These are some of the headlines over at Air America Radio (yes it is still running):
"Average American faces growing economic instability"
"Fear and Dispair Grips Baghdad"
"Al Qaeda gains ground in Pakistan"

Don't you love the optimism?

On the other hand:

New York Times:
"Militiamen loyal to firebrand Shiite began turning in heavy weapons today in Baghdad as the first step of a peace offer with the interim government and the american military."

WorldNetDaily:
"A declassified military report shows the progress that has been made on the political, economic, and societal fronts."
The report points out significant progress being made in the new government, utilities, schools, health care, and national security. Read the whole thing. It gave me warm fuzzies.

NRO:
"Is the United States winning its engagments on the ground? The answer is an overwhelming yes."

Also NRO:
"The brightest spot in the labor department's report is a 3.2 annual rate of increase for third quarter hours worked. This is the strongest quarterly rise in 7 years."

Isn't it interesting that the worse the democrats can paint things the better they think they can do in elections?

This morning on Fox and Friends a Kerry spokesman said that we need to stop giving jobs to people like Halliburton in the region of Iraq and give them to "the people who shoot us." .......lets pause a moment and think about that..........wouldn't that be the terrorists!!!!!!
Now we give the terrorists jobs???? Hmm..... maybe that would make them less of a nuisance.

Retired General Tommy Franks, former commander of forces in Iraq and Afghanistan speaking on John Kerry:
"If his voting record ruled the day, Saddam Hussein would not only be running Iraq but Kuwait." via Buffalo News

Can gays change? I don't know. But I do know that your sexuality should not dominate your life and define who you are.

Christopher Reeves dies at 52. I didn't agree with him on stem cell research, but I admired his tenacity and determination to overcome his disability. But lets not overlook his wife Dana. Her love and devotion is a shining example of what we promise in our wedding vows..."to love and to cherish...in sickness and in health.."


In case you missed it in my earlier post, I have something to say to you. Yeah, you reading my blog. Go here. Click the red button. Its true.

This to all the liberal and/or anti war voters. Let me get this straight. You are against this war and this candidate is determined to win and committed to win. You are for the rights of gays to marry and this candidate is against that. You think the Patriot Act is wrong and this candidate supports it. You feel the tax cuts were not necessary and hurt govt. spending and this candidate promises to keep them and enact more tax cuts.
Only problem?....This candidate is John Kerry.

But your going to vote for him. Why? Because you know he is just saying those things to get elected. You know he is lying. You know that he's on your side. Admit it.

John Kerry visited a Haitian Catholic Church and a Black Baptist Church this morning. Shame on both of them. Not because they let him come to their church. All churches should have open doors. They are there for the sinners after all. But Kerry should have been met with silent and respectful protestors at the Catholic Church. (he usually is) I don't want to get preachy here but anyone familiar with the Bible knows that Paul talked about those who are openly sinful and defiant of the Church. First you go to them and make them aware of their grave sin, let them know there is forgiveness and mercy always with God. Then if they show sorrow and ask for forgiveness they are welcomed back. Kerry shows no remorse for his defiance against Church teaching. He promotes abortion rights including such far left ideology as opposition to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban and parental notification for minors. He will give you all kinds of reasons, but we all know the reason is that he is beholden to the abortion rights lobby. You can be pro-choice if you wish, of course, but don't pretend to be some kind of believing Catholic. Believing in the sanctity of human life is at the heart of our teaching. The Church makes clear that if you promote this grave sin then you are not in a state of grace. Now you can disagree with the Church, that is your right, but don't pretend that you are in communion with it when you clearly are not.
The Black Church spectacle was just as shameful to me. I will soon do a blog on my utter bewilderment at the black community's continued support of democrats. But imagine if Bush was in a white protestant church in such a open display of political bias? The media would have a field day. But they don't care with Kerry. Why? Because they know its all for show and there isn't a drop of sincerity in it.

At the Baptist service Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton spoke. Al warning everyone that "everything we have fought for, gone to jail for some died for could be reversed if the wrong people are put on the supreme court."
Really??? Which candidate is wanting to reverse the Civil Rights Act?? Sorry, your blowing smoke Al, and in church, that could reveal who you really work for.
Which candidate has shown how much he respects the black community by appointing blacks to MAJOR appointments? National Security Advisor being quite an important one considering we are at war. Sec. of Education being another. Sometimes people practice what they preach and other times.....they just preach.


I had to edit out the story I copied from Cao's blog. My friends said it was too long to blog. But I encourage you to go there and read it. It's great.

And you thought violence in video games might be a bit much.

Do you know HOW Saddam talked the U.N. into the Food for Oil program? It seems he started complaining loudly that sanctions were starving the children of his land! "Do something!" He demanded. (macabre and ironic are the mass graves of children killed by his chemical weapons we discovered after Saddam's fall ) ANYWAY, Saddam showed footage of mass funerals and tiny coffins. Coffins filled with dead babies that his regime collected from morgues until they had enough for the creepy fake funerals. This brought enough sympathy for the Food for Oil program that got Saddam and previously mentioned heads of state and U.N. bigwigs rich. Show dead babies, get rich. What a guy! And just think, if Kerry had been president he would still be in power.
via NRO

ABC news political director, Mark Helprin is getting all kinds of grief for his memo before the debate saying that Gibson should go harder on Bush because it seems Mr. Helprin doesn't think they should "hold both sides equally accountable when the facts don't warrant that."
What facts are those Mr. Helprin? Your moonbat colored glasses view of things? Give me a freaking break. Does he not even see his own loss of objectivity? But the most telling part of the memo was this (emphasis mine)....."But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right."
See? Mr. Helprin knows that voters are unable to evaluate on their own, so they need him and ABC news to help us all understand. Heck, Mr. Helprin probably doesn't even think we can spell evaluate, much less do it.
Where, oh where would we be without Yodas like Mark Helprin to tell us how to think. via Drudge


Hey you! Yeah, you reading this blog...I have something I want to say to you. Go here. Click on red button. Its true. I promise.

stolen from Grouchy Old Cripple again.

Vets, Valor, and Vindicate.

Like I said before I can't be objective in the debates. Bush rocked imo, but a good analysis (even international headlines!) is here.


If you really want to understand the outrage by some Veterans at the thought of a Kerry presidency then you need to read Stolen Valor by B.G. Burkett. (not to be confused with the nutso Rather/memogate Burkett)

In a related story Sinclair Broadcast Group will be airing a film, "Stolen Honor. Wounds that never heal," a few days before the election nationwide that attacks Kerry's activism during the Vietnam war. It is funded by Pennsylvania veterans.
David Wade, a spokesman for the Kerry campaign said "Its not the american way for powerful corporations to strong-arm local broadcasters to air lies promoting a political agenda." Wonder if he has a problem with this.

Both book and film outline for us the horrible distortion that Kerry and others painted of Vietnam Veterans. Look no further than Dan Rather for an example of aiding and abetting these distortions. (funny how his name keeps coming up) In Rather's 1988 CBS documentary (well, that's what they called it) "The Wall Within," Veterans were portrayed as homeless drunks or druggies with accounts of murder and atrocities witnessed by 6 'Vietnam Veterans.' Burkett found in his research that only one of them had actually served in combat.
Bottom line here...CBS and Rather are propaganda outlets for the extreme left and they make me sick. There is no way to measure the damage Kerry and Rather did to a generation of men who bravely served and fought. Vietnam was obviously an example of politicians fighting a war instead of soldiers. But that does not diminish the sacrifice and courage of the men who fought there.
Burkett also found that the myth of the drug addled Vietnam Vet was completely untrue. Studies have shown that Vietnam Veterans have been just as successful in life and business as past Veterans (which is very successful). And considering what stereotypes they had to overcome because of despicable characters like Kerry and Rather, that is saying something.

God, I love our soldiers.



Guess you heard about the ABC memo? Who says the media isn't bias?

Funny T-shirt of the day:
"Jesus is Coming......Look Busy."

Officials in Missouri are reprinting absentee ballots for the Nov. 2nd election after almost 500 were sent out with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney left off.
How does that happen?

In Michigan Michael Moore offered free underwear and food to students in exchange for their vote. I suppose Moore has abundant of both, but do students really want underwear the size of a car? Plus, he never said it would be new. (ewwww.. I know...gross)

Iraqi Intelligence memos show Saddam was told as early as 2002 that France, having been granted oil contracts, would veto any American plans for war. via Frontpage mag.
Since France is up to it's surrendering monkeys ass in the food for oil scandal, we are not surprised that they would make such an offer. But now we know that Saddam really was insane to believe for a second France could veto anything America wanted to do.

So now we know that Saddam didn't have the WMD that intelligence said that he did. We also know that he intended to re activate the weapons program as soon as he could. Still a solid reason for taking him down and I am VERY glad we did. But is it fair to blame Bush ( and congress ) for trusting the intelligence community? What would you have done? Quoting from Andrew Sullivan back then, I think this is where most of us would be:
"So the question becomes: Who gets the benefit of the doubt? A dictator who has used such weapons and declared the United States as an enemy or a democratic country that has already experience a terrorist catastrophe?"

'nuff said.

Whats next? Frogs, flies, and Pestilence?

Even the lefties have to love this.

This last thought on Edwards at the debate from The American Spectator.
"he was telling bizarre stories about his undereducated father "learning math on television." Then he added patronizingly "I was proud of him." Edwards subtext: My father was a loser. I am a winner who rose from a family of losers through hard work. Vote for me."
The article goes on to say "There is no bottom to the superficiality and stupidity of American politics under the influence of Democratic demagoguery."

That got me to thinking about all the liberals I have known. Most of them did come from humble backgrounds and are better educated than their parents. They feel a sense of "knowing" more. To me the subtext wasn't that his father was a loser, but that Edwards by contrast knows so much more. Edwards feels he's the kind that can "help" people like his father now. People who bettered themselves and worked hard. Maybe his father didn't have a degree or make millions as a trial lawyer, but he did work his way up to own a mill himself. But the "annointed" like Edwards will always know better how to save our money, how to spend our money, and regulate our business.

I have a feeling I would like his dad.

Funny late night quote of the day:
"Paris Hilton has tradmarked the words "that's hot." In a related story Paris Hilton's doctors have tradmarked the words "thats contagious."-Conan O'Brien

Its dove season! (yes, I know that's a duck) but I couldn't resist this one! 

The next debate is on the economy. Liberals love to cite the Clinton years as a model for the economy. Well, guess what? The unemployment rate is right where it was when Clinton was re-elected, at 5.4%. And considering what Bush and this country went through during Bush's first 4 years that is quite an accomplishment.
69% of Americans own their own home, the highest proportion ever.
The final figures for the GDP for the second quarter were announced last week and our economic output grew nearly 5% for the year. That's greater than any 12 month period in the Clinton administration.
Outsourcing is not the problem Kerry wishes it was either. Out of the 1.5 million jobs lost in layoffs this year, less than 1% were sent abroad.
New numbers coming out Friday will also show powerful employment gains. via Tech Central
UPDATE: Ok, Tech was wrong. the employment gains remained the same.

Also, jobless claims drop last week despite hurricane.

The house ethics committee rebuked Majority Leader Tom Delay for questionable conduct. Mr. Delay better learn that just being right voting on the issues isn't enough for us. We expect decent moral behavior as well. Newt Gingrich learned that the hard way.

This from the Washington Times-
"Saddam Hussein's goal throughout the 1990's until the 2003 invasion was to end U.N. sanctions on Iraq, while working covertly to restore the country's ability to produce weapons of mass destruction, a report by the chief weapons inspector says"

This from the The Washington Post-"Saddam made $11 billion in illegal income and eroded the world's toughest economic embargo during his final years as Iraqi's leader...."

Saddam bought off dozens of countries including France (surprise!), Indonesia, China and Russia. But the most outrageous is Benon Sevon, former U.N. official in charge of humanitarian relief.
Imagine! The guy in charge of relief is the one taking kickbacks that allow the Iraqi people to suffer.
I am waiting for the outrage from the leftie community so concerned with humanitarian causes....(I only hear crickets)

We wonder why sanctions don't work? Take a look a the U.N. Imagine if sanctions HAD worked. Maybe Saddam would have allowed inspectors in and we might not have gone to war.

Ironic that the U.N. might well be the reason we went to war.

INDC Journal tells us about an historic vote yesterday in the senate to revamp the structure of the nation's intelligence community especially in counterterrorism. Only 2 senators missed this important vote on national security. Guess who?

Funny late night quote:
"We are learning more and more about John Edwards. He's a multi millionare personal injury attorney. In fact, thats how he's going solve the deficit problem. He's going to go up the steps of the capitol, fake an injury, and collect billions."-Jay Leno

I love it when Edwards brings out his kids, don't you? 

can shampoo commercials be far behind? 

Watching Cheney and Edwards last night was like watching my wise grandfather argue with my snotty self involved cousin. Lets face it, the general public barely know who these guys are though. The thing that ticks me off the most is the way Edwards and Kerry keep saying "we will do this and that" with no details on how. Their whole campaign is based on vague soundbites.

Best zinger of the night was from Cheney on why Edwards and Kerry voted against funding the troops, explaining that Howard Dean was winning in the primaries based on a anti-war record, so they decided to cast an anti-war vote. Cheney went on to say "Now if they couldn't stand up to the pressures that Howard Dean represented, how can we expect them to stand up to Al Qaida?"
Best overall analysis of the debate is at Frontpage and RealClear Politics.

CBS has decided to delay the memo investigation in order not to affect the Presidential election...(pause for laughter) REALLY??? Because they sure as hell had no problem trying to do that WITH the memo.

Funny quote of the decade:
"You bet we might have"--Sen. John Kerry when asked if he would have gone to war with Saddam Hussein if he had refused to disarm.

Funny joke of the month: "Forbes magazine came out with their list of the 400 richest americans.....and this year there are 50 women on the Forbe's richest list, or has John Kerry calls that, his little black book."--Jay Leno.

Funny quote of the day:
"If I could only go through the ducts and leap out onstage in a cape--that's my dream."--Ralph Nader on crashing the presidential debates. tes.

I would pay good money to see that.

Everything you need to know about John Edwards.

(This is a reprint of a earlier post, it just needed to be said again)
The first story I read about John Edwards told me all I needed to know about him. He made his millions off large jury awards from Celebral Palsy medical malpractice cases. Although studies have shown that doctor negligence is not the cause of CP, Edward's skills as a lawyer always brought in millions. But that is not what bothered me the most about Edwards. It was the fact that he has NEVER represented a family who had a child with CP who DIED in the birthing process. You see when the child is dead you don't have a child in a wheelchair to parade in front of a jury. Why take a case you might lose, when you have it in the bag with a child to show. We are a compassionate people, we are also a visual people. Show us someone in need of help, and we give it. Edwards banks on that.During the trials that Edwards has been a part of, he often spoke touchingly of the unborn child in distress in their mother's womb. Yet when the time came to vote for the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act," his compassion was nowhere to be seen. When Laci Peterson's mother wrote a heartfelt letter encouraging congress to vote for the passage of this act, she made it clear that there were two victims that were pulled from the water that day. Laci and her son, Conner. It seems when the "unborn victim" will not make you millions and you will have to answer to the abortion rights lobby, compassion goes out the window. Not that you heard anything about that at the DNC convention. Edwards spoke on such controversial issues as opposing "negative attacks." He supports a "public school system that works for all our children." Oh, and a "safe place to go after school." And really taking it to the edge he said " the color of your skin should never control your destiny." Who knew I would agree with Edwards? Wait....Who wouldn't agree with that? The "2 Americas" theme he tried was nothing short of class warfare. Amusing, being that he is in the America of the filthy rich. I am sure he sees himself as one of those democrats who are there to help the little people. The fact that he makes millions off of them isn't really important, is it? What is important is that John Edwards is the perfect politician. Hes goodlooking, charming, and youthful. He has a sad story in his past, and he "made good." He knows how to spin and charm with the best of them. After he is done you feel good, you agree with everything he said, but your not sure exactly what he did say. John Edwards isn't dumb and he isn't going away. He will be here long after we have filed Kerry under "defeated candidates for president." He is laying his case out and will be back to give his final summation. You can count on that.

NOW BACK TO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS--

This from a speech by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld before the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City yesterday: (emphasis mine)

"From Baghdad, Kabul, Madrid, Bali, the Philippines, the call to arms has been sounded, and the outcome of this struggle will determine the nature of our world for some decades to come. Our enemies will not be controlled, or contained or wished away. They do seek to enslave, and they have shown that they are willing to die to achieve their goals. The deaths of innocent people are not incidental in this war. Innocent people indeed are in fact their targets, and they will willingly kill hundreds and thousands more.The world has gasped at the brutality of the extremists--the hundreds of children in Russia who were killed or wounded on their first day of school; the commuters blown up in the trains in Madrid; innocents murdered in a night club in Bali; the cutting off of heads on television. And should these enemies acquire the world's more dangerous weapons, more lethal weapons--and they are seeking them, to be sure--the lives of hundreds of thousands could be at stake."
.....And amid the losses, amid the ugliness, the car bombings, the task is to remain steadfast. Consider the kind of world we would have if the extremists were to prevail.

This is what my dad called "not just the truth, but the damn truth."

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 

This is from the Feminist Majority. I may puke. I'm surprised it doesn't say "Vote so rape won't be legalized." 

No suprise here: "President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry by more than a 4 to 1 margin among military personnel" according to a survey by the Military Times newspaper- via The Washington Times
No suprise here either.

If your voting for Kerry because your anti war you need to read what David Gergen (former special advisor to President Clinton) has to say:
"Sen. John Kerry finally produced a coherent analysis of the Iraq situation in his speech last week in New York. But his four-point plan differs from the president's in only one basic way: He would try much harder to get other nations to join us on the ground. The problem is that no serious analyst outside his own campaign believes that he would succeed, and even if he did bring a few countries aboard next year, it would be too little, too late. He needs to answer some hard questions as much as the president does."
This is absolutely true. Bottom line, there isn't much difference in the plan, but there is a hell of a difference in the man.

Tracking the battleground states. It does the heart good.

Wait, aren't WE suppose to be the gun toting rednecks? Hmmm.. Guess not.

Did you know that troops are blogging from the war?????? I don't know about you, but I am shocked! Shocked I tell you!.... h/t to Outside the Beltway

Allah gives yet another example of how us lil ole bloggers are so misunderstood.

McGehee has the perfect take on the vice presidential debate. Seems James G. Lakely of the Washington Time says the debate has been dubbed the "Shrek vs Breck" debate. McGehee comments :
"you have to know which would get my vote if it really were between some airheaded Breck girl and a tart-tongued ogre with a big, hairy heart of gold ... hey, wait a minute"

*smile*

My Military update.

Good news out of Iraq.
Why I love our soldiers. Thanks mudville.
This from Blackfive:
"Things are tough in Iraq, right now. The terrorists are exploiting every opportunity before the November Presidential elections in hopes of affecting the outcome. While times are tough for our military in Iraq, they fight on."

I wonder if it bothers the democrats who support our soldiers that the terrorists hope for a Kerry win? That if Kerry is elected then they will feel that the brutal killing they have done was not in vain. I mean that is the simple truth. You can be for Kerry all you want for all different reasons but it doesn't change the fact that the terrorist want Kerry to win.
And finally, you gotta read Citizen Smash his take on the debate. It is excellent. Heres the beginning.

"THERE WAS A MOMENT in last night’s Presidential Debate that got me angry – and it probably wasn’t the same moment you’re thinking about right now.
KERRY: "It is vital for us not to confuse the war, ever, with the warriors. That happened before. And that's one of the reasons why I believe I can get this job done, because I am determined for those soldiers and for those families, for those kids who put their lives on the line. That is noble. That's the most noble thing that anybody can do. And I want to make sure the outcome honors that nobility."

Kerry is promoting a fallacy here. You can’t completely separate the war from the warriors, because we’re the ones that plan and execute the war. Kerry would have you believe that the President has a sand table in the White House War Room, where he gathers his generals around him and commands them on how to fight the war. He’s telling us that he could do a better job directing those generals than Bush has.
Bullshit."
The rest is worth the read...

Take this blog and respect it.

One thing I have learned in my month of blogging is that the lefties have certainty met my low expectations of them. I find them rude, mean and instead of real debate they throw insults and/or paste long articles from lefty sites. After complaining to a popular blogger, he told me "you are in control of your blog, if they bother you just redo their posts or delete them." Well, I won't do that but I think I will lay down some strict rules. I will no longer tolerate name calling, not of me, our President, or anyone else. It shows a complete lack of maturity. If you want to refer to an article then link it, no more posting of an entire one. Its fine to joke but in good taste. If you don't like these rules then I politely ask you to find another rightwinger to bother.
In a related way all posters would do well to read this American Spectator article.

Have you noticed how Kerry has had Teresa shut up? I remember the same thing happening with Hillary. You know....For the party of "women's rights" they sure know how to put a woman in their place.

Check out Michelle Malkin about the head of the United Nations Relief and Works agency employing members of Hamas and seeing no problem with it.
"And this is the same U.N. that John Kerry wants to "rebuild alliances" with in order to defeat the terrorists...That the U.N. employs"
Sad.

On a better note, my 15 yr old daughter, who you may have read here is...Well...Emotional in a very girly teenage way, gave me a bit of light at the end of the tunnel the other day when she was describing her debate in school about Kerry and Bush. She knew her facts and she knew how to say it. She made her rightwing mother proud. I also heard my 7 yr old tell another little boy the presidential poll numbers...lol!! The other little boy had no idea what he was talking about and looked at him confused. My son took it as disagreement though. He looked at him concerned and asked "your not cheering for Kerry, are you?" *smile*

Ok, back from camping. Fun except for no sleep. It seems raccoons really like Trix cereal, even enough to get into closed plastic containers. And did you know that when you shine your flashlight on raccoons their eyes glow like freakin goonies? Yeah.. well it tends to interrupt sleep especially when my dog has spasms in his need to kill invading creatures. Every one else sleeps on. A spaceship landing wouldn't have woken them up.

ANYWAY, I keep hearing that Bush looked tired during the debate. Yeah, well that's what happens when you spend the morning comforting hurricane victims instead of getting your nails done and laying in a tanning bed. That's one thing I don't get about the leftys. How can they have respect for this insufferable pampered rich guy who didn't even earn his money?
Also, we all know Bush is kinda busy. I mean being Commander in Chief during the war on terror tends to take up a lot of time. Not to mention running the country and dealing with natural disasters. Is John Kerry doing anything other than campaigning??? I'm serious. Doesn't a congressman usually have something to do? Has Kerry done any work? Could the MSM point that out?
Now before Bush supporters get all upset and Kerry supporters jump in liberal glee, please note that the Newsweek poll is the only poll that shows a change after the debate. All other polls show no significant change.

Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that if Kerry is elected he will pull us out of Iraq quickly? After all, Bush has done the dirty work of defeating Saddam and providing a way for free elections. And when that happens the terrorists will happily focus on growing in numbers and accumulating weapons since they won't have those pesky American soldiers to deal with.
The middle east will continue on its path to radical Islam which will continue to teach the warped virtue of killing Americans.
The democrats like to use the phrase "mortgaging our children's future." What about mortgaging our children's ability of live in peace on our own soil? Because you see, all the money issues mean nothing if our children's children have to wonder if the bus their riding on will be blown up by a twisted Islamic fanatic determined to kill them and himself. We have seen how patient these monsters are.
I don't want to have to listen to my kids ask me in 10 years why didn't we kill the terrorists when we had the chance? Why did we leave? I don't want them to ask me why they have to live in fear.
I hate to keep repeating myself, but really, we simply can longer afford to ignore the sickness of a warped religious mentality in the middle east.
One of the leftys that post here mentioned having Christians knock on her door to spread their message. How annoying that was. I am sure she simply said "no thanks" and closed the door. What she doesn't seem to understand is that the radical Muslims aren't going to knock on her door and then walk away. They want to throw a burka over her and not let her work or let her little girls go to school. And heaven forbid she have a unapproved husband or boyfriend. Then she is simply slaughtered. They want to FORCE her to practice their religion. Perhaps this mother doesn't see the danger of that ever happening in the U.S. But she can hardly deny the reality of what these people want and how they practice their religion in the middle east. Should we not care about the women there? That alone should make the lefty women want to get involved. But it doesn't, does it? I guess when it comes to condemning religion only one counts. (hint: it starts with a 'C') Ironic that it is the one that doesn't force its belief on anyone by the very nature of its teaching.

This is what Kerry said at the debate: "You don't help yourself with other nations when you turn away from the global warming treaty"

Only problem is Kerry himself turned away from the treaty. In July 1997 when the treaty was being negotiated in the U.S. Senate a resolution passed that stated it would not approve a protocol that exempted developing nations or did harm to the U.S. economy. (which the global warming treaty did both) Kerry voted "aye" for the resolution. We are use to Kerry flip flopping but does Kerry not remember this? A vote he was actually there for? By the end of 2003 Kerry was for the treaty. Why I wonder? Maybe its a part of the Kerry "pulling in allies" strategy - (translated-kissing those like France's ass,...oh excuse my french) via Tech Central

Have you noticed how many things there are that he was for before he was against? We could do a Letterman's style Top Ten list. geeze!

Wouldn't it be awesome if we caught Bin Laden or Al-Zawahiri?? Well not to some umm..americans. A Small Victory rocks this story. Beating Bush is more important to some.

Don't expect a debate analysis here. I can never be objective. I honestly can't see past what I KNOW to be right. So far of what I have read Right Wing News has it about right. Although they should have me on their blogroll!
I think it is telling to hear what the other side says when they don't think we are listening.
I did listen to some polls that polled on different questions to regular folk. It seemed most think that Kerry won the debate as a whole by a small margin, but when asked about specifics like who seemed better defining the war on terror or having a plan, Bush won. On who was more likable, Bush won. So, if that is the case then it means Kerry was smoother, easy to listen to. But that Bush made his points well.
Lets face it, there was nothing new here. We all know what each candidate stands for. The media was hoping for a "gotcha" moment from either candidate and they didn't get it.
I have to admit I even got bored and ending up not watching the end, but putting my boys to bed.

I will be gone this weekend camping. I have the steaks marinated, the chili, potatoe salad, and cakes made. Packing up the fishing gear and tents and can't wait!! No TV, radio, computer or phone. Just fine weather, my family, my dog , and my friends. It doesn't get any better than that.

Wizbang catches it! If you can't win any other way then cheat- PART 2.

EXCLUSIVE! When practicing for the debate tonight this fell out of Kerry's pocket.  

Monsters and the draft.

These monsters kill their own. If we pulled out of the middle east now is there anyone out there that believes the violence will stop? Or that we wouldn't continue to be targeted? These monsters can't be reasoned with, we know that. They remind me of horror movies where the aliens look like us, talk like us, but they are not human. They have no soul. There is no reasoning with them. I know it is tiring to keep hearing references to the holocaust whenever we want to measure evil, but it is the one thing we all can agree on. One group of people CANNOT decide that another group has no right to live. This is the cornerstone of the terrorists belief. We are not muslim therefore we must die. And they don't care who dies with us, their own children, their own people. Why can't liberals get this?
There is no alternative. We must eliminate them.

I just finished reading some of MTV's 'rock the vote' stuff on the candidates and the issues. I was pleasantly surprised by the fairness and accuracy of the issues and the candidates stand on them. I had heard on the Glenn Beck program this morning about a audio MTV had that implied the draft could be re-instituted, but I couldn't find it. Seems an e-mail has been going around saying that the draft would happen if Bush was re-elected. A total lie of course. But in case you are worried, only the democrats have sponsored 2 bills in congress to re-instate it, Congressman Charles Rangel says he did it to "protest the war." Yeah, riiiight. Maybe Mr. Rangel did it to have it out there as a scare tactic thinking that no one really pays attention to who is sponsoring a bill. Hmmmm...?
The Pentagon says a draft wouldn't work anyway because the 2 yr requirement is barely enough time to train a soldier in today's specialized high tech force. Besides as mentioned before here, the military is having no problems with volunteers.
UPDATE: Bill over at INDC Journal has a interview with a CBS reporter regarding the e-mail draft hoax.

Lets disagree but lets not lower ourselves in this debate.

Wonder whats on TV tonight, anybody know?.....;-)

On the lighter side: I promised more Boudreaux jokes. Here goes:

Boudreaux died, and his wife Clotill, went to the newspaper to put his name in the obituary. Clotill was a very frugal woman and asked the editor how much was the obituary going to cost. He explained that the cost was per word.
She thought for a second and replied, "Just put in 'Boudreaux died." The editor was appalled and insisted "Madame, you must put in a little bit more than that!"
She thought about his request for a moment and responded, "Ok, then put in this.....'Boudreaux died, Boat for sale'

I am woman, hear me roar.

In this week's U.S. News and World Report there is a article on the female vote this year. The "security moms" who lean to Bush and the unmarried women who lean toward Kerry. People who don't pay attention to what our leaders believe and want for our country just drive me insane. One woman in the article, Elizabeth Holland who is a nurse and is 55, says she likes Bush but felt he was "too wishy washy" on renewing the assault weapon ban. (Bush had nothing to do with the expiration of the ban, congress did) But she says about Kerry that she is "not impressed with him at all." OK, if you don't have enough information on these 2 candidates regarding the VAST differences between them and you are gonna decide on who your voting for by the way you "feel," then please stay home and watch Oprah on election day.
This whole article made me embarrassed for my gender. It made us look like idiots. Take 50 yr old Kaysee Clark. She is offended by Bush's "cowboy testosterone." but she says Kerry seems distant, lacking a "personal touch," and vague or vacillating on the issues. Are these any reasons to vote for a president??? Maybe its a way of deciding who to DATE, but NOT THE LEADER OF THE FREAKING FREE WORLD!!!
I don't expect all women to be a politcal junkie like I am, but I do expect a reasonable knowledge of the issues in order to make a informed decision. This is important stuff here. We didn't fight to win the vote to stumble through our lives not understanding how these leaders affect our future and the future of our children.

I just like imagining those guys are terrorists...sweet. 

Random notes.

This is kinda cool. Naima is a Iraqi cartoonist who couldn't do much under Saddam. Now he mocks the terrorists.-- "One of his recent cartoons depicts a militant measuring the neck of a bound victim and choosing from an array of numbered knives with which to behead him."
"It shows that killing is the only concern of these people," Naima said. "When you mock the people who are undertaking these acts, you are making others aware that these acts are illegal and immoral."
As with cartoonist in the U.S. they now lampoon America as well, and that's ok, because, hey.... They are free.

Did you know Republicans are punk? Put that in your stereotyping bong and smoke it.

Washington --- Former President Jimmy Carter, who has policed elections around the world, on Monday harshly accused Florida officials of not doing enough to fix their election system following the 2000 presidential election debacle. Carter called Florida election officials "highly partisan" in favor of Republican President Bush and charged them with "brazenly violating" basic tenets of fair, unbiased and trustworthy elections.Florida officials said they were stunned by the tone and sweep of carters criticisms but said that the former president had erred in his characterization of the state's election process.

I am ashamed to admit that I cast my first vote for Carter. My father was a democrat senator in Mississippi, so what could I do? I have done penance by voting Republican ever since. One has got to have his head in the sand to not recognize the fraud that has occurred with "I see dead people voting." And those zombies always vote democrat. Don't get me started on the convict vote. If your deceased or detained your democrat.
Carter did well in crafting a better legacy by volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. He needs to keep building and start shutting his partisan mouth.

I have a full day after staying out too late last night. Color me tired. I will try and blog later.

Funny t-shirt of the day-"Life is a journey. Go on without me"

The Reality of this war.

I think with the reality of war, we sort of become numb to the incidents we hear of beheadings and bombings. We think they are horrible, but it is away from us.... distant, in a land we never knew and will never know. Americans live in a prosperous free nation of relative safety. Aside from the brutality of war I want you to imagine for a moment this: You are driving through your town and a up head you see men with machine guns and grenades. They point their guns at you to stop. Imagine your fear, your stunned disbelief. Then when you stop they demand you give them your "evil" music CD's. Doesn't matter if its classical or hard rock, just hand it over. Then they give you a CD of scripture from the Bible and send you on your merry way. And there is no police to call. No charges to be filed. If your gonna live, your gonna be Christian. Period. Its impossible to imagine, isn't it? But that is exactly what is happening in Fallujah now, except of course it is recitations from the Quran, not the Bible. And it is Muslim you must be to live. Unlike Christianity these men don't feel that Islam needs to be freely chosen. This is the reality of what the terrorists want for the U.S. Make no mistake about it. The killings are their way of terrorizing us into submission. But luckily they underestimate us and our military. You see, they don't know us either.
The good news is that American forces bombed a hide out of the terrorist leader Abdu Masab Al-Zarwi Tuesday in Fallujah. American's frequent strikes have taken its toll on the leader's terrorist group. Read about it and what I just described in the AP story.
It seems to me that it was a mistake to leave Fallujah when we did. I know President Bush thought it was too dangerous at the time and wanted to train Iraqi forces. I am not a military strategist, so I don't know. Its easy for us to sit in front of our computers and say "bomb the hell out of them." Its all too different a story to have the information and decide if the risk is worth it.
The Prime minister of Iraq Allawi says elections will move forward in January. Others doubt that Iraq can be secure enough by then. I don't know either. But I do know that the terrorists CANNOT dictate when the elections are held. The government cannot allow these evil men's hate, violence and brutality to override free elections.
President Bush said yesterday that we will stand with the Iraq govt. Strategy "to surround and isolate enemy militias, reach out to the local population and negotiate from a position of strength."
This is a terrible place, a terrible time. Lets help them move forward to freedom. For too many years we have allowed that distant land to fester and ooze its infected hate. Maybe you don't agree that Iraq was the place to go after Afghanistan, but there is no doubt the terrorists are there NOW. They didn't just become terrorists when we went into Iraq. They were and are and will continue to be if we don't stop them.
And we must stop them.

"If you want a wrap up of the good news out of Iraq, and there is alot, check out Chrenkoff. It is excellent. He says " There are two Iraqs at the moment; both equally real and consequential. The Iraq of never ending strife- the insurgency, terrorism, crime, and all too slow pace of recronstuction makes for interesting news stories and exciting footage. The Iraq of steady recovery, returning normalcy and a dash of hope rarely does." Hat tip to Mudville.

Can Kerry Accomplish the Mission of shutting up?

Since Kerry insists ( even said it today) that "Since President Bush said 'mission accomplished'....blah blah blah has happened."
Lets set the record straight. BUSH NEVER SAID THOSE WORDS. First Gen. Tommy Franks has said in his book that the banner saying 'Mission Accomplished" was his idea alone. And as well he should have, it was true that Operation Iraqi Freedom was accomplished. We had freed the Iraqi's from a brutal dictator.
But Bush made clear in his speech that day on the US Abraham Lincoln- "We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We are bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We're pursing and finding leaders of the old regime, who will be held to account for their crimes." Bush went on to say "The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time." And he goes on to emphasis "Our mission continues. Al Queda is wounded, not destroyed."
It is nice to note that we have mostly destoyed Al Queda since then with a few pockets still existing. Bush also said "The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless." ...."The proliferation of deadly weapons remain a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle."......"We will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike."
I think it is clear from the very speech Bush made that day that although the mission of toppling Saddam was accomplished, we had alot of dangerous work to do.
so once again to Kerry...Shut up.

GOOD NEWS!!! Allah is saying that it is being reported that Bin Laden's #2 man may have been captured by Pakistan. Lets all pray its true.

Daniel Pearl's killer shot and killed in gun battle.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has announced that they have killed a Al Qaeda lead militant, Amjad, Farooqi. The one who was involved in the killing of WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl. This part of the story may have gotten lost in Musharraf's also claiming that that intelligence is telling him that Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
The killing of this demented piece of trash that killed Pearl is a victory and a good sign that Pakistan is on the job.
I hope and pray that if Musharraf is correct, they find Bin Laden and send him off to his 72 virgin goats.

If you can't win any other way, just cheat.

The worse thing is there is no shame involved.
Hat tip to LGF.

The Memo is a gift that just keeps on giving.

The Weekly Standard puts the characters surrounding the memogate story in a timeline worth noting.

Among many things the story asks why Barnes was willing to tell his story now after years of being silent. The answer is easy. The Killian memos "primed the pump"
This is the interepting quote to me from Barnes--"If the document the network were hunting for were found, the election is over."

It is obvious the glee these guys were containing over this whole story. From the DNC, to McAuliffe, to Bob Tuke, to Bob Smith, to Ben Barnes, to Bill Burkett, to Mary Mape, and to finally Dan Rather himself.
The story itself was swirling and growing to orgasmic proportions as they all were breathlessly awaiting the memos and the Dan Rather story to bring them to the climax that I am sure had them all practically passed out with a lit cigarette hanging from each mouth.
Did they really think that the "election would be over" if these documents would have been true? Have they really no clue to how little all this means to the American public?
I can only imagine how they feel now. Its like finding out your Latin lover is a gigolo. It was good while it lasted, but geeze, you feel all dirty now.
And in Dan Rather's case he has to keep seeing and hearing about who screwed him over and over on the news every day.
Which is what they call poetic justic. And you gotta love that



Military.com throws cold water on the democrats scare tactic of implying that we will have to have a draft soon. Even Kerry was spewing this garbage. This from Military.com:
"The war is not only not having a negative effect, but it is helping to reinforce the number of people who want to join," said Cmdr. John Kirby, a spokesman for the Navy's Bureau of Personnel.Even the Army National Guard, which has had 150,000 citizen soldiers mobilized for up to a year, has seen retention rates "going through the roof," said Guard spokesman Maj. Robert Howell.The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard all met or exceeded their year-end recruiting goals for fiscal year 2003, which ended Sept. 30. The figures continued to climb in the first half of fiscal year 2004, which was reached March 31.
The fear might have started back in January 2003 when Rep. Charles Rangle, D-NY and Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-SC, introduced a bill calling for the draft. Interstingly the only hints of draft reinstatement come from Democrats and the Democrats want to continue the scare tactic that President Bush is the threat for "draft reinstatement".
This is so ridiculous! No one in their right mind would suggest a draft, which does explain Rangle and Hollings doing so. But what about Former Kerry rival Howard Dean, now traveling the country to drum up support for Kerry and raise money for Democratic candidates, said last week at Brown University in Providence, R.I., "I think that George Bush is certainly going to have a draft if he goes into a second term, and any young person that doesn't want to go to Iraq might think twice about voting for him."
If that isn't a scare tactic of the hightest order? They really do scare people with things now that are not going to happen .


ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:

Scientists in Britain unveiled the world's funniest joke today at the end of the largest study of humor ever. via news.com.au
And this is it. But since I have heard it before as Beaudreax and Thibideaux joke I will tell it that way. Anyone from the south knows these 2 guys. So here goes--
Beaudreax and Thibideaux are out hunting in the woods when Thibideaux collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. Beaudreax whips out his cellphone and calls the emergency services. He gasps: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator says: "Calm down, I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."
There is a silence, Beaudreaux drops the phone, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, Beaudreaux says: "OK, now what?"

*moment of silence for all the laughter* I tell that better in real life. I will be inserting Beaudreax and Thibideaus jokes from now on. I had forgotton how good they were.

stealing from grouchyoldcripple again.
Click on pic for bigger version.

Kerry and Me!

Not spin, outright lies from Kerry this week:

1) We have spent $200 billion on Iraq so far.
"We have not spent $200 billion on Iraq. We have spent probably somewhere around $120 [billion] or $130 billion," said Norman Ornstein, a political scientist with the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington-based think tank.
"He adds money that hasn't been spent yet and hasn't been asked for yet," said Brooks Jackson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center's FactCheck.org.
Asked by Jackson to provide backup for the $200 billion claim for a FactCheck.org item last week, the Kerry campaign originally included a bill that would have spent money on Afghanistan and on defense programs in the United States. But since that time the campaign has provided new figures that exclude such programs, though the campaign still relies on future dollars not allocated or even requested to reach its figure." via ABC News
2) Claims Rumsfeld lied about the number of Security forces in Iraq.
"On a recent appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, the Massachusetts senator offered this claim: "Secretary [of Defense] Donald Rumsfeld said not so long ago that there were 210,000 Iraqi security forces that were ready to go. Well, before Congress, he revised that figure just a few days ago saying, 'No, I was wrong. There are 95,000.' In fact, there are only 5,000."
According to the Pentagon, there are 6,316 soldiers in the Iraqi army, but they are just one part of the Iraqi security forces, which total around 95,000 and include 34,553 police, 36,397 National Guardsmen, 15,688 Border Patrol agents, 282 Coastal Defense personnel, 143 Air Force members and others. --Via ABC News

This isn't just twisting the facts, or gilding the lily, these are outright LIES. Now I know politics is putting a postive spin on things, but haven't we crossed a line here?

**Speaking of crossing a line: Kerry claimed yesterday that Prime Minister Allawi was "obviously contradicting his own statement" and putting put his "best face" on the President's Iraq policy.

It almost seems as if Kerry wants things to go badly in Iraq. I could almost understand Kerry's spin on things if not for the fact that Allawi is a walking target and is putting his life on the line every day. You would think that Kerry would want to encourage him instead of undermine his credibility. It really goes to the heart of leadership. At this time in this war in Iraq the last thing the leaders of Iraq need is an American running for President calling into question their leadership. Can Kerry use some of his vast wealth and buy a clue.

This from Iraqi The Model blog: "Allawi's speech was articulate, impressive and honest and most Iraqis I talk to lately share the same opinion with me, but much more impressive was the reaction of all members of congress that were there. That was the American people there, the whole American nation not just republicans, standing and cheering, not Allawi but what he stood for, IRAQ. They were showing support and friendship to Iraq not Allawi and that was a rare moment in history where the two nations Iraq and American stood as equal friends, no it was actually more like a family as one American friend described. Insulting Allawi and Bush and the whole speech, speaking so harshly of that unique moment is an insult not to Bush or Allawi but to both the Iraqi and American nations, and yes that goes for everyone who did that."

Couldn't have said it better myself. Its good to hear it from a Iraq blogger though.

CORRECTION: I had said that I thought Rather was to be a moderator at one of the Presidential debates. I read that wrong. He will be an on air commentator. Sorry about that. Will anyone be able to listen to him without thinking partisan?

I notice that Kerry and Edwards hit the churches every Sunday, as expected by a presidential and vice presidental candidate, but if I was a member of one of those churches I would want to know if those candidates had been attending church BEFORE they started running in a national campaign. It doesn't mean I don't think they should be there, I would just want to know. It would certainly tell me if they were sincere in their faith or just using church to advance their campaigns. Wonder if there is a way to find out?

Moonbats unite!!!!

If you haven't read this true story over at Wizbang about what happens to those who hate Bush, you should.. its sweet.

Kerry, allies, and such.

Why is this so believable?

The real Saddam/Al Qaeda connection.

I'm sorry, but those are just too funny. But then....I am easily amused.

Ralph Peters at the New York Post sums yesterday nicely.
"Is there nothing Kerry won't say to win the election? Is there no position that he won't change? Doesn't he care anything for the sacrifices of our troops in Iraq?"

Kerry promises to reach out to more allies, yet he slams the very man who is the leader of Iraq. Who does he think he will have to deal with in Iraq if he becomes President? Kerry complained yesterday of "terrorists pouring into Iraq" yeah...Iraq.... NOT the U.S. That was the plan see? We take the war to THEM, that way they can't take the war to us.
Yet, Kerry has repeatedly argued that the war in Iraq has distracted attention from the pursuit of terrorists. Isn't it obvious that it is easier to pursue terrorists if they are "pouring" into the place WHERE OUR MILTARY IS???

Kerry insists that he can bring on board more allies. Well...Ralph Peters says it best:
"As for involving the French and Germans, the truth is they'd do more harm than good. They are the corrupt cynics who made billions from the U.N. Oil- For- Food program while the Iraqi people suffered. The French kiss up to every dictator who wink in their direction. The German military barely exists--its just an employment agency for uniformed bureacrats--and the French military sole competence lies in slaughtering unarmed black Africans."

So lets just get off the allies thing. The guys mentioned above are not worth getting any help from.

Quote of the day: "Doesnt' expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?"

moonbat!

Heres a Secret.

I'll tell you a secret that no one seems to want to acknowledge or they don't seem to get. The real reason why the swiftboat ads did the damage to Kerry that they did. And it had nothing to do with his betrayal, or the guys who were angry, or whether he deserved his medals or threw them over a fence. I don't think either campaign gets this. They did the damage they did because of what Kerry looked like in the ads. Stay with me here. We are a visual society. We are obsessed with stars and good looks, lets face it. We allow some to be less than gorgeous but they have to remind us of our grandfather or dad, mother, or grandmother. They have to have intelligence and/or charm. Trust me, in the work I do I am around those people who don't give a fig about politics or government. If you point them toward the voting booth on Nov. 2nd, then they pull the lever ,touch the screen, or punch the ballot for "who they like" and it doesn't matter what the candidate's position on Iraq, abortion, gay marriage, taxes, or health care is. They just "like" the guy. What hurt Kerry with the swiftboat ads was that he looked like an insufferable snob, petulant and smug. But the worst photo was the one they showed over and over, of Kerry picking at his face! Ewwww, it was just gross. If Bush wants to win this election just keep popping that pic up and he WILL win in a landslide.
I know this sounds shallow, and I hate to say this, but we all know that shallow is something Americans do best.
That's why I was amused by the story of Bush's National Guard Record. Do you think that the average joe or jane was listening to all that convoluted nonsense? Of course not. All they saw was the picture of a rugged handsome pilot who is now our President. We need to keep popping that picture up as well.
Someone call the Bush campaign...lets keep this on the DL....;-)

A memo note and the Iraqi future.

CBS named Dick Thornburgh, U.S. attorney general in the Reagan administration and first Bush administration; and Louis D. Boccardi, who retired in 2003 as president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press as a 2 person review panel to investigate the process of the memo news story.

The Washington Times puts this forth:
"A major question for Mr. Thornburgh and Mr. Boccardi is why CBS went ahead with the broadcast after two of its hired experts expressed doubts about the memos' authenticity."
Why?? Why?? They don't need a review panel to answer that one. Because they wanted the story to be true so badly their journalist ethics went out the window.
It is interesting how CBS seems to be determined to lay all this on Mary Mapes. We all know a story like this doesn't go on the air without approval from the top running up the line.

A top Kerry aide, Mr. Wolfson, responding to RNC chairman's Mr. Gillespie questioning the timing of the memo with the DNC ad campaign's "fortunate son" theme, said- "Republican allegations of a 'vast left-wing conspiracy' designed to expose the truth about the president's military service are laughable. No conspiracy is necessary to make clear that the president used strings to get into the Guard, missed his required physical and failed to fulfill his duty."
Are these people just stupid? First, have they not figured out that people don't give a fig about what happened 30 yrs ago?? And 2nd, must they lie? Every credible person involved in this 'story' has said that no strings were pulled and there is no evidence that that occurred. (hello Mr. Wolfson, the "evidence" was forged, did you hear about that?) In fact, all evidence points to the fact that Bush fulfilled his duty. These over the top false generalizations of Bush's record are not going to fly. But hey, who am I to point out the idiocy of this campaign?


*****The Iraqi Prime Minister speaking to Congress (after a warm standing ovation..nice) he starts out by saying:
"Thank you for making our cause your cause, our struggle your struggle. First, we are succeeding." (big applause)
He went on to say the media coverage here is not accurate. That the vast majority of Iraqis support America. He went on to describe the horror in which they lived under Saddam.
He said: "My friends, today you are better off, we are better off, and the world is better off without Saddam Hussein"
...."Your decision to go to war in Iraq was not an easy one, but it was the right one." (big applause)
He goes on to assure that Iraqi elections will take place, fueled "by the Iraqi's people's desire for freedom." He says that no terrorist act will deter them.
One has to understand the courage of this man. He knows that he is the number one target for death in his country from the terrorists. His life hangs on a thread of liberty. Even understanding the odds that he could be murdered, he chooses to stand for freedom, to stand for democracy. There are few men like this. He deserves our backing. He deserves our finishing this job. He deserves our admiration.


A friend sent me this...not sure why......

Funny t-shirt of the day: "Its better to have loved and lost than to live with the psycho the rest of your life."

Are You Scared???

Bill Clinton speaking to the New York Sun--"I don't know why the Republicans hate me so much. It is because I am a white Southern Baptist, and they wonder why I'm not a Republican, (no, Bill we wonder why your not a Southern Baptist. Saying it doesn't make it so) especially since I'm getting all these tax cuts." (you send in all the money you want to the government Bill, they won't turn you down. Gotta feeling you won't do that, because life is short and lingerie is expensive)

I had to laugh at the article in National Review, "A Week of Fear" where they quote a few celebs-
Rosie Perez --"I'm scared, I'm F**king scared out of my pants right now, and if your not, wake up."
Chevy Chase--(speaking of Bush) "He's frightening. Hes scaring the crap out of me."
The terrorist have nothing on Bush I guess. Doesn't this just make you want to puke? What a bunch of pampered self involved living in a bubble bunch of celebrity moonbats.
But you can always count on the New York's theatre district to cross the line and go for the jugular. Tony Krushner has a play at the NY Theatre Workshop in the East Village called "Only We who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy" in which First Lady Laura Bush (played by Holly Hunter) reads to a group of Iraqi children, only the children are ghosts that have been killed by American bombs. When all this is explained by an angel, Mrs. Bush realizes what a monster her husband is, not only for Iraq, but for capital punishments in Texas as well, telling the audience that her husband killed everyone they let him.
In a second play, "The Patriot Act" It describes Bush's plan to transform America into a theocracy with Americans being sentenced to death for adultery, homosexuality, and premarital sex.
I am so glad the bloggers on the right came up with the term "moonbat" because there really is no other way to describe these people. They have no shame, no integrity, no common sense, and most importantly, NO SENSE OF REALITY. Do they honestly believe these things???? I cannot wrap my mind around this insanity. Now I'M the one who is scared.
We on the right certainly don't agree with Kerry or the democrats on the future of our country, but we don't believe that they are going to take all guns away, tax us all 90%, socialize medicine, law, and all commerce, and have drive thru abortion clinics.

WEll I gotta go, I'm washing all my brownshirts and pajamas.

Quirky question of the day-- do you know what Snus is?

Random notes.

I Just watched an interview with Ty Hensley, brother of Jack Hensley the man just beheaded by the demented sick pieces of trash in Iraq. A moving interview. At the end the brother starts to cry. Reporter John Scott was holding back tears as well. If you want to help Hensley's family ( he leaves behind a 13 yr old daughter. He was working in the middle east to provide college funds for her.) go here.

I am serious, who are these people??? A returning solider is beaten up by moonbats at a concert for wearing an Iraqi freedom T-shirt. Geeze! Full story here. via McGhee.

Have you seen the ACLU commercials where a bunch of "diverse" people say we don't need the Patriot Act to be "safe and free." No mention of how we do that though. Sorta like Kerry's insistence that he can get more of the international community on board for the war on terror. How? Guess he will get back to us on that.

This from The Washington Times--The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has estimated that Saddam's ousted regime stole some $10.1 billion from the U.N.-administered program between 1997 and 2003, pocketing some of the money and doling the rest out in bribes and kickbacks to those helping Iraq evade economic sanctions.
This is the interesting part---
Mr. Barton and fellow Republican Reps. Fred Upton of Michigan and George P. Radanovich of California toured a secure repository at an undisclosed site in Baghdad containing what they said were huge numbers of notebooks detailing oil-for-food deals.

Could this be why the UN was so reluctant to help us in Iraq?? Seems like UN had to know that this fraud and scandal would be revealed if Saddam was taken down. Forget about the food for the people when you can pocket a cool million or two. The UN has as much credibility in my eyes as CBS does.

Deal Hudson, publisher of Crisis magazine (a Catholic publication) will resign under pressure from it's columnists. You may remember that Hudson was a top Bush political advisor on outreach to Catholics until a story came out on Aug 19th in Catholic Reporter about his sexual liaison with an 18 yr old student in 1994 that cost him his tenured professorship at Fordham University. He was asked to resign from the Bush campaign.
As disturbing as this story is. It is refreshing to see accountability instead of excuses. It seems to me that we, as Republicans, come down pretty hard on those we think have betrayed a trust or have been hypocritical.
(you may note that the only difference between this and Clinton's indiscretion is about 3 yrs in the age of the girl)
We don't expect people in authority to be perfect, but we do expect them to be decent.

These are some quotes from the LONG awaited press conference with Kerry yesterday ...."he did not and will not offer the leadership in order to do what we need to do to protect our troops, to be successful and win the war on terror in an effective way," Mr. Kerry said.
Mr. Kerry insisted that he has "a plan to make America safer" and persuade reluctant allies, such as France, Germany and Russia, to help support Iraq's fledgling democracy. You have to engage, I said, in a summit; that you ought to pull those people to the table and come out with a unified agreement as to what you're going to do to send a message to those wavering Iraqis who are sitting on the fence, unsure of which way this may go," Mr. Kerry said.
Does it seem to you that Kerry uses the words "protect, effective, safer, unified, and engage" all the time, but with no clear answer to HOW we do these things. Its all well and good to say "I will make it all better." but you need to tell us how your going to do that. And using a 4 point vague plan with no details, doesn't cut it.
Heres the best part--
"The vote for authorization is interpreted by a lot of people as a vote to go to war," Mr. Kerry said.
Really??? why in the world would a vote of authorization to go to war be interpreted as a vote TO GO TO WAR????? I can see the misunderstanding, can't you???

Question of the day--Why was Kerry not asked about the Lockhart connection to the Burkett/CBS document scandal???? Is there any excuse for this?

Amusing quote of the day-"Down With Negativity"

*note* I have no idea why you have to scroll all the way down to see my profile and links. I will check on it.

The story that won't go away.

As I sit here blogging in my "Peace through superior firepower" t-shirt listening to President Bush on TV with the interim Iraqi Prime Minister, It strikes me that Bush keeps repeating something that the leftys don't seem to get. That we really had a choice with the terrorists. Take the fight to the middle east or fight them here on our soil. Because you really cannot deny the terrorists are there. They blow up things or behead someone daily. Whether they came into Iraq before or after the war doesn't matter. There are THERE and we are hunting them THERE, not here. And that is the important fact we cannot forget.


Have to agree with Jeff at protein wisdom that maybe a beheading of a American in Iraq might be more newsworthy than the Rather story.

Dan Rather finally said he was sorry. He made a mistake. So I guess we should just move on, huh? Well, as much as Mr. Rather would like that, there are a few problems. First we need to address the fact that Rather had no intention of looking into his fake story until journalistic pressure was too much to ignore. Second, apologies need to be made to Killian's family, the other officers involved in the "memo." and finally, to President Bush himself. This story was not only a lie to the American people about their President, but it dishonored soldiers involved.
There is no doubt this was shoddy journalistic work. First when Rather finally broke through the ice of reality and admitted that the memos might be fake, he insisted that the "story" was accurate. But all involved, with the exception of the 82 yr old "anybody but Bush" secretary, said that it wasn't true.
Now we know that the source of the documents is Burkett, a dedicated democrat given to nervous breakdowns and conspiracy theories. I find it hard to believe that this is Rather's "unimpeachable" source.
Dan may be sorry (he got caught) but this is hardly the end of this story. Not by a long shot.

Let us not forget how wrong our lefty buddy Kos insisted on being.

For a roundup on the Lockhart/Kerry campaign/CBS/Burkett connections you can always count on Hewitt.

Amusing quote of the day-"It may be your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

Death and stuff.

I went to the funeral of a young hispanic woman I knew killed in a car wreck this week. She was 26 yrs old and left behind a husband and 4 little girls. I hadn't met her family before. I arrived at the funeral home and I was the only white face in a sea of brown faces. I have never seen so many people at a visitation before ever. There is quite a tight knit community here and that is a nice thing to see. As I arrived they were finishing up the Rosary in Spanish. The rhythmic chanting was soothing and comforting. There is nothing that brings out the mother in me more than to see people in emotional pain. I hugged everyone tightly, her husband, her mother, her sisters and brothers. I stroked hair, spoke in low soothing tones, I cried and swayed with the grief with her little sister. They are probably still talking about me.
I hate thinking of young death. One turn into an intersection and "bam" thats it. No advance warning. No goodbyes. No sweet notes left behind. It seems so unfair. It just doesn't fit. Someone once told me that it is a reminder to all of us that each day is a gift. But who wants to be the reminder?
I am a woman of deep faith, make no mistake about that. But one question about life after death has always bothered me. We are suppose to be so happy in heaven, right? How can we be happy if someone we loved dearly isn't there?
Take my brother for example. If any of what the 3 major religions of the world have to say about going to heaven or hell is true, my brother will be bathing in a tub of hot lava the moment the grim reaper whisks his sinful ass off this earth. So how can I be happy in heaven without him? I asked the holiest person I know that question. After a long moment of reflection she said "maybe we won't remember them." Oh great. We will be like estatically joyous alzheimers patients.
Not to make light of serious things. I know my question will never be answered until the moment that it won't really matter anymore.
So if you have a moment today, say a prayer for a family with 4 little girls who no longer have a mother. And go tell someone you love that you love them. Because, trust me, you might not have a chance tomorrow.

Random notes.

Ratherbiased.com has temporarily moved to Mudville. Get the latest there.

Not that we are complaining about this....heh.

Bush makes it up to the little girl who had her Bush/Cheney campaign sign torn up by moonbats.

Heres Kerry's new 4 point plan for Iraq: via The Sacramento Bee

- Get more help from other nations.
Oh that will be sooo easy!!! I bet France and Germany can't wait to get on board!! I suppose Bush just didn't ask nicely enough.

- Provide better training for Iraqi security forces.
Sure! I know there are so many military forces that could do a better job than our Army. Like...well...like those..ummm.. yeah...umm...well..hmm

- Provide benefits to the Iraqi people.
You mean building roads and schools aren't enough? Wait a minute! What about all that money you were complaining about us spending in Iraq? Now we all know what benefits mean...$$$$$$$$$

- Ensure that democratic elections can be held next year as promised
I'm guessing that all those benefits you provide will make those mean ole terrorists so slap happy, they will just lay down their sawin heads off knives and rock the vote!

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall...

Wouldn't you love to have been there this past week when Dan was in deep deep denial mode, you know the head of CBS news and Rather were going at it like a couple of guys in "Fightclub." And you gotta know that whole newsroom, seeing its credibility crumbling like a soft cookie, were all over him as well. Even now Rather is saying "I no longer have confidence in the in these documents." Note he is not saying they were forged. But goes on to say "...I find we have been misled on the key question (his key question, not ours certainly) of how our source for the documents came into possession of these papers." Now where do you think this wishing on star comment is going? You better believe Dan has been on his knees for 10 nights praying, "Oh God! Please let this be a Republican ploy." Which is laughable , of course.
After seeing Dan's over polite performance at the Dallas airport yesterday, I am thinking valium, maybe prozac.
We all know where this story would have gone without the internet and bloggers. The fact of Bush being the "fortunate son" ( DNC's new/everchanging theme) would be established. Kinda makes you want to go back and look at every news story during the Bush/Gore election craziness REAL closely, doesn't it?
Just like the blue dress kept Monica from forever being the liar who tried to smear Clinton, bloggers will make sure no story goes uninspected.
Ah, Life goes on. Rather retires. Bush wins. And something tells me a new blogger will appear, definitely in his pajamas. Screen name-RatherNewsGod.

Rather slams Fox News.

Arriving in Dallas Rather was asked by a Fox News reporter if he felt he had been duped. Rather responded, "Do you feel like you have been duped, working for Fox News and all."
OUCH! You gotta know Fox News is the thorn in the side of partisan news hounds like Rather. Not because Fox News is partisan, but because they are not partisan on the liberal side. Do you think there would be all this buzz about Fox if it leaned to the left? But then, it wouldn't have the ratings it has if it did. But I want to know, has a newsguy ever slammed another news organization before? If so, let me know bacause I don't ever remember that happening before.

*Today's funny t-shirt*-"I'm not tense. Just terribly, terribly alert."