tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84611452011-08-16T22:05:59.923-05:00Cogito Ergo Blog. Occasional rants about whatever I am interested in at the moment. "One cannot have too much red wine, too many books or too much ammunition" Kipling “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus AureliusTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-30810264010057496082009-11-11T19:01:00.002-06:002009-11-11T19:12:11.778-06:00

Admittedly without trumpets or fanfare. I have been on an extended hiatus, but having bottomed out, I will try to claw my way back up . As always I will brings only facts that I can back up and piss as many people off in the process that I can.Tom

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I have noticed that several of the supposed Conservative members of the rarefied atmosphere of Washington and the Northeast have become a bit enamored by Obama despite his believing in everything a Conservative abhors and wondered why. The only thing I can come up with is that it is a manifestation of what was shown in the Asch study by Soloman Asch of Swarthmore College and has been called

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After a long hiatus I am ready to get back to this long neglected blog. Hopefully it will be a regular thing now and interesting, thought provoking and informative. Stay tuned.

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Steven M. Warshawsky writing at the American Thinker has a very good look at just who and what Hillary Clinton is. It is well worth reading it all but here is the opening paragraphs.In the spring of 1993, shortly after her husband and political benefactor Bill Clinton took office as the nation's 42nd president, Hillary Clinton delivered the commencement address at the University of Texas. In

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This is from the House Committee but the statement is the same for the opening statement given in todays Senate testimony. Thanks to QandO. General Petraeus Opening StatementREP. IKE SKELTON: Let me, before I ask you to proceed, again, state any demonstrations, any signs or demonstrative evidence will cause your removal.Once again, General, the floor is yours.GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS: Thank you, Mr.

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The cut and run crowd confer on how best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. What a bunch of Patriotic Americans these are. From their own conference call.Congresswoman Lynne Woolsey: Let’s start with what it’s going to take. It’s going to take some courage to not fund continuing the occupation. But we have to make sure that ending the war is not perceived as abandoning the troops. So

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From Pete Hegseth posted at The Weekly Standard:Tomorrow--as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress--the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times under the headline: "General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House." Let's be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has 'betrayed' his

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I know, it is a rhetorical question. To think that this poor excuse for a Legislator is in the government is bad enough but the amazing thing about him is that he has a few dozen supporters whose last name isn't Paul.

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to my four questions. There is no such thing as the normal, ideal global temperature because it has changed continuously for millenniums but all you will get from the AGW crown is dogma and Al Gore as its oracle. The scream that skeptics have been paid 10 Million dollars for their studies and are willing to sell out their reputations for chump change yet they fail to mentions that AGW proponents

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What is the accepted "Normal" temperature of the globe?What is considered the "Ideal" temperature of the globe?Why?According to who based on what "Settled Facts"?The answer to these questions would do a lot in convincing me to change my opinion. According to some of the AGW crowd, if I am reading it right, it is a damned good thing we killed off all those wretched CO2, methane producing Bison in

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There is going to be a lot of egg on faces and crow consumed it seems. First let's take a look at this revealing study. The authors just don't know how really revealing it is.Natural forces offset global warming last two years: studyNatural weather variations have offset the effects of global warming for the past couple of years and will continue to keep temperatures flat through 2008, a study

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Mind BogglingBlog solicits ideas for terrorists on how to be the most effective. Truly freaking amazing.Update: Some more mind boggling goodies, this time from the left coast LAT.

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Well, not exactly. The hyperbole coming from some of the left and the NAACP would make you think so however. Regarding the recent SCOTUS decision about forced integration in the K-12 schools for the purpose of "diversity", the Supremes made a minor adjustment. In his majority opinion, Justice Roberts said this..."The way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the

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The overwhelming defeat of the Amnesty Bill can't be laid at the feet of just one party. 16 Democrats and 1 Independent voted Nay12 Republicans and 1 Independent voted YeaSorry Harry, that dog won't hunt. I think even the Democrats were turned off by the back-room secret shenanigans going on and the heavy handed tactics used by Reid and company.

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It wasn't even close. Apparently the grassroots efforts against this travesty was heard by many Senators. And there are some strange bedfellows on the nay side of the vote. Many of the former ayes switched because of the public outcry. Find the 53 nays and the 46 ayes here.Thank those who supported you. We should show our pleasure with the outcome just like we show our displeasure.

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In another follow-up on the Heritage report about the costs of this amnesty bill, Robert Rector answers the White House.It is a long response but well worth reading. An excerpt:Last week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers issued a report entitled "Immigration's Economic Impact" which defended the President's promotion of the Senate's "comprehensive" immigration legislation (S.1348).[1]

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Here is what Jim DeMint has to say about this bill.U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) said Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid bears responsibility for the immigration bill after Reid used his powers to guarantee votes on a few amendments while blocking all others. According to the Senate historian, this has never been done before in U.S. history. “Senator Reid has been trying

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I salute my home state Senators for standing up for reason. WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, top Republican on the Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee, made the following statement regarding today’s vote by the Senate to proceed to a deeply-flawed immigration reform bill. Senator Cornyn, along with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, voted against the decision to proceed to

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The Senators cannot use the dodge that they voted against this bill if they voted for cloture. If they think they can, they think we are as stupid as they are lacking in integrity. We will note who they are and remember how they voted on cloture for this garbage yet in order to cover their asses, they vote against the bill knowing it will pass anyway, is not only the height of hubris but the

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The Heritage Foundation has the newly numbered and soon to be introduced Immigration Bill. Included in the post is a link to the PDF of the whole nine smelly yards. They have this to say: The Senate's Second Secret Immigration BillFor weeks, Americans were told that there are only two options for dealing with the nation's illegal immigration problem: stay with the status quo or accept a "grand

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Senator James Inhofe guest appearence at Ed Morrisseys Captains Quarters.I am pleased to welcome Senator James Inhofe, R-OK, for his first guest post at Captain's Quarters. Senator Inhofe introduces his petition drive to get grassroots action on immigration that focuses on securing the nation's borders. Thank you, Captain Ed for allowing me to submit this guest post. I want to briefly discuss

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The Republican Party along with the President has sold out the conservatives that are concerned with security for the amnesty crowd. Instead of representing 76+ percent of the American people in this Amnesty bill, they are ignoring us and with such obvious disdain, actually have the hubris to insult us. Ted Kennedy says that it is too complicated for the people to understand and the rest of the

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As noted in my previous post, here is the letter from the two latest defectors from the Grand Plan. It seems that they actually listened to the voters of Georgia on the recent trip home.Dear Mr. President:Although the Senate’s effort to reform our nation’s immigration laws through the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 is stalled, illegal immigration remains

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That is a question being answered in a memo now circulating on the Hill.It is a PDF file but well worth reading it all about what they don't want you to know. Just a few excerpts from the memo. It has more to do with process than substance but does answer some questions.There are three primary reasons the bill failed: * The complicated legislation, constantly being tweaked by the White House and

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Scenario...There is a rogue elephant in the room. First step is to identify the elephant. Second step is to formulate a plan on how to deal with said pachyderm. Next thing needed is a plan on how to properly dispose of the animal for the good of all. The only way to eat said elephant is one bite at a time. What does this have to do with Immigration and the bill that won't die? Instead of

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I received two follow-up letters from Texas Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison today and thought I would share them with you. It does seem that some of the Senate is listening. I hope they continue to listen to the people and not to the President and others including Kyle, Graham, Kennedy and McCain.Dear Mr. Heard:Thank you for contacting me about immigration reform. The need to fix

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Thanks to Jack M. at Ace of Spades we can read what Jeff Sessions of Alabama identifies as what more is wrong with this shamnesty bill.20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration BillLoophole 1 – Legal Status Before Enforcement:Amnesty benefits do not wait for the “enforcement trigger.” After filing an application and waiting 24 hours, illegal aliens will receive full “probationary benefits,” complete

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The Senate is ready to start debate on the thousand page bill that is not even fully written, few details are available, only the rough draft summary.The are anxious to ram this through without the usual oversight and debate. Why? They don't want anybody to know what is really in the bill, knowing it will not survive the light of day. It will devastate our border security, open the country to a

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When I posted earlier about the devil being in the details, I was right on the money. Hugh Hewitt, a law Professor and blogger among other things has been pouring over the details since the 700 page summary was released and spent a very productive weekend for our benefit. So far he has broken it down in 8 parts and I'm sure he is not through with this large and complicated document. It is

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I posted this entry in May of last year and and felt it might be a good repost considering todays news and pending legislation. It seems as appropriate today as it did a year ago. Maybe more so. Here is the first few paragraphs but the whole thing can be found at the link.There are, IMO, several different classifications of "Immigrants"1. What I consider true immigrants are those who come to this

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If the devil is indeed in the details then it seems that the more details we learn about this Amnesty bill, the more it looks like it is chock full of demons. Nobody seems to know for sure what all is in this bill, now at a draft stage of 700 pages and expected to grow to 1000 pages. Not even the people who will be voting on it has any idea and will have little time to study and debate it before

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In my previous post I stated that the Amnesty Bill was a fait accompli. Apparently it may not be a done deal yet. According to this from the Washington Times "The president's willingness to accept the granting of amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants has sent a harmful message to Republican voters around the country," said Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican. "But I also believe that'll sort

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The latest update on the new Amnesty Bill in Congress. The title is in reference to a post I made in 2005 if you're wondering. It means enough is enough. It seems the new bill may be a fait accompli. Dare I say that it is a travesty and a very unfunny joke. I don't care how they spin it or by what nuanced names they try to call it, it is amnesty. Not only for those already here but for the flood

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In order to try to help rehabilitate himself and his reputation and image, Tenet wrote a tell all book. It is a shame it ended up being such an easily reputed sham.His detractors are coming out of the woodwork in droves. Ed Morrissey has several new links that are indeed interesting Remember the "Rule of Holes"? Tenet should have stopped digging but instead he has not only dug himself deeper but

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He asks a very pointed question. "America, why have you abandoned us?" In The American Thinker, he writes:My fellow Americans; what have the American Fighting men and women done to cause you to abandon them in a foreign land, surrounded by sinister people that are bent on killing them and all Americans? Do we believe that these people, who think nothing of killing men, women, and children of

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As and update of my previous post, Confederate Yankee has this update from one of his sources. Fact Sheet Army Operations Security: Soldier Blogging Unchanged Summary:America's Army respects every Soldier's First Amendment rightswhile also adhering to Operations Security (OPSEC) considerations toensure their safety on the battlefield.Soldiers and Army family members agree that safety of

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I wish this were but a bad dream but alas it seems to be a bad reality.The best PR the military has coming from the war front is the milbloggers. It damned sure is not from the media, which is anathema to anything but US deaths. No successes are allowed to be reported according to what we see on a daily basis from the handlers/editors of our own media outlets. And now this, reported at Wired by

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The Daily Colonial paper of George Washington University has a scathing editorial by Nick Miller on what Pelosi has accomplished in a mere four months as Speaker of the House. Nancy Pelosi has been Speaker of the House for less than four months, yet in that short time she has already managed to prove herself incapable of responsible leadership. Embracing her new position of power, Pelosi seems

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Omar Fadhil, who writes a blog "Iraq the Model", asks that question.Instead of trying to come up with ideas to help they try to halt the sincere effort to stabilize Iraq and rescue the Middle East from a catastrophe.I am Iraqi and to me the possible consequences of this vote are terrifying. Just as we began to see signs of progress in my country the Democrats come and say ‘well, it’s not worth it

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-3025363738984201672007-04-30T21:09:00.000-05:002007-05-01T09:16:49.001-05:00

This will, I am sure be a developing story as more tidbits from his book comes out and interviews. He has already been caught is more than one fabrication in his new role. Not the first but I'm sure not the last to fisk Mr. Tenet and his tome, Christopher Hitchens unloads both barrels. Priceless.His conclusion is also priceless.A highly irritating expression in Washington has it that "hindsight

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NOTICE...This is not from the Onion and is not satire. It should be. This is in regard to the upcoming May Day "Celebrations". and is an indication of what some of the goals are.The May Day rallies across the United States—from Los Angeles to Chicago and Miami—are an opportunity to join forces with others to demand: Unconditional, immediate permanent residency for all undocumented immigrants!

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(H/T Gateway Pundit ) Go to Gateway Pundit to enlarge. The story above was published in the official Iranian Fars News on Friday.They must have been impressed with the democratic presidential candidates, especially since only 4 of the 8 democrats think their is a global War on Terror.MEHR News reported:Vietnam flashback TEHRAN, April 27 (MNA) -- The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill according to

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The Abscam scum has reached new lows. Not only does he call the troops "cold blooded killers" with no proof and prior to the investigation, now he come out with this.From Congress Daily PM [subscription link]: “Look, these guys have lied to us so much, I've even lost confidence in the military,” said Murtha, a retired Marine colonel with ties to the Pentagon.Compare this to John Murtha, who in

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First of all, if your are a Democratic leader and David Broder, the Dean of the Washington press corps comes out with a scathing editorial, you know you may be in trouble. Not onown for his Conservative ideology, Broder lays in on the line in this Washington Post op-ed.Here's a Washington political riddle where you fill in the blanks: As Alberto Gonzales is to the Republicans, Blank Blank is to

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A "one minute speech" on the floor of the House by Kentucky's Geoff Davis.

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While doing a search of Lenin's term in face of today's news, I came across an old post at American Thinker that just jumped off the screen at me. It is written by Amil Imani, an Iranian born American citizen and a pro democracy advocate. It is worth anyones time to read and digest it all. A few pull quotes to whet the appetite.Islam enjoys a large and influential ally among the non—Muslims: A

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Are we to look to this man as a leader that we can believe? Dare I say it? What a dirtbag. I hold many politicians in low esteem but Reid and Pelosi are breaking new ground.

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Unlike the "fifth column" of old, there is nothing clandestine about this movement. Wikipedia defines fifth column thus "A fifth column is a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation." The leaders of this group, Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, and many more including a few Republicans like Chuck Hagel are not only willing to raise

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VDH in a compelling article at NRO tell us about a dream he had about a civilization that has become just a dream.I recently had a dream that British marines fought back, like their forefathers of old, against criminals and pirates. When taken captive, they proved defiant in their silence. When released, they talked to the tabloids with restraint and dignity, and accepted no recompense.I dreamed

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In an American Thinker post by Andrew Walton, he takes us back to the halcyon days following Viet Nam and that icon of the left, George McGovern:"Do we sit on the sidelines and watch a population slaughtered, or do we marshal military force and put an end to it?" -- Senator George McGovern, August 21, 1978The "it" McGovern wanted US troops to put an end to was the killing of millions of

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George Will has an interesting article on the Fuzzy Climate Math of the Global Warming evangelicals at RCP.In a campaign without peacetime precedent, the media-entertainment-environmental complex is warning about global warming. Never, other than during the two world wars, has there been such a concerted effort by opinion-forming institutions to indoctrinate Americans, 83 percent of whom now call

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I swore I was not going to get into the Imus dust-ip even though I do have some strong feelings about the matter. But a good liberal friend of mine pointed me to this piece from Jason Whitlock, a sportswriter for the Kansas City Star. Fair use being what it is, I will not print the whole thing, just a couple of excerpts but is is well worth the reading of it all. It says volumes. Thank you, Don

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Just to dtaw some attention to the news feature in the sidebar. Just click in the links, UN,Pelosi, etc. at the top to find news of the day about that subject. More will be added according to what is the news du jour. Notice there is not a link to news about Anna Nichol, Imus, or other things I am not into at the moment.

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This from Anne Bayefsky at NRO On April 9, 2007 there was a United Nations believe-it-or-not moment extraordinaire. At the same time that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad declared his country was now capable of industrial-scale uranium enrichment, the U.N. reelected Iran as a vice chairman of the U.N. Disarmament Commission.Yes Ripley, the very U.N. body charged with promoting nuclear

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As expected, the Pelosi and Company trip to Syria and Israel has been met with a blogospheric firestorm. I have my own thought to add to this kerfuffle but that will have to be postponed a bit. It has been well covered by the blog world and I can't add much. I would like to draw your attention to this article written in The American Thinker. It is an eyeopening piece to anyone who has not been

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After taking a long time out from the blog, I am back. There is so much to talk about and so much venting to do, that I could not stay away. Hopefully I will get back to my former status (such as it was) in the ecosystem and get back in the game.Stay tuned. Thanks...Tom

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Eliot Cohen in the WSJ Online has another take on the ISG report. The part of his piece that jumped out at me was this:...A fatuous process yields, necessarily, fatuous results. "Iraq's neighbors are not doing enough to help Iraq achieve stability" -- a statement only somewhat ameliorated by the admission that some are even "undercutting stability," which sounds as though Syria and Iran were

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After reading the ISG report last night I couldn't help but think of the road to Munich in 1938. Apparently I was not alone in that thinking about how similar it seemed to the man of the hour Neville Chamberlain and his approach to dealing with the Czechoslovakian issue and what that led to. The idea of being able to sit down with our sworn enemies and expect them to cooperate in the stability

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-54087064074031588242006-12-06T10:39:00.000-06:002006-12-06T21:56:17.862-06:00

I am in the process of reading the Iraq Study Group Report and will try to dissect it as I go but just a perfunctory reading of the Executive Summary gives me more than just a pause. It seems to run a long gamut from Iraq itself to recommendations of a dialog with Iran and Syria as serious "partners" in Iraq. It also brings in the Israeli/Palestinian question and that does not bode well for US/

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-84856502593380300522006-11-12T17:27:00.000-06:002006-11-12T17:53:49.303-06:00

Mark Steyn, in his always insightful way, wonders the same thing. Having read his post in the Sun-Times does give one pause and a good reason to reflect on what America is capable of and willing, or not willing in this case, to do about our present and future enemies. Several of Marks paragraphs jumped out at me but the entire post is well worth reading.The enemy aren't a bunch of simpleton

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-23181029195367630222006-11-10T11:55:00.000-06:002006-11-10T13:16:59.985-06:00

As you may have noticed, I changed the template format of Heard Here. In doing so I inadvertently ended up deleting all the past comments. I'm sorry for that, it was not a house cleaning, they just got lost in the move. Not being a computer geek I am struggling to find several of the features that I had previously and it will take some time to get them back but the past comments are gone forever

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There seems to be a bunch of these going around the net about "what went wrong?". Most of the gnashing of teeth, rending of clothes and keening while taking the mantle of sack cloth and ashes can be understood. Wrong, but understood. The Republican Party has no one to blame but themselves and the people we sent to Washington. It was, in my opinion, not a failure of the conservative agenda and

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Ouch! Michael Kinsley in todays Washington Post has an op-ed about Pelosi and what we can look for if the Dems win the house. Kinsley, a liberals liberal talks about the Democrat platform "A New Direction for America," and he is far from impressed. No wonder he waited till now to give his opinion instead of a week or two ago. I have never been a fan of Kinsley but he is usually a level headed

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From the American Thinker comes this thought provoking article on the consequences of a cut and run policy in Iraq. It is definately something to keep in mind when considering your vote on November 7. It doesn’t matter how we got there. It doesn’t matter how you think you were lied to. It doesn’t matter if you think there was a connection between Sadam and Al-Qaeda. The only thing that matters

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A Party Adrift On National Security fromINVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILYLeadership: Wonder what national security will be like under a Democrat-controlled Congress? Wonder no more. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats are telling you right now, and it isn't comforting.Apparently preparing for her accession to speaker of the House after November's election, Pelosi gave an interview

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Richard Miniter of the NYPost Has a good inside look at what is being done to torture those poor souls at GITMO. No wonder it has been compared to a gulag and those damned Nazis, by the Democrats. "ON the military plane back from America's most fa mous terrorist holding pen, the in-flight film was "V for Vendetta," a screed that tries to justify terrorism. It was a fitting end to a surreal,

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TWO THOUSAND ONE, NINE ELEVEN (2001-911) Two thousand one, nine elevenThree thousand plus arrive in heavenAs they pass through the gate,Thousands more appear in waitA bearded man with stovepipe hatSteps forward saying, "Lets sit, lets chat"They settle down in seats of cloudsA man named Martin shouts out proud"I have a dream!" and once he

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A comparison of achievements.The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000, or 20% of the world population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes: Literature: 1988 - Najib Mahfooz. Peace: 1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat 1994 - Yasser Arafat Physics: 1990 - Elias James Corey 1999 - Ahmed Zewail Medicine: 1960 - Peter Brian Medawar 1998 - Ferid MouradThe

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A long piece from Fjordman at the Brussels Journal makes some very good points about whether it is time to say farewell to the UN, and he doesn't even talk about them saying that our Constitution is illegal according to International law. It is well worth reading in its entirety. More about the UN and their attack on our Constitution later. Read this.

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Alan Dershowitz, however you might disagree with him on some issues, speaks with clarity on Israel. He has a column in the Wall Street Journal on how warfare today has changed the definition of who is a civilian and what a civilian casualty means.This is all well and good for democratic nations that deliberately locate their military bases away from civilian population centers. Israel has its

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In what I find to be a first, several Arab countries are condemning Hezbollah and supporting Israels effort to wipe them out. This from the NYT by Hassan Fattah:BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 16 — With the battle between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah raging, key Arab governments have taken the rare step of blaming Hezbollah, underscoring in part their growing fear of influence by the group’s

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From Beirut to the Beltway just reported this little bit of news.AT LAST!!! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?In an emotional address to the Lebanese people, PM Fouad Siniora declared Lebanon a disaster area, and called for 3 things:1- An immediate cease fire brokered by the UN2- The Lebanese state to extend its control over all lebanese territories with UN help. He vowed that Lebanese will additionally

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The excelent Egyptian blog Big Pharaoh seems to think so and seems to think it is about time. The pan-Arab daily newspaper Al Hayat reported that Israel informed Syria's Assad that a regional war would erupt in 72 hours if his country didn't prevent Hezbollah attacks.According to the report, a Pentagon source said that if Syria does not try to influence Hezbollah, Israel could bomb essential

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-1152811245105695462006-07-13T12:07:00.000-05:002006-11-09T13:00:20.838-06:00

As I have believed for some time, the start of our next "big one" will start in the mid-East and Iran will be the kingpin with Syria playing the part of the Iranian toady. I also believe that the actions of Hamas and Hezbollah were done at the request and orders of Iran. The escalation continues with is from Haaretz By Amos Harel and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents

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An absolutely brilliant and thought provoking essay in The Opinion Journal today.There is something rather odd in the way America has come to fight its wars since World War II. For one thing, it is now unimaginable that we would use anything approaching the full measure of our military power (the nuclear option aside) in the wars we fight. And this seems only reasonable given the relative

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There are, IMO, several different classifications of "Immigrants"1. What I consider true immigrants are those who come to this country and resolve to be a part of this country, become citizens, and are willing and anxious to assimilate into our country and society. They strive to learn the language and will be proud to be called Americans. These include the people who jumped through all the hoops

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Russ Feingold led the charge up the hill to censure President Bush for one of the few things that he is popular for, the NSA wiretapping of Al Qaeda. Only one problem for the good Senator was that when he turned around, he found himself alone. Frist decided that this was too good an opportunity to pass up and called for a vote and the Dems ran like cockroaches in the light. Too funny. Another

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This is from the American FutureIt is a must read and should be widely circulated.[Update – See Solomon2's comment to this post regarding Mark Steyn's banishment from The Telegraph] On February 19, The Telegraph published an article by Alasdair Palmer entitled "ENGLAND: The day is coming when British Muslims form a state within a state." If you click on the link, you won't find the article.

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-1140108273403832692006-02-16T10:40:00.000-06:002006-11-09T13:00:20.280-06:00

I was pointed to this article by Neal Boortz and it was too good not to pass on.Admit it, this turban/bomb thing could be the next big fashion hit on the Muslim street! Muslim outrage huh. OK ... let's do a little historical review. Just some lowlights: Muslims fly commercial airliners into buildings in New York City. No Muslim outrage.Muslim officials block the exit where school girls

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The more I read and the more indepth the blog world and the media explore this worldwide pandemic, the more we learn about its lack of spontaneity. Olivier Guitta writes in the Weekly Standard about the months long planning that took place for these demonstrations and gives us a good look at "The Project", a Muslim Brotherhood document dating back to 1982 and is a type of roadmap along the lines

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-1139611905661756572006-02-10T16:42:00.000-06:002006-11-09T13:00:20.111-06:00

What it hell is next? Talk about surrender and a big welcome mat on our borders, this sends a message but the wrong message. What worries me is that Bush/McCain/Kennedy may like it enough to try to change the law to allow it. From the Dallas Morning News.By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News Dallas' school district has a shortage of bilingual teachers. DISD

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-1139593786361323982006-02-10T11:38:00.000-06:002006-11-09T13:00:20.014-06:00

Diana West has an op-ed in the Washington Times that speaks volumes about what I have been saying for ages.We need to learn a new word: dhimmitude. I've written about dhimmitude periodically, lo, these many years since September 11, but it takes time to sink in. Dhimmitude is the coinage of a brilliant historian, Bat Ye'or, whose pioneering studies of the dhimmi, populations of Jews and

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-1139592014762596042006-02-10T10:59:00.000-06:002006-11-09T13:00:19.860-06:00

I have had little to say about the cartoon jihad because it has been discussed by many in the blog world and dissected, examined and discussed much better than I could have. I am however recommending these two pieces along with the coverage given the cartoon controversy by Michelle Malkin and others linked to by her.Marc Schulman at the excellent American Future points to this op-ed in the NYTs

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-1138993669131570882006-02-03T12:53:00.000-06:002006-11-09T13:00:19.764-06:00

This is a long article, however it covers a long history of sedition and paints a very large target on the NYTimes and the sources who leaked secret information. From what Porter Goss testified about in Congress, I think he may agree. Just a taste:The 9/11 Commission, in seeking to explain how we fell victim to a surprise assault, pointed to the gap between our foreign and domestic

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If you haven't read this, you should. I will even go so far as to say you owe it to yourself. Just a taste of what you have in store: Our Right to SecurityAl Qaeda, not the FBI, is the greater threat to America.BY DEBRA BURLINGAMEMonday, January 30, 2006 12:01 a.m.(Ms. Burlingame, a former attorney, is the sister of Charles F. "Chic" Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines flight 77, which

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I remember a long time ago now calling MCI Wordcom to cancel my subscription to their long distance service because they chose to have Danny Glover as their spokesman. A little thing perhaps but it felt good to make a statement. I was not proven wrong. He along with several other far left wing types have decided that America is the most evil country on earth and Bush is its biggest terrorist. And

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To go along with this post and this one, Victor Davis Hanson writes a letter to Old Europe that is hopefully read and taken to heart. A couple of excerpts:Even in this era of crisis, we cling to the notion that in the eleventh hour you, Europe, will yet reawake, rediscover your heritage, and join with us in defending the idea of the West from this latest illiberal scourge of Islamic fascism. For

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The New York Times may be in a deeper hole than just the loss of credibility and trust of the people. Scott Johnson at Powerline does a yeomans job of outlining the legal trouble the Gray Lady may be in:"Since the New York Times published the Risen/Lichtblau NSA story on December 16, we have cited the federal law that makes the disclosures on which the story is based a crime. The federal law is

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Having read what Former Spanish Prime Minister Aznar had to say in a speech at Hillsdale College last October I can only hope that he is also the future Spanish Prime Minister. Here’s a brief excerpt:It is often said that Europe always leans towards the soft option because it lacks the military power to do otherwise. The truth is that, at some recent point in our history, Europeans in general

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The first rule of holes is, if you find yourself in one, "Stop Digging". Sounds simple and easy doesn't it? As simple as it is, is seems that it is not that easy. First, lets look at the main house organ of the Democratic Party i.e. The New York Times. The Gray Lady seems to think that the outing of a minor employee of the CIA, who hasn't been covert or overseas in over five years is a major

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As noted below, shortly after posting a press release on establishing a commission to contact space aliens, it disappeared from the PRWeb site intitially linked by a Google News Alert. I did find it on the web in its entirety however. It appears to be a petition drive from several nutcase NGOs to the UN for a Resolution and seems to have been successful in raising it up for debate. It was put

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Our tax dollars in support of the United Nations is being well spent. U.N. General Assembly Now Has Resolution To Establish United Nations Decade Of Contact & Diplomatic Relations With E.T.s . A press release from the UN is available in pdf format or at the link Just a taste to whet your appetite.[Apparently the links have been deleted and taken off the web. They now reside in cyberspace

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First of all I hope all of you had a good Hogmanay (Scottish New Years Eve) and will have a bright New Year. There does seem to be more good news that is not being widely reported in the MSM. First, let me point you to an article in Investors Business Daily that says thing are good all over.The New Year: Despite natural disasters and the casualties of war, Americans say 2005 was better than 2004

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It was announced today by the White House that the Justice Department is launching an investigation into who leaked the top secret NSA intellegence gathering program to the media. Earlier the Gray Lady made a big deal out of "Who outed Valerie Plame" thinking that it had to be someone in the White House and cried about the dire consequences to Natioal Security and then the dear old gal herself

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This is the UN we have all grown to know, love and respect. From the Heritage Foundation website comes the shocking (not really) information that the UN is still the UN. After the Oil for Food scandal and Kofi's missing Mercedes, you would think that maybe, just maybe there would be some actual reforms going on. Not. It seems that it is business as usual in the "World Body". (this is the same UN

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This will be a short post but with a few interesting reads about the NSA kerfuffle and the "Bush Lied" screed from some unexpected places. The first comes from the NYT op-ed column by David Rivkin and Lee Casey on the law applicable to the NSA terrorist eavesdropping program: "Unwarranted complaints." The next is from the WSJ by Robert Turner. Both excellent reads, so take your time and

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for everyone today is for all to have a Merry Christmas and to keep our men and women in harms way and far from home in your thoughts this Holy Day Season. May God bless them, their families and yours. Merry Christmas all.

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From the WSJ "Best of the Web" by Tarantino. 'We Didn't Have English Class'Last week Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate minority leader, boasted to a Democratic gathering that "we killed the Patriot Act." Perhaps realizing that this was not the most appealing message to send to voters outside the Bush-hating base, Reid took to the Senate floor Monday and offered an apology of sorts (link in

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From an interview with a noted Constitutional scholar(and by no means is he a consevative one) Cass Sunstein on the Hugh Hewitt Show yesterday. Transcript via The Radioblogger.Here is an excerpt:HH: ....First, did the authorization for the use of military force from 2001 authorize the president's action with regards to conducting surveillance on foreign powers, including al Qaeda, in contact with

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