Anti-War Protesters Spraypaint Capitol

Let's see liberals explain this one away. I thought that protests were supposed to be peaceful? Why did Chief Phillip Morse and Deputy Chief Daniel Nichols order officers to stand down? The protesters were committing a crime and needed to be arrested for that crime. If they wanted a confrontation with police, a canister of tear gas to disperse the crowd would have been all that was needed. There's some serious questions that I have about this story.

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Russia - Wannabe Superpower

They seem to only want to be a responsible world power when it directly effects them or the people they are dealing with have an actual bomb in place. They talk tough when it comes to North Korea because they are a neighbor. They only want to talk tough when it's known that they already have a nuclear weapon.

They don't want to do the same thing with Iran. They have heavy financial ties with Iran and don't want to screw that up. They don't care if Iran has ties to terrorists, even though Russia has a problem with Chechen terrorists. They can't seem to think ahead in anticipating one day where Iran may turn on them and offer a nuclear weapon to Chechen terrorists to use against Russia. The writing's on the wall for Russia and if they want to be a world power again, they'd better start acting like one.

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Congressional Members Don't Know What They Want

First, they decide that a troop increase is the way to go. Then, as soon as President Bush authorizes it, they decide that it's not a good idea. You just can't win with people who Monday morning quarterback every decision that you make.

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Russia Wants To Appease Terrorists

So they want us to lift the blockade against the Hamas led Palestinian government? The same Hamas that has bombed school buses, night clubs, and synagogues? This is the government that can't meet three simple demands: forswearing terrorism, recognizing Israel, and accepting previous Palestinian-Israeli agreements. If they can't do that, then they don't deserve to have the blockade lifted.

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California May Ban Regular Light Bulbs

I've made the switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs in my home and they do make a difference in your electric bill. Now granted that California has a program in place the reduces the cost of the bulbs, but there's still an added upfront cost to Californians. Of course, they will save the money across the scope of the first year, so that's a moot point. I'd be more interested in LED lighting. I've read articles that state that LED lighting is significantly more efficient then CFL lighting and uses even less electricity then CFL's.

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Disney Settles Wrongful Death Suit

I'm going to defend Disney on this one. Granted, no parent should ever have to bury their child. It is a devastating, lifelong scar on your heart and mind. However, this child had a heart condition that was aggravated by the ride. That wasn't Disney's fault. The parents claim that Disney didn't properly warn people about the hazards of their rides. I find that rather hard to believe. Every ride I've ever been on, including Disney ones, have a sign that clearly states that people with heart problems, asthma, or pregnant women shouldn't ride these rides. Now, do you think that if the child had gotten excited in a normal, everyday situation and died, that there would be a lawsuit? Probably not. Now, if the parents sued and just asked for more signs warning parents, I would be ok with that. However, I find that rather hard to believe as well.

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Canadian Prime Minister Dismissed Kyoto

So if Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that Kyoto was a "socialist scheme designed to suck money out of rich countries." I'm confused. When America had a problem with the Kyoto accords, we were branding all sorts of nasty names and told that we were going to ruin the planet and such. Well if a Canadian says it, does all that rhetoric about us also apply to Canada, or is that all just standard America bashing? Does that mean that America was right?

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Make My Day...Better

Colorado is debating a law that would allow a person who feels threatened to use deadly force if they are in a car or business. Where's the problem here? If I am feeling threatened by someone enough to draw my gun, they would have to have a weapon drawn on me or threatening someone in my presence. If I draw my gun, you have about 5 seconds to decide if you want to live or die. You drop the weapon or back off, or you get a bullet in you. This law just makes sure that I am protected against prosecution because it would be self defense or defense of others. Liberal prosecutors might say "why didn't you run away" or some such nonsense. This is America, we don't run from confrontations with bullies and criminals.

When you draw a weapon on someone, you have just a split second to decide if you want to kill that person or not. Many times the circumstances don't allow for you to run away, or you're only focused on the threat to care about avenues of escape.


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North Korea Holding It's Breath Like A Child

"If you don't give me what I want, I'll hold my breath until I get what I want" seems to be what they are saying here. North Korea is threatening another nuclear test if talks fail again. I don't know how much more clearer we can be with our demands. There's already rumors that North Korea is sharing nuclear technology with Iran and possibly other countries, so why should we give in to them now? The knowledge and materials are already out there.

We had an agreement with them in 1994 under Bill Clinton that they have reneged on, and they are known to be counterfeiting US currency, so where's the incentive for us to believe them now? China's right around the corner from them, and they want to be a world superpower, let them take charge of talks. Oh that's right, America must solve everyone's problems and still be the bad guy in everything we do. Yes, we'd all like to stop nuclear proliferation, but other, larger nations should start acting like world leaders instead of asking America to bear the brunt of everything on every issue that comes up.

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Beheading Plot Foiled

Britain has conducted a raid to foil a plot to kidnap and behead a Muslim soldier serving in the British military. The act seems to have focused on one particular soldier, but if people like this are willing to do this, who knows what they may have tried in the future. They may have become emboldened and tried worse crimes. Kudos to the British.

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We Need More Muslims Like Him

This guy nails it on the head. Americans have a mostly negative view because of terrorist acts as well as rioting and violence because of anything that they feel slighted for. Moderate Muslim people need to be more public and more vocal of their condemnation of these violent acts. Then they need to back it up with real action, not this CAIR bullshit that everyone seems to buy into. Practice what you preach is what I'm saying.

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Pentagon Halts Sales Of F-14 Parts

Good. Destroy all spare parts that can't be used by ourselves or our allies. It seems ludicrous that this even needs to be said. Parts and things that can't be used by the general public should be melted down and recycled to make other parts or playgrounds for military children.

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Iran Suspected In Attack In Iraq Against Americans

If proven true, this is a blatant act of war. President Bush has already said that an invasion of Iran wasn't going to happen, that doesn't mean we can't bomb the shit out of targets inside Iran if these allegations prove to be true.

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Lack Of Updates

Sorry for the lack of updates for the past two days. I've been on vacation and catching up on various outstanding issues. I will have more posting tomorrow.

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Iranian President On His Way Out Soon

This guy just doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. :) With the idiocy of angering the US, pushing it's main allies into a corner in regards to it's nuclear programs, and disastrous economy, it's no wonder this guy is not very popular.

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9/11 Wasn't So Bad

According to this guy. I'm sure he'll get a lot of hate mail. :)

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Iraqi's Starting To Show Progress

Now they are leading their own raids, killing and capturing insurgents and starting to look like they can stand on their own two feet. I'm cautiously optimistic, but I will give credit where credit is due.

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And These People Want Their Own State?

In a weird and twisted way, if Hamas, Islamic Jihad or any other terrorist organization only attacked Israeli soldiers and left civilians alone, I could ALMOST understand. However, since they do not adhere to the rules of war, none of this even applies. But since they are setting bombs off in bakeries, and they have popular support from the Palestinian population, why should they be rewarded with their own state for such behavior?

But they don't adhere to the rules of war. They attack civilians, they don't wear uniforms, they hide amongst the population, they hide behind women and children like cowards. If they are a fraction of what the Palestinian people want and they don't want Islamic Jihad and their ilk to bomb Israel, help Israel capture or kill these people. Extend your hand out in peace and you'll get one in return. Bomb a bakery, and you'll be looking down the barrel of a gun. Palestinians like to point to Israeli atrocities. If an Israeli kills a Palestinian illegally, they should stand trial for it. However, please show me one instance of Israeli soldiers planting a bomb in a civilian area.


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Hillary Doesn't Want To Make Tough Choices

Well that's the general idea that I get when she states that Bush should have all troops out of Iraq by January 2009. What if the Iraqi's are still in need of our help? What if we move to a support role and they still need support? What if they ask us to leave some troops there as a contingency? There's too many "what if's" to just make a blanket statement of "they must be out by January '09". That leads me to believe that if she were elected President (God help us all if that happens), then she wouldn't want to deal with the responsibility and tough choices that would need to be made when it comes to dealing with the military. If she's not willing to step up to the plate on that issue, she's not worthy of being President.

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Newsweek Reporter Biased Against Troop Increase

You can tell with the questions that he keeps asking Abdul Mahdi.

But will Bush's "surge" make a difference?
As Iraqis, we think we need more troops in Baghdad. It's up to the multinational forces to decide whether they need more troops.

Mr. Mahdi states right there that more troops are needed in Baghdad. He's not saying where they should come from. However, earlier in the article the reporter states that he's at best, lukewarm to the idea.

But it's not a military question. Americans are going to die. Is it worth the sacrifice?
I can [only] measure things seeing things as Iraqis [see them]. They are there to succeed, not because they wish to be there. If they want to succeed, we need more troops.

Such an inflammatory question and Mr. Mahdi clearly states that there's a need for more troops, but Newsweek doesn't want to report that. They want to report that even the Iraqi's don't want additional troops, even though they clearly state they do want them.

Later on in the article they talk to the Egyptian Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif.

Do you worry about the U.S. withdrawing from Iraq?
Under the current circumstances? Of course! There is no alternative in place. You'll just give those militias a free hand. And I think it would be seen as the U.S. opting out of the region. The U.S. started this, and they need to give closure to it in a proper way. Now, I think that what President Bush came up with is not an opting out, it's a commitment to peace and order. We support this, provided the Iraqi government deals even-handedly with both the Sunnis and the Shias.

The Egyptian Prime Minister is even saying that more troops "is NOT opting out, it's a commitment to peace and order." That's a pretty definitive statement about the thoughts about two powerful people in the region on the troop increase. Democrat's won't listen to that. They just want to turn tail and run home to mommy. So let's see how the Democrats will respond to this.

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John Kerry Lies To World About America

I told you so. To think this guy almost got the presidency is scary as hell. Good going Kerry, when the rest of the world looks badly at us, you decide to follow the group like a sheep and gang up on us. Thanks a lot you two faced bastard.

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Drug User? Kick The Habit And Win An Ipod

Our friends across the pond have a few kooky ideas when it comes to rewarding drug use. So, I've been drug free my entire life, does that mean I get a free Ipod too? Yeah, I know I'm an American, but come on! I've been drug free for YEARS. You just can't make this stuff up folks. :)

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Update On Iran/North Korea Nuclear Cooperation

Well of course they're going to deny it. Why would they admit that they are sharing nuclear secrets? That would further isolate North Korea and result in harsher penalties for that behavior.

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Hanoi Jane Strikes Again

Ask any Vietnam veteran what they think of Jane Fonda and you'll get a wide range of responses from blind, murderous rage, to....well blind, murderous rage. Well it appears she's ready to piss off a whole new generation of soldiers. So what's on this cunts list of things to do to help comfort and aid the enemy? Is she going to strap a bomb to herself and do a photo op? Is she going to kidnap civilians and chop their heads off? Is she going to put people in plastic shredders or electrocute them? Sure, she has the right to protest just like everyone else, but that doesn't mean she has the right for people to take her bullshit.

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Another Present From The Democrats

Oh man, I couldn't have asked for a better candidate for a bit of conflict of interest and corruption then my favorite Democrat, Dianne Feinstein. Looks like she awarded appropriations worth BILLIONS to companies controlled by her husband.

In her annual Public Financial Disclosure Reports, Feinstein records a sizeable family income from large investments in Perini, which is based in Framingham, Mass., and in URS, headquartered in San Francisco. But she has not publicly acknowledged the conflict of interest between her job as a congressional appropriator and her husband's longtime control of Perini and URS--and that omission has called her ethical standards into question, say the experts.

So Democrats, with such a clear case of an ethics breach, are you going to ask for impeachment? Are you going to ask her to step down? Of course you aren't. Removal of corrupt politicians only applies to Republicans. If you're going to run a campaign on ethics reform, clean out your own closet first.

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Update On Poisoned Spy

It appears that they have their man that they want to stand trial for the poisoning of the former Russian spy. Let's see if Moscow extradites him or drags feet like they usually do.

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IAEA Head Guy Calls For "Timeout" On Iranian Nuclear Issue

Basically he wants the sanctions to be lifted if Iran agrees to nuclear enrichment halts. Isn't that what we asked for in the first place that got us nowhere? Iran is backing itself into a corner and will sooner or later find out that working with people instead of against them works much better. I'd be for this plan if it also involved Iran stop supporting insurgents in Iraq. The bottom line is that Iran is running out of options fast. With Israel chomping at the bit, ready to attack, it'd be in Iran's best interest to do something now instead of later.

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US To Show Evidence Of Iranian Involvement In Insurgent Attacks

I'd be VERY curious to see what we have as evidence against the Iranians when it comes to this. Would the death toll in Iraq be much lower without Iranian involvement? Would the attacks against our soldiers be significantly less potent? If Iran is supporting attacks against our troops in any way, that's an act of war and needs to be dealt with swiftly and severely. Sure, we won't cross the border into Iran, but you can bet your ass that now that the gloves have come off, we'll start seeing more Iranians in the news.

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Iran Wants IAEA Chief Out

They want the IAEA chief, Chris Charlier out of the country. They also want all UN inspectors from western countries and countries that voted for the UN resolution against them to be barred from the country as well. Gun, meet foot.

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Democrats Split On Candidates

Many major Hollywood players are rooting for Obama, but many others are for Hillary. What this means is that the nasty comments and finger pointing of weaknesses will be much stronger then previous Democratic runs. Smart Republican political analysts will take note and use those against the Democrats in the Presidential run in 2008.

I don't have a Republican candidate that really strikes me as "my guy/girl", but I am willing to believe that if Rudy Guiliani can get the Republican nomination, which would be difficult given his positions on various issues, he definitely could win. With a reputation as a guy who can get things done and get them done competently and a background as a former prosecutor, he definitely looks good on paper. But his stance on gay marriage, gun control, and other social issues has many very right wing Republicans doubting they'll vote for him.

My biggest gripe with him is his stance on gun control and asking for a decency council.


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US Soldiers Kidnapped And Murdered Elsewhere

Nasty stuff war is. But at the very bottom of the article it states that we got 4 of them in custody based upon information provided by a local resident. It proves we are winning hearts and minds, even if it's going slowly. Otherwise, if they didn't want us there that badly, they wouldn't have given over information about the attackers. What do you want to bet that they'll rat out their friends in short order? :)

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Troops Authorized To Capture Or Kill Iranian Operatives

Well it's about time! I see Iranian involvement against our troops in Iraq as an act of war. Now, if any Iranian operatives are found, they can be captured or killed.

"There were no costs for the Iranians," said one senior administration official. "They are hurting our mission in Iraq, and we were bending over backwards not to fight back."

Well no more. Now, if you're found to be working against us, you're all equally the enemy. I can't wait to see Iran's response. They may decide it's not worth it anymore, which would be nice, but they'll more then likely decide that they'll just be more careful.

Advocates of the new policy -- some of whom are in the NSC, the vice president's office, the Pentagon and the State Department -- said that only direct and aggressive efforts can shatter Iran's growing influence. A less confident Iran, with fewer cards, may be more willing to cut the kind of deal the Bush administration is hoping for on its nuclear program. "The Iranians respond to the international community only when they are under pressure, not when they are feeling strong," one official said.

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Good Luck, And Here's A Knife In Your Back

Man, Congress has stooped to a new low. After telling them that the new troops are needed and that trying to pass a resolution asking for our withdrawal will give aid and comfort to our enemies, members of Congress have encouraged General Petraeus then turned around and then publicly stated that they were against troop increases.

If you want America to fail Congress, just come out and say so. Don't take the cowards way out and say one thing to one person, then say something else to your constituents. Iraq isn't a failure by any means, no matter what the media or the Democrats tell you. We removed a threat from the region within a matter of months, the Kurds are now much safer then they ever were, and people understand that they don't have to worry about a dictator that will come take them in the night to be killed if they say or do the wrong thing. If you view that as a failure, then you need to reexamine what you think success is.

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Iran Plans Installation Of Thousands Of Centrifuges Within Month

The longer this goes on for, the worse the situation will be. Granted the UN resolution gave a 90 day time limit against Iran, but they don't appear to be taking it seriously. It's time to up the ante after that initial 90 days and put forth complete sanctions on all goods going in or out to Iran with the exception of food and medical supplies. There's already unrest within Iran, so all we have to do is ratchet up the pressure on them and they will be willing to negotiate. Sanction their oil and watch them panic as almost their entire economy depends on oil revenues.

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Senator Feingold Wants To Cut Funds For Troops

I told you all this would happen. Sure, many prominent Democrats are saying no right now, but give them time, you'll see that they agree with this. There's an interesting point of view from a reader who claims to be a soldier who served two terms in the comments section. I say "claims to be a soldier" because I have no way of verifying that he is indeed a soldier.

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Illegal Immigrants Fearful Over Recent Raids

Well good! Illegal immigrants should be fearful that they may be deported. They are breaking the law. It's the same as if a thief, burglar, or carjacker should feel when law enforcement shows up at your door. Go back to your own country and come back legally.

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The Lynching Of A President

Ben Stein has a very interesting article on how the media and others are crucifying President Bush in the public arena. What's nice is that he makes a specific mention about impeachment: "They cannot impeach him because he hasn't done anything illegal." That is true. If President Bush had done something illegal, then there wouldn't be a reason why the current Congress wouldn't impeach him.

So that begs the question: If Democrats so rabidly hate Bush, which I think we can all agree that they do, why don't they impeach him? Republicans attempted to impeach their king Clinton years ago, so they must be chomping at the bit to return the favor. Yet they don't. Why? Because he's done nothing illegal. Additionally, if they did try to impeach him and failed, they would be seen as nothing more then children looking for revenge instead of actually trying to solve America's problems and run the country.

Sure, you'll hear a grumbling here and there about impeachment, but with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi publicly stating that they won't support impeachment, don't look for this issue to show it's head anytime soon, if at all.

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US Military Spied On Anti-War Demonstrators

Well can you blame them? Many in the anti-Iraq war movement are nutjobs. It's very conceivable that one of them might be loony tunes enough to make it violent. If I was a part of a group that violently protests against the government, I would fully expect them to spy on me to make sure I wasn't planning on something big like a bombing or the assassination of a politician that didn't agree with my personal point of view on issues.

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Democrats Hypocritical Again

Man, I just can't write enough on this subject. Democrats continually prove me right again and again. Republican members are calling out Democrats that promised bipartisan negotiations on all Congressional work. Now they've reneged on that. That's nothing new, but now Democrats are openly stating that they don't care.

"Whine me a river,'' one senior Democratic House aide said, referring to Republican gripes." Fair enough, but Democrats say that we shouldn't lower ourselves to the levels of others and hold ourselves to a higher moral ground. They use that excuse for Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, Domestic Spying, and a host of other things, but when you hold their feet to the fire, they get a bit hypocritical. If Democrats don't want to get voted out in 2008 and beyond, they'll start holding themselves to a bit higher standard and actually keep their campaign promises.

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Electon Officials Convicted Of Rigging In Ohio

People who circumvent the electoral process need to go to jail. That includes people who do it for any political cause, even Republicans. Votes need to be counted and tallied because it's our right that was won a very long time ago by some very brave people. Of course, there's going to be idiots out there that point to this and say that John Kerry was robbed and some such nonsense even though prosecutors say that Kerry actually gained votes when the recount was done. Free elections is one of the core things that makes this country great and if you taint those, you taint America.

I'd rather lose fairly then win unfairly.

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Analysts See Al-Qaeda In Pakistan

There's mounting evidence that remnants of Al-Qaeda has moved across the border into Pakistan. Publicly we're not allowed to enter into Pakistan. But I'll bet the farm that we have spooks in there now as we speak. What's more interesting is that Bush has said publicly that if we have hard, actionable intelligence, he'll send in troops and attack planes into Pakistan. It's important for all countries to realize that Osama will be hunted regardless of where he's at.

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The Hunt Continues

Well I'm hopeful with this new surge in activity in and around Baghdad insurgents will be further on the run and now allowed to carry out their acts of murder. The Iraqi Prime Minister may say these things in public, but I am really wanting to make sure that he says them in private as well. The Iraqi police and military is filled with corruption and needs to be weeded out asap.

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Russian Man Smuggling Weapons Grade Uranium

Wow, this is some scary shit. What's worse is that he claims to have access to more. Whether that's true or not, he did have weapons grade uranium that he was selling to the highest bidder. What's curious is the lack of Russian cooperation on this. Does that mean they'll get all brutal on the guy and torture him? Or was he a spy who was caught and the Russians want this to go away? A few dozen more deals at this level of uranium would allow a person to make a nuclear weapon. Smuggled into a port of choice and you can level a city in the blink of an eye. A big thanks to the CIA and Georgian officials in taking care of this before it became ugly.

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Republicans Block Minimum Wage Increase

It would have had a major financial impact on small businesses. What's troubling is that Democrats didn't want to allow tax breaks for those exact small businesses to help deal with putting out more cash towards wages. Democrats seem to think that an increase in minimum wage is great, but it's only great on paper. Once you start getting into how to pay for it, it starts to fall apart. Here's a direct link to the Senate's voting on the bill.

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John Kerry Decides Not To Run In 2008

Well I wonder why. Could it be because he can't possibly win? Could it be his "botched joke" showed his true colors? Could it be that he's a spineless coward in the face of a real threat to America? Nah, it could just be his loud mouthed wife who irritates voters. I bet it's all those reasons and more that have been documented in my previous post about him.

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China's Communist Party Chief Vows To "Purify" The Internet

Ha! Good luck with that one. You might be able to get semi-get away with it in your country, but that doesn't fly everywhere else. As long as there are people, there's going to be "impure" things. As long as there is the Internet, there's going to be "impure" things on it. I loves me the porn, freak accidents on video, and other "impure" things that I see on the Internet and there's no way in hell that anyone's going to take that from me.

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Liar And Traitor Urged To Take Lie Detector Test

I'm sorry, but if you steal classified materials, you should be barred from accessing classified materials for life. Theft of classified materials is a major crime and this guy should have gotten a very long jail sentence. Who knows what he did with these materials? If he was trying to blow the whistle on an illegal government operation, I could kind of see the reasoning for taking classified materials, but that doesn't appear to be the case. These materials seem to be related to covering his ass with regards to the 9/11 attacks. I'm betting that it has to deal with the fact that he and Bill Clinton did nothing about the threat of Osama Bin Laden for years until it festered into the attacks on the US embassies in Africa, the bombing of the USS Cole and the 9/11 attacks.

The Justice department was supposed to administer this test as part of his original plea agreement and has not done so. This is a grossly negligent act that needs to be rectified as soon as possible.

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Illegal Immigrant Makes Funny Mistake

"Excuse me, Mr. You Look Like An INS Guy, we're looking for work" Immigration officers went to a local 7/11 and got approached by illegal immigrants looking for work. Some of them were convicted criminals. Sometimes life just drops something into your lap. The officers have publicly stated that if during the course of their daily business, something needs to be taken care of, it is. That gives immigrants notice that they can't just come into our country illegally. If you want to come to my country legally and be a productive member of society, then welcome my friend. This country was founded by immigrants and we're a better nation for it. I'm just saying come here legally.

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Iran - "Israel And US Will Soon Die"

Anyone wonder why other Arab states are nervous with this idiot in charge of a nuclear project? What's worse is a report coming from the folks at Telegraph claiming that Iran is closely working with North Korea about their recent nuclear test and possible learning about how to make their own test. If that report is true, it would be a nasty kick in the teeth for people who honestly think that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful.

North Korea got away with a nuclear test, why shouldn't Iran? That's the kind of thinking that President Ahmadinejad has going through his head. This is dangerous thinking for the Middle East and it's one more nail in the coffin of Iran's nuclear program in the eyes of everyone around him.

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US Conducts Somalian Operations

If we think you're somewhere, you're gonna get bombed. Keep Al-Qaeda on the run and they can't conduct operations against US and allied interests. Kudos to the Ethiopian military for stepping up and taking a stand against Islamic militants. It's a lot more then some of our "allies" do.

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US, Iraq Runs Joint Insurgent Fight

For those of you keeping score, operations like this are important in keeping insurgents on the run and hiding. If you give them time to rest, they can't resupply themselves as quickly and they tend to make mistakes, making their capture much easier.

"The Iraqi Ministry of Defense said two terrorist suspects were killed in the Haifa Street area and a "huge weapons and ammunitions cache" was found at the Karkh High School.

"Operations are still ongoing in that area to chase down the remnants of the terror and criminal elements," according to the Ministry.

In Adhamiya, the Iraqi army said two insurgents were arrested and weapons and munitions confiscated. The army also reported finding three car bombs being readied for attacks.

How many people do you think are going to live a much longer life since these weapons and car bombs were found and confiscated? Anti-war folks like to point to us not making any progress in this war, but you can't tell me that this isn't progress. People will grow up, get married, have children, and grow old because of the actions the Iraqi and US soldiers did today.

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Democrats Move To Condemn Bush About Iraq

So, they offer nothing in return on new ideas, but claim that Bush's idea is wrong? However, even some of their own said that a troop increase was the way to go less then 2 months ago. So what gives? It's all about kissing the asses of their constituents back home rather then doing what's right. Honestly, nothing would give me greater satisfaction then having the additional troops work perfectly, the sectarian violence to come down to almost nil, and have the Democrats have to eat their own words.

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Attorney General Questions Habeas Corpus

This is just dumb beyond words. This fucking idiot should be fired immediately and never allowed access to the halls of power again. From the article:

Responding to questions from Sen. Arlen Specter at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 18, Gonzales argued that the Constitution doesn’t explicitly bestow habeas corpus rights; it merely says when the so-called Great Writ can be suspended.

“There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there’s a prohibition against taking it away,” Gonzales said.

Gonzales’s remark left Specter, the committee’s ranking Republican, stammering.

“Wait a minute,” Specter interjected. “The Constitution says you can’t take it away except in case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus unless there’s a rebellion or invasion?”

Gonzales continued, “The Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas corpus. It doesn’t say that. It simply says the right shall not be suspended” except in cases of rebellion or invasion.”

“You may be treading on your interdiction of violating common sense,” Specter said.

Habeas Corpus is a fundamental right enjoyed by all American citizens and is not to be decided by some piss ant little weasel who thinks that just because something says it can't be taken away means that it's a guaranteed right.

I'm just glad Specter called him on his insanely stupid thought process.

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The SOTU Address Bush Should Deliver

Funny but true.

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Gulf States Support US Military Strike On Iran?

This is quite an interesting read, but I'd take it with a grain of salt. With Saudi Arabia waging an oil price war with Iran, it may not be necessary to fire a single shot to get Iran to collapse upon itself.

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Everyone's Got Strings Attached

Looks like we have ourselves a pro global warming study group that has interestingly financial ties .

"University of Virginia environmental scientist Fred Singer, labeled a "climate contrarian" by the UCS, told Cybercast News Service that the union had "zero credibility as a scientific organization" and was more akin to "pressure groups like Greenpeace."

How about we just grab a bunch of scientists from all walks of life and various countries to come to a common consensus? Would that be so damned difficult? I bought a Honda Insight because I was tired of being treated with disdain from people we purchase oil from. You simply don't treat customers that way.

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Four Detained For Deadly Attack

Get us, we'll come get you. Four suspected militants have been arrested in connection with a deadly attack against our guys just last weekend. What do you want to bet that they have a lot of intelligence to offer. :)

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Update On "Chemical Ali" Trial

Audio tape is damning evidence, and there's plenty to be had at the trial of Ali Hassan al-Majeed. He faces a possible death sentence for the multiple crimes he's accused of. There are many horrible examples of the 1988 gas attacks on the Kurdish people and this is the guy supposedly responsible for it all. Hang em high guys.

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Russia Completes Missile Deal With Iran

Now let's see if they'll hold true to their word about the UN sanctions that they voted for or will they sell us and themselves down the road for a few bucks? Be careful when you make a deal with your allies enemy, it can have a vast political, social, and economic impact on you.

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This Is The Jew's and Christian's Fault!

So there's this little video titled "undercover mosque". In it, they show seemingly moderate Muslims saying one thing in public, but quite another in private:

• “You have to live like a state within a state until you take over.”
• “We want the laws of Islam to be practiced, we want to do away with the man-made laws.”
• “Muslims shouldn’t be satisfied with living in other than the total Islamic state.”
• “I encourage all of you to be from amongst them, to begin to cultivate ourselves for the time that is fast approaching where the tables are going to turn and the Muslims are going to be in the position of being uppermost in strength, and when that happens, people won’t get killed – unjustly.”
• “Allah has decreed this thing, that I am going to be dominant. The dominance of course is a political dominance.”
• “Allah has created the woman – even if she gets a Ph.D. – deficient. Her intellect is incomplete, deficient. She may be suffering from hormones that will make her emotional. It takes two witnesses of a woman to equal the one witness of the man.”
• “By the age of ten, it becomes an obligation on us to force her to wear hijab, and if she doesn’t wear hijab, we hit her.”
• “Men are in charge of women. Wherever he goes she should follow him, and she shouldn’t be allowed leave the house without his permission.”

Of course this program is now being called "Islamophobic". Hypocrites. Stand up for your convictions. I respect people a lot more if they are honest and say "I don't like X because that's just the way I am" rather then people who lie about it. Doesn't Islam have a thing about lying? They are just angry that they were caught on video as the liars that they are and now people won't be swayed by the "plight of the people persecuted simply because they are Muslim".

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Whites Not Allowed

Wow, I'm simply amazed that a black caucus is as openly racist as this. Where's Jesse Jackson to protest this injustice? Where's Al Sharpton to condemn the caucus against such blatant racism? The reason you won't see that is because both community leaders are racist themselves. For example, Jesse Jackson argued that Stanley Williams was safe enough to warrant him off of death row for the murders of 4 people. He argued that Stanley was a reformed man and didn't deserve to die. The next person scheduled to die was a 70 year old man who was legally blind and deaf. No Jesse Jackson at his execution which took place a little while later.

This is the problem with protesters. They don't protest equally. They protest when their own age/race/religion is being "attacked", but when it comes to the plight of other people, they get all quiet on you.

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Someone Shoot This Guy Please

Every so often you hear from this guy Ayman al-Zawahri and it just irritates me to the bone. But the bigger question is why are we seeing so much of him and not a whole lot of Osama? Has Osama handed over control of Al-Qaeda to him? Is Osama in bad health? Is Osama planning his own suicide mission as he hinted at 2 years ago? The longer both of these guys live, the bigger their legend will be. If you're a military man out there reading this and actively hunting Bin Laden, please send his head home in a box via UPS please. I'll pay for shipping. :)

Dismantling Al-Qaeda is a big mission and one that cannot be accomplished overnight. I'd rather take out every guy from out from underneath Osama then get him and only him. Osama is mainly a symbol to these idiots, but I'd love to snatch that symbol from their hearts.

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Someone Shoot This Guy Please

Every so often you hear from this guy Ayman al-Zawahri and it just irritates me to the bone. But the bigger question is why are we seeing so much of him and not a whole lot of Osama? Has Osama handed over control of Al-Qaeda to him? Is Osama in bad health? Is Osama planning his own suicide mission as he hinted at 2 years ago? The longer both of these guys live, the bigger their legend will be. If you're a military man out there reading this and actively hunting Bin Laden, please send his head home in a box via UPS please. I'll pay for shipping. :)

Dismantling Al-Qaeda is a big mission and one that cannot be accomplished overnight. I'd rather take out every guy from out from underneath Osama then get him and only him. Osama is mainly a symbol to these idiots, but I'd love to snatch that symbol from their hearts.

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New General - "Tough Days Ahead In Iraq"

I'm glad that he's got a good bead on things and doesn't bullshit people. He warns that there will be tough decisions to be made in Iraq and that just because it's hard doesn't mean it's hopeless. It's good that the new troops will be in charge of security the civilian population instead of hunting insurgents. The insurgent hunt has more then enough soldiers to take care of the problem, but every soldier I speak with says that once they secure an area, and move on to the next, the insurgents come back to the previous area. With additional troops, they won't be able to come back.

But take a look at Ted Kennedy, he's already asking about a timetable to bring troops home. This is a vast mistake. You cannot give a specific time to when troops can begin withdrawal. If you do, insurgents know that if they hold out until X date, they will be fine. Plus, if the Iraqi government isn't ready by X date, do you leave them to the wolves? No, that would disastrous for everyone involved. It would fester until it exploded in the region or someone decided to take the fight to American streets against civilians.

I'll use this analogy that I remember reading from somewhere. If you are a police officer, and your informants and other officers from other precincts tell you that there's a crack house down the road from you, you're going to take care of it. You break down the door, but instead of a crack house, you find a child porn ring. Do you apologize and go home? No of course not, you bust them for the child porn. Now, once the people have been arrested, do you leave the children found at the home to fend for themselves? Of course not, you offer them protection and kindness until they reach a point where they can grow and fend for themselves.

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Bush's State Of The Union Address

Boy, does this guys approval rating suck. I still think he can pull it off if he follows a few basic things. First off, I agree that our consumption of gasoline is too high. It makes us vulnerable to the whims of our petroleum importers. The idea of alternative fuels or asking that cars, trucks, and SUV's get better mileage would put us on the right track for energy independence. If Tesla can make an electric car that does 100+ mph and goes 250 miles to the charge, I think that car companies can do the same thing with their vast resources and engineering prowess and make it affordable. Honda did it with the Insight, which I owned one. I loved that car. 650 miles to the tank, light weight, affordable.

Second, the Iraq war is on everyones minds lately and rightfully so. I think the gloves should come off and we should be allowed to hunt down anyone who supports the insurgency regardless of political power. Muqtada al-Sadr is a prime example of this. Start projects that involve jobs, re-establish power and basic services as soon as possible and allow the Iraqi's to get back on their feet. If someone has a job and can feed and clothe their families, they are less likely to take up arms against our troops. If the Iraq war wasn't going on, Bush's approval ratings would be significantly higher. That's not to say that we should go the cowards way out like the Democrats would like us to. I'm saying that if the military says we need to do X, then we need to do X. They are military commanders for a reason. If we pulled out now, the Iraqi government would surely fail and it would be chaos on a grand scale.

Less government intrusion on people's lives. Get rid of various programs that are fast becoming hurtful to peoples everyday lives. The Republican core beliefs include less government, so show it. If a law is passed that you know damn good and well is unconstitutional, don't pass it. Contact attorney's, they'll set you straight.

Involve people from other political parties. Just because they are weak and spineless on a couple of issues, doesn't mean they don't have good ideas on other issues. Democrats love to point out that they left office with a budget surplus. This is true. However, what they don't tell you is that this was the 90's during the Internet's .com bubble. Everything was taxed heavily and thus, when there's a mass amount of investment and new companies popping up all the time, you're bound to see more tax revenue. Our economy is doing fine right now. Sure, the Iraq war is draining resources very fast, but as a whole, we're doing fine. Unemployment is way down, hundreds of thousands of jobs are being created every month, and tax revenue is going well.

Know your strengths and your weaknesses and bring in people who are strong with your weak issues and you'll be a much more effective leader. If Bush does these things, I believe that he can bring his approval ratings up significantly higher.

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Things Getting Ugly For Iranian President

If you promise wealth and prosperity and you don't deliver, you can get crucified in the political arena. If you do so and provoke an enemy, you're playing with political suicide. I must say it couldn't have happened to a better person. :) Hardliners in the Iranian government are now going against Ahmadinejad and it looks like he may not be around much longer.

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Democrats Work To Signal Frustration At Iraq War

Wow, it's like they've turned into the UN or something. "If you don't listen to what we say, we'll write an angry non binding letter. If you ignore that, then we'll write another letter." Murtha and Kennedy already want to cut funds for the new troops. This is the first step towards cutting funds for all troops.

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Iran Bars 38 UN Nuclear Inspectors

Hmm...I wonder why they would do that? Certainly it wouldn't be because they have something to hide would it? Keep painting Iran, sooner or later, you'll hit that corner and give your allies no where to turn but against you.

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Never Underestimate Hillary

She's opened up her campaign with a shot across the bow against her two biggest Democratic rivals, Barack Obama and John Edwards. Unfortunately for Hillary, she opened her mouth and inserted her foot right away.

"She went on to say her daughter, Chelsea, and her husband, Bill, are "my greatest advisers.""

If Bill is one of her greatest advisors, she is in some deep trouble. Just take a look at my "Bin Laden Let Go For Financial Reasons" article to see why her husband shouldn't be "her greatest advisor" I'll let her comment about her daughter Chelsea go because that's just something a supportive parent would say. But as for Bill? His thoughts and ideas cost this country dearly and he shouldn't be anywhere near a presidential candidate.

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China's Awfully Quiet About Missile Test

Could mean something. Could mean nothing. But one thing is for sure, everyone is against China's recent anti satellite test. This has many in Washington nervous and asking a ton of questions.

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Bin Laden Allowed To Escape For Financial Reasons

I just got done watching a show on tv called "The Final Report - Osama Escapes". In it, it details the various ways in which Osama Bin Laden has escaped from US capture. Many reasons why have been shown, some of them valid, some not, but this one is the one that makes my blood boil.

In February 1999, intelligence agencies found out and tracked Osama to a camp in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Osama was spotted and confirmed to be in the camp. Also in the camp is an unnamed United Arab Emirates prince. Our guys are near the camp gathering intelligence and waiting for the call to begin strikes against the camp. However, the prince's father is about to make a deal with the US to purchase several billion dollars worth of warplanes. Fearing the backlash and potential deal breaker that potentially killing his son would be, President Clinton calls off the strike.

This is in February of 1999, after the attacks of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, killing hundreds and wounding thousands. This is after Al-Qaeda was known to be responsible for the embassy attacks. This is after it is known that Osama is known to have declared war on the US. This is years after the CIA had a unit dedicated to capturing or killing Osama.

When Bill Clinton gets on tv and tells the American people that he did everything he could to capture or kill Osama, he lied. I've seen bumper stickers that say "When Clinton lied, nobody died." That's bullshit. 3,000 people would be alive today, multi billion dollar buildings would be still standing and the psyche of the American people would be intact if Clinton did his job to protect the American people.

Instead, Clinton put a couple billion dollar deal ahead of the security and safety of the American people. If people want to impeach Bush for the Iraq war, fine. Put Clinton on trial for treason. His impotence against a known threat cost us dearly.

We had him in our sights ladies and gentlemen. Clinton decided not to pull the trigger. He did not have the spine to stand up against a threat and order it neutralized. I would rather have a public that demands answers from me and second guesses my decisions, then have to explain to their families why they are coming home in a coffin because I decided not to act.

I know I have many Democratic readers, so let me ask you this: Are you going to ask for Clinton's blood like you have so rabidly asked for Bush's? Are you going to second guess Bush's every decision he makes and not do the same for Clinton? The evidence is there that Clinton knew there was a threat, one that had already killed hundreds of people, including Americans. We had the opportunity to capture or kill that threat in our hands, yet Clinton knowingly did nothing over a financial deal. So where is it? Where's your call for blood? Where's your call for charges of treason? If not, you will all prove my point that Democrats are spineless and weak when it comes to such things.

Why was the prince with Osama in the first place? He was with a known terrorist and if he died in a strike, then that's the price he pays for hanging around such people.

Michael Scheuer, Chief of the Bin Laden unit at the CIA from 1996-1999 confirms this story.

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Another One Down

DNA tests confirm the death of a terrorist leader in the Philippines. They also got his successor.

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Muslims Protest "24"

Now only if they'd protest beheadings, riots, terrorist attacks, and other things as loudly, maybe people would start to take them a bit more seriously when they do protest. Have you ever wondered why we don't see Amish, Swedish, or Icelandic terrorists on tv? Because they generally don't do violent, spectacular events on a global scale.

Terrorism dramas on tv will use enemies that can be believed as a villain. Islamic extremists fit that bill. If you're a Muslim and you protest being cast as a terrorist on a fictitious show, protest the riots over the Dutch cartoons, protest about 9/11, protest about the beheadings of civilian contractors in Iraq, then I'll feel a bit of sympathy for you. From the article:

"I was shocked," he said. "Somewhere, some lunatic out there watching this will do something to an innocent American Muslim because he believes what he saw on TV."

You're going to have that with any tv show, movie, or music. Charles Manson thought the Beatles album was speaking of a race war. Timothy McVeigh had a copy of "The Turner Diaries" on him when he was arrested. John Hinckley tried to use the assassination of a president to impress actress Jodi Foster. Nowhere in any of these events did you see a mass protest about the media that influences these people. Plus, they were universally condemned for their actions by everyone, including people of their own religion. Start protesting things universally about the inaccuracies about Islam and the Muslim people, and you'll start seeing better results.

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Taxing "Gold Plan" Insurance To Pay For Uninsured?

Man, that just sounds wrong. I don't care if it's coming from Bush, Clinton, or any other politician. They want to "encourage" people who are on "gold plan" insurance policies to go towards a more moderate plan. No way would I do that. Insurance companies in general like to try to weasel their way out of paying for things as it is. If someone dropped one plan for a cheaper one, that person runs the risk of having something not covered. I have such a "gold plan" insurance policy with extra insurance because various things do happen and I want to make sure that I don't have a catastrophic event happen to me that would cripple my family's financial well being. It's called insurance for a reason.

If uninsured people want to get insurance, let them. Employers offer it, states offer it. They can get insurance if they really want to.

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China's Full Of Shit

Yeah, you guys remember how we shot down a satellite with a missile just a bit ago? Yeah, it was all to force the US to talk about abolishing space weapons. Does anyone else need a minute to take a look at the bottom of their shoe for shit they may have stepped in? That has got to be one of the dumbest international excuses I've heard in a long while. China didn't think that there'd be too much of an uproar and they found out that much of the world is condemning them for it. Plus, we still remember the little "blinding the US satellite" incident a bit back too.

Perhaps if that were true (There's better odds of me getting hit by a UFO while riding around on a tricycle wearing an "Impeach Bush" shirt), maybe China could have said "hey, let's talk about space weapons and we'll talk to you about Iran, the economy, or whatever else you want to talk about". I'm calling shenanigans on this one.

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Iran's Economy And The Rest Of The World

An interesting read about the internal struggles between various factions within Iran and it's consequences with regards to it's economy. Some investors even directly state that President Ahmadinejad is directly provoking conflict with western powers. This makes them unsettled and unwilling to invest much into the country, making for the economic outlook very shaky. See, it's all about prosperity. If you want some, you have to work well with others.

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Hezbollah Vows "Very Big Action"

So Hezbollah wants to bring down the Lebanese government? Their leader claims that it will be nonviolent. What do you suppose the odds of that being? Plus, the international community would be very upset if they did this. That would also call into question Iran's support for Hezbollah. So either they aren't thinking ahead or they are so emboldened by the lack of backbone by anyone in the region, they think they can do whatever they'd like, or it could be a bit of both.

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Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain

Oh come on China! Don't try to bullshit us and tell us that you're not involved in a space arms race when you just test fired a satellite destroying system. If your guys are truly in the dark like they say, (HIGHLY unlikely), then you need to reign in your guys who did these tests. You've done these tests many times before without success, so you can't tell me that you didn't know about them. Plus, where do you get funding for such a project? It certainly isn't coming out of thin air.

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30 Months For Bribery

Sure, the congressman who was sentences was a Republican. Why would I write about that? Because we get rid of our corrupt politicians and send them to jail. If you are guilty of crimes like this, you deserve to go to jail, regardless of political party. Tell me again, what happened with William Jefferson? Oh that's right, he's still in power.

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We're Getting Closer

US forces today arrested an aide to al-Sadr. I told you our military acts fast when there's no restrictions on them. :)

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Blogger Law Stripped Out

Well this is welcome news. What's funnier is that people around the internet are losing their minds because most Democrats voted to keep this unpopular provision in a bill in, while all Republicans and 7 Democrats voted to remove it. Here's the new Congress you voted for. :)

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Middle East Nuclear Race

Now that the fear that nothing is going to be done about Iran is out there, everyone wants their own nuclear program. "For peaceful purposes" of course. Jordan is an American ally, but this is the kind of can of worms that gets opened up if you don't nip things in the ass when they happen.

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Hezbollah Losing Local Support

It's not my birthday. It's not Christmas. I'm wondering why I'm getting two presents in such a short amount of time. I'll bet it's my winning personality. :)

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The Gloves Come Off

Now watch as al-Sadr's thugs try to blend back into the civilian population like the cowards they are. We've been prevented from going after him and his men, but now it looks like we've got free reign to take him down.

"Al-Maliki is said by aides to have told Bush that he wanted the Iraqi army and police to be in the lead, but he would no longer interfere to prevent U.S. attempts to roll up the Mahdi Army.

In a meeting before his session with Bush, Jordan's King Abdullah II was said by al-Maliki confidants to have conveyed the increasing anger of fellow Sunni leaders in the Middle East over the continuing slaughter of Sunni Muslims at the hands of Shiite death squads.

You'll notice our military men and women get much more accomplished when you place no restrictions on their missions. Just watch, this may be a turning point in the Iraq war. I'm so excited, I might pee myself. :)

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"No Spank" Law

Well look what we have here. A California Democrat wants to outlaw spanking against children under 3. (big surprise). While I personally believe that children under 3 don't understand why they are being spanked and therefore shouldn't be spanked, it's not my business to tell another parent how to raise their child. It's not the governments business either. I was spanked as a child and I grew up to be a productive member of society.

People are getting to become too hands off with their kids (bad pun I know) and allowing their children to run wild. A healthy swat on the ass let's the kids know who's boss and what's acceptable behavior. You could even run into religious obstacles, "spare the rod and spoil the child".

Parents are responsible for their children up until the age of 18. If the child breaks something, the parents are responsible for paying for it. So if you want to hold a parent responsible, you have to allow them to discipline their child how they see fit.

"Experts in child psychology disagree over whether spanking is a legitimate or effective way for parents to discipline their children. Professor Robert Larzelere, who has studied child discipline for 30 years, said his research shows spanking is fine, as long as it's used sparingly and doesn't escalate to abuse.

``If it's used in a limited way,'' the Oklahoma State University professor said, ``it can be more effective than almost any other type of punishment.'' He added that children 18 months old or younger shouldn't be spanked at all, because they can't understand why it's happening."

I've spanked children that weren't even my own. Nieces, nephews, cousins, have all seen their asses spanked when they were getting out of line when their parents weren't around. Just because mom and dad aren't here, doesn't give you free reign to do things that they don't approve of.

Children who aren't spanked tend to grow up to be whiners, sissies, and just plain brats. How many times have you seen a child in public that's acting wildly and the parent does nothing about it? That child won't learn what acceptable behavior is until they run into an authority figure won't take their bullshit, usually a cop.

I'll bet you this girl was never spanked a day in her life.

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Marine Walking To Protest Negative View Of War

Good for him! I'm glad he's got the guts to tell all these naysayers that they are wrong to focus only on the bad and not enough on the good. Plus, he gives a minor "fuck you" to John Kerry, so you know this guy's gonna have a fan in me. :)

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Welcome To America

So our culture is so inclusive that it's actually given jihadists a reason to second guess their choice to go to war with us. Well it does make sense. As soon as people move into my neighborhood (we have many Russian immigrants in my neighborhood), I make sure to say hello and be polite and invite them over for a barbecue or movie night. I do this will all my neighbors.

Now if an jihadist moved into the neighborhood, he might think to himself "this guy is being nice to me and inviting me into his home and having me over for dinner. Maybe American's aren't as nasty as the cleric said they were". We're demonized in the media around the world, but when they get here, they are surprised at how generous and supportive we are to them. Welcome to America, land of "you guys are all right after all".

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Australian Muslim Cleric Acting Up

So he's admonishing his fellow Muslims for "sacrificing a drop of blood" as martyrs and asking children to join his jihad. Odd, I don't see him sacrificing any blood himself. Reminds me of just about every jihadist leader out there. They like to talk the talk, but you never see them strap a bomb to their chest. They always get the weak minded ones out there to do their dirty work. Coward, why don't you walk the walk? Because he knows damn good and well if he does strap a bomb to himself the weak willed ones won't follow through with his line of thinking.


"In the video running on YouTube, which could not be dated, he criticizes Muslims in Australia for not sacrificing their blood as martyrs and for putting lifestyle ahead of action in response to massacres of Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine."

Well of course they aren't going to sacrifice themselves. They enjoy everything that Australia has to offer them and their children. There's no way they want to jeopardize that. Australia and every other civilized nation on earth offers a better standard of living that you'll find in the remote regions of Afghanistan and other countries. Most Muslims don't believe in his line of bullshit anyways. They just want to live comfortably and provide a safe and prosperous environment for themselves and their families.

Plus, you have to respect a country where their leader tells an entire group of people "If you want to come to our country and integrate yourself with our culture, welcome. If not, Australia isn't for you. Go somewhere else."

Travis
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British Imam Speaking Out Against Militant Islamic Jihadists.

Well I'm glad these people are starting to get more and more press and showing that these militants are nothing more then a bunch of nutjobs who are trying to hijack a religion.

"If you have the wrong intention, you can justify your criminal actions from any text -- whether it's the Quran or Bible or Shakespeare," Hasan said.

He said it makes him "furious" when radicals quote the Quran out of context to justify killing of innocents. It's a "very tiny" minority with such beliefs, he said, but "it only takes a handful, of course, to create devastation."

Now the better question is that does this Imam believe what he's saying or is he just saying it for the cameras?

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Democratic Hypocracy Caught Yet Again - This Time About Iraq Troop Increase

Oh man, I must have done something good in my past life. I can't imagine what that could be, but it appears that a prominent Democrat supported troop increases in Iraq LESS THEN 6 WEEKS AGO. Now that George Bush has put forth that plan, almost word for word, he's against the idea. Hmm, I wonder why that is? Democrats agreeing with Bush? Perish the thought. :)

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Feds Chief Warns Of Upcoming Aging Population

He's right though. We need to insure that our upcoming retirees are able to collect the benefits that they have been paying for up to this point. Many of them have already made many sacrifices for this country and they deserve what they were promised when they started paying into Social Security. If that means that I have to pay higher taxes, then so be it. I don't want my Grandfather or someone else's grandfather not receiving his benefits because the government can't do simple fucking math.

But as a side note, fiscal responsibility must start now for Social Security. It's not going to be enough to live on for the rest of your life of course, but if someone is promised X amount of dollars a month, that's what they should get. Period. Fiscal responsibility will help enable us to plan for a rainy day when we'll need extra items. I'm investing like crazy into my retirement because I know that whatever Social Security pays, it won't be enough. A life filled with partying, sex, occasional drunken good times, and bad food is bound to catch up to me sooner or later. :)

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Taxing "Evil Big Oil"

So now that oil companies are making money hand over fist, Democrats want to tax them heavily. Where were they when oil was at $10 a barrel? Oil companies make major investments in finding new sources of oil and sometimes that big investment goes bust. I'm not defending oil companies per se, but I want to know why Democrats singled out oil companies? Why not software developers? Charities? Lumber Mills? You know why, because their constituents like to point to big oil companies as the "problem" of society's ills.

"The legislation would impose a "conservation fee" on oil and gas taken from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, scrap nearly $6 billion worth of oil industry tax breaks enacted by Congress in recent years and seek to recoup royalties lost to the government because of an Interior Department error in leases issued in the late 1990s"

Excuse me? You can't seek to recoup royalties that you lost because you screwed up on a lease agreement. A lease agreement is a binding contract and if you screwed up, you screwed up and you're not owed a single dime. When you do a lease on an apartment, if the owner says "I screwed up on this contract, I'm gonna need an extra $50 a month" you'd laugh in his face. Oil lease agreements take months, if not years to negotiate and you can't tell me that someone didn't go over the lease a million times to make sure the wording was correct.

The government screwed up and now we have less revenue because of it. When the lease expires, THEN go after the additional funds from that point forward. Honor your contract is all I'm saying.

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Deja Vu All Over Again

So the Senate finally got around to introducing a non binding resolution stating that they don't support the troop increase in Iraq. Non binding? What the hell are they thinking? What they are doing is politicizing our troops involvement in Iraq and showing that they are out of ideas when it comes to making things better.

The Senate is fast becoming the UN, full of pomp and poise, but lacking any real substance and certainly lacking of teeth. What bothers me is that they are wasting their "first 100 hours" on non binding resolutions when they could be doing real work. If you want a withdrawal of troops, fine. I disagree with that, but that's my opinion. But put together something that actually means something instead of just shouting and making political statements about the lives of our men and women in harms way.

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Iran Offered Concessions 4 Years Ago?

If this is true, I'll be the first to be very pissed. Iran has been a supporter of terrorism for a very long time and if they offered an agreement to rid themselves of such an albatross and it was refused, there'd better be a damned good reason, and it better not be "we don't talk to evil".

Sure, I'd be dead set against talks with Al-Qaeda for obvious reasons, and I bet that that's the same reason that Iranian talks were refused. However, we had talks and resolutions with Libya, so why not Iran? Plus, it would allow us to gain valuable intelligence about the Middle Eastern country. :)

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Update On Iraq

So the Iraqi Prime Minister says that if we give up guns and equipment, we can basically hang around for a bit, then head home. Well that sounds easy doesn't it? The problem is that the Iraqi security forces are full of corruption and enemy forces. If we give them major firepower, who's to say that it won't be used against us? Now that may be a valid complaint from the PM and the White House has agreed that it is. But I'd feel better if we got rid of the corrupt and enemy forces before we hand over military style weapons.

As a side note, the Iraqi security forces have detained 400 militants loyal to al-Sadr. This would be a major step forward in infiltrating his forces and gaining valuable intelligence against his forces.

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Taliban In Pakistan?

Well according to the spokesman's arrest, it's pretty clear that the Taliban and perhaps Al-Qaeda to have members residing in Pakistan. Whether or not they are receiving support from the Pakistani government remains to be seen. But, if it's found that they have been receiving such support, it may lead to war in the region.

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You're Pressuring Me To Quit

I'm sorry, but you can't pressure me to resign a job that I do. You'll have to fire me. I don't quit because I am at odds with my boss. I don't quit because I'm feeling "political pressure". That's a pussy argument and they know it.

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Congress To End "Earmarks"

Well this will help get us back to fiscal responsibility. No more earmarks for pet projects for constituents back home. No more last minute items added to a seemingly minor spending bill adding millions or even billions to make a few constituents happy. It will help bring us back to our position as the number one economic power in the world.

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Domestic Spying Gets Court Oversight

This is a decent compromise between those who want to find the bad guys and privacy advocates. Take a look. It allows surveillance requests for 90 days and then can be renewed accordingly.

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Hong Kong Gets Immigration Right

They turn away mainland Chinese pregnant women away at the border. It helps keep them from using up hospital resources. We should do the same thing for our borders. If you are over 7 months pregnant, you can't come to the US unless you have health insurance.

Local, American women need the resources available to them at hospitals. When non-citizens come into this country, check to see if they have health insurance. If they do, come on in. The health insurance will pay the medical bills and they can have their baby here in case birth comes early. If they don't, they get back on a plane, train, or turned around in line to go back to their home country.

We're not talking about a minor amount of resources here. Hospitals near the borders are reporting millions of dollars worth of unpaid bills because the parents are non US citizens.

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Bend To The President's Will

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apparently hasn't taken first year law school classes. He seems to think that the president should be able to do what he wants, when he wants and that judges shouldn't have a say in the matter. It's called the "balance of power" Mr. Gonzales. Look it up....that's ok I'll wait.

While I agree that certain activist judges sometimes do put their own thoughts above what's law, it's the balance of power that allows this country to have the type of government we have without one single person getting too powerful. I agree with many of the President's actions in some of his more controversial moves.

If I were in his position, I'd rather piss off the American people then have them attacked and killed. You know damn good and well that if an attack came, people would scream for why he didn't "connect the dots" like they do about September 11th.

But you certainly can't ask a judge presiding over a case to bend to the President's will. That's wrong and Mr. Gonzales knows it.

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Duke Inbetween A Rock And A Hard Place

So you have a bunch of left wing professors, who generally think of themselves better then other people, decide to put out a "social disaster" letter that condemns racism. Well the problem is that the ad hints at the Duke lacrosse rape case, and now, they are finding that the case isn't what it once was though and now the professors will have to eat their own words. Duke university administrators now have the tough task of calming down the falsely accused defendants or pissing off their holier then thou professors who won't apologize even though they made vague references to the rape case.

Personally, if I was the defendants, I'd want an apology from each of the signing professors in person, as they used my case in a letter complaining of racism when it was proven that the case was wrong.


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Off Topic - K-Fed

So Kevin Federline is going to be in a Super Bowl ad. Hopefully this will be the last time we ever hear from this dirtbag.

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"Goodfellas" Actor Real Life Tough Guy

I knew there was I reason I liked this guy as an actor. If you decide you are going to threaten a man's daughter, you'd better make sure that that man can't do anything about it. Most men will do what he did, stick a gun in your face.

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Not A Good Day To Be A Terrorist

One killed, one captured. High level guys too, not just the bottom rung of bad guys. Keep it up guys, they can't run forever.

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Hillary Clinton Shows Us What Democrats Are Made Of

So she is against Bush's plan because, in her own words "The Iraqi government is not committed to taking the steps both militarily and politically that would help them to gain control over Baghdad and other places in the country." Her thoughts on how to deal with it: "I support the beginning of a phased redeployment out of Baghdad and eventually out of Iraq completely."

So what that means is that she's willing to allow Iraq to spiral out of control into a civil war along religious lines. She's willing to have the country become a terrorist breeding ground. Don't think that if we leave that people won't think "This is the American's fault. Had they stayed to protect us, like they said they would, this wouldn't have happened. We should go do something about it."

What this boils down to is that Clinton, and Democrats in general, don't have the stomach for war when war gets ugly. They want quick, painless, as least casualties as possible. We'd all like that, but war doesn't usually go that way. They are weak and spineless against any form of adversary that doesn't fall relatively quickly. Rather then offering a compromise or solution that would help the Iraqis as well as help us, she is in favor for a "phased redeployment". That is just a pretty phrase for "let the Iraqi's tear each other apart so we can appease our constituents."

Travis
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Oil Down To $50 A Barrel

Can it go lower? Analysts say yes. OPEC wants to cut production to keep costs high, but Saudi Arabia doesn't want to change anything. Could the Saudis actually have our economic interests at heart? Doubtful, but let's see how it plays out.

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Saudi Arabia Considers Sending Troops To Iraq

Well of course they are. They have just as much at stake as we do. They are an economic and political superpower in the region and if their neighbor goes down the road towards chaos, that would leave a nasty ripple effect across the region. Plus, with Iran poking it's nose into Iraq's business, Saudi Arabia is afraid that Iran's intentions could upset the balance of power in the region.

It's in Saudi Arabia's best interest to help us see things through. I'm surprised they haven't offered troops right now instead of waiting for Bush's plan to go one way or another. Saudi Arabia just wants to make money and become a major player on the world stage just like every other nation does. Iran wants to make sure that Israel doesn't exist anymore and will do whatever it takes to make it happen. So you can bet that Saudi Arabia will make sure that Iran gets the hint that they are playing with fire.

Iran must know that we aren't bogged down in Iraq like they'd like to believe. We didn't get to be the #1 military superpower on the planet for nothing.

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Iran Shoots Down US Spy Drone?

First off, I'm a bit skeptical about this simply because whenever we have one of our aircraft shot down, you see wreckage splashed across the front page of CNN by whomever shot it down. It's being reported by only one news station so far, plus it's coming from an Iranian member of parliament. Iran is in a nasty confrontation right now with us and I would think that they would be quite proud of this accomplishment and would love to shove it down our throats.

Besides, what would it prove even if it were true? All information is passed in real time back to the main base. The only thing Iran would have to get out of shooting it down is cutting off, temporarily, a way of us getting intelligence. You don't think we have just one in the region do you? We'll see if this story gets picked up by the mainstream media or if it's just hot air coming from Iran.

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Barack Obama Files Paperwork For Presidential Run

Well I must say that he's an excellent speaker and he's got momentum. But unfortunately for him, he's wrong on too many core issues that face America and he doesn't have much political experience. The latter his opponents will likely point out during their respective pushes towards the Democratic nomination. But he's filed paperwork to begin his quest for the presidency. This will be quite an interesting election coming up.

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