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.

Pope Talking Sense on Abortion---Not "a human right"

I'll say. Not being aborted is the real human right. Thank God for a good pope.

Catholics can be some of the best conserva- tives. I don't know where I'm going with this, so I'll stop.

Viva Il Papa!

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-09-07T171141Z_01_L07930016_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRIA-POPE-ABORTION.xml&src=rss&rpc=22&sp=true

You're Not Alone, Libs---Osama's Upset with Harry and Nancy For Not Following Through, Too

"HELP, HELP, DEMOCRATS!!! George Bush is TORTURING ME!!!!"

I wish...

Anyway, regarding Osama bin Laden's recent statement, I wonder how many liberals noticed that Osama bin Laden is calling for the same thing they are. He's disappointed in the democrats for failing to force our surrender in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, he sounds like he gets his talking points from the DNC, or maybe the other way 'round.

Try this: "you made one of your greatest mistakes, in that you neither brought to account nor punished those who waged this war, not even the most violent of its murderers, [former Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld…”

"You permitted Bush to complete his first term, and stranger still, chose him for a second term, which gave him a clear mandate from you -- with your full knowledge and consent -- to continue to murder our people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then you claim to be innocent! The innocence of yours is like my innocence of the blood of your sons on the 11th -- were I to claim such a thing."
Bin Laden says President Bush's words echo "neoconservatives like Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Richard Perle."

"the democrats haven't made a move worth mentioning. On the contrary, they continue to agree to the spending of tens of billions to continue the killing of and the war there, which has led to the vast majority of you being afflicted with disappointment."

I'm not making this stuff up. He sounds like an ArkTimes blog commenter or someone on DailyKo(ok)s.

I can't choose which of the many juicy things to quote, so please do yourself a favor of reading it. He thinks Rumsfeld killed 2 million villagers in Vietnam. He says that President Bush knew that Rumsfeld and Cheney had committed atrocities before when he hired them so obviously he wanted to bring about "new massacres". That kinda sounds like Rosie O'Donnell or Janeane Garofalo claiming we've killed half a million innocent people in Iraq.

He encourages anti-war protesters to continue "carrying placards".

This statement is full of democrat talking points.

On this 6th Anniversary of September 11, I have to ask, what is wrong with the democrats?

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/bin_laden_transcript.pdf

Waiting for Their Talking Points

Having been smoked by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker yesterday democrats are waiting for their latest talking points to respond. This is apparent on the ArkTimes blog, where little was said after their testimony other than rehashing the same preemptive attacks which were disproven in testimony.

General Petraeus gave his analysis, not White House talking points, but not before democrats on the committee denounced his testimony and his character, literally. They accused him of lying even before he had opened his mouth, which is a favorite tactic of democrats. Character assassination is a on page one of the liberal playbook. Any good news for America is bad for them. So, from their perspective, any good news is White House propaganda.

General Petraeus was able to demostrate, definitively, that the Surge has been very successful and this military success is laying the groundwork for political progress.

My prediction, the liberals will continue to use the same arguments. Evidence to the contrary doesn't bother them. They are sycophantic in their charge toward American defeat. Other democrats will continue to peel off or attempt to pull back on their rhetoric.

I wrote the above portion last night only to be proved right by Max today. This is Max's sole response to General Petraeus' report. Unable to answer him based on facts or logic Max dusts off an old faithful for him, you know, the war isn't popular routine and if you believe in it you're in the minority and you're obviously stupid, so there, no whammies, no take backs.

As I said earlier, though, he's just waiting for his marching orders. Unable to think on his own when presented with facts and logic he has to wait for the talking points. So until he receives them he will just resort to a default position. Here's what he wrote.

"Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 09:19:39

War trend lines

It doesn't matter how you slice it, the trend is clear -- a steadily declining number of Americans think Bush has handled the war well; think going to war was the right thing to do, and think the war was worth it. If you think General Petraeus changed that yesterday, you are among the non-reality-based 26 percenters."

So what does this mean? It means that he doesn't have anything to say to the factual and logical presentation of General Petraeus. But he doesn't want us to succeed. So, even when presented with positive news, he has to say something negative to salve aching psyche.

Oh yeah, well, well, nobody likes your stupid war anyway. So, so, so, take that. Whaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!

September 11, 2001---We Will Not Forget

6 years ago, right about this time, I was driving to the office when I heard Neal Gladner cut in on whatever his topic was with news of the first plane hitting the North Tower. I remember thinking it was an accident. At the time, the news was reporting a small plane not an airliner. When I got to the office I switched on my television just after the second plane hit the South Tower. It hit me that this wasn't an accident. I watched as the news replayed the second plane, recognizing a 767. I looked out my window and thought about a plane hitting my building, which is one of the taller buildings in Little Rock. I was in a daze until I saw the buildings crash to the ground. I felt sick in the pit of my stomach. It was finally sinking in that we were being attacked and that lots of Americans had just died.

In the ensuing days, it was clear that America was united. 6 years later we are more divided than ever. There is a political party which is dead set on us losing the War in Iraq. They are dead set on not talking about the events of September 11, 2001. If they succeed, terrorists the world over will rejoice, as Osama bin Laden has recently stated. Yet, they play at having America's interest at heart. They call wanting America to lose patriotic. Terrorists won't simply rejoice, though. They will be emboldened and many, many people will die. Sooner than later the news will start to look like an episode of 24.

God help us.

September 11, 2001. They have forgotten. We will not. I will not.

ArkTimes Two Step

Check out this neat little trick from Max Brantley at the ArkTimes blog.

Hillary Clinton is going to give back $850,000, which is a huge story, especially considering the number of times she's had to do things like this and the number of big fundraisers she's had who have fled the country or attempted to, which seems to happen all the time to the Clintons, but is otherwise unheard of. What is so attractive to criminals about the Clintons? Hmm...

So what does Max do? He mentions it at the top of this story, then, without even changing paragraphs goes into a story about Larry Flynt and Sen. David Vitter, R-LA, as if there is some sort of comparison and to brush the Hillary story under the rug. That's probably all we'll hear about it. I don't recall seeing anything else about it. Of course, it would be foolish to expect any critical analysis from Max about the Clintons, since he's such a sycophant.

Here's the post.

"Monday, September 10, 2007 - 20:17:31

The perils of politics

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.) will refund $850,000 raised by Norman Hsu. Larry Flynt will hold a news conference tomorrow to introduce the media to a prostitute who supposedly has passed a lie detector test about her four-month relationship with U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R.-La.)"

He might as well have put the Hillary sentence in small print.

General Petraeus Testifies

Ike Skelton, D-MO, Chairman of the House Armed Services Commit- tee, speaks of bad news being "trouble- some". What is trouble- some is that a man holding his position is so proud to make pronouncements of our inevitable defeat. Good grief.

More updates as the day goes on.

One of the most remarkable things about this hearing is the preemptive strikes by Chairman Lantos and Chairman Skelton on the character of General Petraeus.

Another note: Another pro-defeat kook was just escorted from the room, after the latest hysterical outburst. If the situation was the other way around, you can be sure that a major story would be how embarrassing this should be for us. It ought to be embarrassing to the democrats on the committee, but the media is unlikely to make much of it.

September 10, 2001

As General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker sit before the House Armed Services Committee I find this picture a poignant reminder of what happens when we give terrorists a free reign.

September 9, 2001

Forced Dr. Visits---Liberalism at Work

This pretty well speaks for itself. What's wrong with liberalism? What isn't?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_el_pr/edwards_2

Update: England---And Then There's This

Politicians in Britain are suggesting that people with "unhealthy" lifestyles shouldn't receive health care. This is what happens when the government pays for things with your tax money. Remember the old saw, a government powerful enough to give everything is powerful enough to take everything away.

This is a very similar argument to that made by "conservative" legislators here in Arkansas for how it was "conservative" to violate property rights with the smoking ban. They said it would save the state money in health care costs. Instead of thinking maybe the state shouldn't be in the health care business these "conservative" legislators opted instead to exert far reaching control over the lives of average Arkansans using a legal product.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23410977-details/'NHS+should+not+treat+those+with+unhealthy+lifestyles'+say+Tories/article.do

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, I found this item. British drivers now face 2 years in gaol (as they spell jail) for using a cell phone while driving.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23411328-details/Drivers+risk+two+years+in+jail+for+using+their+mobile+phones/article.do

New Film Shows American Servicemen as Rapist Murderers---But Liberals "Support the Troops"

Director Brian De Palma, who did the same thing to Vietnam vets with his Casualties of War anti-American propaganda movie, has recently released an Iraq War version. In it he graphically depicts the rape of an Iraqi girl and the murder of her entire family by American servicemen. Just like Casualties of War, Redacted, which the film is titled, is designed to reinforce the John Kerry-styled assault on the valor and honor of our fighting men.

Of course, though, liberals "support the troops". This smear campaign, along with at least 7 other anti-American/Iraq War movies is slated to hit the road later this year in the U.S. It was played for an audience of pointy headed film buffs in Venice recently who were moved by illustrations of our servicemen's barbarism. This is, of course, an attempt to tarnish the image of our troops and our country in the eyes of people the world round and will surely be quoted as fact in decades to come proving how evil we are, reinforcing comments by the likes of Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, who compared our boys to Nazis and communists running concentration camps, John Kerry, who said that they were "terrorizing women and children," and, more recently, Barack Hussein Obama, who said that they were air raiding villages killing innocent women and children. That's how the democrats support the troops.

They also support the troops in what they consider the more benign way of forcing them to surrender and spitting on their sacrifice as worthless and unjust. But they support the troops. Yeah...

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL3190384420070831?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true

English Show Signs of Hope

A recent headline on Drudge caught my eye. It read, "POLL: English believe environmental fears being used as excuse to raise taxes..."

The story says pretty much that. They're dead on, too. It doesn't matter how many times we demonstrate the fallacy of manmade global warming, liberals are commited to seeing that we do something about it, starting with tax increases and regulations. As usual with liberals, it's all about controlling people.

Again, I'm reminded how much I love the English. They've gone a long way the wrong way, but every once in a while they show some signs of hope.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=479514&in_page_id=1770

Fred is In(!!!)

Better late. Fred Thompson announced last night that he is running for president on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Here's the video. The links are in order of the two segments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMIh7a5mRw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WjXgqY6UvU

My 2 Dads---Arkansas Style, II

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has said that the language in the ballot initiative to ban adoption or foster parenting by unmarried, cohabitating adults doesn't pass his muster---surprise, surprise. Liberals at the Arkansas Times blog are understandably glad to hear it, since such a measure would surely pass a statewide vote.

The measure which set a record for the number of signatures gathered, over 200,000, was proposed by Arkansas Family Council. It was an improved version over a bill proposed in the Ledge last session which only banned adoption and foster parenting by gays, not just any unmarried, cohabitating adults.

The gay rights movement is stronger in Arkansas than we thought. This what we get when we elect democrats who pretend to be conservative, like McDaniel. The bill in the legislature didn't pass to the full house because of back room dealings between Governor Beebe and Speaker of the House Benny Petrus, who arranged to send it to the House Judiciary Committee, the most liberal committee in the house. It had already sailed through the senate, but Governor Beebe didn't want to have to choose whether to upset a small but vocal group of gay/liberal constituents or the people of Arkansas.

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/09/adoption_initiative_turned_bac.aspx#comments

"the Bush Report"---Democrat Word Games and Worse

That's trick #1. For months everybody's been calling the upcoming report by General Petraeus "the Petraeus Report". But, in an effort to undermine our obvious success, democrats are beginning to call it "the Bush Report", to make it appear that anything positive that is reported by the general is a rosey, political report made up by the White House.

Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, is taking the lead in assaulting our success in Iraq, starting with impugning our fighting men. Calling our success in Iraq the result of "tribal warlords", Schumer declared that our military was unable to do the job that untrained militias can.

Every day I think I can't get any more sick to my stomach from the pronouncements of and cries for defeat by the democrats and every day they go one step further. What is wrong with these people?

http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070906/NATION/109060064/1001

Global Warming Not "Accepted Science"

In a survey entitled Survey: Less Than Half Of All Published Scientists Endorse Global Warming Theory the fallacy that Global Warming is "accepted science" is exposed.

The story on the link explains. I guess evidence is more important than hype, at least to more than half of scientists. Hmmm... What does that say about the others?

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=b35c36a3-802a-23ad-46ec-6880767e7966

Racist Spanish Straightjacket Illegals

Can you imagine the outcry if Tom Tancredo led passage of a law to put illegal aliens in straightjackets for deportation? It would be called racism, but what do you call it when real live Spanish people do it to illegals in their country? What do you call the brutal treatment the Mexican government metes to its illegal immigrants? Is that racist, too?

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2176422,00.html

Iowa Gay "Marriage"---ERA and Other Implications

Tim McQuillan (left) and Sean Fritz (right) were "married" in Des Moine, Iowa as a result of Judge Robert Hanson overturning the state's ban on gay marriage. This happy pair was the only one that was able to meet the window to make this happen before the judge ordered a stay to his own judgment.

The decision which declared the state's Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA) unconstitutional was based on the judge's interpretation of the equal protection and due process provisions of Iowa's constitution. The language in the equal protection clause, specifically, is similar to language in the federal Equal Rights Amendment which has been defeated nationally several times over the last few decades, despite recent attempts to revive it, including in Arkansas.

Rep. Lindsley Smith (D-Fayetteville) led the charge along with others to ratify it in Arkansas claiming that the requirement of gender neutrality would not affect gay marriage and other controversial topics, despite evidence to the contrary from other states with nearly identical state ERAs in their constitutions, such as Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts. The subject of gender neutrality, however, was cited specifically by Judge Hanson in his recent Iowa decision. The claim made by Rep. Smith was, ironically, made 27 years ago by the Iowa ERA Coalition. But even without federal passage similar legal precedents such as this most recent one have continued to arise and the rationale continues to be used by gay rights groups in literature and lawsuits.

The following link is to a brochure from the Iowa ERA Coalition made in 1980, which said much the same as advocates such as Rep. Smith. Ironically, it and Rep. Smith are in stark disagreement with the foremost expert on the ERA, now Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Back in the 70s she wrote the book on it, literally, and her analysis of it as an early advocate is strikingly similar to that of those of us who oppose it today. As a sitting member of the Supreme Court she's in a position to have a say about its interpretation, should it be ratified. For those who don't believe that she would advocate such a position remember that Justice Ginsburg is an old school, left-wing radical, who has advocated such things as lowering the age of consent to 12 and using foreign law as precedent in the United States. I could go on.

http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/iowaera/doc3.htm

The cat is out of the bag in Iowa, now. The decision by Judge Robert Hanson was in response to a lawsuit filed by 6 gay couples in 2005. The two who were "married" were not, as far as I know, plaintiffs in that proceeding. Regardless, they are probably about to be the focal point of a legal controversy. They are, as of now, "married" in Iowa. What is to happen if Iowa were to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage or if the decision is overturned by a higher court? Would their "marriage" remain intact? If so, how can others be prevented from being "married", as well?

And there's always the problem of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which will undoubtedly be used at some point to make a federal challenge to existing state statutory laws and constitutions, since some states have recognized gay "marriage"
(Massachusetts and Iowa, temporarily) and others have otherwise done so short of calling it "marriage" with civil unions (Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey) and others with less encompassing domestic partnerships (including D.C. and Eureka Springs). It's just a matter of time before some happy couple from Massachusetts just happens to decide that they want to move to another state and have their "marriage" recognized. The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the Human Rights Campaign will be ready and waiting to make a federal case out of it, especially, since they will probably orchestrate the move having found some lucky couple who are willing to be heroes of the gay community. You might think I'm joking, but the afformentioned groups have probably already written the cases.

I'll keep my eye on this and other developments, but you can bet this is going to be a hot topic in '08. Hopefully, whoever our nominee is will do something about this. More than likely, this will be used as a wedge by 527s, which is fine if our nominee affirms his support and defense of traditional marriage.

These last two links are to articles regarding the details of the specific Iowa case.

http://www.abpnews.com/2728.article

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070901/D8RCARCO0.html

Fascinating Common Sense from an Environmentalist

"To address climate change, we must use more wood, not less. Using wood sends a signal to the market- place to grow more trees and to produce more wood."

The guy who wrote this was a cofounder of Greenpeace, if you can believe it. He further explains that young trees consume carbon much more quickly than old trees, which is why he suggests that we should cut down more trees so that new trees can replace them.

Fascinating.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=67623834-a1af-42e4-91cb-28492a462651

Best Senator, EVER

Well that may be stretching it, but I'm having a hard time coming up with many better. If Max Brantley calls someone the "Worst. senator. ever." (sic), they're probably someone I should like.

The ArkTimes blog, as usual, has been worked into a lather by Max's foaming at the mouth about the unfairness of the state not taxing something. It's the severance tax, again. As I've said many times, liberals want to control things. They want to tax things. We certainly have a lot of nerve thinking that we have any right to our property. Max talks about natural gas like the state owns the mineral rights and as if the owners won't pay taxes 4 ways from Sunday on the money they make from it. Ever hear of income, sales, property, capital gains taxes, etc...?

Max Brantley wants to raise taxes on people because they have the nerve to do something profitable and exercise their property rights. Bob Johnson couldn't possibly be opposed to a tax increase just because he's a pretty conservative democrat. NO, he must be crooked, since he disagrees with Max and his merry band of liberals. There's always something wrong with people who disagree with them.

Sometimes I get sick reading the Arkansas Times, but it's important to keep an eye on what these socialists are up to. In the meantime, keep up the good work, Bob!

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/09/worst_senator_ever.aspx#comments

Good News from Iraq Keeps Pouring In

Katie Couric, CBS anchorwoman, has been forced to change her story on Iraq like others who have visited recently. This all comes after years of carping about our inability to succeed.

With General Petraeus set to give his report to congress this coming week, there have been more and more naysayers moderating or outright changing their position on our ability to win. Democrats face a real challenge, especially when their kook base, as typified by the average reader of the ArkTimes blog, is still dead set on us losing and in their belief in our inability to succeed. Many democrats are about to be caught between Iraq and a hard place, as it were.

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_247203227.html

House Races

Steve Harrelson has an updated list of possibles of next year's house races.

http://www.underthedome.com/2007/07/2008-house-races.html

The Manchurian Candidate

Those curtains should be red.

It seems like only yesterday the Clinton's were taking money from Charlie Trie, which he was funneling from Red China. The following Wall Street Journal story sounds remarkably similar to the scheme Trie was convicted for.

According to the Journal, a major Hillary fundraiser named Norman Hsu is tangled up in a mess involving a Chinese family in California. Apparently, six members of the Paw family, including 4 adult children who don't appear to live in the small family home, all made the maximum donation to Hillary on the same day in the same amount as other friends of Mr. Hsu, all listing the home as their residence. Also, Mr. Hsu, who is a multi-millionaire, who lists a Manhattan residence, has apparently listed the Paw's modest 1,280 sf home as his residence on at least one occasion for a campaign donation.

The Paws, who appear to have only modest resources, except for one son, listed as an executive at a mutual fund, made large enough campaign contributions to put them in the company of wealthy ZIP codes such as the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Greenwich, Conn.

The Clinton's are known for renting out the Lincoln Bedroom, as John Edwards pointed out recently. Their dealings with Red China may still be going on.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118826947048110677.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

Another Bumper Sticker

Of course, we all know that George Bush invented the War on Terror for political gain. So, pay no attention to Al Qaeda's threats to attack us.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20466414/site/newsweek/page/0/

President Bush in al Anbar

This is good news for America and bad news for the democrats.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RE1ER02&show_article=1

Update: Of course, Max's response to the president's visit to what was once the most dangerous place in Iraq is that he didn't announce where his trip because things are obviously too dangerous. I don't know if Max is aware, but it's been s.o.p. (standard operating procedure) of the Secret Service to keep as many of the president's movements secret as possible for at least the last 60 years---within the United States.

Hold On to Your Wallet---UPDATE---Poorest State is Fattest

Thank God for Mississippi is a favorite refrain here in Arkansas. Apparently, the people in Mississippi, though the poorest in the nation, are thankful for food, because they eat a lot of it.

How can this be?

I commented earlier on the plight of poor people and how they are apparently subject to malnutrition because they only get $3 a day for food on the food stamp program. How can people get fat on $3 a day? Maybe it's because they don't have to work so they sit around all day. The solution is probably to tell them what they can eat.

What a great country. Starvation isn't our problem. It's over eating. But leave it to liberals to call abundance a problem.

No comment yet from Max or Steve Harrelson.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070828/D8R9U9982.html

Home Sweet Home, No More

Who cares about property rights, anyway?

A man in California is facing 6 months jail time for not getting the proper permits to do improve- ments to his home.

That's liberalism for ya.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9406861.html

Smoke Up, Granny

This one goes out to Hillary.

"Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got through five a day ever since."

That's right, WORLD WAR I!!! She figures she's up to #170,000. Here's a little trivia for those of you who don't know, smokes are called fags in Britain. It may sound off color, but it's true.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=478075&in_page_id=1770

Harry Reid---MOST INEFFECTIVE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, EVER---Forced to Moderate Position on Iraq

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, has been, by far, the least effective majority leader in history. Swept into power by a pack of DINOs, pretending to be Republicans, he has been unable to accomplish anything, aside from a minimum wage increase, which many Republican senators supported, and a naming a handful of libraries. His tenure has been marked by unsuccessful investigation after unsuccessful investigation. Recently, he and counterpart Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi were able to accomplish one monumental acheivement---leading the congress to its lowest approval numbers, EVER, 18%---or, roughly half the president's approval rating. This is made sweeter by their foolish gloating at the president's ratings earlier in the year. But while the president was managing to hold on and climb higher in his ratings, Reid and Pelosi were putting the democrat congress into a tailspin.

Now Reid is being forced by reality to moderate his position in a step toward eventually supporting the war to try to hide that he has been advocating our defeat and even announcing it. Perhaps Reid has come up for air while swimming in the vat of toxic kool-aid long enough to realize that we're actually winning and that it will devastate his party when we eventually complete our mission successfully.

Look forward to more democrats shifting their position in the coming months, especially when General Petraeus makes his report this month.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083002117.html

Darth Hillary Supports Nationwide Smoking Ban

I guess that explains the heavy breathing.

For those of you who are thinking about the benefits to Republicans in Arkansas if Hillary's elected, she would be terrible for America.

And we thought the Huckster's nanny state agenda was bad. Now we see that the Huckster is for it, too. Good grief. I'm not really surprised, but people keep saying his conservative. This is a national news story. Isn't anybody paying attention other than us.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08282007/news/nationalnews/hill_eyes_national_cig_curb.htm

Here's the Huckster,

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/4958.html

Mr. Craig Forced to Resign

South Park, ID (ahem, Boise)- Despite repeatedly saying "I am not gay!" Mr. (Senator) Craig, R-ID, was forced to resign today. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/01/craig.arrest/index.html

Edwards Hypocrisy Tour Continues

After saying that Americans should give up their SUVs John Edwards announced that he's keeping his. What a surprise.
I guess that's something like giving $56,000 speeches about poverty or making millions of dollars working at a hedge fund to "learn about poverty". I really wish this guy would get the democrat nomination.
Here's some irony about people giving up their SUVs. Doing that would drive down the price of SUVs, which would serve to increase the number of SUVs on the road as more people are able to afford them. That's what liberals get for not understanding economics.
ttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295101,00.html

Sowell on Liberals

Any time I can recommend something by Dr. Sowell (which is any time he writes something) it's a real pleasure.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mjc2NGM4NTBmYmUwYzRkYzNmMGVkMWZhYjU5ZjEzNDE=