tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155361602011-06-07T23:28:34.268-07:00You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done...ReaganChris Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848270670919257700noreply@blogger.comBlogger1741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536160.post-1151339305210838152006-06-26T09:23:00.000-07:002006-06-26T09:28:25.276-07:00

Cross Posted from: DeMediacratic NationIt is unneccessary that I add any comments here, as this basically speaks for itself.From the Chattanooga Times Free Press (subscription):Our nation's unwillingness to enforce laws against illegal immigration is having predictable results: Illegals believe their ability to stay here is more or less protected, so they are demanding more of this

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Cross posted from CommonSenseAmerica:There seems to be some confusion in the illegal immigration debate, as this article illustrates:From The San Francisco Chronicle:Ruben Navarrette Jr. writes:Dobbs has said repeatedly that the only thing that concerns him is “illegal” immigration. But on his show he sounded the alarm bells when the Heritage Foundation put out a report warning that offering

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Crossposted from Morning Coffee:With tensions rising and the police department and municipal budget stretched thin, Hazleton is about to embark on one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants anywhere in the United States.Last week the mayor of this former coal town introduced, and the City Council tentatively approved, a measure that would revoke the business licenses of companies that

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H/t Right Truth. Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist stated in an article published by WorldNetDaily that he did not support an upcoming bill sponsored by Republican Representative Mike Pence. According to the article this is contrary to what Rep. Pence told a Republican Study group at the Heritage Foundation. I have not seen nor can I verify exactly what Rep. Pence told the study group but there

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As if we needed further evidence that it is not just Mexicans taking advantage of our porous borders.From Reuters:Honduras is becoming a key staging point for human trafficking rings bringing undocumented Cuban immigrants to the United States, authorities said on Thursday. The Central American nation has long been a stepping stone for Latin American immigrants bound for the U.S. border, but the

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In 1777 on this date the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as our national flag. The first celebration of Flag Day was on this date in 1877 and there has been an annual celebration since about 1885 or so. How many flags did you see flying today?

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Cross posted from CommonSenseAmerica:We may be watching the slow and painful death of the asinine amnesty bill our lovely Senators tried to sail under the radar of the American public.Forbes reports:Hopes for a quick compromise on immigration were dealt a blow Tuesday after House Speaker Dennis Hastert said he wanted to take a “long look” at a Senate bill offering possible citizenship to millions

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First they discover that there is an ingredient in beer that helps fight prostate cancer. (Ok so you have to drink 17 beers a day to get any of the effect, so what.) But now they are saying today that coffee may reduce the risk of cirrhosis.This has been a great week!

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On Monday Morning Coffee had a post on House Republican Mike Pence's Op-Ed piece from the Wall Street Journal titled A Middle Ground on Immigration. The author over at Morning Coffee was right on when they stated that Pence's plan "on the surface appears to be logical and based on common sense". Representative Pence's executive summary was also included in the post: The

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Another shining example of how Democrats just do not get it.From Reuters:Republicans in the House of Representatives on Monday introduced a resolution they said would be the springboard for a thorough debate on the Iraq war, but Democrats decried it for dealing broadly with the war on terrorism instead focusing on Iraq. The House later this week is to debate the resolution, which declares

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By now everyone has heard about Joey Vento the owner of Geno's Steaks of South Philadelphia. Mr. Vento placed a sign in his place of business that says "This is America-when ordering, speak English." As you can imagine in today's PC world in which we live this has caused a bit of an outrage from some groups. Earlier today I saw this story from Reuters:A civil rights watchdog agency has decided

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Al-Qaida in Iraq has announced a successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Sheik Abu Hamza al-Muhajer has been named as the new leader. Nobody seems to know exactly who this guy is because he may have just chosen this name as a new alias. Whoever he is, here is hoping that he dies soon in a very loud and grotesque manner.

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Cross posted from CommonSenseAmerica:Just as those who claim to see racism as the foundation of every disagreement in our nation are most often the worst offenders, the true hypocrites are usually the people that scream “hypocrisy” the loudest.From KFMB, CA:A new billboard in the South Bay is causing quite a stir, as the battle over immigration reform continues.The billboard, located near

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Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate West Berlin, Germany June 12, 1987This speech was delivered to the people of West Berlin, yet it was also audible on the East side of the Berlin wall. Thank you very much. Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world at the City

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GOOD THREE LESS THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE KORANS FOR AND FEED. MORE IMPORTANTLY THREE LESS TERRORISTS IN THE WORLD.

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Cross posted from The Amboy TimesEver wonder how all those drugs get into the US through our air-tight Customs agencies? A border inspector accused of accepting cash and a luxury vehicle from smugglers driving carloads of illegal immigrants through border crossings was arrested Thursday.The arrest came after a two-year investigation by the Border Corruption Task Force, a multi-agency team that

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ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI DEAD IN AN AIR STRIKE IN BAGHDAD.Baghdad (AFP)-Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an air strike on a safe house where he was holding a meeting, the prime minister announced, ending the hunt for the country's most wanted fugitive......General George W. Casey Jr, head of US-led forces in Iraq, told the press conference that Zarqawi and one of his key

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June 6, 2006 or 06/06/06 has become a date of peculiar interest over the last few months. Everything from predictions about the end of the world and that the anti-christ will be revealed to the opening of the remake of the 1976 movie The Omen have become the topic of conversation about this date. All of this absolute nonsense has overshadowed the most significant fact about June 6th.On June 6,

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One of the greatest Presidents in our history has now been gone two years. Unfortunately, it seems that many in the Republican Party that owe their success to Roanld Reagan have forgotten about him and his legacy. It would be wise on their part if they took this opportunity on this the second anniversary of his passing to reflect on the man and his conservative principles. More and more of us

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According to this AP story a judge has ruled against a Bible based program conducted by Prison Fellowship Ministries in Iowa.A judge has ruled that a Bible-based prison program violates the First Amendment's freedom of religion clause by using state funds to promote Christianity to inmates. Prison Fellowship Ministries, which was sued in 2003 by an advocacy group, was ordered Friday to cease its

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The winner of the Political Hack of the Week award goes to the less than honorable Democrat New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. During a commencement speech at Queens College Hevesi introduced Senator Chuckles Schumer as the man that would "put a bullet between the President's eyes if he could get away with it". Of course he immediately realized what a terrible statement this was and within

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"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."Sir Winston Churchill

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"The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife. "Theodore Roosevelt

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Every time I hear America and Europe in the same sentence it is usually in the context of something America does that is "bad" and enlightened Europe does that is the opposite, and thus "good". Recent events in the Sudan have not been making headlines regularly but they will now that the UN is going to cut food aid in half to this country in the throws of civil war between Arabs and non-Arabs.

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"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."Edmund Burke

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It's the economy that the media does not want to talk about. That is why poll numbers indicate that a majority of Americans consider the economy to be fair to poor when, in fact, economic indicators look really good. The stock market is at a 6 year high, interest rates remain at record lows, despite the much hyped increases over the past couple of years. Unemployment is lower than the average for

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As I was walking the hallowed halls of academia I kept noticing two flyers advertising two classes being offered by the university for the summer. One is called "Women, Culture and the State" and one is called "Women, Liberty and the Black Experience" both sound like typical classes in so-called "social justice" or "social awareness." Ordinarily I would have not paid them a second thought. After

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"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."Abraham Lincoln

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Over the weekend I was helping a friend sort through lots of old stuff he had recently acquired. While looking through this stuff, I ran across a book with the title 1952. It was basically a yearbook, summarizing the events from around the world during the year 1952. As I was flipping through the pages, I ran across the chapter on France and a photograph of French protesters holding signs saying

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"It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart. "Tom Selleck

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Much to my surprise and much to the credit of the Capitol Police I heard over the weekend, like everyone else, that the agency is seeking an arrest warrant for Democrat representative Cynthia McKinney. What is not so surprising is McKinney has pulled the race card. According to McKinney it is racial profiling that causes her confrontations with the Capitol Police and not her own arrogance.

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All of a sudden the number of U.S. fatalities in Iraq do not seem to be important to the mainstream media. U.S. fatalities have consistently decreased since October 2005. March of 2006 came to a close with a total of 30 U.S. fatalities, not all of them combat related. The last time there was a month with 30 or fewer fatalities was February 2004.The continued reduction of U.S. fatalities is a

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"In some ways I'm the luckiest person in the world. I could have ended up at Guantanamo Bay. Instead I ended up at Yale."Rahmatullah Hashemi

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The Democrats have finally revealed their platforms for first taking back Congress in '06 and then the White House in '08. I know they have been doing this all year but this time there is no double talk, vague talking points, or hollow promises. They have nailed it this time and if they can live up to this plan it is going to be very, very bleak for Republicans for a long time.This is not good

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How could this week's winner be anyone else then Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)? Of course by now most everyone has heard about McKinney's run in with the U.S. Capitol Police shortly after entering a House building on Wednesday. Here is a quick re-cap in case you missed it and you do not want to read the entire AP article. It seems that House members do not have to walk through the metal

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Afghanistan Fighting Deadliest in Months. Just glancing at that headline from this AP article like many Americans do without reading the contents under the title, one starts to think that things are going bad for us in Afghanistan.Once you read the contents of the article you realize that the title given is certainly appropriate. Recent fighting in Afghanistan has been very deadly, for the

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The U.N. Security Council demanded Wednesday that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, the first time the powerful body has directly urged Tehran to clear up suspicions that it is seeking nuclear weapons. Iran remained defiant, maintaining its right to nuclear power but insisting that it was committed to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and had no intention of seeking weapons of mass destruction."

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Two big items in the news this week should be a wake up call for Americans. One is the riots in France in response to a more growth friendly labor policy and the other is the mass demonstrations, not yet riots, across the US in response to proposed immigration legislation.The riots in France are in response to proposed legislation that would allow employers to hold young workers accountable for

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Have you every wondered why you hear more about some documents than others in the mainstream media? Have you ever wondered why some documents are immediately considered legitimate and authentic while others are immediately dismissed as fraudulent or simply ignored by the press? I have.For example, who could forget the fraudulent documents regarding the President's military service that were take

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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."Thomas Jefferson

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And the winner is...Hillary "I will say anything or do anything to get elected President" Clinton. The "distinguished" Senator from Arkansas, I mean New York, with a terrible case of Bill envy wins the award this week for the following statement about the recent immigration bill passed by the House.."And it is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the scriptures, because this bill

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This week's political hack winner is the socialist senator from Wisconsin Russ Feingold. Feingold is another one of those hacks that could have won this award many times and will certainly be in contention for many weeks to come. He surpasses the rest of the competition this week for calling for a Senate censure of President Bush for his NSA wiretapping program. This is the jerk that not only

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"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."Booker T. Washington

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"One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to me: 'Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident...Then there are the wolves,' the old war veteran said, 'and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy.' Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You

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I am going to analyze the current situation in Iraq from purely a numbers perspective in the context of history, of course. We are going to dispense with all the extraneous issues that cloud people's thought processes. This includes the reasons for going to war in Iraq. Regardless of where you stand on this issue, it is in the past and we have to deal with the here and now. So the battle of over

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As I pondered this week's quote of the week by John Adams, I decided it was time to provide some important facts. These facts have been ignored because they contradict all the race-baiting propaganda that was dished out immediately following Hurricane Katrina. As usual, the sources of that propaganda are not interested in the truth. They are only interested in reinforcing their skewed notions

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I awoke to the news this morning that the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that universities that accept federal funds must allow military recruiters on campus. I am sure there will be outrage among the academic elite who so despise the American military. Are these harsh words warranted? Yes, I speak from experience. Let me give you some examples.A took a class under a highly regarded professor

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For two weeks running the winner of the Political Hack of the Week award is Mr. Jimmy "I love third world dictators" Carter. He wins this award for siding with countries with more than dubious records in the area of human rights and against the United States and our ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton. The controversy of course stems from Bolton's desire to see the Human Rights Council reformed

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.John Adams

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I have the opportunity to teach college students. One thing I like to do, because it is relevant to the class, is have them match a list of 20 well-known countries to a blank map. The results are usually disappointing. Most students get 5-8 correct; less than 1% get them all right. Let's face it, high schools and colleges are not teaching students geography. They are teaching geography courses,

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Over the past few years since 9/11 there have been many arguments for and against war. There have been even more arguments about how best to honor the service of our troops. The conservatives believe that we honor the troops by supporting the President and the mission. Liberals believe we can best honor them by bringing them home immediately. Both sides steadfast in committment to their

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Republicans and democrats alike are in an uproar over the acquisition of some big city ports by Dubai Ports World which is owned by the United Arab Emirates. In fact, it seems that the only people in favor of this transaction are President Bush and some in his administration. The uproar of course is entirely understandable. It just does not sound good when you hear we are letting a Middle

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Just getting back in the swing of things after an involuntary layoff from blogging. Right out of the gate with this week's Political Hack is none other than that man that just refuses to go away, Jimmy Carter. Even though nobody really takes him seriously anymore he refuses to fade away into obscurity.Carter wins this award for his inexplicable defense of the terrorist group Hamas that recently

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"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required."Sir Winston Churchill

B. Whiteheadnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536160.post-1139771007279291722006-02-12T10:58:00.000-08:002006-02-12T11:03:27.310-08:00

As is the case from time to time other work related priorities have taken over and have limited my ability to post as often as I would like. Until I figure out a way to get paid for blogging, this will happen every now and then. To my regular readers have no fear better days are on the horizon. Hopefully, very soon Political Hack of the Week will be back along with all of the other usual

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“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.” General George S. Patton

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When given the chance Muslims all over the Middle East continue to prove that Islam is a religion of peace, love, and tolerance.Thousands of Syrians enraged by caricatures of Islam's revered prophet torched the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus on Saturday — the most violent in days of furious protests by Muslims in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In Gaza, Palestinians marched through

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The largest gathering of conservative political activists in the U.S. is fast approaching but it is not too late to register. This year's CPAC is in Wahsington D.C. and runs from 2/9-2/11. It promises to be a good one with a list of speakers that is a Who's Who of conservative activists and political figures. Please visit the website for further information.http://www.cpac.org/

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A new book on this very subject was written by one of Saddam's generals, George Sada. Below is a link to Brit Hume's comments and a link to the book.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182941,00.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591454042/qid=1138759379/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-3671747-4796718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

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"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half."Sir Winston Churchill

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The recent election of the terrorist organization Hamas to lead the Palestinians seems to have taken many by surprise. I am wondering why anybody is standing around scratching their head wondering why this has happened. The answer is very simple.Arial Sharon recently kicked his own citizens out of Gaza. They were forced to leave their homes and their homes were destroyed. A Gaza, cleansed of

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The confirmation is now complete. Judge Alito has just become the 110th Supreme Court justice with a 58-42 vote. Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, confirmed with the most partisan victory in modern history after a fierce battle over the future direction of the high court. The Senate voted 58-42 to confirm Alito — a former federal appellate

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Yesterday Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) went from just a normal defeatist democrat to prognosticator guru. Murtha predicted that U.S. troops would leave Iraq by years end due to political pressure and because of a Congressional election year. He went on to state that "we're not fighting terrorism in Iraq. We're fighting a civil war in Iraq. We've got to give them an incentive. We fought our Civil War

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This weeks winner of the Political Hack of the Week award is Senator Dianne Feinstein Democrat from California. She wins this award for her impersonation of flip-flop artist John Kerry. A week ago Feinstein announced on CBS's Face the Nation that while Judge Alito was "a man I might disagree with. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be on the court." She stated that she did not believe a filibuster

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On January 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after it took off from Cape Canaveral. Seven brave human beings lost their lives that day in the pursuit of space exploration. One member of that mission was a school teacher from New Hampshire Christa McAuliffe. In 1984 NASA announced that it was looking for someone from the education profession to become an astronaut so

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A federal analysis has come to the conclusion that 2005 beat out 1998 as the warmest year in a century.Researchers calculated that 2005 produced the highest annual average surface temperature worldwide since instrument recordings began in the late 1800s, said James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.The result confirms a prediction the institute made in December.Mr

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The recent ranting of another one of Hollywood's liberal icons has really chapped my hide and got me thinking. Harry Belafonte spoke out to the socialist president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez offering the following words of support:"No matter what, the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorists in the world, George W. Bush says...Millions of American people support your revolution."

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"Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam." David Hackworth

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On November 4, 1979 militant Iranian students rushed the U.S. embassy in Iran and took 66 American hostages. 52 of those hostages would be held for the next 444 long days. During that time the hostages endured various forms of torture including mock executions.The reasoning behind the storming of the embassy and the seizure of the hostages was that President Jimmy Carter allowed the deposed

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This weeks winner of the award has surpassed political wannabe status and has gone straight into the status of political hack. He is the first to do so. The winner this week is Democrat Candidate for the Senate from Ohio Paul Hackett. For those of you that do not know this is why this moonbat wins the award."The Republican Party has been hijacked by the religious fanatics that, in my opinion,

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We are fast approaching the 25 year anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration. On January 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan took the oath of office and assumed the responsibility for leading the greatest nation on earth. I was just about 10 years old and little did I realize how much of an influence this man would have on my political development. Politics was a mainstay of conversations at my

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“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. …Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”Cesare Beccaria 1764

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At last it seems that we will get to the bottom of the holocaust controversy. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced that they will conduct a conference to "examine evidence for the holocaust". Well here is a tip for the Iranian conference. Try viewing video footage shot by Allied troops as they liberated concentration camps. Then take a look at transcripts from the Nuremberg

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In the weeks after the parliamentary elections in Iraq there were allegations from some Sunni factions of improprieties as well as a spike in violence prompting some to bring the possibility of civil war back to the forefront of debate. In the last week or so the Alito confirmation has taken center stage relegating the issue of civil war to the proverbial backburner. Once those hearings are

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Sean Penn stated recently that he cannot quit smoking because of President Bush. This once again makes me wonder why in the world President Bush does not use his omnipotent powers for good instead of evil.With powers over weather and the will of man. Why? Oh, why does he not just snap his fingers and eradicate terrorism, disease, and poverty? Now President Bush will not allow the great

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Once again I have found it undeniably necessary for more than just one individual to win this week's political hack. To be quite honest I had a feeling at the beginning of the week that this would be the case. So of course without further ado, this week's political hacks are the Democrat contingent of the Senate Judiciary Committee.They are as follows:Sen. Patrick Leahy Sen. Ted KennedySen.

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On January 11, 1989 President Ronald Reagan gave his farewell address to the American people. People ask how I feel about leaving. And the fact is, "parting is such sweet sorrow." The sweet part is California, and the ranch and freedom. The sorrow--the goodbyes, of course, and leaving this beautiful place. You know, down the hall and up the stairs from this office is the part of the White House

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My apologies for the hiatus from my weekly quote and my other, more sporadic, posts. I have been away from my computer for the past few weeks but I am back and I am bringing with me more of my favorite quotes."A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril."Sir Winston Churchill

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Bush held a meeting today concerning Iraq with several former secretaries of state and defense from both sides of the aisle. This was certainly a very important component to his offensive to regain public support for the war in Iraq and his plan for success. Showing his willingness to reach out beyond party lines and listen to some very astute and accomplished individuals was a very smart move

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There was another blow to the reputation of Christians everywhere when Pat Robertson decided to open his mouth about Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Robertson suggessted on his program the 700 club that Sharon's stroke was a punishment from God for dividing his land. I guess in Robertson's mind the mild stroke suffered by Sharon sometime earlier was a warning from God that went unnoticed.

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The MSM kept the NSA wiretapping story on page one waiting for Congress to get back from the holiday break. Now that Congressional members are back the issue is really starting to heat up again with promises of Congressional hearings and a Justice Department investigation into the leak. Not to mention members of the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to grill Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito

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Starting off the New Year as political hack of the week is a former winner of this award. He is also one that will, if history is any indicator, continue to win this award from time to time for however long it is around. The political hack of the week is Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). He wins this award with the following quotes, "There are differences between felons and whistleblowers, and we

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURSA very happy New Year goes out to all, especially to our troops at home and abroad. Thank you for all you do. Please celebrate safely and regular posting should resume on Monday.

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No, no really, all I want for Christmas is for democrats to start caring about national security and to quit getting in the way of VICTORY!MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH TO ALL!!SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

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Please click the link below for your politically correct Christams Story!Video here.

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Another egregious display of bizaaro moonbattery! As most of you know the symbol shown above was sold by Washington state democrats in the form of a magnet that one could display on their vehicle. Now the woman that owns the rights to this sacrilegious symbol is using the uproar that it has caused to spread her desires for legalizing marijuana. The person that created the symbol has chosen to

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The political hack of the week post is back after a brief hiatus. Since I have missed a couple of weeks with this post and in light of recent political events I thought it would be prudent to name more than one hack this week. Because of their total disregard for the security of this nation and their unwavering desire to do anything in their power to undermine the President and the War on

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In case you missed it today President Bush followed up a great speech this weekend with a great press conference today. I have to applaud the Bush Administration on their continued offensive against democrat attacks and the MSM's campaign of misinformation. For months I criticized the Bush Administration's lack of rebuttal to these attacks. Admittedly I was also quite skeptical of their

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"Ever so subtly, without even alluding to the last obstacles preserved by earlier opinions that we now push out of our path, we effectively replace the goal of a discrimination-free society with the quite incompatible goal of proportionate representation by race and by sex in the workplace."Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court Justice

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Another monumental day has passed for Iraq, the US and in the global war on terror. Another round of successful elections has taken place, only this one had a much larger Sunni turnout than the last. Not bad for an election that was held in the middle of a supposed "civil war". Not only was the election successful, but the terrorists' attempts to disrupt it were unsuccessful, due to Iraqi

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"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. "Thomas Jefferson

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On December 11, 1941 Adolph Hitler proclaimed that Germany was in a state of war with the United States of America. Luckily, President Roosevelt did not ignore Hitler the way Clinton ignored Osama bin Laden when he declared war on the United States in 1998. Once again a hearty thanks goes out to all of our veterans.

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The AP released a story today from the 2005 Democratic Conference being held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The article unveils the democrat's test message for the 2006 and 2008 elections. From the opening paragraph of the article we learn that our "anxious and isolated public" is "craving" for a "sense of national community". The democrats assert that the distraught public would "galvanize

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I just finished watching John Kasich interview Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA) about his plan for Iraq. The plan has been talked about quite a bit over the last few weeks and is pretty simple in theory. The plan as most of you already know is to gradually withdraw our troops to the periphery of Iraq and let the Iraqis takeover security operations for their country. We will then maintain an "over the

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If you have not had a chance to see the video produced by the RNC at GOP.com yet please go there now and take a look, it is well worth the time. The DNC has now released their response to the video. The response is full of the usual rantings we have come to expect from the democrats. They are absolutely indignant that the video depicts them waving the white flag of surrender. In spite of this

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The Democratic Party as a whole is in complete disarray and they are desperately seeking some type of angle to put them back in control of Congress in '06. Fortunately for them the mainstream media is with them every step of the way. The problem, is that they have yet to come up with an angle other than screaming that the country has gone to hell in a handbasket and that they can do better. I

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64 years ago today, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress declared war on Japan. It is a good thing the America hating left wing was not around in those days. A special thank you to all veterans on this anniversary of America entering World War II.

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Ok the site seems to be back up and running with a few changes. I have just returned from an extended Thanksgiving vacation in the beautiful midwest. A special thank you goes out to my partner Barry Whitehead for doing some extra posting in my absence.

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

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Bear with me today I have had some serious problems with the website. I will be working on the site most of the day to get it back up and running. Thank you.

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