Hillary Has Sunk To A New Low

Now she's vaguely trying to buy people's votes.

"I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to make that down payment on their first home," she said.

The New York senator did not offer any estimate of the total cost of such a program or how she would pay for it. Approximately 4 million babies are born each year in the United States.

Who's going to pay for the extra $20 billion a year Hillary? Couple that with her proposed $110 billion a year universal health care plan, that's $130 billion a year in ADDED costs. This country is already $9 trillion in debt, and Hillary wants to push it higher. Yet, you never hear a reporter call her on her blatantly lying campaign promise.

We all know she's not going to go through with this bullshit idea. There would be too much of an outcry. For example: What about those of us who didn't get the $5k when we were born? Why should we have to pay for someone else to go to college? Why do newborns get to get a leg up on the down payment on a new home when the rest of us lived in a shitty apartment and saved up? Why do newborns get to have less financial pressure about college when I worked a full time job, rode the city bus, and went to college full time? How is that fair to me?

What are your plans for this money when they turn 18? What if they decide to spend the money on weed and the latest Apple laptop instead of college tuition? Something like this is ripe for abuse and Hillary is simply trying to buy dumb people's votes. Everyone on CNN's forums, even Democrats, are talking about "who's going to pay for this".

Oh and I'll bet you diamonds to doughnuts that she'd included illegal immigrants as well.

Travis
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Media Matters - Limbaugh: Service members who support U.S. withdrawal are "phony soldiers"

Pretty explosive headline right?  I mean, if Rush said something like that, then there'd be a firestorm right?  Well there is and there isn't.

Here's what was said:

CALLER 2: No, it's not, and what's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media.

LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers.

CALLER 2: The phony soldiers. If you talk to a real soldier, they are proud to serve. They want to be over in Iraq. They understand their sacrifice, and they're willing to sacrifice for their country.

Nowhere does Rush say "service members who support the withdrawal are "phony soldier"s.

Hell, even our favorite Iraq war veteran Jon Soltz, can't even be bothered to READ WHAT HE SAID.

As Media Matters reported today, Rush Limbaugh, on his show said that those troops who come home and want to get America out of the middle of the religious civil war in Iraq are "phony soldiers." I'd love for you, Rush, to have me on your show and tell that to me to my face.

I'm sure Rush would gladly have you on his show.  How about you offer it to him through normal media channels instead of Huffington Post?  I'm sure that Rush will reply to you a lot quicker then a post on a liberal blog.

Where to begin?

Well you could start off with actually reading what he said.  It seems you can't be bothered to read past a headline.

First, in what universe is a guy who never served even close to being qualified to judge those who have worn the uniform?

This is one of Jon's favorite quotes to try to discredit people who have opposing viewpoints.  Take a look around any time Jon gets into a debate with someone.  When he's cornered about a particular issue or point, he never admits, "yes, you are right." or "I didn't think of it that way." or even "well I am wrong".  Even I admit when I'm wrong from time to time.  But Jon is going off on a tangent, so to paraphrase Napoleon, "Never interrupt someone while they are making a mistake".

Does Rush believe, then, that the majority of the US Armed Forces are "phony?"

Does Rush believe that highly decorated Major Generals are "phony soldiers?"

Finally, as Media Matters notes, just recently, members of the 82nd Airborne in Iraq wrote a New York Times op-ed, very critical of the course in Iraq, and suggesting it was time to figure out the exit strategy. Two of them just died. Will Rush call up their grieving parents and tell them that they should stop crying, because they were just "phony soldiers?"

Get the point here, Rush?

He never said any of those things and never even HINTED at those things.  Even better, there's a poster on Huffington Post that points all this out:

aaa123

First of all, thank you for your service. Second of all, it appears you did not listen to the entire conversation. If you had, you would have known he was speaking specifically of a "soldier" booted out after 40 days and making false allegations against you and your fellow soldiers, and those like him. He actually praised those who joined with the intent of going to Iraq. To those who actually took the time to check out the facts and context of the story, your blog entry makes you look pretty ignorant.

He's speaking about Jesse Macbeth.

On September 21, 2007 Macbeth admitted in federal court that he had faked his war record. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan declared that Macbeth had been in the Army for just 40 days and had been kicked out as unfit.

But the reply to aaa123's post is even funnier:

ts

Actually, I both listened to it and read the transcript. First, he uses "soldiers" which, unless someone has changed our language would indicate a plural, which is generally understood as more than one. Secondly, and I assume you are referring to Jesse MacBeth here, if that's who he was speaking of, why not use his name?
The phrase "a "soldier" booted out after 40 days and making false allegations against you and your fellow soldiers, and those like him." is wholly yours and neither appears or is implied in the transcript.
Can't you guys be truthful about anything? The whole, "we're being persecuted" line is getting really old, either deal with the actual issue or shut the hell up.

The guy admitted he lied in a court of law.  Doesn't get much more confirmed then that.

Now, Democrats are peeing themselves trying to paint this for something it isn't.

 

Fortunately, there are members of the military and people who know what Rush was referring to as shown below:

 

Are you kidding me? The Dems are trying to make something out of this. I am ex-military, and I know exactly what Rush meant. It is taken out of context and that is how the drive-bys and the Dems like to make their attacks. They have nothing else to go on, so they try so hard to discredit Republicans. Get back to what is important. Everyone knows that Rush is a military lover.

Posted By Bryan, Tampa, FL : September 28, 2007 11:18 am

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You morons are taking his comment out of context as you always do. He was talking about a "soldier" that claimed that he witnessed killing in mosques and such in Iraq. It turns out that the soldier never served in combat and was washed out of basic training. Get it right. You are always performing journalist mal-practice by not understanding what led to this comment!

Posted By Dave Atlanta GA : September 28, 2007 11:19 am

 

Sounds like Dave in Atlanta nailed it on the head.  Rush was speaking about someone who made claims and went to the media about it.  Well his claims were found to be false.  So when Rush refers to that, Democrats are trying to use it to deflect from their "betray us" ad hornet's nest that they've stirred up.  Nice try fellas, but unfortunately, you've got nothing.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote

The hate crime bill that was going through Congress today was passed 60-39.  It would allow for a wider prosecution of hate crimes, including gay hate crimes.

But look who voted it down:

 

Senator Larry Craig.

 

I must admit I snickered a little bit when I saw that.

I guess the only gay people that need "protecting" are US Senators.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Hypocrisy By The GOP

Sensing that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) will win the Democratic presidential nomination, Republican Party operatives are stepping up their political attacks on the former first lady but are wary of going too far with their criticisms because she is a woman.

“You can’t go after a woman candidate the way you can go after a guy,” said Paul Weyrich, chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation and an influential conservative leader. “It’s very, very difficult to campaign against a woman candidate.”

Weyrich said that fact, combined with what he described as Clinton’s willingness to “stop at nothing to win,” makes her the favorite to win the White House.

 “That’s why I think she will be elected president,” he said.

Bullshit.  You want to be President, you'd better be ready to roll with the punches like any other candidate has to, and if you lighten up on Hillary, you're just giving her breathing room.

What kind of attacks do you think she'll get from other world leaders?  Do you think they'll ease up simply because she's a woman? (I assume she's a woman, I haven't done a plumbing check).  Of course not, so if they won't, why should the Republican party?

 

Travis

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Rep. Pelosi criticizes border fence - USATODAY.com

"I have been against the fence, I thought it's a bad idea even when it was just a matter of discussion," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "These are communities where you have a border going through them, they are not communities where you have a fence splitting them."

She loves to talk about border security, but doesn't want a fence?  What kind of fucking idiotic way of thinking is that?  The border is wide open, and if someone gets an inkling of trying to get across, there's not a lot to stop them.

Oh wait, it gets better:

Pelosi also touted legislation known as the DREAM Act that would make it easier for some illegal immigrants to receive higher education benefits. She spoke at a conference that drew more than 5,000 students for activities designed to inspire careers in science and technology.

The DREAM Act would eliminate a federal provision that discourages states from providing illegal immigrants with lower in-state tuition rates. It also would allow permanent residency for illegal immigrants who entered the country as children and have been admitted to an institution of higher education.

"It just isn't fair," Pelosi said. "Those young people who came to America one way or another ... their opportunities are curtailed because of the situation. And it's not only harmful to them — it's harmful to the country."

"It just isn't fair"?!?!!?  These people come here ILLEGALLY!  They are entitled to NOTHING except deportation.  This is the only country on the planet where a person can come illegally and actually have morons in power who will listen to you whine about how you're not getting benefits that US citizens paid for.

The only thing harmful to the country is them trying to bleed us dry with free benefits and try to have children here as "anchor" babies. 

But it's not only me that's pissed at Nancy Pelosi.  Even members of the Democratic party are calling for her impeachment.

She deserves to be publicly humiliated on the front pages of every newspaper in America for such idiotic thoughts.  She loves to talk about the deficit, but then wants to GIVE away yours and my hard earned tax dollars to people who aren't even here legally.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Officials eye ban on smoky dwellings - The Boston Globe

You know it's getting pretty bad for smokers when people are trying to ban them from smoking in their own homes.  Apartments I can sort of understand as you are renting from someone.  However, a Condo that you've bought and paid for, no one, not even those loathed home owners associations, can tell me what I can and can't do in my home.

If they want to tell me what I can and can't do in my home, then they can pay my mortgage payment.  I had the same problem when I was living in my old condo.  My homeowners association tried to tell me I had to bring my garbage cans up the same day that the garbage was picked up.

Unfortunately for them, I am the worst person to play the "waiting game" with.  My homeowner's association rep came to my house and tried to tell me about the "garbage can problem".  I told her if she didn't like the cans at the side of the street past the day of pickup, she was more than welcome to bring them up to my garage door.

She then tried to play the "let's leave a note on the door every day" bit.  That only gives me something to look forward to at the end of the day. 

After a while, she simply accepted that I work for a living and that I'll get my garbage cans when I'm God damned good and ready.

The same should apply to smokers who paid for their condos.  Unless you plan on making their mortgage payment, you have zero right to ask them to curb whatever behavior they are doing.  It's not illegal, so leave them alone.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Spineless

 You just can't make this stuff up folks.  Even Democrat's own constituency knows they are spineless:

 

I disagree with the "evil" part, but everyone's entitled to their own opinion.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

High Risk Sex Offenders And Knee Jerk Reactions.

Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire is caught red handed being a "knee jerk" responder to a problem.

A handful of the state's most dangerous sex offenders soon could wear tracking devices as part of a new effort announced Wednesday by Gov. Chris Gregoire.

The devices -- global positioning systems in ankle bracelets -- cannot prevent violent crimes but can help police know if a sex offender was at the scene of a crime, officials said.

The move comes after the July kidnapping and slaying of 12-year-old Zina Linnik of Tacoma. Police arrested a sex offender, Terapon Adhahn, in connection with the case. Adhahn now faces aggravated first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape charges in Pierce County.

Unfortunately for Gregoire, even if this program were in place at the time, it would not have stopped Terapon Adhahn from killing of the 12 year old child.  Why?  Because Terapon was a level 1 sex offender at the time, the lowest level there is.  So, even by this plan, he wouldn't have been monitored, and all it is, is a knee jerk, feel good, additional cost that the tax payers of Washington state are going to have to endure.

Plus, you won't know where a child is in relation to the offender who's being monitored until after something tragic has happened.

Christine Gregoire also has a big problem on her hands with her bit of hypocrisy.  She wants to look like she's being tough on crime, but has now required probation and parole officers to get permission to search an offenders home while they are on state supervision.  Before, this permission was not needed and was a requirement for the offender to sign off on as a condition of their parole.

Now, offenders can literally have a child handcuffed in a back room, and without a warrant, police cannot do anything to check in on the offender, regardless of how dangerous that person is.

Governor Gregoire also has been a bit tight with the purse strings when it comes to the Department of Corrections and will not give out much needed raises and bumps in budgets to combat dangerous felons when they are on supervision.

This is a disaster waiting to happen.  There have already been a few Seattle police officers murdered by people on state supervision, yet the Governor doesn't push for more funds for more parole/probation officers.  Instead, she ties their hands on what they can and cannot do with an offender, even if he/she is suspected of returning back to old ways. 

When a parole/probation officer tries to put these people in jail for their offenses, Gregoire had rules in place that let's these people out of jail early and on rare occasions, these people kill innocent people, including three Seattle police officers.

Now she's back pedaling and Gregoire wants harsher punishments for these offenders and won't give funding to follow through with these new, tougher rules.  For example, if more people are in jail or there are stricter rules for parole/probation, then there are additional staff that need to be hired or trained.

What's worse is that Gregoire is only focusing on one group of criminals:  Level III Sex Offenders.  Currently, the only way that one can be classified as a Level III Sex Offender in Washington state is to commit multiple sex crimes.  It's the Level I and Level II sex offenders that my sources say need to be monitored more closely, such as Adhahn.

Unfortunately, three Seattle police officers had to die before she decides that crime is bad.  They are Police officers and people Gregoire, not photo opportunities to make yourself look good to voters.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Bill Clinton Pissed About Hypocrisy

Yes Bill, let's talk about hypocrisy and lying for a minute shall we?

When you did your interview with Christopher Wallace, you claim that you did everything you could to get Bin Laden.  However, Michael Scheuer of the CIA's Bin Laden group flatly contradicts and even blames you for the US failing to get Bin Laden before 9/11.

 So who are we to believe?  Clinton, who has every reason in the world to deny that he didn't do everything, or Scheuer, the guy who was in charge of getting Bin Laden and needed Clinton's permission to order a strike.

But that's all besides the point.  Clinton is pissed that his buddies over at MoveOn is getting their feet held to the fire and saying that Republicans aren't truly pissed about the "General Betray Us" ad.

Well why wouldn't we get pissed Bill?  You and your Democratic colleagues said you would listen to the commanders on the ground about what's going on in Iraq, and when it's clear that you won't be hearing what you WANT to hear, you try to sully Petraeus' good name.

That's called acting like a child Bill.  Perhaps if you did less of it, people might respect you more.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

John Kerry: President Bush Plays Chicken with Children's Health - Politics on The Huffington Post

Oh how I enjoy reading John Kerry's writings.  It gives you an inside look at how much of an idiot this guy is.  Case in point:

After promising he'd work on "expanding health care for children," the President has now unilaterally declared war on a successful, wildly popular program that gives health care to millions of low-income kids.

Democrats see a successful program, S-CHIP, and they see 11 million kids still uninsured in the richest country in the world, and they want to build on what works and expand it. Makes sense, right? But this White House is so hell-bent on denying the Democratic Congress a victory, the President's threatening to veto health care for kids.

This is the same guy who never met a Republican spending bill he couldn't sign. Not one. $300 million bridge to nowhere? Pass the pork. Half-trillion dollars on the road to quagmire in Iraq? Bring it on. But a few billion a year for health care for millions of kids? Forget it. Not this President. Not the "compassionate conservative."

Oh John, I don't think you even read the bill that the President is vetoing.  "A few billion dollars a year" increase has already been approved by the President.  He wants a $5 billion dollar a year increase, which is more than "a few", in case you don't know.

Democrats, including John Kerry, want a $60 billion dollar a year increase.  That's WAY more than "a few".

Don't try to paint this as the President trying to deny children health insurance John, everyone with half a brain and a little research can find out the truth.  But Democrats such as you want to twist it into something it isn't.

You even had released a "plan to eliminate the deficit".  Well you can't do that if you're trying to ADD an additional $60 billion a year John.  Even a third grade student can tell you that.

But yet, here's one of John Kerry's quotes: "And it's the president's fiscal policies that have driven up the biggest deficits in American history. He's added more debt to the debt of the United States in four years than all the way from George Washington to Ronald Reagan put together. Go figure."

So not only are you an idiot who can't add, but you're also a hypocrite.  You want to add $60 billion a year towards children's insurance, then you better cut $60 billion a year in spending.  Otherwise, you're nothing more then a bandwagon hopping hypocrite.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Russia's Lavrov rejects sanctions on Iran for now | International | Reuters

Russia opposes new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at this time because it would undermine a study by the U.N. atomic watchdog of Iran's activities, Russian news agencies said on Thursday.

In other words, Russia is hoping for a glimmering shred of evidence that Iran isn't going for a nuclear weapon and they want the IAEA to find that shred.

The problem is that it isn't going to happen.

Russia is desperate to keep it's economic ties intact with Iran and if there's overwhelming evidence that they are trying for a nuclear weapon, they will be backed into a corner on voting for additional sanctions.  Iran is a major customer of Russian weapons as well, and they certainly don't want to jeopardize their chances to get back onto the world stage and become a superpower again.

Iranian sanctions will put that hope into the gutter pretty deeply if they do happen.

"That cannot be used as a shield to protect Iran from its lack of implementation of the demands of the Security Council in regard to the enrichment of uranium that Iran has been asked to suspend twice," he told reporters.

Exactly.  They have been told twice now to stop enrichment and they have not only not stopped, but they've accelerated it.  Not exactly the kind of behavior you'd want from an ally is it?

Asked about U.S. and French calls for sanctions outside the Security Council, Miliband said: "It's already the case that European Union countries have taken greater action than was required by the Security Council. That is healthy and good."

He said companies and banks were making their own decisions about investment based on the political risk.

"The figures on the fall in European investment in Iran in the first 6 months of this year are spectacular," he said, citing a 40 percent decrease. "There is evidence of sanctions having an effect."

There isn't a country on the planet that can deal with a 40% decrease in financial deals with a continent, let alone Iran.  Take a look around, Iran is going to have a tough time weaseling it's way out of this.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Ideas For Expansion

Hello everyone,

I have been kicking around a few ideas on how to expand the site and make it more inclusive for everyone who comes here, (regardless of political viewpoint).  One of them would be the addition of forums that would be free of charge to everyone of course, but I've been thinking of other ways of building up our community and weighing the pros and cons of each idea.

The forums will probably come online in the coming weeks/months.  It will add significant amounts of bandwidth to my hosted server, so I may have to upgrade to get that to happen.

That being said, if you do have any ideas on things you would like to see here, please feel free to email them to me and I will gladly take a look at them.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Come Join Us And Talk About Border Security

There's a semi spirited debate about border security in the comments section here.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Bin Laden may have just escaped U.S. forces - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com

A little more than a month ago, with the anniversary of Sept. 11 approaching and fears of a new al Qaeda attack rising, some U.S. intelligence and military analysts thought they had found one of the world’s two most wanted men just where they last saw them six years ago.

For three days and nights — between Aug. 14 and 16 — U.S. and Afghanistan forces pounded  the mountain caves in Tora Bora, the same caves where Osama Bin Laden had hidden out and then fled in late 2001 after U.S. forces drove al Qaeda out of Afghanistan cities. Ultimately, however, U.S. forces failed to find Bin Laden or his deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, even though their attacks left dozens of al Qaeda and Taliban dead.

Fuck!  Well if he was there, better luck next time fellas.  If not, well then this is a non story.  But it does remind people that we are still after Bin Laden.

Personally, I would love to see Bin Laden captured or killed before President Bush gets out of office.  It would be a nice highlight to a Presidency racked with problem after problem.  But that's just "it would be nice" type of thing for me.  I personally don't care if it takes us until Bin Laden is on his death bed to get him, as long as we get him.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Clinton supports Israeli 'strike' on Syria - Israel News, Ynetnews

This is exactly why Hillary shouldn't be President.  I know what you're thinking: "but YOU supported the Israeli strike on Syria, why is wrong for her to as well?"

Well I'll tell you why:

The senator said the United States believed Syria has been receiving technological aid from North Korea in an attempt to build a nuclear facility and that Israel has eliminated that facility.

During the debate which was held in New Hampshire, Meet the Press' Tim Russert pressured the candidates into clarifying whether they would support an Israeli attack on Iran.

In an attempt to avoid the question, Clinton said, "This is a hypothetical question." Russert defended his question and said it was a realistic one; in return the senator said, "What Israel did in Syria is realistic."

In other words, she has no problem with others doing our dirty work, but she won't get her hands dirty and make tough decisions if no one else wants to step up to the plate.

You can't have those character flaws when you're the President.  Being President means making decisions that could mean the ending of someone's life or protecting American's lives, and if she can't or won't do that, then she doesn't deserve to be President.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Bush thought Saddam was prepared to flee: report - washingtonpost.com

Here's some explosive information about the then, upcoming Iraq war:

Saddam Hussein was prepared to take $1 billion and go into exile before the Iraq war, according to a transcript of talks between U.S. President George W. Bush and an ally, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Wednesday.

"The Egyptians are speaking to Saddam Hussein. It seems he's indicated he would be prepared to go into exile if he's allowed to take $1 billion and all the information he wants about weapons of mass destruction," Bush was quoted as saying at the meeting one month before the U.S.-led invasion.

Asked by Aznar whether Saddam could really leave, Bush replied: "Yes, that possibility exists. Or he might even be assassinated."

Take that in for a minute.  Saddam was willing to take a bribe of $1 billion dollars and leave the country.

However, there's a LOT of problems with that.

First off, what do you suppose he would do with that $1 billion dollars?  He could have easily funded more Palestinian suicide bombers and wreaked all sorts of havoc on the region.

Can you see how the American public would have reacted?  "Bush gives $1 billion to get rid of Saddam".  He would have used that as a major propaganda item as well. "The American's had to buy their way out, they know they can't take me!"

But, there's a second problem here.  Something no one noticed.  "All the information he wants about weapons of mass destruction".

Is that an admission from Saddam that he indeed had WMD's?  Or was it a ruse to keep up the appearance that he had WMD's?  Or was it to play a giant game of poker and he was bluffing?

With Saddam dead, we'll never know, but now that we've spend almost 600x as much as the bribe Saddam wanted, it can appear to be an attractive offer to some, but it could very well have been disastrous to do so.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Report: Security on U.S.-Canada border fails terror test - CNN.com

Funny, didn't I talk about a border fence on BOTH borders?  Didn't I mention the Millennium Bomb plot that was caught in Washington state by an alert border guard as the guy was coming in from Canada?

Government investigators were able to cross from Canada into the United States carrying a duffle bag with contents that looked like radioactive material and never encountered a law enforcement official, according to a report released Thursday by investigators from the Government Accountability Office.

Border security doesn't mean just "security from brown people" as some might think.  Border security means all borders.  If they can't understand that, then perhaps they need to find a different job, because protecting our borders needs to be done by competent people.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Will China Intervene? - TIME

As Burmese security forces crack down hard on the monk-led protests in Rangoon over the past week, the world's best hopes of pressuring the country's military rulers to avoid further bloodshed rest with Beijing. But there is little sign, thus far, that China plans to use its position as Burma's biggest trading partner to put any pressure on the junta — or that the generals would heed Beijing's wishes even if it did demand restraint.

Of course China isn't going to intervene.  They are too busy trying to crack into US military networks and undermine every economy on the planet to actually give a shit about anyone else but themselves.

Given that China won't do a lot of the things that in the eyes of the rest of the world would be considered "the right thing to do", I'm surprised that Time magazine would even bother to write up an article.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Judge rejects portion of Patriot Act - OregonLive.com

An Oregon judge Wednesday struck down a key portion of the USA Patriot Act, ruling that it violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on unreasonable search and seizure.

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Patriot Act gives federal agents too much unchecked power in conducting criminal investigations of U.S. citizens.

"The (government) here is asking this court to, in essence, amend the Bill of Rights, by giving it an interpretation that would deprive it of any real meaning. This court declines to do so," Aiken wrote.

And you know what?  She's right.  The Constitution and the Bill of Rights spell out what is and is not acceptable in terms of a US citizen's right to privacy and searches.

In oral arguments before Aiken earlier this month, Justice Department lawyers said the law adequately protected citizens. They also said that Mayfield had no right to pursue his case after he reached a settlement.

In a 44-page ruling, Aiken disagreed. She wrote that Mayfield could pursue his case because the government continued to keep information about him.

And that's the crux of everything.  They KEPT the information.  They could have said "Sorry, we made a mistake.  We'll purge our information about you.", but they didn't.  They thought they could keep the information for future use and violated this man's rights.

No matter what, you can't take away a US citizen's rights.  Otherwise what would be the point of living in our great nation?

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Democrats Admit Iraq Troops May Not Come Home

AFTER THEIR PRESIDENCY!

The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013.

"I think it's hard to project four years from now," said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a campaign debate in the nation's first primary state.

"It is very difficult to know what we're going to be inheriting," added Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

"I cannot make that commitment," said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.

That's the core of the left's main argument right now. "Elect a Democrat, and troops come home tomorrow". Well that's been shattered, and now they face folks who are their core constituency who may end up voting for a Republican in the Presidential election.

I guess Democrats really do say only what they think the people want to hear. Now when it looks unlikely that they can keep their promise, they backtrack.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

FOXNews.com - Wife of Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Confronts Ahmadinejad - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Need evidence that Iran supports terrorist organization Hezbollah?  Look no further:

The wife of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hezbollah confronted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a news conference at the United Nations, urging him to use his influence over the guerrilla group to allow aid workers to see her husband.

In an exchange broadcast on Israeli radio stations Wednesday, Karnit Goldwasser accused the Iranian leader of responsibility for her husband's capture.

"My name is Karnit and I'm the wife of Goldwasser that was kidnapped by Hezbollah to Lebanon more than a year ago and you're responsible for this by your support. I'm asking how come you're not allowing the Red Cross to go to visit them," Goldwasser said at the Tuesday news conference.

Ahmadinejad ignored her, saying "next question.

Coward.  You simply can't stand up and say "I don't care about your husband. I don't like Jews.  I want to exterminate them all".  At least then, we could half way respect that you stand up for your beliefs publicly.  Instead, you cower to a woman who asks you a pointed and legitimate question.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

FOXNews.com - Lawyer Sentenced for Terror Support to Teach at N.Y. University Conference - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

I don't even need to comment on this.  This is too disgusting for words.

A disbarred lawyer convicted of helping her client communicate with terrorists was scheduled to teach at a Long Island, N.Y., law school ETHICS conference.

Lynne Stewart, who was convicted in 2005 of providing material support to terrorists and received a 28-month sentence, was to speak at Hofstra Law School’s LEGAL ETHICS conference.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Iraqi Leader Says Flow of Arms Must Stop - washingtonpost.com

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that terrorism is threatening to erase any gains made in reducing sectarian killings and establishing democratic principles in his country.

He also warned that Iraq's neighbors must stop the continued flow into his country of weapons, suicide bombers and funding for terrorism, saying there would be "disastrous consequences" for the region and the world if they failed.

Well if Maliki were any kind of leader, he'd come out and say "Iran is putting weapons and explosives into the hands of insurgents".  But Maliki is a Shiite, so he wouldn't dare do such a thing.  What do you want to bet would be the outcome if a Sunni were in charge?

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Nancy Pelosi Has A Bad Interview.

Wolf Blitzer pissed off Nancy Pelosi in this nice little interview.  At around the 3 minute remaining mark it gets interesting.

Wolf asks her about her angry base and how there's nothing to be done and she replies with: "I didn't say that at all.  how could you have ever gotten that impression?" then makes a snippy comment of "for those who pay attention..."  Well Nancy, we get that impression by your words you've been using throughout the interview.  "Republican's have taken ownership of this war."  Well that sounds like you're giving up to me.  Isn't it your JOB to do what you said you would do during your campaign promises? 

You certainly use the word "redeploy" an awful lot.  I even notice in some points she wants to use the word "retreat", but she catches herself and says "redeploy".

She also wants to "hold the President accountable for this war."  Wolf jumps on it and asks "what does mean?  besides complaining...." 

You can tell she's pretty pissed by this point as she starts stammering a little bit over her answers.

Then she tries to say that retired Generals say that stability can only happen when our troops are out of Iraq.  However, Generals IN Iraq are saying that when we leave an area that's not ready to stand on it's feet, it's overrun by Al-Qaeda.  How's that stability Nancy?  She talks about a 10 year war in Iraq, but she's taking a quote from Petraeus WAY out of context and trying to spin it for her own views.  What he said was "It takes, HISTORICALLY, 8-10 years for a counterinsurgency.  He didn't say "we'll be here for 8-10 years".

"We hoped to have bipartisanship", which is a bullshit lie.  It was "our way or no way".  There was no compromise with Nancy, Harry Reid, or any other prominent Democrat.  They love nothing more than to throw our military under the bus, as shown with John Murtha's refusal to apologize for accusing Marines of murdering Iraqi civilians, when it was clear that the charges will be dropped.  For those of you who don't know, charges are dropped when there's a lack of evidence, or THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

You want "bipartisanship"?  Then come up with a plan where everyone wins, not just you for brownie points for the drooling idiots over at DailyKos and MoveOn.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Iranian firms feel the heat as sanctions bite | International | Reuters

Western punitive measures imposed on the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear activities are making it increasingly difficult to conduct business in the world's fourth largest oil producer.

Yeah, that's basically what the fuck we wanted to do to you.  You consistently don't listen to reason, supply and attack our soldiers in Iraq, support Hezbollah, hold massive "Death to America" rallies, and are basically acting like an all around dick.

So, you want to start with proxy wars against the US?  Fine, then you get to deal with our financial and covert proxy wars against you.

But let me warn you, it won't be pretty.  You have FAR more to lose then we do.  We have offered you several "outs" when it comes to saving face in the eyes of the international community in regards to your nuclear program.  You chose to spit in our faces and call us names.  Well now it is our turn, and we're not happy with the choices you've made.

"The Pakistanis have been taking lots of freight away from Iran because the minute our name is mentioned, especially with Americans paying for the jobs, we lose a contract," she said.

Welcome to the consequences of your government's actions.  I know it's a new concept, but try to learn it quickly.  Otherwise, you'll be out of business.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Utah: No More Gun Permits for Foreigners

"Utah had become the state of choice for people who did not live in the United States but wanted to carry a gun in the country," said Richard Wyss, attorney at the Utah Bureau of Criminal Investigation. State authorities "became alarmed," he told lawmakers Tuesday.

About 1,000 citizens of other countries have permits that allow them to carry a concealed gun in Utah and 30 states that have an agreement with Utah. Most are Canadians; others are from countries including Japan, Switzerland, Aruba, Mongolia, Mexico and the Republic of Congo.

WHAT??  Utah is issuing gun permits to non US citizens?  What the hell is that about?  Are they out of their minds?  Non US citizens have NO rights under the Constitution, let alone the right to bear arms.  If they were in the middle of becoming US citizens or were naturalized citizens, I could understand, but it's even worse then you could imagine:

Background checks on foreigners were weak because Utah was denied access to records in other countries, but permits were issued if applicants met other requirements, authorities said. Utah now won't renew or issue the permits unless it can do a thorough background check.

So they were allowing potentially criminal, non US citizens to come into their gun stores and walk away with a firearm?  Whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired immediately and taken away to a mental hospital so they can't endanger anyone else anymore.

Besides, isn't Utah a state that bans alcohol?  I haven't been there in years, so I don't know for sure, but I remember someone saying that.  If that's true, why ban alcohol, but not ban foreigners from getting weapons?

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Hillary Clinton 'could cost Democrats dear' - Telegraph

The private memo, leaked to The Washington Post, painted what researchers described as a "sobering picture" for Democrats who believe that President George W Bush's disastrous favourability numbers almost guarantee they will capture the White House next year.

If they think they're guaranteed a win with Hillary, Democrats are severely detached from reality.  There are many people who have openly said "If Hillary is running, I'm voting for anyone but her".

They all have their own reasons, but one of the main ones is that she's a two faced, ruthless bitch of a woman who'll say or do whatever it takes to win.  She has wild ideas that will cost this country severely financially.  She supported the Iraq war, something her constituents could never forgive.  She is married to Bill, and we all know how his policies have failed in spectacular ways.  And she's unapproachable and unfriendly. 

But wait, it gets worse:

All party preference polls show that Democrats are much more popular than Republicans. But when the names of individual candidates are used, the gap narrows considerably.

The leaked poll found that Mr Giuliani, a centrist Republican with liberal stances on issues such as abortion and gay rights, leads Mrs Clinton by 49 per cent to 39 per cent in the swing districts.

In other words, if you say "who would you vote for", people will say "Democrat" or "Republican".  However, if you put "Who would you vote for, Hillary or Rudy", then it gets worse for Democrats.

Frank Luntz, a leading Republican pollster, said: "This poll reveals what grassroots Democrats have been concerned about. Hillary is their choice ideologically but not necessarily politically and they're afraid she could lose.

"Democrats want to win more than anything else and they will compromise on policy to achieve electability." Mrs Clinton, he said, prompted a series of perceptions that could damage her.

Haven't I been saying that all along?  They will say or do whatever it takes to win, not to put someone into office that most commonly shares their core beliefs.

There's the core difference between Democrats and Republicans.  Which is why I don't think Rudy is going to get the nomination.  I may be wrong, but his stance on gun control and abortion and gay rights isn't going to go over well with some right wing fundamentalists.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

TheHill.com - House overwhelmingly condemns MoveOn ad

The vote was 341-79.  However, not all are happy with that vote:

Lane Hudson of Huffington Post didn't appreciate it

House Dems Sell-Out MoveOn, Condemnation of Free Speech Gets More Votes than Children

The United States House of Representatives just voted to condemn Moveon.org for an ad, which ran in last Monday's New York Times.

Yesterday, the House passed legislation that will increase health care coverage to an additional 3.5 million children. That vote was 265-159.

But what Lane is doing is the same thing I've been telling everyone about this vote on the extended children's health insurance bit.  "Won't someone PLEASE think of the children!"

Many Democrats were disgusted with the moveon ad and are showing it with this vote.  However, many of those same Democrats are saying "look, we need to start being fiscally responsible" and are voting accordingly.

Besides, it's not like Bush is asking for the program to be cut, he's just saying he wants a less of an increase then they do.

That's the crux of what's going on.  Democrats are trying to play it up like big, mean, old Bush is trying to deny little children their health insurance, when in reality, Democrats are trying to push for a huge increase that will push this country further into debt.

Stop being hypocrites Democrats, either you complain about the deficit of you complain about the amount of money we spend on hand holding the American public isn't enough.  You can't have it both ways.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

The Raw Story | Israeli air strike did not hit nuclear facility, intelligence officials say

An update on the Israeli strike on Syria.  Now there's talk of it wasn't a nuclear convoy that was hit, it was a chemical weapons missile convoy.

With all the rumors that are being spread by this, it's difficult to tell what really is the truth.  However, if Syria was transporting ordinary items, you can bet your ass that Syria would be screaming at the top of their lungs to the UN and the world public.

Their lack of such declarations leads one to believe that they had something they wanted to hide and that they want this whole thing to blow over.

Unfortunately for them, I plan on keeping tabs on this story until the truth comes out.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Bali bombers will be executed

We all remember the Bali bombings in Indonesia.  It killed over 200 people and put Jemmaah Islamiyah on the map as a terrorist organization that could do real damage.

Well now 3 of the bombers are going to be executed by firing squad because of it.

Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected the final appeals of two Muslim militants sentenced to death for a bombing that killed 202 people in and around two Bali nightclubs nearly five years ago.

This is pretty significant as Indonesia is the world's most populated Muslim country and they are also known to commute sentences of some of the worst of the worst, so here's crossing our collective fingers and hoping for the best.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Political Cartoons

 I love a good political cartoon, and these are all spot on.  I found them via a reader, so enjoy!

 

My Way News - Iran Leader Says Nuclear Issue Closed

Oh good, Ahmadinejad says that the nuclear issue is "closed".  Well I guess we'd all better pack up and go home then.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Tuesday that "the nuclear issue of Iran is now closed," and indicated that Tehran will disregard U.N. Security Council resolutions imposed by "arrogant powers" and demanding suspension of its uranium enrichment.

If this guy didn't have the history that he does, I'd ask "is this guy for real"?

Now he's placing his closest allies in Russia and China with the now unenviable task of trying to defend Iran's actions.  They are openly stating they won't adhere to the UN's resolutions (similar to what Saddam did over the course of 12+ years), so what are we to do?

Well, we impose sanctions, CRIPPLING sanctions.  Iran needs to be slapped back into reality.  They need to see their populace rioting in the streets because they don't have the normal day to day goods and services that they are used to.

This could actually be a really good thing for us.  Put forth additional sanctions, watch the Iranian people get very upset, and then vote their leaders out of office.

Iran is already cracking down on young adults who don't like the theoretical ways of "old Iran", so it's completely within reason that sanctions would work best in this situation.  But I'm not talking about simple "no more Ferrari's for you!" type of sanctions.

I'm talking about blockades of imports and exports to the country.  I'm talking about halting oil shipments to and from the country.  Yes, it will raise the price of gas and oil significantly, but that will also hurt Russia and China and that's something they cannot afford.  They'll have back door meetings to get the Iranians to come to their senses.

We've been dealt an Ace people, let's play it right.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Examiner Exclusive: Bush quietly advising Hillary Clinton, top Democrats - Examiner.com

President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq if elected president.

In an interview for the new book “The Evangelical President,” White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten said Bush has “been urging candidates: ‘Don’t get yourself too locked in where you stand right now. If you end up sitting where I sit, things could change dramatically.’ ”

Now only if he'll give her advice on how not to be a sneaky, underhanded opportunist, then maybe things might be a bit better for the country.

But alas, Hillary will still be squashing negative stories about her, spend untold billions and pull a "think of the children" moment, and even insure illegal aliens until the day we all die.

It could be worse though.  We could have Dennis Kucinich as President.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

With 300,000 names on list, terrorist center always on alert - CNN.com

About a hundred times a day, from anywhere in the world, a phone call comes in that sounds something like this: I think I've got a terrorist suspect here, can you check it out?

Sixty-five percent of the names are confirmed matches, Boyle said.

That's a pretty impressive amount of hits against the database.  However:

A recent Justice Department inspector general's report said of 105 watch list records examined in an audit, 38 percent contained errors or inconsistencies; the center operated two versions of its database, but some information was not found in both; and the names of 20 known or suspected terrorists were not made available to all of the nation's frontline screening agents.

Officials defended their record and said the problems are being fixed.

"It is not as though 20 records simply went missing and people could have entered the country," Boyle said. "There are backup and redundant systems that would have allowed many of those persons to have been identified if they did in fact try to get into the country. We now do a daily reconciliation to make sure that every record that comes into the screening center each day is properly listed and exported that same day."

Let me explain something here.  No database, especially one that large and complex, is going to be perfect.  38% of mistakes is unacceptable by any stretch, but if it's being corrected, where's the problem?  Even databases that run massive websites such as CNN, Ebay, and Amazon have incorrect information in them from time to time.

"We have a dedicated staff who do nothing but work to redress matters," he said.

However, he cautioned, "It is a time consuming and thorough process" that must be followed to make sure wrong names are not removed.

Exactly.  You remove the wrong name, or if a sneaky type manages to have his/her name removed, now they can freely get into the country.  If that happens watch as everyone jumps down these guys' throats about "why didn't they do more".

Well we ARE doing more and errors are being corrected.  So if you have something constructive to add, go for it.  If not, let those who know how to correct the errors do their job.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Keith Olbermann's Actually Agrees With Me

Granted it's on the whole "leave Britney alone" bit, but you can always find common ground with your political adversary.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Sarkozy says letting Iran go nuclear could cause war - Yahoo! News UK

Allowing Iran to acquire nuclear weapons could destabilize the world and lead to war, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the United Nations on Tuesday.

In his maiden speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Sarkozy said: "There will be no peace in the world if the international community falters in the face of nuclear arms proliferation."

Iran was entitled to nuclear power for civilian purposes, he said, "but if we allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, we would incur an unacceptable risk to stability in the region and in the world".

In a broader warning against the dangers of appeasement, the new French leader said: "Weakness and renunciation do not lead to peace. They lead to war."

The leader of France warning of the dangers of appeasement....wow.  I want you all to soak that in for a minute.  France, with their earned reputation of cowardice and appeasement, appear to have finally had enough and are pushing for what's right, instead of what's popular or economically sound.

I applaud the words of Nicolas Sarkozy, but I'd really prefer he back those words up with action if and when the time comes.

Iran is treading on dangerous waters right now.  Even Germany, who was very hesitant to want more sanctions is now coming to the side of the US.  China and Russia appear to be alone in their views of "more time".

So, what happens to my views if Sarkozy actually backs his words up?  I can't say for sure, I've seen so many acts of appeasement from France, it's difficult to tell, but I can guarantee you that Sarkozy will have a new American friend in me if he does.

What I'd like to know is, how come no one has offered Iran technical and financial help in building a solar furnace or solar power plant?  Iran certainly has no lack of sunshine and it would take away the whole "we need clean power because of pollution" argument.

I certainly would have no problems if a former enemy came to us and said "look, we've said some bad things to one another and I'm willing to bury the hatchet.  Can you help us build some infrastructure to get more electrical power to our people?  We'd appreciate it and would reciprocate with like amounts of help in areas we are experts in".

But alas, I sincerely doubt that will ever happen in my lifetime with regards to Iran.  Pity, they used to have such nice architecture too.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Gator co-eds go topless for Playboy - News - GainesvilleSun.com

This is exactly what's wrong with the way of thinking lately with today's youth.  I don't care if a person wants to pose for Playboy, that's not my business, but look at this:

Six UF students are featured in this month's issue of Playboy, the "Wild Southern College Girls" edition. In one picture, taken near a lake front, five scantily clad UF co-eds are seen arm-in-arm. Anita Mae Rose, Jessica Macbeth, Allison Creamer, Monique Omura and Natasha Combs all struck the pose, and only Macbeth kept her breasts covered with a blue bikini. Macbeth wants to be a surgeon, according to the magazine. "If posing for Playboy doesn't get her into a top med school, what good will studying do?" Playboy's writers queried.

Well perhaps if she had a tighter ass or bigger tits then she would have been accepted to Harvard Medical School right?

Simply speaking, we're putting more and more emphasis on looks and style then smarts and substance.  I'd certainly rather have a top surgeon who's a bit homely looking working on me rather then some hot looking young thing who's going to butcher me trying to look good for her boss.

Is it too much to ask that people start paying attention in school and they get rewarded with a good paying, low back breaking job?  It's worked for hundreds of years, why not now?

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Nuclear Plant Guards Asleep At The Switch

Holy crap on a stick! These guys are supposed to be patrolling and guarding a nuclear power plant and yet, they are fast asleep.

The video was shot by another guard and shown to a local TV station.  These guys not only need to be fired, they should be brought up on negligence charges.

Our men and women out on the front lines trying to protect our nation from terrorists and lunatics are being let down by a last line of defense that these guys were supposed to be.

Doesn't exactly fill you with confidence does it?

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Court to decide lethal injection, voter ID cases - CNN.com

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in a case that could affect the way inmates are executed around the country.

All 37 states that perform lethal injections use the same three-drug cocktail. The three drugs consist of an anesthetic, a muscle paralyzer, and a substance to stop the heart. Death penalty foes have argued that if the condemned is not given enough anesthetic, he can suffer excruciating pain without being able to cry out.

While there is a revenge motive in not caring about whether these inmates can feel pain before they die, the Constitution does strictly prohibit "Cruel and Unusual punishment".

So if that's the case, why can't we simply shoot these people with a high caliber rifle round through the back of the head?  A .50 caliber weapon should do nicely.  Death would be instantaneous and the condemned would feel no pain.

It's all about solutions people.  You can either complain about something, or offer up a solution to a current problem.  I'm just here to help. :)

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Calls for student editor to resign after 'F**k Bush' column - CNN.com

Welcome to the real world idiots.  There is no "freedom of speech" or "freedom of the press" when you work for someone else's newspaper.

It's the same thing as if I went throughout my office building screaming about how one political party was full of Nazi's over the other one.  I'd be summarily fired.

Now, I CAN do the same thing on the street corner, but just because you have the freedom to say and print what you want, doesn't give you the right to an audience (Rosie, take note).

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

U.S. Aims To Lure Insurgents With 'Bait' - washingtonpost.com

The classified program was described in investigative documents related to recently filed murder charges against three snipers who are accused of planting evidence on Iraqis they killed.

"Baiting is putting an object out there that we know they will use, with the intention of destroying the enemy," Capt. Matthew P. Didier, the leader of an elite sniper scout platoon attached to the 1st Battalion of the 501st Infantry Regiment, said in a sworn statement. "Basically, we would put an item out there and watch it. If someone found the item, picked it up and attempted to leave with the item, we would engage the individual as I saw this as a sign they would use the item against U.S. Forces."

I really can't fault these guys for baiting insurgents.  Falsely planting weapons and explosives on the guys to show that they were indeed insurgents is dishonorable and a crime, but if they are baiting the insurgents, good for them.

Insurgents in Iraq love to hide behind women and children, dress as civilians, dress in burqa's, and do all sorts of other cowardly things to avoid detection.

Soldiers said that about a dozen platoon members were aware of the program, and that numerous others knew about the "drop items" but did not know their purpose. Two soldiers who had not been officially informed about the program came forward with allegations of wrongdoing after they learned they were going to be punished for falling asleep on a sniper mission, according to the documents.

So are these soldiers coming forward because they want to save their own skins for falling asleep?  Or are they coming forward with legit concerns?

Personally, dropping items on a dead guy to further justify the killing is just asking for trouble.  If they were justified, then let the facts come out and that's that.  Don't get caught doing something stupid and then end up facing murder charges when/if you were justified in shooting the person to begin with.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Clinton campaign kills negative story - Ben Smith - Politico.com

Isn't this the kind of thing that Democrats LOVE to throw into Republican's faces when/if they have a negative story killed?

Well if that's the case, then why appear like such a blatant hypocrite and do the same thing? 

Early this summer, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign for president learned that the men’s magazine GQ was working on a story the campaign was sure to hate: an account of infighting in Hillaryland.
So Clinton’s aides pulled a page from the book of Hollywood publicists and offered GQ a stark choice: Kill the piece, or lose access to planned celebrity coverboy Bill Clinton.

“I don’t really get into the inner workings of the magazine, but I can tell you that yes, we did kill a Hillary piece. We kill pieces all the time for a variety of reasons,”

The level of hypocrisy is pretty high here folks.  Here we have Hillary Clinton, who calls for politicians to be "open and honest" and yet, they want to kill a negative story.  Doesn't sound "open and honest" to you does it?

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

French PM Fillon tells farmers 'France is broke' - Telegraph

This is what happens when you don't pass a balanced budget and pay down your debts. 

France is bankrupt and can no longer afford to pay its workers generous salaries and subsidies, its prime minister has declared.

Francois Fillon made the undiplomatic outburst during a trip to the French island of Corsica, where farmers were demanding more government money.

We should all pay VERY close attention and deal with our own financial problems before we get to this point.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia - Focus on Iran - MSNBC.com

Well there's been a firestorm about Ahmadinejad speaking at Columbia University in case you have been under a rock in the past few days.

 

I must admit, I was pretty pissed at the dean who invited our idiotic Iranian friend to speak.  However, he did make some statements that make me second guess my initial feelings.

Bollinger described Ahmadinejad as having a "fanatical mindset" for making statements like wanting Israel to be “wiped off the map.”

"Do you plan on wiping us off the map too?" Bollinger asked, also asking questions about allegations Iran was supplying insurgents in Iraq. "Can you tell them and us why Iran is fighting a proxy war in Iraq?"

Columbia University, whose president accused the hard-line leader of behaving like “a petty and cruel dictator.”

The proxy war part I'd LOVE to get an answer for.  However, this little "speech stunt" is going to cost Columbia dearly:

As the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, prepares to address Columbia University today amid a storm of student protest, state and city lawmakers say they are considering withholding public funds from the school to protest its decision to invite the leader to campus.

Of course, the Iranian President got a bit insulted for being called out on his idiotic views and actions of late, but I simply can't be raised up enough to put on my "I give a shit" hat, so fuck him.

Plus, we're looking at further sanctions against Iran, so things aren't looking that good for Iran right now.

The United States is pushing for a third U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran but faces opposition from China and Russia, among others, who want to give Tehran more time to suspend its uranium enrichment.

Ok, so we have Russia and China asking for more time for them to see things our way.  Alrighty, I'll take the bait:  How much time does Iran need Russia/China?  If they have not suspended enrichment by that time, then you automatically vote for more severe sanctions?  Say 90 days and if they aren't verifiably stopping enrichment, we take sanctions to a significantly higher range such as oil and gas shipments, all weapons deals are immediately stopped, and only the basic necessities are allowed in or out of the country.  Sound fair?

Of course, Russia and China would never agree to this as they are all cowards and don't want to hurt their precious economy for various reasons.  They WANT the US to do all the dirty work for them, but they don't want to be seen as supporting the US.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Trouble For Blackwater

Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case had been referred to the Iraqi judiciary.

If they fired upon civilians unprovoked, then they deserve to be sent to jail like anyone else. If they were fired upon first, then the "outrage" is moot. They say they have a video tape of it, so let's see it.

Iraq's president, meanwhile, demanded that the Americans release an Iranian arrested this week on suspicion of smuggling weapons to Shiite militias. The demand adds new strains to U.S.-Iraqi relations only days before a meeting between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Fuck off and die in a fire. There is no way that we're releasing a guy who smuggled weapons to insurgents in Iraq. If Iran is supporting the insurgency like everyone knows they are, then why are they demanding his release? Secondly, why is the President of IRAQ demanding his release? Unless it's a typo on CNN's part (which is entirely possible), then BOTH Iran and Iraq should demand to see evidence of weapons smuggling rather than asking for his release.

Either way, they know their goose is cooked if this guy starts talking. Worse yet, Iran didn't declare war on the US, the guy wasn't wearing a uniform, or following any of the rules of the Geneva Convention, so he's technically not a prisoner of war.

It's only going to get more interesting as time goes on.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Giuliani: I Support Right to Bear Arms

Unfortunately Rudy, your record doesn't reflect that.

Republican Rudy Giuliani sought to reassure the National Rifle Association of his support for a constitutional right to bear arms as rivals Fred Thompson, John McCain and Mike Huckabee contended the former New York mayor is no friend of gun owners.

In a direct appeal Friday to the powerful lobbying group, Thompson, McCain and Huckabee stressed their backing for gun rights and record of siding with the NRA. Giuliani, who once referred to the NRA as "extremists," tried to explain his shifting views on the issue.

Rudy has in the past called for gun control and that's just one area where I disagree with him entirely. Unfortunately for Rudy, this one issue may cost him the Presidency. With a Democratically controlled Congress, the chances of gun control advocates getting laws passed is much easier with someone who has demonstrated that they will defend those who exercise their Second Amendment rights, and Rudy simply isn't that person.

On a lot more issues, Rudy and I are in agreement, but this one key issue is something that I simply can't get over. It's my right to own a gun, regardless of what TYPE of gun it is, and if I want it, I shouldn't have the government telling me what I can and can't have.

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

North Korea Sells Nuclear Material To Syria

Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.

The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.

They confirmed that samples taken from Syria for testing had been identified as North Korean. This raised fears that Syria might have joined North Korea and Iran in seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.

That would explain why Syria has been uber quiet about this whole episode. They don't want to be seen as trying to acquire nuclear weapons materials. That would also explain why North Korea is also being quiet about this whole episode.

It's becoming more and more clear that North Korea is trying to weasel it's way back into prosperity by selling nuclear material to nations that will pay through the nose to get it.

That being said, Syria needs to be punished for this blatant attempt at nuclear proliferation, and North Korea needs to be severely punished for it's complete disregard for sensitive nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists.

Personally, I think a nice bombing run would do nicely against North Korea once their nuclear program has been completely shut down. Let them find out what it means to be an underhanded, weaselly government and the consequences of that action.

And you all wonder of the validity of Iran's nuclear weapons program? They also had a nice, cozy relationship with North Korea as well.

Travis

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Protesting

Iran and Israel in bitter clash at U.N. watchdog debate | U.S. | Reuters

God how I love Israelis.  They really know how to call a spade a spade.

Today they got into a shouting match with Iranian diplomats over their nuclear program and out and out called them liars.

"Those who call for the elimination of Israel have no moral standing when they criticize Israeli policies aimed at defending Israel's very existence."

Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh said: "This is strange, the Israeli prime minister acknowledged having nuclear weapons, now we hear that this is a lie.

"The only way for the international community to know the truth is to authorize the IAEA to send inspectors to Israel and verify the truth," Soltanieh said, his voice rising.

"We are seriously concerned about possession of nuclear weapons and non-accession to NPT. Non-aligned countries representing billions of people want an end put to this matter.

Classic deflection move.  The Iranians know damned good and well they're caught in a corner over their nuclear program and they're trying to say "But the Jews have them too!"

IAEA resolutions normally pass by consensus. The safeguards measure passed 80-0 with 12 abstentions, mainly by Arab nations.

Of course.  Arab nations don't want to be seen as the same as Democrats:  On record trying to do what's right instead of what's popular.

CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker Clinton: I am not a lesbian «

The fact that she was even ASKED this is funny to me.  I have about a million different comments, all of them very personal attacks against Hillary, but I'm going to refrain from making them.  I'll attack her policies, her idiotic ideals, her qualifications, her weasel like actions, her voice changing depending on the audience, and a ton of other things, but I won't attack her over personal issues.  If she's gay, she's gay.  If she's not, she's not.  That's her business.

But that's not going to prevent any of you from making similar personal attacks in the comments section.  (Hint, Hint)

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

WorldNetDaily: Sheikdom shakedown: Dubai moves on Nasdaq

Dubai is trying to purchase 20% of the NASDAQ and there aren't people IMMEDIATELY trying to cut this deal off at the feet?

The announcement set off a firestorm of criticism in Washington, prompting President Bush to comment today in a news conference, "We're going to take a good look at it, as to whether or not it has any national security implications involved in the transaction. I'm comfortable with the process to go forward."

Well I'm NOT comfortable with the process going forward.  Arab nations are buying up things left and right because of the blatant price gouging at the pump and we're letting them do it.  There's no reason to believe that they won't try to hang this over our heads in the future, so there's no reason for this deal to go through.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

S.C. mom scoops al-Qaida with its videos - Yahoo! News

Occasionally she comes across a gem, such as when she found a recent Osama bin Laden video — before al-Qaida had announced it.

"I realized, oh my gosh, I'm sitting here, I'm a fat 50-year-old mom and I've managed to scoop al-Qaida," said Mansfield, who uses that name as a pseudonym because she receives death threats.

She sometimes spends 100 hours a week online, and she often finds items after word has begun spreading on the Arabic forums of an imminent release.

"It's really important to understand what the jihadists think and how they're planning on doing things," she said. "They're very vocal. They tell us what they're going to do and then they go out and do it."

My aunt is the same way.  She catches you screwing around, it's your ass.  I just find it hilarious that Al-Qaeda's website's are being infiltrated by an "infidel".

Go Laura!  Let me know if you need any expert help. :)

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls | Reuters

Hey China, we at Mattel are really sorry about the whole "recall thing".  We wouldn't want to sully the reputation that China enjoys for manufacturing high quality items at low prices while respecting human rights.....Ha!  Almost said that with a straight face.

"Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologizes personally to you, the Chinese people and all of our customers who received the toys."

Debrowski said he realized the damage that had been done to the reputation of Chinese goods, adding the company was committed to manufacturing in China and was also investing $30 million in a Barbie store in Shanghai.

In other words:  "Please accept our apology because we don't want to be forced to move manufacturing to another country and raise prices for 10 cents worth of plastic".

The funny thing is that China is touting this about as if everything else in the whole Chinese made items recalls mean nothing.  Perhaps it was a design flaw done by Mattel, but when you keep reading about Chinese made items including baby cribs being recalled because they've actually KILLED CHILDREN it's a bigger problem then simple design flaws.  It's the Chinese cutting corners or hiring incompetent people and it effects people's lives directly.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Bill Clinton jokes he might not handle being 'first husband' very well - On Politics - USATODAY.com

"No, I may slit my throat," former president Bill Clinton joked last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart after being asked how well he might cope with going from leader of the world's remaining superpower to husband of the first woman president.

 

I think we'll all slit our throats if that happens Bill. :)

 

However, on a more serious note, take a look at what he talks about toward the end of the video about sleep depravation in Congress members.  He may have a point.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Woman held in airport bomb hoax - CNN.com

Massachusetts State Police arrested a 19-year-old MIT student Friday at Boston's Logan International Airport after receiving a report that a woman had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to her chest.

The woman arrested at the Boston airport was identified as Star Simpson, an MIT student.

Authorities said the device proved to be fake.

The woman described the fake device as "art" that she was proud of and wanted to display, Pare said.

An MIT student??  How do you get into such a prestigious university and be so fucking stupid?  Does she not know that Logan is where some of the 9/11 hijackings originated?

She was told to stop, raise her hands and make no movements, and she followed those directions, said Maj. Scott Pare, the airport commanding officer for the Massachusetts State Police.

"It's good that she responded," he said. "She's lucky she's in a jail cell rather than the morgue."

Exactly right and I wouldn't hold any officers at fault if they did kill this moron. 

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Hamas rebuffed in approach to Israel: source - Yahoo! News

Public broadcaster Israel Radio said Israel rejected an approach from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, through a "mediator," to a senior Israeli defense official before the Israeli security cabinet declared Gaza an "enemy entity" on Wednesday.

The Palestinian source told Reuters Hamas sought talks with Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, offering to rein in rocket fire into Israel in return for an easing of border controls.

Or more truthfully:  "We will stop shooting at you if you ease up so we can rearm and regroup ourselves".

The Palestinians really ought to consider themselves lucky.  If I were in power, I'd order Gaza be invaded and Hamas eradicated.  Then I'd order our guys to assassinate any and all Hamas members.

The only thing these thugs understand is force.  When you start slaughtering them by the thousands, then they'll start thinking: "Hey, maybe being a Hamas member isn't what it's cracked up to be".

And if any other nation tried to intervene on Hamas' behalf, then they are fair game as well.

Sooner or later you have to stop the bloodshed.  The only way to do that is overwhelming force against the enemy.  Bring them to the brink of destruction and take the fight out of them.  Otherwise they slowly bleed you out.  A rocket here, a car bomb there, your citizens must feel safe and must BE safe.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Left Wing Idiots

I get a lot of left wing spams and for the most part, I just discard them.  But every now and then, one is so idiotic and twists the truth so badly, they need to be publicly humiliated.  Here is one such email:  As usual, the email is in bold, my comments are not.

 

Dear Travis,

Kids need health care. So why has President Bush vowed to veto legislation that provides kids with health coverage?

That's right! Oh God, won't someone PLEASE think of the children!!?!  Bush must be some kind of monster who grinds up puppies for his morning coffee!

The House and Senate are preparing to pass a bill that would continue and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Under the bill, four million low-income children who lack health coverage would become covered. 

At a cost of $60 billion a year.  And what they DON'T tell you is that some states are starting to put ADULTS on this program as well.  Couple that with what Hillary wants for universal health care, that's $170 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

A majority in Congress support this bill, but a simple majority is not enough because George Bush does not want to give states more federal funds to cover children. Instead, his budget would force states to take coverage away from hundreds of thousands of children.

Blatantly not true.  Bush has said that he would like to continue the program and offered to bump the increase in funding by $5 billion instead of Congress' proposed $60 billion.

That's where you come in. Please—take action now to help us get a veto proof majority in Congress so that more kids have health care.

Because there are no public health insurance programs, welfare, parents with jobs, etc.  Make no mistake, the sole persons responsible for the health of a child is that child's PARENTS.

A simple majority is not enough because the President has vowed to veto the bill. 

Finally a shred of truth.

George Bush does not want to give states more federal funds to cover children. Instead, his budget would force states to take coverage away from hundreds of thousands of children.

Another blatant lie.  George Bush has said he would give a $5 billion dollar bump.  How is that "not more federal funds"?  Notice how they are trying to emotionally blackmail you with the thoughts of "hundreds of thousands" of sick children?

But if enough Senators and Representatives vote for this bill, we can override the President's veto. 

True.

The veto loses and kids win.

The veto loses, the kids win, and the country goes even FURTHER into debt because parents, illegal immigrants, and others don't want to get off their ass to better their lives and get jobs that provide better health coverage. 

So what happens then genius, when the country is up to it's eyeballs in debt and the "poor children" don't have health coverage because we simply can't afford it?

You can help us get a veto proof majority by contacting your elected officials right now:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/support_SCHIP

Let them know that it's time to protect health care for low-income kids.

And let them know that the American people have no concept of "to get something, you have to pay for it".

Sincerely,

Tracey Conaty

afscmepa@afscme.org
AFSCME e-Action Network

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Think Progress » Harman: Conservatives Falsely Hyped Terror Threat Against U.S. Capitol To Pass FISA Expansion

That's some pretty explosive accusations, have any evidence to back it up?

Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), speaking at a FISA event yesterday organized by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, stated that the terror claims were “part of a well-orchestrated campaign” by the administration to politicize the FISA debate. She referred to the efforts as part of the “Rovian strategy of using terrorism as a wedge political issue.” Harman asserted that the intelligence agencies “knew” the terror claims propagated by conservative lawmakers were false.

So you're "asserting" rather than actually showing evidence that they knew the lead wasn't true you're just making wild accusations? 

That specific intelligence claim, it turned out, was bogus; the intelligence agencies knew that –apparently had communicated to Congress or to relevant people that it was bogus, the source was unreliable. But that communication wasn’t in any published form until the day that the Senate passed the amendments to FISA.

So the lead turned out to be unreliable, yet you think they lied about it?  Why didn't you ask for more evidence before you voted for or against the FISA update?  It's YOUR FUCKING JOB TO KNOW THESE THINGS!

If I don't investigate a problem in my job thoroughly enough and I make a bad or wrong decision about it, it could theoretically cost me my job. I don't blame others for my mistakes.  Jane Harman is pissed that the lead turned out to be unreliable, NOT bogus and now she's on record as to the way she voted.

I find it very hard to believe that ALL the intelligence agencies that we have would conspire against Democrats in Congress to get this law passed.

Do your fucking job Harman.

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com