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April 19, 2006

Costa Rican Scammer and Spammer Busted

Western KY: An immigrant from Costa Rica was arrested April fourth after attempting to cash a 35,000 dollar forged income tax return check drawn against the US treasury. Paul Lichtenstein was arrested after tellers became suspicious of the forged check. After searching his residence WPSDTV reported that police found other forged documents including forged postal money orders and a computer. Evidence was also found during the search that indicated Mr. Lichtenstein was also involved in Nigerian phishing scams via the internet.

Mr. Lichtenstein fell on hard luck after loosing his second technology job. First he was fired from an Atlanta based DP firm. He is also a strict vegan and bicyclist when heÂ’s not scamming. He says he was once so heavy he could not walk and was in constant pain. He claims becoming vegan cured him. His father migrated to Costa Rica after WWII and he came to the US seeking his fortune.

I expect he will be deported upon conviction as he is not a citizen. Locals also reported that Mr. Lichtenstein is also a bigamist having more than one wife. He never bothered to divorce his wife in Costa Rica before marrying again in Florida. He speaks fluent English, Spanish and French. I wonder if he is who he claims to be. If you recognize him as someone else please email me.

Photo via McCraken Co Jail.

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Chad Warns Sudan

Of course Sudan denied any involvement. We need to stop allowing nations who allow terrorists to operate without fear. The government of Sudan repeatedly refuses to cooperate when asked by the rest of the world to stop the genocide and cross border violence. Lack of action against the terrorist equates to support. So these killers are either thwarting the authority of the sovereign nation of Sudan or that government supports them. ItÂ’s time to stop asking Sudan and demand action.

Reuters : Chad President Idriss Deby said on Tuesday Sudan had attacked his country in a drive to export Khartoum's fundamentalist system to sub-Saharan Africa.......Deby accuses Sudan of promoting and arming rebels who raced in pick-up trucks from the east to raid N'Djamena on Thursday but were driven off in fighting that killed and wounded several hundred people.
"Sudan has attacked Chad up to the very gates of N'Djamena. What do you call that if it isn't war," Deby said. "If we're attacked tomorrow, we'll respond. We don't want war, but we'll defend ourselves."
Deby said Sudan's Arab government was trying to export its "fundamentalist system" to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.
"Chad is a bridge. If that bridge gives way to Khartoum then the whole of sub-Saharan Africa runs the risk of being destabilised," he said."It'll be worse than Ivory Coast or the Balkans," he said referring to other territories split by war.

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Condolences Due Mohammad at Iraq The Model.

What impresses me the most is the sheer determination he shows in the face of terrorist murder.

Iraq The Model : Last week our little and peaceful family was struck by the tragic loss of one of its members in a savage criminal act of assassination. The member we lost was my sister's husband who lived with their two little children in our house.
He was a brilliant young doctor with a whole future awaiting him, the couple were the top graduates in their branch of specialty. They had to travel abroad to get their degrees and the war started while they were there but months after Saddam fallen they decided to come back to help rebuild the country and serve their people.
The terrorists and criminals are targeting all elements of life and they target anyone who wants to do something good for this countryÂ…They think by assassinating one of us they could deter us from going forward but will never succeed, they can delay us for years but we will never go back and abandon our dream.
We have vowed to follow the steps of our true martyrs and we will raise the new generation to continue the march, these children of today are the hope and the future.
What a difference between those who work to preserve life and those who work to end itÂ…it's terrorism and crime and there are no other words to describe these acts.

Quite correct thatÂ’s exactly what these people are criminal terrorists. Freedom and prosperity come at a price. Took us hundreds of years, set backs, civil war and we still can improve. If the people of Iraq can maintain that drive, that incredible determination there will be no stopping them.

Also see Hyscience.

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Purdue Student Ordered Held Without Bond

Indian national made internet death threats against President
Vikram Buddhi, the Indian national studying in the US on a student visa, who made online threats to murder the President, Vice President, First Lady, and Secretary of Defense, is now being held without bail pending his next court appearance on April 26. From the (West Lafayette, IN) Journal and Courier:

A Federal district magistrate in Hammond has ordered Vikram Buddhi, a Purdue University graduate student accused of writing Internet threats against President Bush, be held without bond, saying he is a flight risk, Buddhi's attorney said this morning.

Buddhi's attorney, John Martin is trying the boys-will-be-boys-it-doesn't-count-in-cyberspace argument, and if that doesn't work, is asserting a First Amendment right to threaten assassination, murder, bombing, and rape.

Can the American Civil Liberties Union be far behind?

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto, Vince Aut Morire, and Stop the ACLU.

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WTW Hilton Screws Over 100 Vets

No, not Paris screws over 100 vets you dirty, dirty boys, Hilton Hotels Â“screws overÂ” 100 vets. There hope I made that clear. Paris does seem to have a heart and as we all know rich hotties like Paris pretty much get their way. So Paris, have a heart , raise some hell and get some arrangements made for this group. IÂ’ll even put up a bottle of HowieÂ’s wine for you. You canÂ’t buy it with money honey! Only by helping these guys out.

Lisa Hoffman Via Capital Hill Blue :At Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steak House, hundreds of
soldiers and Marines maimed in the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan have dined gratis on thick steaks, tossed
back a few cold ones and basked in the normalcy and
comradeship offered there.
But come May 1, those much-anticipated outings from
local military hospital wards will cease. Hilton Hotel
Corp., landlord of the restaurant, is evicting Fran's
from its decade-long location in the basement of the
Capital Hilton in downtown D.C.
"For strictly business reasons related solely to the
inability to reach a new lease arrangement, the
Capital Hilton has elected to terminate the lease,"
hotel general manager Brian Kelleher said in an
e-mailed statement.

Help these vets Paris. You are their only hope!

More discussion here.

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1 Perhaps if she rubs her smelly crotch in the right nose ..

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 11:29 AM (FCC6c)

2 test

Posted by: Howie at April 19, 2006 11:42 AM (D3+20)

3 Man searching for that pic was tough. Way to many bad photos of here out there and why are they the most popular?

Posted by: Howie at April 19, 2006 12:55 PM (D3+20)

4 Do you really think anyone in their right mind would let Paris have ANY say whatsoever in how the Hilton Corp. is run?

Posted by: mojo at April 19, 2006 01:56 PM (C1sRI)

5 I dunno maybe. Actually Paris is pretty sharp. Wild but not a stupid person. Remember her last name is Hilton. I don't care how they work it out as long as it is. If she did she could generate some good publicity. It's doubtfull but worth a shot.

Posted by: Howie at April 19, 2006 02:02 PM (D3+20)

6 Boycott the HILTON and watch them loose buinsess just look what happened to K-MART a few years ago when the let ROSIE O,DONNELL talk them into stop selling guns in their stores

Posted by: sandpiper at April 20, 2006 08:15 AM (nMpEK)

7 I'm with MOJO, they don't consult Paris Hilton when making any decisions concerning the business. She just primps and dresses and smiles for the camera. She has 'people' who think for her. That is one of the better pictures I have seen of her. Usually she looks like a stick! ha (Yes, I'm a female, so I'm too critical of her I guess)

Posted by: Debbie at April 22, 2006 07:49 AM (k65yb)

8 Yeah but this is background noises crusade this week. Ive been lucky enough to go with grandpa to some reunions with his buddies and It's pretty amazing the relationsships vets have. Now of course background and I are opposites as far as politics. But....If you are left and against the war it's unfair to saddle the soldier with the politics fo the war. They serve. If Hilton Hotels is just being cheap an inconsiderate that's not very good business. There is a lot of politics in business. So you pretty much hve to include Paris and her sister cause well you now. The general aim I have is to just bring a bit of attention in hopes that they will make some kind of arrangement to help these guys out. I don't really care what just do something nice. I's sure Hilton if they wanted to could help make plans for so these guys an continue to meet somewhere. From my experience it means a lot to vets to get together. All I ask. Background is still all wound up on this one so I will update tomorrow with newinfo he sent. See how this works. Background has an issue I can kind of see the point of. He sends me stuff and we tried to work out what we agree on and go from there. To me that's what blogs are for. Probably we won't have any luck as by now it's obvious Paris (or Hilton Hotels) does not read The Jawa Report. Making money is all good but you also need to have good will toward your business. Some times you have to invest a bit in that too. Note this is an issue a reader brought to us. I encourge similar participation from our regulars and readers left and right. This blog leans right but so what. Be American first. I like for our men and women who have given so much to be treated well.

Posted by: Howie at April 22, 2006 08:24 AM (D3+20)

9 I really want to thank Howie for the support here. This is not a matter of Right v. Left, it is Right v. Wrong. Time to put "Operation Perish Hilton" into high gear....

Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at April 22, 2006 01:19 PM (t4Rmq)

10 I really appreciate Howie's help on this. Anyone who takes a moment to think about this realizes it is not an issue of Right vs. Left. It is about Right vs. Wrong. Now is the time for anyone interested in supporting the troops who really need it most, to join up for Operation Perish Hilton (tip of the hat to Chris Dickson for the name....brilliant) Here are just some of the things we can do. It is time to boycott the following hotel chains: Conrad Hotels Doubletree Embassy Suites Hampton Inn Hampton Inn & Suites Hilton Garden Inn Homewood Suites Scandic Another way to show support is for people who do travel to pick up the stationary from their hotel room and write a letter to Hilton corporate headquarters, the local newspapers, TV and radio stations saying: "I'm sending you this note from [non Hilton property] to let you know I think the way Hilton Hotel Corp. is treating the people and patrons at Fran O'Brien's Steak House in Washington DC is wrong. I chose to stay at [non Hilton property] because I support our troops. I simply can't get a good night's sleep at a Hilton property as long as they turn their back on severely wounded soldiers."

Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at April 22, 2006 01:37 PM (t4Rmq)

11 I got a copy of her video, I could make VCDs out of it.

Posted by: Andre at April 22, 2006 03:10 PM (/u+1F)

12 Thanks for talking up this issue. We all need to support out wounded soldiers, who bear so much pain for bush/cheneyÂ’s flawed war policies.

Posted by: Kitten at April 22, 2006 04:22 PM (I7wUH)

13 Kitten: Now there you go again. You are so blinded by your anti bush thinking. Now I don't always agree with him either. I called him china's beotch Friday. Why because well some times he seems politically silly. Walking right into some. So the same qualities that make him stubborn and determined hurt us politicallcy. Now I work for a realy conervative company. The did an employeee survey a while back. Now you can just imagine some of the responseses. So at the meeting (these things always result in a meeting don't they) of course the companie stood fast and seems immoveable. But if you discard what they said and watch their actions obver time you see they do do things to make it better they just never admit to it. I dunno why fear that if they appear soft they will have to do way more. But their interet is keeping the best and they have to work on it. Several high level engineers who taught this associates degree their engineering skills have left. We workk your ass off and we have to but we also need to be responsive enoug to keep those we with to keep. It's a deliate balance. so conservatives often come off harsher than they really are. Now for the Democrats what bothers me and I'm a swing voter is the fact thay have become the party of inti this anti that. Progressive they call it. Ok to me the Democratic party is supposed to be about fighting for freedonm for all. In fact that's also a Republican value. So let's call it an American value. If you realy really think Bush is just fighting for greed then go meet up with abu muscab al zaqueery and talk him into peace. It's not going to work. The democratic leaders have pulled the leftish away from the roots of thier party. The Rerpubicans have sold it's small government lank of the platform out. Libertarian party just doent'have the pull. So i propose a new party the "I'm A Real American Dammit Party." The baisic idea is that there is a sliver of way too nutty conservatives who want to tell everyone what right is. There is the nutty moonbat wing of the Democratic prty who sells out America and freedom just to attack Bush becuase well he gets to fight for freedom and we cant' stand it. There are a hell of a lot more of the rest of us. You know normal people. My Parents are conservative union democrats. My stepays will be the first to say the main problem with his union is a lot of worthless bastards use the benefits and protections they worked so hard for to fuck off all day. I'm all for the right to bargain as a group but politics gets into the leadership and to increase their take they will sell out the memebership a short term raise for long term "damn I need a job". I'm a libertarian leaning Reagan Republican who thinks if you are depending on the government to solve problems other than roads and defense well your are an idiot. We have former Democrats on this site who have become so disgusted with the left they call "liberalism a mental disorder" Well it was't at one time. And that's a shame. Since background is so would up I saw that cartoon with the Taxi and damn strait. The mainstream Democrats need to put the hard left in their place. Also the mainstream right needs to box stand up to the far right of our party. I see a possible enlightenment since the Jill Carroll release. Terrorist hate liberals terorist hate Bush because he stands in their way. I like bush but I admit some days his political nose it clogged and he hands the democats and issue just like Hilton through is stubborness is getting a block eye. Now Hiton I'm sure can't afford to cave on every issue. But our men are fighting for us. There are Democrat voulenteers who serve. There are Republican voulenteers who serve. There are a lot of good Americans and the sooner we get ont eh same page and get bck to American ideal the better. The enemy is counting on us to not be able to come together as one. They depend on us to hate each other more than we hate them. It is their only hope of victory and it's not unreasonable to assume we will. War is not perfect it's a pain a struggle but it's ght right one. We can help what we can. We here piss off a lot of Muslims as well trying to fight the ones who have taken Islam which means peace and took the will of Allah as I understand it and twisted into a murderous bloody excuse for war at the pleaseure of Lucifer. I beg those true muslims to take up the fight aginst those who destroy Islam from within. We all need to fight for the right ideas. I'm not against core democratic prncipals one but I just don't see much of that anymore. I also don't see much core smal government out of out side. But right now I feel we have a chance to change that. The terrorist offensive this year seems pretty bad so for. Seemed powerful but we are still standing and so is Iraq. The kurds especially. Afghanistan is doing well too. Thay all have a long way to go adn we can;t hand em a pass. we have to push and help and assist. Fighting the terroists is required. But liberal charity and humanitarian help is just a required. Go back to your true values. Fight for freedom in a manner you feel confortable with. American needs true democratic values. America needs true conservative values. Muslims need out help to fight and regain respect for their faith. So be a True American Democrat or Republican. Fight for libery and freedom. Be an american dammit. If you are a Muslim fight the doctrine of evil. Or go to the mall and but an "I hate Bush sticker" if you are a damn fool. Be a real American Dammit. I'm disgusted with politics and it's about damn time we start using our heads and stop alowing politics in Washington to make enemies of our own countrymen. We can destroy our ourselves for politcal gain in the next election or we can all go back to being Americans first and Democrats or Republicans second. Be a Real American dammit. If you hate war I think you need to turn your attention to the actual enemy beause your fellow American bothers ain't it. We can'g fight it perfectly and it sure as hell is a lot harder when our own countrymen are not helping. I don't go to Kos much but what bothered me yesterday is the misguided hate of Bush and the Right. Out of the commnts I read very many were good. And then there were those that were just silly. Be a real American dammit.

Posted by: Howie at April 23, 2006 09:24 AM (D3+20)

14 So if 8ackground and I can get along even thouhg he trolls the piss out of me what does that say for the rest of you.

Posted by: Howie at April 23, 2006 09:29 AM (D3+20)

15 Just to show you how much I appreciate this... ...even though Howie's rant had a completelackofparagraphbreaksandthatmakesmyeyesbleedwhichisreallyadrag... I did it any way

Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at April 23, 2006 10:03 AM (t4Rmq)

16 Where Howie and I find common ground: "Be a real American." Where the debate comes in is what is "real" and what is "really best FOR America".... I got no problem with that.

Posted by: 8ackgr0und N015e at April 23, 2006 10:15 AM (t4Rmq)

17 Thank you for all of your support for Fran O'Brien's (Operation Perish Hilton!) Let's keep that pressure up...we only have four more days left for Hilton to change their minds. DE OPPRESSO LIBER !!!

Posted by: Chris Dickson at April 24, 2006 12:46 PM (dND2L)

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Wal-Mart Media Conference

(Bentonville, Arkansas) The 2nd Annual Wal-Mart Media Conference began yesterday with about seventy credentialed media representatives in attendance for a tour and various presentations by the company. They came from all across both the print and broadcast spectrum and included, among many, the New York Times, Washington Post, US News & World Report, The Guardian, Women's Wear Daily, ABC News, CNN and CBS News. Notably, two bloggers were also invited and were able to break away from their normal lives and travel to Arkansas. At their own expense, I might add.

Tom Forbes of Palousitics traveled from western Washington State to Bentonville and spent the first day of the conference attending presentations by Wal-Mart executives and taking notes. At intervals, Tom was able to post some of the more salient aspects of the information presented by the speakers.

One of the presentations pertained to Wal-Mart employee health care programs and how they are evolving. Tom provides a good overview and remarks that Wal-Mart's health care programs continue to improve and are quite competitive when compared to others in private industry.

In another session, Tom listened to Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee eloquently support Wal-Mart as an example of free market competition which benefits low-income customers through low prices and benefits communities by providing jobs and taxes.

The other blogger in attendance, Rob Port of Say Anything, spent his day among a group of elite media representatives and found himself more engaged by their attitudes and antics than the presentations of the convention. Rob indicates that most of the 'jounalists' exhibited strongly negative attitudes toward Wal-Mart and he wondered whether they were capable of reporting objectively. more...

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1 I need to make a correction to the above: Trusting the mainstream media to be objective ----- -------- is a mistake.

Posted by: Michael Hampton at April 19, 2006 07:40 AM (FVbj6)

2 Well, folks, since I'm working and living in the Russellville, Ar. area, I'm getting a lesson on Wal-Mart. To tell you the truth, I don't really like Wal-Mart, but every time I need something, that is where I go. Sorry, mom and pop, it's just more convenient to do all your shopping at Wal-Mart and be through in one trip. And in small towns, it serves as a gathering place for the locals. Even though I don't like Wal-Mart, I love it. What can I say?

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 19, 2006 09:48 AM (rUyw4)

3 >>>>Trusting the mainstream media to be objective ----- -------- is a mistake Unlike blog sites of course! Look, I love the whole concept of citizen journalism and many of the best sites are well-written and articulated from a stylistic standpoint, BUT I hold few higher than any other media source for their standards of objectivity. That's OK, because most are quite clear about their larger slants -- the honest ones at least. Blogging is a different model, in which less-than-objective opining is part and parcel.

Posted by: Glenn at April 19, 2006 10:21 AM (UHKaK)

4 Jesus Joe, you can sing this little jingle along with the elevator music as you're shopping at Walmart's: Undermine the economy ... whoa yeah .. Daylight come and I watchin' 'em grow Chink, chink, chink the cash register go ... Illegal alien move so slow ... Ah so, Ah so we come to take yo land Chink a chink a c'hang watch the register grow Chink a chink a c'hang, chink a chink a c'hong

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 11:20 AM (FCC6c)

5 Glenn - You lost me at "because most are quite clear about their larger slants." I haven't seen any of the MSM admit to being left-wing house organs with aggressive political agendas. And, in my estimation, publishing dozens of front page Abu Ghraib stories with pictures and not one Mohammad cartoon is not being objective. No, Glenn, the MSM pretends to be objective and denies their seething bias.

Posted by: Mike at April 19, 2006 03:24 PM (XeoHY)

6 Well, where in the hell do you shop, Larry? And tell the truth for one time in your life, if you know how.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 19, 2006 04:44 PM (rUyw4)

7 Ummm...you guys aren't one of those blogs secretly getting paid by Wal-Mart are you?

Posted by: Alexander Wolfe at April 19, 2006 05:00 PM (018Z+)

8 WARNING: New topic (was re: media bias against Wal-Mart) My comment is: why all this big concern for Wal-Mart? Last time I checked, Wal-Mart was the number one player sending America's manufacturing business to China and helping the Chinese communists build up their manufacturing capacity at the expense of our own. Along the same vein, Wal-Mart was very recently busted by the Bush Administration for employing illegal workers. I can't even imagine how blatant a company would have to be in this day and age to get busted by the George "what borders?" Bush Administration for hiring illegals. Wal-Mart's executives are the masters at cutting costs and driving down prices. Good for them, but is that all there is? Look, I fully understand we all benefit in the short run from keeping manufacturing costs down, and I fully understand the concept of comparative advantage. But should we really be placing our country's manufacturing capacity in the hands of communist dictators? Should we go to bat for the people that do more than anything else to make this happen? Personally, I think perhaps we should all be a bit more concerned about this.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold at April 19, 2006 06:14 PM (1g7g2)

9 I wish the hell they were paying me, period. But alas, no. Although I'm not a blogger.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 19, 2006 06:15 PM (rUyw4)

10 Mike-- >>>I haven't seen any of the MSM admit to being left-wing house organs with aggressive political agendas." Uh, possibly because they're not. The myth of media liberalism is just that. Most "MSM" are owned by giant conglomerates, owned by ultra-conservative individuals/holding groups and funded by giant conglomerate -- and by nature conservative-- advertisers. The vast majority would therefore stand to gain nothing from forwarding a leftwing agenda and would more than likely prosper from pushing a rightwing one -- if they chose to take a partisan stand. >>>And, in my estimation, publishing dozens of front page Abu Ghraib stories with pictures and not one Mohammad cartoon is not being objective. That's no comparison. The events at Abu Ghraib were a photographic record of a factual event. The Mohammed cartoons were somebody's opinion, created to express a thought that tended up pissing off a bunch of people. Blogsites are opinion/editorial based. Though often written by well-informed, intelligent and articulate people, they are not held to the same standards or conventions as bonafide media, just like someone's diary is not. Sorry, but those are the facts.

Posted by: Glenn at April 19, 2006 06:48 PM (oxMjD)

11 The myth of media liberalism is just that. Uh-huh. Keep repeating that and you might convince someone. Unfortunately for you, the rest of us can see what and how the press acts. BTW -- pointing to corporate ownership is not refutation to the facts of their bias. Corporations quite frequently use government power to eliminate competition. In the media realm this is often through things like the "Fairness Doctrine" and "campaign finance reform".

Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 19, 2006 06:53 PM (Gn9tM)

12 How are the Fairness Doctrine and campaign finance reform being used by the media to eliminate competition? Look, the fact they hold your guys' feet to the fire doesn't mean the institution is corrupt. You loved 'em when they covered the Clinton blow job in tedious detail.

Posted by: Glenn at April 19, 2006 07:16 PM (oxMjD)

13 Is nobody banning the idiots anymore?

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 20, 2006 05:10 AM (0yYS2)

14 Yep, while they were covering the "Clinton blow job in tedious detail" they were ignoring the "Clinton/Chinese connection". Clinton was so enamored with the Chinese he flung that door open wide. And I agree that Bush should be slamming it shut, but let's call a spade a spade here. I still don't understand why every time Clinton's name pops up it's connected to the blow job to the exclusion of every other aspect of his presidency.

Posted by: Oyster at April 20, 2006 06:19 AM (YudAC)

15 I've said it before and I'll say it again: Clinton fully deserved to be removed from office, but not for getting a blowjob from a frumpy intern. He deserved to be removed for selling out to the Chinese communist dictatorship.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold at April 20, 2006 09:14 AM (Gj4c3)

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Blame George Bush

Today, April 19th, 2006, is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing.

A direct result of George Bush's policies regarding Iraq and the war against Islamofascism.

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1 also tommorrow 4/20 is the anniversary of the Columbine High School murders in 1999. i knew this liberal, joe c., who claimed we can appease idiots like saddem, the north korean dictator,etc because we now live in the 21st century and not in the 20th century where neville chamberlain's policies were disasters. so i pointed out that Columbine happened at the end of the 20th century, and after the 21st century began, the murder of children didn't end because in june 2000 a teenager was kidnapped and finally her bones were found about 2002, therefore appeasing dictators is still idiotic.

Posted by: i get drunk with ted kennedy at April 19, 2006 03:51 AM (/DSQC)

2 To be a liberal, one must be a coward, an idiot, or both. They are useless parasites on our society along with muslims and anyone who votes democrat.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 19, 2006 05:04 AM (0yYS2)

3 Notice how after the OK City bombing, Liberals didn't line up trying to "understand" what motivated those white male "christian" bombers-- like they did after the 9/11 attack (where the attackers were brown, non-christian). Liberals aren't for peace-- they've just sided with our enemies.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 19, 2006 07:38 AM (8e/V4)

4 Excuse me.....one of the three bombers was a former Iraqi republican guard,named Hussain Hashem al-Hussaini. He helped MvVeigh put the truck in it's final 'parking place' in front of Murrah Building. You should look it up. This act was covered up by Clinton, Janet Reno and the foolish FBI, as was TWA flight 800. Please read Jayna Davis' book "The Third Terrorist". This was another terrorist attack by a foreign power and worse, complete betrayel by our own government.

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 19, 2006 07:59 AM (q1zID)

5 Liberals will blame everyone but the crinmals who do it just like the way they blame guns for murder and crime

Posted by: sandpiper at April 19, 2006 08:20 AM (bzZNq)

6 It's not my fault ...

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 09:03 AM (FCC6c)

7 >>> "Excuse me.....one of the three bombers was a former Iraqi republican guard,named Hussain Hashem al-Hussaini." So they've finally proven that! Good! I'd been reading some pretty far-out conspiracy theories on blog sites and in fringe newspapers about a restaurant worker linked by a small-time Oklahoma City TV reporter to a "third bomber", but the FBI dismissed it as wacko junk assembled by a journalistic hack back in 2002. According to her, though, the FBI was in on it, so they would do that wouldn't they? Anyway, evidently more damning evidence has come in over the past four years I haven't seen and they've finally gotten to the bottom of it all.

Posted by: Glenn at April 19, 2006 12:08 PM (UHKaK)

8 TO Glenn: Ignore the truth at your own peril, not mine......how ignorant can you be?

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 19, 2006 02:55 PM (q1zID)

9 I read Mcveigh's partner went to south east asia for some bomb training. Mcveigh had some military training, but could not build a bomb like that, or know where to place one. I do believe Clinton, and that cow Renio got this covered up. Has anyone seen Padella? He looks just like that third bomber they were looking for after Oklahoma. I also believe TWA flight 800 was covered up too. Clinton is a gobalist, and stabbed this country in the back.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 19, 2006 03:39 PM (D2g/j)

10 Ummm...maybe I'm missing the point here, but it was a right-wing extremist who blew up the federal building, not a liberal or an Arab or Saddam Hussein or Osama.

Posted by: Alexander Wolfe at April 19, 2006 05:04 PM (018Z+)

11 Leatherneck: You are correct. Nichols travelled to Manila 4 or 5 times before the OKC bombing. You wouldn't think a dirt farmer from Kansas would be doing that. It is reported that every time he went there he told his wife, a filipino that he married while there, that he was scared shitless and he might not live to return to U.S. Ramsi Yousef was very active there at the time and Nichols met with his people. Coincidence?

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 19, 2006 05:08 PM (q1zID)

12 Alexander Wolfe: Where did you learn what you think you know? McVeigh was emotionally messed up over Waco. He was a small but necessary part of a much larger group. How come all you leftists like to label right wingers as "extremists"? It does not mask your deliberate ignorance of the truth. If you don't know what you are talking about, then shut up.

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 19, 2006 05:16 PM (q1zID)

13 n.a. palm re: oklahoma city bombinb The wikipedia page says nothing about this hussein guy (except on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing_conspiracy_theories ) I don't know of any reputable sources that can corroborate this John Doe #2 beyond a conspiracy theory. Do you?

Posted by: anon at April 19, 2006 05:33 PM (UGQRB)

14 n.a. palm re: oklahoma city bombing The wikipedia page says nothing about this hussein guy (except on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing_conspiracy_theories ) I don't know of any reputable sources that can corroborate this John Doe #2 beyond a conspiracy theory. Do you?

Posted by: anon at April 19, 2006 05:33 PM (UGQRB)

15 anon: please see my post at the beginning of this thread. It's in the book.

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 19, 2006 05:44 PM (q1zID)

16 The whole thing stinks, just like the 9-11 commission stinks. Thanks n.a. palm, and great job slamming those lefturds.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 19, 2006 05:44 PM (D2g/j)

17 We should never outlaw guns, because when guns are outlawed only the authorities (the government and police---who have proven time and again that they can't be trusted) will have guns. BTW, the Lefties hate America and always side with our enemy stuff is either incredibly stupid or the funniest stuff I've read on the net. Let me know if you're joking so I can make up my mind.

Posted by: Robert at April 19, 2006 07:56 PM (viFWZ)

18 McVeigh. All American, baby!!!

Posted by: Robert at April 19, 2006 07:59 PM (viFWZ)

19 >>>BTW, the Lefties hate America and always side with our enemy stuff is either incredibly stupid or the funniest stuff I've read on the net. People really believe that. So maybe you Lefties should begin to ask yourselves why. Self-examination is healthy.

Posted by: dcb at April 19, 2006 11:49 PM (8e/V4)

20 Yes, McVeigh was a far-right nut job. The difference is that we on the right side of the political spectrum don't claim him. On the other hand the left gleefully idolizes their left-wing nut jobs. Che Guevara comes to mind. And then there are their contemporaries like Howard Dean, all of Hollywood, Cindy Sheehan, Calypso Louie, Michael Moore, Harry Belafonte ...

Posted by: Oyster at April 20, 2006 06:32 AM (YudAC)

21 That idiot MOBY is whinning about taxes being used to buy more weapon of national defense well if that yowling coyote wants to help the needy why dont he hold a concert to raise money for the needy instead of just flapping his big fat piehole

Posted by: sandpiper at April 20, 2006 08:19 AM (nMpEK)

22 Then someone had better call at least Michael Savage and Ann Coulter....each has made public calls for the extermination of Muslims -- not terrorists, but MUSLIMS -- multiple times since 9/11. To my knowldege, neither Howard Dean, all of Hollywood, Cindy Sheehan, Calypso Louie, Michael Moore nor Harry Belafonte have advocated mass exterminations.

Posted by: Glenn at April 20, 2006 12:42 PM (UHKaK)

23 >>>Then someone had better call at least Michael Savage and Ann Coulter....each has made public calls for the extermination of Muslims Yeah, sure they did.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 20, 2006 05:33 PM (8e/V4)

24 On April 17, nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage called for "kill[ing] 100 million" Muslims and referred to the woman who alleged she was raped by members of Duke University's lacrosse team as a "drunken slut stripping whore." On his radio show, Savage told listeners that "intelligent people, wealthy people ... are very depressed by the weakness that America is showing to these psychotics in the Muslim world. They say, 'Oh, there's a billion of them.' " Savage continued: "I said, 'So, kill 100 million of them, then there'd be 900 million of them.' I mean ... would you rather us die than them?" Savage added: "Would you rather we disappear or we die? Or would you rather they disappear and they die? Because you're going to have to make that choice sooner rather than later."

Posted by: glenn at April 20, 2006 09:02 PM (oxMjD)

25 From Ann Coulter's syndicated column: We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war. [Town Hall, September 14, 2001] Nut. Case.

Posted by: glenn at April 20, 2006 09:11 PM (oxMjD)

26 Its kind of like that idiot mayor of New York who is blaming other states and the NRA for the murder of a police officer when the man who commited the murder was a long time crinimal with a long record of violent crime just typical of these liberal fools blame everyone but those who commit the crime

Posted by: sandpiper at April 21, 2006 07:45 AM (aTvBX)

27 in defence of Ann Colter and Mike Savage, the US did drop THE BOMB on Japan and now they are allies with America.. even more so than Germany..

Posted by: The Other Dave at April 21, 2006 08:12 PM (zvBf9)

28 glenn, in defense of Ann Coulter, she didn't call for killing muslims, she called for killing their leaders. And in defense of Michael Savage, he's a nut and nobody takes him seriously.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 22, 2006 07:31 AM (8e/V4)

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April 18, 2006

McKinney Report: 'Assault on a Police Officer'

A little person would already have their trial date set, but when you're Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), accused of assaulting a Capitol Police officer, and willing to shamelessly play the race card, things go a bit slower.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has published details from the official report of the incident:

The DeKalb County congresswoman struck the officer "in his chest with [a] closed fist."
The "event report" Â— obtained Tuesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Â— describes the altercation as an assault on a police officer.
There had previously been reports that McKinney "stabbed" the officer with a cellphone or that she slapped McKenna with an open hand.
McKinney said she was the victim of racial profiling and that the officer had touched her inappropriately when he tried to stop her.

The Fraternal Order of Police wants the officer, identified in the report as Paul McKenna, to sue McKinney. It may be the only way for justice to be served in this case.

Via the Drudge Report.

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto, Vince Aut Morire and Stop the ACLU.

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Terrorists Recruiting Non-Arab Fanatics

The desire of terrorists to recruit non-Arabs to conduct attacks has been known for some time, however, now an official report of the practice has been prepared.

From SunTimes.com:

Terrorists have been working to recruit non-Arab sympathizers -- so-called "white Muslims" with Western features who theoretically could more easily blend into European cities and execute attacks -- according to classified intelligence documents obtained by The Associated Press.
A 252-page confidential report jointly compiled by Croatian and U.S. intelligence on potentially dangerous Islamic groups in Bosnia suggests the recruitment drive may have begun as long as four years ago, when Arab militants ran up against tough post-9/11 security obstacles.

This is nice to know but hardly surprising. However, it would be nicer to know how the Ass. Press, with apparent ease, obtains classified intelligence documents.

Nevertheless, since there will always be a segment of the population that succumbs to the lure of fanaticism, it's logical that terrorists would attempt to recruit those they can. And despite the augmented security obstacles, suicide bombers are single-use only and must be replaced.

From Interested-Participant.

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MPSA in Chicago--Any one else here?

Hey all. I'm at the Midwest Political Science Association's annual meeting at the Palmer House in Chicago. If you're a fellow geek at the conference drop me a line (my info is at the "contact" link above).

Or, you can just wave me down. I'm kind of hard to miss. I'll be the only guy there wearing a fur coat, with an entourage--complete with at least two washed-up former child stars-- and four big Samoan bodyguards protecting my precious self. Come to think of it, better e-mail me first. The last guy that sought an audience with the Macktastick Rusty Wickedmeister without a formal letter of introduction had his arm broken by Tagiilima--the big one.

I'll be back Monday. TALOFA!

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Aarons.cc Recovered

Aarons cc is back online this morning. Remember he had been down about five days after being attacked twice.

Aaron: I'm back!

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Taliban Commander Killed

(Qalat, Afghanistan) Breaking news.

From UPI.com:

A Taliban senior commander has been killed and two other militants have been captured during a raid by police in the southeastern Afghan province of Zabul.
The police, having received a tip that the militants were planning an attack on Qalat, the provincial capital, surrounded the band Monday night, shooting Mohamad Haleem and arresting two of his accomplices.

Haleem and his group are responsible for numerous attacks on schools and government offices in the Zabul Province bordering Pakistan.

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Today's Al-Qaeda Joke

Scottish Police Chief Constable John Vine stunned the guests at a bar association dinner with a joke.

During the toast, towards the end of the evening, Mr Vine told a joke about al-Qaeda fathers comparing notes about the careers of their suicide-bomber sons.
Many in the audience at the event on March 24 were stunned when he delivered the punchline: "Kids blow up so quickly these days."

Apparently, the crowd reaction prompted Mr. Vine to apologize. Sure, it wasn't a great joke but I thought it was okay.

Of course, it wasn't the quality of the joke that was objectionable. It is simply not politically prudent in the United Kingdom to speak ill of terrorists. What a bunch of wankers.

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Soliciting Murder And Mayhem On The Internet

Nine people were killed in Tel Aviv by the 21-year-old Islamist jihadi nutcase, over 60 were wounded, in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad-conducted Passover bombing!

There are Five Official Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Sites (currently active online)

Eight Service Providers Keep Them Online, and they have been doing so for months - in some cases, years.

You will find that six of Those Service Providers are American Companies.

Should we be waiting for someone else to deal with the problem?

Bonus: Here are the top ten Salafyist/Jihadist sites on the Internet.

Hat tip - Internet Haganah

Cross posted from Hyscience

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Student's First Amendment Rights Violated

John Martin, Vikram Buddhi's lawyer is appalled at the blatant trampling of his client's First Amendment right to free speech. Buddhi is a graduate student and teaching assistant at Purdue University who has been here for the past ten years on a student visa. Martin hopes that everything can be cleared up by Wednesday so that Vikram can get back to his studies:

Â“What was allegedly said certainly is derogatory and may be inflammatory,Â” Martin said. Â“But thereÂ’s no real serious threat more than it was chat on the Web.Â”

Just the sort of everyday stuff that the Left puts out. Like detailed threats to kill President Bush, Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld. Oh, and a plea for anyone reading the messages to bomb the United States, rape and mutilate British and American women, and kill all Republicans.

Maybe when Vikrim gets out somebody could set him up with Maryscott O'Connor.

Via the Drudge Report.

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April 17, 2006

Sami Al-Arian Pleads Guilty

University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian, who became a cause cÃƒÂ©lÃƒÂ¨bre to the ACLU crowd, has admitted to being involved with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (the group responsible for this outrage), and, as a bonus, turned snitch on his co-defendants.

From Yahoo! News:

WASHINGTON, April 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former University of South Florida Professor Sami Al-Arian has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to provide services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a specially designated terrorist organization, in violation of U.S. law, the Department of Justice announced today.
In the plea agreement, Al-Arian admits that he was associated with several organizations, including the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, in the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. He also admits that co-defendants Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, Bashir Musa Mohammed Nafi and Mazen Al-Najjar were associated with PIJ.
Al-Arian's agreement with the government calls for a recommended prison sentence of 46 to 57 months in prison, based on a five-year maximum statutory sentence. Al-Arian, 48, who has been in custody since his arrest on Feb. 20, 2003, has agreed to stipulate to deportation to another country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement once his prison sentence has ended. Al- Arian has lived in this country for approximately 30 years.

This bastard should be deported to Hell.

Via Stop the ACLU.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

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Pulitzer Gives Award For Treason

Jeemany Christmas

Forbes Via Mike Hampton at The Department of Home Land Stupidity :
The jurors awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting Â“to James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times for their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.Â” While the Times sat on the story for over a year and ultimately edited it due to national security concerns, many called the revelation of the programÂ’s existence a threat to national security. President Bush himself called its publication Â“a shameful act.Â”

Pullitzer Prize my....who are these "jurors" anyway?

Oh wait we have them right here on comments via Mike again., eh eh ah-hem....

Narda Zacchino, deputy editor, San Francisco Chronicle (Chair)
Mike Connelly, executive editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Kenneth Paulson, editor, USA Today
Delia Rios, national correspondent, Newhouse News Service, Washington, DC
*George Rodrigue, vice president/managing editor, The Dallas Morning News
*past Pulitzer Prize winner

more...

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1 Narda Zacchino, deputy editor, San Francisco Chronicle (Chair) Mike Connelly, executive editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Kenneth Paulson, editor, USA Today Delia Rios, national correspondent, Newhouse News Service, Washington, DC *George Rodrigue, vice president/managing editor, The Dallas Morning News *past Pulitzer Prize winner

Posted by: Michael Hampton at April 17, 2006 08:46 PM (FVbj6)

2 Is there an echo in here? Is there an echo in here?

Posted by: West1 at April 18, 2006 01:35 AM (OkonL)

3 Um. Thats not treason.

Posted by: actus at April 18, 2006 02:40 AM (CqheE)

4 Libs hate monitoring of Al Queda contacts in the US.

Posted by: mrclark at April 18, 2006 06:42 AM (IMrft)

5 But I don't read any of these publications, and they are all going out of business. Ah, the beauty of it all.......

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 18, 2006 08:04 AM (gx67A)

6 I fail to see how this damages our security one iota. Like Al Qaeda suddenly says--wait, I'll stop phoning Ahmed in Arizona, for fear of the warrantless wiretapping, even though it was well known that the US had broad FISA wiretapping powers prior to 9-11, that were expanded by the Patriot Act. If the program is necessary, and exposure ends it, then you might have a case. So far, exposure hasn't ended it. All it has done is raise the question--why didn't the president ask Congress for this power? Or why didn't the president go through FISA? For my part, I'm glad that the NYT published this, and it is eminently worthy of a Pulitzer. The press must function as the watchdog on our liberties. As Hamilton said in the 8th federalist--"Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates...will compel nations the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free..."

Posted by: jd at April 18, 2006 02:50 PM (aqTJB)

7 It wasn't known that there was an efficient program in place, or how that program operated. Now terrorists have been alerted to take extra precautions. That means that the first direct evidence you, jd, see of the damage done by the traitors at the Gray Lady will probably be the next major terror attack on this country. The NYT has a history of lying and treason; google Walter Duranty. We didn't need for the NYT to issue a direct warning to jihadi terrorists in order to help Risen sell books. This is like saying that publishing convoy sailing dates during WWII wouldn't have been treasonous because it was well known that convoys would be sailing. Perhaps if you took off your Democrat partisan hat and put on your American thinking cap the issue would be clearer for you, jd.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 18, 2006 05:26 PM (RHG+K)

8 Did anyone get arrested for droppping this dime? I know the Old York Times was looked at until the news died down. The MSM seem to be connected to the New World Order (NWO). I guess Mr. Bush did not go alone with something the NWO wanted, and there lies the reason perhaps. That U.N. tax of ten cents a barrel of oil for world peace has not happened. Why? I don't know folks, I'm just thinking out loud. Will the U.S. bypass the U.N. again? The NWO does not like countries acting alone. They are all part of the team, and Bush on at least one subject did not go along, and caused France, Germany, Russia to lose a lot of money. It has been a few years now, will they all make nice, and play for the same team? Terrorists, whom Iran loves to support, were alerted. Iran may become part of the Nuke club due to contracts. Contracts in Iran give the same above mention countries money. Just like Iraq. I'm just bringing up topics because I do not like the NWO, the U.N., and the MSM; Also, I am at work and have to much time to think.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 18, 2006 08:28 PM (D2g/j)

9 Before 9-11, any attentive person knew that over 17K warrants had been issued under FISA, and after 9-11 this was expanded and made even more user friendly. What did Al Qaeda learn from the NYT disclosure? That there were more warrants. We didn't learn how this program "operates" did we? I've seen speculation about data mining, but no usuable intel. Nothing remotely comparable to troop ship sailing time, which is just inflammatory rhetoric. All Al Qaeda learned from the NYT disclosure is that the president was wiretapping without Congress' knowledge, in direct contradiction to Congress' intent as expressed in law, and without a warrant, as required under the 4th amendment. Maybe if you took off your Republican partisan helmet, and put on your freedom-cherishing, liberty-loving American hat, maybe you'd see this correctly. JD

Posted by: jd at April 18, 2006 09:49 PM (uT71O)

10 Look jd, I understand that the MSM serves a purpose. But they've assigned themselves various titles like 'objective', 'unbiased' and 'equitable'. Instead, they play word games and use improper terms like 'domestic wiretapping'. They imply more than they say by acts of ommission, misleading and sometimes employing flat out falsifications. If we need watcdogs like this then we wouldn't need watchdogs like blogs to keep an eye on the MSM. So far we have had many indications that there are those in Congress, the FBI, the CIA, the DIA and every other acronym out there that no one can be trusted to keep certain national security issues secret. It's absolutely no surprise that those members of Congress who were involved were few. We've never had an enemy quite like this. I would think it calls for stronger or more secretive measures. The NYT writers, Risen and Lichtblau, had an awful lot more information than was printed and it took the NYT a year, a year!, to decide that they might have to edit the story. You say that "Before 9-11, any attentive person knew that over 17K warrants had been issued under FISA, and after 9-11 this was expanded and made even more user friendly." If this is the case, then why was the story so worthy of a Pulitzer? Hell, any attentive person knew. Right? The NYT is in the sensationalism business. Listening in on phone calls made to terrorists is nothing new or exciting. But put the label 'domestic wiretapping' on it, provide an air of indignation and make the story reminiscent of a past President's transgressions and POW! you've got a story. This whole thing is horsesh*t. Prove to me it hasn't been done by every President during times of war AND peace, but in this case - it's the evil Bush regime. Meh.

Posted by: Oyster at April 19, 2006 04:56 AM (YudAC)

11 Oyster--the 17K warrants were FISA warrants. FISA was established in 1978 in response to two things--the rampant abuse of wiretaps by the FBI and by presidents, Dem and Repub, in the 35 years studied by the Church commission, AND the need to have a fast, sub-4th amendment procedure to monitor spies and, an afterthought, terrorists. FISA set up a rapid approval process, in which a federal judge was permanently in Washington (on a rotating basis) to approve these warrants. It was so easy to get one that prior to 2001, only one had been turned down! And while the turnaround time was 24 hrs for approval, the FBI and AG could, if they felt it necessary, conduct the wiretap in advance for 72 hours while waiting for approval. So no waiting was necessary. This IS a real issue because the Constitution forbids searches without a warrant. I'm someone who believes that the Constitution means what it says (yes, I'm against Roe). Why did the president need to go around FISA? Why did the president not ask COngress for a new law (he would have gotten it. Hell, he'd get it today. Just ask. That's what checks and balances are all about). Yes, in wartime, presidents have taken broad powers. Lincoln closed newspapers, etc. But this is a war that will last our lifetimes and beyond. We must not have an executive out of control. And it IS domestic wiretapping--in the sense that I only care about it when one of the people being monitored is in this country. The president's right to surveill abroad is not checked by any constitutional limit. His power to do so at home is--or should be. We would be safer if we didn't have a constitution. We would have less crime if the police could search any home, any time they wanted to. We'd be a lot safer if the cops could confiscate everyone's guns. But because of the constitution, they can't. Thank God.

Posted by: jd at April 19, 2006 07:39 AM (uT71O)

12 And they also gave the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE to a known terrorists leader YASSIR ARAFAT and our fomer jerk in the whitehouse JIMMY CARTER

Posted by: sandpiper at April 19, 2006 08:31 AM (bzZNq)

13 I agree giving it to Arafat was a huge mistake. And of course, they also gave it to former terrorist Menachem Begin, right? The Irgun wasn't planting flowers, it was planting bombs. Bombs that killed innocent and guilty alike. Read some of Jablonsky's own words to know how deeply the underground embraced the slaughter of civilians as a necessary strategy in achieving nationhood. One could say that Begin deserved it for choosing peace after a lifetime of war. That would also depend on how one sees the settlements, Sabra and Shatila, and the ugly Lebanon war as a whole. Michael Deaver threatened to resign if Reagan didn't stop the shelling of civilians in Beirut by the Israelis. RR picked up the phone, called Begin, shouted at him, and thirty minutes later, halfway around the world, the guns that had killed so many innocents suddenly were silenced. It's a riveting moment in Deaver's biography but it also raises the question-Begin gets the peace prize, and then does this?

Posted by: jd at April 19, 2006 08:42 AM (uT71O)

14 jd, the arguments I've heard are not about being able surveille for 72 hours while waiting for approval, nor that it only generally takes 24 hours to gain approval. These are things that can't be argued. The issue is that the process of getting to that point where the wait is so short and so favorable and so streamlined is cumbersome and demanding. Understandably so, but only to a degree. Even if it was so good and so efficient it was also obstructed by others in disallowing communication between organizations - one who might apply for the FISA warrant and the other who might not. But even so, you're operating under the impression that what was being done was illegal. There are far smarter people than you or I, constitutional scholars and lawyers, who can't agree on the lawfulness or constitutionality of the program. The arguments from both sides are quite good, but we only hear the arguments that the media agrees with unless we're willing to dig for information ourselves. Personally, I'd err on the side of our safety. However, that's my personal opinion.

Posted by: Oyster at April 19, 2006 08:49 AM (xmFw3)

15 Oh, and for Carter, who has been justly criticized on a number of points, I think the peace prize was mostly about Camp David, as well as his postpresidency work on disease and disorder. What he has done with the guinea worm is truly amazing. Compare his post presidency activities with those of any other president, except perhaps Hoover, and they have been remarkably selfless. Habitat for Humanity? Election monitoring? While many presidents simply retire, or travel the world making millions, this guy, love or hate his presidency, has done a world of good. Also--Camp David was his finest hour. He brought a lasting (if cold) peace between Egypt and Israel, nations that had fought major wars in 47-8, 56, 67, and 73, along with numerous border fights. Nobel prizes have been given for a lot less. the world is a better place because of Camp David. Even Carter's opponents acknowledged that.

Posted by: jd at April 19, 2006 08:49 AM (uT71O)

16 Fore!

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 09:13 AM (FCC6c)

17 Oyster--good points. The process for getting the warrant needed to be streamlined--and it was, by the Patriot Act revisions. If further change was needed, why not do it the legal way--by asking Congress? Moussaoui's case showed that there were problems with the interp of FISA by FBI/Justice lawyers (they turned down the field office request for a FISA warrant to look in his computers--it MIGHT have stopped 9-11)--not the federal judge. We still don't know who did that--they should have been fired. But we haven't held anyone accountable for 9-11 failures or Iraq intel failures. Maybe we never will. But the difficulty of agencies communicating was CREATED by the president's warrantless wiretapping. The FISA court, when told of the illegal (ok, questionably legal) wiretapping, said, hey, you can't have any of that crap in our courtroom, because we are following the law. So no evidence obtained without a warrant can be used to get a warrant. This does create difficulties, I agree--but the difficulties were created by the president's decision to, at best, dodge the law. Again, we would all be safer, against terrorism and against crime, if we didn't have that pesky constitution. If we strip searched everyone within 10 miles of the president, we could almost guarantee we'd never have another assassination. Thank God we don't. Balancing liberty and security is never easy--and should never be done by one branch, without the knowledge and usually the consent of the others. That's the way the constitution works.

Posted by: jd at April 19, 2006 10:13 AM (aqTJB)

18 Give him enough rope .... Fore!

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 11:01 AM (FCC6c)

19 They dont gove prizes or awards for those who have earned them they only give them to the ones who show how left-wing they can be after all they gave the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE to terrorist leader YASSIR ARAFAT and to that idiot JIMMY CARTER and they gave a oscar to that idiot MICHEAL MOORE for his junk film BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and they ignore the real good films to award trash like CHICAGO,AMERICAN BUETY,SIDEWAYS,and MILLOIN DOLLAR BABY

Posted by: sandpiper at April 20, 2006 02:47 PM (4v/PL)

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Hanoi Jane Passes the Torch

Update your programs. There's an official change in the leadership of the anti-war movement.

From ContraCostaTimes.com:

Jane Fonda says she would like to tour the country and speak out against U.S. involvement in Iraq, but her controversial history of Vietnam War protests leaves her with "too much baggage."
"I wanted to do a tour like I did during the Vietnam War, a tour of the country," the Oscar-winning actress said Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "But then Cindy Sheehan filled in the gap, and she is better at this than I am. I carry too much baggage."

Maybe it's just me, but I can't think of a more damning indictment than to be happy about having Cindy Sheehan as your replacement.

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1 Don't suppor the war? Please contact the following anti-warmongers at UC Santa Cruz: CONTACT: Students Against WarÂ’s ad-hoc press team: Sam Aranke - /ph #s removed/ - saranke@ucsc.edu David Zlutnick Â– - dzlutnic@ucsc.edu Janine Carmona - - jgcarmon@ucsc.edu

Posted by: Smoke weed, stop the war! at April 17, 2006 08:45 PM (hMLSq)

2 And no, the email attached to my name isn't the real one. So don't bother! These are the clowns that drove the military recruiters off campus at Santa Cruz. Call em up and let them know what you think of these moonbats.

Posted by: Smoke weed, stop the war! at April 17, 2006 09:22 PM (hMLSq)

3 Now I do wonder. I would move these up but no way man. Please no phone #s

Posted by: Howie at April 17, 2006 09:44 PM (D3+20)

4 OK - back on topic - is Cindy gonna do an exercise video now or what? I'm trying to not imagine her in tights bouncing up and down.

Posted by: hondo at April 17, 2006 10:17 PM (4mgfY)

5 Thanks, Hondo. Now I'm going to have the image of that psychotic leftist tool in my head.

Posted by: Mike at April 18, 2006 12:05 AM (ZdKfx)

6 Will Cindy Sheehan star in "Barbarella II"??

Posted by: nuthin2seehere at April 18, 2006 02:38 AM (blNMI)

7 Well, she's certainly following in Jane's footsteps. Jane has her picture with the enemy and Sheehan has her picture with Chavez.

Posted by: Oyster at April 18, 2006 05:57 AM (YudAC)

8 Someone must have stole the wheels off her peace bus and now it sit in her backyard on blocks and maybe she is making another crappy movie as bad as MONSTER IN LAW

Posted by: sandpiper at April 18, 2006 08:43 AM (2cLBb)

9 Cindy is drawing smaller and smaller crowds these days, from 50 squealing something boring about war, to noone to buy her file of expensive toilet paper, sorry book. Will anyone remember this fool in years to come..

Posted by: MathewK at April 18, 2006 05:08 PM (pVHqF)

10 How about an "I would rather have an 'X' replace me than Cindy Sheehan" contest, kind of like with the "I would rather go hunting with Dick Cheney then 'X'" contest.

Posted by: LC CanForce 101 at April 18, 2006 08:07 PM (3smJS)

11 Lawyers and Vice-presidents. In good company. Birds of a feather flock together ... hmm ..

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 10:55 AM (FCC6c)

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'Condoleezza Holds a Watermelon'

Some people believe that political statements probably don't belong in a mathematics course. I agree.

From SeattleTimes.com:

(Bellevue, Washington) Bellevue Community College Board of Trustees issued a statement Saturday condemning the behavior of an instructor who wrote a racially insulting math question recently brought to the college's attention by students.

The math question is considered contrary to the college's core values of respect for diversity and elimination of stereotypes.

The question began, "Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second." It went on to ask when the watermelon would hit the ground, based on a formula provided.

BCC President Jean Floten wouldn't name the instructor who wrote the question, however, she said there was no intention to connote the negative caricatures of blacks eating watermelon. Instead, according to Floten, the instructor was fascinated with the name "Condoleezza." Yeah, right. Notably, before being rewritten the question logically referenced the entertainer Gallagher who at least uses watermelons in his comedy act.

As corrective action, the math department issued an apology and the college announced the creation of a new vice-president for diversity and blah, blah, blah. No mention was made regarding the oozing liberalism of an infected institution of high learning.

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1 I wonder what the odds are this this will ever be picked up by the MSM? Liberals are scum and should all be hanged.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 17, 2006 04:23 PM (0yYS2)

2 And once again the racism of liberals exposes itself. Liberalism is a virus. Who would have thought it would pass to the mathematics departments of the world?

Posted by: shoelimpyâ„¢ at April 17, 2006 04:31 PM (98B7s)

3 At least they use watermelons and not rifles and ropes ...

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 17, 2006 05:00 PM (FCC6c)

4 Hmm...this is interesting. Condoleeza had a rifle and scope, she stood at the top of a 300 ft. building, and threw it out six feet and it fell at x ft/sec. What is your point, Last Larry? At least a rifle and scope wouldn't have had a racist connotation. Granted, it would be stupid to throw a perfectly good rifle and scope away, but I wouldn't waste a watermelon, either.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 17, 2006 05:12 PM (rUyw4)

5 Sounds like were comparing apples and oranges here. Mayabe we could compare the Mohammed depictions to the outrage it causes the Muslims. People getting upset over a watermelon tossed from a building and getting out the rifles and ropes is every bit as laughable and ridiculous.

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 17, 2006 05:34 PM (FCC6c)

6 Yeah, and that gapped-toothed bitch wins the seed spitting contest every fucking year.

Posted by: Greg at April 17, 2006 06:24 PM (q5wwn)

7 Because Liberals are allowed to be racists.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 17, 2006 06:39 PM (8e/V4)

8 Wait a second: it is not fair to say all instructors at BCC are hateful in this way. I ought to know. I went there for three quarters. I will admit that they have their moonbats. What college nowadays would be complete without them? But they are heavily outweighed by the excellent, intelligent, fair instructors present. I had a geography teacher with a PhD tell us that Global Warming is just another theory-and went to pains to point out that it is far from a proven one. I had a polysci Prof who was from Pakistan and hated conservatism-but would let us debate the issues instead of preaching his liberalism without dissent. I respect the man very much. I had a History prof who was extremely knowledgeable and was also unafraid to challenge PC Herstory. If you want to find unhiged whackos, then I suggest that you look to Shoreline Community College, Seattle Central Community College (where they kicked off the recruiter in January of 2005 in a riot), or Evergree (famous for producing Racheal Corrie and many, many more like her through their "peer review" grading system). BCC is a good school. And HARD too. There is a high degree of academic pressure there. Just my two cents.

Posted by: Peter Bland at April 17, 2006 09:09 PM (a7n4N)

9 Last word Larry: I agree, lets compare it to the outrage the Mohammed cartoons aroused in the Islamists. Let me ask you this, how many people do you see rioting over this? Any embassies/consulates firebombed over this? How about restaurants destroyed? Anyone killed in the mayhem? Hrm, I didn't think so either. Thanks for coming out though!

Posted by: LC CanForce 101 at April 17, 2006 09:41 PM (3smJS)

10 Ha! Ha! You are professor material Greg! Good one!

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 18, 2006 12:03 AM (FCC6c)

11 Condoleezzaa ... I'm fascinated more by the T & A than I am the name ....

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 18, 2006 12:07 AM (FCC6c)

12 If the question had read "Cynthis McKinney holds a watermelon," I think the media would have been outraged. There would have been riots on the campus.

Posted by: Mike at April 19, 2006 03:39 AM (ZdKfx)

13 I refer you all back to the second sentence of the first post.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 19, 2006 05:13 AM (0yYS2)

14 After all it is a Math class ...

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 19, 2006 09:17 AM (FCC6c)

15 What the hell? I didnÂ’t realize the USA had become a totalitarian government in which itÂ’s now illegal to use the names of your political figures or poke fun at themÂ… What the hell is wrong with you all.

Posted by: Justin at April 20, 2006 09:44 AM (oNpZw)

16 So Justin, are you retarded, or just stupid? This is no different than liberals calling Michelle Malkin a "slanty-eyed whore", but it's okay since it's liberals doing it. Liberals are scum and should be banished to a desert island without food or water, and left to rot.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 21, 2006 03:22 PM (0yYS2)

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Can't Say I Feel Bad For George Ryan

Ryan cheated to win an election he had in the bag and now Illinois Republicans and the people have paid the price for it. He's next. One story I read called him a strong fighter aginst the death penalty. No, he never was, he took that issue to shut up the papers and avoid being impeached.

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