November 04, 2005
Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled software and laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the 'Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse. The experience of CPT Charles "Chuck" Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important this voice-controlled software can be to a wounded servicemember's recovery.
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Thanks everyone who's donated! Thanks in advance to those who will!
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November 03, 2005
I'm not even going to try to dabble into the world of California politics so I'm going to ask you to visit the quintessential blog on California politics; California Conservative.
As a matter of fact, there is a must read article and a must participant event at California Conservative that I'd like to share with the readers here:
MUST READ: November 8th: CaliforniaÂ’s Special Election and Gov. SchwarzeneggerÂ’s Initiatives
MUST PARTICIPATE: "Carnival of Arnold" #1
Now set course for a truly enlightening experience.
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?Fellow champion bodybuilders Robby Robinson and Rick Wayne have gone public about Arnold Schwarzenegger running around in front of huge crowds at bodybuilding meetings screaming, "'Down with the blacks, niggers this and blacks that..." (click here for related article)
In a 1976 interview for Rolling Stone magazine, Arnold said he dreamed of being a dictator and controlling large groups of people. (Click here for related article)
Now ABC News is reporting that Arnold wrote in his 1975 book proposal for Pumping Iron, "I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. "I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it." He went on to say that he would have liked to be..."like Hitler in the Nuremberg stadium and have all those people scream at you and just being total agreement whatever you say." ?(click here for related article)
We've also discovered that Schwarzenegger is in the private porn photo collection of infamous Robert Mapelthorpe. (click here for related article)
Schwarzenegger admits that the allegations by women of his out-of-control groping frenzies are true.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is obviously an unstable megalomaniac, psychologically unsuitable to be trusted with the most basic or jobs, much less running the world's 5th largest economy.
People need to know the truth about Arnold. Out of the tragedy that is Arnold's candidacy, some good can be gleaned. I can think of no better example of the Republican Party showing themselves as the Neo-con whores that they are. Arnold is diametrically opposed, in his actions and his policies, to every traditional American value in history, and he is being given massive endorsements from the George W. Bushes and Sean Hannitys of the world.
Please help us get the truth out about Arnold by emailing this article to friends, family and the media.
The establishment press has really been soft-pedaling Arnold's obvious mental illness. It's up to the grassroots to get the real story out about this would-be dictator. Please spread the word.
http://www.infowars.com/print/nwo/exclusive_arnold.htmNO RAPEING OCCURED SINCE THE BEGGINING OF THE CALIPHATE TILL THE END IN 1924 NOT ONE RAPE IN SOCIETY NOWADAYS WOMEN GET RAPED EVRY 2 MINS.
So how is it possible that no rapes occurred under the Caliphate. So is Sharia law so good that it just stops rape from happening or is there some other reasonÂ…
NPR :Mukhtar Bibi was raped on the orders of a village council in Pakistan, after her younger brother was accused of making advances toward a woman from a powerful tribe. Mukhtar has since become an outspoken critic of the violence and discrimination in her country, and visits Washington this week.
Ok now see how this works? NPR goes to great trouble to avoid calling these “village Councils” Sharia law but we know. The shame is that when talking about Darfur a few weeks ago NPR got it right. Well they never said it but the subject of the interview did. Come on just tell is like it is. If it’s Sharia and it’s true you are not giving Islam a black eye, Isalm is giving Islam a black eye. In their eyes it's always the woman’s fault men are not held responsible for being cowardly criminal rapists.
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But a big old "Marko Rules!" iron-on patch to the first guy who find it! 
So... individual responses:
"Oyster": I'm not saying that tribal brutality isn't deeply ingrained in many Muslim cultures. I would argue that, in the case of Mukhtaran Bibi, these are pre-Islamic traditions, as evidenced by the fact that the same practices are common to many of the tribal peoples in the region, regardless of religion.
Of course there's nothing wrong with opposing insane Muslim tribal practices. But anyone who claims that this insanity is unique to Muslims is either deluded or dishonest. Poverty, neglect, and underdevelopment, coupled with a long, violent history (stretching into pre-Islamic times) as a regional borderland, are at the root of the problem here.
These are the things holding the people there back, not Islam. We've got some fairly crazy-ass shit in the Bible, too. But we've learned to ignore much of it, for the most part. Why?The "Christian world" is relatively wealthy and well-educated, and our nations are generally much more stable than the poverty-wracked, colonial creations that are the nations of "Islamic world." But in places where the Christians are as poor and neglected as Mukhtaran Bibi's people, such as in a Brazilian favela, or even moderately poor, as in America's ghettoes, you see insane amounts of violence. By Christians, and NOT because of their faith, but because they are poor, hopeless, and pissed off about it. This is not a religious issue. We're not talking "terrorism" here.
And yet, despite this being obvious, you continue to blame Islam for such violence. Why? Yeah, I get it: you guys hate Muslims. But are you insistent on being "set in your ways" that you've become completely incapable of learning? Why would you wish to remain so blind to the obvious truths?
What would draw someone to inhabit a hateful place such as this? I mean, *I'm* here because this "blog" has an overtly racist bent, as do most of its posters, and I enjoy mocking and challenging such people. But who actually comes here for news? There is nothing here. Just hateful gloating followed by ape-like war whoops and back-patting. For instance, there are TONS of sensationalist posts about the so-called "immigrant" riots in Paris, which have caused exactly ONE death, but nothing about the much, much deadlier SECULAR (though Christian-led) riots in Ethiopia. Is this really the "unbiased" information you presumably crave? Is it really so interesting to huddle with masses of like-minded old men and crow about the latest violent headlines that validate your racist views? I think that many of you are capable of better (and, no, not Greyrooster), and I hope you'll learn to think for yourselves.
"Razor": So, where does it condone rape in the Qur'an? Presumably, you've got a copy of that, too, since you're spouting off on the subject. Right?
And thanks for more off-topic copy-and-pastes and links. 
From a CENTCOM press release:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad dispatched elements to the scene where two terrorists attempting to build a car bomb were killed when the device prematurely detonated in central Baghdad Nov. 2. Elements dispatched included an explosives ordnance disposal team and a patrol from 6th Squadron, 8th Calvary Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.Also, near Ramadi:The explosion also killed an Iraqi civilian and set a nearby house on fire. Iraqi firefighters responded to douse the flames.
The EOD team determined the terrorists had been building the vehicle-carried improvised explosive device using a 122 mm projectile, ball bearings and about 80 pounds of homemade explosives.
During a sweep of the house, the 6-8 Cav. Soldiers found another 122 mm projectile, five hand grenades, three A-47 assault rifles, an RPK machine gun and AK-47 magazines.
Troops from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division and Coalition forces engaged a group of 15 terrorists armed with AK-47s and RPG launchers when their patrol was attacked. Troops killed several terrorists during the engagement.I'm reprinting these stories on the off chance that our loyal, unbiased, non-partisan mainstream media completely ignore them.A vehicle loaded with a cache of ordnance was discovered in the vicinity of the initial attack. An inventory produced one machine gun, two automatic rifles, two RPG launchers, over 1,200 rounds of various small arms ammunition, 10 propellant sticks, two license plates, three Iraqi Army uniforms and some documents.
Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto, the number one site on the 'net involving lame wordplay from "The Princess Bride".
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PARIS, Nov. 2 -- Clashes between angry youths and French police spread to at least six Paris suburbs
Tuesday night, with police firing tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at street fighters who lobbed Molotov cocktails and burned cars and trash bins.
With unrest expanding through the northern suburbs of high-rise apartments that house some of France's poorest immigrant populations, senior government officials were debating how to curb the violence during Wednesday morning's weekly cabinet meeting.
The clashes began last Thursday after two African Muslim teenagers were electrocuted to death in the northeastern suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois while trying to evade police. On Sunday, as the street fighting continued, a police tear gas canister landed inside a mosque during Ramadan prayers, further inflaming the impoverished communities.
On Tuesday night, sporadic fighting crossed into the suburbs from Clichy-sous-Bois to Aulnay-sous-Bois where groups of youths threw stones at police in riot gear and torched 15 cars.
France-Info radio reported an estimated 150 fires throughout the area, including 69 vehicles and dozens of garbage bins.
Rather than declare martial law or even set curfews, the ever couragious French choose to aquiesce yet again.
UPDATE: Riots spread to 20 Parisian suburbs
Eighth day of protesting poor housing conditions includes shooting at police
More French impotence amidst an increasingly deteriorating situation.
AP/AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France - Rampaging youths shot at police and firefighters Thursday after burning car dealerships and public buses and hurling rocks at commuter trains, as eight days of riots over poor conditions in Paris-area housing projects spread to 20 towns.
Youths ignored an appeal for calm from President Jacques Chirac, whose government worked feverishly to fend off a political crisis amid criticism that it has ignored problems in neighborhoods heavily populated by first- and second-generation North African and Muslim immigrants.
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin called a string of emergency meetings with Cabinet ministers throughout the day. He told the Senate the government “will not give in” to violence in the troubled suburbs.
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He now hosts his own program, in which he seldom appears on the screen in a position other than that of a hunched-over idiot. To the perturbing delight of a small studio audience, he bellows about mutual funds in a horrific tone. In fact, his vocalisms are so loud and abrasive that youÂ’d think heÂ’s Susan EstrichÂ’s love child. If tuning in to this train wreck is the price one must pay in order to be wealthy, weÂ’ll take penury any day of the week.
Like the crack young staff at HQ, I cut Cramer no slack for being ideologically compatible with me. Whatever goodwill that might have earned him vanished after ten seconds of watching him chew the scenery on "Mad Money". He's like the Carrot Top of investment advice.
I did not realize until reading their post that "Mad Money" is CNBC's top-rated show. Hey, I have some investment advice for those of you with a financial stake in CNBC. Can you guess what it is?
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq has announced that it will murder two Moroccan embassy workers it kidnapped on October 20th. The two have been identified as a driver, Abderrahim Boualam, and a diplomatic employee, Abdelkrim el-Mouhafidi.
As in past cases where Islamist groups announce that hostages will be murdered, the terrorist justify it on grounds that the hostages are criminals who have violated Islamic law. Before murdering them, a 'trial' is held. AKI:
Following the interrogation of our prisoners, the employees of the Moroccan embassy, we have decided to send their case to the Sharia Committee where they will be able to make a judgement on these kinds of peopleOf course, the outcome of the 'trial' was inevetable. The two were found guilty, like so many murdered hostages before them, of 'apostasy'. Apostasy is punishable by death under Islamic law. Salon:
The group said in a statement posted on an Islamist Web forum that its "Islamic court" had judged the two men as "apostates" who were waging a "war on Islam."Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Army of Ansar al Sunnah are the two main groups deemed by the mainstream media as 'insurgents' and called by anti-war activists 'freedom fighters'. Both groups routinely murder civilian hostages."Based on this, the court decided to issue God's verdict upon the apostates and sentenced them to death," it said...
"It has become clear to these governments that they are now in the front line against the mujahedeen in the land of Mesopotamia and that their envoys -- from ambassadors on down -- have become legitimate targets for (the mujahideen's) swords," the new al-Qaida statement said.
The two Moroccans "compounded their disbelief in God and their war on Islam by supporting the government of the Shiite apostates in Baghdad," it said. "May they be a new lesson ... to those who might follow them, those who dare challenge the mujahideen and set foot in the proud land of Mesopotamia."
We will post images and video as soon as they become available.
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Yet, with that in mind, MSNBC runs a story today that not only says that Scooter Libby is guilty *before trial* of things that he hasn't been charged with, but goes on to say that people have come forth to testify that it actually was Karl Rove that leaked Valerie Plame's name to the press. They don't just indicate that this might be or that "rumors have it..." They come right out and say Rove is guilty and his security clearance should be removed. And strongly indicate that the Bush presidency can go nowhere until Rove is fired. Proof, you say?
...a person identified as “Official A” held conversations with reporters about Plame’s identity as an undercover CIA operative, information that was classified. News accounts subsequently confirmed that that official was Rove.
News accounts. I wonder if those news accounts (which I haven't seen or heard) are as trustworthy as this one. I also wonder why, if this is the case and they have such rock-solid evidence of a crime, the special prosecuter hasn't handed down an indictment on Rove? After all, he had plenty of opportunity. And he never once indicated in his press conference after Libby's indictment that he was looking for or at anyone else. As a matter of fact, he seemed to believe that Libby was completly guilty of the whole matter.
And with the cries of outrage coming from MSNBC today, one has to wonder what happened to their voice on April 12, 2005 when the Washington Post reports that:
During a hearing on John R. Bolton's nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations, Bolton and members of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee referred to the analyst as "Mr. Smith." They were discussing one of the officials involved in a dispute over what Democrats said was Bolton's inappropriate treatment of an intelligence analyst who disagreed with him.
But the committee chairman, Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), and Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) mentioned a name that had not previously come up in public accounts of the intelligence flap.
"Did Otto Reich share his belief that [the person in question] should be removed from his position? The answer is yes," Kerry said, characterizing one interview. "Did John Bolton share that view?" Kerry asked. Again, he said the answer was yes.
The CIA had repeatedly asked, even in writing, that the identity of this person not be mentioned in these public hearings. That is why everyone else was referring to him as Mr. Smith. But the esteemed Senator from Massachusetts just couldn't seem to help himself as he "outed" this agent. Where was the outcry? Where were the calls for indictment? Wasn't this a crime of terrible proportions? Didn't this, in the words of special prosecuter Fitzgerald "create a terrible danger for all Americans?" And if not, then why is it so much more horrible for Libby? Of course I think we all know the answer to that question.
Update: kimsch of Musing Minds believes that the "sources" quoted above are actually Howard Dean on Hannity & Colmes. Reading through the transcript (posted at the link above), this could certainly be the truth. Some excerpts:
Alan Colmes: WhatÂ’s your reaction to the nomination of Alito?
Howard Dean: Ah, a couple of reactions. First of all I think it shows the PresidentÂ’s weakness. The extreme right of the party seems to be driving the judicial nominations process and I think thatÂ’s unfortunate. Secondly, we still wonder when the PresidentÂ’s going to ask Karl Rove to resign since heÂ’s now been identified by the special prosecutor as the person who leaked the name. So, this all comes, uh, as kind of a, at kind of a difficult time. Uh, I donÂ’t. I think the PresidentÂ’s really using this as a distraction right now to get away from his ethical troubles. (emphasis mine)
One has to wonder where Dean is getting his information. Certainly not from the special prosecuter as he hasn't said anything about Rove. Of course one also has to wonder what that has to do with Alito as well. But no one ever accused the Democrats (especially Dean) of making sense.
Alan Colmes: Is it your belief that the President chose today to make this choice as a distraction from the indictment news?
Howard Dean: Oh sure. But the indictment is not going to go away. The President promised he would fire anyone who leaked. Karl Rove has now been shown to have leaked, even though he wasnÂ’t charged with a crime. This is a big ethical problem for the President. The President gave us his word that he would fire anyone who leaked. So far he hasnÂ’t done that. WeÂ’re waiting to see if the President will keep his word.
Alan Colmes: Well, there have been three different standards. First, McClellan said anybody involved in, then he said if anybody leaked, then if anybody committed a crime. Are you calling for the resignation of Karl Rove?
Howard Dean: Absolutely. Karl Rove has no business having a security clearance having now been established as a leaker by the special prosecutor. As I say, he wasnÂ’t charged with a crime, what he did was, not, certainly unethical. And he ought not to have a security clearance and he ought not to be working and being paid for by the taxpayersÂ’ money. (emphasis mine)
Dean then switches horses in midstream and claims that instead of Rove being the leak, it's now Cheney.
Howard Dean: Well, I'm not so sure about that although if there is such a thing, it'll be in the Vice President's office. And I do think there needs to be more investigation in the Vice President's office. One of the things established by the special prosecutor in the indictment is that Vice President Cheney was the source of Scooter Libbity's, Libby's knowledge about who the CIA agent was.
Alan Colmes: Are you calling for a broader investigation of the Vice President?
Howard Dean: Oh, I think there should be. I suspect strongly that, frankly that the prosecutor's already doing that because he, himself identified the Vice President as a source of some of the information that got leaked.
And just to make sure, I checked the special prosecutor's website again today (again, thanks to Musing Minds). No mention of Rove or Cheney. But we all knew that, didn't we? Heck, a full search of Libby's Indictment press release doesn't even mention Rove or Cheney. Even the indictment itself has no mention of either of them.
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"I think if they're not going to pay attention, they ought to at least pay taxes," Roorda said Wednesday."As a result, Roorda promised to introduce legislation in December to tax umpires and referees.
So, fans shouting the rhetorical 'Kill the ump!' will be replaced with the real-life 'Tax the ump!' And, I'm sure the politicians won't allow deductions for favorable calls.
Or, will they?
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November 02, 2005
Nov. 2, 2005 — The CIA has operated a secret prison system where more than 100 terror suspects have been locked up since Sept. 11.The so-called "black sites" — which were so covert that only a handful of government officials even knew about them until today — operated over the past four years in eight different countries, including Thailand, Afghanistan and several Eastern European states, according to a story first reported today in the Washington Post.
Well, gee, where were they supposed to be held? Okay, don't answer that, but you get my point.
The good news is, if the press is on to this, then these jokers have been moved to other "black sites."
This, however, is hilarious:
What troubles many in the international community is the lack of oversight of interrogation techniques used at these secret lockups.A recent Amnesty International report tells of two Yemeni prisoners held in a secret U.S. detention facility who say they were kept in an underground cell with Western music piped in 24 hours a day for well over a year, and interrogated daily by U.S. guards who were fully covered "like ninjas."
"The one overriding reason for such a facility is to torture those in detention," said Mark Garlasco of Human Rights Watch. "So that they are away from any prying eyes from the public and from the media."
First off, who gives a flying fart in a potato sack what the "international community" thinks. We're Team America.
And lo! Western music playing 24 hours, the heart, it doth bleed! The torture! And the guards dressed like ninjas? Why, I believe that Amnesty International is blatantly racist against Japanese by claiming that dressing like a ninja is somehow negative.
Keep trying, keep trying. Try all you want, but Abu Ghraib never was that big of a deal to the public at large to begin with, and trying to repeat what small success you had will fail miserably. Of course, we all know the definition of insane: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Only the far out moonbat left, and their MSM syncophants, will ever have sympathy for terrorists.
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I'm in the US Air Force and I was able to come up with $25.00 so I know you wealthy civilians can give at least ten bucks.
UPDATE: Vinnie thinks he's cool by updating his post and date/time group. Figures the USN backers would resort to dirty, low-blow tricks.
UPDATE: Vinnie and I have come to a mutual agreement regarding the positioning of our posts. Vinnie now understands that the US Air Force flies higher than the US Navy and that regardless of what team you contribute to we appreciate everything you're doing for our brothers and sisters in arms.
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Give early, give often.
Now would be a good time to spend like a drunken sailor.
Oh, what is the Valour-IT fundraising about?
Click here to find out. For more info about the competition, go here.
Go Navy!
UPDATE: An update already?
Yup. Just to let you know I donated, that's me on the top. Eric is my real name, and I donated $200, a hundred for my blog, a hundred on behalf of the Jawa Report.
UPDATE II: I now have a permanent button at Vince Aut Morire, so that I don't have to keep pushing the Air Farce puke down the page!
Oh, and non-bloggers can help raise the money too, by downloading the flyers!
Ok, one last UPDATE: The Vinnies don't ask you to do something without doing it themselves. Da wife threw a couple coins in the basket too, from her own PP account. She's the "Merri from NE" under the "view all."
Really, I don't care what team you donate under, we all have the same goal, and we all get to have a little fun at the expense of the inherent inter-service rivalries.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S DONATED! THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO DOES!!!!
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From Newsmax:
Will Cindy Sheehan challenge Hillary Clinton for her Senate seat in 2006?From the Village Voice:That's the proposition percolating throughout New York's anti-war left, which has grown increasingly frustrated with Sen. Clinton's refusal to denounce the Bush administration's Iraq policy.
Cindy Sheehan, a/k/a the "peace mom," probably never intended to sound like a candidate, but she did. Sheehan, the activist who became the face of anti-war sentiment after camping outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, last summer, had just mounted the podium at the Brooklyn Peace Fair on October 22. And already she was getting political.Farbeit from me to imply that candidates can't prosper by counting on the stupidity of New York City voters (Upstate New York, a red state within a blue state, doesn't have a large enough population to have a say in electing Senators or Presidents). They certainly can, as seen by the urbanites' election of Hillary the Carpetbagger and the equally ineffectual Chuck Schumer. So, it's possible that Saint Cindy is planning a serious run for NYC Senator.
More likely, Sheehan is simply a stalking horse for Hillary's re-election to the Senate and anticipated run for the White House. There's obviously no way that Hillary is going to run for President successfully as a liberal. That makes Sheehan's antics just so, so convenient politically, as a way to allow Clinton to pretend to be a moderate Democrat in 2008. The real question here is, what did Hill promise Sheehan and her followers? Support for a cut-and-run policy? A place in the cabinet?
That's not to say that there's anything illegal with clandestine collusion between Clinton and Sheehan. Just an indication that the wife shares the husband's character.
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Boston Globe registration required : That depends on what you consider ''important." Do you see the war against radical Islam and Ba'athist fascism as the most urgent conflict of our time? Do you believe that replacing tyranny with democratic self-government is ultimately the only antidote to the poison that has made the Middle East so dangerous and violent? If so, you'll have no trouble identifying the most significant development in Iraq last week: the landslide victory of the new Iraqi Constitution.
More left twisty stuff from Michelle Malkin.
Malkin : These are words you did not read in the New York Times. They are the words of the late Corporal Jeffrey B. Starr, whose letter to his girlfriend in case of death in Iraq was selectively edited by the Times to convey a bogus sense of "fatalism."
Our Friend Filthy has a great post on the hypocrisy of the left. See this direct link to the post in case you are kind of sensitive. No really itÂ’s good stuff.
Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects(RMN). I've found very little reason to respect much in Washington. But at least the right seems to know what side our side is. If the left thinks the middle of Republican party (that would be me) is going to go with them by default they could not be more wrong. It takes concrete ideas and I could not be more turned off than I am right now.
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First up is my wretched Senator DICK Durbin whom IÂ’m kind of torn about. I mean I want to see him out but if some guy like Shimkus runs and beats him where will I get material? Dick just does not get that I see right through the politics of his actions this week. Still waiting on a positive idea from you sir. IÂ’m not holding my breath.
"It's a question about whether or not anyone in this administration in any way misused or distorted intelligence," Durbin said. He said senators "owe the American people some straight answers."
OK since time is short IÂ’ll just let Glen Reynolds take care of you for me. Cause with friends like you our enemy is in good shape. How about we win first and squabble later, novel idea.
Reynolds on MSNBC: Well, okay -- but then the investigation needs to go way back before the war, to 1998, when a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress passed the Iraq Liberation Act.
OK so you can hardly nominate DICK this week without a mention of Harry Reid. IÂ’m not from Nevada but I felt better that I was not in the only state with a moonbat Senator. Hey Boys in case you have not noticed there is a war on right now. You can whine all you want about how it started. No votes for anyone who wants to drag up some more mud and hinder progress with cheap political bullshit. In all fairness to Reid he supports my right to flame him here which almost redeems him sorta.
OK letÂ’s add to the list Gov Rob Blagojevich. My fine ILL Republicans have been keeping tabs on him for me. LetsÂ’ see what they have in the newsletter this week below the break.
Here are your White Trash Wednesday bloggers
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Liberals have put their faith in these Senators. Do you trust them to do what's in your best interests?
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Also today the house votes on internet speech.
NY Post: After all, when it comes to the Internet, money hardly translates into influence. Plenty of expensively produced Web sites are flops, while some of the most popular Web sites and blogs cost virtually nothing to run. The real problem, it seems, is that the speech police don't like any speech that they don't get to . . . well, police
Hat Tip: Instapundit.
It seems to me that this should be the number one discussion on the blogs today. But thatÂ’s just me.
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Now just how is a reasonable person supposed to be unoffended by this obvious, and foolishly self-destructive, clamor for attention? On one side you've got the nomination of a brilliant and qualified conservative to the Supreme Court (who Michael Barone thinks won't be seriously opposed), the launch of a campaign to make ready for the next Influenza Pandemic (a move that Moveon criticized Bush for not having made earlier), a UN investigation of Syrian thuggery exposing a political assassination in Lebanon, and findings that will lead to indictments against prominent members of the "peace movement" who got rich acting as Saddamite conduits. On the other side the Gang That Can't Shoot Straight claims that these are all distractions, and that even though nearly everyone on the planet was certain Saddam was seeking WMD the whole thing was somehow a clever deception arranged by the Bush Administration. Yeah, that's a winner. Keep it up. We really need to vote you guys back into office.
Never saw that one coming...
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The Yemeni Forum for Change (YFC), which is a private, not for profit, and non-partisan organization focusing on issues related to democratic change and human rights in Yemen, is very concerned about the death threat received by Mr. Mohammed Qahtan, Head of the Political Bureau of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (a.k.a, Islah) which is the biggest opposition party in Yemen. Qahtan, who is one of the most vocal critics of government, has received a two-page letter containing a death threat and delivered to the doorstep of his house in the early morning of Tuesday Nov. 1. 2005.
The YFC strongly condemns this type of terror against a Yemeni politician exercising his rights within constitutional and legal limits, and it calls on domestic and international legal and human rights organizations to denounce such a heinous act.
The death threat to Mr. Qahtan comes at a time in which the Yemeni government has escalated its harassment, intimidation, and in some instances beatings of Yemeni journalists, opposition and independent politicians. The government harassment has extended to include the head of the YFC, Dr. Abdullah Al-faqih, whose countryside relatives in Ibb governorate have been subjected at beginning of the month of Ramadan to harassing calls from officers in the Political Security Organization (PSO) which is an extra constitutional institution answerable only to president Saleh. This occurred shortly after the YFC held a symposium to discuss political reforms in Yemen.
In light of current circumstances in Yemen and as a response to deteriorating political and economic conditions, the YFC calls on intellectuals, journalists, and social figures inside and outside Yemen to increase pressure on the Yemeni government to do the following:
1. Protect its citizens and hold those responsible for these terrorizing acts accountable in front of the law; failing to do so will only implicate government officials in the conspiracy to terrorize journalists and activists.
2. Cease all types of harassment, intimidation, and terrorizing acts directed against opposition figures, journalists and activists.
3. Positively and unconditionally respond to calls for national dialogue that includes all relevant political forces and address immediate political and economic challenges facing the country.
4. Work with other forces in society to build a democratic culture which enables Yemenis to peacefully work their political differences.
5. Take urgent steps to combat corruption which has become the number one obstacle to political and economic development in Yemen.
Sana'a, Republic of Yemen. November 2, 2005
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