Industrialists of the World UNITE!!!

I guess I'll count myself in that group.

If you haven't read this, you should. Many Fortune 500 executives consider it a must, as does Alan Greenspan.

This New York Times article offers an interesting look into this phenomenal classic.

Best Laid Plans---Iraq and Charities

In a fight, everybody has a plan until they get hit. In this remarkable story about Melinda Gates and her struggles with the constantly changing plans of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the American Thinker draws a remarkable parallel to the constantly changing plans in war.

Urban Legend: More Black Men in Prison than College

As reported by Brit Hume, last week in Jena, LA Jesse Jackson said, "there is something wrong with a country where there are more black youths in jail than in college." This is a popular urban legend.

The Census Bureau, however, indicates that 864,000 black men are enrolled in college while the Justice Department reports only 837, 000 incarcerated. For those in the 18-24 age bracket, black men in college outnumber those in prison 4:1. Add in women, since Jackson said "youths", and the disparity becomes even greater.

This is typical of liberals, though. Whatever it takes to accomplish their goal is okay, much like John Brummett's assertion this week that Republicans succeed when they oppose tighter enforcement on illegal aliens.

But, more importantly, it adds to what I said earlier about the state of the Civil Rights Movement. As Bill Cosby and Juan Williams have said, lately, the African American community is not served by leaders who teach them to think of themselves as victims instead of encouraging them to take responsibility for their lives.

Jackson's repetition of this false statement underscores the problem that people of his ilk are more interested in power than actually helping people succeed. He generates discord among the races by insinuating that it is racism and not crime that puts black men behind bars, that it is racism and not public schools that have been run by democrats and the teachers union that keep more black youths from attending college, that it is racism and not hip hop/gangster rap and welfare that are destroying the fabric of black culture. The common thread in all of these is that it's a waste of time to take responsibility for yourself. You're a victim. All of these things teach black men that they cannot succeed in a racist country, offering instead illusory glory in the gang lifestyle as portrayed by thuggish rap stars, while the public schools pass them from grade to grade with no discipline and no expectation that they can and should learn something.

This urban legend highlights the victim mentality that is destroying a whole segment of our society, reinforced by the message of welfare and affirmative action that you can't do things on your own and it's a waste of time to take responsibility for your life. This is liberalism at its finest. Elitist and arrogant and destructive.

The Jena 6 Lie

Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star takes an interesting look at the things being ignored in the case of the Jena 6. He's African American, which shouldn't matter, but otherwise he'd be called a racist cracker. I suppose he'll be called an Uncle Tom, instead.

Karen Ray YouTube Interview after Taking ED Job

Came across this today and thought you might be interested to see it.

Follow the link to the video, which as about 5 and a half minutes.

$275 (currently $600) Billion a Year War---Still Failing After 40 Years

No, not that war. I'm talking about the War on Poverty. One that has destroyed untold numbers of lives and yielded more poverty. But do liberals want to get out of this quagmire? Nope, they want to rush headlong into it. Keep in mind that for liberals intentions count for more than results, even really, really bad results.

That figure, 275 billion dollars a year adds up to the tidy sum of 11 TRILLION dollars since the "Great" Society came into being. A trillion here, a trillion there...pretty soon, you're talking about some real money.

As you'll see if you read the interview with Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation I've linked here, you'll find that what I have said many times is true. The average poor person owns 2 color tvs, with cable, a microwave, has air conditioning, and more space than the average Frenchman, Englishman, or Italian, and those are the poor people who don't own their own homes.

I once made this very point in a class during college and was told that I didn't understand poverty and that it wasn't fair to cite those amenities when considering the plight of the poor. I don't know why not, but what do I know? I'm only a descendent of share croppers and coal miners. What could I possibly know about the plight of poor people. Didn't I know that poor families, will always be poor, these compassionate classmates surely thought.

I highly recommend you read the following interview, if you have the guts. If, however, you think it's unfair that people should be expected to work, you might want to visit the youtube link, I have posted, instead.

Here's the article.

For liberals who can't deal with reality.

NASA Predicts Coming Ice Age, Man-Made---1971

How were we supposed to create an Ice Age? The same way we're supposed to create global warming.

The prediction published in 1971 was based on the work of a Columbia University scientist named James Hansen---the same James Hansen who today claims that carbon emissions will cause global cooling. So why the change of predictions? Well, I don't see any Ice Age, so I guess he figured that clinging to that claim 30+ years later when we should have made him look like the idiot he is. What are they going to say if global warming doesn't come to pass, too?

Here's the link.

Democrats Call for Tax Increase, Again

Charlie Rangel, D-NY and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is continuing to call for huge tax hikes. Surprise, surprise, the liberal media is ignoring it. Newsbusters.org has the skinny on this fat tax hike, though.

Vickey Boozman Announces for House District 99

News out of the Benton County Republican Committee meeting last night is that Vickey Boozman, widow of the late Dr. Fay Boozman, has announced her candidacy for House Seat 99. The seat is currently held by Horace Hardwick, RINO, who is term limited, thankfully.
Hardwick has already recruited Tim Summers to run for the seat. Summers is a Benton County JP who was a democrat until a few months ago.

Brummett's Wishful Thinking

As I mentioned yesterday, John Brummett's column in response to the bumbling of Karen Ray was so off base it was embarras- sing. Huckabee wasn't known to be pro-illegal alien until long after he was reelected for the last time, so it obviously had nothing to do with his previous popularity. It has a lot to do with his current unpopularity with Arkansas Republicans, though, among other things.

As I said, though, he'd be really happy if we bought his cock and bull story. The truth is there are lots of Republicans who listen to conventional wisdom, like people who live inside the Beltway, who think what the New York Times says is important. People who spend too much time in Little Rock start to think what media types like Brummett say is important. They forget that the people back home have no idea who Brummett is. That's a major problem with many of our elected officials. It's so easy for them to forget about the people back home, which is why it's important to remind them about us and why it's nice to have people like Reps. Woods and Green and Sen. Whittaker, who have some guts.

A commenter left this link, though part of it was cut off, to the Arkansas Watch blog. I checked into it and it's worth reading.

If You Haven't Already...

Dave Elswick, KARN host, and Grant Exton, who were major supporters of Stand Your Ground legislation during the previous session, started the Arkansas Concealed Carry Association this past year to help organize law abiding gun owners to defend our rights. Elswick does a superb job of giving voice to this and other issues on his show. The ARCCA is a natural extension of that.

Follow the link to get more information.

If you don't think you need to do anything extra to protect your gun rights, follow this link. It appears that the mayor of Cleveland, OH is having the typical, liberal knee jerk reaction to rising violence in his city, calling for a state law to prohibit gun ownership by anyone under 21.

50 Years Later...Little Rock 9 or Jena 6?

50 years ago, this morning, 9 black students made history as the legendary 101st Airborne escorted them into Little Rock's Central High, marking the beginning of the end to segregation in Arkansas and breaking the standoff led by Governor Orval Faubus. They endured threats and abuse to acheive equality.

50 years later the Civil Rights Movement is far from the noble goals that it once fought for. Having long since accomplished its goals, it now fights for resegregation and racial preferences. It no longer judges someone by the content of their character, but by the color of their skin. Witness the cases of the so-called Jena 6 and murderer Tookie Williams. In both cases, the so-called Civil Rights Movement, led by race pimps like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, defend criminals because they are black, crying racism, as if racism made them commit their heinous crimes.

As I read about the Little Rock 9 and watch their press conferences I can't help but think of the protests for the so-called Jena 6 going on in Louisiana. To listen to the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson you'd think that the Little Rock 9 and the Jena 6 are going through the same thing. This might be compelling except for the fact that the only crime of the Little Rock 9 was that they tried to attend school with white kids. They were spit on, cursed, and threatened with violence because they dared to think of themselves as equals.

On the other hand, the crime of the Jena 6 is that they mercilessly beat another kid, who was white, a far cry from the Martin Luther King, Jr. era of the Civil Rights Movement which sought to emulate Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence.

Yet, if you read or watch the mainstream media, or the Arkansas Times blog, you'd think these thugs in Jena were victims and not the other way around. Things have certainly changed from the days when racism was so apparent with white teenagers, like those pictured above, cursing at an innocent girl for having the audacity to go to school.

Nowadays, it's racist to punish criminals who senselessly and brutally beat up another kid. Claims have been made that the incident sprung from a noose being hung in a tree in Jena. But that event occurred nearly 2 months earlier and the kid who was beaten was attacked from behind by the Jena 6, making it hard to believe that he presented a real threat of racist tyranny.

The use of the term Jena 6 cheapens the bold pioneers who became known as the Little Rock 9 and shows how morally and intellectually bankrupt the "Civil Rights Movement" has become. It is now used to defend criminals not to promote equality, much of which has already been acheived. But Jesse and Al need jobs, I guess, so they'll continue to defend the actions of criminals.

Still, it's important to be informed by history. Today marks an important day in the history of American Civil Rights. It is a shame, in the most serious sense of the word, that this day is tarnished by the state of the movement today.

Huckabee Not Looking Presidential

Speaking of Huckabee, here's a picture of our former governor that a friend sent me over the weekend. I had to agree that it looks like he's trying out for second fiddle, going open collar. To me, he looks like a guest on Greta Van Susteren's show, maybe a former neighbor of Scott Peterson or a random acquaintance of O.J. Simpson. Maybe I'm being too picky, but everything counts in the race for the White House.
Also, he appears to have a sunburn, which has been documented to cause cancer more often than second hand smoke. I hope he doesn't catch on or he'll try to have us stay indoors during daylight hours, in addition to not letting us be around smokers.

This One's for the ArkTimes Folks

Hillary won't pledge troop withdrawal. Didn't I already predict that? Yep, I think I did.

Here's the link.

Sanders and Brummett on Ray/Email Debacle

Wanna read some superb analysis of the Karen Ray Email Debacle? Try his latest column.

Sanders cuts right to the heart of the matter, as he did on the radio last week. Noting that Ray not only overstepped her bounds, he points out that she is advocating the position of the Farm Bureau, whose special advisory board she was slated to join. In doing so she is choosing a special interest over her own elected officials.

Ray may survive this fiasco, but if she had any sense of decency she would resign. Unfortunately, she needs a job, so she probably won't volunteer. Although I'd like to appreciate her meager apology, the fact that she stands by her statements is a constant reminder that she thinks the average hick Republican from Podunkville or Bugtussle makes the Republican party look racist because we believe it's important to stop the flood of illegal aliens into our state.

For some pitiful analysis, read John Brummett's column. He credits Mike Huckabee's electoral success with his pro-illegal alien position, not mentioning, of course, that the issue was not an issue in any of his campaigns. He also doesn't mention that Huckabee left the party in shambles. Of course, Brummett knows both of these things, but he'd be happy to see us follow Huckabee's lead further into oblivion. It would save him the trouble of pretending that the people of Arkansas want to pay for benefits for illegal aliens or send them to college, as Huckabee proposed.

Hog Running Back Arrested

Michael Smith, a running back for the Hogs, who made a crucial fumble against Kentucky on Saturday night, was arrested on Sunday for using a stolen credit card. Coach Nutt has suspended him indefinitely.

For more details, follow the link to the AP story.

DeMillo On Beebe and Ray's Immigration Woes

Nothing yet on the results of the RPA Executive Committee meeting. But Andrew DeMillo, Arkansas AP writer, has some interesting analysis of the boat Gov. Beebe and Karen Ray find themselves in. As I've mentioned before, they've both had some trouble expressing themselves.

The difference, of course, is that Karen knows what she thinks and happens to be on the wrong side of the issue, while the governor isn't sure what he should think, yet. As I've said, he would prefer not to deal with controversial issues, but I think he's starting to realize that he needs to prepare some wishy washy talking points so he doesn't get caught with his pants down, again, like he did with the State Police/ICE story.

Read DeMillo's article, though, for an interesting take.

DailyKo(ok)s Compare Osama bin Laden to President Reagan

You read that right. This is one of the premier democrat mouthpieces. Read this if you think you can stomach it.

UPDATE: Karen Ray, RPA Executive Committee Meeting

It appears that this was a previously scheduled meeting, but the Executive Committee of the RPA is meeting tonight. I have been informed that the #1 topic on the agenda will be Karen Ray and the email debacle. My sources suggest that she will probably weather the storm. How effective she will be dealing with county committees and rank and file Republicans from now on is questionable, though, given how insulting her comments were.

Hollywood Hates the Troops

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/041llllv.asp

Emails, Conference Calls, and Resignations?

Looks like we're getting some interest in this topic, so I thought I'd move it up the queue. No word yet on the results of a rumored conference call about Karen Ray's actions.

Following up on the email debacle between RPA ED Karen Ray and the yet unnamed legislator, I have been told by some well-informed sources that there have been calls for Ray to step down. I haven't received confirmation that the personnel committee held, or will hold, a conference call to discuss the matter, but my sources have intimated as much. When I get confirmation I'll pass it along.

I happened to tune in to the Dave Elswick Show on KARN in central Arkansas. He didn't intimate anything. He called for her resignation. He accurately described her statements as being out of the mainstream and insulting to average Americans, who want to see a something done to stem the tide of illegal aliens.

Rep. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home, House Minority Leader, went on Elswick's show to discuss the situation. Key gave a mealy-mouthed defense of Karen and the party line that we should try to make businesses happy and not pursue "feel good policies" that alienate aliens. Elswick wasn't impressed.

He was impressed with David Sanders, though, who was pretty blunt in his assessment that Ray was completely out of line. Sanders appeared on the the show after Key and he's right. Her job is not to shape policy. It's to help elect Republicans, whose job it is to shape policy. It is yet to be seen if she's up to that job. If things don't settle down, we may not find out.

"Moderate" Response: Governor Beebe's Friends Agree on Illegal Aliens

Speaking at the Clinton School, Gov. Beebe and 3 other democrat governors echoed his recent statements that dealing with illegal aliens should be a federal issue.

This isn't surprising given their success using the new democrat strategy of pretending to be moderate. It's been a very successful tactic for Beebe. Democrat governors Janet Napolitano, AZ, Phil Bredesen, TN, and Kathleen Sebelius, KS, have also had to deal with illegal aliens and they're not happy about it. They all agree that they'd rather the federal government remove this hot potato from their laps. The only way to deal with this surge of democrat politicians is to force this issue and others on them as much as possible.

Beebe, especially, doesn't want this issue or any other controversial issue to come across his desk. From his perspective, the fewer controversial issues he has to deal with the better. His one major vulnerability is that as a "moderate" he doesn't want to take positions on controversial issues. That's exactly why he keeps taking the rhetorical position that dealing with illegal aliens is a federal issue. He has to frame this issue in such a way that he won't have to deal with it. Look for an effort to prevent any legislation like this from getting to his desk. If it does, he'll have to choose who he's willing to upset, his liberal base or the intolerant majority of Arkansas.

All of this is very interesting with Karen Ray's recent foray into policy triangulation.

More on this topic later, but in the meantime read this AP story about the appearances of Beebe and his friends at the Clinton School.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AR_DEMOCRATIC_GOVERNORS_AROL-?SITE=ARMOU&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-09-21-01-19-51

GO IRMA!!!

Rep. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, has announced that she will challenge incumbent State Senator Irma Hunter Brown, D-Little Rock, for her seat next cycle. Elliott is one of the most effective and ultra-liberal members of the legislature. She is commited to the liberal cause and very cunning. Sen. Brown, who was the first black woman elected to the Arkansas legislature, is pretty fair-minded and deserves another term. I'm rooting for her.

Harrelson has more details.

http://www.underthedome.com/2007/08/incumbent-senator-to-be-challenged-in.html

It's All Academic

A little food for thought for those of you who think it really makes a difference whether we should have gone into Iraq. We're there. So now what?

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/019clwjw.asp

NEWSFLASH: Terrorists Allergic to Bullets, Experiencing Outbreak in Diyala Province

A soldier sets up a picture of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, illustrating that terrorists are, indeed, allergic to bullets. Bombs have also been found to cause severe reactions. A recent rash of bullets and bombs aimed at terrorists in the Diyala province of Iraq has resulted in an increasing number of deaths and injuries to this group which was once thought impervious to disease, ahem, defeat.

Mario Loyola has more details in this story from the Weekly Standard.

ttp://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/029isceg.asp

Good News

Tom Coburn is rising in prominence in the U.S. Senate. Hopefully, Republicans will follow his lead and stop trying to beat the democrats in the spending category.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11888

Basic Economics, Anyone?

Not if you're a liberal writer at the New Republic. Despite the actual results of lower taxes---economic and revenue growth---liberals just refuse to believe the facts. This is true of long established economic numbers and numbers from today that demonstrate that somehow government revenue has grown at a lower tax rate. The opposite is true and easy to demonstrate, as well. Just look at any period of high taxes in our history. They go hand in hand with economic slumps and slow (if any) growth. Or just look around the world today. You can see capital flowing into low tax economies and out of high tax economies.

For a superb in depth analysis, read this article from the American Spectator.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12001

Poor Americans

As a friend once pointed out, what Americans call poor would have made kings envious a hundred years ago. Big screen TVs, indoor plumbing, air conditioning, refrigerators, microwaves, cars, cell phones...

Yeah, that's poverty, alright.

Here's an interesting article about it from the American Spectator.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11967

Edwards: USA No Good at Intel---Let the World Do It

John Edwards doesn't believe that our counter terrorism and intelligence agencies are any good. His solution: get the world (UN) to do it.

Wow.

He's just a big, dumb animal, folks.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070907/D8RGM0R00.html

Karen Ray Steps in It

Karen Ray, ED of the RPA, has gone over the line with this one. Apparently, she sent a legislator an email excoriating him for what she called "feel good legislation" that makes Republicans look racist, in reference to any legislation that would seek to stem the tide of illegal aliens in Arkansas.

First of all, that's none of her business. She needs to understand that her role is not to tell legislators what they should do. It's unfortunate that this couldn't have been handled in private, but it appears that the legislator in question accidentally sent it to somebody who got a little upset about it. I don't think this bodes well for Miss Ray unless she can weather it and learn to keep her opinions to herself. I suggest she handle this carefully.

UPDATE: Karen Ray has taken responsibility for the debacle stemming from her over-reaching email to a legislator. Claiming that her statements don't represent the views of the party, she, nonetheless, does not retract them. That's a problem, especially considering that she intends to accept a position on an advisory board for the Farm Bureau, which opposes legislation dealing with illegal aliens. This is one more thing she has no business doing. Farm Bureau would be very happy to claim bipartisan support for the position she shares with them, essentially using our ED as a tool for their agenda.

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/09/the_electronic_mailbag.aspx

Barry Manilow or The View? That's a Tough One

That's a hard choice. Both are annoying forms of torture, but I'm going to have to go with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

I would say boycott Barry Manilow for being a liberal idiot, but I have a feeling that most people have plenty of reasons to avoid him anyway, such as his music. A Colorado judge even sentences people to listen to his music, which says a lot.

My other response would be to watch The View in protest, but The View? I don't think it's worth it, but I'll go ahead and say that I support Elisabeth for being willing to sit there with those liberal cows every day. Wading through all that manure has to get tiresome. I don't know if someone has to do it, but thanks Elisabeth for representing us well to an audience that probably isn't used to common sense, or, as Barry would say, "dangerous and offensive" viewpoints.

http://www.tmz.com/2007/09/17/barry-to-elisabeth-your-view-is-dangerous/

Candidate Evaluator

Follow the link and answer the questions to see who you supposedly would like most for president. I came across this the other day and I'll have to say it doesn't appear to be very accurate. But it's fun.

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

Do We?

When we have a whole segment of our country calling for our defeat that's a good question.

Of course, they don't phrase it that way. They call it "redeployment", as in Eisenhower should have redeployed the 101st Airborne to South America. That would have made sense, to a liberal maybe.

Thomas Sowell's latest column examines this stupendous concept being put forth by these "military experts", read average liberal congressman.

Sowell, who was small arms instructor for the Marine Corps, won't even claim to be an expert on military matters, while many who have never served and, indeed, despise the military do.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/09/11/amateur_experts

Global Warming Cooling Down?

From the Where Are They Now files, whatever happened to the claims that Global Warming was going to bring lots of hurricanes this season and last, ad infinitum?

Peter Hannaford answers that and other questions about the unfulfilled prophecies of doom from Al Gore and other Global Warming fanatics in this column in the American Spectator.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11932

Poverty Continues to Decline

Maybe this is why John Edwards "Poverty Tour" was so short. The Census Department is reporting that poverty has declined significantly.

As usual, there's not a word about this on the ArkTimes. It doesn't fit their agenda.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070828/poverty.html?.v=4

Former Head of ACLU Sentenced to 7 Years for Child Pornography

What a surprise. If this was a conservative organization, the news would be that the organization has a systemic problem and is reeling and that the Republican Party is falling apart.
The ACLU will probably raise more money as a result. Time to get out their NAMBLA mailing list.
http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2007/09/07/ex-aclu-chief-gets-seven-years-for-child-porn/

September 16, 2001

More Good News!!!

Senator Chuck Hagel, RINO-NE, is not going to seek reelection. First, Warner. Now, Hagel. Hopefully, Chuck Grassley isn't far behind. Lindsey Graham ought to consider retirement, too. At least he's not as bad as these folks.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10126829

September 15, 2001

I know this didn't happen for a few months, but I just love this image. Peace through Superior Firepower.

New York Times Gave MoveOn a Discount on Vile Ad

That's the Max Brantley's favorite source, by the way.

This story is hard to find, but the New York Times gave MoveOn a sweetheart deal to print it's vile add suggesting that General Petraeus was a traitor. Of course, the ironic thing is that the New York Times and MoveOn are actual traitors to our country. Of course, they, like Max, call wanting us to lose a war patriotic. Unfortunately, for them, words have meaning.

http://www.blackfive.net/

What Are They Gonna Say Next?

9 months ago the democrats were saying that there was no way that we could be successful militarily in Iraq. As the good news rolled in, they started saying we weren't being successful politically. Last night, after the president's address, the democrats responded with their pat answer that we would never experience political success in Iraq. Since their other predictions have failed, it struck me. What are they going to say when we acheive political success?

The truth is they're caught between Iraq and a hard place (sorry, bad pun). Harry Reid pronounced our defeat before the Surge even started. They told General Petraeus he was lying before he opened his mouth. The military success is a result of grassroots political success. They always said that the Iraqis would never fight for themselves, so why should we? They are now and we're experiencing victory and they are calling on us to surrender and to abandon our new friend to the Taliban-like regime that would follow us.

September 14, 2001

"I can here you! I can here you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people -- and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!"

This is worth watching one more time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4BkzuV0LYE

September 13, 2001

North Carolina School Bans American Flag

Sorry, Johnny, that flag is offensive. It's the symbol of evil, racist, imperialistic, multi-national corporate rule...

This isn't a joke.

http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-11-0027.html

Update, the school has rescinded its order, amid a rush of angry responses from all over the country. They claimed that students wear flags to identify gang affiliation. That's one gang I'd like to know about. Maybe it's a branch of the Van Buren Boys (something for you Seinfeld fans).

What Now, Al?

A report was released recently showing that at least 500 scientists have issued peer-reviewed studies disputing the claims of man-made global warming.

More info on the link. It's worth a look.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,176495.shtml

Harry Reid Schedules Senate Vote to Give D.C. a Voting Congressman

Or, some might say, congresswoman, as in Eleanor Holmes Norton, the radical liberal non-voting "congresswoman" from Washington, D.C.

Despite what the U.S. Constitution says, Harry Reid has announced that he will bring S. 1257 to the floor. Thankfully, Mitch McConnell has vowed to filibuster it.

Remarkably, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is a sponsor of this bill because it would also give Utah an extra congressman. This is a very, very bad thing.

Washington was built to be the federal city, not a state for a reason, so it wouldn't be able to influence the federal government. Otherwise, why not have the nation's capital be any other city in the U.S.?

Thanks to Eagle Forum of Arkansas for the email alert on this.

http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.View&PressRelease_id=1815

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20070903k

Sanders on the Severance---A Dose of Common Sense

David Sanders has a column about the lemming rush to raise the severance tax on natural gas. I don't think the governor will like it, but hopefully he'll listen to some reason. If not, we're bound to add to one more tax. Of course, that's seems the be the way of things. If something is profitable, it must be taxed. And the protection racket gets bigger, while we get smaller. It's amazing how a handful of rants by a kook (Max Brantley) can change the governor's mind.

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2007/09/12/DavidJSanders/343293.html

Supporters of Gay Adoption Respond

John Lyon, with the Arkansas News Bureau, has a story about the response to Arkansas Family Council's ballot initiative.

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2007/09/10/News/343284.html

Soviet Putin---No Wonder the Former Soviet Satellites Want a Missile Shield

Vladimir Putin has dissolved his government. Apparently, some idiot put that power in their constitution. Either way, though, this is one more step in the march back towards the old Soviet Union. Can you imagine if President Bush did that?

There is a bear in the woods, indeed.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070912/D8RJUT003.html

September 12, 2001

I guess this was just a ruse to sell bumper stickers, cause we all know the War on Terror is just a bumper sticker slogan. Right?

Wrong. The people who did this don't think it's a bumper sticker. It's a deadly business for them. For democrats like John Edwards, which is most, it's a political inconvenience to be ignored.

America can't trust national security to the democrats, which is our main hope for electing a Republican president next year and eventually taking back congress.