Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Libs Crowing Over Bush Poll
Of course, you know why they constantly cite
polls like this?
It's because they're the only polls they "win".
Cenk Uygur
pops the champagne.
The entire United States Congress, Democrats and Republicans, have no choice but to run from this President -- as fast as they possibly can (ironically, some of the Democrats will be the slowest to leave this sinking ship -- and Lieberman will be the very last one on board).
George Bush is the quick sand that is pulling the Republican Party underground. If they don't realize that now, they soon will when they do the next poll in their home districts. No party can survive trying to pull up a President so universally disliked (let alone a Vice President that is nearly loathed at an 18% approval rating -- I don't think Pinochet was ever that low and I know Nixon wasn't).
I do suspect that some Republicans are registering their discontent with the ports deal, and that this has knocked President Bush's ratings down a bit. Rasmussen Polling
has him at 43%, off six points in the last 10 days or so which roughly corresponds to the beginning of the ports controversy. But I've never been able to figure out how Cheney rates so low. Republicans don't disapprove of Cheney, no matter what Cenk Uygur says.
Bulldog Pundit has looked over the polls and
found the usual silliness with polling only adults (not likely or even registered voters), polling on weekends, and oversampling of Democrats.
Storming the White House
The communists
are at it again; on March 15, 2006, they plan on "storming the White House." I would love to see how far they get...haha!
"It is our duty and the duty of the United Nations to rescue the people of the world from the U.S. dictators," states the release. "Murder for occupation and theft of land is illegal. Murder of journalists is criminal. Remove the traitors who have stolen the U.S. budget and used it to commit international crimes against humanity.
Yawn. You go ahead and wait for the UN; maybe after a decade or so and 16 plus resolutions, they might send a letter to the US on your behalf.
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Civil Rights Leader for Wal-Mart
This is interesting:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Civil rights leader and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young will become the public face of a Wal-Mart-backed group whose aim is to combat criticism of the world's largest retailer, the group said on Monday.
Young, who was an aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights protests of the 1960s and served as ambassador to the United Nations under President Jimmy Carter, will serve as chairman of Working Families for Wal-Mart's national steering committee, the group said in a statement.
More:
"The critics have it wrong," Young said in a statement. "For those who care about the poor it is time to step up, speak out and join this national discussion."
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Quote of the Day
"If Americans can’t learn the difference between Dubai and Damascus, we don’t stand a snowball’s chance in the desert of defeating Islamic terrorism." -
Indepundit
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Fabulous!
Remember all the fake anger against Condi because she was shopping for shoes in NYC during Katrina? As Secretary of State, she should have been driving the aircraft carriers into the Gulf of Mexico and flying rescue missions herself (because that's what Secretary of States are supposed to do during natural disasters)...whatever.
But, congressional representatives are supposed to vote on bills. What does some Dem from the great state of Nevada do during a Katrina vote in the house?
Try this:
Skipping last fall’s vote on the Hurricane Katrina relief bill in order to get plastic surgery was worth it, says Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.), who loves her new look, ROLL CALL reports.
“For the last couple of years whenever I was on TV all I could do was look at my neck,” Berkley said in a recent online audio interview. “It was driving me crazy because my neck was starting to hang ... and it was making me very self conscious.”
Now, she joked in an interview with hosts of the Vegas-centric podcast show “The Strip,” “I have the neck of a 20-year-old and a 50-year-old body.” Until the Feb. 16 program, Berkley hadn’t said much about missing the September vote on the Katrina relief bill due to her nip-and-tuck job.
Berkley, 55, told the show’s co-hosts, Steve Friess and Miles Smith, “I decided that it was going to be very hard to hide and I’m a very public person.” And let’s face it, she said, that brilliant plastic surgeon “turned back the clock 10 years.”
Friess cracked Berkley up when he asked whether she thinks she’ll get more votes with her youthful, thinner neck. She laughed and said, “The 20-somethings! Maybe this will get them out to vote.”
Could you imagine if Condi joked about the Malonos she bought?
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Carnival of Bauer™!
All 24 fans will love the new Carnival of Bauer™ created by LLP's friend "the Man" over at Blogs 4 Bauer.
I expect a lot of Kim and Edgar bashing! Join them each week!
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History Lesson I
From the Office of the Vice President, "Joint Statement by Vice President Al Gore and Leaders of the Iraqi National Congress," June 26, 2000:
The Vice President met with senior leaders of the Iraqi National Congress today to review the agenda work between the United States Government and the INC. The INC and the Vice President reaffirmed their joint desire to see a united Iraq served by representative and democratic government responsive to the needs of its people and willing to live in peace with its neighbors. The Vice President reaffirmed the Administration's strong commitment to the objective of removing Saddam Hussein from power, and to bringing him and his inner circle to justice for their war crimes and crimes against humanity. Saddam's removal is the key to the positive transformation of Iraq's relationship with the international community and with the United States, in particular.
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Sammenhold (Solidarity)
I am off to the Danish embassy to stand in solidarity with the Danish people and their freedom of speech and freedom of the press...Maybe I can get an autograph from Christopher Hitchens!
Won't have a camera, but will write about this later today with more from the RNC event last night as well.
I will be there in spirit! I just called the embassy and it is a 30 minute walk from the Dupont Circle Station! Too cold :-(
So I invite everyone to join in on the
blogburst in solidarity with the Danes.
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Black History Celebration (RNC Style)
I just got back from a very nice event at the Capitol Hill Club celebrating black history and the GOP. Today is the 150th anniversary of the RNC.
Met Ed Gillespe and Ken Mehlman. Will have more written tomorrow.
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Brokeback Hunting
I just thought this was hilarious:
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Short Port
I still am up in the air about the Port deal with the UAE. However, there were two very convincing editorials today from
WSJ and
WaPo:
Wall Street Journal...
As for the Democrats, we suppose this is a two-fer: They have a rare opportunity to get to the right of the GOP on national security, and they can play to their union, anti-foreign investment base as well. At a news conference in front of New York harbor, Senator Chuck Schumer said allowing the Arab company to manage ports "is a homeland security accident waiting to happen." Hillary Clinton is also along for this political ride.
So the same Democrats who lecture that the war on terror is really a battle for "hearts and minds" now apparently favor bald discrimination against even friendly Arabs investing in the U.S.? Guantanamo must be closed because it's terrible PR, wiretapping al Qaeda in the U.S. is illegal, and the U.S. needs to withdraw from Iraq, but these Democratic superhawks simply will not allow Arabs to be put in charge of American longshoremen. That's all sure to play well on al Jazeera.
Yesterday Mr. Bush defended his decision to allow the investment to go ahead, and he threatened what would be his first veto if Congress tries to block it. We hope this time he means it.
Washington Post...
None of the U.S. politicians huffing and puffing seem to be aware that this deal was long in the making, that it had been reported on extensively in the financial press, and that it went through normal security clearance procedures, including approval from a foreign investment committee that contains officials from the departments of Treasury, Commerce, State and Homeland Security, among other agencies. Even more disturbing is the apparent difficulty of members of Congress in distinguishing among Arab countries. We'd like to remind them, as they've apparently forgotten, that the United Arab Emirates is a U.S. ally that has cooperated extensively with U.S. security operations in the war on terrorism, that supplied troops to the U.S.-led coalition during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and that sends humanitarian aid to Iraq. U.S. troops move freely in and out of Dubai on their way to Iraq now.
You have to wonder if there's a little more to the hysteria if the Washington Post and the WSJ editorial boards agree...
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Original Uncle Tom a Hero
Says Clarence Page of
the Chicago Tribune.
His life reveals how complicated the cruel and peculiar institution of slavery could be. Separated from his family as a young boy when he was sold as property in an estate sale, [James] Henson was a loyal servant until he learned he might be sold again. In 1830, he escaped to Canada and founded a settlement, a trade school and a lumber business, while also helping other slaves escape.
When he returned as a free man to the U.S. after the Civil War, to his former owners, the lady of the house is said to have exclaimed in surprise, "Why, Si, you're a gentleman now." To which he is said to have replied, "Ma'am, I always was a gentleman."
His autobiography "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction" became a best seller and helped Stowe re-create the day-to-day life of slaves for what would be her own best seller, a book that inflamed the abolitionist movement. When Stowe met President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, he was reported to have remarked, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"
Today Uncle Tom is a prickly American paradox. His very name has become an insult, describing a black person who is overly eager to win white approval. Yet Stowe's Uncle Tom ultimately is a heroic figure who encourages two abused slave women to escape, then suffers a fatal beating rather than give up the women's whereabouts or his Christian faith.
Yes, I have always felt that those who derided somebody with the "Uncle Tom" epithet were unintentionally complimenting their target.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Bill Clinton Tops ‘em Again
If you have been outraged by comments from
Al Gore and
Jimmy Carter these last couple of weeks, you obviously haven't seen what Bill Clinton
is up to:
ISLAMABAD: Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday condemned the publication of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) caricatures by European newspapers and urged countries concerned to convict the publishers.
Talking to reporters after meeting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in Islamabad, Clinton said he disagreed with the caricatures and that the publication was against religious and ethical norms. Clinton said he had no objection to peaceful demonstrations being held worldwide, but this was not the time for violence. He said it was the time to promote inter-faith harmony and stand together on the issue.
He said the people’s religious convictions should be respected at all costs and the media should be disallowed to play with the religious sentiments of other faiths. He said the media could criticise any issue including governments and people, but nobody had the right to play with the sentiments of other faiths.
I'm sure he also means that the newspapers in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries that regularly run anti-Semitic and anti-Christian cartoons and propaganda should be prosecuted. He must also mean that prominent papers like the New York Times, which have run pictures of Piss Christ and the Madonna covered in elephant dung should be prosecuted, as those images were offensive to Christians in America, right?
Wrong.
Clinton is obviously kissing up to folks in the Middle East. Why? Well,
it's been rumored that he wants to become Secretary-General of the UN when Kofi Anaan steps down. This is called "having one's ducks in a row." He's probably not too concerned about what Americans think, because the Americans who support him also support the UN. The rest of us can just go suck eggs. As for the Danes, I guess he figures there are less of them than Muslims, so why worry about them?
Un****ing believable. This man thinks more of himself than the damage he is doing to the free world. And I'm not just talking about America. I'm talking about everywhere else too.
Cross posted at
Blogmeister USA.
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Monday, February 20, 2006
INTERBLOGATORY PRESIDENT’S DAY
 TIME's New Cheney Poll Shows Huge Divide Between Public and Media Opinion: Some other interesting results that went contrary to the weeklong media frenzy concerning this incident was that 69 percent of respondents felt that the accident had no effect on their opinion of the vice president, versus only 24 percent that claimed this made them feel more negatively toward him. And, the result that has to be making media representatives scratch their heads is that only 10 percent of respondents felt that Cheney should resign as a result of this accident, while a resounding 85 percent said he shouldn't.
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 Is Jimmy Carter On The Hamas Payroll?: It is not surprising that Jimmy Carter has penned a Washington Post Op-Ed demanding that the US and Israel give Hamas a chance. Yet no matter how many times Jimmy Carter steps forward to defend terrorists and enemies of this country it still manages to cause a visceral reaction of disgust, anger and shame at this disgraceful excuse for an American, let alone an ex-President.
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 Debunking the American Prospect and Paul Krugman: I don't mislead my readers like the American Prospect has its readers. The Republicans did get dramatically increased funding as well from the tribes represented by Abramoff, especially in the 2002 election, when funding went from $387,000 to $1.22 million (a much higher rate of increase than the Democrats received). So if the argument is over whether Abramoff's tribes gave more to the Republicans than Democrats, hey no question. But if the argument's over whether the "Democrats Don't Know Jack",all I can say is the American Prospect doesn't know how to count the Jack.
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 George Washington's Birthday (Observed): Contrary to popular belief, today has never been designated "President's Day" by the Federal Government. Today is, rightly, the observation of the February 22nd birthday of George Washington.
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
The Gregory Eclipse
People living in or near Washington, D.C. should be on the alert for a solar eclipse in their area. This time, the eclipse won’t be caused by the moon. Instead, the sun’s rays will be blocked by the ego of NBC White House reporter David Gregory.
Over at Ankle Biting Pundits, bulldogpundit has discovered an internet diatribe written by Gregory. In his writing, Gregory tries to explain why he is so important.
I want to respond to parts of Gregory’s boasting. Here are some of his statements.
I view the White House press corps as a proxy for the public.
I don’t remember the American public electing the WHPC to be their proxy in D.C. The last time that I checked, the official D.C. proxies of Americans are the members of Congress. Besides, members of the WHPC aren’t the only reporters who act as “proxies” for the public. Every news outlet acts as a proxy, including the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
When a sitting Vice President shoots a man, it's a helluva story -- worthy of public notice and discussion.
Of course it was worthy of public notice, which is why the story was given to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
I do, however feel it's appropriate to push hard for full and immediate disclosure from our country's highest leaders about their conduct -- public and private.
Mr. Cheney didn’t give up his right to privacy when he became Vice President. What the Vice President does in private isn’t the public’s business unless what he does has an impact on the entire nation. The hunting accident didn’t have that kind of impact.
I think it's appropriate to question the White House about why the Vice President chose to disregard the President's normal procedures for public disclosure.
Normal procedures aren’t the same things as required procedures. Since the hunting accident was a private issue, not a national issue, there was no requirement for the Vice President to notify the WHPC first.
Mr. Cheney, in my view, acted as if he had something to hide.
If this is Gregory’s view, then he needs to get his eyes checked. Mr. Cheney didn’t act like he had something to hide. He acted like someone who had his priorities straight, and his first priority wasn’t to notify the WHPC.
Gregory’s comments do indicate what his priorities are. His first priority is to make sure that he and other WHPC members are the first ones to report stories involving members of the presidential administration. If WHPC members can be bypassed, then they lose their importance to the public. WHPC members have to remain important if they wish to be media stars. Now we all know that they are nothing but shooting stars.
