Guess Who...

From Pete Du Pont at the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page...

Rising Tide...
Tax cuts are good for everyone--and everyone knows it but Washington Democrats.

Opposing tax cuts has become the mantra of the liberal left. Sen. John Kerry wants to roll back Bush's "unaffordable tax cuts." Senator Mark Dayton (D., Minn.) called the cuts "dangerous and destructive and dishonorable." Bill Clinton in 2003 said the cuts were "way too big to avoid serious harm." And various New York Times editorials called them "economically unsound," claimed that "they will increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars" and said they were unlikely "to stimulate the wallowing economy." Earlier this month House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi promised that the election of a Democratic House in November would result in a "rollback of the tax cuts."

Of course they have it backwards. President Bush's personal income, capital gains and dividend tax rate reductions have created economic growth, significantly increased government tax receipts, and reduced the federal deficit by nearly $130 billion. As the New York Times was forced to admit in its front-page headline on July 9, a "Surprising Jump in Tax Revenues Curbs U.S. Deficit." But it isn't surprising at all; the truth is that when tax rates go down, economic activity goes up.

Mr. Bush signed the most recent tax cuts into law in the spring of 2003. In the past 33 months the size of America's entire economy has increased by 20%--or, as National Review Online's Larry Kudlow put it, "In less than three years, the U.S. economic pie has expanded by $2.2 trillion, an output add-on that is roughly the same size as the total Chinese economy."

So, to answer the question on the photo...

Who is going to pay off President Bush's 380 billion dollar debt?

President Bush.

Unless the Democrats undo what he has done.

The people in the photo are actually the people who are going to pay for your Social Security checks.

Life Is A Highway...

From Matt Drudge at The Drudge Report...

NOT UNTIL FALL: WHITE HOUSE PLANS SEPTEMBER REVIEW FOR IRAQ SURGE RESULTS
Fri Apr 27 2007 19:51:18 ET

The White House will not attempt to assess until September whether any of the major objectives of the troop increase in Iraq are being achieved, and now accepts that it will take far longer to achieve the results than President Bush envisioned when he announced the strategy, the NY TIMES fronts in Saturday editions.

The timeline administration officials discussed, in on-the-record statements and background interviews, suggests that the White House is now planning to extend the increase in troops well into next year.

That is a radically different timeline from the one envisioned in legislation that passed the House and Senate this week, which the president has vowed to veto.

Developing...

Nancy Pelosi herself has said that now the Gavels of Power will be in the hands of America's children...

And for whatever reason, last November, the American People, no longer content to let America's children simply kick the back of the seat, fog the windows with their breath and draw pictures, and scream "He's touching me!... Make him STOP!!", saw fit to put the children in the front seat, where they could grab the steering wheel, fiddle with the knobs on the dash, and try to stomp the brake pedal. (Probably for the sheer entertainment value of the situation...)

But the good news is that the President is still driving.

And he is reading the road signs, even if the signs say that the destination is still farther away than he thought it would be when he embarked on this journey.

Childishly wishing the problem of Terrorism away will not get rid of it, and even though we are all getting tired, we cannot just decide to stop and sit down beside of the road, because that would get us nowhere.

And when the President started this trip, he told the children before they ever agreed to get into the car, (which they all did, by the way,) that this could be a ten year journey. Complaining that the trip is too long at this point serves no purpose but to make everyone more miserable.

So, Harry Reid can declare the War "Lost", and say that the Troop Surge is not working before even half of the Troops involved in the Surge are in Theater, but when you hear him say those things, recognize it for what it is...

A tired, spoiled child asking for the seven hundred and thirty-third time...

"Are we there yet?"

Exactly.

From The Onion...

Middle East Conflict Intensifies As Blah Blah Blah, Etc. Etc.
April 26, 2007 Issue 43•17

"MIDDLE EAST—With the Iraq war in its fifth year, the war in Afghanistan in its sixth, and conflict between Israel and the rest of the region continuing unabated for more than half a century, intelligence sources are warning that a new wave of violence in the Middle East may soon blah blah blah, etc. etc., you know the rest.

"Tensions in the region are extremely high," said U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, who added the same old same old while answering reporters' questions. "We're disappointed by the events of the last few months, but we're confident that we're about to [yakety yakety yak]."

"The U.N. has issued a strongly worded whatever denouncing someone or something presumably having to do with the vicious explosive things that raged across this, or shattered the predawn calm of that, or ripped suddenly through the other, killing umpteen innocent civilians in a Jerusalem bus or Beirut discotheque or Fallujah mosque or whatever it was this time...

"A certain number of U.S. troops were also killed somewhere in some tragic fashion, while a much greater number were wounded. Meanwhile, impoverished or oppressed supporters of whichever faction carried out the attack or ambush probably celebrated, angering an angry U.S. public that is already angry. Locals are calling for an investigation into excessive force or outright corruption by military or political officials on one of the 15 sides of the various conflicts, although the implicated party has categorically denied wrongdoing, just like they always do, without fail, every time this happens, which is daily, it seems."

Ex freakin' zactly.

I think I may just start getting all of my news about the War from The Onion from now on.

As a matter of fact, I don't even need a new story. I can just come back and read this one again any time I hear of breaking news from Iraq.

It's the same story we have been getting from the Main stream Media for years now, only not as depressing.

I have a theory...

I believe that we probably have already won the War in Iraq, but the News Media refuses to report it, and the President hasn't said so because he wants any Terrorists who might still be lurking around the World to make their way to Iraq so that we can kill them there.

I mean, it's a lot easier than hunting them down and killing them wherever they are... We just tell them where the fight is, and let them come to us.

The Democrats might even be in on the scam... As long as they publicly oppose the President and the War Effort, the Insurgents from Iran, or Saudi Arabia, or where ever they are coming from keep entertaining hope that they can defeat us, and they keep coming, and we keep killing them.

The next time you see a photograph of the President standing beneath that "Mission Accomplished" banner on the deck of that Aircraft Carrier, (and you WILL see one in the next few days...), think of my theory.

How would this situation be different if my theory were true?

How can we be sure it isn't?

Deconstructing The American Hero...

Ranger Alleges Cover-Up in Tillman Case...

"An Army Ranger who was with Pat Tillman when the former football star was cut down by friendly fire in Afghanistan said Tuesday a commanding officer had ordered him to keep quiet about what happened.

"The military at first portrayed Tillman's death as the result of heroic combat with the enemy. Army Spc. Bryan O'Neal told a congressional hearing that when he got the chance to talk to Tillman's brother, who had been in a nearby convoy on the fateful day, "I was ordered not to tell him what happened."

"The revelation came as committee members questioned whether, and when, top Defense officials and the White House knew that Tillman's death in eastern Afghanistan three years ago was actually a result of gunfire from fellow U.S. soldiers.

"We don't know what the secretary of defense knew, we don't know what the White House knew," Waxman said. "What we do know is these were not a series of accidents, these stories. They were calculatedly put out for a public relations purpose. ... Even now there seems to be a cover-up."

Oh, yeah?

Well I don't know what Henry Waxman knew. I believe that HE is hiding something...

No, on second thought, he's not hiding anything. I know exactly what Henry Waxman knows.

Henry Waxman knows that there can be no Heros in this War, neither in Iraq, nor in Afghanistan.

So if it looks like one has cropped up somewhere, we must investigate him or her TO DEATH.

We must examine the circumstances of their heroism, and discredit or at least cast aspersion over any account of heroism, and then accuse the Bush Administration of lies and cover-ups.

And these efforts must be the sole focus of the entire Media, unless there is more death and destruction which can be blamed on the President.

I'll let you in on a secret, if you are interested...

Propaganda and mis-information are Tools of War, and there has never been a Government in the History of Armed Conflict that did not use them in one way or another.

Unless he was intentionally murdered, what would have been wrong with letting Pat Tillman's Family live out the rest of their lives believing that he gave his life for his Country, instead of telling them that he died needlessly as a result of an accident?

If Tillman had died by wrecking his Humvee, would Henry Waxman be participating in Hearings to get to the bottom of things?

Or is this all politically motivated?

One other thing...

The Bush Administration did not tell me that Pat Tillman died a Hero.

I did not hear it from Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, or President Bush.

I heard it from the Media. Ad nauseum.

The same Media who now claim that it was all a lie.

So, what did the Media know, and when did they know it?

What are they covering up now?

What's Wrong With This Statement?

"I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with the administration's chief attack dog..." - Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Life Changes...

Today we went to the Doctor.

I have never liked going to the Doctor, but Today I didn't mind it so much.

I have always believed that Doctors don't really do anything. Medical Science has not actually cured a disease in about 50 years. The last signifigant Medical breakthrough was the discovery of Aspirin.

Since then, Doctors have made a Science of stabilizing Diseases, treating Diseases, managing Diseases, but not actually eliminating or curing diseases, so that they can continue to bill your Insurance Company for whatever ails you until you die from something else.

But Today, I saw a little baby Tugboatcapn put his/her thumb in his/her mouth on an Ultrasound screen.

And I was moved.

I saw that, and I realized that this was the first thing I would see this person do, but not by a long shot the last.

I also realized that I was going to have to be the one to teach this person how, why, and when to do everything that they ever do.

I do not know why God has chosen to entrust such a responsibility to me, of all people, but I plan to take it very seriously.

I did not think that I would ever have any children. I didn't think I wanted any. I thought that if I lived my whole life, and never had a child, that it would be okay.

But Today, I saw my child.

And now, I can't think about anything else.

When I get out of bed in a few hours and go to work, it will be because I want to provide a better life for that child and my Wife. When I recieve the pay for that work, I will use the resources that I have earned not for my own personal gratification, but for preparation for the arrival of that baby.

When I pray, it will not be for my own interests, but for the wisdom and guidance of God to help me to equip that child for his or her role in God's Plan, and for his or her security and happiness.

Both mother and child are doing great, and the baby should be here on or about November 5th.

And I cannot wait to meet my first child...

My Gift from God...

My replacement...

My most important responsibility...

The Thrill Of Agony, And The Victory Of Defeat...

From APNewsMyWay.com...

Reid Offers Bleak Assessment of Iraq War

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops."

I strongly disagree.

Harry Reid hasn't turned his back on the troops... He was never facing the troops in the first place.

And I disagree with his statement as well.

The War is absolutely not "lost." We know exactly where it is.

It's in Iraq.

"Reid said he told President Bush on Wednesday he thought the war could not be won through military force, although he said the U.S. could still pursue political, economic and diplomatic means to bring peace to Iraq."

Oh, really?

I'm sure the President had absolutely no idea until Wednesday that Senator Reid felt that way... I mean, it is such an unbelievable change of heart for Senator Reid. He has been so supportive of the War effort until now...

Let's break that statement down, using the context of History, shall we?

Political: Democrats in America attacking President Bush...

Economic: Starving the people of Iraq until they are too weak to fight the insurgents coming from Iran and Syria...

Diplomatic means: Begging, pleading with, and appeasing our Enemies until they are too busy laughing at us to commit mischief...

Peace: The absence of conflict.

Name for me a War in the History of the World that, once engaged, was won through " political, economic and diplomatic means."

Senator Reid, THE ONLY WAY TO WIN A WAR IS THROUGH MILITARY FORCE!

One side has to keep shooting until the other side stops shooting back. The first one to stop shooting is the LOSER.

(Oh, yeah, that's right. Senator Reid is not interested in WINNING the War, he simply wants to bring the absence of conflict to Iraq.)

If I were the President, I would thank Senator Reid for his input, and congratulate him. If the War is actually lost, then Senator Reid's efforts have been successful.

America may very well lose this War.

But if we do, it will not be the Insurgents who defeat us.

It will be Senator Reid and the Democrat Party in America.

If only they would pursue actual Victory in the War on Terror with the same passion that they display in their War on the President, and their War on America...

Vote For Sanjaya!!

Are you watching American Idol?

I am... (And yes, I DO actually have a life...)

I'm not totally obsessed with it or anything. I know the names of most of the contestants, and I have a pretty good idea who I want to win, and all...

But this season is going to be tough to predict.

Melinda and Lakisha are head and shoulders above the rest of the women as far as raw singing talent goes, but I am about over both of them. Melinda's doe-eyed amazement at any positive reinforcement from the judges got old really quick, and Lakisha is just, well, grotesque.

Jordan is fairly cute, and talented, but... ehh.

Haley is one of the prettiest women ON television right now, but watching her perform is more pleasant with the sound turned off. If it wasn't for the fact that I believe that if she stays on two more weeks, she will probably perform completely naked, (and who wouldn't want to see THAT?), I would say that she really needs to go home.

Blake Lewis (or, as I call him, Beat-Box Boy,) is one of the most creative performers AI has ever had, but the judges have just about beaten any creativity out of him, so I am losing interest in him as well.

Phil is just wierd, and Chris is unimpressive. (To me, anyway.)

That leaves Sanjaya.

Bang for the buck, it will be hard to get a better entertainment value than Sanjaya will become, should he win. Dump a couple or ten million bucks on that freak and wait a couple of years... You know that he is just a few years away from walking around with a parrot on his shoulder and trying to buy the bones of Richard Nixon, or some such nonsense.

And we almost lost the opportunity to watch him slowly melt down on the public stage. Were it not for the intervention of Howard Stern, a few other Radio Talkers, and the website votefortheworst.com, he would have gone home weeks ago.

I kinda hope he wins it.

But then again I don't.

There is a fundamental something that bothers me about T.V. shows that have viewers call in and vote on things.

Especially when there is a concerted effort by outside forces to get people to vote for the worst.

It cheapens the act of voting. (Or at least it seems that way to me.)

And if last year's mid terms are any indication, the American People have embraced the practice of voting for the worst.

Voting is a sacred right that should be respected and cherished. It should never be a joke.

Voting for the worst contestant on American Idol is one thing, but voting for the worst in a Congressional or Presidential Election could have disasterous results which could last for decades.

But then again, I'm not all that worried about it... Like I said, I DO have a life.

So, VOTE FOR SANJAYA!

Or don't.

Just make sure to keep things in perspective if and when your vote might actually be important...

P.S. As a former Guitar Player and semi-professional musician, I have to express my respect for the house band on American Idol. The level of musical diversity that they have to have to do what they do is amazing. The heavy set Guitarist flawlessly pulled off the Carlos Santana leads in the Rob Thomas song that Chris sang this week.

I am apropriately impressed. And you should be as well.

They are VERY good.

I Disapprove Of What You Say, And I Will Defend To Your Death My Right To Not Hear It!

Okay, that is not exactly how that quote went when Voltaire said it...

But then again, we in modern America have made a science of twisting the words of famous philosophers and statesmen to fit our own agenda.

I have a question for everyone...

Does Don Imus have Freedom of Speech?

Well, does he?

And if not, then why not?

Has the First Ammendment been repealed and the Drive-By Media failed to report on it? (Or were they restricted from reporting it?!)

Or does it only apply now to John Murtha and John F. Kerry and Cindy Sheehan when they speak out against the President or the War, or to Nancy Pelosi when she is negotiating with State Sponsors of Terrorism around the World?

Does it only apply to people who leak National Security Secrets to the New York Times?

Here's a shocker for you: I have the right to not listen to Don Imus!

And if I hear him accidentally, I have the right to ignore him.

And if he says something that I don't like, and I hear it accidentally and I am offended, then that's my problem.

And if that happens, then I have the right to call him an idiot, or a cadaverous old hack, or a no-talent bore, without fear of losing my job, or having my life ruined, or having to apologize to Al Sharpton.

If you don't like what Don Imus said, then join the rest of the vast, vast majority of Americans, and don't listen to him.

I don't like him. Not one little bit.

And I don't like what he said.

But I will defend to the death his right to say it.

Because at some point, I may say something that YOU don't like. YOU may say something that I don't like.

Where do we draw that line?

Get Off My Back And Get Back To Work!

From MessNBC.com...

Office bullying a widespread problem

The office bully has an array of weapons at his disposal, ranging from the subtle silent treatment to not-so-subtle verbal ridicule, the effects of which can ripple through the workplace.

A new study finds that while nearly 30 percent of U.S. workers have endured a punishing boss or co-worker, many individuals would not label themselves as bully targets. For those who do, it’s not just the bully victim who feels the heat. Witnesses in nearby cubicles are affected and show an increase in stress and overall dissatisfaction with their jobs.

As some of you know, I recently changed jobs, and I can say that without question, I have never worked for a harder task-master than the one to whom I currently answer.

He makes me get out of bed earlier, work harder, longer, and under worse working conditions than anyone else I have ever worked for.

And I think he is sleeping with my Wife... (When he sleeps, which is rare...)

You see, he's ME.

And I'm a real pain in the butt to work for.

As a matter of fact, as soon as I read this, I will probably fire myself for insubordination...

From now on, I will have to do my Blogging on my OWN time.

Who do I think I am, anyway?!?

I mean, isn't there something I could be doing to the Truck right now?

Do I think that money grows on trees?

If I don't make money, then I don't make money.

Now, I need to stop complaining and get back to work, or I will BOTH be out of a job.

I hope this little talk has helped me to have a better attitude, and from now on, maybe I will be more of a team player.

Now, if I am done, I have work to do.

Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain!

From Brietbart.com, via the Drudge Report...


Clinton Opens Up About Attorney Firings

"Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday dismissed any comparison between the firing last fall of eight U.S. attorneys with the replacement of 93 U.S. attorneys when her husband became president in 1993."

Yeah, I'll bet she did.

The major difference is that Alberto Gonzales fired eight U.S. attorneys for failing to do their jobs properly, and Janet Reno, under the incoming Clinton Administration, fired EVERY SINGLE U.S. attorney for working for a Republican Administration.

What seems to you to be more disruptive to the investigation and prosecution of crimes and corruption?... The firing of eight (out of ninety-three) specific U.S. attorneys for various reasons, whatever they may be, or the summary dismissal of EVERY SINGLE U.S. Attorney, all at once, no matter what they were working on at the time?

"That's a traditional prerogative of an incoming president," Clinton said in an interview with The Associated Press."

What? To fire everyone who worked for his predecessor? I sure wish President Bush had known that when he took office, or that he had at least taken advantage of that perogative when he took office...

I think that he would have had a whole lot less trouble throughout his Presidency if he had...

"She conceded that should she win the presidency in 2008, she likely would replace all of the U.S. attorneys appointed by President Bush. She said that's merely following traditions in which presidents appoint prosecutors of their own party."

Okay... Then she has absolutely no right to comment on this subject at all. She has said that she would do the same thing. If it is bad, then she would be just as bad. If it isn't bad, then why is this a big deal?

"Clinton argued that the Bush administration's firing of the eight federal prosecutors has caused an uproar because it is seen as a conservative push to shift the balance of power in favor of the executive branch."

Cannot the uproar that is being drummed up by the Democrats and the Media over this issue be interpreted as an attack against the power of the Executive Branch?

Do you think that if Hillary is elected President that she will not try to shift the balance of power in favor of the Executive Branch at every opportunity?

This is Hypocrisy.

"On another topic, Clinton said the Senate is struggling to find a way to deal with an Iraq funding measure. A House-passed measure includes a timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq, but Clinton said there's no consensus in the Senate. "

Timetables in House Bills are a usurpation of Presidential Power. The President is the Commander In Chief, and he alone is to decide how Wars are to be prosecuted.

The House has the Constitutional Power to de-fund Wars, but not to Micro-Manage them. If the House has a problem with the war in Iraq, they need to put up, or shut up.

The Senate has no role in War whatsoever. They just need to shut up.

Hillary included.

After all, she voted to authorize this War, and has never backed down from that position.

The truth is that Hillary Clinton never opens her mouth without giving the American People (the ones who THINK, anyway) another reason why she should NEVER be taken seriously as a Presidential Candidate.

This article is simply another in a long series of examples of her hypocrisy and elitism.

She is absolutely unfit for service in that office, because she seeks to manipulate the (percieved, by her,) stupidity of the American People.

And if We The People screw up and allow her to be elected to that office, then we deserve what we get.

I really hope she gets the Democrat Nomination... She is the most defeatable of the current Democrat field...

Do As I Say, Not As I Do!

From the website of the U.S Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, via The Drudge Report...

GORE REFUSES TO TAKE PERSONAL ENERGY ETHICS PLEDGE

WASHINGTON, DC – Former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge” today to consume no more energy than the average American household. The pledge was presented to Gore by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, during today’s global warming hearing.

Senator Inhofe showed Gore a film frame from “An Inconvenient Truth” where it asks viewers: “Are you ready to change the way you live?”

(Click Here for link to chart.)

Gore has been criticized for excessive home energy usage at his residence in Tennessee. His electricity usage is reportedly 20 times higher than the average American household.

Here is the "Personal Energy Ethics Pledge"...

As a believer:
· that human-caused global warming is a moral, ethical, and spiritual issue affecting our survival;

· that home energy use is a key component of overall energy use;

· that reducing my fossil fuel-based home energy usage will lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions; and

· that leaders on moral issues should lead by example;

I pledge to consume no more energy for use in my residence than the average American household by March 21, 2008.”

The last sentence from the article...

Gore refused to take the pledge.

And why SHOULD he?

After all, he is a Go-Zillionaire, and he has only the best interests of the Great-Unwashed at heart, right?

I mean, hasn't Gore EARNED his own right to pollute twenty times more than you by all of the good he has done, or intends to do for Humanity?

I mean, haven't he and his allies worked tirelessly to raise the Minimum Wage to a level that will support a family of four, while simultaneously attempting to limit the access of a family of four to a vehicle which will carry four people? (For the good of the Earth, don'tchaknow?)

I'm telling you all, right now.

BEWARE the Politician who claims to want to solve your problems, ESPECIALLY when that same Politician is pointing those very problems out to you.

BEWARE the Politician who refers to YOU as "Workers", or to you and your families as "Working Families", ESPECIALLY if neither that Politician nor her Husband has ever held a job on which they actually "Worked."

BEWARE the rulers who are unwilling to live under the same conditions as their "Subjects."

If you want anything done, DO IT YOURSELF.

Conserve, Reduce, Recycle. By all means. Live Responsibly. Think Locally, Act Globally.

Have at it. After all, it IS the responsible way to live.

But do it YOURSELF.

Whatever you DO, don't allow AlGore and HillBillary to mandate it through the power of Government.

Because if you do, you will have surrendered your personal freedom to live your life in the same way that AlGore believes that he is entitled to live his, in exchange for an empty promise to solve a problem which may not even exist.

UPDATE: This chart bears notice...

BEWARE!!

You are being LIED TO! (And not by me!)

The Wisdom Of Zell Miller...

From The Raw Story...

"Zell Miller: Abortion has shrunk our military, hurt social security, caused illegal immigration"

"Zell Miller, the former Democratic Senator from Georgia who backed President George W. Bush in 2004 and spoke at the Republican National Convention, recently told an anti-abortion gathering that the "killing" of unborn babies was the cause of many of America's woes, including its military, social security, and immigration problems.

"How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?" Miller asked.

"Here is the brutal truth that no one dares to mention: We’re too few because too many of our babies have been killed."

Miller claimed that 45 million babies have been 'killed' since the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade in 1973.

"If those 45 million children had lived, today they would be defending our country, they would be filling our jobs, they would be paying into Social Security," he asserted."

( I love that the article puts the word "killed" in quotations...)

This is the point that I made over a year ago which first got me called a Nazi on my comments page. (Except that I said that Abortion doesn't bother me because I recognize the fact that Liberals are aborting their Voter Base, and that I thought that Conservatives should get out of the way and let them do it until they are gone.)

You see, this is one of the most inflamatory things that you can ever say to a Neo-Lib.

"This is all YOUR fault!"

And while Neo-Libs are more than happy to share the blame with the collective, (i.e. "We are destroying the Environment" etc...) they know beyond a shadow of doubt that they alone own this particular issue, and they own it out loud and in your face.

So, in their world view, Abortion can never be hinted at as the cause of any problem whatsoever, but must always be held up as a solution to horrible and otherwise unsolvable problems. ("Just look at all the unwanted and unloved children who would starve and be abused to death in Orphanages and in the homes of single parents working seven jobs and collecting welfare just to squeak by in abject Poverty if it weren't for Abortion! Are YOOOUUUU going to adopt ten or twenty of them and look after them Mr. and Mrs. Conservative, Mr. and Mrs. Hypocrite, HUHHMMMMMNNNN?!?")

(The next time a Lib hits you with that one, extend their own logic and suggest that we should instead round up the children who are living in those conditions now and kill them since they would be better off dead anyway, and see what they call you...)

Zell Miller is exactly right.

But he stopped too soon...

He should have gone on to point out that many of those aborted children would have been of voting age in 2000, and that most of these voters would have been raised their whole lives by people who obviously support a woman's right to choose, i.e. Democrats.

How many more votes would it have taken in 2000 to defeat George W. Bush with a clear and unquestionable margin?

Not all that many.

So now do you see that without Abortion, there would probably never have been a President George W. Bush?

Now do you see how Liberalism is ultimately it's own punishment?

Pardon Me?

Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution gives the president "Power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment." A reprieve reduces the severity of a punishment without removing the guilt of the person reprieved. A pardon removes both punishment and guilt.

Bill Clinton pardoned 140 Criminals on his final day in office. Over the course of his Presidency, he issued 395 Presidential Pardons.

It is the Constitutional Right of the President of the United States to pardon anyone he wants, at any point during his Presidency, for any crime for which they might be convicted.

NO MATTER WHO WANTED THE DEFENDANT CONVICTED.

Yesterday, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former Chief of Staff for the Vice President, was found guilty of being a Victim of a Gross Miscarriage of Justice.

On the Jury that convicted him was a person who has written a book entitled "Spying: A Secret History Of History." This Juror has stated that he took "copious notes", and plans to write a new book about the experience of being one of the Jurors on the Libby case.

Another Juror is quoted on the Drudge Report tonight calling for the President to Pardon Libby.

ONE OF THE JURORS WHO CONVICTED LIBBY IS CALLING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.

I'm not saying that President Bush should Pardon "Scooter" Libby. That's up to him. If he wants to do it, then he should do it. If not, then don't.

What I AM saying is that if he wants to Pardon Libby, then that is his right, as President of the United States, granted to him by the U.S. Constitution, and bestowed upon him by the Majority of Voters in the 2004 Presidential Election, and that neither Harry Reid (How DARE he open his mouth over this!!), nor Katie Couric, nor Cindy Sheehan, nor Tim Russert, nor George Soros, nor Ariana Huffington and all of her readers and commentors, nor the whole of the Moveon.org crowd ALL OVER AMERICA have any right to tell him not to, nor should they have any input whatsoever in his decision one way or another.

It's up to him. He is the decider.

If Clinton had the right, on his last day in office, to sell pardons to anyone who promised to donate to his Library/Massage Parlor, then Bush has the right to pardon people who may be covering up his own criminal activity. (If indeed there is any of that.)

Personally, If I were President, I would Pardon Libby today.

Then I would fire Fitzgerald.

Then I would form a Special Council to look into Harry Ried's land deals. And William Jefferson's freezer. And Ted Kennedy's sanity. And John Kerry's Military Record. And Barak Obama's race. And Al Gore's Carbon Footprint. And Barbara Boxer's "Big Oil" investments.

And Hillary Clinton's own memory lapses during her grand Jury Testimony.

I would find out how many of THEM could stand up to the type of investigation that has been directed at the Bush Administration for years and years...

Hillary Clinton... The Gift That Keeps On Giving...

"Ah don' fee-yull naw-wayze tarrred... Aah commed too faaaaar frum wherr Aaaah-aah staaarted frum!...

"No-budddy tol' mee dat dah road wudd be eeeaz-eee!...

"Aaaah don' b'leeeeve He brought me this faaaar to leee-uhve me!..." - Said Senator Clinton.

Or, to put it more succinctly... "YEEAAAAAAHHRRR!!"


How stupid is Hillary Clinton?

Are any of you buying her act? Don't you all see what she is attempting to do? (And badly at that?)

Is this offensive to no one besides me?

And I am not even Black!!

This wouldn't have been any worse if she had given away free bar-b-qued ribs, fried chicken, and basketballs!

Who does she think she is?!?

Can you imagine the Media outcry if Newt Gingrich had done this?

Rush Limbaugh?

Ann Coulter?...

Oh, yeah, that's right...

Coulter is the decoy to which the Media hopes to direct your attention in case you start to almost notice the fact that Mrs. Clinton is mocking Black People.

Don't fall for it.

Ann Coulter has as much right to call John Edwards a "Faggot" as Howard Stern has to call George W. Bush a "Retard."

It should draw just as much attention.

And no more.

Both have happened recently, and neither are worthy of any attention beyond an initial chuckle.

Hillary Clinton thinks that by mocking Black People's speech patterns, she can convince them to forget that she is a rich white woman who thinks that they are all stupid, and that they will vote for her over a man of their own race.

Which they might. I don't know.

That's up to them.

But remember this...

If Hillary Clinton REALLY believed in Racial Diversity...

If she REALLY believed in the concept of promoting achievement among African-Americans... (whoever THEY are...)

If she REALLY, REALLY believed in Racial Equality and the ability of African-Americans to succeed at the highest levels of Society...

SHE WOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, AND STOP THIS ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE BLACK MAN DOWN!!!

But I don't think she will have to.

If she makes just one more speech as ridiculous as this one, she's had it politically.

And that is as it should be.

But I personally LOVED her speech in Selma!

Keep 'em comin' Hillary!

You GO Gurl!!

You dah BOMB!!

Aaa'ight?

Knowhutumsay'in'?

Yeah...

Perception Is Reality...

SHARES TUMBLE AROUND WORLD...

DOW DOWN 416...

WORST 1-DAY DROP SINCE 2001...

(All from the Drudge Report.)

(Along with THIS one...)

MAG: Did the Drudge Report Help Tank the Stock Market?

Well, did it?

The first paragraph from the article about the Drudge Report helping to tank the Stock Market says "Greenspan warns of likely U.S. recession." That was the headline right near the top of the widely surfed Drudge Report yesterday afternoon and this morning, referring to a speech that former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made the other day via satellite to a business conference in Hong Kong. Many market watchers are blaming those comments– along with a weak durable goods report and the plunge in the Chinese stock market – for today's stock market sell-off."

Wait just a Cotton-Tailed minute...

Didn't Alan Greenspan retire last year?

What in the World gives him the power to come in off the Beach and crash the Stock Market whenever he feels like it?

You want an even better angle on the same story?

Here you go...

From the Tugboatcapn News Service...

Stock Market Experiences Worst One-Day Drop Since 2001 Only Two Months After Democrats Reclaim Congress...

How about this one?

Stock Market Crashes Following Al Gore's Oscar Win...

Or this headline...

Dow Down 416 Points Following News Of Democrats Opposition To Bush's Iraq Troop Surge Plan...

These things have nothing to do with the Stock Market Plunge, you say?

Oh, Yeah?

I have as much evidence that Al Gore, or the Democrats taking Congress, or their opposition to Bush's Iraq plans causing the Stock Market Crash as the Left has for Mankind's role in Global Warming...

Perception is Reality...

Conversion At The Point Of The Sword...

When New Blogger came for ELAshley, I remained silent; I was not ELAshley.

When they forced Mark to convert, I remained silent; I was not Mark.

When they came for D.Daddio, I did not speak out; I was not D.Daddio.

When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.


This is just great.

I have been forced over to the dark side.

New Blogger has finally come for me.

And there is nothing that can be done. Resistance is futile.

I have been assimilated.

Please tell me, those of you who have already converted, because I don't know...

Is it better?

Worse?

About the same?


P.S. I promise that I will write a Political Post soon...

Right now, I just don't care...

Requiem For A Friend...

I've just returned home from a funeral for a man I did not know.

He was killed in an ATV accident this past Sunday. He was 30 years old.

He lived about 30 minutes from me, he was a truck driver, he loved video games, he built race cars and model cars, had a really nice Corvette, and was a really nice guy.

He and his wife were both close friends of my Wife's when they were all in High School, and now he is gone.

And I never met him.

Until today.

I have spent the afternoon making friends with his friends, listening to stories about him, the way he thought, the way he reacted to different situations, his attitudes, his beliefs, what was important and unimportant to him...

I would have liked him. A lot.

He was a good guy.

But now he is gone.

And I am sad that I never met him.

I am sad for his widow, alone after only seven years of marriage, wondering whether she should sell their house and move back in with her parents...

I am sad for his dogs, who will not understand why he will never come home to play with them again...

I am sad for his friends, who will never enjoy his company again, or benifit from his unique skillset, his knowledge, his point of view, his sense of humor...

And I am sad for myself, that I never had the opportunity to laugh with him, talk with him, help him with the projects that he was working on, and that I was not able to develop a relationship with him.

We would have been friends.

Rest in Peace, Donnie Bailey, my friend whom I never met.

You are missed.

By George, I Think He's Got It!

Joe Leiberman is a genius!

He has figured out a way to make the Democrats finally get behind the war on Terror.

They will support ANYTHING that they can tax!

Brilliant!

The Last Action Hero...

Did you ever have one of those days when you just want to leave your husband and your children, put on adult diapers and race against a jet airplane 900 miles across the country so that you could kidnap and murder your boyfriend's girlfriend with a B.B. gun and a steel mallet?

Me neither.

Now, I will not indulge in the obvious P.M.S. or Menopause jokes, because that would get ME killed with a B.B. gun and a steel mallet. Besides, anyone who has dealt in close quarters with a woman in the throes of a P.M.S attack knows that this Astronaut situation is relatively mild by comparison...

Sorry. I said I wasn't going to do that.

The real tragedy here is the destruction of the perception of Astronauts as sort of "Super Human" Heroes. They are supposed to be the best and the brightest of all of the best and brightest. I'm no Rocket Scientist, but THEY ARE.

And now this one single nut has destroyed the last bastion of the real American Hero.

Over a man with whom she claims she wasn't even romantically involved. (Rrrriiiiight....)

The American Soldier as a Hero has been over with since about the Viet-Nam War. Everyone has known that the President, whoever he may be, is a lying, cheating power-mad scumbag, and has been ever since Nixon.

Terrell Owens has almost single-handedly transformed professional athletes from Heros into something more akin to Rodeo Clowns.

We lost Cowboys as Heroes last year... although we all sort of knew about Cowboys for a while. (Men walking around in leather chaps and shiny boots? Come on, now...)

And now, we learn that Astronauts are actually human beings, and are prone to random nuttiness as well.

And even Rocket Scientists do stupid, wierd things sometimes. (Probably more often than we know about.)

Which pretty much leaves Rap Artists as the example for all of us to look up to.

So, Yo. This is Tug, an' I'm Audi.

Peace out, yo.

Aaa'ight?

Yeah.