hat tip: Drudge

via NBC11.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president's State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday.

Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist a gallery pass late Tuesday, just hours before the planned State of the Union speech. Sheehan was in Washington to protest the president during his national address, but then came word she was invited to see the speech live.

A spokesman for Sheehan says she decided to accept the invitation two hours prior to the speech. The spokesman also said that Sheehan will be respectful and listen to the address because she is a guest of a member of congress.

Sheehan is expected to fly back to Berkeley Wednesday. She announced over the weekend that she is considering running for Senate against Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

UPDATE: As I'm putting this up, I think I just heard FNC report that she's been arrested.

 

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Alright, I'm not big on the conspiracy theories, but I am of the group that believes that the United Nations' ultimate goal is to create a New World Order, one world government. I also subsribe to the belief that the "global warming" myth is part of their means to that end. Setting aside the global warming aspect, it's really no secret that the United Nations wants to create a New World Order. There have been plenty of reports and public statements to this effect, and even if you've missed all of them, you couldn't have possibly missed the constant butting of heads with the United States, because they need us more than we need them, and they can't stand it. Like Democrats they would like everyone to believe "we need" them, and then they gain control over everything we do, in one way or another.

Enter this story from World Net Daily, that I don't expect we'll hear anywhere else, about a draft proposal by the UN Development Program that seems pretty unambiguous about it's goals. Follow that last link and notice all those nice articles about the $100 computers, but other than WND, nothing on this. In Google, however, I was able to find a great column on this at the Christian site Crosswalk, which ties a lot of this in with Biblical prophecy.

Below is the entire WND Article READ IT. If this sort of thing interests you, I suggest you do a little research to catch up on the issue, and I'll let you all make up your own minds and not push anymore tin-foil hatage on you.

The U.N. has a plan to make every Miss America Pageant contestant happy by bringing about "world peace."

All it will take, says the draft of a visionary proposal by the U.N. Development Program, is to getting rid of all the pesky nations of the world.

In fact, the plan endorsed by prominent world figures including Nobel laureates, bankers, politicians and economists to end nation-states as we know them is also designed to end health pandemics, poverty and "global warming." So far, the U.N. hasn't mentioned whether the proposal will do anything for obesity.

The U.N. says an unprecedented outbreak of co-operation between countries, applied through six specific financial tools, would serve as pretty much a cure-all for the world's ills and generate an extra $7 trillion in economic growth.

The authors of the ambitious report don't expect nations to fold up and take the hint any time soon. But the idea is to start the ball rolling – and maybe years or decades from now the world will actually be ready to listen.

Most of the focus of the U.N. plan is on global warming – a climate change phenomenon some consider to be more theory than reality. But it seems to be the central component in the U.N.'s globalization scheme for the future – the very organizing principal behind the push to eliminate borders, sovereign governments and autonomous nation-states.

If the scheme seems far-fetched, consider that it already has the backing of the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the London Independent.

The U.N. plan includes six immediate action steps:

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through pollution permit trading;

Cut poor countries' borrowing costs by securing the debts against the income from stable parts of their economies;

Reduce government debt costs by linking payments to the country's economic output;

An aggressive campaign of worldwide vaccinations;

Tapping into the vast flow of money from migrants back to their home country;

Aid agencies underwriting loans to market investors to lower interest rates.
It's not the first time the U.N. has come out openly to suggest global government is the only solution to the world's problems. "Our Global Neighborhood" was a 410-page final report of the Commission on Global Governance, and was first published in 1995 by Oxford University Press. That 28-member "independent commission," created by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt, developed the following strategy, as reported in the EcoSocialist Review: "To represent a shot-across-the-bow of George Bush's New World Order, and make clear that now is the time to press for the subordination of national sovereignty to democratic transnationalism."

Then-U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali endorsed the commission, and the U.N. provided significant funding. The plan calls for dramatically strengthening the United Nations, by implementing a laundry list of recommendations, including these:

Eliminating the veto and permanent member status in the Security Council;

Authorizing global taxation on currency exchange and use of the "global commons;"

Creating an International Criminal Court;

Creating a standing army under the command of the secretary-general;

Creating a new Economic Security Council;

Creating a new People's Assembly;

Regulating multinational corporations;

Regulating the global commons;

Controlling the manufacture, sale and distribution of all firearms.
And none of those recommendations were new. All had been proposed in a variety of documents for decades by various groups and individuals. However, this did mark the first time the comprehensive plan for global governance was published with the approval and funding support of the United Nations.

To justify the sweeping changes proposed by the commission, a new concept of "security" was offered. The U.N.'s mission under its present charter is to provide "security" to its member nations through "collective" action. The new concept expands the mission of the U.N. to be the security of the people – and the security of the planet.

Thus, in their speeches to the U.N.'s Millennium Assembly in 2000, both Secretary General Kofi Annan and President Bill Clinton made reference to this new concept, saying national sovereignty could no longer be used as an excuse to prevent the intervention by the U.N. to provide "security" for people inside national boundaries.

To provide security for the planet, the plan called for authorizing the U.N. Trusteeship Council to have "trusteeship" over the "global commons," which the plan defines to be: " ... the atmosphere, outer space, the oceans beyond national jurisdiction, and the related environment and life-support systems that contribute to the support of human life."

Someone else taking note?
Mr. Minority

***UPDATE***
Tom at Bizzyblog just left a comment about Rush mentioning this, as well as The Independent. He was a bit bummed that the article was now behind the subscription firewall... but have no fear, I did a quick search and located the text of the article. (even though this Free Republic article attributes it to Drudge, it's really actually the Independent article.)

The most potent threats to life on earth - global warming, health pandemics, poverty and armed conflict - could be ended by moves that would unlock $7 trillion - $7,000,000,000,000 (£3.9trn) - of previously untapped wealth, the United Nations claims today.

The price? An admission that the nation-state is an old-fashioned concept that has no role to play in a modern globalised world where financial markets have to be harnessed rather than simply condemned.

In a groundbreaking move, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has drawn up a visionary proposal that has been endorsed by a range of figures including Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Laureate.

It says an unprecedented outbreak of co-operation between countries, applied through six specific financial tools, would slice through the Gordian knot of problems that have bedevilled the world for most of the last century.

If its recommendations are accepted - and the authors acknowledge this could take years or even decades - it could finally force countries to face up to the fact that their public finance and growth figures conceal the vast damage their economies do to the environment.

At the heart of the proposal, unveiled at a gathering of world business leaders at the Swiss ski resort of Davos, is a push to get countries to account for the cost of failed policies, and use the money saved "up front" to avert crises before they hit. Top of the list is a challenge to the United States to join an international pollution permit trading system which, the UN claims, could deliver $3.64trn of global wealth.

Inge Kaul, a special adviser at the UNDP, said: "The way we run our economies today is vastly expensive and inefficient because we don't manage risk well and we don't prevent crises." She downplayed concerns over up-front costs and interest payments for the new-fangled financial devices. "The gains in terms of development would outweigh those costs. Money is wasted because we dribble aid, and the costs of not solving the problems are much, much higher than what we would have to pay for getting the financial markets to lend the money."

The UNDP is determined to ensure globalisation, which has generated vast wealth for multinational companies, benefits the poorest in society.

It urges politicians to embrace some groundbreaking schemes put in place in the past 12 months to tackle global warning, poverty and disease, based on working with the global markets to share out the risk.

These include a pilot international finance facility (IFF) to "front load" $4bn of cash for vaccines by borrowing money against pledges of future government aid.

The scheme, which is backed by the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was born out of a proposal by Gordon Brown for a larger scheme to double the total aid budget to $100bn a year.

In an endorsement of the report, Mr Brown said: "This shows how we can equip people and countries for a new global economy that combined greater prosperity and fairness both within and across nations."

The UNDP says rich countries should build on this and go further. It proposes six schemes to harness the power of the markets:

* Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through pollution permit trading; net gain $3.64trn.

* Cutting poor countries' borrowing costs by securing the debts against the income from stable parts of their economies; net gain $2.90trn.

* Reducing government debt costs by linking payments to the country's economic output; net gain $600bn.

* An enlarged version of the vaccine scheme; net gain (including benefits of lower mortality) $47bn.

* Using the vast flow of money from migrants back to their home country to guarantee; net gain $31bn.

* Aid agencies underwriting loans to market investors to lower interest rates; net gain $22bn.

Professor Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank and a staunch critic of the way globalisation harms the poor, said: "Globalisation has meant the closer integration of countries, and that in turn has meant a greater need for collective action.

"One of the most important areas of failure is the environment. Without government intervention, firms and households have no incentive to limit their pollution." He said a global public finance system would force countries to acknowledge the external damage their policies had, "the most important being global climate change".

Solving the environmental crisis tops the UN's $7trn wish-list. It calls for an international market to trade pollution permits that would encourage rich countries to cut pollution and hit their targets under the Kyoto protocol.

But - and the UN admits it is a big "but" - the US would have to sign up to Kyoto and carbon trading to achieve the $3.64trn that it believes the system would deliver over time.

"We are dealing with a global problem as pollution can only be dealt with internationally," Ms Kaul said. Richard Sandor, the head of the Chicago Climate Exchange, added: "Many encouraging signs are emerging. When the business case is clear, private entrepreneurs step forward."

But, the proposal is unlikely to get support from some green groups who believe that action to curb consumption, rather than market incentives, are the way to reduce carbon emissions.

Andrew Simms, director of the New Economics Foundation, said it left unanswered questions over how these markets would be managed and how the benefits and costs would be distributed. "We have nothing against markets so it would be missing the point to get into a pro- or anti-market stance. The point is how you distribute the benefits."

 

Some of you may have heard that in 2004 Canada passed a law that effectively deemed the Bible as "hate speech". Like myself, many of you probably can see that coming to a country near you. What you probably didn't hear is that The European Union is heading in the same direction, by banning "homophobia".

(AgapePress) - The European Union has unanimously approved a resolution banning "homophobia." A Christian attorney in Mississippi explains why that should concern the citizens of the United States.

The resolution, called "Homophobia in Europe," defines homophobia as "an irrational fear and aversion of homosexuality and of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people based on prejudice, similar to racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism." It calls for action against member states that do not implement programs directed at fair treatment of homosexuals in employment and occupation. It also seeks to "ensure that same-sex partners enjoy the same respect, dignity and protection as the rest of society."

Basically I read that as forcing people opposed to homosexuality in to a closet of their own. Basically it seems to say that one can only silently and internally disagree with that lifestyle choice. I guess if I ever plan to hold a straight pride parade (an idea I've had for many years to mock in your face gay pride parades), I better do it before it's illegal.

 

Okay, we all know FEMA director Brown should have done a better job. But we also know, if we choose to seek the truth, that New Orleans's milk chocolate Mayor Nagin and Louisiana Governor Blanco should (but aren't) shoulder most of the blame. For starters because they ignored their own evactuation plan that called for using school buses to evacuate people, and secondly because Blanco's people blocked the Red Cross from going in with supplies they had amassed on the outskirts of the city, because she didn't want to create a "magnet" to the Superdome (at the same time she was on TV screaming at the President). We all heard all the stories of bodies piling up, rapes, and murders turned out to be lies created only to make the bad situation seem worse, in an effort to further attack the President.

Anyway, setting aside what those of us who choose to be informed already knew about who is most responsible for the post-Katrina mess, we now have some new information that, once again, looks bad for Louisiana officials.

(via AP)

A ranking Louisiana health official turned down federal offers to help move or evacuate patients as Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, a newly released document shows.

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Two days before the Aug. 29 storm, HHS was told by the state's health emergency preparedness director that the help was not needed, according to an e-mail released Monday by a Senate panel investigating the government's response to Katrina.

The state official, identified in the Aug. 27 e-mail as Dr. Roseanne Pratts, "responded no, that they do not require anything at this time and they would be in touch if and when they needed assistance," wrote HHS senior policy analyst Erin Fowler.

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The committee also released a Senate interview of Louisiana Transportation Secretary Johnny Bradberry, during which he told investigators "we have done nothing to fulfill this responsibility" of ensuring evacuation plans are in place for at-risk populations.

"We put no plans in place to do any of this," Bradberry said in the Dec. 21 interview, 12 pages of which were released by the Senate committee.

What's annoying is I heard this during a headline break on Fox News last night, but didn't find an article on the internet about it until I was looking at the Drudge Report a little while ago.

Even more annoying is that the AP is still pushing the lie of the storms impact, versus the reality of the design and/or construction flaws that caused all of the flooding:

At least 40 bodies, many of them elderly patients, were found inside a flooded New Orleans hospital after Katrina hit. Thirty-four patients at a nursing home near New Orleans died Aug. 29 in the wake of massive flooding brought by the storm's surge. The nursing home's owners have since been charged with negligent homicide for failing to evacuate the patients.

I'm not certain that this is an intentional lie because most people are still under the impression a massive category 4 storm hit New Orleans and a storm surge overtopped the levees, etc. etc. When the fact is that the experts say that it was only a 3 at landfall, and only a 1 or 2 in New Orleans, which the levees were supposed to be able to handle. The levees actually physically broke, and never even came close to being overtopped by the surge. But as I ask here, why is it I and other bloggers have to report this? Why does the AP have such a hard time finding this information?

 

Let me first say that while I put "underreported" in the title of this entry, I'm not saying it's wrongly underreported in this case. I'm not really sure what to think about this.

We've heard about increased security before every major sporting event over the past few years. And as most of us have already heard, this year has been no exception.

(excerpt via Detroit News)

The FBI and Detroit Police will open one of the largest security operations in U.S. history, guarding against any threats to Super Bowl XL and aided by more than 50 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Including private security guards, there will be upward of 10,000 security personnel on duty in Detroit for the Super Bowl, rivaling the security for any other one-day event in U.S. history and on a scale with a presidential inauguration, the FBI says, capping 18 months of intensive preparations. It would be a larger force than any previous Super Bowl.

Okay, that is a shockingly large force, and an interesting story. But setting aside that "10,000" number, the story is still pretty much the same as we've heard for every Super Bowl or World Series since 9/11. But then I get an email from Prophecy News Watch, an interesting newsletter that often points me towards stories I wouldn't have otherwise heard. Check it out, it's not as "religious" as you're thinking. (Check out online archive of today's email.)

So I'm skimming that email and see a World Net Daily headline: Super Bowl Sunday terror chatter high, which sounded interesting enough to give a quick read, so I did. But while I consider myself part of the America that still remembers 9/11 and realizes this is a different world, I'm also sort of all "terror warninged" out. We also don't have any government officials talking about this (yet anyway) so I think I look at it as more of just needing a story. Seriously, in the past few years, how many times have we heard "increased chatter" and things like that? Also, when do they ever try to attack something that has a massive security presence?

Anyway, the WND article makes some interesting points, but again I'm just numb to all these "patterns" that don't really seem to play out. But make what you will of it:

(read entire article here)

WASHINGTON – There is a high likelihood of a major terrorist attack next Sunday, say international terror analysts and intelligence sources.

The warning is made on the basis of several factors, according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin:

* There is increased "chatter" in the terrorist world about a major new attack in the West – a sign often leading to an impending strike;

* The date Feb. 5 has been specifically referenced in some of this chatter;

* The date is significant to Osama bin Laden;

* Much of the western world will be watching television that day;

* The release of al-Qaida videotapes seems to provide clues about the dates of future attacks and, in this scenario, Feb. 5 becomes the most likely near-term terror strike date.

Terror attacks seem to follow the release of al-Qaida videos by about 30 days. Some intelligence analysts are noting the significance of the release of videos recently by both Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Anyway, like I said, I'm part of the group that has a post 9/11 mentallity (a group that sadly seems to shrink by the day), but I'm just not sure this is anything different than we always hear. I mean are these guys going to attack an event with such an overwhelming security presence? Or would they attack somewhere else in the country while everyone is focused there? Obviously the security force is always needed, at the very least as a deterant, but I think the FBI should be looking at the rest of the country too, if these "high chatter" reports are of any real concern.

 

***UPDATE***
I see a handful of people coming to this page from the search engines and thought I should let you know that this is actually an old post I wrote when the show was first pulled. My new post on it being canned for good can be found here.

Wow, I had heard about The West Wing being cancelled, but now Commander in Chief too! That's awesome. It was clear from the get go that this show was only intended to prep us for Hillary, but it seems that it's ratings, like Hillary's national poll numbers, went straight in the toilet.

By the way, hat tip to reader David Lunde for emailing me this story, with a couple of his photoshops:

 

First it became publically known that Senate Dems had told Dean to tone it down when immediately after getting his new job he came out saying the most hateful and divisive things one could imagine. It's been clear that this has happened at least one other time, only it wasn't admitted publicly like the first time.

We've all known that the the DNC hasn't been able to keep up fund raising with the RNC throughout the time Dean has held this position. Some already took note earlier this month. But the new story is that he's getting a scoldin' from his peeps. I can only hope they are to stupid to fire him. He has been the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans, and you probably already know, even though I live in Nashville, I was born and raised in Vermont and take a lot of pleasure it mocking this guy.

via Drudge:

DEAN UNDER FIRE FROM PARTY DEMS; NEARLY ALL CASH SPENT Mon Jan 30 2006 10:52:31 ET

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle, ROLL CALL reports.

Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committee’s $34 million.

Senate and House Minority Leaders Harry Reid (Nev.) and Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), along with the Senate and House campaign committee chairmen Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), have made their concerns -- directly or indirectly -- known to Dean, claims the paper.

Emanuel was particularly upset last week upon seeing the latest DNC numbers.

“A lot of people are scratching their heads as to what’s going on,” said one senior Democratic aide.

Another Democratic source familiar with the party fundraising apparatus said there is “obvious displeasure” among the leaders.

Developing...

John Kerry: (sigh) Where'd the money go Howard?

Howard Dean: These haircuts don't pay for themselves John!!!

Anyway, isn't it great to watch the Democratic Party fall apart before your eyes?

 

Congratulations to Ian on his new blog, "Expose The Left". Looks like everyone's favorite video blogger has a whole new look but will still be offering the best video blogging on the right side of the web. Be sure to update your bookmarks and blogrolls!

I'm currently in the process of catching up with Expose The Left right now, and I'm particularly enjoying his video blogging of Kennedy blowing his lid. If you enjoy watching Kennedy flip out as much as I do, you can't miss this one.

I could be wrong, but I still say all this "we're calling for a filibuster to make a statement, even though we know we don't have the votes" garbage only stands to hurt them. So I have no problem with it... but I'm still going to mock them every chance I get. It's just like, of course it's an outrage that Howard Dean could have been the Democratic candidate for President in 2004... but he's unelectable, so I actually encourage them to nominate him the next time around... but we're all still going to bust him and mock him at every turn.

Anyway, as usual, there is no better term to describe Kennedy than to steal Michelle Malkin's coined term "Unhinged". (by the way, Michelle Malkin is blogging this as well) There's also not much to add, the videos speak for themselves, other than this quick photoshop I threw together:

Again don't miss these, and all other important videos at Ian's new blog Expose The Left.

Others on Kennedy's gasket blowing:
The Strata-Sphere, In The Bullpen, Stop The ACLU, The Political Pit Bull, Below The Beltway, Cal Tech Girl, Sister Toldjah, Blogger Beer, Confederate Yankee, Publius Rendezvous, Darleen's Place, Betty's Page, Iowa Voice, My Newz 'n Ideas, KURU Lounge, Keith D. Milby, Palmetto Pundit, Deep Keel, Mind and Media, Hyscience, Conservative Musings, bRight & Early, Random Thoughts Of Yet Another Military Member, Patterico's Pontifications, Small Dead Animals, Speed Of Thought, Independent Conservative, Confirm Them

 

My grandfather sent me this email earlier. Pretty funny and on point, I think.

One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about his bill and the barber replies: "I'm sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week"

The florist is pleased and leaves the shop.

Next morning when the barber goes to open there is a thank you card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.

Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies: "I'm sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week."

The cop is happy and leaves the shop.

Next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a thank you card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.

Later a Republican comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies: "I'm sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week."

The Republican is very happy and leaves the shop.

Next morning when the barber goes to open, there is a thank you card and a dozen different books such as "How to Improve Your Business" and "Becoming More Successful."

Then a Democrat comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies: "I'm sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week."

The Democrat is very happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen Democrats lined up waiting for a free haircut.

And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the left and the right.

 

First there was Bennifer. Then there was Brangelina. Now we have "Sheevez" (or "Chavhan"), a hybrid species that is part of the moonbat family.

Sadly this isn't a clever photoshop of mine... But the latest of member of the looniest of loons to get up close and personal with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. You may remember Harry Belafonte paying Chavez a visit recently as well.

AP

CARACAS, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who just announced that she is weighing a run for Senate, plans to protest again outside
President Bush's Texas ranch, Venezuela's president said Sunday with Sheehan by his side.

Hugo Chavez, his arm around Sheehan's shoulders, told a group of activists that Sheehan had told him that during Holy Week, in April, "she is going to put up her tent again in front of Mr. Danger's ranch."

Oh yeah, did you catch that? Sheehan is apparently considering running for Senate against Feinstein.

I just thought I'd let folks know (if they didn't already) who Cindy Sheehan is running around with this week, but she's not important enough to waste much more space on. She's like that fly that gets in the open window in your car. You open all the windows waving it out, think it's gone, and no sooner do you roll up the windows and you realize the fly is still trapped inside... but after a while you realize it's just a fly and it's not doing anything but giving the other flies a bad name by being stupid enough to get stuck in a car, and eventually dying. (disclaimer for libs: I'm not saying Sheehan will die, just pointing out the most likely scenario for the fly in my simile. In Sheehan's case it will just be fading off to where even the KOS kids won't even pay her any attention, eventually.)

Michelle from Full House, upset at Sheehan for attempting to steal her bit, says 'You Don't Got It Dude'...

Michelle: Look, I don't care how many socialist dictators you know... I do the thumbs up and say "You Got It Dude", and it ain't for sale!

UPDATE: Others blogging this, including Flap's Blog who led me to this photo (and as a result, also owes me a keyboard):

More:
Michelle Malkin, Darleen's Place, Stop the ACLU, The Lunch Counter, Eidelblog, Six Meat Buffet, Wizbang

 

My sister has been attending Bethel World Outreach Center's Church in Brentwood (Nashville) for a while now, and lately I've started attending a bit to and today was particularly cool. Usual the church has interesting sermons, but it was less about that today, and more about the relationship of the United States and Israel, and I was amazed (even though I'd heard them talk about it in previous weeks) at the guest we had - Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Ayalon.

More than just the bond between Israel and the United States, the visit was in honor of the fourth annual International Day of Prayer and Solidarity with Israel. In addition to Mr. Ayalon, the Mayor of Jerusalem and another Israeli man (something to do with art and cultur) spoke as well. All three talking for a few minutes about solidarity with the U.S. and about dealing with Islamic terror and sticking together while the entire region seems to be gunning for them.

Anyway, they didn't say anything particularly groundbreaking, but it was just cool to have such a big dog attend our church (although I haven't actually gone long enough to call it "my" church). It was obviously a big enough deal to have this guy, but in the same week that the terrorist group Hamas won, in a landslide, the Palestinian parliamentary elections.

Not much else to say, just passing that along. It just seemed really cool that such a major player at such a historic time would be speaking at the church I was attending in Nashville of all places.

 

UPDATE @ 4:31pm CT: I just got an instant message from my mom, outraged at the graphic dog images used in this post. They are definitely a part of this story so I am not completely removing them, but incase others would have the same reaction and not be able to handle the images, I've blured them on the post, but you can click them to see the actual images if you choose to.

Setting aside the protest logos we've all been creating to mock Google's caving in to Chinese censorship, this is the REAL logo currently at Google.cn, obviously to usher in the Year of the Dog (happy version linked here).

The REAL Chinese Year of the Dog, via AFP

excerpt:

"Millions of dogs (in China) are hanged, beaten with sticks and butchered while they are still alive," it said in a press release.

The organisation added that it had tried to get French media to accept an advertisement as part of its campaign against dog butchering, but the picture -- of an animal being cut to pieces in a pool of blood -- was so graphic that it had been rejected by every newspaper.

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Up to 10 million dogs are slaughtered every year in China, many killed slowly and cruelly to supposedly enhance the meat's flavour, according to animal rights groups.

It's odd that this is a French group upset with China's practices, considering this is how they deal with their own stray dogs. (via The Sun)

STRAY dogs are being skewered on hooks and dragged behind boats as live shark bait, The Sun can shockingly reveal.

More:
Justalkin, The Peking Duck,

More on Google China:
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Sadly this childish tantrum doesn't really seem like that big of a deal after watching the Democrats in the United States over the past few years. Perhaps next time Saddam will accuse the court of being run like a plantation.

AP via Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein's trial quickly fell into chaos after its resumption Sunday, as the former Iraqi leader was removed after shouting "Down with the traitors!" and demanded to leave.

A co-defendant was dragged out and a defense lawyer was also ejected.

The new chief judge in the trial, Raouf Abdel-Rahman, had sought to show tough control over the court, but the session — the first in a month — fell apart quickly.

After about 15 minutes of the session was aired, the delayed transmission was cut off just before the shouting erupted.

Saddam: We as black Arab people, it’s time, it’s time for us to come together. It’s time for us to rebuild a New Orleans Baghdad, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans caramel Baghdad and I don’t care what people are saying uptown in the Kurdish region or wherever they are, this city will be chocolate caramel at the end of the day..... Eventually Fallujah will be a nougat city, Mosul will be made of gummy bears, and skittles will rain down on Kirkuk!

 

The Political Teen has video of Janet Reno doing (singing?) karaoke... Drudge is linking to this story and slideshow, and this site to watch the video.

But it went a little something like this....

Simon: Our next contestant is.... (shuffles papers).... Janet? Come on in Janet, let's hear you sing something...

Janet Reno: Thank you Simon...
Paula: Go ahead sweetie.
Janet Reno: Don't rush me!

Janet Reno: (clears throat).... R-E-S-P-E-.....
Randy: Whoa whoa whoa... stop... you're killin' me dog. That was almost as bad at as Galloway.

Janet Reno: (stares blankly)
Simon: Will you marry me?

Randy: (stares blankly)
Paula: (stares blankly)

Scott McClellan: Do you smell what McLellan's cookin'?!

 

Ya gotta love McClellan, man. If you've ever seen the abuse this guy endures in a press conference, you've got to have a lot of respect for him. Anyway, it's always funny to see the Washington robots loosen up a bit, and he takes a couple humorous jabs at Kerry in this little sample I was able to catch the clip of on FNC earlier.

January 28, 2006 -- WASHINGTON — President Bush's spokesman yesterday ridiculed Sen. John Kerry for "yodeling" for a filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito "from a five-star ski resort in the Swiss Alps."

"It was a pretty historic day. This was the first time ever that a senator has called for a filibuster from the slopes of Davos, Switzerland," chortled White House press secretary Scott McClellan.

"I think, even for a senator, it takes some pretty serious yodeling to call for a filibuster from a five-star ski resort in the Swiss Alps," he added. ...

Haha, not bad Scott.

CAPTION CONTEST: What's Scott saying?

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If you hadn't already heard the newly launched Chinese version of Google is a censored one... There was a lot of speculation on whether or not Google would cave, and in the end they did. Read that article for the background story.

This development inspired photoshopping bloggers to create images for the new Google.cn

Michelle Malkin has been keeping track of all of them, and I'm to lazy to go save each individual entry, so I'll just link you to her two posts in which she displays them:

Michelle Malkin: Google.cn logo group #1

Michelle Malkin: Google.cn logo group #2

Make sure you check those out... Some hilarious stuff. And now check out my stab at it. I have a 3 different sizes of President Jintao walking a cuffed Googleman, a cropped image, and one that is strictly the solo "Googleman". Click below this preview image to see the 3 different sizes.

The cropped (more focused on Googleman and Chinese President Jintao) ... and the solo cuffed Googleman (click for full size).

Feel free to post these images on your blog, but no hotlinking please. Just please save on your own server or elsewhere if you choose to post any of them.

If for some reason you think you might want to do anything else with Googleman or any of these images, I have them in PNG (layered) so you can easily add things to them, add them to things, or edit them any way really. Just contact me at randy at rightwinged.com for those files.

UPDATE: Say Anything busts Google for removing a page that explained their "No Censor" policy, now that they bowed to China's censoring demands. They have the evidence to prove it.

The Political Teen wonders why Google was able to hold their ground against the U.S. government in not turning over records, but caved when face to face with China demanding censorship?

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I've actually seen these on Late Night with Conan O'Brien a number of times, but never thought to look for and share them with you all until just now. It seems Governor Schwarzenegger did a few Japanese commercials, earlier in his career. Check 'em all out at iFilms. I promise these are some of the most hilarious things you have ever seen.

Commercial 1	Commercial 2	Commercial 3

UPDATE: I found another one. He seems to still be selling that same weird little bottle of whatever, only this time he somehow comes out of a woman's head. They talk at the end but still the same things (my spelling) "Thai Chow!" and "Booey!" are said. One good thing, no ads on this one, like the others from iFilms.

RightWinged.com Reader Project:
Do any of you speak Japanese? If so, can you translate for me and tell me what is being said in these commercials?

 

Just in to the RightWinged.com News Desk.... Confirmation that the elusive Moonbat does in fact exist. RightWinged.com's reporter in the field, Randy has managed to obtain this exclusive first photo of the discovery of this creature from NASA...

 

hat tip Drudge

Let me start out by saying, I don't even think this is a story. I just like to mock the always insignificant Al Gore childishly and desperately seeking attention. I won't be surprised if the next time he's in the news, it's because he threw himself on the floor screaming in the mall and refused to obey his mother. Via Canada.com

Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore has accused the oil industry of financially backing the Tories and their "ultra-conservative leader" to protect its stake in Alberta's lucrative oilsands.

Canadians, Gore said, should vigilantly keep watch over prime minister-designate Stephen Harper because he has a pro-oil agenda and wants to pull out of the Kyoto accord -- an international agreement to combat climate change.

Thanks for stoppin' by Gore. Now pick up your pacifier and act like a big boy and maybe we'll get an ice cream on the way home!

 

UPDATE - 1/28 3:00pm CT: Hillary joins the the Filibuster march, and The Political Teen has the story. But why would she do this? She already made a huge mistake with the "Plantation" remark, and polls show that she (at this point) doens't have a chance in hell of winning in 2008. Kerry and Kennedy were already looking foolish enough alone on this thing, doing nothing but playing politics (which Harry Reid admits)... So why would Hillary makes such a dumb move? Some advisor in the Clinton machine is slipping lately. Or maybe the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy should take credit for Hillary's earlier than expected downfall.

Stop The ACLU is on this, as is Sister Toldjah.

UPDATE 1:08pm CT: Not that we didn't already know this would be coming, but Fox News just reported that Kerry and Kennedy don't have the votes. So basically all they did was just revealed themselves, once again, as pathetic partisans. Nice work boys. Only thing that could make this any better is if you have Howard Dean come make some insane and unpredictable comments.

Yesterday we all had a good laugh at Kerry and Kennedy's desperate filibuster attempt as most other leading Democrats weren't getting on board with them, and people like Robert Byrd were actually supporting Alito. Kerry only made himself look like a bigger loser by trying to pull this, and even Harry Reid didn't want anything to do with a filibuster. What a difference a good nights rest can make, eh Harry? (via Fox News)

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada earlier offered little support for a filibuster, saying there had been enough time to debate the nomination, adding, "no one can complain on this matter that there hasn't been sufficient time to talk about Judge Alito, pro or con."

But he seemed to change his tune on Friday.

Reid, who said Alito was a "bad choice," said he would sustain a filibuster should an opportunity come around.

"We're going to have a vote Tuesday morning," Reid said during a U.S. Conference of Mayors event. "Everyone knows there are not enough votes to support a filibuster, but it's an opportunity to people to express their opinion on what a bad choice it was to replace Sandra Day O'Connor."

So despite opposing the filibuster yesterday, on the grounds that like it or not, there's been enough time for debate. Now you support it, strictly to play politics? It's okay now so that people can "express their opinion", even though you know the filibuster doesn't stand a chance? Thanks for clearing that up Reid, we appreciate all the hard work you do in Washington... No really, we love that the Democrats have accomplished nothing in the past few years, unless you count pouting like babies and being the obstructionist Party of No.

Sadly Harry, you and your buddies still haven't learned that to get your way, you'll need to connect with America and win some elections... otherwise I guess your side is stuck at the plantation.

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UPDATE: It seems like it's official now, the Dems can't get the votes for the last ditch filibuster attempt. The President would now like to make a statement.

My fellow citizens, I understand this is a sad day for Senate Democrats. And all I have to say is: cry about it. And I offer you this box of tissues to share.

 

hat tip Drudge

Looks like this story is just breaking because Drudge linked to it, but it doesn't appear any blogs have picked it up yet even though it's been on the wires for a few hours.

excerpt:

Colombia has dismantled a false passport ring with links to al-Qaida and Hamas militants, the acting attorney general said Thursday after authorities led dozens of simultaneous raids across five cities.

The gang allegedly supplied an unknown number of citizens from Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and other countries with false passports and Colombian nationality without them ever stepping foot in the country, the attorney general's office said in a written statement.

The counterfeited passports were then used to facilitate their entry into the United States and Europe.

Nineteen people were arrested in Thursday's raids, carried out in collaboration with U.S. authorities, the attorney general's office said. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota were not immediately available for contact.

Read More...

I'm a little over the whole "Death to America" thing my friend. Do you like to party?

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What is this woman's deal? Does she think she's some sort of queen and that the President owes her something? I wouldn't call on this psycho radical lefty either.

Hat tip Drudge on today's story (and The Political Teen for pointing me to it):

BUSH SNUBS HELEN THOMAS [AGAIN] Thu Jan 26 2006 15:42:32 2006

President Bush today again avoided taking a question from White House doyenne Helen Thomas during his 45-minute press conference, even though he took questions from every reporter around her front-row, center seat.

"He's a coward," Thomas said afterward. "He's supposed to be this macho guy. He'll take on Osama bin Laden, but he won't take me on."

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years and is now a columnist, raised her hand every time the president was concluding an answer to a reporter's question, but he never called on her.

Thomas, who worked as the UPI White House reporter for 57 years and is now a columnist, raised her hand every time the president was concluding an answer to a reporter's question, but he never called on her.

She had a few questions in mind, though. "I wanted to ask about Iraq: 'You said you didn't go in for oil or for Israel or for WMDs. so why did you go in?' "

She also had another question at the ready, just in case, this one about the president's contention that a 28-year-old wiretapping law known as FISA is out of date, which prompted him to order the National Security Agency to conduct a secret electronic surveillance program that Democrats contend is illegal.

"You keep saying it's a 1978 law, but the Constitution 200 years old. Is that out of date, too?"

Afterward, Thomas sat sullenly in her chair in the White House press work area, huddled in her leopard-print winter coat.

But as she left, she made a prediction: "He came on to my turf. I'll bet the next press conference will be in Room 450 of the EEOB," a theater-style room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where she would not be in the front row.

Developing...

Again, The Political Teen pointed me to that, and he's had full Helen coverage all week. She's clearly got a classic case of Bush Derangment Syndrome, and I think him not calling her but calling on everyone around her is hilarious. That's awesome. She's always so disrespectful, well maybe she'll smarten up now.

The Political Teen has more Helen from the past week here, here, and here.

By the way, Drudge's piece says Thomas was a "UPI White House reporter for 57 years"... How old is this woman!? Wow, I gotta give her credit for working for so long... But I'm much more in favor of crediting her with being the nuttiest lefty in the White House press corps (and that's saying a lot.)

Anyone else think she makes a great couple with this guy?

UPDATE: Conservababes remembers July 31, 2005 when Helen Thomas said:

"The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar."

Thanks Conservababes, I had forgotten all about that. The best part is that she goes on to get mad about that quote being published. But back to the point, why would The President ever call on this lunatic? Does she deserve any respect when she acts like this? She sounds like she should be rioting with a bunch of kids dressed in black, wearing scarves and throwing molotov cocktails during an anti-war "rally". Not a journalist who deserves to be anywhere near the White House.

So basically Helen, all I have to say to you is: cry about it. The President apparently feels the same way, and has nothing for you but a box of tissues.

 

UPDATE: The Political Teen has video up of a CNN correspondent explaining the situation. Luckily it looks more and more like Kerry is just making of a fool of himself. If he is seriously thinking about running for President again in 2008, he should have sent some nobody out to call for a filibuster so he wouldn't look like such an idiot when it backfires. Or maybe Kerry doesn't want a filibuster at all. Maybe he just wants to be able to come out later and say he was for the filibuster before he was against it.

Hat tip Drudge for being first on this, as usual...

Read all about Kerry's call to filibuster the Alito nomination here, via CNN.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry has decided to support a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, CNN's Congressional Correspondent Ed Henry reported Thursday.

Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, was marshaling support in phone calls during the day, Henry said.

He announced his decision Wednesday to a group of Democratic senators, urging they join him, Henry said. Kerry also has the support of his fellow Massachusetts senator, Democrat Edward Kennedy.

Some senior Democrats said they are worried that the move could backfire.

Republicans need 60 votes to overturn a filibuster.

Senior White House officials said the move makes the Democrats look bad, and Republicans already have enough votes to overcome any filibuster attempt.

I suspect The Political Teen will have more to come, but just has a CNN screen shot up at the moment.

Interestingly, this development comes as more Dems back Alito. I'm obviously no fan of Byrd and don't know much about Johnson.. but it's just kind of funny that I read that story along side Kerry's call for a filibuster.

What a mess... anyway, I think this only stands to backfire on the Dems.

UPDATE: Check out the lefty blogs on this... they're all singing Kerry's praises for "growing a pair" and taking a stand, etc.... pathetic.

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If you don't already know, "Where did the WMDs go?", is something I'm obsessed with. I haven't been able to, and don't think I ever will accept the "bad intel, they were never there" line. It just doesn't make sense when we knew he had and used the stuff, we know there are stockpiles unaccounted for, we know he was a brutal murderous dictator so there is no reason to believe he decided to get rid of the stuff on his own, without proving it to the UN and making things easier on himself. Not to mention that virtually all intelligence agencies from around the world seemed to agree he had the stuff.

Add in all the reports of WMDs being moved to/through Syria at various times throughout the war, even by Russian military in the weeks leading up to the war. I can't count how many brief stories I remember hearing about WMD finds and transportation in the first year of the war, only to never have any follow-ups. I've hoped this was because military intelligence is connecting dots and chasing the stuff down through Syria, and not wanting to pump a story and give a heads up to the enemy and compromise the mission.

Anyway, the point is... we all believed the stuff was there, and to believe it wasn't now is to belive that Saddam was the good guy and destroyed it on his own, and decided not to tell anyone.

What WMDs? That mushroom cloud is a product of Michael Moore after enjoying a meal at Baghdad's first Taco Bell. No WMDs though... And oh yeah, we're winning.

Enter today's former member of Saddam's regime who claims to have WMD knowledge. There have been a bunch of these guys, and I suppose motives (selling books, etc.) are good reason for skepticism. But since I have always believed they were moved to/through Syria, I believe this is an important story that the media will be in a hurry to ignore.

I began reading this earlier and got sidetracked, but Michelle Malkin pulled me back in, and I'm going to use the same exceprt as her, because it's the best one to draw you in:

The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.

The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, "Saddam's Secrets," released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun.

"There are weapons of mass destruction gone out from Iraq to Syria, and they must be found and returned to safe hands," Mr. Sada said. "I am confident they were taken over."

Mr. Sada's comments come just more than a month after Israel's top general during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Moshe Yaalon, told the Sun that Saddam "transferred the chemical agents from Iraq to Syria."

Be sure to read the entire article from The New York Sun, it's broken in to 4 pages.

Of course, we'll need the proof for this to ever make any difference in the real world, but I think everytime we hear about one of these guys I cautiously feel a little more validated in my position. Let's just hope we round the stuff up before it gets over here. We know other weapons parts were turning up as far away as the Netherlands, why is it so hard to believe that the treasured WMDs were snuck in to Syria, especially after they got a head start from Senator Rockefeller. For other links on WMDs, see my "Smack libs with..." section in lower part of the right sidebar.

UPDATE: Rightwing Nuthouse's Rick Moran has a great post up about this, saying everything I wanted to say... only much better and in a clearer way. His post is jam packed with great links that I would have liked to have provided if my bookmarks weren't so disorganized. A definite must read.

Also, I meant to mention earlier... Can you imagine what this would do to the state of politics in America if we were able to prove the stuff was moved and recover it? That would totally justify the war that the media conveniently forgets the Dems basically spent 12 years arguing for. The Dems got nothin' right now, imagine how they would be burried if we could prove the existence of the WMDs. I get excited just thinking about it... I feel like a liberal seeing BCE (vs. BC) in a text book for the first time.

... Another quick point I forgot to mention earlier was that if the WMDs we all believed were there had been used in an attack in Israel, or worse, here in America the President would have been tossed out of office and the Dems and their media would be pointing to all those 12 years of quotes saying "we tried to warn you.. you should have taken action in a post 9/11 world."

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hat tip Drudge
Well, after a couple weeks of British Politician George Galloway taking his idiocy to new levels.. it (at least his place on the show Celebrity Big Brother) has come to an end. I guess he just didn't impress the judges.

"NEXT!"

Galloway: Hello, I'm George from Dundee, Scotland!
Paula: Okay, let's see whatcha got George...
Galloway: K, here goes...

Randy: George, you can't win this competition by showing us pictures of you hangin' out with the Hussein family... What else you got dog?

Randy: Okay, first of all I said (and always say) "dog", not "cat".. second of all... what is wrong with you dude, seriously!? Thirdly this is a singing competition!

Paula: Okay... it's more than a little creepy, but at least you're trying to look like a singer now.. but we still need a performance George.

Simon: That was by far the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in my life. How in the world did a psycho like you ever become a Member of Parliament in my home country?

Simon: You are a horrible horrible person and I hope you... well, nevermind... needless to say, you didn't make the cut. Get out of my sight.
Anne Robinson: You are the weakest...
Simon: Oh give it a rest Anne! He's already gone, and this isn't even your show!

The Political Teen has video and Michelle Malkin has a great roundup of Galloway news.

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Although it's obviously a long time from now, a new CNN/Gallup poll doesn't look good for Hillary.

I can't find this on CNN.com yet, so I'm assuming Drudge got this from an inside source, and it will be out sometime this evening (maybe already on TV?)

Anyway, this from the Drudge Report:

CNNGALLUP SHOCK POLL: ONLY 16% FIRM ON HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT Wed Jan 25 2006 10:50:26 ET

Most voters now say there's no way they'd vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she runs for president in 2008 - while just 16 percent are firmly in her camp, a stunning new poll shows.

CNNGALLUP found that 51 percent say they definitely won't vote for Clinton (D-N.Y.) in 2008, another 32 percent might consider it, and only 16 percent vow to back her. That means committed anti-Hillary voters outnumber pro-Hillary voters by 3-1. The poll suggests she can forget about crossover votes - 90 percent of Republicans and 75 percent of conservatives say there's no way they'd back her.

Meanwhile, 46% said they would oppose Secretary of State Rice if she ran for President - a step Rice has repeatedly said she won't take.

END

How awesome is that!? 51% definitely won't vote for her. Admittedly the 46% who wouldn't vote for Secretary of State Condoleezza, doesn't look great, but there are two important points to add to that. One Drudge already mentioned, but Condi doesn't plan to run, and I think it's been more wishful thinking from us on the right that she would run, than any reality. But the most important point is that a turn around over the next year or so in Iraq could totally change that number. The Dems love President Bush and the Republicans bad poll numbers, but they have been relying to much on hoping to win by default. The left has low poll numbers too, but the difference is that good news can swing the right's numbers back up.

Again, this is a long way off, and I'm really no fan of poll numbers... But my partisan side wants to embrace these, because they're great! I'm as happy as George Galloway when he's hangin' out with the Husseins.

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(hat tip Michelle Malkin)

That's right folks, the battle to see who can release the most tapes is heating up. You may recall in the early days of the Iraq war that Saddam was releasing tapes too, all the while Bin Laden was releasing tapes. It inspired a hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch (can't find the video anywhere online) in which Saddam (Horatio Sanz) told Bin Laden (Jimmy Fallon): "You release more tapes than Steely Dan"... After much laughter, Bin Laden said something like: "Really? Steely Dan? You're gonna go with Steely Dan on that one?"

Anyway, British MP George Galloway was tired of playing second fiddle to his buddies, so he's begun releasing tapes of his own. One can only assume the CIA is working diligently to translate and determine what these tapes mean, other than prove beyond any doubt what nut this guy is.

Tapes Released by Galloway This Month:

>First Galloway pretends to be a cat, drinking milk from the hands of some actress I've never heard of. The Political Teen has the video.

>Next Galloway, probably realizing the kitty act wasn't scary enough, climbed in to a red leotard and danced around with a transvestite. Again, The Political Teen has the video.

Today, our stomachs were all beginning to settle and he goes and releases his third tape in less than two weeks! Today's tape is footage from 1999, of him paling around with his old pal Uday Hussein, the murderous son of the murderous former dictator of Iraq. (awaiting permission to use still from video exclusive to The Sun.)

We all knew he was buddies with Saddam, and famously told him in 1994: "Sir, allow me to salute your courage, power and indefatigability.” (Setting aside all his Bush bashing, possible pay offs from Saddam, etc.) Today's video shows him shaking hands with Uday, calling him "excellency", and promises to stick with him "until the end".

Dr. Phat Tony's is blogging this, and has some disturbing Hussein regime brutal beating video. The Dr. is also linking to the Foundation For The Defense Of Democracies who has more disturbing video (not for everyone).

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Reporters, as always, are trying to do press conference battle with Rummy... And as always, he's mopping the floor with them, busting their partisan BS all over the place.

I wish I had the video of this, but I thought I'd at least share the line I just heard with you all. After many minutes reporters trying to insist that the military is broken and Rummy destroying them all, someone asked another stupid question and Rumsfeld's response (just half listening to it in the background) was:

"Why Don't You Report The News, Not What "Might Be" The News?"

Classic Rumsfeld, I hope someone got the video.

UPDATE: Video can be found at The Pentagon Channel. Thanks reader Elephants in Academia for providing that link in a comment below. Check out his post on the topic. He has some great insight, and wonders why some more important questions weren't asked instead... Also, a note about the video: It's the entire briefing, not just the specific clip I mention in this post.

 

Just a quick joke sort of post. All day long I've been seeing this guy everytime I open a new internet window, because Yahoo! is my home page. I kept seeing him over and over and it's gotten to the point where I'm asking readers to take their best guess at why this guy is there, and what he's so happy about. This is an advertisement to get a domain through Yahoo!, but how does some random guy relate to domains? Setting that aside, is this guy really just that excited about the prospect of obtaining a domain?

Please leave your guesses in comments section.

 

***UPDATE: I'm an idiot. I just now noticed my typo in the headline. It read "March for Life Meets March For Death....". Obviously that should have been (and is now) "Walk for Life Meets March For Death", since "Walk for Life" is the actual name... Don't know if I was tired or rushing or something but I made it "March For Life" and I wanted to clear that up.
-Randy

I linked to this in an update to my post about media bias as it pertains to abortion issue terminology, but I decided it deserved it's own post. I'll try to keep from rambling here, and just let the pictures speak for themselves, but Michelle Malkin is linking to a great photo essay by "zombie" of a Walk for Life march and the counter-demonstration (March for Death?) that were held in San Francisco this past Saturday. Go see the looniest the left has to offer.

Reverse Vampyr is blogging this, as is as Right Spin. Right Spin also dug up some Pro-Life bible verses for anyone who thinks the Bible is silent on the issue.

In related news, The Political Teen has video up of James Carville saying that he believes Alito was nominated to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

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The headline from the AP picked up on the wires today was: Documents Show Govt Forewarned on Katrina. The article attempts to make the case that the media has from day one, "The Feds dropped the ball!" Well first of all, I don't think we need to rehash Mayor Nagin ignoring their own evacuation plans which called for using school buses to evacuate people, or Governor Blanco blaming FEMA while she blocked the Red Cross from entering the city, or any of the other things we now know, that place almost all of the blame on state and local officials. Setting that aside, sure the Feds might have been able to move quicker, but again, that wasn't the main problem... It's also not new news.

The AP here tries to create some new news story by saying these newly released documents show that "the government" screwed up, even though the "Hurricane Pam" exercise gave them "forewarning". It basically tries to blame the government for knowing that water would "surge" over the levees in any storm greater than a category 3. What the article doesn't focus on, and only partly mentions, is the most important part of the story: Katrina was only a category 3 at landfall, and in New Orleans specifically it was only between a category 1 or 2. Beyond that, water never "surged" over the levees. The levees broke as a result of design and/or construction flaws.

excerpt from the AP article in question

Pam, a "tabletop" exercise that began in July 2004, focused on a mock Category 3 hurricane that produced more than 20 inches of rain and 14 tornadoes. It found, among other things, that floodwaters would surge over New Orleans levees, creating "a catastrophic mass casualty/mass evacuation" and leaving drainage pumps crippled for up to six months.

Katrina was a Category 4 storm when it slammed into the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, though some weather experts downgraded it to Category 3 or even Category 2 by the time it reached New Orleans.

So they sort of mention the downgrade (although many experts feel it's even lower), but they don't acknowledge that the levees broke and weren't surged over by water, an extremely important fact.

More:

An Aug. 28 report by the department's National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center concluded that a Category 4 or 5 hurricane would cause severe damage in the city, including power outages and a direct economic hit of up to $10 billion for the first week.

"Overall, the impacts described herein are conservative," stated the report, which was sent to Homeland Security's office for infrastructure protection.

"Any storm rated Category 4 or greater ... will likely lead to severe flooding and/or levee breaching, leaving the New Orleans metro area submerged for weeks or months," said the report.

The documents are the latest indication that the federal government knew beforehand of the catastrophic damage that a storm of Katrina's magnitude could cause. The Bush administration has been lambasted for its lackluster response to Katrina and its aftermath, including criticism that the government should have known a hurricane of that strength posed a danger to the area's levees and was unprepared to cope with it.

They ramble on about category 4 and 5 storms (irrelevant to Katrina), and talk about what the "government knew beforehand" (again, irrelevant when talking about categories 4 and 5), even using the line: "including criticism that the government should have known a hurricane of that strength posed a danger to the area's levees and was unprepared to cope with it." Again, AP, we aren't talking about a category 4 or 5 storm... so what you're doing is no better than lying.

Basically it's a weird form of a strawman (for lack of a better term) that the AP creates here. They make a case/argument about how the government knew what would happen in the event of a category 4 or 5, and then bring in criticisms of the government's handling of it, all the while turning a blind eye to the fact that what hit New Orleans was category 1 to 2 strength. Thanks for playing AP.

This from the Washington Post, Dec. 22, 2005:

The National Hurricane Center released a summary report on Katrina this week that downgraded the storm's intensity at landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29 from Category 4 to Category 3. The winds in New Orleans, which lay to the west of the storm's center, were probably even weaker than that, at Category 1 or 2 speeds, the report said.

and

"This is a further indictment of the levee system," Ivor Van Heerden, an LSU professor and leader of a team of Louisiana investigators probing the cause of the levee breaches. "It indicates that most of the flooding of downtown New Orleans was a consequence of man's folly."

Other engineering experts agree: Considering Katrina's weakened state at the time it reached New Orleans, the failure of the city's 17th Street and London Avenue canal floodwalls can be explained only as a failure of design or construction, said Robert Bea, a civil engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

"The water level in the canals wasn't that high when the floodwalls breached," said Bea, a member of an investigating team funded by the National Science Foundation. "We had a premature failure of the defense system."

An even earlier Washington Post article, October 24, 2006:

Today, exactly eight weeks after the storm, all three breaches are looking less like acts of God and more like failures of engineering that could have been anticipated and very likely prevented.

Hey AP! Why do I have to do this research? Heck, it wasn't even research, just the facts as we know them. I only did the research to support my statements if any libs choose to challenge them. Why is it that the AP, arguably the biggest news organization on the planet, can't find these facts before writing an article!? Why do bloggers have to do this?

For the record, President Bush declared the emergency on Friday afternoon, August 26, 2005.. The storm struck almost 3 full days later, on Monday morning. Everyone can argue about FEMA's response all day long. I don't think FEMA were heros, but they've certainly had almost the entire blame placed on them by almost all of the media, when the facts are that state and local officials really dropped the relief ball. Red Cross please Governor Blanco. Buses, buses, and more buses Nagin... remember the plan?

Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00

'The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating'...

(see Rightwing Nuthouses's Katrina Response Timeline for other information. Great resource)

And again, these are AP stories on the wires so they're getting picked up everywhere. So the influence of this misleading story is far reaching. Just to give you an idea of how far this story is spreading, a couple sample searches: Yahoo! News - Katrina forewarned, Yahoo! News - Katrina Warnings, Yahoo! News - Katrina warned.

 

I don't know how, but if you missed the story of President Bush being asked about seeing Brokeback Mountain after a speech at KSU today, catch up here.

Now that you're up to speed, I've created this photoshop to goof on the whole thing. Of course I like Dubya, and this probably belongs on some unhinged lefty site, but I couldn't help creating it after today's events. Sorry fellas.

Again, sorry Dubya and Cheney, but I just couldn't resist...

More on Brokeback Bush:
Bareknuckle Politics

More on Bush's at KSU:
Stop the ACLU, Conservative Zone

 

As I mentioned earlier, I got to catch most of the President's Q&A after his speech at Kansas State University today. The whole thing was pretty funny and laid back, but this moment in particular was hilarious... and quite unexpected.

An audience member asked the President as a rancher if he'd seen, the gay cowboy movie, Brokeback Mountain. The President had not, and it was a pretty funny little exchange.

Download WMV

More from Drudge:

BUSH: NO 'BROKEBACK' Mon Jan 23 2006 17:09:44 ET

President Bush has so far skipped BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN -- the Hollywood hit about two homosexual cowboys.

During a Q&A session at Kansas State University today, a student asked Bush: "I was just wanting to get your opinion on BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN if you'd seen it yet."

The crowd laughed softly before the student said loudly: "You would love it! You should check it out."

"I haven't seen it," Bush said flatly. "I'd be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven't seen the movie," he said to laughter. "I've heard about it."

The president waited a second or two, then said, according to a transcript: "I hope you go -- (laughter) -- you know -- (laughter) -- I hope you go back to the ranch and the farm, is what I was about to say. I haven't seen it. (Laughter, applause.)"

More...

The Political Teen has video of the exchange I mentioned in an earlier post, of an Iraqi woman and the President. It's a must watch. She goes on to thank the President and praise his policies for freeing 27 million people, and talk about how two female members of her family are now part of the government in Iraq.

UPDATE: The Political Teen has this "Brokeback" clip now too... only in much better quality than I get from this cheapo capture box I have.

More on Brokeback Bush:
Bareknuckle Politics

More on Bush's at KSU:
Stop the ACLU, Conservative Zone

 

I didn't get to catch all of the speech, but I have listened to most of the Q&A portion (still going). Some great questions and great answers, but what stood out was the extremely loud Iraqi woman who didn't want to stop shouting praises for the President and his policies, and for freeing 27 million people... he eventually had to cut her off, but it was one of those moments where you can just see Ted Kennedy's face getting redder by the second wanting to put his foot through the TV.

Anyway, if you were watching, it was one of those laid back Dubya speeches/Q&As. He was relaxed and funny... Probably one of the most laid back I've ever seen him really.

But before I blog about this later (hopefully, if my video capture thing works, I'll have some video highlights), I was looking for some predictions for "controversy" that will be created about this? I suspect at least one accusation of planted questions (that Iraqi woman), but I don't think the attacks will end there.

Please leave your predictions in the comments section of this post...

 

Thanks Drudge for linking me to these stories

NSA Chief Says Surveillance Limited
But this won't stop libs from screaming that Bush is spying on them while they call their parents (presumably for more money to buy weed... uh... school books, man)

Dems Lagging in Fund Raising
I wonder why? Hmmm.... Can you think of any reason?

Nasty Gun In The Works
(sarcasm)..Weak. It only fires 240,000 rounds per minute.(/sarcasm)

 

UPDATE: 1:17pm CT - The Political Teen managed to get the terrifying video. (Don't watch this for a half hour after eatting.)

If you didn't already know about British Politican George Galloway's "cat" incident, read up here. Follow that link to see the video, and learn about who this guy is if you don't know already. That story was out barely a week, and now he's once again brought shame to his constituents.

This week MP Galloway apparently didn't think pretending to be a cat and drinking milk from an old acresses hands would do the trick.. so he dressed up in a tight red leotard and danced with a transvestite.

excerpt from This is London

The pair were amusingly instructed to express 'the emotions of bewilderment when a small puppy won't come to you' through the medium of robotic dance. This was part of a task set for housemates to illustrate emotions through dance.

Galloway was criticised by Labour opponents and commentators last week after pretending to be a cat in a task to get food for housemates. Labour Chief Whip Hilary Armstrong launched a petition calling on Galloway to represent his constituents, while another MP described him as 'a laughing stock'. There is also a website tracking how much his absence has cost his East London constituency.

Well, this buddy of Saddam Hussein is really a piece of work. The more I see of this guy, the less I think anyone should even respond to his attacks on President Bush and America.

If you don't think you can handle seeing Galloway in tights... I suggest you don't look below this text. And by the way, this is real, not a photoshop.

More:
Sister Toldjah sees devil in disguise, Parenthetical Remarks has some hilarious commentary, Bareknuckle Politics, Abracadabrah, Moonbat Monitor, Shenzhen Ren

 

I don't think I really need to add much to this. Just check out this post and video from Michelle Malkin. Here's the transcript if you need some incentive to click over there:

Yes, we have not been attacked here. Many people surmise that one of the reasons we haven't been attacked here is because they are being so successful at doing what they need to do to attack us in Iraq and elsewhere.

Wow John, why don't you just call U.S. soldiers the terrorists next time... Oh, you already did? Well, try your hardest to come up with something outrageous to say, but be sure to compare it with these lists to make sure it will stand out from the rest... Try to steer clear of comparing U.S. soldiers to Nazis and Republicans to slave owners, it's been done to death.

Video can also be found at The Political Teen.

Again not much more I can add to this... He's ridiculous, it's as simple as that. I can't wait to see him and Hillary battle for the nomination. Perhaps one will eventually be the other's running mate, creating a super duo known as The Flip Flop Plantation.

More:
Fire on the Mountain, Small Town Veteran, GOP and College, Pirates Cove

 

hat tip Drudge Report
In the next few weeks, South Dakota lawmakers will vote on a bill intended to make abortion illegal. I don't know anything about the state of politics in South Dakota so this may be just to cause a stir or get attention, but it looks like we'll know in just a matter of weeks.

In the next six weeks, South Dakota lawmakers will decide whether to make abortion a crime.

A bill that would ban abortion in the state will be introduced within the next two days.

The bill will be called the Woman's Health and Life Protection Act. It will ban abortion, but won't prosecute a doctor who performs one to save a woman's life.

Also, the writer uses the term "anti-abortion advocates", instead of "pro-life". Nothing new it happens all the time, but incase you didn't know the media always seem to manage to use "pro-choice" when talking about the other side, and virtually never "pro-abortion". I guess that term is less cuddly huh?

Sure you may find quotes of pro-lifers in articles where they say "pro-abortion" or a christian news publication using the phrase, but it's almost a guarantee that a mainstream publication will use "anti-abortion" any day of the week, but almost never use "pro-abortion". Likewise they'll almost never use "pro-life", but are all too happy to use "pro-choice" for the other side.

Quick Bias Study

Yahoo! News Search: "anti-abortion" 872 articles

Yahoo! News Search: "pro-abortion" 86 articles

Google News Search: "anti-abortion" 1720 articles

Google News Search: "pro-abortion" 438 articles
(Note: Just glancing at the first few pages of the Google/"pro-abortion" search, you'll see that these are mainly conservative groups, and dozens specifically to LifeNews.com. Many others are editorials and blogs and such. So don't be mislead by the Google number (still only about a quarter of the "anti-abortion" article number) which is substantially higher than Yahoo!, because Google's news search just operates differently.

So there are the numbers folks. I'm sure the libs will argue "well, that's not fair.. it's just what the stories are about..." But they know, and you know that's bologna. You can run this study every day if you'd like and reach the same conclusion. I'm sure people with more resources can do much more scientific search, but you're going to find the same thing no matter how you do it.

This is all as things are heating up over the likely confirmation of Judge Alito as the next Supreme Court Justice, and demonstrations from both sides of the aisle yesterday, marking the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

Keep your eye peeled for the clever terminology used when referring to different sides of the abortion issue.

Also, Michelle Malkin has the President's proclamation made yesterday, declaring January 22 as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. Read it now if you haven't done so already. It's the Dubya we elected, and I can only imagine the libs heads spinning like tops while they read it.

Stop The ACLU has a good wrap up on this and other abortion related news.

More:
Publius Rendezvous, Barking Moonbat Early Warning System, Michelle Malkin, Stop The ACLU, Verum Serum, Macsmind (graphic image, but great post), Holy Coast

UPDATE: 2/24/06 Michelle Malkin links us to this photo essay from Zombie, of a Walk for Life march and counter-demonstration (Walk for Death?). Obviously these people aren't the media (the topic of this post), but it's an interesting look at the pro-abortion crazies in action.

Reverse Vampyr is commenting on this too.

 

Light blogging this weekend, but I was thinking about, and thought I'd remind everyone of what the Democratic Party has become (as if you could forget). Keep in mind, this is only a partial list and while people like Mayor Nagin of New Orleans say ridiculous things too, this list is more about Washington folks who hold power on a national level. I won't include celebrities in this list either, I'm strictly talking powerful leaders in the Democratic Party. I also won't be including the media in this list, although one could argue the public opinion they create based on lies and spin is often more powerful than any politician.

By the way I'm undecided at this point if I'll use more than one Howard Dean quote in this (because it's so hard to pick just one), but you can always refer to RightWinged.com exclusive "The Dean's List", which can always be found on the left sidebar.

Anyway, on to the lesson in civil discourse and patriotism from today's American Democratic Party.

Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic Party (via New York Daily News.)

I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for...

Charlie Rangel, Congressional Democrat from New York (via New York Daily news)

The Iraq war "is the biggest fraud ever committed on the people of this country. ... This is just as bad as the 6 million Jews being killed," the 74-year-old Harlem Democrat insisted during a Monday radio appearance on the WWRL-AM morning show with Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter. "The whole world knew and they were quiet about it because it wasn't their ox being gored."

When interviewer Malzberg challenged Rangel's analogy, the congressman replied: "I am saying that people's silence when they know things terrible are happening is the same thing as the Holocaust."

Dick Durbin, Senate Democrat from Illinois talking about military treatment of detainees at Gitmo (via Fox News)
This is actually pulled from the article about his apology. An apology for anyone that was offended, not an apology for having said it, which he should have given.

"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings," Durbin said last week.

Hillary Clinton, Senate Democrat from New York (via Fox News) (video at ThePoliticalTeen.net)

The House "has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about," said Clinton, D-N.Y. "It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard."

"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence," she said. "I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."

John Kerry, Senate Democrat from Massachusetts (via CBS News) (video at ThePoliticalTeen.net)

....And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women...

Barack Obama, Senate Democrat from Illinois (via ThePoliticalTeen.net and Fox News)
Here he admits out how the Dems should and will play politics this year (as if we didn't already know).

"It is arguable that the best politics going into '06 would be a clear succinct message: `Let's bring our troops home.'... I think [that] would probably have some pretty strong resonance with the American people right now, but whether that's the best policy right now, I don't feel comfortable saying it is."

Jay Rockefeller, Senate Democrat from West Virginia (via Fox News) (video at ThePoliticalTeen.net)
Many have argued that this is Rockefeller admitting to treason. At the very least, it's unacceptable for him to go the terrorist state Syria, who's President is part of the same political party like Saddam Hussein and tip them off months before the war. Saddam to Rockefeller, by way of Bashar Assad: "Thanks for the headstart on moving my WMDs Jay!"

ROCKEFELLER: No. I mean, this question is asked a thousand times and I'll be happy to answer it a thousand times. I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq, that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.

John Murtha, Congressional Democrat from Pennsylvania (via USA Today)

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Most U.S. troops will leave Iraq within a year because the Army is "broken, worn out" and "living hand to mouth," Rep. John Murtha told a civic group.

Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, husband of Senator Hillary Clinton (via USA Today)
Still the prince of the Democratic Party, and will forever hold a lot of power, Clinton chooses to go overseas before Arab students to call the Iraq war a mistake. (ignores taking military action himself under the same intel, and that based on that intel in a post-9/11 world we could just launch a couple scary missiles and hope "containment" would work)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former President Clinton told Arab students Wednesday the United States made a "big mistake" when it invaded Iraq, stoking the partisan debate back home over the war.

Dennis Kucinich, Congressional Democrat from Ohio (via ThePoliticalTeen.net)

We did not authorize the bombing of civilians in Afghanistan ... Nor did we ask that the blood of innocent people, who perished on September 11, be avenged with the blood of innocent villagers in Afghanistan.

Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic Party (via WOAI) (audio at ThePoliticalTeen.net)

“idea that we’re going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong,”

I'm bored with gathering these at the moment... but if you have any (mainly stuff from within the last year) that you'd like to add, email me or leave them in a comment. I'll try to add them to this post as they come in.

 

I don't know that this is the proper method for achieving the stated goal here, but it shines light on the problem at the very least. I'm not sure what would be the best way to tackle this issue, but I think the general public needs to become more aware of what is going on in colleges across the country.... ppppsttt, it ain't just Ward Churchill or some other story you might hear about on O'Reilly. It's a culture of far left dogmatic behavior that permeates the campuses of virtually every major university in the country.

excerpt from Reuters via Yahoo! News.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A conservative alumni group dedicated to "exposing the most radical professors" at the University of California at Los Angeles is offering to pay students $100 to record classroom lectures of suspect faculty.

The Web site of the Bruin Alumni Association also includes a "Dirty Thirty" list of professors considered by the group to be the most extreme left-wing members of the UCLA faculty, as well as profiles on their political activities and writings.

Doing a quick search, I found a related story from a couple years back on CNSNews.com.

Students at the University of Texas started a Professor Watch List. This seems like a more legit way to expose these professors, but I wonder if it really does any good. The mainstream media doesn't want to hear about their buddies getting busted, so they won't talk about it, and the professors aren't going to change because there is no real pressure to when they are so in control anyway. Such a consolodation of power that we might hear Hillary say that our universities are run like "plantations", no? "And YOU know what I'm talkin' about!"

Do you want these folks as professors for sons and daughters?

 

First, my previous post contains an AP story, so they aren't always bad... But that was the exception rather than the rule. Their stories are often full liberal anti-Bush spin and even flat out lies. Being one of the few of the world's largest wire services, their liberal media bias has an unacceptable has a trickle down effect.

Anyway, I'm mostly joking that we should order them to leave the country like Ethiopia, but sometimes it seems like we might be better off... But Ethiopia has had enough...

via Reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has ordered a British journalist working for Associated Press to leave the country within 24 hours, accusing him of portraying it in a bad light, state television said on Saturday.

Although... I don't put Ethiopia on any pedestal, so they're probably the bad guys in this specific instance... But again, this post is mainly just a joke for righties who know what an obstacle the AP often is, when trying to get to the truth of a story, but I felt the need to clarify this specific instance for any wild lib commenters who might want to drive by and say I'm supporting something I'm not.

Interestingly enough, this just happened to CNN in Iran a few days ago.

 

This is a cool little story from the AP via Yahoo! News. Apparently a lot of troops returning from Iraq have a pile of money waiting to be spent due to non-taxed combat pay and othe bonuses, and local businesses can barely keep up. This story is specifically about the town of Hinesville, GA, home to Fort Stewart. I would guess this would be happening around the country in towns that are home to military bases.

excerpt

HINESVILLE, Ga. - One short test drive and Army Spc. Todd Strange is gushing "Oh, sweet! I love it!"

He's been home from
Iraq a little over 30 hours and already he's trading in his little 2001 Dodge Neon for a muscle car — a 2006 Mustang GT, V-8 engine, price tag $26,320.

"I'm buying the car to show off, pretty much," admits Strange, 26, of St. Louis.

Business has been booming in this southeast Georgia town since just after Christmas when thousands of 3rd Infantry Division troops from neighboring Fort Stewart began returning from a yearlong tour in Iraq and finding their bank accounts flush with combat pay, tax breaks and bonuses.

These people obviously deserve a lot more than the bonuses and combat pay they receive for what they do, but it's good to hear that they're getting something, and having a good time with it.

 

hat tip The Political Teen for this nice find

Not that surprising, but still disturbing, 393 readers of the DailyBS (typo?) answered a poll (obviously not scientific) asking who they despised more, Bush or Bin Laden and guess what? 41% actually despise Bush more.

More:
Protein Wisdom, 4 The Little Guy

 

Okay, I'm not a cartoonist, but I do like sketching little toons out on occasion if there is something to inspire it. Not being an "artist" I generally do this on printer paper and with a regular, grocery store bought, black pen and then I later scan the piece of paper. Threw this little sketch together earlier... hope you enjoy.

Anyway, this is how I imagine Bin Laden after his obvious recent extreme makeover, causing him to offer a truce to the United States.

Bongs Not Bombs, Man

 

Why doesn't this hypocritical Kool Aid Guy stunt double just give it up? Ah well, anyone really surprised at this Drudge Exclusive: Teddy's Last Gasp On Alito:

DRUDGE Exclusive: Teddy's Last Gasp On Alito Fri Jan 20 2006 13:29:15 ET

THE DRUDGE REPORT has learned Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-MA) office is behind a last ditch effort to stop Judge Samuel A. AlitoÕs confirmation before next week's vote using a 2004 recusal request.

THE DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a complaint filed by H. Gerard Heimbecker of Upper Darby, PA accusing Alito of not properly listing the Heimbecker v. 555 Associates case in his Senate questionnaire.

Kennedy legal aide James Flug is behind the efforts to push this latest attack. The veteran aide has been criticized for Sen. Kennedy's misfires during the Alito hearing last week. Flug was reportedly behind the attacks Kennedy used against Alito related to the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) and Vanguard recusal case.

In the 2004 case, Heimbecker not only filed a request for Alito to recuse himself but also the entire Third Circuit as well.

One Capital Aide aware the situation challenged Heimbecker's credibility. "The individual who filed this complaint is clearly a serial litigant. It will be interesting to see how far the Democrats will push this and what the mainstream media will make of it."

Developing...

By the way, this comes on the heels of his other last ditch effort...

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin on that one. She has the rundown on that whole situation, including video, so check it out.

Others:
Conservative Outpost,

 

While I've only gotten a few of the unhinged breed of moonbats, I've seen them in action elsewhere. They come in mass and fill up blogs and forums with comments full of such hate and language you wouldn't otherwise know existed, it's almost hard to believe.

It seems no one is safe, and apparently the Washington Post had to shut down one of it's own blogs because this type of behavior took over.

AP via Breitbar reporting:

In her Sunday column, ombudsman Deborah Howell wrote that Abramoff "had made substantial campaign contributions to both major parties," prompting a wave of nasty reader postings on post.blog.

There were so many personal attacks that the newspaper's staff could not "keep the board clean, there was some pretty filthy stuff," and so the Post shut down comments on the blog, or Web log, said Jim Brady, executive editor of washingtonpost.com.

UPDATE: Kokonut Pundits has some great coverage of this whole situation, including links to those "lost" posts.... if you can stomach it... But he goes a lot further. Nice work.

More:
Kokonut Pundits, The Political Pit Bull, Fly At Night

 

***UPDATE 2:17CT*** The sites I said weren't working, are now, with the exception of LGF.
It seems like a weekly event that we are seeing these sorts of things from these far left groups, and Code Pink decided it was their turn. Publius Pundit, who seems to have spearheaded this, sent me this link on the situation, but for some reason their site is down. Wanting to learn more I did a technorati search and came to the Swanky Conservative, who's permalink seems to be down too, just that link though, their index is fine. Odd thing is they were linking to Little Green Footballs as the other one out in front on this, and they were down when I tried to follow the link, and are still as I type this. Does code pink have some hackers out there attacking those who busted them? Wouldn't it be easier to take down their photo fakery instead?

Anyway, here's what happened... The insanely left anti-war, anti-American, anti-sanity Code Pink has taken a photo of Iranian women protesting the Islamic regime before Iran's presidential elections last year, and photoshopped it to use for their own anti-Iraq war purposes... What do Iranian women protesting an Islamic regime have to do with Iraq, you ask? Good question. Since none of the "busters'" sites were working, below are the before and after I obtained from Michelle Malkin.
Before (real):

So again, who does this group think they are using unrelated people for their own political gain, to further their unrelated agenda? Again this is just one of many, but a particularly disgusting example of one of these fringe groups pulling this crap.

Remember Moron.org (typo?) getting busted using British troops in an ad about bringing American troops home. Later trying to cover it after getting busted, they went as far as to try to (poorly) photoshop the still image on their site, to add pants to someone wearing shorts. The ad was pulled, but I just noticed that it's still available from the web site today! (although the photoshopped still isn't). Don't you love how they show the image of the Brits right when they say "...a hundred and fifty thousand American women are stuck in Iraq... Anyway, if you didn't catch that story, those links have all the pics and such, to fill you in.

Anyway, back to Code Pinks offense... It's unacceptable, period. But I don't understand why they messed with the woman's mouth? It looks like the same eyes, etc. to me.. but they made her mouth really weird. I'm no photoshopping pro, and don't have any great software or anything, but it looks like they created some weird mouth simply using Windows paint or something. Anyway, the girl from the original is actually not bad looking, but I don't know what they were attempting to do to her... other than misrepresent who she and the crowd with her are.

More:
Michelle Malkin, Macsmind, Freedom Folks, GOP & College, Capital Region People,

 

I still fear the pushback we've been seeing from the administration over the past few months, has come a little too late... but it can't hurt. I just wished they had been doing it all along, and not tried to be the bigger people by ignoring the most insane and unprecedented attacks we've been hearing from the left for a number of years now.

Anyway, I like how the President has been handling the NSA situation, except I think he could come out harder personally going after Dems who've made ridiculous attacks on him over the policy. But this today from the AP via Yahoo! News, is great:

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is opening a campaign to push back against criticism of its domestic spying program, ahead of congressional hearings into whether President Bush has the legal authority to eavesdrop on Americans.

President Bush will visit the ultra-secret National Security Agency on Wednesday, underscoring his claim that he has the constitutional authority to let intelligence officials listen in on international phone calls of Americans with suspected ties to terrorists.

What a slap in the face to these libs and their media who thought they were really going somewhere on their most recent of contrived "scandals".

Anyway, it would seem that all Bush has for these crybabies is a box of tissues and a promise that we'll keep listening in on communications with suspected terrorists.

Another interesting side point to this is that despite the steady drumbeat of the phrase "domestic spying" from the media and the left, it's not accurate. For the millionth time libs, these are communications between suspected terrorists abroad, and people in the U.S., not conversations between you and your grandmother. Cheney did a great job of explaining it at the Manhattan institute the other day, and Michelle Malkin has a partial transcription in her post on the matter. I specifically liked:

Let me emphasize that, because you frequently hear this called a "domestic surveillance program." It is not. We are talking about international communications, one end of which we have reason to believe is related to al Qaeda or to terrorist networks affilated with al Qaeda. It's hard to think of any category of information that could be more important to the safety of the United States than international communications, one end of which we have reason to believe is related to al Qaeda...this program is critical to the national security of the United States.

Exactly.

It should be noted that they continue the "domestic" language in this article, as well as the URL which is:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_domestic_spying_2
And I doubt they'll stop anytime soon.

More:
The Political Pit Bull, Small Town Veteran

 

Just a couple weird stories of whales turning up in odd places this week.

First we have a mother and baby briefly visiting Corpus Christi, TX:
via Reuters:

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) - Researchers were surprised this week by the sudden appearance -- and quick disappearance -- of two rare Northern right whales in the busy industrial port of Corpus Christi Bay.

"It's a most extraordinary event," said oceanographer Tony Amos of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas.

"They're almost unknown in the Gulf of Mexico. Why they would come into the bay, I don't really know."

Amos said a 50-foot (15-meter), 60-ton adult female and her 15-foot (5-meter) baby calf apparently became lost and popped up on Monday in the bay, which is protected from the Gulf of Mexico by a narrow barrier island.

Then today a whale gave the people of London a show... The BBC has video.
Via BBC:

A whale has made its way up the River Thames to central London, where it is being watched by riverside crowds.

The northern bottle-nosed whale, which is 16-18ft long and is usually found in deep sea waters, has passed Parliament and is moving upstream.

 

ABC News is reporting that we may get a second terror tape release, this one by al-Zawahiri.:

Jan. 20, 2006 — Security is being stepped up across the country today after the release of a new audiotape in which Osama bin Laden threatens to attack the U.S. homeland — though the government is not elevating the national alert level.

The new security measures are being taken as ABC News learns that al Qaeda Web sites have posted messages saying yet another tape is about to be released — this one from al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who apparently escaped a missile attack that targeted him in Pakistan a week ago. The Web sites say he will mourn his colleagues who were killed in that attack.

And incase you didn't catch Scott McClellan's reaction to the UBL tape yesterday:

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said it was a sign of weakness.

"We do not negotiate with terrorists," McClellan said. "We put them out of business."

That's a classic line. I'd like to hear more statements like this from the White House.

 

The Political Teen has video of CNN's always crazy Jack Cafferty insinuating that the new Bin Laden tape might be some sort of administration pr plot. Basically the moonbat theory is that if the President is in serious trouble they release a Bin Laden tape because that will generate a quick boost in needed support.

JACK CAFFERTY: The last time we got a tape from Osama bin Laden was right before the 2004 presidential election. Now here we are four days away from hearings starting in Washington into the wire tapping of America’s telephones without bothering to get a court order or a warrant, and up pops another tape from Osama bin Laden. Coincidence? Who knows.

People like Cafferty have been saying things like this for a while, particularly when a Bin Laden tape came out shortly before the 2004 election. Most notably would be Walter Cronkite on Larry King Live on October 29, 2004:

...I'm a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, he probably set up bin Laden to this thing.

Michelle Malkin instructs the class to get out their tin-foil hats...
Uh, too late Michelle. Looks like the fellas didn't waste any time...

Cafferty: What's her point?
Cronkite: Don't worry about it sonny, we know we're right... Besides, how cool do we look in these? Anyway, we all know Bin Laden is the good guy here. Dan Rather and I ran in to him a few months back, as you can see in our vacation photos, and he was just a delight.

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hat tip: Michelle Malkin, who hat tips Little Green Footballs for this find... (read the caption)

Yup, you read it right. The AP is calling the world's most notorious terrorist an "exiled Saudi dissident". A couple quick Google and Yahoo! searches revealed that the "exiled Saudi dissident" caption has been a staple in many AP articles for a number of years. Of course when it was used in the late 90s, the AP and other media using the term might be able to play the ignorance card. Heck, they were lucky to have heard of Bin Laden at all, considering Clinton was doing everything in his power to turn down offers to take Bin Laden in to custody.

Anyway, a lot of bloggers are talking about the new video, and many even about this "dissident" thing, but are unaware that this isn't just a one time thing. As I said, I did just a little Googling and Yahooing and found a number of examples bost pre and post 9/11. We shouldn't really cut them that much slack for doing it in the late 90s because they knew (or should have) who this guy was... but it's the more recent examples that are the annoying ones. I'll give you handful of both though.

For the record, Dictionary.com defines "dissident" as:

Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief.

Pre-9/11
MSNBC - August 24, 1998
CBS News - June 25, 2001

Post-9/11
CNN - September 19, 2001
WorldNetDaily.com - September 19, 2001
AP via The Sierra Times - September 24, 2001
CBS News - September 30, 2001
USA Today - September 30, 2001
Chicago Tribune - October 1, 2001
AP via Fox News - October 5, 2001
AP via CBS News - October 11, 2001

AP via CBS News - June 19, 2002
AP via SFGate.com - June 19, 2002

It was weird searching for these. Pre-9/11 there were a lot from 1998 and 1999, but as I said, those aren't quite as annoying as the post 9/11 examples. The abundance of what I was finding was from September and October of 2001, and as you see a couple from 2002. This was just basic Yahoo! and Google searching, so I'm sure I missed dozens (if not hundreds) of other examples out there.

If anyone else out there found other examples I didn't include, email me at randy at rightwinged dot com. I know they're out there, but don't have the time to look for them at the moment, so please send 'em over if you found any.

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First off, if you've just woken up, or otherwise hadn't heard.... Bin Laden released an audio tape today. The Political Teen has the video (actually video from CNN, but it is just an audio tape.)

Here's a quick summary... Bin Laden claims that the lack of attacks on U.S. soil aren't the result of security measures, but the fact that attacks are in the planning stages, but that they are coming. Weird thing is, he also offers a truce, which I believe is nothing more than a desperate appeal to the Arab and Muslim world (playing the "peace" seeker) for support because he's clearly not Mr. Popular these days. This wasn't the first time he's done this in more recent years.

I propose a long-term truce with the U.S. military.

Anyway, like his custom in his late 2004 tapes, he goes on to make the same comments that we hear out of the Democrats all day every day here. Fox News has the transcript. A sample:

Iraq has now become a point of attraction to all qualified people the mujahadeen.....

So you see how Bush was misleading people. The opinion polls are for the pull out and it's important that opinion polls say the people didn't want to fight the Muslims in their land and they didn't want the Muslims to fight them in their land.

While I personally have believed he may be dead, even for a couple years (been on the fence for a while), the CIA, as always, confirms that they think it is him. Anyway, I don't think we should view this as anything more than a response to the successful bombing of high level al Qaedas in Pakistan the other day.

Anyway, it's odd enough that Bin Laden is offering a truce... but couple that with the President of France (of all places!), Jacques Chirac, threatening terrorists with Nukes and I about fell out of my chair!

BREST, France (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack against it, reaffirming the need for its nuclear deterrent.

"The leaders of states who would use terrorist means against us, as well as those who would consider using in one way or another weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would lay themselves open to a firm and adapted response on our part," Chirac said during a visit to a nuclear submarine base in northwestern France.

"This response could be a conventional one. It could also be of a different kind."

So suddenly we have Chirac putting down the white flag in favor of nuclear arms, and Bin Laden getting ready to attend a peace rally? This is too much to digest right now...

Blog roundup:
Michelle Malkin, Michelle Malkin again, The Political Teen, Little Green Footballs, Junkyard Blog, The Jawa Report, Captain's Quarters, MacsMind, Iowa Voice, Public Figures.... Beware, Flap's Blog, Texas Fred, Rightwing Nuthouse, The New Editor, Murdoc Online, American Pie Revisted, The Strata-Sphere, The Political Pitbull, Sensible Mom, Stop the ACLU, The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill, Rovian Conspiracy, Suitably Flip, Conservative Outpost, Law Hawk, Politechnical, Super Fun Power Hour, Publius Rendezvous, Conservative Revolution, Protein Wisdom, Low Earth Orbit, Uncooperative Blogger, Martin's Musings, Reverse Vampyr, Busblog, Rant Fever, Decision '08, In The Bullpen, Outside the Beltway, The Counterterrorism Blog 1, The Counterterrorism Blog 2, The Counterterrorism Blog 3, The Counterterrorism Blog 4, Wizbang

 

I credit Fox News in the title because this is where I heard it, and they are still talking about it as we speak... However the source is Reuters, and I found a link here. Just giving credit where it's due.

On to the story... It seems there is a "new" tape out from Bin Laden. I say "new" with quotes, because I don't know the details yet, so we don't know that it's recent, and we really don't know if he's alive... I've always felt it's possible that he's been dead for quite soe time. Either way, they're saying he promises new attacks in the U.S. The United States citizens are doing a sarcastic collective "shaking in our boots." Okay buddy, release your questionably legit tapes from your cave once or twice a year... pretty scary bud.

More (but not much)

UPDATE 9:17: Via AP
Jan 19, 10:13 AM EST

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Al-Jazeera has broadcast an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States (CORRECTS it to audiotape, sted videotape).

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Jazeera has broadcast an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States (CORRECTS it to audiotape, sted videotape).

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UPDATE 9:22: Fox News now has a link up, but nothing new. Hopefully these pages I've will update as news becomes available, and translations of the tape are confirmed. Fox News is also reporting that Bin Laden may offer a truce on the tapes... that would be weird though, because all the other reports are that he said they're preparing to attack us... but at the same time one of his supposed tapes in 2004 was trying to come from the "fredom fighter" angle, basically saying that Al Qaeda attacks were only the result of continued U.S. agression and presence in the region. If that was him at that time, it was a change of tone obviously used as a desperate attempt to gain support as they continue to lose it.

UPDATE: 9:26 FROM THEMURCHANNEL.COM

Al-Jazeera Airs Purported New Bin Laden Tape

POSTED: 10:08 am EST January 19, 2006
UPDATED: 10:26 am EST January 19, 2006

CAIRO, Egypt -- Al-Jazeera aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.

The voice on the tape said heightened security measures in the United States are not the reason there have been no attacks there since the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackings.

Instead, the reason is "because there are operations that need preparations, and you will see them," he said.

"Based on what I have said, it is better not to fight the Muslims on their land," he said. "We do not mind offering you a truce that is fair and long-term. ... So we can build Iraq and Afghanistan ... there is no shame in this solution because it prevents wasting of billions of dollars ... to merchants of war."

The speaker did not give conditions for a truce in the excerpts aired by the Arab broadcaster.

Refresh this page later for updates.

Same Here

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Just a quick post on something I found kind of funny.

I will often check out Yahoo! News, because they run a lot of the AP and Reuters wire stuff, and I can sometimes catch the less obvious examples of liberal bias before the wire services change and correct things. Well, no luck on that front so far today, but I did find this AP article, talking about how the President's State of the Union speech will focus heavily on health care costs.

Okay, interesting news, right? Yeha, I think so. Particularly as a self employed individual, who currently doesn't have health insurance, I'll be interested to see if this amounts to anything. To be clear, despite lacking insurance becuase of the cost, I don't believe that "rich" people should pay more taxes so that the large majority of us who make and pay in much less can get free health care.

Anyway, I don't see what the story has to do with Laura Bush watching Nigerian dancers on her recent swing through West Africa.

Again, I'm not seing bias in this particular instance.... It's just weird. I've got to assume it's some sort of automated thing that makes images show up next to the article, but they're usually relevant. So perhaps this isn't human error, but some sort of artificial intelligence malfunction? Either way, it just struck me as funny to read the bold headline with that out of place photo below it, particularly because Mrs. Bush isn't mentioned in the article at all.

Back on the healthcare issue for a moment, I haven't had the chance to really look in to this yet, but my aunt mentioned it to me the other day, and thought I'd let the Christians out there take a look (sorry, non-Christians need not apply). Medi-Share.

 

hat tip: Michelle Malkin

You might remember that the blogosphere ripped apart the NY Times a few days ago, for clearly staging a photo for maximum heartstring pulling impact, or at the very least, stupidly running with a photo with a false caption because it suited their agenda. Either way, it was unacceptable. At least they apologized, but at some point they should just start getting it right instead of having to apologize....

Fast forward to today >> We are still not sure if we got Al Qaeda number 2 al-Zawahiri, but it's being reported that we did make an Al Qaeda Kebab... or is it Khabab? As in Abu Khabab al-Masri, also known as Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar.
Fox News:

The U.S. Justice Department names Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, as an explosives expert and poisons trainer who operated a terrorist training camp at Derunta, near the eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

In addition, it's looking like we got two other high level Qaeda targets, including one Abu Ubaida, who may or may not be a close relative, even a son-in-law, of Al-Zawahiri.

So to be clear, the NY Times and the Kos kids and the rest all wanted us to believe that we just sloppily killed some innocent families, but as he facts come in, it seems more and more like we went after and got the bad guys, and the verdit is still out on Zawahiri in particular.

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Well, Clinton Machine obviously in damage control mode, has clearly given Barack Obama his marching orders. The black Democratic Senator from Illinois has come out, in a very weak attempt, to defend Hillary's comments
From AP via Fox News:

The senator told CNN's "American Morning" he believed that Clinton was merely expressing concern that special interests play such a large role in writing legislation that "the ordinary voter and even members of Congress who aren't in the majority party don't have much input."

"There's been a consolidation of power by the Republican Congress and this White House in which, if you are the ordinary voter, you don't have access," Obama said. "... That should be a source of concern for all of us."

If a "consolidation of power" was what she meant Barack, why didn't she simply say that? What she did do was choose to go to an Al Sharpton event in a Harlem church and insult the slaves by comparing their unimaginable hardships with whiny Democrats who can't win enough elections to regain power in the Congress. No spinning that libs, that's what she did.

As I've begged you libs in previous posts... please try to spin this, I'd love to hear it:

From my post: Hillary Tubman Clinton, Not Fearing "House Whip", Stands Behind Congress "Plantation" Remark.

How can you compare the beatings, hangings, murders, rapes, and lifetimes of forced work of slaves, to whiney Dems in Congress not getting their way. How can the "black leaders" of America let her get away with equating a bunch of rich and snobby politicians with a group of people who spent their lives being beaten, killed, and forced to work for no pay!? Seriously, because that is the comparison she made!

Go on libs, open comments for you to spin this one. I'd love to hear how a comparison with the glorified debating society that is Congress isn't a slap in the face to the victims of slavery. And before you try to go this angle, the House Majority Whip, isn't an actual "whip". I've never turned on C-SPAN and seen Tom Delay or Roy Blunt whipping a shackled John Murtha.

From my post: Hillary Clinton Tubman Lets Loose on Congressional Plantation. 'Wade in the Water' Hill.

First of all, when did slaves on a plantation try to pass legislation in Congress? I don't think slaves were worried about making arguments, being heard, or passing legislation in Congress... They were a little more concerned with freedom from being beaten to death, hung, and forced to work for no pay for their entire lives. Hillary thinks that Democrats in Congress are worthy of comparison to what the slaves endured!?!?!?

Seriously, I know Hillary won't do it, so by all means will the Clinton minions come try to explain how whiney out of power Dems, who still think they deserve to get their way compares with the generations of forced labor, beatings, hangins, murders and rapes of slaves!? Take a crack at it folks, because that's what Hillary said. She could have simply said "consolodation of power", but she chose to make the comparison I just laid out.

More:
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Laura Bush Slams Clinton "Plantation" Comments, Comments on Nagin
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Hillary Tubman Clinton, Not Fearing "House Whip", Stands Behind Congress "Plantation" Remark.
Hillary Clinton Tubman Lets Loose on Congressional Plantation. 'Wade in the Water' Hill.

 

(hat tip Drudge)

This is awesome. When looking for someone outside of the blogosphere to condemn the ridiculous comments of Mayor "God's Chocolate Milk" Nagin and Hillary Tubman Clinton, I doubt many imagined we'd hear from Laura Bush. But here she goes:
AP via Breitbart:

"It think it's ridiculous _ it's a ridiculous comment," Mrs. Bush told reporters when asked about the remark during a return flight to Washington following her four-day swing through West Africa.

She spoke a little more lightheartedly and jokingly when asked about Nagin's "God wants.." comments:

Asked about the comment, Mrs. Bush joked that she didn't really think she could speak for God. Then she added that she believes Nagin wants New Orleans to be rebuilt.

Of course, Laura is a respectful and restrained woman who we haven't and shouldn't expect to see come out really takin' the gloves off and laying a verbal smack down on these clowns... But if these comments from Mrs. Bush, particularly about Hillary, were to become a trend that would be awesome!

By the way, Laura Bush made these comments on her flight returning from her 4 day trip through West Africa. Look at her here Hillary, she must have been recruiting slave scouts for the GOP "masters" at the Congressional Plantation, right? Of course that goes beyond what Hillary actually said.. but is it any more ridiculous?

Anyway, please comment on the moonbats more often Mrs. Bush. It's about time someone did.

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Really... that's it? No one else thinks this is awesome?

 

The latest cartoon from the always hilarious Cox & Forkum seems to raise the same question I have been asking, and reveals my Hillary/Roots photoshop for the amateur hour job that it is.

The image seems to me to be conveying the same thing I asked in my previous posts:

From my post: Hillary Tubman Clinton, Not Fearing "House Whip", Stands Behind Congress "Plantation" Remark.

How can you compare the beatings, hangings, murders, rapes, and lifetimes of forced work of slaves, to whiney Dems in Congress not getting their way. How can the "black leaders" of America let her get away with equating a bunch of rich and snobby politicians with a group of people who spent their lives being beaten, killed, and forced to work for no pay!? Seriously, because that is the comparison she made!

Go on libs, open comments for you to spin this one. I'd love to hear how a comparison with the glorified debating society that is Congress isn't a slap in the face to the victims of slavery. And before you try to go this angle, the House Majority Whip, isn't an actual "whip". I've never turned on C-SPAN and seen Tom Delay or Roy Blunt whipping a shackled John Murtha.

From my post: Hillary Clinton Tubman Lets Loose on Congressional Plantation. 'Wade in the Water' Hill.

First of all, when did slaves on a plantation try to pass legislation in Congress? I don't think slaves were worried about making arguments, being heard, or passing legislation in Congress... They were a little more concerned with freedom from being beaten to death, hung, and forced to work for no pay for their entire lives. Hillary thinks that Democrats in Congress are worthy of comparison to what the slaves endured!?!?!?

 

Note: This post was written January 18, 2006. The included photoshop's meaning is being twisted by liberals in August 2006 to be something that it's not. What a shock, dishonesty from liberals! At any rate, here's my reply.

Hillary isn't backing down. The Senator from NY said yesterday that she has made the "Plantation" remark in the past, and stands behind her reasoning for it. As always The Political Teen has the video for you, in addition to providing this transcript:

HILLARY CLINTON: I’ve said that before and I believe that it is an accurate description of the kind of top-down way that the House of Representatives is run, which denies meaningful debate, which has engaged in all kind of shenanigans — keeping votes open, refusing to allow people to have the opportunity to present alternatives and I think some very bad decisions are being made for America.

Well, you're partially right Hill... You did say that one other time, on CNN (hat tip Drudge):

CLINTON: Well, I mean, what can I say? It's just so typical. I mean they're running the House of Representatives like a fiefdom with Tom DeLay as, you know, in charge of the plantation.

So yes you've said it before, and would seem to mean it, which leads us to only one possible conclusion. You're an idiot. Like I said in my last post on this: How can you compare the beatings, hangings, murders, rapes, and lifetimes of forced work of slaves, to whiney Dems in Congress not getting their way. How can the "black leaders" of America let her get away with equating a bunch of rich and snobby politicians with a group of people who spent their lives being beaten, killed, and forced to work for no pay!? Seriously, because that is the comparison she made!

Go on libs, open comments for you to spin this one. I'd love to hear how a comparison with the glorified debating society that is Congress isn't a slap in the face to the victims of slavery. And before you try to go this angle, the House Majority Whip, isn't an actual "whip". I've never turned on C-SPAN and seen Tom Delay or Roy Blunt whipping a shackled John Murtha.

Don't have time at the moment to create a new Hillary/Slavery themed photoshop, and I don't know if I could top my first one... so here it is again:

 

I just wanted to thank Michelle Malkin, who has been and remains one of the best bloggers on the internet. She's one of those pages you immediately check when you first wake up, to see what you might have missed.

Anyway, she mentioned my first Nagin/Chocolate photoshop in her post: Fun And Games With Chocolate and it has given me some pretty good traffic, considering RightWinged.com isn't even two weeks old yet.

By the way, if you haven't already seen the new post, with the update on Nagin's comments, and a couple new photoshops, check it out here.

Anyway, I'd also like to thank Ian at The Political Teen, for regularly linking to me. His video blogging is the best, and always a great resource for catching what you might have missed on the tube.

Thanks to Michelle and Ian, and all the rest who have linked to us. I appreciate the jump start on this newborn blog.

 

First of all, thanks to The Political Teen for using my photoshop and linking to me, in addition to a couple others I've seen out there. The image is from my original post on the Nagin "Chocolate" city comments. Read up about the situation there.

First of all, as predicted, the misleadstream media largely gave him a pass on his "God" brought the hurricanes against New Orleans's black people, and that they'll rebuild the city a "chocolate" (read: black) city. Only a few reporters pursued it, compared to the week long "scandal" that was created over Pat Robertson's remarks that paled in comparison to the outrageous way Nagin invoked the will of God, plus Nagin through in a racial component.

Again I have to ask what would have happened if this were some white Republican mayor in a white city calling to rebuild it as a "Vanilla" city?

Now, assuming you're up to date... Let's see what Nagin has to say now. The Political Teen has the video, and you can also find it here via WSDU.com.

Basically the reporter asks for clarification on just the chocolate comments. And Nagin's response would be hilarious if the media hypocrisy surrounding this wasn't so serious. Nagin makes the worst attempt to spin, with no way to backtrack on those comments (transcript also via The Political Teen):

MAYOR RAY NAGIN: Do you know anything about chocolate?

REPORTER: I’m asking you.

NAGIN: I’m asking you.

NAGIN: Do you know anything chocolate? How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That’s the chocolate I’m talking about.

He rambles on a bit more trying to say that "chocolate" means "white and black" working together and "diversity", etc. I don't even think the most dishonest and/or stupid of liberals could possibly buy that. I wouldn't be shocked that some nutty lefties would defend his initial statements, but I don't think that anyone could say that "chocolate" is a statement of "diversity" and "white and black" working together.

He did apologize for the God comments today, but it wasn't like they were a slip or something that we should just let slide with a simple, "I'm sorry" from Nagin. They were a calculated series of comments in which he spoke of God's will, as it pertained to Katrina and black people.

Mayor "Buses" Nagin: ...That is why Nesquik will be the official sponsor of New Orleans.
President Bush: And they call me stupid?! Seriously, who is this guy?

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This is the first time on this blog that I've linked to this NASA "Astronomy Picture of the Day" site, but I may make a habit of it. I check it daily because it almost always has something really cool, and you'll probably find yourself doing the same.

Kind of an odd day to start doing this, because I don't know that today's entry is actually an "astronomy" picture... but it's still cool. Anyway, to look at all past dates, the archives reside here.

Astronomy Picture of the Day for Today - January 17, 2006 (click for larger image/APOD Page & Explanation)

Doesn't seem like many in the blogosphere are familiar with the page (or they don't find it as interesting as I do), but a few do:
Emergent Chaos, 葉子 (whatever that is?), What Does The Prayer Really Say

 

Note: This post was written January 17, 2006. The included photoshop's meaning is being twisted by liberals in August 2006 to be something that it's not. What a shock, dishonesty from liberals! At any rate, here's my reply.

What a nutcase. Apparently Hillary is now equating the troubles of house Democrats, with that of early American slaves!?

Hillary had been playing the moderate role for some time now, even being hawkish on the war, but over the past couple weeks she's been going back to her old liberal roots. However in this speech (video at The Political Teen), she went back to the roots of others.

Via Fox News:

The House "has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about," said Clinton, D-N.Y. "It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard."

"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence," she said. "I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."

First of all, when did slaves on a plantation try to pass legislation in Congress? I don't think slaves were worried about making arguments, being heard, or passing legislation in Congress... They were a little more concerned with freedom from being beaten to death, hung, and forced to work for no pay for their entire lives. Hillary thinks that Democrats in Congress are worthy of comparison to what the slaves endured!?!?!?

Now I recommend checking out the analysis around the blogosphere that delves deeper into which party is and has been better for black people and racial equality, particularly in recent years. I think with a little research, we all know the truth on that one. The real issue here is just how ridiculous these particular comments are, and what an uproar this would be if anyone on the right said anything even remotely close to this. It seems like the lefties have been in competition with eachother for insanity over the past few days and weeks.

By the way, can we safely say that we've found where Howard Dean has been hiding? It seems that he moved in to Hillary's body shortly before Christmas, and has just learned how to operate her vocal chords. Seriously, as off the wall as it might be even for Dean to say, isn't he the one you can picture saying it?

One should also note (watch entire video) that she goes on to rant that in order to rectify her unspecified complaints, we need to elect Democrats. She doesn't say "We have this great plan to do..." or "Get us in office so we can fix...", she just simply throws out that the solution to the country's problems is to elect Democrats. It reminded me of the many Kerry election speeches about how he had "a plan", but somehow never actually said what it was. Ah, the lesser known "I have a plan" speech.... never quite caught on like MLK Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech for some reason.

There are unconfirmed reports that Hillary has also said she will no longer use the DC Metro Rail in favor of the Underground Railroad before she broke in to song with her rendition of 'Wade on the Water'. Puzzled minions politely clapped.

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Trying to get away from the blog for a while, but I've got to direct everyone to this post by The Political Teen. As always, he's got the video... In this case of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin insisting that New Orleans should and will be "chocolate" (read: black.) Of course saying such a thing is okay, partly because he's a Democrat, and partly because he's any race but white.

Think for a moment if a white mayor of some predominently white city said that, only using the adjective vanilla or something.... especially if he were a Republican. You know it would go as far as demands that the White House distance itself and make a public statment condeming the comments, etc. And don't accuse me of blowing my hypothetical situation out of proportion, you know it happens everytime any Christian or Republican makes an politically incorrect comment.

Anyway, someone should tell Nagin that he'll have some competition from the reigning "chocolate city", Hershey, PA. I actually went on the lame little tour of the Hershey's Chocolate World on a drive through PA one time years ago.

Anyway, who wants to bet the media totally ignores this and doesn't excoriate him the way they might if the candy simile were on the other.... uh.... sweet tooth? Whatever, you know what I'm saying.

UPDATE: As I was typing this, I quickly jumped over to Drudge who had a link to this AP story.

Excerpt:

"Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country," Nagin, who is black, said as he and other city leaders marked Martin Luther King Day.

"Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves."
Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a "chocolate" city again. Many of the city's black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina.

"It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans _ the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans."

As I was saying... Does anyone expect the media to come down on him, or even question him at all about this? It wasn't but a couple weeks ago that Pat Robertson was being condemned by, what seemed like, everyone on the planet. The White House, right to left bloggers, elite media, Israelis.... Everyone.

Please explain to me why Nagin's comments aren't the same if not worse than what Robertson said. In fact, Robertson didn't say "surely" this was "God" the way Nagin is. He basically said cautioned any Israeli PM, based on scripture (or at least his view of it), not to divide God's land, but barely even went as far as suggesting the possibility that Sharon's illness was linked to him doing that. Watch the video for yourself of what Robertson said. Remember how Bush had to publically distance himself and how it made world headlines for about a week? The Washington Post called Roberston and Iranian President Ahmadinejad a "duo", etc. Let's see what the press says about Nagin.

And by the way, who is this joker to be commenting about Iraq and "false pretenses"? Perhaps he should have his nose in business where it belongs... Maybe trying to figure out why he didn't use his own evacuation plan to use school buses to get people out of the city when thousands were readily available. For anyone who hasn't seen the pictures, a quick search turned up this Free Republic thread that has a number of them... not sure about the "famous" one we've all seen though.

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Michelle Malkin, The Political Teen, Publius Rendezvous, flyairdave, ArtieFishill Thoughts, Cutting Edge of Ecstasy, Slobokan, E-Furball, Right Voices, 1L Blawg, Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Riehl World View, Narcissistic Views, Independent Conservative, Pundit Guy

 

Awesome! Thanks to someone who used the email address fu**you@foff.org (you can guess the missing letters) for being my first unhinged lefty commenter.

If you follow this link to his comment (which I left up, because his email address is only visible to me, and he didn't use the language in the post) you'll see he is linking to a post on the DailyKos that the lefties seem to think defends the NY Times, although I'm not sure how. What it boils down to is that they are defending the Times by, at best, saying they are stupid and/or lazy. I don't think that's an excuse when you're one of the most well known news organizations in the world.

Anyway, I've had a couple liberal commenters... but this is the first one who I believe to be of the unhinged variety. I just can't think of what anger/hatred must have been flowing through him to need to put that as his email address. He could have put "nobody@nothing.com" or something, which I've done myself when I wanted to make sure I put my email address in the wrong hands.

 

Feel free to send trackback pings to this open trackback linkfest. The only rule is that you must provide a link to this post, in the post you're tracking back to.

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Rice Doesn't Want to be President
I wish she didn't seem so firm on this.

Journey to The Center of the Earth
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Beetlemania Hits Canada?
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Putin Says He's With U.S. and EU on Iran
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Other Open Trackbacks:
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Linkfest Haven

 

hat tip Drudge Report

Ha! This is hilarious.... (via Reuters)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Monday banned CNN journalists from working there after the broadcaster misquoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Iran wanted nuclear weapons, the ISNA students news agency said.

CNN's simultaneous translation of Ahmadinejad's lengthy news conference on Saturday included the phrase "the use of nuclear weapons is Iran's right".

In fact, what the Iranian president said was that "Iran has the right to nuclear energy," the official IRNA news agency reported. CNN later clarified in an apology on Sunday night.

The always accurate CNN, right? Anyway, it's one thing to throw an X over Cheney's face during a speech (later firing an employee who defended it as free speech, and other anti-Bush things to a caller), but no one expected CNN to stab their own friends in the back, like they did with this misquote of the Iranian President. Hopefully they'll kiss and make up... after all, if we have a conflict with Iran any time in the near future, we'll need CNN to get back in the saddle as the enemy's mouth piece.

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Mark in Mexico, Lincoln Logs,

 

hat tip Michelle Malkin
I'm sure I don't need to rehash the far left liberalism of the New York Times, particularly what we've seen over the past few years (although I would like to gather together a comprehensive and ongoing list at some point), so I'll just get right to it...

I actually read about this on another blog the other day, but I was actually specifically looking for something else at the time and forgot all about it. I'm pretty sure I saw it at Hit & Run first, but either way they were certainly out earlier than the rest of us. Anyway, at least we're talking about it now.

Anyway, the long and the short of it is that this is a false caption, leading to the belief that this photo is all together a staged event meant for maximum heartstring pulling impact (i.e. "How could Bush bomb these poor people, look at how sad they are standing in their rubble next to that U.S. missile")

Pakistani men with the remains of a missile fired at a house in the Bajur tribal zone near the Afghan border.

This exceprt from a Thomas Lifson article on TheAmericanThinker.com (Great article, breaks it all down)

Ned Barnett is an expert on military technology, and frequently serves as a contributor to The History Channel on mil-tech issues. He has plenty of experience researching military ordnance. He told me:

“Based on my extensive experience in researching military technology, I can verify that this is a 152mm or 155mm artillery shell – unfired – and by the looks of it, fairly old. It also looks like it has a fuse in it, suggesting that the guys in the photo are either ditch-water dumb or have a death-wish.

Again, I'm no expert, so someone might be able to convince me that a Predator would drop one of these things... but I'm not the NY Times, and I probably still would have checked it anyway! This kind of reminds me of MoveOn.org not knowing the difference between British and U.S. troops in one of their commercials *cough*propaganda films*cough*. Then busted photoshoping stills on their web page trying to cover their tracks.

Like all the other daily examples of staged photos, headlines, and articles the Misleadstream Media won't touch this... These sort of things happen with such regularity, equaled only by the regularity at which the media ignores it, even when the bloggers bring it to their attention. I just wish enough people knew so we could demand media reform, because it's only going down hill folks.

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Well, if you didn't already know how nutty the socialist British politician was, you will in a moment. I'm sure this bio is all to fair, but give it a look anyway.

Anyway, this guy is in the realm of Belafonte, Sheehan, Farrakhan, etc. I wish I had the time right now to pull together a list of ridiculous things he has said in recent years. He was however on O'Reilly last year, and you can find the video by following this link to The Political Teen's post about it. Keep in mind, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and I think if you do your own research, you'll be more than a little put off by this guy.

Well, I don't know if this was like the time Cindy Sheehan got mad that news coverage turned focus to the hurricanes ("a little wind and a little rain") and away from her, but in what seems like a desperate cry for attention Galloway got down on the ground and pretended to be a kitten and drink milk from the hands of actress Rula Lenska on some British reality show called Celebrity Big Brother. She goes on to treat him like a cat by cleaning his whiskers and rubbing behind his ears.

I'd rather not attempt to describe it any further, just check out the video, also via The Political Teen. And consider what might happen if an American politican did something like this? Or any normal person for that matter?

My sister's cat Lucy was not pleased to say the least, and has demanded a public apology from Galloway.

Alternative Video Link

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Okay Cronkite we get it, you are an extreme leftist.... now please shut up.

Ancient moonbat Walter Cronkite, who right before the 2004 election put forth a theory on Larry King Live that a recently released Bin Laden tape was somehow "set up" by Karl Rove, is now putting his two cents in about U.S. troops leaving Iraq.

"It's my belief that we should get out now," Cronkite said in a meeting with reporters.

It's not enough to listen to Senators talk like they know about running this campaign, all to politicize it for their own benefit... but somehow it's now news when senile old men who've been retired news anchors for multiple decades are now making headlines with their statements on Iraq? Riiiiiiiight, because he's so qualified that this deserves coverage.

Thanks General Cronkite, but I think I'll get my military analysis elsewhere.... Maybe from commanders and troops on the ground, and other military experts. But we all really appreciate your insight though...

...I'm a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, he probably set up bin Laden to this thing.

Anyway, read the "new" story here

And enjoy the new CBS News format... apparently the anchors feel more at home in this setting.

Rather: ...and if a fro..... if a camel had side pockets he'd carry an RPG
Cronkite: Dan, your stupid one liners make even less sense after you've Al Qaedized 'em up.
Rather: Hey buddy, you don't tell me how to make an ass out of myself, and I won't tell you how to trim your eyebrows?

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The other day I received an email from a reader who said he was having trouble sending me a trackback ping and I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem. Please contact me or at least leave a comment on this post about it if you have. I would like to get to the bottom of this if it's a problem on my end, rather than with Typepad, which this reader was using.

UPDATE: Before I even posted this, I went in and checked one thing. It appears Movable Type's "junk trackback" feature was blocking some for a couple small reasons. I hadn't even looked in the junk folder until now, but if you had sent me a trackback, and wondered why it didn't show up... that was why. And you should be able to see them listed now, as I've "unjunked" them.

So basically.... there wasn't any reason to read this post.....so...... look at this picture of John Kerry being consoled after losing the 2004 election, by his one true love..... (admittedly sloppy and quickly thrown together from a while back)

 

... he was busy....

Usama: Okay Iman, stop crying.. I told you, you can have all the supremes... I don't like them anyway. Ever since I first put one on my head, I've been a Huggies Convertibles man. The ladies love 'em.
Iman: Fine... but I wasn't crying, I had something in my eye!
Usama: Whatever al-Zasissyboy, what's important is this surplus of Huggies we copped playa, ya feel me?
Iman: Fashizzle. Oh snap, you even got a jumbo package of the bodyshaped!? That's tight son!
Usama: Yeah, plan B is going exactly as planned. The Americans thought that drying up our money and resources would stop us, but they didn't anticipate that we'd hijack a shipment of their precious diapers... Not only will they be overwhelmed by wet babies, but we'll be a hit on the sand carpet with our new threads at next weeks premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 and a Half.
Iman: Word.

Other blogging on the attempted Zawahiri strike:
Michelle Malkin, Captain Ed, Marathon Pundit, Independent Sources (funny photoshop too), The Counterterrorism Blog, Ace of Spades HQ, Opinion Bug, The Jawa Report, Wizbang, Pajama's Media, Peakah, fullosseousflap, Small Town Veteran, Scared Monkeys, Stop the ACLU, Fitch Is Always Right, Bright and Early, Zardozz News & Satire, Gina Cobb, Irate Nation, Everything Between, 1492 Columbus

 

Earlier I was on a site and saw a link in a Google Adsense ad about Nashville blogs... Being in Nashville, I clicked it to see what it was about and it took me to NashvillesNews.net, where I was linked to Mark A. Rose's blog, and found a couple funny lists. It appears he's compiled these lists himself, but either way check them out:

You Might Be a Liberal If...
a few of my favorites:

You believe child pornography deserves constitutional protection, but the Ten Commandments don't.

You believe capitalism is inherently evil because it encourages survival-of-the-fittest, but eagerly accept Darwinian evolution, and its survival-of-the-fittest explanation for the origin of the species, as the natural order of things.

You believe that if an individual chain smokes and eats fast-food every day, then his poor health is the fault of Joe Camel and Ronald McDonald.

PIBS - Politically Incorrect Bumper Stickers
a few of my favorites:

If you can read this, your mother chose life.
It's my civil right to pay a flat tax.
Limbaugh/Ashcroft 2008

 

A lot of people were psyched over word yesterday, that the CIAmight have killed Al-Qaeda's number two in in an airstrike near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Sadly this wasn't the case, and the number two wasn't successfully flushed (Randy makes rimshot noise accompanied by air drums for his deliberately cheesy joke)

AP via Yahoo!

DAMADOLA, Pakistan - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was the target of a U.S. airstrike near the Afghan border but he was not at the site of the attack, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday. At least 17 people were killed.

But as we've known all along this isn't about one or two main guys. So the fact our military did kill 17 others ain't nothin' to sneeze at.

So let this serve as an update to all the great blogs who covered this before they went to bed, many of whom are still sleeping and haven't had the chance to update yet (though some are already on it). Needless to say, the blogosphere was (and is) buzzing on this one:
Michelle Malkin, Captain Ed, Marathon Pundit, Independent Sources (funny photoshop too), The Counterterrorism Blog, Ace of Spades HQ, Opinion Bug, The Jawa Report, Wizbang, Pajama's Media, Peakah, fullosseousflap, Small Town Veteran, Scared Monkeys, Stop the ACLU, Fitch Is Always Right, Bright and Early, Zardozz News & Satire, Gina Cobb, Irate Nation, Everything Between, 1492 Columbus

 

Don't expect this to make to many headlines after the Global Warminist community has spent so many years indoctrinating us... but their buddies the plants are turning on them.

According to three articles published in Nature, scientists are all "shocked" and "baffled" to find "right under their noses" the fact that plants are contributing a huge amount of methane, which they believe is causing "global warming." I put that in quotes purposely because I'm not convinced "global warming" is real, but have always maintained that there isn't evidence to prove that it's human caused even if it does exist. These new findings support my beliefs, along with many others who've been annoyed with the dogmatic "global warming" movement.

Plants appear to be contributing as much as 30% of the methane in the atmosphere. This is leaving all these people scratching their heads, and I believe placing global warmists on the defensive. I've always been annoyed by one thing about the whole "global warming" movement. For starters, it was only a few decades ago that they were screaming "global cooling", but beyond that I would like to know:
What caused the ice ages they believe happened in the past? If we didn't have smokestacks and hummers all those years ago, what do they say caused the drastic climate change that brought the numerous ice ages they believe occured, and then what caused the drastic climate change that brought ends to those ice ages?

There are a number of write ups on this if you can google, but here's an excerpt from a Reuters article, via Yahoo!:

But the study also poses questions, such as how such a potentially large source of methane could have been overlooked and how plants produced it.

"There will be a lively scramble among researchers for the answers to these and other questions," Lowe added.

Yeah, how could it have been overlooked? Maybe because of the "create theory, blame humans, get paid" mentality from this global warming cabal (which may or may not be related to the UN/NWO conspiracy many believe exists... I'm on the fence still.)

Anyway, like I said, I'd like an answer to the ice age questions I posed above before I get concerned about stopping "global warming", which every day seems less likely to be caused by man if it even exists.

More:
Creation - Evolution News has some interest comments
The Black Kettle wants to raze the Amazon
Daily Musings seems to fear the attack of the plants
Hilariously, The WV Rebel realizes that this one really is the fault of "bush". (I should have thought of that)
Chip Mathis sees no hope
Mike's Noise says "Plant a tree today, destroy the planet tomorrow"
TigerHawk is also annoyed by the global warming community

 

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A new Fox News-Opinion Dynamics poll completely contradicts an AP-Ipsos poll on the same topic. This is suspicious to say the least. You might recall an AP-Ipsos poll out just a couple days ago, that supposedly said that Americans didn't support the NSA monitoring electronic communications between people in the US and suspected terrorists overseas:

56 percent of respondents in an AP-Ipsos poll said the government should be required to first get a court warrant to eavesdrop on the overseas calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens when those communications are believed to be tied to terrorism.

Agreeing with the White House, some 42 percent of those surveyed do not believe the court approval is necessary.

You'll recall, I was immediately skeptical (read original post, and comments) of the results because they would have meant that Americans were "either idiots, misinformed, dishonest, or had their answers manipulated by a poll with shady questioning methods." I was leaning more towards tricky questions, and maybe some misinformation. Any honest person would have to admit that the media hasn't portrayed this situation honestly from the get go, and we already know the history of misleading poll taking from the MSM. I wanted to see the exact questions from that poll, but I never did.

Here's the difference with the Fox News poll... they provide a link to PDF document showing the exact poll questions and a detailed breakdown of all the results. They are totally transparent, and clearly nothing tricky done with the questions... here's the difference in the results though:
(poll question)

30. Do you think the president should or should not have the power to
authorize the National Security Agency to monitor electronic communications
of suspected terrorists without getting warrants, even if one end of the
communication is in the United States?

By 58 percent to 36 percent, Americans think the president should have the power to authorize the