Unsecured Homeland Security Department

CNN tells us that a retired NYC policeman, Bruce DeCell,used a forged Mexican identification to gain access to the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington. These are the people who are supposed to be securing the country and keeping us from further terrorist attacks?

Read the article to see how not even the slightest attempt was made to verify the authenticity of DeCell's documentation.

Jarrod Agen, a Homeland Security spokesman, told CNN, "In response to this incident, we are following up on the allegations, and we seek to ensure that an incident like this does not occur again."

An incident like this should not have happened in a post-9/11 world period. If the attack on the towers wasn't enough to keep you on alert, what will it take?

"At no time was there a threat to the DHS building or its personnel," Agen babbled on. Are you taking credit for that, Jarrod? Or do you admit that by luck and the grace of God it was Bruce DeCell who waltzed through your fake security and not some psycho bent on destruction.


"It's very frustrating," DeCell told CNN. "I'm an unpaid citizen who had a loss on 9/11, and they're not doing what they need to do to prevent another 9/11. It's very discouraging for me."

As it is for all of us, Mr. DeCell. The problem is that it will probably cost no one their job at any significant level of authority and it will be dismissed with more worthless statements like the tripe offered by Jarrod Agen. God, help us and protect us because obviously our government won't and or can't.

Make Kerry Produce The Records

A must read to see the devious and manipulative John Kerry "in action" is at Real Clear Politics. John Kerry's Skimmer Scam by Thomas Lipscomb is not to be missed. Also, read by the same author, The Truth, John Kerry, and The New York Times.

It is tragic that this self aggrandizing liar actually got as close as he did to the White House.

Unless we can all review Kerry's complete and unadulterated military files we will never know what actually really happened. Yet, it is hardly expected that Kerry will let anyone shine the light of truth on his patchwork of lies and historical rewrites.

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The Hunt For Bin Laden Intensifies

According to The Herald, as many as 400 elite British, American, Australian, Polish and Canadian special forces troopers are to be transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan to step up the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

They are the teams responsible for locating Abu Musab al Zarqawi and they were also central in capturing Saddam Hussein, cornering and killing his sons Uday and Qusay, and rescuing the British hostage Norman Kember.

Bin Laden and his jackal, Egyptian doctor Ayman al Zawahiri, avoid direct contact with each other, but they are both believed to be in the area of the mountainous Afghan provinces that share a border with Pakistan's tribal territories. That encompasses about 10,000 square miles of harsh, unforgiving landscape.

The allied special forces who will join the search include the British and Australian SAS, Poland's Grom commandos, Canada's Joint Task Force Two specialists, and US Delta and Navy Seal teams. God speed.

Edwards Beats Clinton In Iowa Poll

This surprised me. In a poll in Iowa that tested support among likely Iowa caucus participants, John Edwards came in first as a potential Democrat candidate for president in 2008. Thirty percent of the Iowans liked him as opposed to second place Hillary who got twenty six percent. Kerry came in a distant third with twelve percent.

I really was not looking at Edwards as a viable candidate and I'm not saying this makes him one, but I would not have guessed he would beat Hillary out anywhere. It probably says more about the vulnerability of Clinton than it does the viability of Edwards.

Tom Vilsack the governor of Iowa came in fourth with ten percent. That's more, I'm sure, than he would garner in any other state.

Five other potential Democratic presidential candidates listed in the poll bring up the rear with no more than three percent each.

The poll has a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points.

Thanks to the Des moines Register.

More Dead Terrorists

The terrorists are continuing to take a beating as the Pakastani army reports killing more than 30 in a training camp raid on Saturday. Arabs, Uzbeks and locals were among the dead who were believed to have been responsible for attacks in Afghanistan.

“It was a highly successful operation,” said top Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan.

We need to keep the pressure on these killers, worldwide. They must feel they have no refuge, no safe haven and know we can and will exterminate them without mercy.

The fat lady may not have sung yet for Osama, but hopefully he can hear her footsteps approaching the stage.

More at the Khaleej Times.

Book Banning Broads Of Jersey

NewsMax reports that two New Jersey Assemblywomen are attempting to implement book banning in their state. Joan Quigley and Linda Stender want retailers in their state to ban the sale of Ann Coulter's new book "Godless: The Church of Liberalism." Among other things, the book criticizes the four 9/11 widows known as "the Jersey Girls."

Not content to call upon their constituents to boycott the book, these two actually are calling for censorship by requesting retailers not even make it available to the public statewide. Obviously the Democrats disdain for Coulter is so great they would like to remove her right to free speech. Do they really believe there are no people in the state of New Jersey who want and have a right to have access to this book? Of course not, this is a blatant attempt to draw attention to themselves and get some attention for their pathetic political aspirations.

They are quoted, "No one in New Jersey should buy this book and allow Ann Coulter to profit from her hate-mongering. We are asking New Jersey retailers statewide to stand with us and express their outrage by refusing to carry or sell copies of Coulter's book. Her hate-filled attacks on our 9-11 widows has no place on New Jersey bookshelves."

For no other reason than this I encourage everyone, especially in New Jersey, to purchase a copy and put the "Book Banning Broads of Jersey" in their place.

Feisty Feline Goes Bear Baiting

ABC News has a great story from West Milford, New Jersey about a 10 year old tabby named Jack.
A clawless tough guy, Jack doesn't want any other animals in his yard. So, when he spotted a trespassing bear he treed him.

You gotta love Jack!

Justice Strikes Again

Justice has come to another of the islamofascist killers.

Back in April I wrote about the appointment of Jamal Abu Samhadana as chief of a new security force comprised of Hamas members. Samhadana had said that his new position would not halt his involvement in attacks on Israel. He was also number 2 on Israel's most wanted list.

Samhadana is quoted as saying, "We have only one enemy. They are Jews. We have no other enemy." He was one of the founders of the Popular Resistance Committees, a terrorist group that blew up several Israeli tanks in Gaza and killed three US security guards in a deadly bombing attack on a US diplomatic convoy. He was killed by an Israeli air strike on a PRC training camp Thurday night in the southern Gaza town of Rafah. Militants there were planning a large-scale attack on Israel. The Israeli military would neither confirm nor deny that Abu Samhadana had been the intended target.

Of course, this has resulted in the stock mob of psychotics pulling the dead body from the morgue, parading it through the streets while screaming their usual assortment of impotent death threats to the civilized populations of the world.

Meanwhile, I'm hoping the devil is having a dilemma regarding whether Zarqawi or Samhadana gets the warmer spot in hell.

Thanks to FOXNews.

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Everything Is Up For Sale

The male Cindy Sheehan, Michael Berg, whose son Nick was beheaded in Iraq says he feels no sense of relief at Zarqawi's death even though the CIA said Zarqawi was probably the one wielding the knife in a video of the murder.

Berg, who is running as a Green Party candidate (what were the odds?), has repeatedly blamed Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his 26-year-old son's death.

Asked what would give him satisfaction, Berg, said, "The end of the war and getting rid of George Bush."

Berg has admitted his son was a big fan of George Bush; "On this we disagreed vehemently," he said.

So for personal political reasons this leftwing looney joins the grief for sale subversives. Disgusting!

By way of Reuters.

Here's a better reaction:

The brother of Ken Bigley, a British engineer beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, said Thursday that he expected the extremist will rot in hell.

"The man was an animal and he deserved what he got. And may he rot in hell," Paul Bigley told Channel Four television on Thursday.

Al-Zarqawi's followers captured Ken Bigley, held him for weeks and filmed his beheading in 2004. Bigley's death traumatized his native Liverpool and his body has not been recovered.

"He's gone. The world has rid themselves of a very bad person. So he thinks he's going to paradise? I'm convinced the man is in hell," Paul Bigley said.

By way of MSNBC

Now Serving

According to a report in the Scotsman, Zarqawi's relatives are praying for 1000 "Zarqawis" to fight the Americans in his place. These Islamist lemmings will never learn.

"If this is true then he is a martyr for Islam. This is a major loss for Islam," Zarqawi's brother-in-law, Saleh al-Hami said.

You got that right, al-Hami, Islamofacism lost again and the good guys won another one.

"This is a tragedy. We are all sad here," said Zarqawi's uncle, Yazm Khalayleh, 64.

The only thing sad and tragic is that we didn't get the rest of you psychotic cretins along with him. Take a number and get in line.

Swiss Cheese For Brains

By way of The Washington Times.

A proposal from the Senate Intelligence Committee that would exempt federal agencies from provisions of the Privacy Act in the name of the war against terrorism has, of course, gotten the attention of the ACLU.

"If this is enacted, the Privacy Act will look like Swiss cheese," exaggerated ACLU legislative counsel Tim Sparapani.

The bill would allow U.S. intelligence agencies to access personal information about Americans held by other federal departments or agencies if it is believed relevant to counter-terrorism or counter-proliferation.

A Democratic committee staffer defended the proposal, telling UPI that the exemptions were "narrowly drawn to address the kinds of problems we found during our Sept. 11 inquiry," when U.S. agencies failed to pool information about known al-Qaida militants who were thus able to slip into the country.

In language that seems calculated to assuage the fears of privacy advocates, the bill states that "nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be deemed to constitute authority for the receipt, collection, or retention of information unless" it is "otherwise authorized by the Constitution, laws, or executive orders of the United States."

The Democratic staffer argued that "this is lawfully collected information. What sense does it make not to share it in an appropriately limited fashion," as envisaged in the bill?

Not good enough for the paranoia poster boy from the ACLU. Sparapani contends that in the wake of the revelations about the National Security Agency program of warrantless counter-terrorist surveillance, the time for giving the administration the benefit of the doubt on such issues was past.

Meanwhile, the threat of domestic terrorism grows as evidenced by what happened in Canada recently. CBS NEWS, only three days ago, reported that U.S. officials believe recent incidents point to an imminent threat. The article stated:

The next attack here, officials predict, will bear no resemblance to Sept. 11. The casualty toll will not be that high, the target probably not that big. We may not even recognize it for what it is at first, they say. But it's coming — of that they seem certain.

But, the ACLU would have us caught with our pants down and our heads up our butts, crying "Who did that?"

If Tim Sparapani wants to see Swiss cheese he should get a brain scan.

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Rest In Pieces

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the the most wanted terrorists in the world, is dead. He was killed in an airstrike near Baquba, Iraq, it was announced today.

While it is cause for celebration, the war is far from over. Zarqawi is only one of many who would cast their mantle of evil over the earth. This war will not end in our lifetime but for these spawn of Satan it will always end the same.

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Only Following Orders

According to CIA documents released yesterday, back in 1958 we knew the whereabouts and the alias of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and did nothing.

After discovering the horrors of the concentration camps and seeing firsthand the heinous crimes of the Third Reich, allowing the mastermind of the Jewish extermination plan to remain free is unconscionable. Those members of our government that allowed this to happen seem no better than the perpetrators themselves.

In order to protect members of the West German government who were certainly guilty of collusion with Hitler's Nazis (Hans Globke), the CIA turned a blind eye to the fact that Eichmann was living in Argentina using the alias Klement. Although he was not a card carrying member of the Nazi Party, Globke had served in the Jewish Affairs department of the Nazi government during World War II and was involved in writing laws designed to remove Jews from German society. The CIA worked closely with him and assisted the West German government in protecting him.

How sad, that after all the tragedy, we were still not moved to seek justice for those many victims. What a disgusting blemish on the character of our nation.

The good news is Eichmann was captured by a team of Mossad agents in 1960, later tried by an Israeli court, found guilty on all counts and sentenced to death.

Thanks to CNN

Bilbray Beats Busby

Well. here's one house seat the donks didn't win. In California, Republican Brian Bilbray, has won the race against Francine "You don't need papers for voting" Busby. I guess encouraging illegals to register and vote didn't help her.

This was a race the Democrats were hoping would set a trend for gaining the House back in the fall. Bilbray is also the guy recently snubbed by John "Banana Amenesty" McCain.

Everything considered this is a joyful moment because the illegal loving amnesty crowd got put in their place and that is what every upcoming election needs to accomplish. Democrat or Republican, if they support this amnesty let's vote them out.

Oh, The Days Of The Kerry Bloggers

LA Observed tells us that on Thursday John Kerry met with a few liberal bloggers in California. Although requesting his remarks be off the record, some of the bloggers ignored him and posted what he said anyway. Even liberals can't trust liberals.

One blog wrote that Kerry "agreed completely with someone's assessment that everything that Bush does is solely for the purpose of looting the country. He basically said that Bush and his cohorts are criminals" and that "at some other point he referred to Supreme Court Justices Alito, Scalia, and Roberts as 'Idiots.'"

Although one might be suspicious of the leftwing sources that blogged these quotes, it is not hard to imagine them spewing from the arrogant mouth of John Kerry. Considering the college grades we saw from Kerry's published records, he is hardly in position to be calling anyone an idiot, let alone two men who have accomplished so much.

Kerry continues adding to his his unblemished record of duplicity and deceit. John, show us all what is in your 180.

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Syrian Opposition Forms Government

Exiled Syrian opposition leaders announced the creation of a united front on Friday aimed at forming a transitional government to bring about "regime change" from President Bashar Assad to democracy.

Former Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam, who broke with Assad last year after serving under his late father Hafez Assad, told a news conference: "All factions of the Syrian opposition and activists have come to the conclusion that the regime in Syria has to be changed."

He spoke after a two-day meeting in Brussels of Syrian opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, liberals, communists and Kurds, at which they drew up a joint declaration on a six-month transition period for a post-Assad era.

One has to wonder how this will come about in a country as repressive as Syria. Assad keeps a tight lid on everything. Also, even though the opposition claims to be moderate and says it would not impose Islamic Sharia law, how moderate can any group be that includes the Muslim Brotherhood.

Thanks to ynet.

Going, Going, Completely Gone

Over at Memri TV is a video clip #1147 of a Palestinian auction to raise money for the Hamas government. The item up for bid is the jacket of Salah Shehada, the top man on Israel's Most Wanted list until he was eliminated by an F-16 missle attack back in 2002.

Read the transcript at Memri, it contains some exchanges between the auctioneer and the crowd. For example:

Auctioneer: Who is your leader?

Crowd: The Prophet.

Auctioneer: What is your constitution?

Crowd: The Koran.

Auctioneer: What is your path?

Crowd: The Jihad.

Auctioneer: What is your highest aspiration?

Crowd: Death for the sake of Allah.

Auctioneer: Let all the countries of the world hear: What is your highest aspiration?

Crowd: Death for the sake of Allah.

And people want us to negotiate with these psychotics?

Learn To Delude

Schools in Victoria, Australia are being asked to abolish the words "mother" and "father" in a new teachers manual. In this latest catering to the gay agenda lunacy, teachers are asked to use "parent" or "carer" instead.

The manual, called Learn to Include, says schools should also put up posters of gay celebrities and avoid gender specific toys. It encourages having pupils as young as five act out scenarios in which they have two moms and have discussions about discrimination.

Read more, if you can stand it, at the Herald Sun.

The author of the manual , Vicki Harding, writes books about children with gay "parents." Visit Rainbow Rumpus to get an eyeful of how Vicki and her pals would like to indoctrinate your children.

Sunday Funny

The Marines Really Know How To Maximize The Use Of Camouflage.

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Covert Conspiracy In The UK

In articles from the Telegraph, the terrorist threat facing Britain is described as having developed into a "covert conspiracy" involving hundreds of men and women living ordinary lives in the nation's suburbs, security sources have revealed.

Unbeknown to their families and friends, they form a silent 1,200-strong "army" of terrorists. They are believed to be involved in at least 20 major plots that they hope will bring death and destruction to Britain.

An example is the arrest of two brothers, Mohammed Abul Kahar, 23, and Abul Koyair, 20, on Friday.

It is believed they were were planning a chemical attack in London similar to the one on the Tokyo subway. Police said they were searching for an "improvised device rather than a sophisticated weapon" capable of releasing chemicals.

The Telegraph reports it is suspected that a new atrocity was planned on or close to the anniversary of the July 7 attacks on London, when four terrorists killed themselves and 52 others, and injured more than 700 people. This would have provided a rallying call to al-Qa'eda sympathisers to carry on their "jihad" - or holy war - against the West.

It certainly seems likely that based on what has just happened in Canada and the UK that we will shortly see the same sort of activity here on our own shores. Perhaps the signal has been given to the Muslim sleeper cells in the West to join the war in earnest.

All the more reason to secure the borders, north and south, the ports, east and west, and make certain we monitor who and what are entering this country. Despite all the pandering to political correctness, it is obvious from those apprehended in Canada and the UK that it is still mostly young Muslim males that are involved in these plots. Domestic surveillance of potential cell members in this country should be going on 24/7 because what we don't know can hurt us.

It is time to quit making the moonbats happy and stop scrutinizing grannies at airports. We should shine the spotlight on the likely terrorist candidates.

Prison Fellowship Ministries To Appeal Decision

Why would you attack a successful religious prison program unless it's out of sheer hostility toward Christianity? Prison Fellowship Ministries, founded by Chuck Colson was sued by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt has ordered them to cease the program at the Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa and repay the state $1.53 million.

Ministry president Mark Earley said in a statement Friday that the group plans to appeal the ruling and believes its program is constitutional.

"This decision, if allowed to stand, will enshrine religious discrimination," Earley said. "It has attacked the right of people of faith to operate on a level playing field in the public arena and to provide services to those who volunteered to receive them."

This program has met some real needs, I am familiar with it and have heard, first hand, from wardens and former prisoners about the good things it has accomplished.

How mean spirited can one be to wish to deprive those incarcerated from benefiting from the word of God, a chance some of them have never had before. The reverend Barry Lynn and his group have much to answer for.

Thanks to CNN.

Canadians Catch Terrorists

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Have arrested 17 people on terrorist charges. The RCMP says they were planning a series of attacks in southern Ontario. Three tons of ammonium nitrate were found and police said the group had attended a terrorism training camp. That's three times the amount of ammonium nitrate used in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Here are the names of the adults arrested: Fahim Ahmad, 21, Zakaria Amara, 20, Asad Ansari, 21, Shareef Abdelhaleen, 30, Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, Mohammed Dirie, 22, Yasim Abdi Mohamed, 24, Jahmaal James, 23, Amin Mohamed Durrani, 19, Steven Vikash Chand alias Abdul Shakur, 25, Ahmad Mustafa Ghany, 21, Saad Khalid, 19.

Are we noticing a trend here folks?

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Environmentalist Hazardous Manure

From FOXNews comes word that a confederacy of environmentalist looneys is after our nation's farmers. What's their cause celebre?

That animal manure is a hazardous substance. Yes, that's right, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists are arguing that farms should be treated as industrial waste sites and therefore subject to severe penalties under the federal Superfund law.

If they succeed, farmers could face penalties of many millions of dollars and thousands of small farmers could be forced off their land.

It's a ploy by the activists and trial lawyers to distort the intent of the law, so they can shake down the farmers and ranchers and benefit from large court settlements.

Congress can fix the problem by passing an amendment to the Superfund law, clarifying that farm manure is not considered a hazardous substance. A bipartisan bill to this effect has already been introduced in the House with nearly 160 co-sponsors. A companion bill with bipartisan support is about to be introduced in the Senate.

Now, if it were only so easy to fix the problem of the hazardous pollution from shyster trial lawyers and environmentalist looney birds.

The Parable of Pharisee Harry And The Republicans

From AP comes word that Harry Reid is, gasp, reversing himself and acknowledging he misstated the ethics rules about his accepting gratuities (that's misstated, as in not telling the truth better known as LYING). He has decided to avoid such gifts in the future. Still, he says it was "entirely permissible" for him to accept the free ringside boxing tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing. The man has no shame.

Yes, the picture is Harry, back in January, clutching his black heart and calling for lawmakers, especially Republicans to clean up their act with lobbyists. He should be praying not to be struck dead for his hypocrisy.

McCain Snubs Fellow Republican

According to a NewsMax report, John McCain canceled an appearance for a Republican congressional candidate who has attacked his opponent for supporting McCain's immigration bill. He was scheduled to speak Wednesday at a breakfast fundraiser for Brian Bilbray, who is in a close runoff race with Democrat Francine Busby.

Bilbray, a former congressman who worked as a lobbyist for an anti-immigration group, has repeatedly attacked Busby for supporting the immigration bill passed last week in the Senate. McCain was a principal architect of the bill.

In an e-mail sent to the Bilbray campaign, McCain spokesman Craig Goldman acknowledged that McCain and Bilbray "disagree on some of the issues related to immigration reform."

Bilbray is better off without this RINO moonbat who has more in common with the left wing donks than he has with his own party. McCain is one of those senators whose ego has led him to believe he knows better than those who elected him. Hopefully, he will pay the price the next time he runs for office.

Mississippi, In God We Trust, Not The ACLU

Mississippi ACLU Executive Director Nsombi Lambright

Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi has signed a law allowing religious documents to be posted on public property. Those in charge of public buildings are allowed to post The Ten Commandments, excerpts of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and the motto, "In God We Trust."

Where is the ACLU in all of this? The Mississippi chapter is awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling over the constitutionality of displaying the Decalogue on public property before deciding whether to challenge the new law.

Mississippi ACLU Executive Director Nsombi Lambright said the new law was political maneuvering. She said Mississippi is the only state to move forward with a Ten Commandments law before the federal ruling.

"The way they're talking about it, they're using this to restore morality, and that's not the purpose of state government," Lambright said.

And, it's definitely not the purpose or intent of the ACLU. Mississippi must just be driving these lefties crazy.There's already a law requiring "In God We Trust" to be posted in every public classroom, cafeteria and gym.The American Family Association helped raise $25,000 to put framed "In God We Trust" posters in Mississippi classrooms.And, Mississippi has approved a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Hat tip to The Clarion-Ledger.

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We Don't Say Criminals, We Say Errants

Here's a good one from the Rocky Mountain News.

In a lawsuit, the ACLU claimed that Colorado state law denying paroled prisoners the right to vote was unconstitutional, and argued that the Colorado Constitution provided that convicted criminals only lose their right to vote while they are incarcerated, but not after they are released on parole. A Denver district judge dismissed the lawsuit.

State law says that no one who is serving a sentence should be allowed to vote and parole is part of the sentence.

However, the best part is not the usual shenanigans of the ACLU shysters taking up the banner of felons, pedophiles and pornographers, it is another group involved in the case. "We’re very disappointed," said Dianne Tramutola-Lawson, chairwoman of Colorado CURE.

Any idea what CURE stands for? It's an acronym for Citizens United for Rehabilitation for Errants. Errants!??? Here's another leftwing euphemism meant to turn convicted criminals magically into people who have merely strayed out of bounds and simply deviate from the standard. What a crock of horse manure.

Let's see what happens when the ACLU appeals.

Renaming The Senate

From NewsMax comes an article on the "Lou Dobbs Tonight" appearance of Representative Peter King, Republican from NY. He is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and he told Dobbs, that he couldn’t imagine how the Senate bill "could ever be considered in the House of Representatives [when] the overwhelming majority of Republicans are against it.” This, he said "is amnesty. The more the senators deny it, Democrat and Republican, the more they deny it, the more the president denies it, it's amnesty. And the American people don't want it. I've never seen a disconnect between the will of the people and the actions of elected officials as we've seen in the Senate.

But, my favorite part was when he commented on Dobbs' remark that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., had described the Senate bill as the will of the Senate, King snapped: "The will of the Senate was not the will of the people."

Well said, Mr. King, perhaps the Senate should consider renaming itself The House of Lords. They act like some pompous aristocracy so maybe we should name them accordingly.

Read the rest of the NewsMax piece, it's good to hear someone in Washington that understands that this is still a government of the people.

Kerry's "New" Evidence

The New York Times has an article that says, John Kerry is claiming new evidence about his, "you know, I was in Viet Nam," service. His new evidence seems to be mostly of his own making (journals and movies) and is reminiscent of Nixon's "I can't let you have the actual tapes but I've transcribed everything that's important on them for you" ploy.

Why does John Kerry persist in allowing only certain individuals access to his materials instead of flinging open all the documents to public scrutiny and questioning?

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Bought And Paid For Harry Reid

By way of BREITBART comes the story of Harry Reid accepting free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing.

Reid, D-Nev., took the free seats for Las Vegas fights between 2003 and 2005 as he was pressing legislation to increase government oversight of the sport, including the creation of a federal boxing commission that Nevada's agency feared might usurp its authority.

In defending the indefensible, Harry said his position would not have been influenced and this was a fact finding misssion.

Yet, the Senate ethics manual states, "Senators and Senate staff should be wary of accepting any gift where it appears that the gift is motivated by a desire to reward, influence, or elicit favorable official action."

"I'm not Goodie two shoes. I just feel these events are nothing I did wrong," Reid said.

The problem, Harry, is you need to be a "Goodie two shoes." It is this total lack of integrity and inability to see why, when you're in public office, you need to take the higher road that shows how little character our politicians have. You must not give the appearance of unethical conduct thereby saving yourself from even the perception of prejudice and unfairness.

The article goes on to name senators John McCain and John Ensign as conducting themselves so much better than Harry. McCain paid for his tickets and Ensign had recused himself for another conflict of interest.

When you stand next to Harry the Whore it's easy to look pure.

Uribe Returned To Office

At last, some good news out of Latin America. Alvaro Uribe has won a second term as president of Colombia. A strong ally of the US, especially in the war on drugs, he will continue his battle against drug traffickers, right-wing militias and leftist guerillas.

Thank goodness we will not have to add a fourth Marxist brother to Evo, Hugo and Castro.

Expect more assassination attempts against Uribe, Colombia is a dangerous environment for a man who forced the FARC back into the jungles.

Also, to his credit, he grew the economy by 5 per cent last year, helping to cut unemployment by a third.

Just Look For The Three Ring Sign

TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE MOONBAT LODGE IN NEW YORK GIVE THE THREE RING SIGN FOR A BALLANTINE

If we only had Castro in this picture we could have a three ring circus.

Durbin The All UnAmerican Senator

Slipped into the Banana Amnesty Bill by a spokesman for Mexico, Chris Dodd, is the following provision.

"CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT -- Consultations between United States and Mexican authorities at the federal, state, and local levels concerning the construction of additional fencing and related border security structures along the United States-Mexico border shall be undertaken prior to commencing any new construction, in order to solicit the views of affected communities, lessen tensions and foster greater understanding and stronger cooperation on this and other important issues of mutual concern."

Now, here's what Dick "The Turban" Durbin told Fox News today. "To think that we would build a fence without any conversation or consultation with Mexico - that doesn't make sense."

"We ultimately want to have the cooperation of the Mexican government,"he added.

How long is America going to tolerate these simpering, leftwing losers?

I live within five miles of the border. The Mexicans set fire to their garbage dumps when they start to overflow and that pollution often blows in our direction. I can't recall one time they have consulted with us about how we feel about inhaling their toxic waste.

This is insanity, people. We need to take back our government and send these idiots like Dodd and Durbin to the unemployment line. Where is a rope, a horse and a tree when you need them?

Tip of the stetson to NewsMax.

Why We Need The Border Secured Now

Thanks to Blonde Sagacity and Is This Life for this scary bit of information.

The more we learn, the more obvious it is that the government has failed to protect us. We must demand that the House not accept this amnesty travesty thrown together by the Senate. Our borders , first and only, must be made secure.

Please, watch this newscast:
Arab Men crossing U.S. Mexican Border

On Line Nominations For 2008?

Check out this site called Unity08. It has as one of its three main goals " for the people themselves to pick that Unity Ticket in early 2008 – via a virtual and secure online convention in which all American voters will be qualified to vote."

Here's a blurb from the web page:

Unity08 is committed to presenting a third presidential ticket and platform – one that addresses the issues and challenges of the 21st Century – to the American voters in 2008.

There's an article in Newsweek that gives more details. If nothing else, the concept is interesting.

Wear Long Pants Or I'll Kill You

From NewsMax comes a report of rising fears in the Iraqi capital that extremists seeking to force Baghdad residents to follow strict Islamic practices were now targeting men in shorts, liquor stores and even barbers. Gunmen in recent months have even killed people drinking beer along the banks of the Tigris river.

Last week, gunmen in Baghdad stopped a car carrying a Sunni Arab tennis coach and two of his Shiite players, asked them to step out and then shot them. How insane is that?

Extremists have been distributing leaflets warning people in the mostly Sunni neighborhoods of Saidiyah and Ghazaliyah not to wear shorts, police said.

We must eliminate these lunatics! After the shorts, what next, culottes and capris pants? There is no way to negotiate with or bring into the fold someone who would murder another human being for wearing shorts, drinking a beer or getting a shave. Political correctness be damned, there's no way we can coexist with these psychotics.

Memorial Day

The History of Memorial Day

It was 1866 and the United States was recovering from the long and bloody Civil War between the North and the South. Surviving soldiers came home, some with missing limbs, and all with stories to tell. Henry Welles, a drugstore owner in Waterloo, New York, heard the stories and had an idea. He suggested that all the shops in town close for one day to honor the soldiers who were killed in the Civil War and were buried in the Waterloo cemetery. On the morning of May 5, the townspeople placed flowers, wreaths and crosses on the graves of the Northern soldiers in the cemetery. At about the same time, Retired Major General Jonathan A. Logan planned another ceremony, this time for the soldiers who survived the war. He led the veterans through town to the cemetery to decorate their comrades' graves with flags.
It was not a happy celebration, but a memorial. The townspeople called it Decoration Day.

In Retired Major General Logan's proclamation of Memorial Day, he declared:

"The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country and during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit."

The two ceremonies were joined in 1868, and northern states commemorated the day on May 30. The southern states commemorated their war dead on different days. Children read poems and sang civil war songs and veterans came to school wearing their medals and uniforms to tell students about the Civil War. Then the veterans marched through their home towns followed by the townspeople to the cemetery. They decorated graves and took photographs of soldiers next to American flags. Rifles were shot in the air as a salute to the northern soldiers who had given their lives to keep the United States together.

In 1882, the name was changed to Memorial Day and soldiers who had died in previous wars were honored as well. In the northern United States, it was designated a public holiday. In 1971, along with other holidays, President Richard Nixon declared Memorial Day a federal holiday on the last Monday in May.

More at this site.

Mexico Needs To Stand Down

According to an article in Insight, law enforcement officials are worried about armed clashes along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Because of this, Federal authorities are planning to notify Mexico about our troop movements. However, the corruption in the Mexican military is bad enough that there is reason to fear this information may then be relayed to drug dealers and smugglers.

Also, the National Guard has been ordered not to confront illegal immigrants. Why?

"We're not going to engage in arrest, search and seizure," Assistant Defense Secretary Paul McHale said on May 16. "We're not going to be involved in the direct apprehension of those who try to cross the border illegally."

There you have it. We are so fearful of our good neighbor to the south that we are too timid to independently move our troops within our own borders or even confront those who do not belong here.

We will even ask permission to build a wall on American soil, as if afraid of what the reaction might be in Mexico. Instead, we should be telling them. "the wall is going up, the troops are coming in and if there is a confrontation, it would be in the best interest of your military to stand down."

Tony Snowjob, Bush's Baghdad Bob

TONY SNOWJOB WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE IN AMNESTY

Here's a good one from the Examiner:

The White House on Friday said a Senate bill that would grant legal status to illegal immigrants is analogous to a traffic law that allows a speeder to pay a fine and continue driving. "If you had a traffic ticket and you paid it, you're not forever a speeder, are you?" White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said in response to questions from The Examiner.

"So the fact is, you have paid your debt to society," he added. "And we have come up with a way to make sure that the debt to society gets paid. Then you move forward."

The "traffic ticket" analogy raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill, where many House Republicans regard illegal immigration as a grave crime.

"I don't know if Tony meant to trivialize it or not," said Will Adams, spokesman for Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. "But it's certainly misleading."

"The penalty for a speeding ticket is a fine," he added. "The penalty for being here illegally is being removed from this country. But the president doesn't want illegal aliens to go home."

Snow emphasized that illegals would have to pay fines, learn English and wait years for a chance at full citizenship. But Adams called that "a slap on the hand" compared to deportation.

"Here's a more apt analogy," he said. "You get stopped for speeding, and you say to the cop: "Hey listen, you're about to give me a $300 ticket. How about we make it 20 bucks and just call it even?"

Snow predicted that House Republicans would eventually drop their opposition to the Senate bill, which passed Thursday. The bill, which includes a guest worker program that would grant legal status to aliens, is headed to a conference committee for possible reconciliation with a House bill aimed at beefing up border security.

Snow suggested the guest worker program could be sold to even ardent opponents like Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

"Chairman Sensenbrenner, who's got some real problems with various aspects, has said publicly that the temporary worker program has merit," Snow said.

"There are areas in which members of the House are going to agree with the president," he added. "I certainly don't want to be speaking for Chairman Sensenbrenner, but the fact is, you know politics."

But Sensenbrenner appeared unmoved.

"What's going on now, in calling it a pathway to citizenship or earned legalization, is not honest because it is amnesty," he said at a news conference.

Isn't it amazing that Tony Snow would offer a half-baked analogy like the speeding ticket, when before he became the Bush propaganda minister he would have laughed at such a pathetic comparison.

For Tony's further embarassment let's run this analogy all the way through. A legal immigrant is stopped for speeding, he pays his fine and goes about his business. An illegal invader is stopped for speeding, he has no license, he has no insurance, he has a stolen social security number and he will probably never show up to pay his fines, if he even gets a ticket. Tony Snowjob, there is no comparison between a legal, licensed driver and an illegal who has broken several laws. To imply they are the same is unworthy of you and insulting to your audience.

Soon, we will see Snow wearing a beret and standing at the border saying, "Illegals, there are no illegals, we have driven them all away. They are not even within a hundred miles of America."

Yes, Tony, you sound as foolish as Baghdad Bob.

Weekend Funny

WE REFER TO THIS AS THE BOHICA, BEND OVER HERE IT COMES AGAIN!

It's Not Too Much To Ask

From The Detroit News comes the story of Councilwoman Barbara Ziarko, who recently asked the city's legal staff to prepare an ordinance requiring the translations on exterior signs. There's a lot to this story once you find out who's involved.

"This is for the safety of our residents as well as our police and fire (personnel)," Ziarko said. "If emergency crews can properly identify a location, they can know if there are chemicals or dangerous substances (on the premises)."

This is certainly reasonable and in fact it contributes to neighborhood safety and the protection of police and fire personnel.

Paul Zalewski, the city's fire marshal, said identification problems began cropping up over the last two to three months when one of his inspectors began alerting him to difficulties locating certain businesses.

"He told me, 'If I'm having this problem, the engine companies are probably going to have this problem too,' " Zalewski said. He estimated no more than 50 businesses would be affected. .

Emergency officials said people calling in fires or other emergencies often don't have addresses handy, and use landmarks or names to direct emergency crews.

Makes sense doesn't it?

But, Noooooooo! Guess who jumps to the forefront of not serving the best interests of the whole community?

"I can't swallow any effort that moves in the direction of forcing a person or entity to utilize English," said Imad Hamad, regional director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Read about Imad and his love affair with Hezbollah.

How long will it be before he's joined by the jackals of the ACLU? After all, they honored Imad at a Fund of Michigan Annual Dinner where the keynote speaker was none other than Howie "the scream" Dean. A humorous note here, Dean's speech indicated that Democrats lost the 2004 election because they simply could not articulate what they believed in. Ya think???

And finally the voice of reason from a local shop owner who is already complying.

Jamal Shaow's Babylon Fruit Market in Sterling Heights already has two signs, one above the door and another atop a sign by the roadway. And each features the store name twice, once in Arabic and again in English.

For his part, Shaow said he has no problem if Sterling Heights opts to require English-language identifiers such as "Grocery" or "Bakery" beneath a store name that appears in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic or another language.

"Personally, I don't have anything against that idea," he said. "I think we should have them. We live in the United States, so having a sign in English isn't too much to ask."

No, Mr. Shaow, it's not.

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Senate Awaits Their Thirty Pieces Of Silver

Ignoring the wishes of the majority that elected them, the Senate passed their subversive illegal amnesty bill 62 to 36.

Achieving a level of betrayal, known only by the likes of Benedict Arnold and Judas, these disgusting dogs of deceit sold out their constituents.

Here is how the they cast their lot.

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---62
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brownback (R-KS) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Craig (R-ID) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Domenici (R-NM) Durbin (D-IL)	Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL)	McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---36
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bond (R-MO) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX)	Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ)	Lott (R-MS) Nelson (D-NE) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Stabenow (D-MI) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA)

Not Voting - 2
Rockefeller (D-WV)	Salazar (D-CO)

Like the sound of braying asses the cries of successful betrayal rose from the Senate floor.

"This is a success for the American people. It is a success for people who hope to one day participate in the American Dream," Majority head ass Bill Frist.

"This bill is good for security in this country. ... We have a guest worker program in this country that's meaningful," Minority head ass Harry Reid.

It is my fervent prayer that at least these two will be thrown out of the Senate and never allowed to hold public office again. Where are the tar and feathers when you need them?

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Keeping NYC Vulnerable

WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST, DONNA LIEBERMAN

The New York Post reports that the FBI and the Justice Department have begun new probes in New York and other cities targeting members of Hezbollah. There is fear they may be planning to activate sleeper cells and stage an attack.

About a dozen hard-core supporters of Hezbollah have been identified in recent weeks as operating in the New York area.

Additional law-enforcement attention is being centered on the Iranian Mission to the United Nations, where there have already been three episodes in the last four years in which diplomats and security guards have been expelled for casing and photographing New York City subways and other potential targets.

Meanwhile, the NYCLU is doing everything it can to stymie anti-terrorist steps by the NYPD. From challenging random bag searches on the New York City subway system to bemoaning CCTV installation at possible targets in public places, the NYCLU has been at the forefront of making the terrorist job an easy one.

Their executive director, Donna Lieberman, has been working feverishly, along with associate legal director Christopher Dunn, to make sure that no terrorist liberty is left unprotected. If New York is attacked again, these two have a lot to answer for.

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When We Want Your Opinion, We Will Give It To You

The New York Times is reporting that the ACLU is considering "new standards" that would discourage its board members from publicly criticizing the organization's policies and internal administration.

"Where an individual director disagrees with a board position on matters of civil liberties policy, the director should refrain from publicly highlighting the fact of such disagreement," the committee that compiled the standards wrote in its proposals.

"Directors should remember that there is always a material prospect that public airing of the disagreement will affect the A.C.L.U. adversely in terms of public support and fund-raising," the proposals state.

The ACLU seems to think that free speech is not a requisite for their organization. Considering that they are the defenders of the most outrageous statements and are the supposed champions of the first amendment, isn't this just a wee bit hypocritical?

"For the national board to consider promulgating a gag order on its members — I can't think of anything more contrary to the reason the A.C.L.U. exists," said Nat Hentoff, a former A.C.L.U. board member.

Yet, Anthony Romero, the executive director, said it was not unusual for the A.C.L.U. to grapple with conflicting issues involving civil liberties. "Take hate speech," he said. "While believing in free speech, we do not believe in or condone speech that attacks minorities."

Actually, the issues are not "conflicting," they are contradictory. After always raising the spectre of Big Brother to defend some of its most vile causes, the ACLU has now become what they claim to despise. They have anointed themselves the Overlords of Political Correctness and they would tell us what speech is worth defending, who will have a voice and who will not.

There are some people in the ACLU who truly do believe in free speech for all, even those with whom they may disagree. Anthony Romero is not one of them, he has a different agenda and it is far more threatening to our freedoms than any Big Brother Boogeyman.

It seems he would like to purge the ACLU of those who do not agree with him. Read the whole article which details the acrimony inside the ACLU and see a sample of how tolerant Romero is of criticism and dissent.

Crossposted at Stop the ACLU.

Ransoms Paid To Terrorists

Back in January I posted a report that the German government, despite denials was paying ransom money to terrorists. Well, according to the Timesonline, not only did they pay, but it seems everyone else couldn't wait to fill the bloodstained coffers of these pigs. France in its perpetual capitulation mode led the paying of tribute with $25 million.

No wonder the terrorists think they can win when everyone but the British folds like a cheap suit. What's really sad is not only did France, Germany and Italy pay out this money, but they haven't even the courage to admit what they did.

Kerry Wants To Sing Kumbaya With The Enemy, Again

Photograph of John Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vietnam, July 15-18, 1993. This photo is part of a tribute to John Kerry in the War Remnants Museum (formerly the "War Crimes Museum") in Saigon.


AP says that John Kerry is calling for an international summit to stabilize Iraq and end the insurgency. He says the summit should include representatives of warring factions in Iraq, as well as Europeans, Iranians, Syrians and others from that neighborhood.

This guy is totally removed from reality. I wonder who the others are, Hamas, Hezbollah? Well, I suppose after you've broken bread with murderous Communist thugs and villified your fellow soldiers there isn't really a new depth where you can fall.

By the way, Johnnie, it's way past time to release your FULL military records. Maybe we need an international summit to clear that up.

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Dean Backs Loser, Again

According to the Drudge Report, The Democratic National Committee secretly placed political operatives in the city of New Orleans to work against the reelection of incumbent Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin.

DNC Chairman Howie, "The Scream", Dean made the decision to back candidate and sitting Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu (D-LA), despite concerns amongst senior black officials in the Party that the DNC should stay neutral.

Howie just doesn't seem to be able to stay out of trouble these days. It couldn't happen to a more deserving fellow.

Another Disaster For New Orleans

Well, the idiots in New Orleans have done it to themselves again, "No Brains Nagin" is back in office. "It's time for this city to start the healing process," he said. How will that happen when Nagin himself is preoccupied with race? No one mentions race more than he does, not even Jackson and Sharpton.

Just the other day he said, "This election will say in spite of American prejudice, I was able to attract votes from all races and classes and move forward with the process of healing."

In other words, I know you're a bunch of bigots out there and I may not get elected because of the evil white people, but if somehow I do win, I want you all to help me put this city back together because I haven't a clue what I'm doing.

Does this guy ever weigh his words before he opens his mouth?

If nothing else having him in office should, once again, provide memorable quotes. Let's take a quick stroll down memory lane and relive some of his more recent gems.

"Definitely class, and the more I think about it, definitely race played into this. If it's race, fine, let's call a spade a spade, a diamond a diamond. We can never let this happen again. Even if you hate black people and you are in a leadership position, this did not help anybody."

("A diamond, a diamond"? Does he think the expression "calling a spade, a spade is about playing cards or maybe he thinks that's a racist expression also.)

That quote was read back to Nagin by Tim Russert on Meet the Press. Tim followed up with this question.

Who in the leadership position hates black people?

Nagin responds: Well, you know, I don't know who hates black people, but I will just tell you this, that I think the imagery that came out across the nation portrayed that this was primarily poor black people that were affected. And I don't know if that affected the response or not.

Same interview: Russert: Why did you not declare, order, a mandatory evacuation on Friday, when the president declared an emergency, and have utilized those buses to get people out?

Nagin: You know, Tim, that's one of the things that will be debated. Debated? What is there to debate? Nagin highlights his lack of knowledge, planning and administrative skills almost painfully.

The interview is filled with "I don't knows" and the recurring mention of his "plan" which involved waiting for the cavalry.

Here's another quote from the man who would heal New Orleans: "It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans -- the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. This city will be a majority-African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans."

And this, "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country. Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves." (The Washington Post)

Finally, let us not forget Ray Nagin is a fan of Nation of Islam chief Louis Farrakhan. The Bayou Buzz blasted Nagin for meeting with Farrakhan:

" After Katrina hit New Orleans, Nagin retreated to Dallas and met with Farrakhan. Soon thereafter, the Nation of Islam leader spoke of the supposed “craters” beneath the levees in New Orleans and claimed that they were “blown up” to save white people and flood black neighborhoods. This ridiculous theory was an insult to the thousands of white families flooded by Katrina in Lakeview and other parts of New Orleans and was not supported by one scintilla of evidence. It also did not jive with statistics released by the state morgue in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. While the population of New Orleans pre-Katrina was 68% African-American, only 48% of the storm’s fatalities were African-American. To make matters worse, Farrakhan claimed that Mayor Nagin was the source of his dubious information and wild speculation. Incredibly, Nagin did not distance himself from Farrakhan or criticize the Minister for his outlandish remarks. Nagin also did not repudiate Farrakhan’s comments made during the Minister’s most recent visit to the city on Saturday. Farrakhan declared that the city was beset by white supremacy, a ridiculous assertion considering that New Orleans has been led by an African-American Mayors for almost 30 years."

Earlier in that year Nagin's handpicked Police Chief Eddie Compass hired a Nation of Islam official to conduct sensitivity training for his police officers. I'm sure the Catholics and Jews were "sensitive" to that.

Well, New Orleans, one can only hope for the best in spite of Nagin's prejudice and racism which you have chosen to sanction. If, as Nagin likes to say, God is mad, it may be just because of that.

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The Lout That Roared

Howie "The Scream" Dean thinks General Michael Hayden is unfit to run the CIA. The first thing that comes to mind is consider the source. If there was ever a person unfit, in fact unhinged would be a better description, it is little Howie Dean. In fact Dean is not only unfit, he's given to fits. "When the Senators meet to decide on Hayden's confirmation, they must hear the voices of their constituents," he urges in the email. "We want to deliver the voices of 100,000 Americans who oppose this nomination." Is that all you can muster, Howie, a mere 100K? Obviously, there are at least that many nuts like yourself on the loose since we closed the institutions. Why don't you do the country a favor and overmedicate? Hat tip to NewsMax.

McCain: With Amnesty You Get Social Security

By way of The Washington Times comes this latest piece of McCain treachery.

The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents. "There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me," said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. "It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment." The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote. What follows is the twisted logic of why John McCain would drive us deeper into debt, so he can make sure that after the amnesty these lawbreakers can get social security dollars to send back to Mexico, the only country they truly care about.

"We all know that millions of undocumented immigrants pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for years and sometimes decades while they work to contribute to our economy," said John McCain, Arizona Republican. "The Ensign amendment would undermine the work of these people by preventing lawfully present immigrant workers from claiming Social Security benefits that they earned before they were authorized to work in our community," he said. "If this amendment were enacted, the nest egg that these immigrants have worked hard for would be taken from them and their families."

I love the way he weaves the word "lawfully" into his statement. Since these illegals were unlawfully working in the first place, they have no entitlements for that time. How can you earn benefits if you're not authorized to work? They were not covered, they knew they were not covered and they were certainly not thinking this was a nest egg. Thay have no social security accounts because they have no social security numbers. John McCain, like the liberals he loves, is willing to give the farm to those who have been stealing the cows. McCain you are a liar and a charlatan, your own words betray you.

It's Not A Banana, It Doesn't Have Appeal

In a sad attempt at oratory, compounded by years of creeping ambivalence, John McCain babbled in a fit of incoherence regarding the proposed amnesty for illegals in the Senate. "Call it a banana if you want to . . . to call the process that we require under this legislation amnesty frankly distorts the debate and it's an unfair interpretation of it."

Poor John is not only showing his age, but what socializing with people like the Clintons will eventually do to your brain. Why didn't he just use Bill's line, It depends on what your definition of (fill in the blank) is.

Once again, John, you can put lipstick on a pig but that doesn't make it more attractive...unless you're Bill Clinton.

Via CBCNews.

When Neighbors Attack

Please pay a visit to the Birdblog and read this well written piece "The Second Mexican War." Here's a short quote:

"It took us over 20 years to realize that Islamic Fundamentalism was at war with us; we ignored attack after attack. Mexico has been conducting a similar campaign of aggression at least as long, and we are still pretending they are our friends. Both have the potential of destroying our country-one with bullets the other with babies. Isn`t it about time we woke up to that fact?"

Zorro And The Keystone Kongress

KEYSTONE KONGRESS RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEXICO CITY

The Senate found something that they could unanimously vote on, although I'm not sure they all agree with it. It's an amendment that says legal or illegal immigrants who are convicted of a felony or three misdemeanors unrelated to their residency status will be deported immediately. If these guys could vote in private I'm sure a few of our favorite moonbats would have voted differently. Anyway, here's the part I found interesting. They expect this will keep 500,000 from gaining citizenship. I think we all know that the vast bulk of these criminals are among us at this very moment. If you watch this session closely, you can see these useless bureaucrats admitting how badly they have failed at what they pretend to do. It is as if we were represented by the Keystone Kops, only it's not funny and it's way more absurd.

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