More words of wisdom from Ann on the Imus situation...
"This wasn't an insult to all mankind, and certainly not an insult to Al Sharpton. Now, if Imus had called the basketball players "fat, race-baiting black men with clownish hairstyles," well, then perhaps Sharpton would be owed an apology. "
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Well here we are again folks, another MLS season and right on cue, here come the usual parade of aging South American players, it just wouldn't be American Soccer without them! From the not so glory days of Valdarama, to Campos, to Hernandez and the list continues with 4, count em' 4 new washed up south americans for the same price we used to get 6-7.
Let's start with Blanco: 34 yrs old. A fine player in his day, but considering his disdain for Americans what else could this be but an easy payday.
Then there is Marinelli: Only 25, but with a start at 17 an old soul in football years. Also quite good when he was younger, but he has not even had a game since the early part of 2006.
Next there is Boca's Schelotto: 34 in may. An icon in Argentine football to be sure, but far beyond his prime.
And last but certainly not least the Brazilian 36-year-old Edmundo: Nicknamed "The Animal," he was Ronaldo's backup when Brazil was runner-up in the 1998 World Cup in France. In 1995, he was accused of homicide in a car accident that killed three people. He was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison but was released on appeal. Just over a year ago, he was arrested by police on charges of dangerous driving and contempt of authority.
On a personal note, I am all for the designated player rule and was very excited at the players beckham might draw to MLS after he signed with the Galaxy. But that just did not happen. One by one every deal just seemed to fall through. From Davids, to Keene, to Joey Barton, to Figo, they all balked at MLS' offer to come and be a part of the Beckham era. Why? Frankly I think America was just too far to travel to play in a mediocre soccer league and get paid the same as they could have or more on their own continent. Oh well! Maybe next Year!
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Update: 04/16/07
Lets add Juan Pablo Angel to that list shall we??
Well, Don Imus got fired...Whoopti Doo! The guy sucked anyway, his show was boring and he was a big time liberal mouthpiece. I have nothing against the man personally, but I will not think twice about his not being on the air anymore. That being said this again brings a much. much larger problem to the surface in the form of the huckster express that is "Reverend" Al Sharpton. If appearences are to be believed there couldn't possibly be a bigger hypocrite alive? Rev. Al seems to make his living turning mole hills into racial mountains when it suits him to do so. As this columnist and our friends at Six Meat rightly pointed out he almost completely ignores the african american death march that is Rap culture in our country and zero's in on ridiculous men like Don Imus laughing all the way as he likely collects a multi-thousand dollar payday for each press conference and talk show appearence. Al is also seemingly not solid on the truth of the matter being the most important point in any issue. For example in what was probably the first and maybe the largest example of sharpton grandiocity...
From http://www.realchange.org/sharpton.htm
"in 1987, black teenager Tawana Brawley claimed that six white law enforcement officers -- including then-assistant district attorney Steven Pagones -- had abducted and raped her, scrawled racial insults on her body and smeared her with feces.
Miss Brawley refused to speak with authorities or the media, but Sharpton and her two other advisers were soon making wild
claims. Sharpton compared then-state Attorney General Robert Abrams, a Jew, to Adolf Hitler. All three linked then-Gov. Mario Cuomo to organized crime and the Ku Klux Klan.
Within a year, a grand jury announced the story was a hoax and specifically cleared a Fishkill police officer and Pagones. Pagones sued Sharpton and the other 2 advisers for more than $150 million for defamation."
Since then uncle Al has been a part of almost every "alleged" white on black crime or defamation on record and has made hundreds of thousands of dollars while doing so. Most recently Don Imus and the Duke Rape case. The first a stupid attempt at a joke by a silly man, the second a mistake much like the case in 1987. But that does not stop Al, he charges forward ignoring the real plight of the black community and lining his pockets with the currency of fear, racism, white guilt, and anything else he can think of to exploit to get his point accross.
There I said it, and I am not backin' down!
Seriously though, I do agree with her statement in this article today in the SF Chronicle. Responding to reporters who asked her if she would agree with Congressman Tom Lantos' statement that
"however objectionable, unfair and inaccurate many of (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's) statements are, it is important that we have a dialogue with him".
Pelosi then sited the fact that Mr. Lantos is a holocaust survivor and that if he did not object to meeting with maqmood imademigod, that "Speaks Volumes". That is the part I agree with, though not for the same reason as Nancy I'm sure. It does in fact speak volumes to the unwillingness of liberals and their elected leaders to acknowledge evil for evil. It does speak volumes to a fairy tale vision of peace and dialogue overcoming centuries of hate and destructive ideology. It does very clearly speak volumes about a possible presidential victory for democrats in 08 and underscores every reason why that can never be allowed to happen. It is the very reason why I was depressed for three days when she won the speakership and cringe every time she opens her mouth. Good intentions are not enough, we have to be right on this one folks. There is just too much at stake.
Let me break this down for you a bit, make it a little more personal. Let's say there is this man living two states over from you. Lets call him Fred. Now Fred hates all Eskimos and their state of Alaska, can't even stand that there are any living in the world. Furthermore, Fred has no reason to hate Eskimos. He will says that Eskimos treated his great, great, great, great, great, great, great Grandfather badly, or at least it says that in a book somewhere. Or that the tiny state of Alaska is bent on world domination and must be stopped. But after some investigation it becomes apparent that Fred is completely disconnected from reality and you wonder to yourself if he might be an insane person. Fred also takes every opportunity to let the media/press in his town know that if he had it his way, all Eskimos would be exterminated (see prior sentence). But there's more... Every time you drive by Fred's house, he is in his garage building a weapon that, when finished will give him the ability to wipe every Eskimo and their home "off the map" and frankly to do significant damage to yours and others homes also if he were to suddenly decide he hates you. Fred says til' he's blue in the face that what he is building is not a weapon at all, but a device that will enable other bigoted Eskimo haters to live a more prosperous life, but all of his actions tell you different. Oh yes, I almost forgot... Many people have seen what Fred is doing and have called the police to stop him, but they will not do anything but issue him warnings and wag their fingers in his general direction. What do you do?
Do you:
A. allow Fred to finish his weapon, all the while talking him out of his hate for all Eskimos, however irrational?
B. Leave it to the police, after all its really not your business anyway?
C. take matters into your own hands and make sure that Fred will never be able to use that weapon on anyone?
I know my answer and I would hope that most of you, for the sake of all Eskimos (and for the rest of us) would choose the same.
Obama ditches CBC/Fox debate
...and Hil closely follows suit
You would think they'd want this kind of debate to prove what they always say about there being no media bias. All we keep hearing is that there is no MSM bias toward liberals and I have heard them folow that by saying Fox is
not either. Why because they can't call Fox biased if they don't call CNN and MSNBC biased too. So the party line for Hil at least is "we will do DNC sanctioned debates only". Indeed!!! I guess just their absense amounts to an admission anyway, so as one commentor on Politico said, "Win-Win for us".
This editorial is the closest thing to common sense I have heard out of the MSM since Pelosi took her trip down the Middle East yellow brick road. Please give it a read and some thought. When you think about it, Natanz Nancy is doing harm and all Iran has to do is sit back and watch. It boggles my mind sometimes to imagine that there is someone this clueless 3rd in line for the Presidency.
Pratfall In Damascus
Six Meat Buffet points out Time Magazine hypocrisy...
... and You Uncle Tim just happened to find a cherry to top it off.
Global Cooling or Global Warming? What a difference 32 years makes eh??
Let all give a hearty Hmmmpphhh! to the issue of the day!
"The only place Al Gore conserves energy these days is on the treadmill. I don't want to suggest that Al's getting big, but the last time I saw him on TV I thought, "That reminds me — we have to do something about saving the polar bears." (Que Drums)
Never mind his carbon footprint — have you seen the size of Al Gore's regular footprint lately? It's almost as deep as Janet Reno's" (Que Drums) AThankYou!
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This is a great video from over at Hot Air and Malkin. It affirms that we will not lie down, and we will not be moved!
...And finally our lawmakers have done something right
To all 3 of my advid readers for the long hiatus. I have been being bent and stretched and am still in the process of being molded by God and my mind and life have been focused on other things lately. Where was I you ask? What brought about this awakening? Well I am going to tell you... aren't you excited? Goooood! Here goes!
There is a Christian retreat called "Marked Men For Christ", and it is the most intense, difficult spiritual retreat I have ever been apart of, but it was also the most rewarding. About 20 men from my church attended and all were blessed. It forced me to really look at the baggage I carry around daily in this life and to begin to deal with it, unpack it and replace it with Jesus in my heart and mind. Well, to make a long story short, the work has begun to be certain but I've much more to do and God has really been pressing into me the last week, moving me and bending me and bringing me to a place where I am ready to deal with my pain and my issues and embrace His healing. So pray for me! Below is a link to their website. I would encourage any man who has an active relationship with God to go and bring friends, this is a weekend worth your time and trouble.
Marked Men For Christ
...and on the 8th Day AlGore created the internet, and lo, He looked and saw that it was good...
I saw this over at Six Meat Buffet and it made me laugh really hard so I thought you all would enjoy.
The Secular Faith - The Book of Algore
But I did! Democrats send out first round of subpoenas
Moonbats of the world rejoice, Queen Nancy and The Stooges Of The Mahogany Table take the first step in her quest to vanquish the EeeeeViiil Bush administration
They may be comin' in the back door, but they still mean to rape us folks! Nancy and her, "no impeachment on my watch" line of bull has just taken the first of many steps in the lead up to 2008. What will happen next is the Dems will drag every Bush administration official they can find who knew anything about the lead up to the Iraq war and put them in front of the Senate. They will lynch those with something to hide and discredit any who don't. Then for their grand finale, depending on if their hearings go well, Mr. Bush himself served up on a silver platter for America to see right before the November elections. Can you say Hillary for president boys and girls...I know you can! ....
Wow, that was like channeling a Daily Kos wet dream, I have to watch those dimensional skips into liberal cognitive reasoning. Anyway, let's all pray that we (conservatives) have the brains and balls to stop them. I know I am!
BTW - for all of you who are interested in this subject please check out my mini-poll in the right side-bar. Have a great weekend everyone!
"What is so audacious about announcing that you're running for president? Any idiot can run for president. Dennis Kucinich is running for president. Until he was imprisoned, Lyndon LaRouche used to run for president constantly. John Kerry ran for president. Today, all you have to do is suggest a date by which U.S. forces in Iraq should surrender, and you're officially a Democratic candidate for president."
Nice!!
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I was LMAO when I read this post at wuzzadem. You really need to check this out. Addresses the absudity of the trendiness of online and emerging technologies to a T.
It seems that as usual Democrats are not the ones with their fingers on the pulose of Americans contrary to their own comments and suggestions that this is so. I submit to you the latest poll numbers from this headliner on the Drudge Report.
Most Americans "Want to Win In Iraq"
with that sharply contrasting what Gallup found Here
Wonder which is more accurate? Hmmmm...
Well, let me be the next to join the throng of conservative bloggers who DON'T think the new 1/2 hour news hour promo clip is the least bit funny. I won't go so far as wuzzadem and say the entire thing is going to suck before actually watching it on Sunday. But, that clip sure does suck out loud. It is so bad there was likely a disturbance in the force... You know, the sound of thousands of conservatives crying at the prospect of giving anymore ammunition to the nutroots. If the rest of the show is as bad it will end up being a piece of Colbert skit next week, only that will actually be funny. How's that for a Brain Bender. A liberal mocking a serious conservative news program, pretending to report on how funny a non-funny, non-entertaining conservative comedy is, as a part of a skit. AAAooowwwww, my brain hurts!
This comment from Hog On Ice kinda says it all...
Without exception, the best humorists in the conservative Blogosphere say this show reeks. That's not coincidence. That's not jealousy. All of us wanted this to succeed, and we are only too happy to praise Greg Gutfeld. We criticize the show because it sucks and represents a huge missed opportunity, and because it makes us look bad because we're conservative.
He says earlier in his post that we (conservatives) need to not be as good or sorta' good to compete with Stewart and Colbert. Why? Because as he rightly points out the odds are stacked against us to begin with. I suggest reading the whole thing from the above link bearing his name.
...and if you don't believe us, smell for yourself below.
I have talked at length in past posts about our society's back is front, right is wrong, etc... turn for the worst in the last 3 decades. But I had to post about this one more time. In reading an article today on CBS's website about Tim Hardaway's phone interview, I realised something shocking. In American pop culture it is no longer acceptable to abhor homosexual behavior. No, I did not say homosexuals (meaning the actual people) although that is even more taboo. No, I said and meant that if you come out against men having sexual relationships with other men and women with other women you are homophobic & a bigot. Now lets examine those two words for a moment shall we? According to ReligousTolerance.org...
The word "homophobia" was invented by George Weinbert who defined it as "the dread of being in close quarters with homosexuals." It grew to mean a general "fear of homosexuals or of homosexual behavior."
According to Wikipedia though, which is usually pretty accurate it has taken on a half a dozen different meanings,
Homophobia is the fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.[1] It can also mean hatred, hostility, or disapproval of homosexual people, sexual behavior, or cultures, and is generally used to insinuate bigotry.[2] The term homophobic means "prejudiced against homosexual people,"[3] and a person who is homophobic is a homophobe.
So really what they are saying is that you can call someone a homophobe for something as simple as taking a gay guys parking space, or as complex as oh, I don't know, saying you wouldn't want a gay team mate changing & showering with you in a locker room.
Next the oft coined word "Bigot" or "Bigotry" again according to Wikipedia,
A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own. Bigot is often used as a pejorative term against a person who is obstinately devoted to their prejudices even when these views are challenged or proven to be false. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(sound of brakes screeching).
Hold up one minute. If we accept this definition then we also have to look at the word "intolerant". Another term bandied about by those who use the word bigot and homophobe a lot. Let's hear Philosopher Karl Popper's assertion in "The Open Society and Its Enemies" shall we?
He states that among other things,
In particular, should a tolerant society tolerate intolerance? What if by tolerating action "A", society destroys itself? Tolerance of "A" could be used to introduce a new thought system leading to intolerance of vital institution "B". It is difficult to strike a balance and different societies do not always agree on the details, indeed different groups within a single society also often fail to agree. The current suppression of Nazism in Germany is considered intolerant by some countries, for instance, while in Germany itself it is Nazism which is considered intolerably intolerant.
If you take that last part and substitute the word Homosexuality for the word Nazism and the word Christendom for the word Germany (not that I am comparing Christians to Germans by any means) it is easy to see why a reasonable person who, simply but vehemently, disagrees with the homosexual life style and its effect on our society might take offense to being called a homophobe and/or a bigot because they are not tolerant of a person or group's destructive and harmful behavior. Or maybe they just feel that in certain situations said behavior might be inappropriate and subject to moral scrutiny.
Lets take Mr. Hardaway's comment about not wanting a homosexual team mate in his locker room. If you were a woman basketball player would you want a man showering with you and watching you undress? Well I suppose it would depend on the man and on you but generally I think the answer would be no because... wait for it... it would be inappropriate. Why? There is a privacy issue where sexual attraction is involved and whether you are a man or a woman you should have the basic right to not be stared at and ogled while you undress and shower. Actually I will go farther, you should not even have to worry about the possibility of being ogled while undressing or showering. In my mind being in the locker room with a homosexual is like being in the locker room with someone of the opposite sex... Not cool!
So to bring this all back around to my original point, those who throw around terms like Bigot, Homophobe and Intolerance should take a step back and look at the larger picture. It may just be that your Intolerant attitude towards Intolerance is itself bigoted and Intolerable!
"If you wonder how it came to be generally acknowledged "fact," accepted by all men of good will, that Joe McCarthy was a monster, that Alger Hiss was innocent, that mankind is causing global warming and that we're losing the war in Iraq, try watching the rewriting of history nightly on MSNBC. Don't forget to bring your time machine."
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Iraq to close borders with Iran and Syria (for 72 hours).
Let's see if they follow through. I am betting this will coincide with the kicking of some serious butt by our military as they did not specify when the 72 hours would start or end.
Stay Tuned!
The fight by Muslims to close down a repair of the bridge that non-Muslims use to enter the temple mount has been a page 6 story at best. But the significance to Christians and Jews is front page news. So why did the Mayor of Jerusalem suspend repairs and why are Muslims so angry. Well, you won't hear this in the MSM but from the mouths of Muslims themselves, they are afraid. Afraid that repairs to the bridge may uncover some evidence that proves Israels right to the temple mount prior to the arrival of the Muslims in Jerusalem and the building of Al-Aqsa. You see one of the most ridiculous Muslim claims other than denying the Holocaust is there assertion that the Jews have no inherent right to the Holy Land. No, not that they can't have it back, or that they haven't earned it. No, they believe rather blindly that contrary to thousands of years of written history the Israelites were just plain never there to begin with.
So why is this such an issue over the rebuilding of a bridge? Well, simply put, in Jerusalem you need and Archaeological permit to do any kind of construction work on or near a sight like this even if you have no intent to search for any artifacts. Just the fact that you might find one while moving the earth needed to build whatever it is stands as enough of a need that Israel's government has this law. In any event, the Muslims being ever distrusting of Jewish motives, have taken the position that Jews are doing this renovation as a guise for proving the existence of a B.C. Jewish temple on that site. Some Muslims claim however that the re-construction of the bridge in question, which is well outside the area Muslims consider Holy Ground is defiling the ground and object on that basis alone. This is sort of disingenuous though when you consider that barely 6 years ago Muslims ravaged with bulldozers, the area within the boundaries they say they want to protect despite the deep and very vocal objections of Jewish leaders.
This Article covers the edges of it, but I would suggest a comprehensive Google search if you want the entire story.
Blogs -4- Bauer touches on it with a fairly good Dennis Miller Parody . But its really more than that. Fox has gone completely off the deep end into the realm of Fairies and Fantasy land... and no I don't mean the 10:00 o'clock news. Last season they at least tried to mask their whimpification of Bauer and friends by keeping a little truth in reality on board for the ride. This season is among other things an Islamo-Love fest rivaled only by the quarterly CAIR, "I'm Good Enough, Radical Enough, & Praise Be To Allah, My 13th Wife Likes Me" conference. 99.5% of the characters this season have a more than obvious liberal bent to them and what is worse yet, they are being portrayed as mainstream while the only two on the show with any conservative tendencies at all, Peter Mac Nichol and Powers Booth, are portrayed as extremest ideologues who are bent on imprisoning Americans and denying people their rights. So this adds yet another element, which is basically that they have, by searching the archives of letterman's Top 10 list for the last 6 years and digging deep into the Sheehan articles on the Huffington Post, come up with what a conservative really is and used that as a template for these characters. Not only is it offensive, its just flat out lame. From a guy who has watched every single season of 24, I am half tempted to just forget the rest of the of it and be content to wait until Tuesday where there is (for the time being anyway) still a half way decent Pro-American show on (NCIS) to get my fix. Honestly, if I were not to have had the history already with this show and had just turned it on for the first time last night not only would I have never watched again, I would have put it in the same category with Boston Public, Law & Order(s), Crossing Jordan, etc... and bagged on anyone who said they watched it.
It was nice while it lasted, but I have to say goodbye to 24 I'm afraid, and say, in the immortal words of some eeeviiilll vilan out there that Jack may have eaten for lunch 3 seasons ago, but now would not have the will to hurt because of all the emotional damage done to him by our oppressive government's abuse of human rights and lack of a good dental plan... "I Must Kill You Now"
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Update: 02/07/07
I almost forgot to mention the plot. Yes folks it now seems that America and its Imperialist corporations are responsible for terrorism. It was the greed and short-sightedness of evil American white men that allowed Imhotep to get his hands on the suitcase nukes to begin with. Oh, and be sure not to miss the fact that they make the go between, who is not responsible but complicit, a Brit either. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this entire season is a an attempt at a bad metaphor for The Us and Britan's Iraq and terrorism policies respectively. When you really think about it the writers must think the majority of us are brain dead to have written such a massive piece of dung. I am insulted
Rudy in 08?
So would you? If it were between him and Hillary? Him and Edwards? I am speaking to moderate democrats as well, cuz while Rudi is a hawk on defense, he may as well be a log cabin repulican member of NOW for all he cares about conservative social policy. He is a bit of an enigma to me with his views bouncing from conservative to liberal back and forth so many times that I am not really sure where he stands morally in his own life. I don't know about you but that matters to me. A man's business is his business and everything, but it scares me to think of having another clintoonesque president for lack of a better term. On the whole though I like him, he "seems" to have his head on semi-straight and apart from his liberal stance on Gay Marriage/Rights and Abortion seems also to understand the argument, why people oppose those things and seems to believe that there is a valid argument unlike those on the left who sware by those things like they are written in stone or something. Oh well, I suppose more time will tell though. I am interested in what all of you think. All comments are welcome!
I have been following this debate over the last two or three years and especially since Al Gore declared the coming Global Apocalypse in "An Inconvenient Truth". Two things have occurred to me: One is that based on the gobs and gobs of money involved on both sides, I trust nobody. Two is that faith definitely comes into play here, more than a lot of people realise. Honestly... when you think about it, it takes a very vain, self important world view to say, "I affect the world's climate", or even, "I can prevent Climate Change", for that matter. Now I'll grant you that a dozen or so Nuclear weapons certainly could, but me thinks, not much else. Yes we are to be good stewards of this earth and respect that great gift. But psychologically I believe that the Global Warming debate turns on a persons personal Faith in God, and not so much how they feel about the science. Evidence of that is found in people from either side who will ignore what appears to be solid evidence because it does not fit their worldview. I mean think about it for a moment, how could someone who has no faith in a Creator possibly believe that the fate of the earth is in any but their own hands. Conversely, how then could someone with a very deep faith in God and a knowledge of how He operates in the world possibly come to the conclusion that they(instead of God) are causing anything that happens on a global scale or that they have any say in the matter ultimately whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, I mean there were warming and cooling trends globally in the past, there are now, and there will be again. But as Timothy Ball from the Canada Free Press quotes Dr. Richard Lindzen to say in this article , "the consensus was reached before the research had even begun." This is the case in too many "studies" bent on proving one point or the other. No wonder why God said that you cannot serve Him (Truth) and Money both as masters simultaneously. Reality gets lost under all the dollar bills flying back and forth.
Whether it is faith, worldview or politics, from what I can see one thing is clear... Sound science is not the major force influencing this debate.
"You want to protect the borders, cut taxes, fight Islamic fascists and put up Ten Commandments monuments? Get her name. Find out about Patrick Fitzgerald what we'd know if he were Ken Starr. If you won't defend your own champions, conservatives, then don't sit back and wonder why so few people want to be your champions. "
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Barak Obama says "The arguments of liberals are more often grounded in reason and fact" in his memoirs this year. This intruiged me so that I decided to do some research and confirm brother Obama's claims if I could. Here is what I found:
Liberals are for Multiculturalism in America which essentially says that any race group should be allowed to form subcultures over and above any culture of a nation state in which they live. Simply put they believe that to make America stronger we need less national unity, patriotism and assimilation of immigrants as opposed to the exact opposite lesson taught us by our founders who from many, made one by unifying, and finding a common culture as American's.
Liberals are against Capital Punishment for murderers, but for the killing of innocent children on the notion that the former is cruel and unusual and the latter is justified by a combination of some intangible age of viability and a woman's right to choose what happens to her own body. Likely the most unreasonable argument I have ever heard, 99% of women have a choice when they flirt, a choice when they invite a man home with them, a choice to undress, and a choice to make when they allow a man inside them... By the time of conception all of the relevant and important "choices" should have already been made. For those who have been forcibly made pregnant through rape this does not apply. But what does however is the fact that life begins at conception, period. Choice can be argued, but to argue that there are not clear and dyer implications to that "choice" is neither reasonable nor factual.
Liberals believe in Affirmative Action as a means to equality. When in fact the implimentation of AA at its core would see colleges, businesses, etc.. use racial quotas to ensure said equality. In other words, denying certain students or applicants solely on the basis of race so that you can accept or hire others based on race as well. Discriminating as a means to end discrimination, does not sound like a very reasonable argument to me.
and last but certainly not least an op-ed pice that kind of says it all... Hate Speech On The Left
The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad explained among other things, why exactly his country had military and security personnel in Iraq. Or at least , he tried to explain it. The ambassador, Hassan Kazemi Qumi stated that his country's security personnel were only there to meet with Iraqi officials to discuss how they might cooperate in the future. Mr. Qumi also openly admitted that Iran plans to build a bank in the center of Baghdad to spark and/or improve Iran's ability to "Trade" with Iraq.
If you ask me, and you didn't, Iran has no other agenda than to claim as much power and authority in Iraq as it can. In addition their sole mission is also to disrupt coalition forces and make it impossible for the US to stabilize Iraq. I for one am happy that our President authorized force against Iran's agents inside Iraq. Now if we could only do that with our own borders, in our own country.
By teh way, I find it rather expected, funny and obvious that the NYT was the one to break this story in print. A paper so bent on portraying the war in a bad light, that it would print a story confirming Iranian involvement in Iraq just for another opportunity to throw a jab at the Bush administration. Classic!
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well, "Dude". At least as far as I can tell anyway. I did however read an interesting article today from a Yahoo blog that left me chuckling a little and thinking that my girlfriend (and probably any girl who is interested in understanding how men relate to one another) should read. It is by a gent named David Zinczenko whom I have never heard of before. But I think you all will find his insights entertaining at the very least and maybe helpful at most.
The Secret Language Of Men
"Girl-power feminists who got where they are by marrying men with money or power — Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Arianna Huffington and John Kerry — love to complain about how hard it is for a woman to be taken seriously. "
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Yes Folks! Its the return of WWW. For 2007 we thought we'd start things out with a really cool one. This is a gaurenteed time waster!
WACKY USES
Hat Tip Agent BedHead
Apparently by some twisted mix of fame and delusion Tom Cruise has been dubbed the "Christ" of Scientology. For those of you not aware Tom is an actor, lately not even a very good one and Scientology is, well... This.
Just the very idea of Tom Cruise even playing Christ in a movie would be ridiculous, much less imagining him as a/the Literal Christ. This is just one more reason to pity Hollywood and its spawn. I feel so sorry for his current wife and child. I understand Katie Holmes was a somewhat normal, happy human being at one time. I cannot wait to see whether or not tom accepts this "title" or whether he tries to play it down in the media and salvage what's left of his public image.
Hat Tip to Michelle Malkin who makes her point with me in saying the Pro-Life march on the Washington mall which turned out thousands of people completely slipped under the radar. She makes the point that if this were a Cindy Sheehan rally for example it would have been 1st page news. But because the media is run by people of a particular ideological bent, namely liberal, it ended up on A10. See her full post for the details
The demonstrators the MSM downplays
March For Life webpage
You know I don't get really angry about many things but I am incensed by something today that, I guess is just a part of who we are as a country. Now, I am sure that most of you are aware of the science of polling. In a nut shell, that if you can sample a small "cross-section" of people from various parts of the country (sometimes not even that) you can get a good idea of the opinion of the country regarding various issues and/or the approval rating of a president for example. I read this article today from Drudge with a headline reading "Bush Poll Ratings Before Speech Fall To Nixon Level". It goes on to site two or three different polls and ends with the CBS Evening News Poll which is decidedly lower than the rest. If you read on they then tell you that in order to arrive at these numbers they "surveyed 1,168 adults nationwide by telephone from Jan. 18 to 21", out of approx. 300,394,897 people living in America. Now I was never a math wiz in High School but if my calculations are correct that is something right around .0004% of the population. Four Ten Thousands of one percent. Boy those polls sure have got the pulse of the nation eh! So my message to you today America is don't believe the hype and support your president and your troops on the eve of the State Of The Union Address. He is not perfect but he sure is better than any alternative out there and he loves this nation!
Well, not many of you might know this about me but I am a huge Rush fan. My friend, lets call him Dude! sent me this link from Neil Peart's website. Anyway, it would appear that we can expect a new Rush album in May 07 and maybe a tour to follow soon after. Nice!!
Since I've been out of commission for a few, I thought you might like a two-fer today...Enjoy!
Well folks if you thought the past islamist placating done on 24 was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet. They have even wussified Jack this year. I am a little confused though, as one of the plot points involves a muslim family with some hippie, liberal neighbors that get all outraged when the muslim father is taken in for questioning. the tone is very anti-conservative until you find out shortly after that we ( the US government) actually had good reason to grab this man, and that he and his family are terrorists. Then there is the wussifying of Jack in a scene where Jack begins torturing a terroist for information and stops cold in the middle of it saying, "he is not going to tell us anything, I can see it in his eyes". Jack's companion then proceeds to further torutre the man by shanking him under the knee cap and gets the information they are looking for. So it seems to start out being anti-torture and ends up showing that torture really works??!!??**? There is also as Debbie Schlussel rightly points out a villan who, yep, you guessed it, turns out to be the only conservative in the current president's administration played by Peter Mc Nichol (of Ally Mac Beal and Numbers fame) who the writers have painted with what I now believe is the embodiment of the way most liberals view conservatives. He is stubborn, closed minded, cynical and evil. Another slightly confusing plot point... the charachter...his name is Tom, wants to heavily profile middle eastern muslim men and that is painted as wrong and a bad idea and against America's interest, but then they turn around and show us that every single one of the terrorists involved in the plot thus far are middle eastern muslim men???!!??? So far its a bit Bi-Polar for my taste and certainly leaning way left, but I am a loyal fan and will watch at least until I reach the point of nausea.
Blogs4Bauer has a great wrap up
Barbara Boxer made an ass of herself by suggesting that Condi had nothing to lose in the war because she is single and childless.
Nancy Pelosi is on the hot seat due to an exemption in the minimum wage bill for a Tuna Company in Pelosi's congressional district. This is of special note because dems have championed this bill with Pelosi right at the head.
Sir Alex Ferguson declared america David Beckham's only option in light of his time with Manchester United. The Scot implied that Beck's could just never bring himself to play against United with another club.
Gitmo Achers - Darlin' I Luv Ya' but gimme that Gitmo Life... Duhduh, duhduh, duh, duntdunt!
It's that time again... Here is Ann on The Duke Rape Case
"Liberal professors believe that crying wolf is valuable for calling attention to the societal problem of wolves, even though there's never a wolf in any particular case. Evidently, awareness of an alleged societal ill — of which we have no actual examples — is worth ruining the lives of three innocent people. After all, they're just powerful white men. At the next White Males of Privilege meeting, someone ought to bring up how they can use their vast power to win the right not to be put on trial for crimes they didn't commit."
Full Article
David Beckham signs 5 years deal with L.A. Galaxy
So if you thought the hype over Freddy Adu was bad a couple of years ago, you ain't seen nothin' yet! Take a look at this drooling, slobbery letter that Galaxy fans got this morning:
Having been Captain of the English soccer team and the driving force behind two of the world's best and most popular soccer clubs, Manchester United and Real Madrid, Beckham's latest chapter of his superstar career will see him joining one of MLS's most successful franchises. "David Beckham will have a greater impact on soccer in America than any athlete has ever had on a sport globally," said Timothy J. Leiweke, president & CEO, AEG. "We are acquiring an individual that will not only be the best ambassador and the best role model for athletes and fans of soccer but the best example of what any athlete can and should be. David is truly the only individual that can build the 'bridge' between soccer in America and the rest of the world," added Leiweke. "In addition to David's tremendous desire to further elevate the sport of soccer in the United States and worldwide, we would also not be here today without the unbelievable cooperation of the members of his management team beginning with Simon Fuller," Leiweke continued. "We owe you all a debt of gratitude and appreciation and give you our commitment that we will support you as you support us every step of the way." "This historic partnership with 19 Entertainment and CAA Sports will also create tremendous and exciting new opportunities for us to collectively develop additional worldwide initiatives," Leiweke continued. "The synergies created with 19 Entertainment, the worldwide leaders in branding and imaging along with CAA Sports, the premier sports representation agency will result in numerous new and profitable ventures."
Some jesticular homage to San Fran from the boys at "Caption This"
"Stephen King's "The Mist" reaches San Francisco. Horrible, monstrous inter-dimensional creatures immediately demand public-funded sex change operations and protest US involvement in Iraq."
"Fed up at last, God picks up his eraser..."
I discovered this through a co-worker, very cool. Updated constantly, Enjoy!
Global Incident Map 
Gaurdsmen Overrun At The Border
News Report Video
This story caught my eye for two reasons. #1 The fact that a National Gaurd Unit was over run and #2 The fact that it is unclear whether our soldiers were allowed to return fire. The way I understand the gaurd's mission is that they are to "observe and support the border patrol" in a nut shell. But what is the directive if they are fired apon? I mean lets think about this for a moment. At what other point in our history have we ever allowed our border and/or our military to be fired on without it being an international incident, decleration of war, etc... This is not Jose and his family with a handgun trying to sneak accross the border for a better life, these are armed drug militias, sometimes aided by corrupt federalies and soldiers infiltrating our southern borders.
The article says, "The Border Patrol will not say whether shots were fired". They mean shots fired by us, and as a citizen of this country I want to know that my military is authorized to do whatever is needed to repel any such attack. If not, why not.
The article also says the shooters retreated back into Mexico which says to me that they are probing our defenses, trying to see whether or not we shoot back, etc... trying to figure out whether our military at the border is really just for show, or whether we will actually use them to protect and defend our borders. Thusly the question for me is no longer how many troops are there, but what the mission parameters are of the ones who have been sent.
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STACLU Has a good post with lots of links to other good posts about this issue
This new offering will feature pearls of wisdom by liberal slayer Ann Coulter. Each week I will choose from Ann's weekly column, what I consider her best quote. Her current article will also be linked below. So without further delay...
"Fortunately for liberals, the Iraqis executed Saddam Hussein the exact same week that former President Ford died, so it didn't seem strange that Nancy Pelosi's flag was at half-staff. Also, Saddam's death made it less of a snub when Harry Reid skipped Ford's funeral."
Ann's Column
Gosh Nancy, wouldn't want you to get a big head or anything! I mean really, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel! That woman scares the crap out of me! Once again, can I just say to all of you who thought change was worth it... What in the name of all that is holy were you thinking!! This woman is now 3rd in line to the Presidency. One of the, if not the most liberal congressman in the history of our nation is an impeachment and a heart attack away from being the president of the united states. I want to take this moment as the dems are celebrating to remind or maybe to inform all of you moderates who made this possible of Ms. Pelosi's voting record and stance on the most important issues we face today. read em' and weep folks!
Nancy Pelosi on The Issues:
On Abortion -
For all of you my faithful few, I hope you had a great holiday and a Merry Christmas. Sorry for the lack of posting during that time but unlike some of my more obsessed fellow bloggers, I take holidays off and I do not do windows! Anyway, I will be back with more today hopefully and certainly this week. Cheers!
In the immortal words of Randy Quaid as Clark Griswald's loveable cousin Eddie, "Well Aint that just a nice surprise!"
Hat Tip to Six Meat and all listed on his post for this very funny and entertaining Christmas miracle!!
Enjoy!!
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