OunceOfLogic

The American War

2009-04-19T06:41:00.000-07:00

After years of reading increasingly polarized comments one thing is crystal clear: This is not a debate.

Conservative commenters often write extensively researched pieces detailing how this or that assumption/policy/statement is incorrect; and the response is always-always-always the same: the commenter is lashed at for being a racist/fascist/water-carrier/christian or whatever other "demon of the day" term pops up in their magic 8 ball.

One constant: Liberals NEVER address the issues but default instead to name calling, unfounded accusations and the ever-present Bush hatred. Theirs can be called an argument only in the basest meaning of the word: Fight. Their only response is to attempt to discredit or - even better - silence the speaker. "Agree or Die!" The next two steps, imprison or Kill, cannot be far behind.

The masses of Obama supporters know nothing of what they support, and care even less. Obama is not Bush. Democrats are not Republicans. Nothing else matters. Knowledge, Reason, Facts, Logic are unnecessary. Al Gore showed the way with his global warming/cooling/changing hoax. All Liberal positions "settled science". The time for discussion is arbitrarily declared over, and opposing viewpoints are things standing in their way, and the destruction of those holding them are the only course of action.

Unfortunately we are fast approaching the point at which the only resolution will be the total annihilation of one side or the other. Meaningful dialog cannot take place in this climate, and the Liberal leaders not only know this, but are already planning for it: Obama's "private military force": his "enemies list" currently limited to ex-military and those with bumper stickers, but soon to include anyone who didn't vote for him; his all out assault on everyone with money or the chance of making it; etc. These are the first steps in the Civil War that they know is coming. They expect to win it and are preparing for it.

This is not a dialog... not a struggle... this is a WAR which is already underway. And Conservatives, stuck in their belief that there are certain Truths in this world - that Americans share certain Values - are unprepared and hopelessly naive of the extent to which their opponents are willing to go.

This will not end well.

An Actor is now our president.

2008-11-16T05:39:00.000-08:00

A half-dozen “entities”, most led by insane tyrants, are openly displaying their desire to attack or otherwise destroy the US and/or its allies.

Russia, anxious to reclaim super power status, encourages or directly supports most of these efforts.

China stands just off stage, hoping to fill the vacuum left by a diminished United States.
Most of the rest of the world roots, not so silently, for the Big Dog’s fall.

Our Allies (if they can be called that) hide in the bushes (no pun intended) – preparing their “I was with you all along” speeches to whoever wins.

Our own media would, apparently, like nothing better than to see America reduced to the level of, say… Canada; and regularly publishes every secret they can get their hands on (or invent) to hasten that end.

Not to mention the “perfect storm” which threatens to collapse the very foundation of our economy. The seeds of this collapse were planted by the Democrats and grew out of the very socialist agenda that Obama espouses, and they share at least equal guilt with Republicans for their eyes-closed supervision of the resultant economic catastrophe.

In the midst of all this, we elect the most radical, most socialist, most anti-war president this nation has ever had. A man who thinks he can talk his way out of anything. A man who, in two years as a senator, thinks he knows more about running a war that anyone. A man who wants to “spread around” our wealth, 33% of which has just vaporized. A man who shamelessly plays pre-emptive race cards. And a man who silences, or demeans, or dismisses as “distraction”, any and all opposing views or criticisms.

He (Capital He) has said that he will make everything better… and he has told us, in no uncertain terms, that he will solve our problems with the very same things that caused them in the first place. And we (very small we) have decided to trust him – even though his lies have repeatedly been exposed… even though his associates are undeniably anti-American… even though his penchant for secrecy and his thirst for power have been on obvious display for his entire public life.

But he talks so nice… he looks so good… he reads so well.

The Era of American Idol has come to fruition.

An Orator… an Actor without a screen credit to his name is now our president.

Slim hope for our future.

2008-11-03T04:12:00.000-08:00

Well, it appears that a majority of voters, led by the Oberman's, the NYTimes, and the rest of mainstream media, are about to elect a smooth talking nobody as President of this once-great country of ours.

Obama's many distasteful ties to criminals, racists, socialists have been ignored as "distractions".

His own words confirming his socialist leanings: ignored.

His total lack of experience: ignored.

His claim of post-partisanship (completely disproven by his record) is ignored.

His blatant use of Racism throughout his campaign (and his life) is ignored.

All labeled as "distractions"... as we roll onward with vague dreams of hope and change, supplied to us by a man who is totally without substance or experience... his only qualification for the office being that he has been running for it his entire adult life.

I am tempted again to say that we deserve what we will get; but most of us don't... because most Obama voters - blinded by their insane hatred of George Bush - have been fooled by the media, or forced by the Thought Police into thinking that voting against Obama is a racist act. If, indeed, we are that weak as individuals... maybe we do deserve what we will get for the next 4 years with radicals Pelosi & Reid & Murtha & Durbin & Schumer & Rangel & Wexler, et al, in total and unimpeded command of our Government. Checks & Balances, a system which has kept this country from veering too far in either direction, will no longer exist... and that is what scares me most.

The only bright spot that I can find here is the sincere hope that this cadre of radicals will be so caught up in their endless investigations attempting to blame everything on Bush, that they will not get around to completely dismantling the America that has led the world for 200 years. My hope is that America willl survive these next four years, that the socialist wing of the Democrat Party will have failed in its final attempt to transform the U.S. into its exact opposite, and that Democrat Party itself will become a historical footnote.

A nice thought, but a very slim hope, indeed.

Destroying America

2008-09-15T15:09:00.000-07:00

The ACLU crowd seems to think that the U.S. is already a fascist state, citing as evidence Guantanamo and wiretapping among others. I think that efforts to defend the U.S. against terrorists are being ham-strung by the fact that primary consideration must be given to "proper" treatment of those very terrorists as we pursue them and after they are apprehended.

So there you are. Two opinions that couldn't be more opposite, resulting in the exact same answer to the simplistic question about the country's "direction". Is the U.S. headed in the right direction? A rousing "NO" erupts from both ends of the spectrum and, I would assume, from most of the middle as well.

And yet, the media always - ALWAYS - presents this as a referendum against Administration policies.

Go figure!

This country will never again be "united". And maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing to be a 50-50, left-right country. It is the fanatics, the closed-minded radicals, who turn what could be a healthy give-and-take government process into a hate-filled internal war in which only the total annihalation of the opposing viewpoint is acceptable. Both sides have their "fringes", but the fringe comprises about 75% of the Left, making compromise impossible. So we're doomed. In spite of the inherant goodness, creativity, generosity and productivity of it's people, America's Political Class is well on its way to destroying our country.

Between the Rich and the Poor.

Between the Educated Elite and the Working Class.

Between those who want Racism to continue and those who want it to end (although both "say" pretty much the same thing.

Between those who are heavily invested in Inequality and those who pretty much think it doesn't really exist.Between those who the individuals are responsible for their own lives and those who think their lives, prosperity and happiness are the Government's responsibility.

Between those who believe in the rules and those who want to change them.

Between those who are Proud of America and those who are Ashamed of her.

A thousand opposing groups, some natural and real, most created for political purposes; but all exploited by this party or (more likely) that party to pit us against each other.

Kruschev said "We will destroy you from within" and America has responded to that with a resounding FUCK YOU, RUSSKI! WE'LL DESTROY OURSELVES!

Lindsay Lohan Lashes Out at Sarah Palin - WHAT????

2008-09-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

Are you KIDDING me????

When headlines like this (from some site called Showbizspy.com) are actually linked on Drudge, I'm afraid, the end of the world as we knew it cannot be far behind.

Lindsay Lohan makes Streisand seem intelligent. If there is one person on this earth who actually is influenced by what this insane teenybopper whorechild thinks about anything - much less about Sarah Palin or politics in general - I want to hear from you now. Please!

9/11 comments

2007-09-11T20:16:00.000-07:00

9/11 -- The Democrats would like us to forget the events of Sep 11, 2001 as they have. They think that acknowledging a threat brings attention to National Security, and that is the last thing they want us to think about because it highlights their weakness on the subject and if that happens... then the worst thing of all might happen: They might lose an election.

And nothing - I repeat - NOTHING could be worse than that. Political Power is the only thing that most Democrats hold dear. Everything else is secondary. Everything else can, and indeed, should be used in whatever manner necessary to promote the only item on their agenda - Winning - no matter what the cost.

Media Bias -- This is the most self-evident topic of the last century and I shouldn't even waste your time or my own with these few words. I made an observation today - yes, just today... I'm a little slow - that, in the past three years or so, there hasn't been an article written on Iraq, or the Military, or George Bush, or Petraus, or the Surge, or the War on Terror, or any other related subjec, which didn't mention that either Bush or the War was (and I think this is the exact phrase that has been used in 90% of those articles) is "increasingly unpopular".

If anyone locates an article without this phrase in any main stream article, please link me to it.

NYT suddenly concerned with ETHICS!

2007-07-11T20:27:00.000-07:00

Excerpt from NYT July 12, 2007

"McCain Call Raises an Ethics Question
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MICHAEL COOPER

About 3 p.m. Tuesday, Senator John McCain ducked off the Senate floor, entered the Republican cloakroom and took out his mobile phone. Just hours after accepting the resignation of his two top campaign aides, he was making a conference call to his top fund-raisers to urge them to keep up the fight.

The call, however, may only have exacerbated an already tough week for Mr. McCain. Senate ethics rules expressly forbid lawmakers to engage in campaign activities inside Senate facilities. If Mr. McCain solicited campaign contributions on a call from government property, that would be a violation of federal criminal law as well."

No campaign activities inside Senate facilities??? Are you kidding?????? What else has been going on in there for the past 25 years? And how many life sentences do you think Harry Reid will get? At least Mcain had the decency to go to the cloakroom.

And it seems that the MMMedia is only interested in ethics when a Republican is involved. (Bill Clinton, William Jefferson... Harry Reid, anyone?).

Is it even remotely possible that the Times doesn't see the irony and hypocrisy of this article?

"America's most respected news source." BULLSHIT. I can't take much more of this.

Bogus Immigration Arguments

2007-06-03T06:20:00.000-07:00

Republicans (so the story goes) hate all Americans (except for Rich White Americans); Democrats love all Americans (except for Rich White Americans) but hate America herself [but don't call them unpatriotic, cuz they're not].

Racism/Bigotry – This ubiquitous accusation is the Left’s default charge against anyone who opposes any part of their agenda. Like most of the terms that Liberals use to demonize their opposition, it no longer has any meaning whether relevant or not.

In the case of Illegal Immigration the Race card is being played incessantly as the Democrats pursue more “poor” votes, whatever the cost to America.

A very large group of people have broken into our country, disrespecting our sovereignty and our laws, and have proceeded to disproportionately (and negatively) influenced our already over-loaded healthcare system, our welfare system, and our crime rate… adding significantly to our problems and very little to their solutions – [I know: “they do the jobs that we won’t do”… some do, yes, but many, many others join gangs, become criminals, milk our systems, and generally go about trashing our country. In any case, this “jobs we won’t do” thing is our problem and the marketplace would resolve it.]

That same group of people is demanding to be treated as American Citizens while waving Mexican flags and refusing to act like American Citizens – speaking English, for example.

Under these circumstances, I don’t care what color these people are; I don’t want them to be allowed to come here and behave this way. If that turns out to be racist, then I’m a racist.

“But what about the Irish? They were considered a bunch of trouble-makers and eventually made great contributions to America.”
True. But there are a few differences. In the era when the Irish (and others) were coming to the U.S. we had laws, and we were willing to enforce them… police were allowed to “police”… the Left had not yet invented political correctness (which will btw be the thing that finally destroys America) and the welfare state. These early immigrants came here to take advantage of the opportunities that America offered, and they demanded nothing – they worked for it, became Americans, melted into our pot and succeeded. They didn’t come here to take advantage of our systems, flaunt our laws, and pretend they still live in Ireland.

It’s a different America today, and in the next few decades it’s going to get a whole lot more different… and not in a good way.

Defining a CRISIS

2007-06-03T06:16:00.000-07:00

The failure of Social Security, which is unanimously agreed to be inevitable (not “if” but “when) which really is a consensus – is not a “Crisis” and is ignored.

The flood of illegal immigrants into our country is not a “Crisis”; and the 80-plus percent of Americans of all persuasions who want secure borders before amnesty for illegal immigrants – are ignored.

The Global Jihad, whose stated purpose is the destruction of Western Civilization and America in particular, and which, if allowed to continue to exist (whether it succeeds or not). will end “life as we know it” long before the climate takes its toll – is not a “Crisis” and is ignored or, at best, considered a law enforcement issue.

The damage to America’s credibility if we abandon our commitment to the people of Iraq (ie: the complete destruction of America’s position of leadership in the world – is not a “Crisis” and is never even mentioned.

The total and continued failure of our public education system – is not a “Crisis” and is ignored.

These and other immediate threats could change our way of life long before the highly debatable effects of Climate Change will ever be felt.

Global Warming is theory, which became an “issue”, and was quickly raised to “crisis level” by those on the Left, who see it as a opportunity bash Bush, promote socialism and big government, and above all, to make political gains. In this instance, a majority of legitimate climate science who acknowledge that the earth has warmed over the past century is extrapolated to mean that there is an undeniable “consensus” that global warming – sorry, climate change – is A) caused almost entirely by humans (ie: Americans) and B) will end life as we know it unless Government legislates behavioral changes.

These days, a "crisis" is a purely political term. A crisis is whatever gains votes for the Democrats, hurts Republicans, or or discredits America.

The greatest threat to the United States is the Democratic Party, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Far Far Left aiding and abetting every Anti-American movement in the world.

Jimmy Carter - PATHETIC

2007-05-24T05:48:00.000-07:00

Jimmy "peanuts" Carter makes Benedict Arnold seem patriotic.

He shamed the office of President (and America) when he held it.

He shames the position of Ex-President (and America) now.

IMMIGRATION: If the roof leaks, get floating furniture.

2007-05-24T05:45:00.000-07:00

May 23, 2007

We all know why the Democrats want amnesty and open borders. Votes. Pure and Simple. No one doubts it, and few even bother to deny it. More poor and dependent “americans”, legal or not, means more government programs and a bigger welfare state; and that equals more Democrats elected.

Conservative opposition to both amnesty and open borders is framed (by the left as always) as racism, sometimes with paranoia added.

Is it possible though, that the opposition from the Right is just as simple as the support from the left. Maybe Conservatives don’t support amnesty because they believe in the Rule of Law upon which this country was founded. Maybe the Conservatives oppose open borders because they know that the result will be another “non-amnesty” arrangement 10-20 years down the road.

National ID - ACLU

2007-05-08T05:50:00.000-07:00

May 8, 2007
What is the problem with a strict national ID program in this country? We are no longer able to travel outside the US without a passport, which while possible to obtain fraudulently, is far more difficult than getting a New Jersey driver’s license, for example. I didn’t hear a peep regarding the passport requirements for international travel. I must admit that I don’t know what they are but whatever arguments exist against the National ID, shouldn’t those same arguments apply to international travel requirements? Where’s the outrage. Or, in the case of the proposed National ID… where is the outrage coming from?
One rule of thumb that can be applied to any security related initiative: If the ACLU is against a program, that program is very likely good for America. The converse is also true.

Bias in the Headlines

2007-05-08T05:48:00.000-07:00

May 7, 2007
Headline: Bush's Approval Rate Falls to 28 Percent
Link: http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/5/6/151904.shtml?s=ic

Comment: To demonstrate how deeply the “bad news for Bush” bias has invaded the media, Newsmax, an admittedly conservative website, runs this misleading headline. I’m sure that all of the standard anti-Bush sites had run it days earlier. Citing a Newsweek poll on Bush’s “popularity” is one step above citing Rosie O’donnell’s opinion on the same subject.
There are no headlines citing the fact that Bush’s figures have not changed substantially in two years. No headlines citing a rise to 39% in Rasmussen’s poll, or 38% in Fox News’ poll. No mention of the equally dismal approval rates for Congress.
And you will never see such headlines, because news is no longer news. News is Agenda – the agenda being to destroy Bush the man and his presidency; and anything that does not conform to that agenda is simply suppressed.
Similarly, there has never been a single positive headline on Iraq since Saddaam’s capture; but every suicide bombing is trumpeted from the rooftops.
Bias. Agenda. Politics. That’s what passes for “news” today.

ABC and the DC Madam

2007-05-08T05:45:00.000-07:00

Headline: Network refuses to name clients of 'DC madam'
Link: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2516738.ece

Comment: ABC did not release the client list of the DC madam for one of two reasons. Either there were no prominent conservatives (Administration officials) on the list; or the list contained some prominent liberals. Don't fear. No publishing the list did not promote the Left's agenda.

Pissing in the Wind

2007-05-08T05:40:00.000-07:00

Foolishly, I have chosen to return to infrequent posting here at the internet's most desolate place. In my opinion this country is in a nearly hopeless state, and will continue to deteriorate unless and until some strong - and I mean STRONG - leadership emerges. That leadership is not on the horizon.

Nonetheless, there are things about which I simply can't remain silent. So even though it is very likely that no one will ever read my words, I am back to piss in the wind.

Another Canadian "Gets It"

2006-12-14T20:33:00.000-08:00

David Warren, writing in the Ottawa Citizen (of all places) gets it right on Iraq like no politically correct American writer or commentator has the balls to think, much less write or say.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/12/what_to_do_in_iraq.html

The generation that destroyed America

2006-12-10T05:19:00.000-08:00

In 2007 and for the foreseeable future – to be American means less. It means nothing good.

We are exactly what Osama bin Laden said we were: rich, fat, soft, lazy, selfish, unfocussed and unprincipled.

We have proven ourselves to be arrogant, self-flagellating cowards, bent on appeasing the rest of the world into loving us despite the fact that they never will, and despite the fact that in doing so, we will destroy the country, and ourselves, in the process.

Apparently embarrassed by our strength, we celebrate our weakness – seeking it out and happily exposing it to our enemies. We provide aid and comfort to our enemies while handcuffing our own forces.

We destroy our leaders who may be flawed but at least want America to continue to exist; and we elect new leaders who, for 50 years, have never failed to undermine America’s strength and progress – simply because we “are not happy” with the way things are going this week.

We break our promises without compunction or guilt. Many thousands will die when we surrender in Iraq – just as millions died when we abandoned Viet Nam… and we don’t care.

And, in breaking those promises, we betray our young men and women by asking them to fight and die in a cause that we have declared invalid.

We abandon our principles when we can’t get the courts to change them and we sentence our children and grandchildren to a world of hatred and violence. A world in which the United States of America, if it exists at all, will be a place – but no longer a dream.

I am ashamed to be a part of the generation that destroyed America.

U.S. - The funeral is over. The burial begins.

2006-11-12T07:31:00.000-08:00

It adds to the shame of the American People and their government that the most sincere criticism of recent events, and the most urgent and valid warnings of future events, is coming from non-Americans.

Mark Steyn and David Warren (Canadians, no less) make more sense than all of America’s media and blogs put together. Christopher Hitchens (although recently becoming a U.S. citizen) should be added to this list.

Having won the 2006 elections by undermining our war effort since day one, the Democrats, perceiving that they have been given a mandate to do so, will proceed in short order to abandon Iraq to Terror. At the same time – as Steyn and Warren so clearly explain – they will be abdicating America’s place as leader of the free world. With no one to replace the U.S., freedom itself is now doomed. It is only a matter of time. These Canadian writers and this ex-Brit know this; America's entitlement society will know it some years after it is gone.

Pelosi, Murtha, Kennedy, Biden and their crew started it. Chickenshit RINO’s piled on. The media pounded the message without interruption for two solid years or more. Bush allowed all this to happen without presenting a coherent defense. And the voting public (some 42% of eligible voters) has sealed the deal, abandoning the Iraqi people and betraying our brave soldiers one final time.

Americans, once the envy of the world, have become the pathetic, self-indulgent, weak-willed cowards that bin Laden claimed we were.

The funeral is over. The burial begins.

It's Hard Not To Be Optimistic

2006-11-10T05:34:00.000-08:00

Pelosi
Reid
Durban
Biden
Rangel
Conyers
Murtha
Kennedy
Clinton
Frank

These and other Leftists, Liars, Traitors and Race-baiters are the “leaders” who will take us into the future. These are the “leaders” who will “protect” us from Terrorism and an ever-growing number of Nuclear Bullies.

Every life that has been lost in the War on Terror is rendered irrelevant as is the war itself. Our servicemen could not be blamed for refusing duty and indeed should do just that. We - not they - are the deserters.

At this most critical point in modern history, the November 7 election has put into power a party whose only platform is to promote hatred (of George Bush) and class/race/gender/religious conflict. The Democrats have no suggestions, much less solutions, for the real issues of the day - issues that will destroy western civilization. The American People have spoken; and they have revealed themselves to be cowards and gullible fools.

It’s hard not to be optimistic. (If you are an Islamic Terrorist.)

Thank God for Stupid Voters

2006-11-06T05:36:00.000-08:00

Let me be the first to say (the day Before the election) how happy I am that Dick Morris – inventor of Government by Polling and Personal Destruction, self-professed political genius and Carl Rove wannabe – was wrong, wrong, wrong in his predictions of a Republican “Massacre” on Nov 7.

Mr. Morris sees politics as a game, where PR determines the outcome and, in many ways, he is correct. The Democrats (Clintons) began this approach under Morris’ guidance and have since nearly perfected the art to become a party which relies almost entirely on Illusion.

It is my deepest hope that the American People, when faced with a choice between relative safety (Republican leadership) and clear danger (Democrat leadership), will see past the Left’s slight of hand and will vote to remain America.

The Republicans will lose a few seats tomorrow as the incumbent party nearly always does in second term off year elections. Only the illusionists like Morris will be able to interpret this minor and expected defeat as a massacre.
The Dems and their media partners have been touting a landslide for months now, and anything less will be failure. But they will never admit that. Morris & Co. will see any such “loss” as a rift in the universe and will find excuses (outside their ideology of course) for the failure of the American People to realize the Left’s destiny.

On Nov 8 the Democrats will not be in control of either house of Congress.

Thank God for stupid voters.

Mark Steyn clears it all up here

2006-10-30T04:13:00.000-08:00

Quote of the Century (so far):

History is on the march and the anti-Bush crowd is holding the telescope the wrong way round. - - - - - Mark Steyn

Cancel all the disgusting political ads and speeches, cancel the commentary. Mark Steyn (A Canadian) has said it all in 17 words.

His article here is a complete and devastating case against Anti-War crowd.

Dems literally have no viable positions

2006-10-29T06:51:00.000-08:00

The anti-Bush/War/Etc crowd always presents the same tired set of false arguments issued by the DNC - designed to further hatred and fear of the opposition:
Repbulicans are Nazi's (3 yrs old)
Republicans steal elections (6 yrs old)
Republicans have pals in this or that big business (50 yrs old)
Rove-Cheney-Rumsfeld axis of evil (3 yrs old)
Republicans issue phony terrorist alerts (3 yrs old)
600,000 dead Iraqi's (1 month old)
Republicans are racists (40 yrs old)
Republicans are rich and therefore against the common man (50+ yrs old)
Republicans are religious zealots (10 yrs old)

In campaigning, just as in governing, the Democratic party has nothing but negativity to offer. They believe that politics is a game where positioning and trickery, not actions, determine the outcome. The Dems cannot comprehend, much less discuss, principles because they have none (other than gaining or preserving power). Go ahead, search any website you like and survey the articles and comments... other than their false promises to take everything away from "rich" America and give it to "poor" America (shameless vote buying), the Dems have not one positive reason as to why they should be given the reins of Congress. Not one.

Commentors supporting the right use actual arguments:
Republcans are stronger on security
Republcans are stronger on terrorism
Republcans are stronger on (and Dems are against) the Patriot Act
Republcans are stronger on (and Dems are against) the NSA program
Republcans are stronger on (and Dems are against) winning the War in Iraq
Republcans are stronger on (and Dems are against) reducing the tax burden
Republcans are stronger on (and Dems are against) fignting illegal immigration

While not perfect by a long shot, the Republicans overwhelmingly reflect the attitude of the vast majority of America on every one of these issues - issues that the Democrats refuse to debate. No wonder though - the Dems literally have no viable position on any of these subjects.

Peggy Noonan should be ashamed of herself

2006-10-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

Peggy Noonan has joined the conservative throng, thrusting her knife into the President’s back while mimicking any random leftist with accusations of incompetence, stubbornness and political motivation.

Peggy Noonan knows George W. Bush.

Peggy Noonan is a traitor.

Peggy Noonan is playing politics as much as John Kerry or Howard Dean.

She knows that none of these things she is saying about Bush are true and yet she writes her little assassination piece today, not because she believes it, but because she wants to ingratiate herself to the “true” conservatives that she expects to abandon the vote next week, purposely allowing the Left to take control of Congress.

Peggy Noonan should be ashamed of herself.

But instead, when the Republicans hold both the house and the senate on Nov 7, she will rework her "theory" to align herself with the winning side; and she will expect to be forgiven for her betrayal.

Viet Nam Redux - The Paper Tiger Strikes Again

2006-10-19T06:00:00.000-07:00

Viet Nam redux. We’re doing it again.

We are “fighting” a “war” using insufficient force and with our hands tied behind our back. In trying to fight a “pretty” and politically correct war we have set ourselves an unachievable goal; we have done a disservice to those who have fought and died valiantly; we have weakened America’s stance on the world stage; and we have shamed ourselves.

There is no such thing as a clean war. War is ugly. Innocent people die. War is meant to be fought to win. If you don’t fight to win you shouldn’t fight at all. If you don't fight to win, your enemies will cease to fear you. The end actually does sometimes justify the means.

We could end this war in a month; but we won’t. Instead we will continue to go through the motions, sacrificing a few dozen brave American boys and girls every month until the Democrats and RINO’s forfeit the game.

America has become the Paper Tiger that its enemies have always asserted.

The Media is Unbiased... Right.

2006-10-19T05:18:00.000-07:00

George Allen, Republican, VA Senator running for re-election, refers one time to an admitted video stalker who has been dogging Allen for months, as macaca. It turns out that macaca is a kind of monkey and in some European sub-cultures the word is used as a racial slur against some race or another. Not a single person in the United States knew that this word had racial application until the media informed us. Allen claims to be ignorant of the word’s meaning like the rest of us and apologizes every day for a month.

The Allen story “broke” in August and is to this day referred to every time Senator Allen’s name is mentioned.

The house minority whip, Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, repeatedly uses racial keywords against Republican candidate Michael Steele, Maryland’s current Lt-Gov. and a black man. Hoyer apologizes for this word, claims that word was taken out of context. The words involved were “slavish” and “token” – racially charged words that everyone knows the meaning of.

The story pops very small for one news cycle and it’s gone.

The media is unbiased.

Tom Delay is accused of misusing political funds and indicted by a fanatical prosecutor in Texas who is a known Democrat operative. Delay resigns immediately – his career is ended. Delay’s activities (still unproven a year later) are held up by the Democrats and their media mouthpieces as clear evidence of Republican corruption.

This story dominates all news outlets for a month, continuing even after Delay’s resignation.

Harry Reid accepts contributions from Abramoff (another “Republican corruption” icon). Reid also misuses political funds to tip his servants at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. He also fails to report over a million dollars in income that he received from very shady real estate deals in his home district. Reid indignantly claims he did nothing wrong. He refuses to return the Abramoff money, but proceeds (without apology) to reimburse his campaign for the misused money, and amends his financial reports for the past 5 years.

This story is not even carried in mainstream media.

Boils down to this: A Republican Senator is accused of shoplifting – ACCUSED – and his career is over; while a Democrat who is actually caught robbing a bank simply returns the money and wipes the slate clean.

The media is unbiased.