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November 30, 2006

How to End to Airline Profiling

It's highly entertaining to read the comments that Town Hall readers post to various columnists' daily entries. Here's an amusing one that was posted to Ann Coulter's column today (entitled Airport Security Should Be Profiling Arabs):

troglodyte writes: Thursday, November, 30, 2006 3:23 AM

An end to profiling, please!
All profiling at airports would be unnecessary if we adopted a few simple measures:

1) All airlines must upgrade their upholstery to have pigskin trim, like on the arm rests and such.
2) The ink used to print airline tickets should contain a percentage of lard practicable for printing.
3) All lubricants in and around all airports, and on doors and seats in aircraft cabins should contain 10% lard with signs to this effect.
4) Airports should abandon those high tech hand held explosive sniffers handled by imbeciles in favor of dogs and pigs. Yes, pigs! Very good sense of smell, smart and packed with Muslim repelling power!
5) Passengers will be issued a Chihuahua to hold on their lap during the flight.
6) For those allergic to dogs, a Vietnamese pot bellied pig will be offered as an alternative.
7) Pork rinds will replace peanuts for in-flight snacks.
8) Kosher meals and snack will be available to passengers showing proof of being Jewish.
9) VegetarianshmmmSorry,better luck next time.

Crude, rude, non-PC? Yep. Amusing? Yep!

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Ahmadinjad's Letter: Let's Talk

Oh, to get that dialogue flowing. If we could just talk about our problems, they'll all just go away and everyone will be happy. Right?

That's what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants you to think. He's written such a reasonable letter that lets us know what's on his mind. He really does care! The full text is here. Let's look at some of the passages:

Noble Americans,

Such courtesy and respect!

Were we not faced with the activities of the US administration in this part of the world and the negative ramifications of those activities on the daily lives of our peoples, coupled with the many wars and calamities caused by the US administration as well as the tragic consequences of US interference in other countries;

Were the American people not God-fearing, truth-loving, and justice-seeking, while the US administration actively conceals the truth and impedes any objective portrayal of current realities;

And if we did not share a common responsibility to promote and protect freedom and human dignity and integrity;

Then, there would have been little urgency to have a dialogue with you.

Were Americans not attacked by Islamic extremists from your part of the world; were we not dealing with the consequences of the previous adminstration's failure to act upon similar attacks; if we didn't have to worry about Iran's support of Islamic terrorist groups in the Middle East and around the world; and as Iran has yet to show responsibility to promote and protect freedom and human dignity and integrity...there really isn't much to talk about, is there?

More:

We all deplore injustice, the trampling of peoples' rights and the intimidation and humiliation of human beings.

Except when they are women, Jews, Christians, and other infidels.

Palestine is brought into the mix:

Palestinian mothers, just like Iranian and American mothers, love their children, and are painfully bereaved by the imprisonment, wounding and murder of their children. What mother wouldn't?

Jewish mothers do, but they don't count.

For 60 years, the Zionist regime has driven millions of the inhabitants of Palestine out of their homes. Many of these refugees have died in the Diaspora and in refugee camps. Their children have spent their youth in these camps and are aging while still in the hope of returning to homeland.

The Palestinians continue to support leaders who refuse to comporomise despite many generous offers made by the Israeli government. The Palestinians' and their supporters' main objective is to drive the Israelis into the sea or blow them off the face of the Earth, whichever method proves most expedient.

Let's take a look at Iraq. Since the commencement of the US military presence in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed, maimed or displaced. Terrorism in Iraq has grown exponentially. With the presence of the US military in Iraq, nothing has been done to rebuild the ruins, to restore the infrastructure or to alleviate poverty. The US Government used the pretext of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but later it became clear that that was just a lie and a deception.

A "deception" that the rest of the world believed as well, and proof is being produced that it wasn't such a deception after all. And the numbers of Iraqis who are killed or maimed would be much lower if terrorists bent on undermining this fledgling democracy did not exist.

Although Saddam was overthrown and people are happy about his departure, the pain and suffering of the Iraqi people has persisted and has even been aggravated.

The likelihood that Iran has been supporting militants (read: terrorists) financially and logistically need not concern you.

There is much, much more...more than I can cover here. Let's skip to the end:

We should all heed the Divine Word of the Holy Qur'an:

"But those who repent, have faith and do good may receive Salvation. Your Lord, alone, creates and chooses as He will, and others have no part in His choice; Glorified is God and Exalted above any partners they ascribe to Him." (28:67-68)

I pray to the Almighty to bless the Iranian and American nations and indeed all nations of the world with dignity and success.

Yes, we should all heed the Qur'an, as conversion to Islam is our only hope of salvation in Ahmadinijad's eyes, before Armageddon.

Michelle Malkin has a wrapup of other reviews of this extraordinary piece of rubbish. Gary at Ex-Donkey also responds.

Previous: Oh Boy, A Letter!

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November 29, 2006

More YouTube Video Madness!

I first heard this song while driving through Pennsylvania on my way to Virginia for Thanksgiving last week. It's by a goth band called My Chemical Romance, a band that one of my older daughter's friends is a fan of. I actually like the song, and find the video entertaining! See what you think:

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Life is a Cabaret

This is a must-read post over at Kitty Litter. Go there now!

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Oh Boy, a Letter!

Have you been wondering what Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is thinking and planning?

Wonder no more. He's written a five-page letter to the American people, and his U.N. representative will be unveiling it today.

"Many American people asked me to talk to them in order to explain the views of the Iranian people," Ahmadinejad told reporters, referring to his visit to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly session in September 2005.

I'd just like to know about a couple of little things: when he plans to wipe Israel off the map and when he plans to convert the rest of the world to Islam.

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The mailman is bringing something special from this guy!

h/t: Cookiewrangler

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Prof: English-Speaking Parasites

Do you hate it when you have to press "1" to hear English options when calling to find out how much you owe on your credit card, etcetera?

If so, you may be a parasite.

At least, that's what Paul Campos, law professor at the University of Colorado, thinks. (You know, the University of Colorado...the exemplary educational system that brought us Ward Churchill.) In an op ed piece in the Rocky Mountain News, Campos gently implies that we should consider being more humble when pressing "1":

Yet the most significant fact to keep in mind about people who speak Spanish in the United States is this: such people are invariably performing useful labor. In fact, it isn't too much of an exaggeration to say that the odds a person does the kind of work that simply has to get done in order to keep civilization afloat go up in direct proportion to the probability that this person speaks Spanish.

Those among us who build the buildings, and cook the food, and clean the bathrooms, and trim the trees, and care for the children - in short, the people who, in Orwell's phrase, "make the wheels go round" - are increasingly the people who press "2" in order to hear their options in Spanish.

Meanwhile, the immense mass of well-paid parasites who infest our fabulously wealthy nation - the financial analysts, the political consultants, the managers of human resources, the vice presidents for West Coast promotion, the producers of television commercials designed to increase the consumption of certain breakfast cereals, and, needless to say, the syndicated newspaper columnists - will continue to become annoyed at the need to press "1."

I wasn't aware that only Spanish-speaking people do the hard work. I'll have to speak to my neighbors, who came here from Brazil and have their own painting business. Perhaps they might appreciate having a number to push for Portuguese. Or the mother of one of my good friends, who came over from Germany many years ago and worked as an aide in a nursing home before retiring. I'm sure she wouldn't mind a German phone menu option. Another good friend of mine came over from India when she was a child. I'll bet her parents would like a chance to press "1" for Hindustani when negotiating modern communications.

As for myself, I certainly wouldn't mind being one of the well-paid parasites that Campos mentions in his piece. (Anyone want to hire me as a political consultant? My prices are very reasonable.) Alas, I'm just your average, middle-class, English-speaking white American who struggles to pay the bills every month, and whose great-grandparents came over from Germany and had to make it without bilingual services.

So when Mr. Campos thinks about those poor workers who have difficulty learning English, perhaps he'll think about the fine people I mentioned above. They seem to be getting along just fine, despite the lack of coddling from the nanny staters.

And yes, it annoys me when I have to press "1". Excuse me while I go glom on to the nearest hardworking Spanish-speaking person I see so I can be that parasite I've always dreamed of being.

(Speaking of well-paid parasites, it would be interesting to find out what Campos makes for working September through May, with a month off at Christmas, a week off in March, all federal holidays, and sabbatical every few years.)

h/t: Moonbattery

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November 28, 2006

This Is Reuters-Speak

On the escalating violence toward police in France:

The head of the French crime statistics body told Reuters the rise in attacks on police was partly due to Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozys 2002 decision to order police back into tough areas, to disrupt the black economy that fuels crime.

Some residents complain the move spawned constant police harassment which has only exacerbated tensions with local youths, many of whom come from ethnic minorities.

Which minorities would those be?

h/t: LGF

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How Dangerous Are Illegal Immigrants?

From WorldNetDaily:

Though no federal statistics are kept on murders or any other crimes committed by illegal aliens, a number of groups have produced estimates based on data collected from prisons, news reports and independent research.

Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.

Guess which death tolls are getting more press?

Total U.S. troop deaths in Iraq as of last week were reported at 2,863. Total U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan during the five years of the Afghan campaign are currently at 289, according to the Department of Defense.

Other crime tolls linked to illegal aliens in the article include deaths from drunk drivers and the sexual molestation of children.

As stated in the linked article, these numbers are not official statistics. (Besides, we all know how statistics can be debated.) But shouldn't we be taking a closer look at the veracity of the claims? Or is the topic considered off-limits by the PC police? No, not all illegal aliens come here to commit crimes. And one cannot predict with any certainty that individuals who come here legally will never commit a crime. But those who break laws simply by being here should not be beyond extra scrutiny of their other activities.

Peter Wagner, author of a new report called "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration," asks the following question:

"That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the 'good' in we get the 'bad' along with them. The question is, how much 'bad' is acceptable and at what price?"

What price indeed?

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November 27, 2006

If Teddy Drove a Volkswagen

...he'd be President today.

Find out why over at the Conservative UAW Guy.

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Man Immolates Self to Protest War

UPDATE (3:18 pm): Warner Todd Huston over at NewsBusters has more on this topic. And Moonbattery reported on it a couple of weeks ago.

Malachi Ritscher doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze near a Chicago highway off-ramp in protest of war in Iraq. (It took days for him to be identified, and it took longer for people to figure out what he did and why.) He left behind this statement:

"Here is the statement I want to make: if I am required to pay for your barbaric war, I choose not to live in your world. I refuse to finance the mass murder of innocent civilians, who did nothing to threaten our country," he wrote in his suicide note. "... If one death can atone for anything, in any small way, to say to the world: I apologize for what we have done to you, I am ashamed for the mayhem and turmoil caused by my country."

Apology accepted. Now that we have that out of the way, let's win in Iraq.

In all seriousness, this man was described as one who dealt with bouts of depression by friends and family. That he chose to burn himself to death with the excuse that it might help stop the war is sad, but it should not be seen as anything other than one person's tragic inability to cope with life.

Some, however, took the bait:

"This man killed himself in such a painful way, specifically to get our attention on these things," said Jennifer Diaz, a 28-year-old graduate student who never met him but has been researching his life. Now, she is organizing protests and vigils in his name. "I'm not going to sit by and I can't sit by and let this go unheard."

One wonders if Miss Diaz would hold a vigil in the name of a soldier who sacrificed himself in battle in the service of our country? A soldier whose presence assures us that we will be able to hold such protests and vigils? A soldier who did not enter the military to end his own life, but to protect ours?

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It's Not Your Grandomother's Soap Anymore...

Can you imagine this storyline 30 years ago?

In a story unusual even for a soap opera and believed to be a television first, ABC's "All My Children" this week will introduce a transgender character who is beginning to make the transition from a man into a woman.

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November 25, 2006

More YouTube Fun!

Remember that song Fish Heads that played on the Dr. Demento show back in the '80s? Remember the short video movie that was made to go along with it? (My daughter found it weird, but as she enjoys a video called the Pancake Song, what right does she have to criticize?)

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November 24, 2006

Meeting Up With Aaron and Other Doings

So I'm in Virginia, near Washington D.C., visiting my father. While we were in the city today, I had the chance to meet up with Aaron, who lets me blog on his site Lifelike Pundits. We spent an hour in a Starbucks in Chinatown, and then he walked me down to the mall, where the rest of my family was milling around in the Museum of Natural History.

It was so great to meet him face to face...we spent our time talking about politics and our pets. And, as any good mom will do, I made him look at photos of my kids.

Aaron paid me the great compliment of saying I'm gorgeous, but I think he's just trying to make me feel good. He's got a great voice, and it was nice knowing that someone under 30 has more on his mind than sports or what's on TV. I hope we can see each other again some time!

So let's see...while here, we went to the recently opened National Museum of the Marine Corps, which I highly recommend! Not only do you learn more about the Corps' history, but what recruits go through to become a Marine. There's a special exhibit on 9/11 and our presence in Afghanistan and Iraq. One thing irritated me: there's a Children's Corner, where kids are invited to draw a picture about their visit to the museum. Tacked up among the various flag and soldier drawings was a paper that said "Fight AIDS, Not Iraq." The writing looked more like an adult's...give me a break. I bought a baseball cap that has the Marine Corps symbol and says USMC on it...I'll be sure to wear it in front of my pacifist friends!

We also went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and made the obligatory trip to Ford's Theater and the boarding house across the street where Lincoln was brought to die. I hadn't been there since I was very young, so I really enjoyed seeing it again. There's so much to see and do in Washington D.C.; you really need to be able to spend at least a week here.

Tomorrow we're going to Mt. Vernon, which I'm really looking forward to!

Hope you're all having a great holiday weekend!

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November 22, 2006

Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving

My family and I are heading down to Virginia tonight to visit my father, and will be returning on Sunday. Posting will be spotty at best, so if you don't hear from me, don't say I didn't warn you! The only thing I am not looking forward to is the drive...

We'll be doing some touristy things in addition to feasting, like going to Mt. Vernon (my first time since childhood), and I'll be getting together with Aaron on Friday. (I am most definitely looking forward to meeting him face to face!)

Best wishes to you and yours on this unique American holiday. Please take a moment, while giving thanks for your own blessings, to remember those who make our freedoms possible: our military.

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Cheesy...

Sure it's legal, but tactless as all get-out:

A church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned around and sold the place without ever moving in, and went back to New Orleans.

"Take it up with God," an unrepentant Joshua Thompson told a TV reporter after it was learned that he and the woman he identified as his wife had flipped the home for $88,000.

Church members said they feel their generosity was abused by scam artists. They are no longer even sure that the couple were left homeless by Katrina or that they were a couple at all.

"They came in humble like they really needed a new start, and our hearts went out to them," said Jean Phillips, a real estate agent and member of the Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ. "They actually begged for the home."

The church was also shocked by an ungrateful interview the couple gave with WHBQ-TV in Memphis.

"I really don't like this area," said Delores Thompson. "I really didn't, and I didn't know anybody, so that's why I didn't move in and I sold it."

More on Katrina scam artists here and here.

I'm sure this congregation will consider their next charitable act a lot more carefully. I'd like to think our government will do the same thing, but I'm doubtful.

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Dutch Await Election Results

As the Dutch await the results of today's parliamentary election, it will be interesting (and possibly instructive) for the rest of us to see who ends up in power: current Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who is looking to make immigration more restrictive, or his challenger Wouter Bos, who would grant citizenship to thousands of asylum seekers who have been living in the Netherlands illegally.

Balkenende has made cuts in welfare and brought the Dutch jobless rate to only 4% (the lowest in Europe), and he wants to integrate immigrants more fully into the culture.

I find it interesting, though, that some put the onus on the country for immigrants to integrate:

...Ismael Dirie, a Somali-born Dutch citizen, said that little positive was being done to help immigrants integrate.

"For me, most doors are closed in the Netherlands," he said. "Nobody is happy, but it is still better than Somalia."

Makes me wonder how much people like him want to integrate.

This is one to watch.

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November 21, 2006

Six Imams Removed From Plane

From Breitbart:

Six Muslim imams were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis- St. Paul International Airport on Monday and questioned by police for several hours before being released, a leader of the group said.

The six were among passengers who boarded Flight 300, bound for Phoenix, around 6:30 p.m., airport spokesman Pat Hogan said.

A passenger initially raised concerns about the group through a note passed to a flight attendant, according to Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for US Airways. She said police were called after the captain and airport security workers asked the men to leave the plane and the men refused.

Apparently the imams were saying their prayers while waiting. One of them expressed dismay that Americans know so little about Islam...but not for want of trying on the part of Muslim leaders.

CAIR is on the case:

Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, expressed anger at the detentions.

"CAIR will be filing a complaint with relevant authorities in the morning over the treatment of the imams to determine whether the incident was caused by anti-Muslim hysteria by the passengers and/or the airline crew," Hooper said. "Because, unfortunately, this is a growing problem of singling out Muslims or people perceived to be Muslims at airports, and it's one that we've been addressing for some time."

I don't know why anyone might get nervous around a group of Muslims on a plane. Could it be because of this? Or this? Until we see more active condemnation of atrocities perpetrated in the name of Islam, don't expect the majority of "uninformed" Americans to embrace the religion of peace.

UPDATE (11:41 am): In a (somewhat) related piece, Michelle Malkin tells us how Nonie Darwish was disinvited to speak at Brown University because she's too controversial in the eyes of Muslim students. Once again, open debate is squelched in the name of political correctness.

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November 20, 2006

Who's a Privileged American?

Nancy Pelosi would have you believe it's just Republicans:

"We want to take the country in a new direction, not just for privileged America," Pelosi said in a jab at Bush and his fellow Republicans who had been in control of Congress.

Does Nancy live up to her rhetoric? Peter Schweizer, author of Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy, thinks not. From an article he wrote for Front Page Magazine, based upon his book:

Read More "Who's a Privileged American?"

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Is That a President In Your Pocket?

The Man over at GOP and The City has the inside track on new presidential coins being minted by the US Mint. Head on over to see how our presidents will be commemorated!

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I Need A Drink...

to help me get rid of the image that was implanted in my brain after reading this (h/t: Brainster):

Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter.

But they don't want you marching in the streets. They'd much rather you just stay home.

The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, whose immodest goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. 22 while focusing on world peace.

"The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it," Reffell said Sunday. "Your mind is like a blank. It's like a meditative state. And mass meditations have been shown to make a change."

The couple are no strangers to sex and social activism. Sheehan, no relation to anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, brought together nearly 50 women in 2002 who stripped naked and spelled out the word "Peace."

Have these people not mentally advanced beyond adolescence? The thought of these aged "activists" lying at home and doing the nasty in the name of peace makes me want to puke. Perhaps, if they want to add some celebrity sparkle to their movement, they might consider asking Hugh Hefner to be their spokesman.

And you thought Breasts Not Bombs was bad...

Crossposted to Lifelike Pundits

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Revising a Line from the Dixie Chicks

Just so you know, I'm embarrassed that San Francisco is part of the United States.

Jeff Jacoby writes about the latest reason why.

Will I get plaudits for my bravery? Will left-leaning media fawn over me and put me on the cover of their magazines? Will there be a documentary made about me?

I'm not giving up the day job...

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Charlie Rangel's Draft Replay

UPDATE: Nancy Pelosi says no.

From the Washington Times:

The incoming Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means panel says he will introduce a bill to reinstitute a military draft in order to provide the U.S. with more troops, while Sen. John McCain continued his call for increase of troop levels in Iraq.

Rep. Charles B. Rangel of New York first called for a draft in January 2003, when Democrats were the minority party in both houses of Congress. Now that his party controls Capitol Hill, he was asked yesterday on CBS' "Face the Nation" if he was still serious about the proposal.

"You bet your life. Underscore 'serious,' " he said.

"I don't see how anyone can support the [Iraq] war and not support the draft," said Mr. Rangel, alluding to Mr. McCain's call for increased troop levels in Iraq and to the need to combat threats elsewhere in the world. "If we're going to challenge Iran and challenge North Korea and then, as some people have asked, to send more troops to Iraq, we can't do that without a draft."

Of course it's possible to support the war and not support a draft. A draft should be a last-ditch effort, and to my knowledge, we haven't reached that point.

Gone are the days when you could push a guy through six weeks of basic training, shove a gun in his hands and say, "Fight!" The Pentagon opposes a draft for that very reason. Today's complicated weapons systems need soldiers who are specially trained to use them. In other words, it's not your grandfather's Army anymore. The only way it would work would be to require draftees to stay in the military longer than a couple of years, and in that case, Canada's population will see a sudden upsurge in its population.

What's hypocritical is to say you support the troops but don't happen to support what they're doing right now, which is fighting in Iraq. It's also hypocritical to have voted for the war and then say it was a mistake, which is what many Democrats have done. (Rangel, at least, is not hypocritial in this instance.)

In my opinion, this whole thing is meant to make our presence in the Middle East even more divisive than it is now. It's got nothing to do with sharing the sacrifice, and everything to do with giving aging hippies and their protgs more ammunition for something to which they are already opposed.

Michelle Malkin weighs in.

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November 17, 2006

Dutch To Ban Burqa

This is big news:

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds.

Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk will now draw up legislation which will result in the Netherlands, once one of Europe's most easy-going nations, imposing some of the continent's toughest laws against concealing the face.

"The cabinet finds it undesirable that garments covering the face -- including the burqa -- should be worn in public in view of public order, (and) the security and protection of fellow citizens," the Dutch Justice Ministry said in a statement.

Don't expect a calm acceptance of this from the Religion of Peace. Remember, a Moroccan immigrant killed filmmaker Theo van Gogh in 2004 because of a movie he made that was considered offensive to Muslims.

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Quote of the Day

Boy, it's amazing what crack investigative work these liberals can produce when it's not going to result in a Republican beating a Democrat! ~ Pat at Brainster, regarding the MSM's "sudden shock" at Jack Murtha's ethic problems.

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Agenda for the Democratic National Convention for 2008

This has been going around the Gorenet...I mean Internet. For those of you who haven't seen it, I thought you might enjoy a Friday funny!

7:00 P.M. Opening flag burning.
7:15 P.M. Pledge of allegiance to UN.
7:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
7:30 - 8:00 P.M. Nonreligious prayer and worship with Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton.
8:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:05 P.M. Ceremonial tree hugging.
8:15 - 8:30 P.M. Gay Wedding: Barney Frank presiding.
8:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:35 P.M. Free Saddam Rally: Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon.
9:00 P.M. Keynote speech: The proper etiquette for surrender? French President Jacques Chirac.
9:15 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
9:20 P.M. Collection to benefit Osama bin Ladin kidney transplant fund.
9:30 P.M. Unveiling of plan to free freedom fighters from Guantanamo Bay: Sean Penn.
9:40 P.M. Why I hate the Military: a short talk by William Jefferson Clinton.
9:45 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
9:50 P.M. Dan Rather presented Truth in Broadcasting award by Michael Moore.
9:55 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
10:00 P.M. How George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld brought down the World Trade Center Towers: Howard Dean.
10:30 P.M. Nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
11:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
11:05 P.M. Al Gore reinvents the Internet.
11:15 P.M. Our Troops are War Criminals: John Kerry.
11:30 P.M. Coronation Of Mrs. Rodham Clinton.
12:00 A.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
12:05 A.M. Bill asks Ted to drive Hillary home.

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Picture from Strange Politics

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November 16, 2006

Nevada Town Bars Foreign Flags Flying Alone

Pahrump, Nevada's main claim to fame has been being home to the Bonnie and Clyde death car, ensconced at Whiskey Pete's. (As a kid, I saw the car at the Silver Dollar Saloon in Virginia City. Blood stains and everything!)

Now, the town has passed a law banning the flying of foreign flags alone:

The elected town board in the remote Mojave Desert community voted 3-2 on Tuesday to enact an ordinance making it illegal to fly a foreign nation's flag by itself.

Flying another country's flag, whether it is a British Union Jack or the flag of Mexico, is punishable by a $50 fine and 30 hours' community service, unless it is flown below an American flag.

"Old Glory is sovereign," says Paul Willis, a retired carpenter and board member. "You can't fly any other nation's flag higher than the American flag."

Of course, the ACLU is already bleating:

The American Civil Liberties Union says the flag restriction violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech.

"There's no doubt about it," says Lisa Rasmussen, a board member of the Nevada ACLU. "People have a right, as much as we don't like it, to fly ... any flag they wish."

No one's banning the flying of other flags...just saying that they must fly with and below the American flag. But to tell that to the "anyone but America first" ACLU is like spitting into the wind. Rasmussen has also said to expect the ACLU to "take action."

And that's not all:

The law passed as part of a package of measures that also declared English the official language of Pahrump and denies town benefits to illegal immigrants.

French is the official language of France. (I thought it was Weaselese.) German is the official language of Germany. Italian is the official language of Italy. Spanish is the official language of Mexico and Spain. I could go on. Why is it so many people get their knickers in a twist when Americans propose making English the official language of America? And what's wrong with expecting that the flag that represents our country be given priority over the flags of other countries? Plus, barring benefits from those not legally eligible to receive them is responsible on two fronts: it relieves the economic burden on the town and its taxpayers, and discourages illegals from showing up to begin with.

Pahrump is joining in with towns like Hazleton, PA and Farmers Branch, TX, in taking a stance against illegal immigration. Other towns should follow suit. Will our federal government finally take note?

h/t: Jeanette

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Not An Auspicious Start for Pelosi

From Breitbart:

House Democrats on Thursday chose Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer to be House majority leader over Rep. John Murtha, the choice of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to become speaker.
Hoyer was elected on a vote of 149-86.

The balloting marked a personal triumph for him, but also a snub to Pelosi, moments after the rank and file selected her unanimously to become speaker when the House convenes in January.

Heh.

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Double Standards 101

Don't you just love it?

In his first interview since reportedly calling a Democratic bill on lobbying and ethics "total crap," Rep. John Murtha told "Hardball" host Chris Matthews he meant it was "crap" to deal with ethics problems when there are more serious issues facing the nation such as the war in Iraq.

"It is total crap that we have to deal with an issue like this when weve got a war going on and we got all these other issues," Murtha said.

Oh what a difference an election can make. What was Murtha saying about ethics just six weeks ago during the Mark Foley debacle?

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., faulted the House GOP leadership for not acting sooner. "It's outrageous," he said, citing reports indicating they were told months ago. "We have an obligation to protect these young pages. ... It really makes me nervous that they might have tried to cover this up."

He called for a quick investigation before the November elections to "hold people accountable," but said there was no need for an outside investigation. "I think it's something the ethics committee can handle. ... It's something that can be handled internally."

It's always different when one's own political future is at stake. Today is the vote for House Majority Leader, and Murtha hopes to be victorious.

Captain Ed and Hot Air have more.

Meanwhile, Robert Novak has a spot-on column on Nancy Pelosi's first misstep before she even takes the gavel.

h/t: Cookiewrangler

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November 15, 2006

Conyers: Don't Go Dissin' Islam

UPDATE: I erroneously said this would "criminalize" disrespect of Islam, and Paul (always so kind in his criticisms) pointed out my error. However, I still want to know when such a resolution is coming for other religions.

In what might be a warmup to impeachment hearings, John Conyers is sponsoring House Resolution 288, which would, for all intents and purposes, criminalize disrespect of (read: criticism of) Islam. (h/t: LGF)

Read it for yourself:

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning bigotry and religious intolerance, and recognizing that holy books of every religion should be treated with dignity and respect.

Whereas believers of all religions, including the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, should be treated with respect and dignity;

Whereas the word Islam comes from the Arabic root word meaning peace and submission;

Whereas there are an estimated 7,000,000 Muslims in America, from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds, forming an integral part of the social fabric of America;

Whereas the Quran is the holy book for Muslims who recite passages from it in prayer and learn valuable lessons about peace, humanity and spirituality;
Whereas it should never be official policy of the United States Government to disparage the Quran, Islam, or any religion in any way, shape, or form;

Whereas mistreatment of prisoners and disrespect toward the holy book of any religion is unacceptable and against civilized humanity;

Whereas the infringement of an individuals right to freedom of religion violates the Constitution and laws of the United States: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives

(1) condemns bigotry, acts of violence, and intolerance against any religious group, including our friends, neighbors, and citizens of the Islamic faith;

(2) declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith, should be protected;

(3) recognizes that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, as any other holy book of any religion, should be treated with dignity and respect; and

(4) calls upon local, State, and Federal authorities to work to prevent bias-motivated crimes and acts against all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith.

Notice that Conyers went with an "estimated 7,000,000 Muslims in America." That number is hotly debated, but giving the higher number gives the bill more credence.

Of course, he didn't mention the intolerance displayed by those Muslims who believe in restoring Shari'a law toward women, homosexuals, and non-Muslims in general (you know, us infidels).

Be sure to click on the first link above to read some of the groan-inducing comments left by Conyers' sycophants.

I'm waiting for a law that forbids the disrespect of Judaism and Christianity:

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Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel

It's not enough for some to hate Rick Santorum and revel in his Senatorial defeat. Some must also make crude jokes at the expense of his family.

Moonbattery has all of the sad details.

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Bye Bye Border Fence?

Just brilliant:

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The incoming U.S. Congress will review the law mandating 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, and may seek to scrap the plan altogether.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters this week that he expected to "re-visit" the issue when he becomes chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee in the 110th Congress, which has a Democratic Party majority.

Goody...more waffling on an issue that is important to citizens. Just what we can expect from the Democrats. Nice going!

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Would you like syrup or jam with your waffles?

h/t: Cookiewrangler

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Dem Prevails in Connecticut's District 2 Recount

Democratic challenger Joe Courtney won the recount in Connecticut's District 2 House race, although his lead narrowed from 167 to 91 votes.

That means the only Republican Connecticut has in Congress is Christopher Shays.

Oy.

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November 14, 2006

Video Of the Day!

In keeping with my current obsession with watching music videos on YouTube, I give you this by Annie Lennox, Walking on Broken Glass. It's a winner in more ways than one: Annie Lennox, of course, is a fabulous singer and songwriter. The video is like a movie, set during the days of Louix XI, with beautiful period costumes. (I'm a sucker for anything before 1920.) And, it features John Malkovich (who is no stranger to period pieces) and Hugh Laurie. Many of you know Hugh from his current gig on the medical drama House, but he's been in many things in his native England...including playing the foppish Prince Regent on the third installment of that British classic Black Adder.

Enjoy!

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Jimmy Carter's Blind Spot

Rick Richman over at The American Thinker has a must-read review of Jimmy "I Never Met A Terrorist I Didn't Like" Carter's latest attempt at burnishing his presidential legacy entitled Palestine Peace Not Apartheid. Richman notes:

It is not difficult to understand why Democrats wanted the publication of Jimmy Carters slim new book (216 pages of text, large print and no footnotes), with its tendentious title and its superficial analysis, delayed until today, a week after the election. The anti-Israel bias is so clear, the credulous description of Arab positions so cringe-producing, the key facts on which Carter relies so easily refuted by public documents, that the book is an embarrassment to Carter, the Democrats, the presidency and Americans.

Here's one of the more revolting passages Richman cites in his review:

Rosalynn and I met with Yasir Arafat in Gaza City, where he was staying with his wife, Suha, and their little daughter. The baby dressed in a beautiful pink suit, came readily to sit on my lap, where I practiced the same wiles that had been successful with our children and grandchildren. A lot of photographs were taken, and then the photographers asked that Arafat hold his daughter for a while. When he took her, the child screamed loudly and reached out her hands to me

Click here for the whole thing.

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Jihad Rock!

Its the album youve been waiting for! Jihad-Tel Records presents Jihad Rock! Many of your favorites have been included in this fantastic recording, including 100 Infidels Chained to The Wall, All the Women Must Get Stoned, and this classic:

Killin for Allah (to tune of Walkin on Sunshine)

Im killin for Allah
Whoa
Im killin for Allah
Whoa
Im killin for Allah
Whoa
And it really feels good!
Hey! All right now
And it really feels good!
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Jihad Rock! has been called the "album of the year" by al-Jazeera. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given it two thumbs up! And Osama bin Ladin has made it the official album of worldwide jihad. So put on your kefiya, grab your Uzzi, and get set to dance to the most rockin tunes since Constantinople fell!

Well Bomb the World (to the tune of We Are the World)

Well bomb the world
Well kill your children
Unless you all convert to Islam now
No were not kiddin

Theres a chance youre takin
If you dont convert now
Its sure to be a darker day
For you not me
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Sung by renowned Muslim songstress Ameera Ahmoud, this is an album the entire family can enjoy. (Of course Ameera was subjected to an honor killing right after wrapping her studio session, in accordance with Sharia law, for daring to sing in public.) But her unworthy spirit lives on with catchy tunes like this one:

Kill the Jews (to the tune of Hold Me Now)

Kill the Jews
Kill them now
Spare not one
They must all die, they must all die

Oh

Kill the Jews
Kill them all
Is-ra-el
Must not survive, must not survive

This album is selling faster than a suicide bomber can blow himself up. To get your copy, send a check or money order for ریال150,100 and your firstborn son to:

Jihad Rock
110 Suicide Bomber Way
Behind-A-Rock, Iraq

ChildJihad

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November 13, 2006

Another Awesome YouTube Video...

One of my favorite songs by '80s icons, Erasure...Love to Hate You.

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What's Up With That?

Crossposted to Lifelike Pundits.

I'm a little confused about a few things these days:

*According to liberals, our soldiers are children. For several years now, we've been hearing about how our children are being sent off to fight George Bush's war. The fact that they have to be of legal age, 18, to voluntarily enlist doesn't seem to enter the equation.

On the other hand, liberals consider children as young as 10 or 12 old enough to not only be having sex, but to get an abortion without parental notification.

Oh, and some people in California thought that a 14-year-old should be given "partial" voting rights in state elections.

*Liberals are staunchly against the death penalty for convicted murderers, saying it is wrong to take life no matter what the reason.

However, liberals consider unrestricted abortion to be a choice, a constitutional right.

*In today's PC speak, it's unconscionable to call someone with a mental handicap retarded.

Calling our military stupid, though, is within accepted limits...especially since The Simpsons have gotten on the bandwagon.

*Any reference to Christianity or Judaism in schools (including silent prayer) is considered a direct violation of the separation of church and state.

Yet in California, courts have okayed a mandatory three-week learning unit in some schools where students must "become" Muslims: adopting Muslim names, praying to Allah, and playing jihadist games.

*Political extremist Ann Coulter is never featured in women's magazines.

But political extremist Eve Ensler, who advocates celebrating one's vagina, often is.

*Colleges and universities claim to be bastions of free speech.

Yet when conservatives are invited to speak, students who disagree with them take to hurling pies (and even violence) in order to quiet views opposed to theirs, and the perpetrators are given a slap on the wrist by university officials.

As Jerry Seinfeld would say, "What's up with that?" If anyone has any answers for me about these conundrums, I'd love to hear them.

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Dan Rather Returns...

to your television set. Fortunately, only those wealthy enough to own HDTV will be able to see him:

Dan Rather has gone digital. Dan Rather has gone boutique. Returning to television with "Dan Rather Reports," his new weekly magazine, he will now be available in just the four million satellite and cable homes reached by media mogul Mark Cuban's high-definition channel HDNet. By contrast, "The CBS Evening News," which Rather anchored for 24 years, reaches virtually all the nation's 111 million TV homes, and it's watched by more than seven million viewers nightly.

"We are broadcasting to a tiny audience," Rather readily acknowledges.

He still won't admit he was wrong about Memogate:

Some of the hits he took were deserved, he says, while the rest - well, that story ignited a firestorm that almost ruined Rather's reputation.

"Let's face it," he reasons, "over the length and breadth of a career, I've gotten a whole lot more than I ever deserved on the upside. So if I got some things I didn't deserve on the downside, I can't and won't complain about it."

Well, he hasn't been in news all of these years not to know how to put a particular spin on things.

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Smile...you're back on camera!

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Iran Emboldened

According to the Iranian media Monday, Iranian President Mahoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel was destined to disappearance and destruction at a council meeting with Iranian ministers.

The western powers created the Zionist regime in order to expand their control of the area. This regime massacres Palestinians everyday, but since this regime is against nature, we will soon witness its disappearance and destruction, Ahmadinejad said. (AFP)

Don't expect there to be much sympathy for Israel should this come to pass.

h/t: Cookiewrangler

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Watch Your Back

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From Cox and Forkum.

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Pelosi Backs Murtha

The struggle for House majority leader continues, with Nancy Pelosi officially letting us know whom she would prefer to be in the position: Jack Murtha, D-PA.

"Your presence in the leadership of our party would add a knowledgeable and respected voice to our Democratic team," Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote Murtha. The Pennsylvania lawmaker is widely viewed as an underdog in a two-man race with Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer in this week's leadership elections.

In keeping with her obvious disdain for our military, Nancy Pelosi has given public support to the man who last year accused our Marines of killing "innocent civilians in cold blood" in Haditha, Iraq. (The accusation came before any investigation was made; the jury is still out on the incident.)

Surprise? Not really. Pelosi, despite her bleating about "bipartisan" leadership, is stacking the deck in her favor. Anyone who supported the war or worked with Republicans is on the way out. (Just ask Jane Harman.)

Already the Democrats are regeging on their promise not to withdraw prematurely from Iraq; Sen. Carl Levin is rumored to be planning a withdrawal within four to six months.

Buckle your seatbelts and get our the barfbags, folks. It's going to be a bumpy ride.


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November 12, 2006

Melanie Morgan and Joe and Jan Johnson on Andrea Shea-King TONIGHT

What the MSM won't tell you:

Conservative radio show host Melanie Morgan and Gold Star Family Joe
and Jan Johnson, will join me on the radio tonight. The Johnsons have
just returned from Iraq.

Melanie chairs Move America Forward, the organization that arranged for
several Gold Star Families to secretly travel to Iraq this past week.

Tonight Melanie will bring one of those families on the Andrea Shea
King Show with her -- Joe and Jan Johnson, who will share their
experiences while in Iraq.

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Melanie co-authored a just released book, American Mourning, which
features the Johnson family who went to Iraq to see for themselves what
is going on over there and to tell the troops that there are Americans
who support and believe in their mission.

While in Iraq, the Gold Star Families were on hand to witness the
reactions to Saddam's death sentence, the democratic takeover of
Congress, and Rumsfeld's resignation. In addition to meeting the
troops, the families were able to meet with many high-level Iraqi
government officials. For more on the trip, go to Move America Forward.

The Andrea Shea-King Show, produced by Mark Vance, airs on Sunday
nights in Orlando and can be heard live on the internet on WDBO 580 AM
at 9 PM EST. Join some our listeners in the live in-show chat room. And
you can call the show toll-free at: 1-800-329-5858

Tonight at 9 EST. It will be interesting. Promise.

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Help! I've Become Addicted to YouTube!

Pretty pathetic...I've spent much of my afternoon looking up old videos on YouTube, and have I found a treasure trove! Adam Ant, Oingo Boingo, Shriekback, and many more of my favorites from the '80s have been thoughtfully uploaded by anonymous YouTube users.

Here's one that I hadn't heard in quite some time: The Bolshoi, Away. Enjoy!

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November 10, 2006

NY Actress Murdered By Illegal UPDATE

The other day, I posted about the murder of indie-film actress Adrienne Shelly in NYC by an illegal alien who was given a job.

Today, Michelle Malkin discusses it, and also highlights the liberal policies that led to this tragic event.

To refine something I said in my original post, the quest for cheap labor has cost Shelly's family more than can ever be repaid.

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How Much of a Republican/Democrat Are You?

Was there ever any doubt?

You Are 72% Republican
You have a good deal of elephant running through your blood, and you're proud to be conservative.
You don't fit every Republican stereotype, but you definitely belong in the Republican party.
How Republican Are You?
You Are 0% Democrat
If you have anything in common with the Democrat party, it's by sheer chance.
You're a staunch conservative, and nothing is going to change that!
How Democrat Are You?

Click here to take the quiz for yourself!

h/t: Anna

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How Will the Dems Deal With These Guys?

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A purported audio recording by the leader of Iraq's al Qaeda wing gloated over the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a top U.S. general said the military was preparing to recommend strategy changes.

Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, said in the recording posted on the Internet on Friday that the group has 12,000 armed fighters and 10,000 others waiting to be equipped to fight U.S. troops in Iraq.

***

CARACAS - When Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chvez called President Bush ''the devil'' in a U.N. speech in September, many thought his ''anti-imperialist'' rhetoric had reached rock bottom.

But fresh depths have since been plumbed. The Venezuelan government, to judge from recent events, officially regards Bush as a genocidal Nazi who arranged the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to justify aggression against other nations.

In a speech Tuesday, Chvez criticized the decision of an Iraqi court to sentence former dictator Saddam Hussein to the death penalty. ''If sentencing is to be done,'' Chvez said, ``the first one to be given the most severe sentence this planet has to offer should be the president of the United States, if we're talking about genocidal presidents.''

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush's defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran.

Bush has accused Iran of trying to make a nuclear bomb, being a state sponsor of terrorism and stoking sectarian conflict in Iraq, all charges Tehran denies.

"This issue (the elections) is not a purely domestic issue for America, but it is the defeat of Bush's hawkish policies in the world," Khamenei said in remarks reported by Iran's student news agency ISNA on Friday.

"Since Washington's hostile and hawkish policies have always been against the Iranian nation, this defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation."

***

One word: appeasement.

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Which Will it Be?

This:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - President Jalal Talabani said Thursday that he had been assured by Democrat congressional leaders during a recent visit to Washington that they had no plans for a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Or this:

George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.

I leave you to guess.

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GOP News

Via Breitbart:

Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican.

...

"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: "That's fair."

This is good news for the Republican party, especially as the article goes on to say that Chafee stayed with the party mainly because it helped bring federal dollars to his home state of Rhode Island.

In other news, RNC chairman Ken Mehlman is planning on stepping down at the end of the year, and rumors are flying that Michael Steele may be asked to take the position. Steele, as you know, ran a great but ultimately unsuccessful campaign for senate in Maryland, and his post as lieutenant governor there will end in January.

A bunch of my blogging buddies (Kitty, Aaron, Gayle and others) were discussing this possibility via e-mail just yesterday. What a great opportunity for this fine man to get more national experience and exposure...who knows? 2008 isn't far away, and we need all the good candidates we can get.

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Goodbye Lincoln Chafee, hello Michael Steele!

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November 09, 2006

So Much for Bipartisanship

From Insight:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi plans to sideline colleagues who are hawkish on national security in the Democratic leadership in the House.

[...]

"Nancy Pelosi wants total party discipline," a source in the Democratic Party leadership said. "If you played ball with the Republicans during this session, then you're not going to be given an important chair in the next session."

This shouldn't surprise anyone.

It seems one of the first on the chopping block is Jane Harman, whose seniority on the House Intelligence Committee gave some reason to think she would be awarded chairmanship.

The sources said the 61-year-old Ms. Harman, regarded as the best informed House Democrat on intelligence and technology issues, angered the liberal Ms. Pelosi by supporting the Bush administrations policies on defense issues, particularly the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act. They said Ms. Pelosi has rebuffed lobbyists in the pro-Israel community and defense industry that sought a chairmanship for Ms. Harman.

"If Nancy Pelosi's apparent determination to deny Jane Harman the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee to appease the Black Caucus is any indication, Democratic control is not going to be good news for those who believe in competent oversight of the national-security apparatus," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute.

But we already knew the Democrats' first priority has never been national security or defense.

It's possible the chairmanship of this important committee will go to Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL), whom the Black Caucus has been pushing for this appointment. Hastings, you might remember, was impeached for corruption and perjury (he accepted a $150,000 bribe) and removed as a federal judge in 1981. I'm relieved we'll have such impeccable leadership from the Democrats after the culture of corruption of the Republicans.

It's good to know that the chairmanship will be awarded based on who is most competent...make that most competent at being a Democrat player.

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Bullying Works

This is something DePaul University's Paul Klocek found out the hard way.

John Ruberry, the Marathon Pundit, has been following Klocek's story (Klocek was fired by DePaul after arguing with Muslim students about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), and he's dug up another nugget about (Council for American Islamic Relations) CAIR's role in the affair. Read about it here.

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Caveat Emptor

That means "let the buyer beware" in Latin. Too bad it's not required on all political ads. Nancy Pelosi (in between ordering draperies) is busy telling us that "Democrats are ready to lead. We're prepared to govern. But that means in a bipartisan way." If they're so interested in bipartisanship, where has that bipartisanship been in the last 12 years? Was all the filibustering just my imagination?

And we now have Harry Reid as the Senate Majority Leader. The man who, unbeknownst to many, has been involved in ethically questionable land deals. Why do so few know about it? Because the MSM didn't make it a reporting priority. Scandals about Republicans take precedence in our biased big media.

Loony Cindy Sheehan is already calling for impeachment and imprisonment of President Bush, and her reaction to Donald Rumsfeld's resignation was caught on video.

This is what we have to look forward to. But then, I don't think I should be surprised. Most voters only pay attention to politics in the month or two preceding the election. Now that it's passed, they'll go back to paying more attention to the divorces of Britney Spears and Reese Witherspoon, worrying about whether or not Nicole Richie will drop dead of anorexia, and who the next American Idol will be.

I said this in an e-mail to some blogging pals:

As a group, the baby boomers (specifically the liberal ones) have done the most damage to our country than any other generation I can think of. Their so-called "feel good" policies have no basis in reality and have been very costly to everyone, especially to those the Dems profess to be representing (the poor, women, minorities, etc.).

These are the people who will be shaping our policies for the next two years.

When the tax cuts that the Republicans pushed through expire and the economy slows down, when yet another minimum wage hike is pushed through and unemployment goes up as a result, when taxes are raised in order to fund yet more programs that don't benefit those who pay for them, and when we pull out of Iraq and a greater bloodbath than we've seen thus far occurs, you'll know who to thank.

Yourselves, for voting in the Democrats.

(Am I being a sore loser? I don't think I'm so much a sore loser as much as I am worried about the "new direction" this country is headed in. The Democrats didn't tell us about that new direction, and for good reason: they would never have been voted in otherwise.)

My friend Gary at Ex-Donkey has a different outlook.

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November 08, 2006

Well, It's Over...

and time to break out the aspirin to take care of one heck of an election night hangover.

The Dems took the house. The Senate is still up for grabs. George Bush may still be president, but his ability to continue with his agenda is greatly diminished, which is what the Dems were hoping for. And although new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says "no impeachments," don't hold your breath.

With Charlie Rangel in charge of the House Ways and Means committee, don't expect funding for Iraq to continue, which will turn it into the quagmire the Dems have wanted it to be from day one.

We can pretty much expect nothing to be done in the next two years. And those of you who either decided to vote Dem or stay home yesterday in order to "teach the Republican leadership a lesson," you know what they say: be careful what you wish for...

Ed Morrissey says:

However, in terms of policy at least, the American people have spoken. The majority endorsed these views, and now we have to see them play out. We can certainly criticize it -- and we will -- but we have to respect the voice of the American electorate. They wanted a different direction, and now they have to experience its consequences.

Of course, what that direction is, the Democrats have never actually "said." So hold on to your boots.

On the bright side, perhaps America will regain some of the popularity we've lost over in Europe. And the terrorists sure will be happy!

Still, some are saying that this loss has a silver lining: after two years of Democrats lording it over us in Congress, the people will be ready for the Republicans once again in 2008. Hugh Hewitt says, "If the GOP adopts and refines the tactics the Democrats have used for the past four years all will be well two years hence, and perhaps even better than well." I hope that's true. And I hope the Republicans will spend the next two years licking their wounds and figuring out how to get their base back.

But unlike the Dems, we won't be threatening to move to Canada or some other country because we didn't get our way. We won't say things like "this isn't MY Congress" but rather "How can we make this better?"

Here are some thoughts from Michelle Malkin..

So we have our work cut out for us, fellow conservatives. Are we ready for it?

UPDATE (9:56 a.m.): My friend Aaron over at Lifelike Pundits has the ten basics we need to agree on to move forward.

UPDATE II (10:16 a.m.): John Hawkins separates the wheat from the chaff.

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This is not the end...

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November 07, 2006

NY Actress Murdered by Illegal

Of course, he said she started it:

"I was having a bad day," illegal immigrant Diego Pillco, 19, allegedly told cops. "I didn't mean to kill her. But I did kill her."

Pillco told detectives that he punched Shelly, 40, last Wednesday afternoon outside the Abingdon Square apartment she was using as an office after she yelled at him about the noise he was making while working in a vacant apartment below.

Pillco, who is from Ecuador and speaks only Spanish, also claimed that Shelly slapped him first.

He was having a bad day? I'd say Shelly's day was worse, followed closely by her husband, who found her hanging that evening.

According to the NY Post article, Pillco, thinking Shelly was dead, dragged her to her own apartment and hung her from the shower curtain rod in the bathroom in order to make it look like a suicide.

Watch for those who feel sorry for illegals ("they're just here trying to make an honest living") to jump all over this case like John Kerry on a needleful of Botox. They'll claim he was railroaded and forced into a confession because of his lack of knowledge of English (hey, another good reason to learn the language of the country you come to!) despite forensic evidence matching his sneakers to the scene of the crime.

Pillco's boss is in denial:

The suspect's stunned boss, contractor Louis Hernandez, called his employee "a good kid."

"I don't know what happened. I don't think he did it," he said.

Uh huh. Of course, being illegal, there's no way Hernandez could have done a background check on him (not that he necessarily has a criminal background). Still, the quest for cheap labor has cost Shelly's family more than Hernandez could ever repay.

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Victim of an illegal alien

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Wisdom Across the Millenia

So true:

"When the scholars of today discuss good government, many of them say, 'Give land to the poor and destitute so that those who have no means of livelihood may be provided for.' Now if men start out with equal opportunities and yet there are a few who, without help or unusually good harvetys or outside income, are able to keep themselves well supplied, it must be due to either hard work or to frugal living. If men start with equal opportunities and yet there are a few who, without having suffered from some calamity like famine or sickness, still sink into poverty and destitution, it must be due either to laziness or to extravagant living. The lazy and extravagant grow poor; the diligent and and frugal get rich. Now if the ruler levies money from the rich in order to give alms to the poor, he is robbing the diligent and frugal and indulging the lazy and extravagant. If he expects by such means to induce the people to work industriously and spend with caution, he will be disappointed."

It was said by a Chinese gentleman, Han Fei, born circa 280 B.C. He was from a royal family of aristocrats but what he says has been true for over two thousand years so far.

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Stolen shamelessly from Dissecting the Left

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I Voted...Will You?

I voted on my way in to work this morning. My polling place was busy, but there was no line; as soon as my identity was verfied (yes, Connecticut requires a photo ID to vote...the horror!), I went right to a booth and cast my vote.

For those of you in Connecticut, you'll have heard that the old machines are history in some towns. I wasn't sure what to expect when I went in (I didn't read the article about the new method in my local paper), but voting couldn't have been easier. You're given a paper ballot that resembles the multiple choice "bubble" tests from your school days. Simply fill in the bubble next to the candidate of your choice with a black felt tip pen (provided), and slip your ballot face down into the electronic machine on your way out the door.

If you can go before work or during the day, that's the best time. After work will be the busiest, when everyone else who didn't want to get up early will be there with you.

Now get on out and do your civic duty!

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Today's the Day...

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Those who can't be bothered to vote shouldn't be bothered to complain about the outcome.

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November 06, 2006

Here's Mine!

Hot Air has introduced the Absolute Moral Authority card. Here's one I came up with. (Sorry for the hard-to-read print; it's the best I could do on my setup.)

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See more at Hot Air and Michelle Malkin.

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Quote of the Day

"I think that one forgets that American foreign policy for the whole of the (20th) century saved the world from terrible things three times, for which they certainly got no thanks and for which they never had imperial ambitions at all."
~ Rupert Murdoch

h/t: Cookiewrangler

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Wow, I'm Convinced!

I have had an epiphany. I used to think Ned Lamont was a millionaire leftist stooge with only one item on his agenda: to pull the troops out of Iraq faster than he could raise your cable bill.

But on the way to work this morning I heard Paul Newman on the radio, telling me that Ned Lamont was a great guy and that I should vote for him. The clincher was that he cited the New York Times' endorsement of Lamont as proof as to why I should vote for him.

I mean, if an actor endorses a candidate, that should be good enough for the rest of us.

Oh, and Ned Lamont himself approved the message.

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When Paul says vote for Ned, you do it!

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November 03, 2006

Failure

In doing my part to get the Republican base revved up for Tuesday, I did a song parody based on Michael Jackson's Thriller:

It's close to midnight
And something scary's just about to start
Behind the curtain
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between the eyes,
You're paralyzed

Thriller.jpg'Cause this is failure, failure night

And no one's gonna save you as old failure's about strike
You know it's failure, failure night
The Dems are fighting for life
Inside a major, failure tonight

You hear the polls close
And realize that there's nowhere left to run
You fake the old pose
And wonder if your majority'll see the sun
You close your eyes
And hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the GOP creepin' up behind
You're out of time

'Cause this is failure, failure night

And no one's gonna save you as old failure's about strike
You know it's failure, failure night
The Dems are fighting for life
Inside a major, failure tonight

You're gonna lose big
The voters know how much you guys have lied
Your grave you're gonna dig
Unless you get the voters on your side
Now is the time
For you to give the thing up altogether
All through the night
The exit polls are wrong again times three,
You have to see

Nancy Pelosi calls
And the Dems keep on playin' their masquerade
There's no escapin' the jaws of the electorate in time
(they're open wide)
Ain't it a crime

'Cause this is failure, failure night

And no one's gonna save you as old failure's about strike
You know it's failure, failure night
The Dems are fighting for life
Inside a major, failure tonight

(rap)
Darkness falls across the land
Poll closing hour is close at hand
Democrats crawl in search of blood
In John Kerry's ritzy neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
No matter how great his renoun
Must stand and face the worst kind of hell
Telling Ned Lamont that he's just swell
The foulest stench is in the air
The failure of the last twelve years
And fed up voters from every room
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay relevant
Your party is dead in the water
For no mere Democrat is in touch
With the average American voter

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Obsession: A Documentary on Radical Islam

If you want to learn more about the threat we face that is Islmofascism, please do not miss this special. It's airing this weekend on FOX news several times -- there should be a time to fit your schedule.

As the Radio Patriots said on their blog:

Today, we find ourselves confronted by a new enemy, also engaged in a violent struggle to transform our world. As we sleep in the comfort of our homes, a new evil rises against us. A new menace is threatening, with all the means at its disposal, to bow Western Civilization under the yoke of its values. That enemy is Radical Islam.

For more on this must-see special, go to the Obsession website.

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And we're not talking Calvin Klein...

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Who Do The Terrorists Want to Win?

This is a must-read over at The Right Place. Go there, now!

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Le Gasp!

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Of course, they won't worry about the so-called danger next time there's a natural disaster somewhere and they want the U.S. to open up its pocketbook.

Source: Guardian UK (surprise!)

h/t: Cookiewrangler

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HALF A LOAF...

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is better than none. Don't worry that the Republicans didn't do everything you wanted them to...worry how much damage the Democrats can and will do if they take control of Congress.

VOTE REPUBLICAN November 7th!

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Quote of the Day

Benedict Arnold was a military hero during the Revolutionary War. But General Arnold changed his mind on that war, just as Senator Kerry has changed his mind on the war in Iraq -- and no one has claimed that Benedict Arnold's earlier military service made him exempt from criticism. ~ Thomas Sowell

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Two Americas? More Like Double Standards

One of my pet peeves is double standards: one rule for me, another for you regarding the same issue.

Apparently, Town Hall columnist Burt Prelusky also dislikes double standards, and likens them to the two Americas John Edwards opined in the last election:

Every black minister can count on being trotted out for photo ops every time a Democrat runs for dog catcher, but let a white parson speak out on an issue, and leftists start running around, screaming about separation of church and state.

If a Christian wears a cross in the work place, the ACLU will be only too happy to nail his hide to the wall of the nearest courthouse. But let a 25-year-old Muslim with a Syrian passport be searched at the airport, and the liberals will hold a candlelight vigil in his honor.

Great stuff. Read the whole thing here.

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November 02, 2006

Iran's Missile Test: Ability to Reach Israel

Not good news:

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers Thursday that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region.

Translation: "aimed at wiping Israel off the map."

Something else that should worry us:

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian and China indicated that they will not support a draft U.N. resolution imposing tough sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program.

The comments by Russia's foreign minister and China's U.N. ambassador were the strongest reactions yet to the draft by the two key U.N. Security Council members, and signaled difficult negotiations ahead on the resolution drawn up by Britain, France and Germany.

Not that I think U.N. sanctions will do much...just remember how effective they were with Iraq. But by outright refusal to co-operate, we see where Russia and China stand...and it's not with us.

It's not a brave new world we live in, but a scary new world. We need leaders in Congress and the White House that will take these threats seriously. Take that into consideration when you head to the polls on November 7th.

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Those aren't toy missiles Iran set off today...

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Kerry Apologizes for "Dumb" Troops Remark...

but still insists that his words were "misinterpreted."

The only misinterpretation here was by Kerry, who still thinks that his elitist manner is impressive to us little people, and that he actually has a shot in 2008.

Now if he had said, "I'm sorry for believing that people who join the military are lacking in intelligence," then he'd be on the right track. But don't look for that comment any time soon.

Michelle Malkin has a great wrapup.

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November 01, 2006

Send In The Clowns...Please!

This is supposed to be funny. Actually, it's so pathetic that it is somewhat amusing...but the kind of laughs it gets probably aren't what the site creator had in mind.

The site is called Joe LieberMEforME, and is styled after those ads you see on TV for Time-Life CD collections. There's also a YouTube video, which I've embedded here:

With "song titles" like Suicidal Gay Teens Don't Need Help and Don't Knock Bush, He's My Daddy, it's easy to see the level of discourse that this site espouses. Wait, scratch that...what discourse?

Nice try guys...but the latest Quinnipiac poll shows Lieberman leading Ned Lamont by 12 points.

It's easy to see the site creator didn't do his homework. If you check here and here, you'll see that Lieberman's voting record leans decidedly to the left. The only major move right he's made is on national security and Afghanistan and Iraq. So much for being a right-wing lapdog...

Thanks to Alex M. for sending me the link!

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Dose Dum Soljers

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h/t: The Right Place

(Sorry for the overly-large photo; I was unable to resize it.)
THANKS, KYLE, FOR YOUR ADVICE...PHOTO LOOKS GREAT NOW!

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Victor Davis Hanson on John Kerry

UPDATE (11:10 am): Michelle Malkin shows us what the tolerant-minded people in the SF-area think about the whole thing. Unsurprising, to be sure.

The ever-erudite Victor Davis Hanson has a few things to say about John Kerry in the light of his latest slur (yes, slur, and although he'd now like us to believe otherwise, it sure seemed intentional) on the intelligence of those who join our military. Here are a couple of remarks that stand out:

Kerry surely must be one of the saddest Democratic liabilities around. Some afterthoughts about his latest gaffe, which is one of those rare glimpses into an entire troubled ideology:

(1) How could John Kerry, born into privilege, and then marrying and divorcing and marrying out of and back into greater inherited wealth, lecture anyone at a city college about the ingredients for success in America? If he were to give personal advice about making it, it would have to be to marry rich women. Nothing he has accomplished as a senator or candidate reveals either much natural intelligence or singular education. Today, Democrats must be wondering why they have embraced an overrated empty suit, and ostracized a real talent like Joe Lieberman.

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(8) And why is the supposedly lame Bush so careful in speech, and the self-acclaimed geniuses like a Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, or Howard Dean serially spouting ever more stupidities? For all the Democrats' criticism of George Bush, I can't think of a modern President who has so infrequently put his foot in his public mouth, and, by the same token, can't think of any opposition that on the eve of elections seems to have an almost pathological death wish.

Bottom line: John Kerry is indicative of all Democrat/liberal elites. They believe themselves to be above the hoi polloi. While they profess to fight for the common man, they really think the common man needs to be told what to do by them...and they expect endless gratitude on a silver platter. They believe in the nanny state, with them as nannies and the blighted souls they "represent" as the children in the nursery.

Kerry says only what the rest of them think. That's why you aren't hearing any criticism from Democratic leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The silence in the room is louder than any feeble criticism could ever be.

Hat tip: Hugh Hewitt

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