plan to get out of Iraq. You can't take what he said out of context when he repeats it over and over again.
While our soldiers and Iraqi soldiers are patrolling neighborhoods chasing down terrorists, trying to prevent the roadside bombers from disrupting the creation of a representative government in Iraq, Murtha's plan to pull back to a supposed safer rear position, then go in when needed, is a recipe for failure. It reminds me of the lesson learned in Afghanistan when the coalition was thought to be close to capturing bin Laden and Mullah Omar, and a temporary cease-fire was put in place, supposedly to begin a surrender. The same mistake was made in Fallujah when they were trying to get Al-Zarkowi . Lessons learned by everyone but Murtha on this tactic is that the enemy uses the cease fire to escape and to re-group to fight another day. Exactly what will happen if our troops were to re-deploy to a position away from the action.
Meanwhile, Jack Murtha continues to supply aid and comfort to our enemy who, you can be sure, hope that Murtha's ideas will come to fruition before Bush's plan finishes it for the long term.
Missing in Murtha's world is the effect that his rhetoric has on the people of Iraq. The 27 million of them, not the few thousand terrorists. That America cannot be trusted as an ally is what Murtha's plan exhibits. The Iraqi people trusted us once to protect them from Saddam if they showed the will to be free, and we let them down. The result of that was Saddam used mass graves to punish those who supported coalition forces in the first Iraq war in Kuwait. Murtha might be too old to remember that, but I'm sure the Iraqi people have not forgotten. I'm sure the Iraqi people feel that Murtha is on the wrong side of this war, like I do.
For Murtha, Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Durbin, Rockefeller, Byrd, and a host of other characters wearing the commander-in-chief costume, the American people need to tell them at the ballot box that this and any other war is best won when there is one voice behind the effort. Their efforts to politicize everything about the war has made the entire effort more costly in any way measurable and our job of winning it that much more difficult.
10:46:50 AM Google It!
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
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Howard Dean says that you are taking his comments out of context when you quote his entire statement. On the contrary, it's Howard Dean himself who is out of context. Joke of the day is Democrats calling the new white flag ad from the RNC as the RNC's politicizing the war. ahem, cough cough
Finally, Inouye denounces the Republicans for "playing politics" on Iraq. This is hilarious. The ad shows Democrats saying that we have no chance to win in Iraq and should pull out. How is it "playing politics" to let the American people know what the Democrats are saying? Are the Democrats ashamed of their own words? And why isn't it "playing politics" when the Democrats launch one false, vicious attack after another against the administration, but only when the administration defends itself?
4:32:35 PM Google It!
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Friday, December 09, 2005
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
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Saddam Hussein trying a page from the Texas Democrats who fled to New Mexico to stop the process. It didn't work for them then and it isn't going to work for Saddam and Ramsey Clark now.
Now you see him. . .
 Now you don't.
4:18:49 PM Google It!
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Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times columnist, cautions Democrats. Watch carefully as the Iraqi people speak again at the ballot box. The ballot box is pretty much the de facto evidence that this war is moving forward, not backward, and not a quagmire. But when the old media ignores the good news in favor of towing the political line(s) of the opposition party, you need to look elsewhere for any news that does not conform to Jack Murtha's scenario.
Mark challenges the Democrats' paradigm in this article. Dems determined to ignore progress in Iraq.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, came out with a big statement on Iraq last week. Did you hear about it? Probably not. Everyone was still raving about his Democrat colleague, Rep. Jack Murtha, whose carefully nuanced position on Iraq is: We're all doomed unless we pull out by next Tuesday! (I quote from memory.)
8:21:23 AM Google It!
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French wine sales down, still. French government paying vinters for pulling vines and not replanting. They claim exports are down only 10%. Sounds like pretty dire consequences for just a ten percent drop. 
French wine grower and graphic designer Gabriel Despagne with ....
 (AFP/File) - French wine grower and graphic designer Gabriel Despagne with his Bordeaux bottles in Naujan et Postiac, south west of France. Driven by a spiral of shrinking markets and falling prices at home and abroad, Bordeaux's wine producers are searching for new ways to bring their product to market(AFP/File/Patrick Bernard)
By (AFP/File). [Lifestyle Photos - AFP on Yahoo! News Photos]
1:25:38 AM Google It!
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"Oh, there's pessimists, you know, and politicians who try to score points. but our strategy is one that will lead us to victory," Bush said when asked about Dean's remarks. That is a slam, according to Reuters? For what Dean said, Bush's response was way too polite and diplomatic. A slam would have been more like, 'he thinks he's patriotic, I don't think so. He thinks he supports the troops, I don't think so. Given his way, he thinks our country would be more secure, I don't think so. Saddam is on his side.' That would be a slam.
Bush slams Dean's comments on Iraq (Reuters).
 Reuters - President George W. Bush criticized Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Tuesday for saying it is wrong to think the United States will win in Iraq, calling him a pessimist trying to score political points.
[Yahoo! News: George W. Bush]
12:56:46 AM Google It!
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005
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 For Sen. John Kerry to call what our soldiers are doing at war and in war as terroristic is irresponsible. aljazeera thanks you for the sound bite. Where were you Sen. Kerry when, during peacetime and in Miami, FL, this abduction took place? That little boy seems to be terrorized himself. And he is no terrorist.
That, and his mother died trying to save him.
Oh yeah, and then the infamous Branch Davidian debacle. Burning men, women and children is a new kind of bond fire?
3:43:58 PM Google It!
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Monday, December 05, 2005
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Five years into the administration, and we still have not approved drilling and exploration, not in ANWR, not off the California coast, not off of Florida's coast, no where on dry land either. Done five years ago, right now we would be only 5 years away from increasing our domestic energy supplies and decreasing our dependence on foreign oil, instead of 10.
Congress needs to act on refining capacity: Bush (Reuters). Gas Under $2, Let's Party
 Reuters - The U.S. Congress should pass legislation to help the oil industry expand American refining capacity, President George W. Bush said on Monday.
[Yahoo! News: George W. Bush]
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Sunday, December 04, 2005
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Sheldon Drobny, co-founder of Air America Radio has a few words for his fellow libs. Also some insight as to how quick they are to part with their own money compared to someone else's money. All the a-list liberal cause contributors refused to put their money where their mouths were. They are comfortable spending your money however.
AAR is an example of opening a business with no demand. The 'start broadcasting and they will come' plan is the ultimate business risk. Probably has not been working like they had planned, or hoped. Nevertheless, Drobny's story is not on the MSM's to-do list so read it here as he posted it in the Huffington Post.
Sheldon Drobny declares war on Huffington Post, liberal elites. As previously discussed, Air America Radio co-founder Sheldon Drobny called out all rich liberals in a post at the HuffPost.... [BoreAmerica]
11:20:20 PM Google It!
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Life according to Howard Dean, if you recognize a problem, and try to fix it, you are the one creating the problem. Howard Dean doesn't see 11 million illegals already, and growing by the hundreds of thousands per year as being a problem. Neither borders nor sovereignty seem to mean anything to this Senator. So who is it doing the dividing?
He seems to be preoccupied with the 2006 elections. Now anything, anything Bush does or tries to do is going to be tied to, in his mind anyway, the 2006 elections, and therefore you needn't pay any attention to him. This is the path he has charted for himself and the Democrat party. Happy sailing Howard.
Dean: GOP Will Use Immigration to Divide (AP).
 AP - Republicans plan to use the vast problems caused by illegal immigration to try and divide Americans voting in next year's midterm election, Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said Saturday.
[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
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That's odd. . . that the New York Times would spend so much emphasis on the origins of a document while totally dismissing its content. "The document is clearly targeted at American public opinion" is all that is mentioned. And that V word seems to give them heartburn too.
White House Seeks a Strategy for Victory, at Home and in Iraq. A White House document reflects the Bush administration's attempts to turn around flagging public support for the war. By SCOTT SHANE. [NYT > Home Page]
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Friday, December 02, 2005
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Doing in Fallujah what we have come to take for granted in the United States, 10 of our best just gave their lives for freedom's cause. They were making 'security preparations' for the upcoming elections in Fallujah and throughout Iraq. Taking out as many of those who would prevent an election from taking place is what defending freedom and making a self-governing government is all about. There are no words to express just how grateful we all should feel for their sacrifice.
The Marines were attacked outside of Fallujah, about 30 miles west of Baghdad. Of the 11 who were wounded, seven have returned to duty, the Marine Corps statement said. It added that Marines from the same unit continue to conduct counterinsurgency operations throughout Fallujah and surrounding areas.
Ten Marines Killed in IED Attack Near Fallujah. Ten Marines were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near Fallujah, Iraq, in one of the deadliest attack on American troops in recent months, the Marine Corps announced on Friday. By foxnewsonline@foxnews.com. [FOXNews.com - U.S. & World]
4:33:50 PM Google It!
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I've heard more than one analysis on the strength of the economy as being especially strong, characterizing it as being able to take a hit from hurricane Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans. And despite all that, the unemployment numbers are still great. Attributing the economy's strength as being especially strong makes the assumption, or presumption, that most of the displaced in New Orleans were productive working people. The anticipated uptick in unemployment did not occur after Katrina due in no small part to the fact that many weren't working before the hurricane hit.
It is good news indeed that the economy is still going strong, but it's too bad that the MSM (MainStreamMedia) doesn't think that you should know. So what else is new?
4:04:48 PM Google It!
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
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Amid the anti-war chorus, some of which have changed from alto to soprano and visa-verse, on the 50th anniversary of the birth of the civil rights movement, Bush calls on Congress to renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and also to including a statute of Rosa Parks in Statuary Hall.
Because you probably won't see it mentioned elsewhere. . .
On the 50th anniversary of Parks' refusal to give up to a white man her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., Bush signed into law a bill directing that a statue of Parks go up in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. Parks, who died Oct. 24 at age 92, will be the first black woman represented in Statuary Hall, where many states have statues honoring notable people in their history. 
The Rev. Jesse Jackson lavishly praised Bush for committing to seeing the expiring portions of the Voting Rights Act extended. He called the president's public urging "a significant breakthrough" since he had previously declined even in private to support the renewal.
Bush Signs Bill for Rosa Parks Statute (AP).
AP - While honoring civil rights hero Rosa Parks, President Bush on Thursday delighted modern-day black leaders by calling on Congress to renew the provisions of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that are set to expire.[Yahoo! News: Politics News]
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