The Dems Overreach Again as Stark Makes Outrageous Comments

They always do. Now we're seeing what these Bay area Democrats are really all about.

Congressman Stark
Pete Stark, a congressman from somewhere in the SF Bay area, made the ridiculous statement on the House floor that young men and women are getting their heads blown off for the amusement of the president. Of course, those comments had nothing to do with what was before him, the Dem's inability to override the SCHIP veto ("...denying healthcare for children...") , the usual third world rhetoric they use when they talk down to poor folks. Nevermind that these children's parents make between 70 and 80 grand a year. The president was right about this. It is precisely that type of expenditure that Republicans want stopped. If people on that income cannot provide healthcare for their families, I suggest they sell an asset...if it's really that important to them. Or, go to the state.

BTW, insurance for children is very cheap by virtue of their youth and health. These insurance pools of young people is another scam. Think about it. Major Medical insurance with a $500 deductable is what all that's needed for young people. Most people are being nickled and dimed to death by these ridiculous policies.

Once Again, Being a Democrat Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
When asked to retract his statement, Stark simply continued his diatribe in the news media and made things worse by adding more vitriol.

Naturally, today's craven patriotic Democrats are allowing him (and many, many others) to make outrageous accusations about their colleagues who were also, just like them, duly elected by the people with no demands that he pull his stupid remarks back.

These people are so badly afflicted with Bush Hatred Syndrome, they can't remember how democracy actually works. That's what hatred does to people, I guess.

Do You Really Want America to Look Like San Francisco?
Leftism and socialism can be seen in its practical application in San Francisco. If we want our country run like their city, electing these leftist Democrats is the ticket. Like Gavin Newsome...there are so many of them. What was once a fabulous city has turned into a cesspool.

Speaking of cities, I don't know how anything can get done in D.C. with this cacophony of outrage even when the votes weren't there to begin with. The president frontloaded this bill, by telling the American people what the particulars of the bill were. The president has the right to veto any legislation, as the Congress has the right to try to get the votes to override his veto. Just like the vote on the war, just like the votes for stopping funding for the war--not enough votes for your side, Pete. Guess Stark didn't get the memo on how laws get made.

Congressman Stark, along with all the rest of the Bay area activists are setting up the Democrat Party for a drastic fall. I doubt even Mrs. Clinton can save them...even though she's trying to convince America of her moderate views. I think the media is missing it, the polls are missing it, everyone is missing it. The extremists will kill their party's hopes of winning a national election, especially with the excessive examples we've seen as a result of them having won regional elections.

This hateful rhetoric on both sides will not produce the results either wants. It never does. This has occurred in our recent history when each party nominated the extreme Goldwater and the extreme McGovern in answer to their loudest, angriest members. It didn't work then and it won't work now. Americans hate this.

Thanks for the read.

Anne Coulter is Incorrect

I'm guessing the Far Right's Golden Girl With a Snake for a Tongue, Anne Coulter, is not all that popular among the true Republican Party faithful, i.e., the Republican Party centrists. Why? She keeps doing the same thing over and over again and no one really, truly benefits except...Anne Coulter.

Remember how she howled at George the Junior about the Harriet Meirs nomination...in a time of war...when the president was hanging on to public opinion by a thread? Great benefit. She and the rest of her pals should have let this issue be. Harriet Meirs wasn't a threat. The Far Right was out to prove a point about abortion, one more time...to the detriment of the party and the country at war. That's what's wrong with the Far Right. They have a lousy sense of timing.

Anne Coulter just can't help herself. She slipped when she stated, "...we Republicans(Conservatives/Christians/Perfect People) just want the Jews to be perfected, that's all..."

Perfected: isn't that an odd word? Not exactly on the tip of one's tongue. Who does she think she's talking to?

I'm writing to say that Anne Coulter is dead wrong. In other words, she's not correct that Christians (Conservatives/Perfect People) just want to perfect (the verb) Jews, as if only those darned, preferably Orthodox Jews would convert to Christianity they'd feel sooo much better--like Anne obviously does every time she perfects a Jew! Not to mention the extra jewels you get in your crown in heaven when you convert a Jew.

Actually, Anne needs to get her hip, usually denim-clad personhood to a Bible study.

Red Meat for the Base
I've been a Republican for hundreds of years and I don't recall ONCE needing the type of rhetoric Coulter's too red lips spittle through to get me inspired. Who needs Coulter when you've got the New York Times, Chris Matthews and CNN to get you as mad as a beauty salon patron whose tinted blonde hair keeps coming out yellow not ash, no matter what...once a brownette, always a brownette...or maybe a 40 volume peroxide is needed? It's an art, you know. Take it from one who knows: that is one mad woman.

Looking inward, as I so often do, I've wondered when we Republicans started talking so offensively, so much like Democrats. There was a time we held the high ground. We wouldn't say fudge if we had a mouthful. We were, well, wonderful.

That changed. The Goldwater-Johnson election was embarassing to a bunch of us, but most of us got snookered by the "extreme" tongues of the Right Wing of the Republican Party, and we nominated the most feared man in America, according to Democrats...and lost the election. We GOPers really knew how to pick 'em.

Republicans either stayed home that year or held their noses and voted for Barry Goldwater, who was a tremendously devisive individual. I think Barry thought he was the Cold War's Thomas Paine. He did like to go over a bit, rhetorically speaking. We abused Republicans ate it up.

As I recall, my terminally Republican mother actually didn't vote, a transgression my more-terminally Republican father took personally. (He thought like RR: speak no evil of fellow Republicans.) We got trounced.

The masterful Democrats, remarkable in the art of distortion, had taken it all in and in one 60-second spot TV advertisement called, The Daisy Girl (top right video), the gullible American people--in the middle of the Cold War, for God's sake--witnessed the dramatic black and white close-up that changed the political landscape forever: a precious, little blonde girl counts and pulls petals off a daisy..and most people know the rest. So much for the fortunes of Goldwater, and unfortunately, the Republican Party.

Then came the Silent Majority thought up by another headline grabber who in name of Christ, snookered the party again. One preacher after another came out for family values. We done got religion! Whether we wanted it or not.

Out came the anti gay message, anti everything message. Politics got mixed up with religion. The Silent Majority got their wish with Richard Nixon, which is a big joke, because Nixon, THEIR candidate was an embarassment (the man who would "end" the war in Vietnam, while Kissinger and the Viet Cong drank French champagne for four years during their so called peace talks. It was obscene, reminiscent of today's Dems who want to abandon and surrender Iraq.).

Thanks much to the political agenda of Hollywood from whom Americans have been served thousands of movies depicting the utter depravity of all Republicans, who in most scripts were always in power, we've been painted by the broadest of liberal brushes--village idiot to corporate killer to Satan. (Nothing offensive about that.) It wasn't until George Bush the Elder fought back for the first time in years with the Willie Horton ad that the Dems began understanding mowing over us wouldn't be so darned easy. I remember how they demonized the Republicans for doing the things they'd been pulling for decades. It was, I have to admit, sweet irony, especially when Bush the Elder won the election.

Such retorts and other insults over the years brought out Anne Coulter. She's an angry activist who seems to be unwilling to admit when she is wrong or that what she says might genuinely offend. In other words, Ms. Coulter comes off to many as graceless, unable to sustain a good argument because of her constant preoccupation with being heard and right. It's too bad she's allowed herself to become a charachature because she once had a cogent message before she got full of herself.

Her glib, lawyer tongue and Coulter's desperate need to be right, someone who seems to want vengence for the treatment of her boss, Clarence Thomas, no matter what, is offensive to many Republicans, with whom she may not be familiar. They're the ones who consistently give money to the Republican Election Committees and the Party, and give the president the benefit of the doubt when he's in a fight for the Republic's very life with the Dems. She should have supported the president in this horrible time of war. That's when old Anne lost me for good.

Debate and Facts
Many Republicans don't like confrontational identity debates. Anyone with a ripple of experience with Republicans remembers we don't like "scenes." I don't know; maybe it's just an emotional handicap many of us suffer,likely a result from too much time spent at the country club. By definition, a middle of the road Republican would rather go through vacinnations for rabies than raise his voice. It is sad. We cowered so long (Hoover,and the guilt, you know), like the beaten wife who's afraid her husband (FDR was in office for 16 years!) will kill the kids, and finally the Mrs. blew and her rage burst out like lava. (Then he kills the kids.)


Coulter Has Certainly Crossed My Line
I still hold out hope for more civil politics, although now political debates seem more like channel-rotating skirmishes of political pundits doing--let's face it--informal job interviews. They have a pretty good chance of making it with the next administration, after all--at least 50-50. In reality, not a lot ever gets accomplished except it semms people just get madder and our Republic continues sifting away in misinformation, as if no one cares about the Republic.

Only a Converted Jew is a Perfected Jew?
If Coulter insists on proselytizing a bunch of Jews, I suggest she bring a great big Angel with her--check with Gabriel's secretary; he might be free that week. God didn't call the Jews His Chosen People just to get ratings from the guys in Hollywood or even the Diaspored.

Get thee to a Bible study, Miss Coulter. Then get a researcher. And an editor couldn't hoit.*

Thanks for the read

*And if you find one, let me know. Cuz God knows I'm not poifict.

Memorial for My Nephew

Our family suffered a terrible loss on Friday evening. My brother's only son, John Robert Layman, Jr., was electrocuted on the roof of a house he was restoring. We don't really know much except that the city of Kansas City hasn't released him to the family.

John was only twelve years younger than I. He was always a good-looking kid who had his grandfather's and father's athleticism. He was a close-to-turning-pro soccer player who gave a shot at the Los Angeles team back in the day. John could make his body do anything he wanted it to. He was pretty darned good.

Besides my brother, John leaves his mother, Marilyn (my dear, sweet sister-in-law), and his two beloved sisters, Ann and Marian.

There will be a memorial service at 10:00 am, Saturday, at Newcomers in Kansas City.

LaRaza and Aztlan: Your Friends Who Want "Their" Country Back

Nevermind that the United States of America paid them a rather large sum for the land they didn't seem to want at the time. Now a couple of the Latino "advocacy" ("idiocy") groups want it back...and you and me out. What's changed? Numbers and solidarity, mostly. Next thing we know, Putin will want Alaska back!

LaRaza Subterranean Invasion
Although these illogical folks insist the translation of their name actually means The Community, The Peoples, and my favorite--The Cosmic; actually, LaRaza does means The Race.

LaRaza says Latinos are not a race. I didn't see anything about their Indian DNA. I'm European and Native American (my great grandmother, Isabelle Bennett, was half Miami Indian). Does that make me a LaRaza member prospect? Now since the Indian blood came into my European family in the early 1880s, I probably have as much right to form a group as these folks. After all, weren't my people invaded too?

Meanwhile, LaRaza has put Kansas City on notice that because the city has a park board member who is also a member of The Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, the group will pull out of their contract to hold their annual convention there. They claim it is offensive. They are outrageously demanding that the city fire the board member. They also claim the NAACP is thinking of not convening in KC for the same reason, although the source was unable to get NAACP to return his calls. I pray NAACP doesn't react at all.

If both conventions pull out, there is a likely loss of $15.2 million in revenue to the city. The KC Convention Bureau doesn't seem to know how they're going to respond. They speak as if they're in "negotiations" with this hate group, which is the biggest crime of all. The only leverage the city seems to have is a $70,000 cancellation penalty for LaRaza. What with all their federal funds, LaRaza should be able to quickly give away such a piddly amount.

BTW, it is estimated that the Latino population in Kansas City will replace the African-American population as the largest minority, according to the University of Missouri. Guess that's why all the politicians are panicking. Again, another American city's politicians just can't seem to do what's right by their current constituents. What a betrayal. And it's become these political season's Outrage Du Jour.

Aztlan
Aztlan (Aztlain) make no bones about their intention to "reconquer" the U.S. They are dangerous radicals who need to be exposed much more than they have been by our dilatory mainstream media. They are a racist, violent, obnoxious organization who have no regard for Anglos, Blacks, Asians, whomever. The idea that my tax dollars go to the salaries of the irresponsible, radical professors who are the spokesmen for these hate groups drives me crazy. I only hope there are no federal funds going to the organization itself. But you know there is! Isn't there always?

Lose Your Old Ideas and Join the Party, Get Legal.
And don't blame me and mine because you're not legal.

Immigrants, illegal and legal, confound their own misery by not acculturating. Most Americans don't beat their chests about their racial heritage. It doesn't matter! Isn't that what being an American is about: moving away from the old and on to the new?

Why, oh, why must these groups continue to act and react in the same old third world way, not understanding it is precisely this carrying-over of their tiresome, third world political reactions (victimhood, oppression-based reality, mob/mass/folks against the man) and customs that keep them from feeling good about where they think they should be in the American scheme of things. I wonder if the leaders of said groups are simply disappointed, bitter newcomers whose naive expectations of America's largess were great and the results were low. I think many third world immigrants have the idea there's a huge pot of gold awaiting them as soon as they come across the border. Like it's magic.

Too little is said about how hard most (all cultures, races, beliefs) Americans work, how much education we've had and what it takes to become successful in the New World. Too little is mentioned about the general good nature of most Americans who have engaged in a quiet acceptance of the flow of illegals for decades. None of us want to send people away, split up their families, none of us. But some of us have to do the right thing by the rest of the country, which is insist that the state and federal governments live up to their end of the contract they have made with the us, the people who elected them. Thus, we must expect our officials to enforce the laws they themselves made, or change the law. For that reason, I am a strong supporter of enforcement of current laws and building fences.

We brought this on ourselves. We had a chance in the mid-eighties finally get this under control, but then people were called racists if they talked too aggressively about illegals. Too politically incorrect. The only person in America who had the guts to talk about it was Pete Wilson with his Prop 187. Does anyone remember that the proposition passed? Then it was knocked down by one of the liberal judges who run our lives out here in the Ninth Judicial District by the very liberal judges appointed by the people who are screaming loudest today about immigration. Where were they then? And where were the Republicans when it came to realizing we had to force businesses to not hire illegals. Period. Neither side had the political will to jump on that third rail.

Now we have sanctuary cities. I believe that any American city which responds to the illegal immigration problem by providing sanctuary should be cut off from federal funds as they are clearly out of contractural compliance. Again, all our elected officials--local and federal--have to do is simply enforce the laws on the books, ignore the special interest groups which try to make us feel guilty and do the job they are bound to by law, the Constitution and the oaths they publicly and willingly swore to. It really, really isn't that hard.

Thanks for the read.

Mayor Giuliani's Stand on Ahmadinejad

Mayor Rudy Giuliani released the following statement to be read at the National Rally To End The Threat being held today at noon:

I have always been proud to stand with the Conference of Presidents and speak out against terrorists and their supporters. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an enemy of America, Israel, and the entire free world. We should never remain silent when evil makes an appearance.

We will not allow a nuclear Iran. Period. We will work with our allies and use every tool at our disposal to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. That is not a threat. It’s a promise. Iran is the leading state-sponsor of terrorism, the host of Bin Laden’s son and other top al-Qaeda leaders, and the supplier of weapons being used to kill American soldiers in Iraq. His promises to destroy America and Israel should not, can not, and will not be ignored.

It is a sad reflection on the United Nations that the General Assembly and Human Rights Council have ignored these actions and instead focused attention on demonizing the State of Israel.

You are standing here today to tell the world that Ahmadinejad’s threats and actions have not gone unnoticed by all. I am proud to stand with you.

Manhattan Goose Step

All Americans should be outraged that the killer from Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is allowed to set foot on American soil. I wish we didn't have to let him in--not now, not ever. He's a terrorist. He doesn't belong at The United Nations.

Why does he want to go the 9/11 Memorial? I believe he'd like to place his own wreath (a waist bomb?) for the nineteen murderers who made him and the rest of these loathsome people proud.

Spineless College Administrators
When interviewed, John Coastworth, Dean of Columbia University, who invited this moron to speak, stated he certainly wouldn't have invited him if we were at war. He added, nor would he have invited Hitler if we were at war.

If we were at war? So, knowing Hitler the way everyone in the world did in the 30s, that he was anti-Semitic to the point of pathology, Columbia would have invited him because he had not yet invaded Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland? How about when he marched down the Champs De Elysee? Then?

Perhaps we can't all be soldiers, but isn't there anything that these folks will stand for besides "free speech?"

A Generation of Observers and Talkers
We've successfully taught our children that there is no black or white, there is no judgment that man can make about another, if only we (Americans) would be nicer to these countries who are so mad at us; then, here's my favorite: You right-wingers are all alike. You're exaggerating. Besides, it's just about oil. Go green and that'll stop. Nothing's going to happen. And if it does, it your damned fault, you and your hateful ways.

God, it's exhausting to listen to the Progressive Left's inflexible, irresponsible, juvenile rhetoric.

Is this a result of a generation who did not have to think about defending themselves because a draft wasn't even in their consciousness? Why won't they deal with reality? What psychological hook is causing this almost suicidal preoccupation with political correctness? Moreover, Columbia's adults in charge, if there are any, should set the example of intolerance towards any terrorists who supply the weaponry to kill our own people--no, their own people.

Why is is so hard for academia to do what everyone knows is right? Are they constitutionally incapable of ignoring the obvious and are so invested in their scholarly inquiry they're unable to go along, even when it's best? We didn't have these issues thirty years ago! But then, thirty years ago, we had embassy full of American hostages in Tehran thanks to the feckless Jimmy Carter. Ahmadinejad himself has been identified by many of the hostages as a major participant in their capture.

I wonder when the country will stand up solidly against these outrages. Soon? After we're hit again? When? After Iran steps up the support of Pakistan's El Qaeda, knocks out Musharref, takes control of the nuclear labs in Islamabad? Would the university president consider us to be at war then?

Thanks for the read.

The Children's Table Throws Another Temper Tantrum

The little darlings at Move On are terribly unhappy that someone would officially comment on their outrageous, childish and dangerous behavior and just said so on today's post.

The U.S. Senate just told you to sit down and be quiet.
They passed a Resolution condemning MoveOn.org to intimidate all of us who care about ending this war. We say,"We will not be quiet, we will fight back, and we will keep speaking out until Congress forms an exit plan for this awful war."

The Young, The Entitled, The Weak
There they go again, as RR used to say when he wanted to completely diminish his critics. Usually, however, his opponents were sophisticated and worldly enough to understand the value of debate, a touche or two from each side and the importance of respecting each other's political reality. As it is with these all-or-nothing folks, we've been forced to react to them or allow them to run roughshod over individual groups (the Jews, the Christians, the Republicans) and public servants (General Patraeus)

I'm not too thrilled with the Senate Resolution. I think it was unnecessary and set MOO up for another counter attack. You have to wonder what the back story is there. Why are so many Republicans retiring, for instance? Whatever it is, something more than the "Betray Us" ad is behind this, otherwise yesterday's Senate Resolution seems like overkill to me.

A Note on The MOO Language

The kids at MOO are obviously prickly about their youthful image. They should be.

Nevermind them. I want to know what the Jihadists think. Oh, look. I just found a script written by the Jihadist I took to lunch the other day. Lemme see if there's anything...yep. Oh, look. Here it is:

Working Title:
How To Fight a Real War When You Don't Have Your Own Personal Country

Fade in.

Int - Islamofascist Mosque (Iran) - Night

Fifty men gather at the annual convention of "made" Islamofascists. They're on their feet in blinding white robes and form a crescent at the foot of the podium; they scream in the air in Arabic as if there is an object to scream at; they pump their fists.

The keynote speaker, an Islamofascist leader (looks to have just turned 50), stands at the dais. Beads of sweat fly off his unusually dark beard as he continues his firey oratory.

Islamofascist Leader
Stupid Amerika. They listen to children!

The crowd breaks into hysterical laughter.
Five minutes later...

Islamofascist Leader
These are grown men who live with their parents!
God is Great!

Crowd
Death to Amerika!
Death to Amerika!

Islamofascist Leader
The Amerikans send her good ones to fight us and to be killed in our backyard--yet leave their parasites at home to write about freedom and the news! Did Allah not say this would happen?

(Beat)
God IS great.

Crowd
Allah Akbahr!
Allah Akbahr!

Fade out.

Depressing, isn't it?

Thanks for the read.

MoveOn/Daily Kos Dot Orgs: Sorry? For What?

I had to know why some Americans could be so out of love with their country that they'd join ideological forces with persons who are killing their fellow citizens. Looking on Wikipedia, here's what I found out.

One's A Old Fashioned Peacenik
MoveOn.Org was started by a newly rich Berkeley couple in response to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Impressed with the savvy of mid 30s Eli Pariser, another blogger/peace activist from Simon's Rock College in Maine, they made him the big cheese in charge of character assassinations.

I've heard MOO has probably been the biggest influence in centralizing the Progressive Leftist movement in that it has seemed to bring the Dems perceptively to the center ideologically--and theoretically. (I dont' believe that, by the way.) More center-leaning candidates are having their chops busted but still hold fast to these crazies. The George Soros-funded website has Hillary and the rest of the Dem candidates on their knees (not unlike Lewinsky, when you think about it). It remains to be seen if the demands of Progressive realpolitik survives the demands of the U.S. Constitution and the American people. But, first, they have to get elected, which they will not.

The Other's Too Young To Know Anything
Daily Kos (short for Cossack--am I the only one in the room bothered by that?) is put together by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. This moribund-looking fellow reminds me of the little Corporal, Adolf Hitler in his younger years, but instead of Brown Shirts he's got fellow nerds and big Leftist money behind him. Kos is 32ish and has only one year's worth of consulting experience with Howard Dean's presidential campaign. Now there's an endorsement.

He ran away from life and started his blog a couple or three years ago after his failure in the high tech industry (which he says he took personally). Zuniga's disppointment in how Dean's campaign turned out, and his complete and total business failure closely afterward must have been too much for the little guy; the pressure drove him to become a rebel. Those four or five rough nights in the dark expanses of Silicon Valley's software's hell holes had to be brutal.

Maybe if Zuniga had given life a few more years, he wouldn't be so bitter.

He lives in Berkeley (No kidding!) and is married. There's really little to know about him because he's so young, except he is quoted in Wikipedia as saying, "I'm an a--hole and it's okay with me...." He was born in Chicago, his parents Greek and Salvadoran. He went to Salvador when he was a little kid and when it was dangerous, got out when the US came to Salvador's aid against the Leftists (some things never change). Never one to show much gratitude, he then returned to the US for good. Guess that's where the a--hole thing comes from.

He states that because he spent time as a child in a war zone he naturally knows what we should do about war. Meanwhile it's important to remember, as you consider this man's rich portfolio, that Mr. Zuniga enlisted in the military during the Gulf War when he was 16. He then dropped out of the whole thing to help with Howard Dean's campaign. Che Guevara, he ain't.

So this 32-year old prophet claims to have been a G.H.W. Bush Republican who has switched because of his hatred for George W., the war crimes, WMDs, ad nauseum. Moreover, Kos The Magnificent has declared he is not a journalist, but an activist.

Or was that the other guy over at MOO? It's not important really. No one will remember them after next year's election.

Thanks for the read.

Sally Field: I Hate Her. I Really, Really Do

Sally Field is in a hopeless spot: some women hate her because she refuses to grow old like them; other women hate her because she gets to have face lifts, look terrific, and they don't.

Me? I Just Hate Her
Maybe I just hate the idea of her. Perhaps because I am experiencing my own age/style "issues" someone as surefooted as Gidget just makes me cranky. Yes, she looked great. Yes, she's taking care of herself. Yeah, yeah, yeah. First it's Helen Mirrin looking fabulous at the Oscars, now Field. Has neither of them any shame?

Would this Emmy audience have been so charitable to Helen Hayes? I doubt it. Oh, they'd have shown respect for an old woman who's so over, but that's about it.

It's not about just acting anymore. It's about not looking older and having to literally rebuild the body until it's respectable enough to show on in public and on television. It's about denying who everyone will eventually become. Most everyone. That affects the stories and characters these Peter Pans and Panettes try to display. Why not? Most of TV's writing is fantasy anyway.

Maybe there is enough Botulinum and wrinkle fillers in the world to keep regular old folks young enough not to upset the young adults who seem to be in charge of most everything, and maybe a large percentage of Boomers will get free face lifts when Gavin Newsom becomes Emperor; but is that what we really want? Do we really want the Katherine Helmond-Style (what movie?) grandma carrying the roasted turkey ala Norman Rockwell's famous canvas? Think about it. It takes the old folks so much time to pull their oldness together into something that resembles young, they've decided to have Albertsons deliver a sucky turkey and yucky cranberry sauce. All that natural beauty takes time!

It Takes Guts To Look Old
Maybe kids want Grandma and Grandpa to look their ages--and take seriously their roles. If asked, these same confused kids might wonder why grandparents who look so young act so old. I am quite certain of this: all the time we spend in getting young again can be spent on helping our young people grow.

But Then Again...
I may just be insanely jealous of Sally's renaissance. As I said, I hate her... (meow, meow, hisss!).

Thanks for the read.

Standards, Practices and Oaths

The New York Times gave a 64% discount to the MoveOn crowd for that General "Betrayus" full-page ad. Instead of $184 grand, it only cost them $65 grand. Such a deal, especially for a 501c.

Society of Professional Journalists

When I researched for, then wrote a manuscript in which the antagonist is faced with the issue of responsibilities and ethics in journalism, I discovered societies, fraternities and clubs who guide and support our Fourth Estate. Many Americans might be surprised to read some of these groups' bylaws and codes. I've pulled a couple of appropriate sections in SPJ's Code of Ethics, more of which can be found at http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp .

Preamble

Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues (bolded by Planet). Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility. Members of the Society share a dedication to ethical behavior and adopt this code to declare the Society's principles and standards of practice.

Journalists should:

• Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
• Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility.
• Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and shun secondary employment, political involvement, public office and service in community organizations if they compromise journalistic integrity.
• Disclose unavoidable conflicts.
• Be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable.
• Deny favored treatment to advertisers and special interests and resist their pressure to influence news coverage.
• Be wary of sources offering information for favors or money; avoid bidding for news. Be Accountable--Journalists are accountable to their readers, listeners, viewers and each other.

Journalists should:

• Clarify and explain news coverage and invite dialogue with the public over journalistic conduct.
• Encourage the public to voice grievances against the news media.— Admit mistakes and correct them promptly.
• Expose unethical practices of journalists and the news media.
• Abide by the same high standards to which they hold others.

Now if only other news organizations would reread and then adhere to their own stated ethics by confronting their colleagues at the New York Times.Why is its publisher insinuating himself and his paper into the extreme politics of MoveOn.org? And when will you journalists grow some guts and save our country from these nutjobs?

Thanks for the read.

The New Journalists

I watched a program on which the managing editor of Politico.Com attempted to explain why Democrats won't speak up about Moveon.Org's obnoxious Betrayus ad in the NY Times.

The Real News
The Dems don't HAVE the votes to stop the war. Therefore, not every Dem approves of the leftist turn their party has taken, lest they'd have the votes to bring cloture and stop the funding to the war! But instead of relating this important facet of today's political reality, i.e., the Democrats simply don't have enough votes to get their way, the media instead turns its attention to the smallest of the small, the most extreme of the extreme: the far Left.

Now, if you were to watch any news program, you would believe that at least sixty percent of the Democrat Party stands behind the kinds of shenanigans the crazy Left has pulled. But how can that be? To suggest that the current Leftists (yes, Leftists) in the Democrat Party have brought it to the center is ludicrous. Have all moderate Dems died? Have they stepped off Planet Earth?

The Dem Left is a rather questionable group of people--very, very small, with a lot of money who has a history of temporarily rearranging the Democrat Party every few years or so. Way too many of today's political observers are too young to actually appreciate what happened in 1968 when the Dems were dominated by the McGovern Left. The Chicago Seven (or was it eight, I can't remember)and the rest of them were viewed as an annoyance by the American people. Meanwhile, most voters, including Democrats--the ones the media thinks fell off the earth--gladly cast their ballots for the Republicans. The Democrat Party was dessimated by these far left loons. They will be again.

Where'd You Get Your Journalism Degree? Sears?
I'm waiting for the time when these journalists have to stand up and defend the institutions which avail them the very freedom to write and say whatever. It is the obligation of the journalist to help maintain a structure of freedom. Not just freedom from the state, but also freedom from the tyranny of minorities who mean America harm.

As it is now, news organizations allow small interest groups the mainstream attention they don't deserve. By doing so, they are ignoring standards that have been in place--for good reason--in the Fourth Estate forever. Our current news readers and kid journalists don't have a clue. They don't know, I suppose, and don't know they don't know.

They'd rather be cool than right. (Isn't it cool to be against the war, if you're in the media?)


Thanks for the read.

Hey, Mom. Get Some Clothes On!
I'm tired of seeing too many 18 to 45 year-old mothers prancing around like they're on a Riviera runway, their huge bosoms preferably hanging out of a too small shirt or halter top, then finishing the whore look by wearing those ugly, ugly low cut pants (the ones with the 5-inch zipper) . They look like hookers on Take Your Kids to Work Day.

By the way, as a fashion note: those pants make EVERYONE look fat. The skin tight tee shirt that stops above the belly button, exposing that rather wide swatch of bare skin...and don't me started on those nasty, unsanitary thongs so many women seem to love. I wonder if they realize their bare behinds show through their clothes.

Thanks for the Mammaries
I'm noticing more large breasted women, especially in bedroom community shopping centers, grocery stores and suburban malls. Women didn't use to look like Jayne Mansfield, did they? I'll bet 90% of the C and D cup crowd have had addabreastomies. Wow. There must be an awful lot of pressure on women to take such a big jump, financially and physically. Maybe their sexy appearances give them what they think they need to feel better about themselves. No wonder plastic surgeons are so darned rich. Gee. I hope these same mothers invested the same amount in their kids' college funds.

Exhibitionist mothers are either stupid and are unaware of the sexual impact their dress has on their kids; or they're just deeply disturbed and somehow excited by showing it all regardless of the audience. Either way, I think they'll pay for their lack of discretion when their kids are older.

Moreover, I continue to be aghast at what little girls are allowed to wear these days. But then, when one looks at the tarted up moms, what can you expect?

As these very same boys and girls grow into pubescent hormone factories, I have to wonder how they will work out their conflicted feelings about how other boys are looking at their mothers in a sexual way. What kind of girl will this guy be attracted to, and who will be attracted to him?

Tell Your Kids These People Aren't Like You and Your Family
I think parents have a great opportunity to use these Hollywood stars who lead their indecent fashion parade as an perfect example of how not to dress. When my kids were little I was in constant competition with negative outside influences. Thus, to defend our family against the moronic influences of MTV, Madonna (how I detest her--now, of course, she thinks she's Mother Teresa) and those other idiotic rock stars, I played my broken record admonition, "...they're not like us...they're weird people with strange lives and very little education...they actually add very little to the world..."

Meanwhile, I'm not asking young mothers to dress and look like Mennonites. Just put on some clothes! Please.

Thanks for the read.

Picking a Nominee
Fred Thompson deserved a look see.

His website,(phttp://www.imwithfred.com/index.aspx), is stylish, impressive and covers quite a bit of territory. Fred himself writes a daily entry to distinguish his stands from the media's perspective.*

I wondered if he'd last. Yet. He's so appealing what with Rhose Reaganesque pull quotes, his Watergate years, the guy who kept his integrity during Clinton's impeachment, the Judge on that TV show.

A Pair of Good Slip Ons--Rudy Giuliani
My admiration for Rudy Giuliani goes way back. He's proven himself time and again by literally cleaning up the streets of New York, devastating New York crime syndicates, governing a city of millions of souls and leading the rebound from the mess Mayor Koch left . Before his term was finished he took the opportunity to again perform on the fly with great judgment and bravery. He's a made guy. There's no breaking-in period Rudy. He'll hit the floor running faster than you can say Fred who?

Accessories
This morning just when I thought I would try take a second look at Fred, Fox's Carl Cameron blinded the campaign's management and me by revealing an major fight inside the campaign. On one side stands the seasoned campaign aides with presidential experience; on the other a media- described trophy wife who plants her feet, new baby as Fred's trade-in wife on hip--like some Colossus of Rhodes, the big-time campaign--and Fred-- in hand. Some say she's adept at campaigning; others state she's a distraction. I don't want my candidate distracted by a wannabe pol wife.

I'll stop at calling Fred's wife excess baggage. We'll see if the candidate will take control of his campaign. If he can, he'll probably make a good president, ironically.

The Planet's Fairness Doctrine
For the skinny on Rudy, whose family also is in a mess, log on to:
http://www.joinrudy2008.com/12commitments.php

Most people nowadays simply view the candidate's background as noise. Love affairs and similar problems have no traction with the voters anymore, only with the tabloids and media. Voters have learned to simply ignore and turn off the negative character hits.

With that in mind, it's nice to see that brains trump sleeping together over at the Rudy Campaign. I have a hunch she won't be calling an aide in the middle of night to bark a couple of orders some candidates' wives did back in the day.

Thanks for the read.

*Hooray for the internet and freedom of speech. New voters are tuned in more and more via the internet. The campaigns should stress their website addresses more in ads. For the most benefit, the candidates should speak directly to the audience.

The Rudy Roller Coaster
You might as well jump on it if you hate the two extreme wings of your parties and what they have done in conspiring to mortally injure the Republican Party.

What America needs now are the pragmatists among us. Not forever, but for now and until further notice.

Rudy appeals to the strong middle because he doesn't drive home our differences as much as our sames.

What About McCain?
Senator McCain should be happy he still had enough time to recapture the Republican spirit of his youth the last presidential go around. Unfortunately, now he's energy-deficient and has shown to be too close to the Dems.

I worked for him against Bush, but won't again.

Romney Looks Like a Good Reagan Conservative...
Yeah, I suppose if your only criterion is he's a Conservative. But in the swing of things, I see him as another dividing individual because he's a Mormon. Evangelicals and other prominent protestant groups consider the LDS a cult. So, that pretty much eliminates him.

Rudy's book, Leadership, sits on my coffee table. As the election nears, I promise to look though it more critically.

Thanks for the read.

Hanoi Jane and Baghdad Cindy
Does it ever occur to anyone else that perhaps the protesters need to focus on the evils of our enemies, instead of the so-called "mean-spirited...administration?"

Hitting a Nerve
I have to admit that I'm angry as I write. My morning paper contains above-the-fold photos and headlines about the antiwar protesters in DC, LA and SF. When I look at their old faces (somebody tell these people they're old, will ya?), I think of the chaos and carnage these exact same people caused as a result of the last big antiwar rallies.

Yes, chaos and carnage. Think about the last days of Saigon and the image you might see is the thousandsupon thousands of South Vietnamese we stranded there. Think of the horrors of Cambodia, then put on a couple of decades and contemplate the 300,000 poor souls buried in Saddam's mass graves.

And they don't need to bore me with the argument that such protests do not hurt our troops. Of course they do. What are they, stupid? Defense Secretary Gates is right when he says they embolden our enemies. But they won't admit it. They just won't; this has always been a great frustration to me--their intellectual dishonesty about cause and effect.

Add to that the ridiculous idea that America is, as John Kerry calls us, an international pariah. This coming from the Democrat candidate for president. Aren't you glad he lost?

Meanwhile, so as to not be accused of looking antimilitary, an outrageous mock display of an American flag-draped coffin, with empty combat boots at its foot, is front and center on the speakers stage.

Outrageous. You have to wonder about these folks and their real souls...what is about this country, which has been so good to them, would foster such hateful rhetoric? And please spare me from the argument that it's their patriotic duty. That's simply hogwash. They are nothing more than over-the-hill narcissists with waaaay too much money and waaaay too little gratitude. Their behavior against their fellow citizens and a country whose noble ideals and demonstrable charity through its own blood and treasure is an insult. Rwanda, Somalia, Kosovo and Darfur, Palestine and Iraq are only small examples of America's largesse.

America Can No Longer Fight Wars
I've come to the conclusion there is never going to be another chance for America to fight a foreign war. The media simply will not allow it. Their small-minded, leftist, elitist (as they sit in their ivory towers and mansions drinking Cristal) attitudes refuse to acknowledge some very important facts:

1. We now have a volunteer military. There is not one soldier, sailor or marine who is not there by choice;
2. America has broken every military promise it has made to protect and/or deliver peoples from tyranny beginning with Vietnam until now; and
3. The hatred for George Bush is the antiwar movement's catalyst. Because he is not "cool" and because he is a Republican who defines himself as a stalwart for democracy, and because they are convinced in their little brains that Bush is an illegitimate president--still--they have fanned out their own style of hatred in ways that the media adore. Their adolescent need of paternalistic, powerful imagery ("we need a father to guide us") causes this president not to fit their Hollywood template. Someone tell them Kennedy is dead and Willie is out of office.

My husband, once in the newspaper business, even admits to participating in these rallies in the 70s at University of Colorado. "But at least I've learned better," he stated last evening, in addition to something like, "They're at it again. The same people, the same BS."

So, the rest of the country will sit by, as most did during the Vietnam era, and allow these irrational fools to reinvent our foreign policy, if President Bush allows it, the idea of which makes me furious--and rather sick.

In the meantime, it's important for the president to take advantage of the time he has and do all he can to fulfill our promise in Iraq. He still has time left; but he must act now and without hesitation by revising the rules of engagement upward, defining what is victory and managing an impossible Middle East situation by calling Iran's bluff and engaging Israel in an attack upon Iran's nuclear sites.

And by the way, the president is still in charge, like it or not. If the protesters are against that fact, then they'd best change the U.S. Constitution.

Thanks for the read.

Two Americas
Evidently, lawyering has been very good for this American.

John Edwards' America
RALEIGH - Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what county tax officials say is the most valuable home in Orange County. The house, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county. The 28,200-square-foot home also Orange County's most valuable RALEIGH - Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what county tax officials say is the most valuable home in Orange County. The house, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county.

"The Edwardses" residential property will likely have the highest tax value in the county,- Orange County Tax Assessor John Smith told Carolina Journal. He estimated that the tax value will exceed $6 million when the facility is completed.

The rambling structure sits in the middle of a 102-acre estate on Old Greensboro Road west of Chapel Hill. The heavily wooded site and winding driveway ensure that the home is not visible from the road. "No Trespassing" signs discourage passersby from venturing past the gate.

Don Knight, Orange County building plans examiner, told CJ that, including the recreational building, the Edwardses' home would be one of the largest in Orange County.

Knight approved the building plans that showed the Edwards home totaling 28,200 square feet of connected space. The main house is 10,400 square feet and has two garages.

The recreation building, a red, barn-like building containing 15,600 square feet, is connected to the house by a closed-in and roofed structure of varying widths and elevations that totals 2,200 square feet.

The main house is all on one level except for a 600-square-foot bedroom and bath area above the guest garage.

The recreation building contains a basketball court, a squash court, two stages, a bedroom, kitchen, bathrooms, swimming pool, a four-story tower, and a room designated "John's Lounge."

Thursday afternoon, the Edwards for President press office was unable to provide information on any additional buildings planned for the estate.
(Reprint from Carolina Journal, 1/26/2007, by Don Harrington.)

Most People's America
Anyone who has been to my house knows it's pretty nice and comfortably big. Not huge, you understand, but big enough to swing a couple of cats. In all, not including garage space, it measures about 2810 square feet.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards' house is exactly TEN times bigger than mine. Ten!

I don't care how big Citizen Edwards' new house is. I do care, however, when he hypocritically, as a Presidential candidate, lectures me from John's Lounge about poverty and his so-called Two Americas. I'm thinking John needs to tone it down a bit. But what do you expect from new money?

Thanks for the read.

Personal Sacrifice
I'll keep this brief.

I wish I had had an ability to pass a note to Condi Rice when Barbara Boxer indicated that neither of them have to worry about being affected by the war.

I would have said,

"Senator, we are all affected by this war and its outcome. Especially when and if we fail in Iraq. You will begin to feel the fallout when America comes face to face, on its own soil, with these new masters of our destiny."

This is the problem. People in America don't get it yet. I don't think they ever will until it's too late.

Thanks for the read.

Pelosi's Coronation
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California and Speaker of the House, contends she is "the most powerful woman in America." Yes, she actually made that statement at one of her inauguration "teas."

I have always loved watching Democrats as they try to remain "one of us."

Bill Clinton's Wife, Hillary
Hillary Clinton, the presumed Democrat candidate for president, must be turning this way and that in disbelief as she watches Nancy take over the mantle of most powerful. After all, this is Hillary's handle--being the most powerful woman in America (don't forget smartest) , isn't it?

I predict there will be infighting the likes of which we've not seen in decades. Remember, the Democrats have no agreed-upon policies. Their differences are so huge, so radical, there's little chance of coming together. The past will reveal the future: they are biting off more than they are allotted, a tendency to think they''ve been handed more than they actually were given, e.g., George McGovern.They love power and like hungry hyennas, are sniping at each other over the carcass. (Someone take Cindy Sheehan aside have a word, will ya? She's upsetting Nancy when she ruins the Dems' new conferences.)

I'm thrilled to see the Dem's self-conscious display of "taking back the people's house." You know, the kids, the grandchildren, Richard Gere and Tony Bennett in the gallery lends the Dems that gravitasse they consider so very important. If Gerald Ford hadn't had the bad manners to die, her four-day inauguration would have been the lead on every news outlet.

Speaking of bad manners, where were all the Democrats during President Ford's funeral? At one of Pelosi's celebration parties, you say? Tacky...and arrogant.

Meanwhile...
If Nancy can handle the bitterness of the Dems she has screwed so far, this might be a good season for the old gal. However, pols have long memories and when given the opportunity, many of the most bitter will find a way, any way, to get back in power, and get Nancy out. I wish them luck on that.

Nancy is said to have a index card file of those who owe her, and of those whom she owes, a practice she learned at her Baltimore mayor-father's knee (when Baltimore was at its most corrupt). Nancy isn't your grandfather's grandma. She is one tough machine-style political broad.

Today, speaker of the house; tomorrow, vp or president? I may be barking up the wrong tree, but my hunch is she likes this limelight-- a lot. Recently exiled Queen Hillary may want to think of ways to curtail Nancy's excitement.

Ah, shucks, Nancy, go ahead and say it. You're not only are the most powerful woman in America. You've conquered the world!

Thanks for the read.

Michael Moore's Bitch Slap

I told you the Dems would overreach.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-moore17nov17,0,3842827.story

*...Thus, here is "A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives"
:1) We will always respect you. We will never, ever, call you "unpatriotic" simply because you disagree with us. In fact, we encourage you to dissent and disagree with us.

Michael, really. I doubt you which can muster much respect for the likes of me. I assume by "encourage to dissent and disagree with us" means the usual: you will distort, deny and obfuscate the discussion, then turn it to a personal attack about my mental acuity and emotional stability. We've been down that "comity" road before, Michael. Leftists like you can't respect anyone else's opinions--you are simply constitutionally incapable of such objectivity. Sorry.

See, Mike, old boy, what you represent is the most dangerous delusion this country has come up against in many decades. In other words, I can't trust you any further than I can throw you--and considering your size, well...

2) We will let you marry whomever you want (even though some among us consider your Republican behavior to be "different" or "immoral"). Who you marry is none of our business. Love, and be in love — it's a wonderful gift.

Good, considering I already have married whom I want, which is really great because hardly any of us care one way or the other. By the way, the "Republican" allusion in your statement is as suspicious as it was gratuitous. Again, with such sarcasm, I can't trust you.

3) We will not spend your grandchildren's money on our personal whims or to enrich our friends. It's your checkbook too, and we will balance it for you.

As for spending my grandchildren's money: yeah, you will. And regarding my checkbook, I'd rather have Gimpy the Chimp do that job, thanks.

4) When we soon bring our sons and daughters home from Iraq, we will bring your sons and daughters home too. We promise never to send your kids off to war based on some amateur Power Point presentation cooked up by men who have never been to war.

Sons and daughters! My, aren't we dramatic, especially since you have yet to acknowledge our military is a volunteer one. As for the promise to not send "my" kids off to war, you can't begin to make such a deal. No one can!

And that part about men who've never been to war? Look in the mirror, little boy. Then talk to me about your "view" of military matters.

5) When we make America the last Western democracy to have universal health coverage, and all Americans are able to get help when they fall ill, we promise that you too will be able to see a doctor, regardless of your ability to pay. And when stem cell research delivers treatments and cures for diseases that afflict you and your loved ones, we'll make sure those advances are available to you and your family too.

Of course, I'll finally see the that government doctor next year. However, I will admit that if I have a heart attack, I'll likely be seen within two to three months. You're right, Michael, if I fall ill, someone will see me--probably an undertaker.

About the stem cell thing: now this has really got out of control. You and your pals have absolutely NO proof that stem cells will give you the answers you seem to require. The problem with your position is it is paralleled to abortion rights and cloning. I'm just darned suspicious of what you really want to do in that Orwellian world you seem to long for. You want to create (clone) embryos to kill them. Admit it and we'll all be happier.

Not that it matters, but I think such a position is interesting because I can imagine your parents would've got rid of your genes in a nanosecond, had they known your tendency to overweight. Be careful, little man. This stuff is cosmic and meaningful. But then, you don't believe life begins at conception; I do.

6) When we clean up our air and water, you too will be able to breathe the cleaner air and drink the purer water. When we put an end to global warming, you will no longer have to think about buying oceanfront property in Yuma.


Gee, Michael, since your buds and you have cornered the market on scientific knowledge in these area, I am reticent to take anything any of you whackos seriously. I can't help but wonder just WHY you can't get all those scientists to agree with you. Personally, I'm of the mind the earth is big enough to take care of itself. How politically incorrect of me.

7) Should a mass murderer ever kill 3,000 people on our soil, we will devote every single resource to tracking him down and bringing him to justice. Immediately. We will protect you.

Huh? You mean mass murderers, or are you alluding to President Bush and that conspiracy theory that he did it, by God! For the record, we've not been hit since September 11, 2001.

8) We will never stick our nose in your bedroom or your womb. What you do there as consenting adults is your business. We will continue to count your age from the moment you were born, not the moment you were conceived.

No, you'll stay out of my bedroom, but you won't leave our classrooms alone. You will continue to "reeducate," that familiar leftist tactic. By the way, your group has done very well in taking our education system, as well as other institutions into your realm of social engineering.

In addition, your abortion baiting continues to reveal your hatred for people like me who have different opinions as to when conception begins. One thing's for sure: either way, you folks will retain your arrogance as this "pledge" clearly shows.

9) We will not take away your hunting guns. If you need an automatic weapon or a handgun to kill a bird or a deer, then you really aren't much of a hunter and you should, perhaps, take up another sport. In the meantime, we will arm the deer to make it a fairer fight.

On top of being rather stupid, your humor falls flat on most of us. Your personal feminization is more apparent when you attempt to talk about "guy" things. Check those hormones! There has to be a reason you retain water the way you do.

10) When we raise the minimum wage, we will raise it for your employees too. They will use that money to buy more things, which means you will get the money back! And when women are finally paid what men make, we will pay conservative women that wage too.

I know, Michael, you're rich; YOU pay the extra, but keep me out of it.

11) We will respect your religious beliefs, even when you don't practice those beliefs. In fact, we will actively seek to promote your most radical religious beliefs ("Blessed are the peacemakers," "Love your enemies," "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" and "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me"). We will let people in other countries know that God doesn't just bless America, he blesses everyone. We will discourage religious intolerance and fanaticism starting here at home.

I love it when atheists attempt to talk about the meaning of scripture, then call people like me hypocrites. Michael, it is obvious you're ignorant when it comes to the Holy Bible. When were you in a Bible Study class last?

12) We will not tolerate politicians who are corrupt and break the law. And we promise you we will go after the corrupt politicians on our side first. If we fail to do this, we need you to call us on it. Simply because we are in power does not give us the right to turn our heads the other way when our party goes astray. Please perform this important duty as the loyal opposition.I promise all of the above to you because this is your country too.

Uh huh. Okay, I'm "calling you on it." Lemme see. Jack Murtha, unindicted coconspirator in Abscam; Harry Reid, found to have hidden assets; Nancy Pelosi, her brothers are lobbyists and the whole family comes from the City of Baltimore school of how to run a political machine; Alcee Hastings, bad doings with moolah. Did I call you on it?

You are every bit as American as we are. We are all in this together. We sink or swim as one. Thank you for your years of service to this country and for giving us the opportunity to see if we can make things a bit better for our 300 million fellow Americans — and for the rest of the world.

Thanks for acknowledging my membership in the United States of America. By the way, if you can make things "a bit better" I will eat my hat. After all, you sure helped out with the Iraq War with your lame film fantasy, Fahrenheit 911.

Now pull yourself together and let's go have a Frappuccino. ...*

Nah, Michael, I choose not to make nice. I hold you and your ilk responsible for our perceived failure in Iraq. Call it what you want, Michael. The results are still the same. You're like an alcoholic; you get crazy and create messes with your excessive behavior; then you expect the rest of us to say "we're sorry" for the damage you've done.

Of course, Iraq is a problem now. YOU and the media have created an impossible situation, and now you want us to say we're sorry. THEN, when we call you on it by identifying this typical leftist strategy, you accuse us of calling you unpatriotic. It worked, by the way. For a while.

And lastly, I resent you telling me over and over that this is my country too. Who the hell do you think you are?

Thanks for the read.

Post Election Rant
With a naive and gullible electorate firmly convinced miracles will happen once Pelosi and Company take over the country, the next item on my list is to convince people we're on a precipice of destruction.

While the Dems morph even further left, daily events continue to threaten us. As Dick Durbin becomes all he could be, the president of Iran announced he has a surprise for the US which he will deliver very soon. His bellicosity is highlighted with his pronouncing a new holocaust. Wait a minute. I thought he didn't believe there was an old holocaust. No one's listening, though.

Anyway, on top of that bit of sunshine, we've had new missives from the bin Laden camp which indicates they (the Muslims) have not yet spilled enough American blood. It will be interesting to watch Cut and Run--21st Century Style. as El Qaeda ensconces the new Caliphate in Iraq. That's quite a price to pay for Murtha's new committee chair. But, then, the people have spoken.

So Many Threats, So Few Brains
Then there's China, whose subs have been shadowing our carrier, Kitty Hawk...undetected. Guess that's why the Chinese are called inscrutable. But, nevermind. God knows we'll help them all we can to build up their economy and defense systems. We're good at that. Damned sleeping dragons, anyway.

North Korea, albeit China's strategic problem, still has the ability to sell to the highest bidder the knowledge and material for nuke making. That's okay, though. The Dems think that if we dance with Kim Jong Il, ala M. Albright, we'll be safe. After all, Pelosi comes from that "Nuclear Free Zone" in the Bay area. You gotta trust somebody!

Lemme see. We also have a left reprise in Nicaragua as Daniel Ortega apparently won an actual election. With the guy in Boliva, a recycled Socialist, and the twit in Venezuela threatening the US, arguably the largest user of his oil, maybe folks who bought beachfront property along east coast of Central and South America should think about selling. It's doubtful a tiny Ecuadorian democratic government could withstand this wave of socialism, for instance. These folks give new meaning to the term eminent domain. Just ask exiled Cubans. But, we're fine. The new regime in Congress never met a socialist they didn't like. Besides, how else can they get back at us Republicans for that dastardly Iran-Contra deal? Everything old is new again in Washington.

What else? Well, domestically, we have a problem down south and up north. No longer do we have an immigration mess; rather, we've got a major national security problem. But, to be more sensitive, the policy has become narrowly focused on illegal aliens from Mexico. Those folks vote too, you know.

I almost forgot. There are two items the Dems haven't really come clean on. First of all, the pathologic Bush Haters want to impeach him. That's goes along with the judicial committee chair, J. Waxmann, who stated with regard to lawsuits against this administration, he's like a king in a harem: he knows what he wants to do but doesn't know where to start.

The second item is of course tax increases. They will happen. The only Democrat who understood tax cuts was John Kennedy, and he's dead.

It's the Power, Stupid.
So, as these stealth leftists in our government quickly take over, they'd best remember a very important fact. Winning an election is easy. Now they've got to govern. My hunch is they will reach too far and will fail within the first year. After all, they always have and always will--this tendency is inherent to their constitutions and ideology.


Thanks for the read.