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MAY 29, 2008 A Conservative Declaratoin of Independence
Conservatives Must Rebuild the GOP: "Liberalism is on the ascendancy in the Republican Party, and that will lead to defeat eventually. That's when we rebuild it."
McClellan Used by Liberals; Left-Wing Publisher Tied to Soros
Czech President Vaclav Klaus: ‘Environmentalism As Bad As Communism’
MAY 28, 2008
Rush Limbaugh Explains What Happens to Some Republicans After They Go to the District of Corruption
First Hour Second Hour Third Hour
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Mascot Politics by Dr. Thomas Sowell
How long will Negroes continue to be led by the nose by liberal Democrats?MAY 27, 2008
In the U.S. Senate the Guilty Repeat Their Interrogation of the Innocent
Dr. Reisman describes the travesty of ignorant and dishonest United States Senators heaping blame on others for the consequences of their own reckless and destructive policies.
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U.S. Scores Astounding Technological Achievement
JPL, NASA Celebrate Perfect Mars Landing
Phoenix Lander Begins Sending Pictures from Planet's Surface
American Flag and mini-DVD attached to deck
of Phoenix Mars Lander planet probePhotos from Phoenix Mars Lander
MAY 25, 2008
Al-Qa'ida in Iraq 'has never been closer to defeat'
The "Surge" Was Succcessful, but the Victory is Still Fragile
Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level in more than four yearsMAY 13, 2008
MAY 11, 2008
Will Beijing and Riyadh call the shots on ailing dollar's future?
Oops! U.S. says captured man is not al Qaeda in Iraq leader
MAY 9, 2008
Left-Wing Talk Radio Host Bernie Ward Admits to Distributing Child Porn; Will Go to Prison
Iraqi Army Says Iraqi Al-Qaida Leader Arrested
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Meahwhile, back in U.S. Politics, it's One Down, Two To Go
by Ann CoulterMAY 1, 2008
Somali Al Qaeda Leader Killed In Airstrike
Ten Others Die As House Is Struck By MissileFEBRUARY 16, 2008
Saddam had WMD and WMD Programs
by Melvin YoungI hope that most of you didn't buy into the nonsense that Saddam didn't have WMD's. He gassed thousands of Kurds just prior to Desert Storm. He certainly had the capability and the equipment and most of it was buried in the mass desert that comprises most of Iraq. Coalition troops in Iraq have found mustard gas, chlorine gas, and the terrorist have recovered some of Saddam's buried or otherwise hidden weapons and used chlorine gas against our soldiers and the Iraqi people.
Saudi Arabia and Israel, among others, were so terrified of Saddam's potential capability to use WMD's such as chemical weapons with SCUD missiles that they issued hundreds of thousands of gas masks to their populations as well as coalition troops being equipped with chemical weapons protection suits. But then, the lack of WMD's by Saddam is just one of the BIG LIES of the Democrats.
Here is another confirmation that Saddam had or was working hard to rebuild his WMD's.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1872
Saddam Hussein, chemical, biological, nuclear weapons
New report confirms WMD fears in Iraq were legitimate
Bush claims vindicated.By OnTheWeb: Chad Groening
Wednesday, February 13, 2008Robert Spencer, one of the nation’s leading experts on the Islamic religion, says he doesn’t understand why the Bush administration has not jumped on a recent report that confirms former dictator Saddam Hussein intended to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction.
Recently CBS’s 60 Minutes aired an interview with George Piro, a Lebanese-born FBI agent, who debriefed Saddam Hussein following his capture in December 2003. Piro was able to get Hussein to admit that while he did not have active WMD programs in 2003, he wanted to reconstitute all of them—chemical, biological, and even nuclear.
Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, says the White House should be all over this story. “It’s ironic really, that oddly enough the Bush administration—with so much to lose and so much damage to its credibility over the years because of these allegations—has not jumped on these kinds of reports and made sure that they came to the broadest audience possible,” he ponders.
The Islamic expert says Piro’s comments ought to debunk the critics who say the Iraq invasion had nothing to do with the global war on Islamic terrorism. “It’s clear that it’s all part of the same thing, that there is the Jihad ideology that is universal and is held by those in Iraq as well as so many others around the world—and that’s part of a larger struggle,” argues Spencer.
According to Spencer, a “great deal” of evidence indicates clearly that Saddam Hussein was doing exactly what the Bush administration and others—some outside the administration—thought he was doing in 2002 and 2003.
This piece is in Category: War on Terrorism
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Is the Establishment Democrat media beginning to grudgingly acknowledge progress in Iraq?
Attacks in Baghdad fall 80 percent: Iraq military
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attacks by insurgents and rival sectarian militias have fallen up to 80 percent in Baghdad and concrete blast walls that divide the capital could soon be removed, a senior Iraqi military official said on Saturday.Lieutenant-General Abboud Qanbar said the success of a year-long clampdown named "Operation Imposing Law" had reined in the savage violence between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs dominant under Saddam Hussein."In a time when you could hear nothing but explosions, gunfire and the screams of mothers and fathers and sons, and see bodies that were burned and dismembered, the people of Baghdad were awaiting Operation Imposing Law," Qanbar told reporters.Qanbar pointed to the number of dead bodies turning up on the capital's streets as an indicator of success.In the six weeks to the end of 2006, an average of 43 bodies were found dumped in the city each day as fierce sectarian fighting threatened to turn into full-scale civil war.That figure fell to four a day in 2008, in the period up to February 12, said Qanbar, who heads the Baghdad security operation. "Various enemy activities" had fallen by between 75 and 80 percent since the security plan was implemented, he said.To demonstrate how life had improved, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki toured parts of the city on Saturday, visiting Iraqi forces and checkpoints. "He wanted ... to send a message to the terrorists that security in Baghdad is prevailing now," one official said.
Central to the success has been the erection of 12-foot (3.5-meter) high concrete walls that snake across the city. The walls were designed to stop car bombings blamed on al Qaeda that turned markets and open areas into killing fields. Qanbar said he hoped the walls could be taken down "in the coming months" and predicted the improved situation in Baghdad would translate to greater security elsewhere.
The U.S. military says attacks have fallen across Iraq by 60 percent since June on the back of security clampdowns and the deployment of 30,000 extra American troops.
FRAGILE RELATIONSHIP
Vital to the fall in violence was also a decision by Sunni Arab tribal leaders to turn against Sunni Islamist al Qaeda in late 2006 and form neighborhood security units, which man checkpoints and provide tips on militant hideouts. However, their relationship with Iraqi authorities remains tense. The Shi'ite-led government is wary of the units, called "concerned local citizens" (CLCs) by the U.S. military and whose ranks includes former Sunni Arab insurgents.
"Everyone should know, that the official security forces represent the country. And it is the one side that has the right to bear arms and impose security," Qanbar said.
In a sign of the tensions, one CLC group said it was suspending its activities after three members were killed in an incident near the town of Jurf al-Sukr, south of Baghdad. The unit blamed American soldiers for Friday's deaths. The U.S. military said attack helicopters had responded with rockets after security forces came under small-arms fire. It said the incident was under investigation but gave no further details. The CLCs number some 80,000 mainly Sunni Arabs. Qanbar said Baghdad was working on compensating victims of mistakes by the Iraqi army and multi-national forces in Iraq.
While Iraqi and U.S. officials laud the security gains, humanitarian groups say it is still too early to encourage around 2 million refugees who fled Iraq to return home. "The plight of Iraqi refugees will end with national reconciliation,
" the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, told reporters during a visit to Baghdad.
Al Qaeda in Near Collapse in Iraq;
Establishmetn Media Ignores or Plays Down the Progress
It seems the surge has worked well despite Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats still using their old, false talking points about it not working. The truth is that although there is still much danger and many problemS in Iraq, stability and peace and relative freedom are gradually emerging in Iraq as the forces of hate, violence, and intolerance are on the retreat. Pelosi is lying for partisan political reasons, hoping that enough Americans are not paying attentoin to what's going on.Feb 11, 2008
The TimesAl-Qaeda leaders admit: 'We are in crisis. There is panic and fear'
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Top psychiatrist concludes
liberals are clinically nuts!
Makes case leftism is a mental disorderFebruary 15, 2008
© 2008 WorldNetDailyWASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder.
"Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded," says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, "The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness." "Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave."
While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and a life virtually free of activism and links to "the vast right-wing conspiracy."
For more than 35 years he has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500 patients as a board-certified clinical psychiatrist and examined more than 2,700 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. He received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago.
Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by the two major candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination can only be understood as a psychological disorder
"A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity – as liberals do," he says. "A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population – as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation's citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state – as liberals do."
Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:
creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.
"The roots of liberalism – and its associated madness – can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind," he says. "When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious."OCTOBER 25, 2007
LIBERTARIANISM by John Hospers After more than 35 years the phenomenal classic on the American libertarian philosophy is now back in print and available to a new generation of readers interested in the free-market alternative to socialism and "liberalism" in the United States. In the tradition of Bastiat, Hazlitt, von Mises, and Rand, Prof. Hospers dispatches one Big-Government cliché and fallacy after another in clear and understandable English. An important resource in the arsenal of liberty, this 2007 edition includes a new preface by the author.
Click on the picture above to order copies for friends, students, relatives, Congresscritters, etc. The book that launched a movement can inspire us all again in the struggle to recapture the spirit of American freedom under law.
OCTOBER 23, 2007
Sen. Reid Fails Rush Character Assassination
By: David Limbaugh
The dirty little secret about Sen. Harry Reid's failed character assassination attempt against my brother, Rush Limbaugh, is just how contrived the Senate Democrats' outrage was about the fraudulent allegation that Rush had impugned certain soldiers.
I won't rehash the facts in detail, but essentially, Rush was falsely accused of calling troops who had expressed opposition to the Iraq war "phony soldiers."
Not only was Rush not criticizing soldiers, but he was defending soldiers who had been criticized by pretend Iraq war veterans who had lied about their combat service in Iraq to gain credibility when they accused the actual soldiers there of unspeakable atrocities.
If Reid's true instinct was to defend soldiers, he would have agreed with Rush's criticism of the fake soldiers who lied about the real ones. He would have shared Rush's outrage and demanded strict proof.
Sadly, the left all too often has unquestioningly accepted such horrible allegations against our soldiers. Sen. Dick Durbin assumed the worst of our soldiers in Guantanamo. Sen. John Kerry disseminated lies about our troops raiding Iraqi homes and assaulting civilian women and children. And Rep. John Murtha prejudged Marines guilty of murdering innocent civilians before they had even told their side of the story, much less been tried for the alleged crimes.
But did liberals express outrage against Durbin, Kerry, or Murtha? No. They vigorously defended them. According to the loony left, the foreign-policy views of (leftist) veterans are sacrosanct and above criticism, even when they are themselves falsely impugning other soldiers. Obviously, the left's loyalty isn't to soldiers — it's only to outspoken leftist soldiers.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews demonstrated this principle in graphic detail when he allowed his "Hardball" guests Graham Nash and David Crosby to go unchallenged when they maliciously claimed our troops were "killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis."
Nor did anyone else on the left — as far as I know — take Matthews to task for nodding with approval as these rockers slandered our soldiers as slaughterers of innocent women and children.
And when Harry Reid and his leftist colleagues, in the name of defending the honor of our troops, used the Senate floor and stationery to defame Rush with false allegations, no liberals had the intellectual honesty to admit the left has made a pastime out of slandering our soldiers. They just piled on with phony indignation.
Though Reid and his boys were lying every step of the way, there's a reason those in their gullible base were so quick to leap to false conclusions about Rush's purely innocuous statements and believe those lies: psychological projection.
While Rush would never consider condemning a soldier fighting to defend the United States, irrespective of his political views, the left often treats one's political views as disqualifying him from legitimacy as a member of a certain group.
Consider how they treat blacks, like Clarence Thomas or Condoleezza Rice, who don't subscribe to their leftist agenda. The left holds itself out as the savior of African Americans yet often treats with scorn conservative blacks.
To them, Thomas and Rice aren't authentic blacks but Uncle Toms who not only aren't entitled to protection against racial insensitivity but deserve to be subjected to it, as with the vulgar leftist racist cartoons depicting Condi Rice as a thick-lipped Aunt Jemima. Liberals didn't hold their fellow travelers accountable for those racist caricatures because liberals aren't champions of black people — they're only champions of those blacks who subscribe to their political agenda and who will help keep them in power.
But I digress. If Harry Reid et al., wanted to be taken seriously with their manufactured fable about Rush, they shouldn't have feigned outrage at him for allegedly criticizing soldiers. That just doesn't pass the laugh test.
Then again, Reid knows he can get away with such abominable behavior because no lie is too low if it advances the cause — and there is no better cause in their minds than destroying their most powerful nemesis, Rush.
For absolute proof of this, you need look no further than a recent New York Times story reporting Reid's thoroughly discredited lies about Rush as if they were fact. The Times also reported as legitimate Reid's preposterous ploy to pretend he had been working in concert with Rush's radio syndication partners to maximize proceeds from Rush's unilateral auctioning of Reid's letter attempting to smear him. This, even though everyone knows the only reason the letter brought more than $2.1 million (plus Rush's match) was that it memorializes and showcases Harry Reid's shameful abuse of power.
Alas, not everyone is as credulous as Reid would hope, as his cratering poll numbers in Nevada reveal. From what I hear, those aren't phony numbers.
David Limbaugh is a writer, author, and attorney. He is the brother of Rush Limbaugh. His book "Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party" (Regnery) was just released in paperback. To find out more about David Limbaugh, please visit his Web site at www.davidlimbaugh.com.
© 2007 Creator's Syndicate Inc.
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ISLAMO-FASCISM AWARENESS WEEK
The Demonization of Women by Daivd Horowitz
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A QUIZ FROM NEAL BOORTZ
AND NOW .. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE QUIZ?
A little history lesson: If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions before looking at the answers. Who said it?1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Jose f Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above------------------------
Answers:
(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005* * *
HUCKABEE EXPOSED
"Asked if he would support President Bush's veto of the budget-busting increase in the children's health care program SCHIP, (GOP presidential candidate Mike) Huckabee declined to say he would have issued a similar veto 'because there are going to be so many issues we've got to fight. And the political loss of that is going to be enormous.' Translation: When it comes to tough political fights on spending, don't look for a President Huckabee to be there."- John Fund of Political Diary, 10/10/07"Mike Huckabee continues to demonstrate his populist, anti-free market bent. Fresh from a debate in Michigan where he showed skepticism about free trade and President Bush's veto of a budget-busting health care bill, the former Arkansas governor has now embraced a mandatory cap on global-warming emissions."- John Fund of Political Diary, 10/16/07* * * OCTOBER 21, 2007
RUSH LIMBAUGH SHAMES HARRY REID AND SENATE DEMOCRATS
What Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats are desperately trying to obfuscate is that Rush Limbaugh correctly nailed them for using in their political propaganda some war critics who lied about their military service or combat history -- phony soldiers. Limbaugh, who has been a consistent supporter of America's soldiers and war veterans for many years (iincluding through large charitable donations) never said that any and all military personnel who disagree with the war in Iraq or the way it has been conducted were phony soliders. He was referring to Jessie Adam Macbeth and those like him who lied about their military experience in order to give themselves more credibility as "anti-war" critics of the Bush Administration. The Democrat leadership knows this very well, but they were counting on their cronies in the network news media to help make it appear that Rush had called all those who criticize the war in Iraq as "phony" soldiers.
But they are not getting away with it. Too many people listen to Rush's radio program and know what was said and the context in which it was said. The duplicitious Democrats cannot get away with attacking Limbaugh for referring to "phony soldiers" while at the same time pretend that the issue does not exist. Days before Rush Limbaugh mentioned the "phony soliders" issue, ABC News had already run a news story about . . . phony soliders! And not a peep came from Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats! The attack is on Rush Limbaugh because he has been so effective in the battle to expose the con games that "liberals" play. Senator Reid and 41 Senate Democrats signed a letter and sent it to the head of the network that syndicates Rush's radio program. The letter demanded that Rush "apologize" and be reprimanded.
Rush Limbaugh is way smarter than Harry Reid. He was able to obtain the actual letter (not a photocopy) that Reid and the 41 Senate Democrats signed, and Rush auctioned it on E-Bay for over $2.1 million! The money is going to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundaiton, which primarily renders aid to children of Marines or Federal law enforcement personnel who were killed on duty or died under extraordinary circumstances while serving our country at home or abroad. As promised, Rush has personally matched that amount -- $2.1 million of his own money -- to that charity -- and he has challenged Reid and the Democrat signers to match that amount as well. Weasel Harry Reid and his Democrat cosigners have been hoisted on their own petard. Their attack on Rush would appear to have backfired.
Rush Sells Reid's Attack Letter Against Limbaugh for $2.1 million! -- WND
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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ATLAS SHRUGGED
Ayn Rand Fans Mark 50th Anniversary -- Orange County Register
Atlas Shrugged 50th Anniversary Celebrated in D.C. -- Atlas Society
The Influence of Atlas Shrugged -- Yaron Brook
'Atlas' at 50: Nothing to Shrug At -- Debi Ghate
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Atlas Shrugged and Today's Healthcare ControversyIrvine, CA--This month is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's novel about a group of high achievers who rebel against a society that shackles and condemns them. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, heralded the book's relevance to today's cultural-political debate. "While Atlas is 50 years old, it contains many timeless truths that are just as relevant today as they were when it was first published.
"Take the realm of health care. Most Republicans and Democrats are proposing forms of socialized medicine--under euphemisms like 'universal health care,' 'national health insurance,' etc. Everyone talks about how to protect patient's 'right' to health care--but no one talks about the rights of the doctors that create this value. This is a deadly evasion that one of the characters in Ayn Rand's novel, Dr. Thomas Hendricks, an eminent surgeon who quits the field, eloquently explains in describing his decision:
'Do you know what it takes to perform a brain operation? Do you know the kind of skill it demands, and the years of passionate, merciless, excruciating devotion that go to acquire that skill? That was what I would not place at the disposal of men whose sole qualification to rule me was their capacity to spout the fraudulent generalities that got them elected to the privilege of enforcing their wishes at the point of a gun. I would not let them dictate the purpose for which my years of study had been spent, or the conditions of my work, or my choice of patients, or the amount of my reward. I observed that in all the discussions that preceded the enslavement of medicine, men discussed everything--except the desires of the doctors. Men considered only the "welfare" of the patients, with no thought for those who were to provide it. That a doctor should have any right, desire or choice in the matter, was regarded as irrelevant selfishness; his is not to choose, they said, only "to serve." . . . I have often wondered at the smugness with which people assert their right to enslave me, to control my work, to force my will, to violate my conscience, to stifle my mind--yet what is it that they expect to depend on, when they lie on an operating table under my hands?'
"Countless outstanding doctors have already fled the field because of the sort of government coercion Dr. Hendricks describes," said Dr. Brook. "Anyone who truly cares about the state of American medicine should learn from Ayn Rand's character: we must liberate the providers of medical services and protect their right to practice medicine on their own terms and as they judge best."
The Smearing of Clarence Thomas -- Thomas Sowell * * *
Ann Coulter Strikes Back Against Her Left-Wing Critics -- NewsMax
"Liberal" Democrats and leftists in general want to use the power of Big Government to shut Ann Coulter up. Some are even resorting to the old canard of accusing her of "antisemitism"!Classic Definition of a Republic -- Internet Encyclopedia
You'd be surprised how many people believe a republic is a representative democracy.OCTOBER 1, 2007
KEY AL QAEDA FIGURE KILLED IN IRAQ
U.S. Air Strike Kills Another Senior Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq
MEANWHILE, ON THE POLITICAL FRONTLINES BACK HOME . . .
RUSH FIGHTS BACK AGAINST EXTREME LEFT'S SMEARSRush Sets Record Straight on the Phony "Phony Soldier" Story Video: Watch Rush's Challenge to Reid Right Here
• Rush's Challenge to Harry Reid: Say It to My Face
• This Proves Media Matters Wrong
• House GOP Introduces Resolution in Support of Rush Limbaugh
• Hillary Clinton Admits Involvement with Smear Outfit Media MattersThe Establishment "liberal" media clique is trying to obfuscate what Rush said about Jessie Adam Macbeth and those like him, but they are not getting away with it.
Officials of Corrupt Fundraising Group Linked to Hillary * * *
Corrupt Dem Fundraiser/Money Launderer Hsu in Custody
A major Democrat scandal -- played down by the media.Other Illicit Fundraising Scams Linked to Hillary
Why no major spotlight on these scandals from the Democrat news networks?SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
BIG MEDIA CONTINUES TO COVER UP FOR THE CLINTONS, SANDY BERGER, ET AL
Hillary's run for White House blocking 'Path to 9/11' DVD? -- KFI-AM
John Ziegler Interview of Cyrus Nowrasteh -- KFI AM 640
SEPTEMBER 2, 2007
Budget Cuts Delay Boeing's Anti-Missile Laser on 747s
SEPTEMBER 1, 2007
Zogby Says Most Americans Believe Iraq War Not Lost: Press Says...Nothing -- News Busters
AUGUST 31, 2007
Report: Petraeus says Iraq surge is working
Contrary to the hopes of the Democrat partisans at Time magazine and the other house organs of the Democrat establishment -- and to the private chagrin of Pelosi and Reid -- the surge in Iraq is making significant headway against Al Qaeda and other reactionary destabilizers. But many goals and political reforms remain to be achieved.
Troop Surge Has Led to Reduction of Violence and Bombings in Iraq, Reports Petraeus -- Reuters
AUGUST 12, 2007
Huge Iraq Arms Deal Uncovered in Italy -- MyWayNews
The Clinton-China Connection -- Charles R. Smith
AUGUST 11, 2007
Shuttle Mission Overshadowed by Gash in Tiles -- AP
AUGUST 10, 2007
EXPOSING THE LATEST LIES OF THE NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE
Absolutely Fabulist
by Ann Coulter
8/08/2007In their latest demonstration of how much they love the troops, liberals have produced yet another anti-war hoax.
The New Republic has been running "true war" stories from a brave, anonymous liberal penning dispatches from Iraq. The famed "Baghdad Diarist" described his comrades joyfully using Bradley fighting vehicles to crush stray dogs, mocking a female whose face had been blown off by an IED, and defacing Iraqi corpses by wearing skull parts on their own heads.
Various conservatives began questioning the plausibility of the anonymous diarist's account -- noting, for example, that Bradley vehicles don't "swerve," as the diarist claimed. The editor of The New Republic responded by attacking the skeptics' motives, complaining that some conservatives make "a living denying any bad news that emanates from Iraq."
But when that clever retort failed to quiet rumblings from the right wing, The New Republic finally revealed the "Baghdad Diarist" to be ... John Kerry! Actually it was Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp, Democratic candidate for president circa 2028. (That gives him 20 years to learn to pronounce "Genghis.")
In revealing himself two weeks ago, Beauchamp lashed out at "people who have never served in Iraq." He said he was too busy fighting "an actual war" to participate in "an ideological battle that I never wanted to join."
He had tried to stay out of ideological battles by writing made-up articles in a national magazine claiming soldiers in Iraq had become callous beasts because of George Bush's war, killing to "secure the riches of the empire." Alas, this proved an ineffective method of keeping his head low. Beauchamp's next bid for privacy will be an attempt to host "The Price Is Right."
In response to Beauchamp's revelation that he was the "Baghdad Diarist," the military opened an investigation into his allegations. There was no corroboration for his stories, and Beauchamp promptly signed an affidavit admitting that every single thing he wrote in The New Republic was a lie.
According to The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb -- who has led the charge of those who "make a living denying any bad news that emanates from Iraq" -- Maj. Steven F. Lamb, the deputy public affairs officer for Multi-National Division-Baghdad, said this of the Baghdad diarist:
"An investigation has been completed and the allegations made by Pvt. Beauchamp were found to be false. His platoon and company were interviewed and no one could substantiate the claims."
In response, The New Republic went into full Dan Rather loon mode. This astonishing post showed up on The New Republic Web site on Tuesday afternoon:
"A STATEMENT ON SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP:
"We've talked to military personnel directly involved in the events that Scott Thomas Beauchamp described, and they corroborated his account as detailed in our statement. When we called Army spokesman Maj. Steven F. Lamb and asked about an anonymously sourced allegation that Beauchamp had recanted his articles in a sworn statement, he told us, 'I have no knowledge of that.' He added, 'If someone is speaking anonymously (to The Weekly Standard), they are on their own.' When we pressed Lamb for details on the Army investigation, he told us, 'We don't go into the details of how we conduct our investigations.' -- The Editors"
It's good to see Mary Mapes is working again.
What on earth is going on? Either the military investigation found that Beauchamp lied or it didn't. Either military personnel corroborated stories of soldiers wearing skulls as crowns or they didn't. Either Army spokesman Maj. Steven Lamb gave a statement to The Weekly Standard or he didn't.
At the same time as The New Republic was posting the above statement, which completely contradicted The Weekly Standard's update, renowned right-wing news outlet ABC News confirmed that the military has concluded that Beauchamp was writing "fiction." ABC also quoted Goldfarb's account and said that Maj. Lamb reiterated his statement that Beauchamp's stories were false to ABC. The New York Times had the same story on Wednesday.
The New Republic has gone mad. Perhaps the magazine brought its former employee, fantasist Steven Glass, out of retirement. It's long past time for The New Republic to file for intellectual Chapter 7. Arthur Andersen was implicated in fewer frauds.
And we wonder how Democratic congressmen can lie about a vote they lost on the floor of the House -- captured on CSPAN for all the world to see -- changing the vote so that they win.
America's imminent victory in Iraq and safety from terrorist attacks at home is driving them all crazy
The War in Iraq, Libertarians, and Ron Paul
Sam Wells
The war in Iraq issue has divided libertarians or has exposed divisions which were already there. I believe many libertarians and some conservatives sincerely oppose the war on essentially procedural grounds -- that the word "war" was not explicitly used in Congress's grant of military authority to the President in going into Iraq. Even though there is disagreement among constitutionalists about whether Congress's authorization amounted to a "real" declaration of war or not, this is at least an argument which tries to refer back to the Constitution and I understand it even if I do not necessarily agree with it. I see that as perhaps their strongest legitimate argument against the war in Iraq. It at least appears to be a libertarian or constitutionalist argument. (Yet some of the same people who claim this as their basis for opposing the war in Iraq nevertheless supported the war in Afghanistan, which had no explicit declaration of the word "war" from Congress either. Inconsistent constitutionalism, it seems to me.)But I also believe many of the "anti-war" libertarians have accepted certain Democrat media talking points as the basis for their opposition, even though they are not true. They have absorbed the hate-Bush propaganda which is so ubiquitous in the media, especially Democrat Party establishment house organs such as NPR, NBC, ABC, CBS, Time magazine, Washington Post, L.A. Times, and the New York Times, just to name a few. Those who rely for their news and interpretations on such sources are apt to be misled, especially on the issue of the war in Iraq. Many Americans have been led to believe, for example, that Bush and Cheney "lied us into war" and that Scooter Libby exposed Valerie Plame as a "covert" CIA agent and that this was in revenge for her husband's claim that Saddam Hussein never sought "yellow cake" uranium in Africa. None of these claims of this scenario are true. The statements of Valerie Plame's husband, Joseph Wilson, have been shown to be without credibility. Libby was not the person who "outed" Valerie Plame (who was not a covert agent anyway). Yet, because most Americans get only "impressions" of news and generally get those impressions from watching television every night, the constant barrage of propaganda has caused many, including even some libertarians, to buy into this chain of false claims disseminated by anti-Bush partisans within the federal bureaucracy and their Democrat allies in the media.
A clash between the U.S. and Saddam Hussein was virtually inevitable and not avoidable in the long run. My position has been that the U.S. had little choice: either deal with Saddam Hussein and his military buildup now (ASAP) or have to fight him years later when confrontation could not be avoided any longer and when his forces would have been far stronger and more destructive in terms of weapons of mass destruction and alliances. That being my view, I'd rather see it done now and with Bush 43 as President rather than put it off when Saddam would have been more dangerous and when the U.S. President might be some doofus Democrat like Kerry or Gore or Hillary Clinton. Whatever mistakes the Bush Administration has made in the war against the jihadists, I am easily persuaded in my mind that a Democrat President would have done far worse. Despite my consistent opposition to President Bush's liberal policies on other issues, it is clear that things would be far worse if Kerry or Gore had been elected, especially with regard to foreign policy, national security, and defense. (Again, as I have said before, it's not that I think Bush is so good, but that the Democrat alternatives were so bad. Unfortunately, too many Americans still do not have a clue about how much damage Bill Clinton did as President to this country's national security and too many people continue to underestimate the extent of duplicity on the part of the current Democrat leadership.)
The U.S. (or anyone else for that matter) had both the legal and moral right to take down Saddam and his regime. In addition, it was in the geopolitical interests of the U.S. to do so. The Iran-Iraq War was long over. He had ceased to be an "ally" long ago. He was harboring anti-American terrorists including Zarqawi and Abu Nidal. (There is even evidence of terrorist training camps inside Iraq going back to the 1990s.) Intelligence from all over the world indicated Saddam's military buildup included weapons of mass destruction and programs for developing WMDs. He had already used WMDs against Iraqis, killing Kurds in great numbers. How would he use them in the future? Might some of them find their way into the hands of terrorists like those who attacked the U.S. on 09/11/01? Sadam had been properly slapped down by Bush 41 after his unprovoked aggression against neighboring Kuwait, with whom the U.S. had a defense agreement. Saddam continued to violate the terms of the ceasefire after that first Gulf War. Anyone who claims that the U.S. did not have a right to strike Saddam Hussein and curtail his military buildup in retaliation for his military actions and threats ignores what was happening or was just not paying attention.
Contrary to Democrat talking points and anti-Bush partisan political propaganda, the evidence indicated Saddam Hussein did have WMDs, did have programs for developing WMDs, and was seeking to get "yellow cake" uranium (despite Joseph Wilson's claims to the contrary). Some WMDs and evidence of WMDs were later found by the U.S. military in Iraq, but there is evidence that most of the WMDs were transported out of Iraq prior to the arrival of U.S. and allied troops. There was plenty of time to accomplish this as the Bush Administration clearly telegraphed its punches.
Whether the U.S. invasion of Iraq is seen as a rescue of the Iraqi people from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein or as an attempt to replace Saddam with a reliable ally in the broader war against the jihadists, or both, it was certainly not a case of "U.S. imperialism" or unprovoked aggression by the allies against a peaceful government -- as the anti-American Left would have people believe.
In his recent article published in the Wall Street Journal ("Libertarians and the War: Ron Paul Doesn't Speak for All of Us" July 17, 2007), Georgetown University professor and libertarian writer Randy Barnett does not appear to address the "declaration of war" issue which many anti-war libertarians invoke, but he does point out quite correctly that "[w]hile all libertarians accept the principle of self-defense, and most accept the role of the U.S. government in defending U.S. territory, libertarian first principles of individual rights and the rule of law tell us little about what constitutes appropriate and effective self-defense after an attack." And, of course, no one ever claimed that they do, at least no one I know of in the pro-Iraqi liberation faction among libertarians.
Strict libertarianism says it is wrong to initiate force against a peaceful person or regime that has not initiated force against others. It does not say that you cannot use force in retaliation against someone who has initiated force, which Saddam Hussein had done on a massive scale. Specific tactics and strategy of war cannot be deduced from such first principles as self-ownership, private property, rule of law, etc. There is nothing in libertarian principles or the theory of the laissez-faire constitutional republic which dictates such matters. Such specific issues of tactics and strategy are matters of judgment and prudence by military experts. Other than advocating an international gold standard, low or no tariffs, and trying to avoid (if possible) foreign wars as a general policy, there can be a wide latitude of positions among libertarians when it comes to foreign policy and geopolitical strategy.
By making himself a single-issue candidate -- especially on an issue on which libertarians are so divided – Ron Paul is sadly distracting from other very important issues and from the bedrock libertarian principles on which we all agree. As Professor Barnett writes in the closing paragraph of his WSJ editorial, those libertarians who supported the liberation of Iraq and who support success in leaving behind a stable ally there ". . . are still rooting for success in Iraq because it would make Americans more safe, while defeat would greatly undermine the fight against those who declared war on the U.S. They are concerned that Americans may get the misleading impression that all libertarians oppose the Iraq war -- as Ron Paul does -- and even that libertarianism itself dictates opposition to this war. It would be a shame if this misinterpretation inhibited a wider acceptance of the libertarian principles that would promote the general welfare of the American people."
I agree. Thank you, Professor Barnett.
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U.S. Kills Al Qaeda Mastermind of Golden Dome Mosque Bombing
TOP AL QAEDA LEADER IN IRAQ CAPTURED, SPILLS GUTS
Highest-ranking Iraqi in Leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq in Custody -- Fox News* * *
Senate 'Slumber Party' Fails: Iraq Withdrawal Vote Falls Short -- AP
Dems Rev Up Base at MoveOn.org Candlelight Vigil Outside 'All-Night' Senate Debate on Iraq -- Fox NewsThe 60-Vote Rule: What's good for the Democrat goose is good for the Republican gander. * * *
"Now they're trying to make it look like the cloture rule is something that the Republicans invoked for the first time last night, ever! All those mean, rascally Republicans! How rotten of them to make us have to have 60 votes. How stupid do they think people are? People know the 60 votes for certain now after the immigration bill. I'm talking about people that don't pay attention to this kind of stuff. You and I do. People know this is... The Republicans said no, no, no, you gotta have 60 votes? That's right, you do! That's a senate rule, especially on matters of important national security. You gotta have 60 votes. It's just a Senate rule. It's nothing new, and here's Barbara Boxer, whining and moaning, the Republicans said no, no, no, you gotta have 60 votes." ~Rush Limbaugh, July 18, 2007
Zogby: Congress's Approval Rating Hits All Time Low -- Yahoo NewsRush Comments on the Zogby Survey
"There's a Zogby poll out, voters unhappy with Bush and Congress. Bush's popularity is what it is, but Congress' numbers keep plummeting. They are low and this last night didn't help, folks. , , , The Congress numbers just keep plummeting here, 83% said Congress was doing a fair or poor job. Only 14% rated Congress excellent or good. You can talk about Bush all you want, but I have to tell you, I think we need to start talking about Harry Reid as the most incompetent majority leader in modern history. He cannot deliver for his kooks. They talk about Bush being incompetent out there, folks, but Bush beats Reid and Pelosi and Murtha. He beats these people every damn time on this, even with four Republican defectors. Hagel was one of them and Olympia Snowe, but even with that, Bush beats these people on this every time they try it. Harry Reid's lost control of the Senate. He's in the majority. He cannot deliver for his kooks. In fact, he's losing votes every time they pull this.
"Every time they try one of these things, they get fewer votes. So maybe the thing we need to do is just continue to do all-nighters and expose these people as the incompetent libs that they are while their poll numbers are driven into the dirt. Harry Reid needs to change its focus. He needs to get back to doing what he does best and that's sleazy land deals with his kids. It's time for him to go home to Searchlight, Nevada, wherever he lives. He's in the big leagues now, but he can't seem to swing the bat. The bat just stays on his shoulder, and when he does swing, he misses. If I'm a Democrat or liberal, I would demand new leadership. They can sit there all day long and complain and whine about Bush, but I'll tell you, Harry Reid is proving to be an embarrassment. All-nighter, 24 hours, could not even tire the Senate into voting for cloture. You know what I think the biggest debate was last night? I don't know how much you watched of this, Mr. Snerdley. I was amazed at how fresh-faced they were after this all-nighter and how fresh they looked and so forth. I think the biggest real debate last night was, "How do we appear here? Do we look like Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, all drawn and haggard and unshaven, tie undone, collar array, in a state of disarray; or do we bring in the best makeup artists we can, the Beltway look, shaved, made up, hair sprayed, shirt ironed," and you can see if you watched this what won the night.
"McCain was powerful. We've got some audio sound bites coming up from him. You can say what you want about his presidential candidacy imploding, but he gave a floor speech yesterday that just took it to Dingy Harry, and it was really good. Kay Bailey Hutchison was also very succinct. Brevity is the soul of wit, and I made a little note, Kay Bailey Hutchison said, (paraphrasing) "What are we doing here? None of these amendments can possibly be passed into law." So the Democrats are going to judge this one of two ways, because this was a fundraiser. If they really wanted to get this done, why don't they try their own nuclear option? Why don't they try to break this filibuster and say, "You know what, this is too important," whatever the nuclear option was on filibustering judicial nominees. They're not serious about this. This was a hoax. It was fundraising, and as I say, folks, it's crucial to remember that they keep losing votes each time they try this.
"Some more data from this latest Zogby poll, not just the information about how poorly Congress is doing, 14%, and last night didn't help. "Despite their dim views of government, majorities of Americans remain upbeat about their personal finances and security, and nearly two-thirds are very or fairly confident their children will have a better life than they do." There's a lot of optimism out there and yet we keep hearing about this angst and the guilt and the unsettledness that has supposedly swept over our population. In the national survey of just over a thousand likely voters, "66 percent said Bush had done only a fair or poor job as president, with 34 percent ranking his performance as excellent or good." He is doing twice as well as Congress is in his approval numbers, even at 34%. This is stunning. I want to tell you people, if you think that the approval rating for Congress is down because they're not passing massive legislation and getting things done for America, if you think that the disapproval of Congress is related to the fact that they can't pass a bill to get us out of Iraq, you are missing the boat.
"I think it's great news. I love these low approval numbers for Congress and government overall. I think the immigration bill, as I told you, the way it shook out was a great illustration for people who are on the fence about all this, actually see the arrogance and conceit of big government and the inefficiency of bloated bureaucracies and organizations. When I say the arrogance and conceit, I mean the literal unwillingness to listen to the desires of the American people expressed in a vast majority that crossed all kinds of lines of demarcation. . . ." ~Rush Limbaugh broadcast July 18.
Trump World Towers a Nest for Communists and Socialist Bureaucrats -- NewsMax
Norwegians Suffer Under High Taxes of their Welfare State -- Aftenposten
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California Focus:
How Californians Are Being Escheated
Accounts or safe-deposit
boxes deemed inactive at risk of being looted.
By TOM MCCLINTOCK
Republican state senator
from Thousand Oaks
Escheat is a feudal concept that arose from the despotism of the Dark Ages. It stemmed from the principle that property rights depend upon the sufferance of the sovereign, and when a person dies or disappears without heirs, his property reverts to the feudal lord.California revived this medieval doctrine in 1959 and began seizing personal assets on the smarmy pretext that after a few years of account or safe-deposit box inactivity, property is obviously "lost," and the state needs to "protect" it by selling it off and depositing the proceeds into the general fund.
Today in California, no one's property is safe. When a family sets aside an investment for college or retirement, it may be in for a nasty surprise just three years later. After a lifetime running a small shop, Benny and Sally Fong could have retired on their shares of Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, that had grown in value to more than $1 million. But when they tried to redeem their nest egg, they discovered the state Controller's Office had sold the shares – for just $171,000.
When a widow returns to her bank safe deposit box after several years to retrieve her precious heirlooms, she is likely to discover that the controller has already looted it, shredded her family photos and auctioned off anything of monetary value. That's exactly what happened to Carla Ruff, whose great-grandmother's jewelry (appraised at more than $80,000) was taken straight out of her safe deposit box by the controller and sold on eBay for $1,700. Critical financial documents she desperately needed to prepare her dying husband's estate had been shredded.
Don't expect the "protector" of your "lost" property to be glad to see you when you try to redeem what's left. Anne Smith (not her real name) has been trying to reclaim checks the state intercepted from her mother's estate in 2001. After she spent years meticulously documenting her rightful ownership, two months ago the Controller's Office told her she wouldn't get her money back until the company turned over its complete database so the controller could search for additional property to take.
Particularly for claims over $5,000, the controller's office is notorious for stonewalling. When Ronald Repass tried to recover stocks taken from his father's estate – despite notifying the controller beforehand that the stocks weren't abandoned – he was warned that it would take 12 to 18 months to process his claim, and any inquiries would restart the clock. When he finally called after two years of waiting, he was told his claim had been "misplaced."
Controller John Chiang maintains that he's shocked, just-shocked, that his office has been behaving in such a manner, and he wants to do everything he can to set things right, except, apparently, if it reduces the state's revenue. In March, Chiang vigorously opposed legislation to lengthen the escheat period – how long the state must wait before grabbing assets – and to require at least three notices to owners before their property is taken. He is currently sponsoring legislation that would allow him to comb through confidential tax records in search of additional property to seize.
The federal courts have seen through the charade. U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb issued an injunction June 1 halting the practice until the state develops a process that lives up to the pretense that it's only trying to safeguard "lost" property.
The catch is that the better the state does at safeguarding property, the less money it gets to keep, and state officials have grown addicted to the more than half a billion dollars that escheatment brings them every year.
To persuade the judge to lift his injunction, Democratic leaders and the governor's office have drafted a "post-partisan" "reform" that purports to better protect people's property while, in fact, protecting nothing but the state's own revenue. The proof of their intention lies in this simple fact: They plan on receiving the same amount of revenue after enacting the "reform."
It is a classic example of a government that has become destructive of the very rights it was formed to protect.
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/property-state-controller-1770504-office-years
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BOOKS
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John r. Lott
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Clichés of Liberalism
Governing Through Insult, Confusion and Sound Bites
by David C. Wilcox
Hoover Institution, Milton Friedman, June 1999:
"Cliches of Liberalism is a very well-written, very effective, and persuasive book."The American Spectator, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., June 1999:
"This is a splendid book that abounds with good sense."Young America's Foundation, James B. Taylor, June 1999:
"Cliches of Liberalism is the best book I've seen to explain how big-government liberals succeed in achieving their destructive agenda. Understanding this is the essential first step in fighting back to restore the liberties left to us by our Founding Fathers. The book is also a superior American government text useful for the high school or college class or for parents homeschooling their children."
JULY 13, 2007 Friday the 13th was lucky for tens of millions of Rush listeners when economist Walter E. Williams guest hosted.
Ted
Nugent: 'Live and let live' anathema to the political Left
By Ted Nugent, Texas
Wildman
Aired originally Sunday, June 17, 2007
I like sizzling meat on the grill. Wild, huh? Anybody? Now, we all know ol' Nuge isn't by any stretch of the imagination a weirdo when it comes to an omnivorous diet.Especially here in the great Republic of Texas, a smiling, drooling preference for succulent, protein-rich, nutritious backstrap over aromatic mesquite coals is as American and natural and right as Mom, apple pie and the flag. It's beautiful, really.
But a culture war rages against such universal, self-evident truths. It would be laughable if it were not so deranged. Some weirdos actually are on a crusade to outlaw the consumption of flesh.
I have musical touring associates who have been fired from their jobs with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney for sneaking a hamburger. You heard that right. Fired for eating meat by an animal-rights maniac, hard-core vegan bass player.
The entire agenda of the gazillion-dollar-financed joke known as PETA literally is dedicated to outlawing meat.
Neither I, nor any hunter or meat eater on the planet, has any desire whatsoever to influence any vegetarian's choice of diet or to force them to eat meat. We are the friendly, tolerant Americans.
This is but one of many issues that represent the line drawn in the sand between liberals and conservatives.
Our own intrepid opinion editor at the Trib, my friend John Young, doesn't want to simply make the choice to be unarmed and helpless for himself. He has again recently insisted that you and I must also comply with his soulless condition of unarmed helplessness in "gun-free zones."
Nobody from our side wants to force anybody to have a gun or defend themselves. It is us, the conservatives, who are for individual choice.
Taxation, confiscation
As for the American left: One hears the words of Mao Tse-Tung come broiling out of the mouths of its heroes, when Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton et al unflinchingly push for "redistribution of wealth."
Central Texas' own Chet Edwards has the audacity to support taxing the after-tax life savings of American families following the death of a loved one.
The unfair, un-American, unconstitutional death tax literally destroys mom-and-pop businesses across the land. Think about it.
The wall that once symbolized communism is down, yet some still want to give it a shot. Dear God in heaven, help us.
Recently, Danny Glover, an otherwise fine actor, embarrassingly abused his uniquely American freedoms by siding with the communist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez to finance what clearly appears to be an anti-American propaganda film. Nice.
Meanwhile, right there in that communist country, old Hugo is shutting down an entire media network for daring to challenge his heavy handed, corrupt, dictatorial policies. This is a leader who has proudly sided with terrorist support groups, and Danny Glover gives him a big hug.
If a Venezuelan citizen were to do so with President Bush, I am confident that Chavez would not respect that individual's right to free expression.Venezuela gives its citizens no right to free expression. Glover must be blinded by the trees in that forest.
Examine the agendas of the liberal "party of peace." Its members clearly don't believe you and I are smart enough or capable of making our own choices in life.
While conservatives "live and let live," the left arrogantly thinks it knows better than we do and will burden "we the people" with more government control until we are taxed to death.
Watch them. Listen, pay attention and blow whistles.
Educate your family, neighbors, friends, co-workers and hunting buddies on how dangerous such control is against the American Dream of individual pursuit of happiness. Throw off the shackles of government-run slavery. Stand up for individual independence. Enough is enough.
Hey, Hugo and Hillary, leave me alone!
Ted Nugent is a Waco-based musician and television show host.
http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/nugent/06172007_wac_nugent.html
U.S. ASTRONAUTS CONTINUE TO REPAIR &
PROP UP
AILING, OUTDATED INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
NASA Clears Shuttle Atlantis for Return to Earth -- Space.comAtlantis Shuttle Crew Undocks from Space Station -- NASA
The STS-117 Atlantis crew members continued the on-going long-term project of repair and construction of the international space station with the installation of the starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment. The crew installed the truss June 11 and conducted four spacewalks to activate the S3/S4 and retraction of the solar panels on the Port 6 truss. During the third spacewalk, the crew also repaired an out–of-position thermal blanket on the left orbital maneuvering system pod of the space shuttle itself.
BUSH AND DEMS UNSUCCESSFULLY TRY TO REVIVE AMNESTY BILL
"Amnesty 2" Bill "a security nightmare" -- World Net Daily
Harry Reid: Working Overtime For Failure in Iraq -- Lorie ByrdCompetition or Monopoly -- Walter E. Williams
Nifong Finally Resigns in Disgrace as DA -- WRAL
Do Away With Public Schools -- Jonah Goldberg
Good for Jonah!
SEOUL, South Korea -- Shortly before we arrived here, the Republic of Korea launched its first Aegis-class destroyer, the King Sejong. A few hours after we landed in this booming metropolis, the North Korean People's Army "test-fired" several Silkworm anti-shipping missiles into the East Sea between North Korea and Japan. Neither event is related to our FOX News "War Stories" team being here to shoot a Korean War documentary, but surely both "launches" are connected."In this part of the world, little happens by coincidence. We should have no doubt that the ROK Aegis launch and the North Korean missile 'tests' are directly related," a senior American military officer assigned to U.S. Forces Korea told me. His view is substantiated by press reports here attributed to South Korean and Japanese intelligence sources. According to the media, Pyongyang's missile "tests" were designed to "send a message to the government in Seoul that their expensive new destroyer is vulnerable to attack."
But that's not how official Washington is putting it.
The King Sejong, a 7,600-ton KDX-III destroyer, is South Korea's first vessel to be equipped with the vaunted Aegis Combat System -- capable of bringing down ballistic missiles. Until now, the United States has licensed this technology to only a handful of nations -- the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain and Norway. According to unclassified Pentagon data, Aegis-equipped warships are able to track about 1,000 targets and attack 20 of them simultaneously. The Bush administration regards the U.S. and allied Aegis systems to be essential parts of a worldwide anti-missile defense network. The Japanese and South Koreans are both building additional Aegis-equipped vessels at a cost of more than $1 billion per copy.
Given the technological and financial commitments being made by Tokyo and Seoul, the tepid U.S. response to the North Korean threat is inexplicable.
"The short-range missile launches are believed to be part of a routine exercise that North Korea has conducted annually on the east and the west coasts in the past," said a Pentagon statement. And the State Department was even more conciliatory to Pyongyang. "It's something that they have done on several occasions," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, during an Association of South East Asian Nations meeting in Manila, Philippines.
Hill, it must be noted, is the chief U.S. negotiator in the so-called six-party talks with the North Koreans about their nuclear weapons program. In February, four months after the communist regime tested a nuclear weapon, Hill proudly announced that the United States, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia and China had all agreed that the despotic regime in Pyongyang would stop building nuclear bombs and that we would all just get along.
Unfortunately, the scheme came off the tracks almost immediately -- and little has been done to implement the deal. Experts we interviewed for a "War Stories" documentary on nuclear weapons estimate that North Korea already has reprocessed enough plutonium to build 10 to 12 bombs. Neither this lethal material -- nor any of North Korea's nuclear sites -- has been open to international inspection.
The State Department's infatuation with talk for the sake of talking is evident in Hill's assessment of the consequence of the North Korean missile test: "I know that it will not affect the six-party talks." Meanwhile, here in South Korea, more than 34,000 U.S. military personnel are serving as guardians on freedom's forgotten front. Many are veterans of service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most are serving a 12-month tour far from home, family and friends.
While the diplomats ponder what a North Korean missile test may or may not mean, these young Americans and their Republic of Korea counterparts have to face reality across the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. Within 60 miles of the DMZ, Pyongyang has stationed more than 1.2 million active-duty military personnel, 1,600 aircraft and 700 ships, including the world's largest submarine force.
According to the Strategic Digest posted by U.S. Forces Korea, "more than 250 long-range artillery systems are within range of Seoul from their current locations." Add to that at least 600 SCUD ballistic missiles capable of delivering chemical or biological warheads anywhere on the peninsula and it's easy to see why the South Koreans decided to build Aegis-equipped warships.
Is it too much to hope that our State Department would take the threat just as seriously?
Oliver North is the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance and author of The Assassins .
JUNE 8, 2007
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BLASTS OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
Successful Friday Night Liftoff Begins 11-Day Space Mission -- AP
GRASSROOTS CONSERVATIVES VICTORIOUS AGAINST AMNESTY BILL
Beating Back Amnesty Bill -- Great for Conservative Movement -- Rush
Deep divisions derail immigration bill -- Associated Press version
Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban -- ABCToo Bad -- Peggy Noonan
The betrayal of the conservative Republican coalition by President Bush.Why Is Profit a Dirty Word? -- John Stossel
Bush Asked to Prod Hanoi on Human Rights -- VietnamHumanRights.net
JUNE 5, 2007
Bush Defends Missile Defense Shield -- AP
4th Suspect in JFK Airport Terrorist Plot Surrenders -- KFI
Rogue Trial, Rogue Sentencing -- Rush
Black Democrat Possibly The Most Corrupt Congressman Ever
MAY 27, 2007
U.S. Troops Rescue 42 Iraqis from Al Qaeda Prison
Cindy Sheehan Quits as 'Face' of the Anti-War Movement
She says, ""Goodbye Attention Whore" in letter to DailyKos blog.U.S., Iran hold diplomatic talks about Iraq
Talking to Iran to help us bring peace in Iraq is kind of like talking to Hitler, Stalin, and Mao to get help to prevent mass murders and stamp out totalitarian socialism. Of course, Pelosi is pleased.Venezuela Youth Protest Hugo Chavez's Silencing of TV Channel
Just another in a series of attacks on freedom of speech by a power-mad socialist ruler.
MAY 24, 2007
PRO-FREEDOM BOOK EXTOLLED TO TENS OF
MILLIONS
THE INTELLECTUAL AMMUNITION
DEPARTMENT
In January Rush Limbaugh, the bionic radio talk show maven beloved by millions of Americans (and hated by ultrastatist leftists everywhere) endorsed (and even read from on the air) Ayn Rand's classic philosophic novel Atlas Shrugged, considered by many to be the most powerful literary "slap in the face" to the left-wing "liberal" establishment ever written. Today Rush strongly and enthusiastically recommended Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy by economist, columnist, and true multidisciplinary scholar Thomas Sowell. Sowell's book is certainly one of the most readable on the subject of the economy and lucidly dissects many misconceptions and refutes false claims leveled by socialists and "liberals" against market freedom. Double click here for Rush Limbaugh's endorsement and rave review of Dr. Sowell's book.Rush Limbaugh's nationally syndicated radio program is heard by tens of millions of people five days a week on over 600 stations from noon to 3 PM Eastern Time (9 AM to 12 Noon Pacific Time). I know of no other venue in which so many millions of people are exposed to pro-free market, anti-statist ideas and are made aware of such books as Atlas Shrugged and Basic Economics.
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Triumph Forsaken by Mark Moyar
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MAY 13, 2007
Top Taliban Commander Killed in Fighting -- Associated Press
Another evil doer bites the dust!
Engineer guilty of giving data to China -- Wash. TimesC'est Si Bon -- Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter is celebrating the pro-American Sarkozy victory in France.Sarkozy Is No Free Market Capitalist -- Sylvain Charat
Let's not get too excited about Sarkozy, warns this French conservative libertarian.
Nicolas Sarkozy Wins French Presidency;
Defeats Attractive Socialist Party Woman
Dems Back Down After Presidential Veto
Democrats Back Down On Iraq Timetable -- Wash Post
Pelosi and Reid are way out of their depth when it comes to foreign policy and national defense.
ANOTHER LEADING TERRORIST GETS FLUSHED AWAY
Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq reportedly killed -- ReutersMore Red Herrings Fall Into Democrats' Laps -- David Limbaugh
Democrats Put Their Best Lies Forward -- David Limbaugh
Astronauts, Space Tourist in Good Shape After Landing in Kazakhstan -- NASAVIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE: Death toll limited before campus gun ban
5 years ago, shooter subdued by armed students
The Terrible Truth About Liberals -- Neal BoortzWhy Bastiat is My Hero -- Bob McTeer, former head of the Dallas Federal Reserve (yes, believe it or not)
Textbook of Americanism
Very short but clearly written discussion of the fundamental principle behind Americanism in an easy-to-follow question-and-answer format.Dr. Walter Williams on Violence & the Moral Limits of Political Action
Separation of Force and Whim -- The Laissez-Faire Republic vs. Whimarchy: The Principle of Clearly Defined Individual Human Rights in a Limited Constitutional Republic versus the Tyranny of Unlimited Government by Whim
Constitutional Republic vs Democracy: The Role of a Majority Vote in a Free Society Versus Unlimited Majority Rule in a Democracy. Did the founders of the United States of America intend to establish a democracy? Is a republic merely a representative democracy?
APRIL 21, 2007
Sunni sheiks in Anbar to form new national party to oppose al-Qaida
Latest US solution to Iraq's internal strife: a three-mile wall -- GuardianBush sees tide turning in Iraq -- Washington Times
A Trail of Slime -- Thomas Sowell
Civilian Deaths Drop in Baghdad -- APUS-Led Airstrike Kills 35 Taliban -- Las Vegas Sun
Tom DeLay's Action Points -- Tom DeLay
An effective conservative leader, who was targeted by the Left and run out of Congress, speaks out for more unified action from those on the pro-freedom pro-American Right.
Bomb Blast in Iraq's Parliament Cafe Kills 8
The reactionary jihadist mentalities continue their murders and agenda of disruption.All Remaining Charges Against the Duke Lacrosse Players Finally Dropped
These false charges were pushed in the first place by Nifong to get Black votes for his re-election.Nifong Apologizes to Falsely Accused Duke Students
When will Al Sharpton apologize to the exonerated Duke students?The Imus Lynch Party -- Pat Buchanan
"The hypocrisy here was too thick to cut with a chainsaw."We Stand for Freedom of Speech -- and That's What Threatens the Left
"I don't try to censor them. They try to destroy me."~Rush LimbaughThe Justice Bros. Spots: from Paul Shanklin c/o Rush Limbaugh
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Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi, America's Neville Chamberlaion, Visits Syria's Anti-American Regime
Nancy Pelosi Demonstrates Why Democrats Cannot Be Trusted with U.S. National Security or Foreign Policy -- Ron Kessler
Smuggled aliens to sue Texas deputy -- Washington Times
Two illegal aliens plan a multimillion-dollar civil rights lawsuit against a Texas deputy who was sentenced to prison over an April 2005 incident in which the lawman shot at an alien-smuggling vehicle that he said had just tried to run him down.
Marxist labor boss honored by Gov. Schwarzeneggeranhduong.net/english.htm
English version of website reminding us of the brutal atrocities of communism, with a special focus on Vietnam, lest we forget.Vietnam Era Music -- one of my most favorite sites.
Weezye's World of Music -- a real delight
More Rebuttals of Man-Made Global Warming -- LarryElder.com
Czech President Klaus Condemns "Environmentalism" as Religious Cult with an Anti-Capitalist Political Agenda -- UPIWhose Fall Guy? -- David Limbaugh
Justice Dept Audit Finds FBI Abused, Violated Patriot Act Powers -- AP
Former Iranian Defense Official Talks to Western IntelligenceFox News Channel Picks Up 13 Episodes of the 1/2 Hour News Hour
New comedy show on cable TV -- with Rush Limbaugh as President of the United States and Ann Coulter as VP! Conservatives and libertarians get to lampoon establishment leftists on television?1/2 Hour News Hour - pilot episode clip
A very optimistic conservative vision of the future.
JURY FINDS SCOOTER "GUILTY"
BUT OF WHAT EXACTLY?
Trial in Error -- Wash. PostI Call for Justice -- Clarice Feldman
Merck stops lobbying for compulsory vaccine! -- FEE
Only after a grassroots campaign in opposition.
Constitutional Libertarian Economist
Addresses Millions of Listeners
Refutes Several Widespread Statist Myths
and Fallacies
:1st Hour - 2nd Hour - 3rd Hour
"Draft Williams for President" Effort Led by Duck Mallord Filmore
But Dr. Williams declined saying he would not want to "rise above principle" . . . .Mallard Fillmore -- Bruce Tinsley * * *
About Mallard Fillmore and the Other Characters
Did Muqtada al-Sadr Flee from Iraq to Iran -- or Is He "Just Visiting"?-- FOX
Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Wounded, in Custody -- AP
Iraq to Close Borders with Iran and Syria -- AP
To keep troublemakers out.U.S. "Trade Deficits" Aren't a Problem -- Roger Nils Folsom and Rodolfo Alejo Gonzalez
THE STING OF CORPORATE SOCIALISM
A scheme by a major pharmaceutical manufacturer to use government intervention to
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