Not So Young But Angry Conservatives Unite

Getting sick of the progressively worse slant and obvious bias of the media? Got booted out of other sites for offending too many liberals? Make this your home. If you SPAM here, you're gone. Trolling? Gone. Insult other posters I agree with. Gone. Get the pic. Private sanctum, private rules. No Fairness Doctrine and PC wussiness tolerated here..... ECCLESIASTES 10:2- The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

Friday, April 29, 2005

Zell Miller went to hospital, already released

He was treated for flu like symptons and released after going in last night.....

Miller did not get much sympathy from the Democrats, though. www.democraticunderground.com

Here's the news on Zell: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/29/miller.hospital/

Don Feder on Hollyweird

Don Feder, at frontpagemag.com has a good and detailed take on Hollyweird and it's anti-American attitudes. Oh yeah, he bashes Maggie Gyllenhaal. I thought he was waaaaay too gentle on her.

LINK: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17902

North Korea is gassing its own citizens

North Korea is gassing and murdering its own citizens. Well frickin duh! What have we been saying for the past ten years?????

LINK: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/04/27/north-korea-gas050427.html

Oil Drops Below $50 a barrel

OK, the price per barrel is now a hair below $50. However, don't expect the greedy fatcats to lower the pump price anytime soon. Sigh.

LINK: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005042914340002867199&dt=20050429143400&w=RTR&coview=

Press Conference Text

Here was last night's Presidential Press Conference text and link....

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050428-9.html

Press Conference of the President The East Room
President's Remarks


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8:01 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight I will discuss two vital priorities for the American people, and then I'd be glad to answer some of your questions.
Millions of American families and small businesses are hurting because of higher gasoline prices. My administration is doing everything we can to make gasoline more affordable. In the near-term, we will continue to encourage oil producing nations to maximize their production. Here at home, we'll protect consumers. There will be no price gouging at gas pumps in America.
We must address the root causes that are driving up gas prices. Over the past decade, America's energy consumption has been growing about 40 times faster than our energy production. That means we're relying more on energy produced abroad. To reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy, we must take four key steps. First, we must better use technology to become better conservers of energy. Secondly, we must find innovative and environmentally sensitive ways to make the most of our existing energy resources, including oil, natural gas, coal and safe, clean nuclear power.
Third, we must develop promising new sources of energy, such as hydrogen, ethanol or biodiesel. Fourth, we must help growing energy consumers overseas, like China and India, apply new technologies to use energy more efficiently, and reduce global demand of fossil fuels. I applaud the House for passing a good energy bill. Now the Senate needs to act on this urgent priority. American consumers have waited long enough. To help reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy, Congress needs to get an energy bill to my desk by this summer so I can sign it into law.
Congress also needs to address the challenges facing Social Security. I've traveled the country to talk with the American people. They understand that Social Security is headed for serious financial trouble, and they expect their leaders in Washington to address the problem.
Social Security worked fine during the last century, but the math has changed. A generation of baby boomers is getting ready to retire. I happen to be one of them. Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. Baby boomers will be living longer and collecting benefits over long retirements than previous generations. And Congress has ensured that their benefits will rise faster than the rate of inflation.
In other words, there's a lot of us getting ready to retire who will be living longer and receiving greater benefits than the previous generation. And to compound the problem, there are fewer people paying into the system. In 1950, there were 16 workers for every beneficiary; today there are 3.3 workers for every beneficiary; soon there will be two workers for every beneficiary.
These changes have put Social Security on the path to bankruptcy. When the baby boomers start retiring in three years, Social Security will start heading toward the red. In 2017, the system will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in payroll taxes. Every year after that the shortfall will get worse, and by 2041, Social Security will be bankrupt.
Franklin Roosevelt did a wonderful thing when he created Social Security. The system has meant a lot for a lot of people. Social Security has provided a safety net that has provided dignity and peace of mind for millions of Americans in their retirement. Yet there's a hole in the safety net because Congresses have made promises it cannot keep for a younger generation.
As we fix Social Security, some things won't change: Seniors and people with disabilities will get their checks; all Americans born before 1950 will receive the full benefits.
Our duty to save Social Security begins with making the system permanently solvent, but our duty does not end there. We also have a responsibility to improve Social Security, by directing extra help to those most in need and by making it a better deal for younger workers. Now, as Congress begins work on legislation, we must be guided by three goals. First, millions of Americans depend on Social Security checks as a primary source of retirement income, so we must keep this promise to future retirees, as well. As a matter of fairness, I propose that future generations receive benefits equal to or greater than the benefits today's seniors get.
Secondly, I believe a reform system should protect those who depend on Social Security the most. So I propose a Social Security system in the future where benefits for low-income workers will grow faster than benefits for people who are better off. By providing more generous benefits for low-income retirees, we'll make this commitment: If you work hard and pay into Social Security your entire life, you will not retire into poverty. This reform would solve most of the funding challenges facing Social Security. A variety of options are available to solve the rest of the problem, and I will work with Congress on any good-faith proposal that does not raise the payroll tax rate or harm our economy. I know we can find a solution to the financial problems of Social Security that is sensible, permanent, and fair.
Third, any reform of Social Security must replace the empty promises being made to younger workers with real assets, real money. I believe the best way to achieve this goal is to give younger workers the option, the opportunity if they so choose, of putting a portion of their payroll taxes into a voluntary personal retirement account. Because this money is saved and invested, younger workers would have the opportunity to receive a higher rate of return on their money than the current Social Security system can provide.
The money from a voluntary personal retirement account would supplement the check one receives from Social Security. In a reformed Social Security system, voluntary personal retirement accounts would offer workers a number of investment options that are simple and easy to understand. I know some Americans have reservations about investing in the stock market, so I propose that one investment option consist entirely of Treasury bonds, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government.
Options like this will make voluntary personal retirement accounts a safer investment that will allow an American to build a nest egg that he or she can pass on to whomever he or she chooses. Americans who would choose not to save in a personal account would still be able to count on a Social Security check equal to or higher than the benefits of today's seniors.
In the coming days and weeks, I will work with both the House and the Senate as they take the next steps in the legislative process. I'm willing to listen to any good idea from either party.
Too often, the temptation in Washington is to look at a major issue only in terms of whether it gives one political party an advantage over the other. Social Security is too important for "politics as usual." We have a shared responsibility to fix Social Security and make the system better; to keep seniors out of poverty and expand ownership for people of every background. And when we do, Republicans and Democrats will be able to stand together and take credit for doing what is right for our children and our grandchildren.
And now I'll be glad to answer some questions, starting with Terry Hunt.
Q Mr. President, a majority of Americans disapprove of your handling of Social Security, rising gas prices and the economy. Are you frustrated by that and by the fact that you're having trouble gaining traction on your agenda in a Republican-controlled Congress?
THE PRESIDENT: Look, we're asking people to do things that haven't been done for 20 years. We haven't addressed the Social Security problem since 1983. We haven't had an energy strategy in our country for decades. And so I'm not surprised that some are balking at doing hard work. But I have a duty as the President to define problems facing our nation and to call upon people to act. And we're just really getting started in the process.
You asked about Social Security. For the past 60 days, I've traveled our country making it clear to people we have a problem. That's the first step of any legislative process; is to explain to people the nature of the problem, and the American people understand we have a problem.
I've also spent time assuring seniors they'll get their check. That's a very important part of making sure we end up with a Social Security reform. I think if seniors feel like they're not going to get their check, obviously nothing is going to happen.
And we're making progress there, too, Terry, as well. See, once the American people realize there's a problem, then they're going to start asking members of Congress from both parties, why aren't you doing something to fix it? And I am more than willing to sit down with people of both parties to listen to their ideas. Today, I advanced some ideas of moving the process along. And the legislative process is just getting started, and I'm optimistic we'll get something done.
Q Is the poll troubling?
THE PRESIDENT: Polls? You know, if a President tries to govern based upon polls, you're kind of like a dog chasing your tail. I don't think you can make good, sound decisions based upon polls. And I don't think the American people want a President who relies upon polls and focus groups to make decisions for the American people.
Social Security is a big issue, and it's an issue that we must address now. You see, the longer we wait, the more expensive the solution is going to be for a younger generation of Americans. The Social Security trustees have estimated that every year we wait to solve the problem, to fix the hole in the safety net for younger Americans costs about $600 billion. And so my message to Congress is -- to Congress is, let's do our duty. Let's come together to get this issue solved.
Steve.
Q Your top military officer, General Richard Myers, says the Iraqi insurgency is as strong now as it was a year ago. Why is that the case? And why haven't we been more successful in limiting the violence?
THE PRESIDENT: I think he went on to say we're winning, if I recall. But nevertheless, there are still some in Iraq who aren't happy with democracy. They want to go back to the old days of tyranny and darkness, torture chambers and mass graves. I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq, because the Iraqi people are beginning to see the benefits of a free society. They're beginning -- they saw a government formed today.
The Iraqi military is being trained by our military, and they're performing much better than the past. The more secure Iraq becomes, as a result of the hard work of Iraqi security forces, the more confident the people will have in the process, and the more isolated the terrorists will become.
But Iraq has -- have got people there that are willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future. A free Iraq in the midst of the Middle East is an important part of spreading peace. It's a region of the world where a lot of folks in the past never thought democracy could take hold. Democracy is taking hold. And as democracy takes hold, peace will more likely be the norm.
In order to defeat the terrorists, in order to defeat their ideology of hate, in the long run, we must spread freedom and hope. Today I talked to the Prime Minister of Iraq. I had a great conversation with him. I told him I was proud of the fact that he was willing to stand up and lead. I told him I appreciated his courage and the courage of those who are willing to serve the Iraqi people in government. I told him, I said, when America makes a commitment, we'll stand by you. I said, I hope you get your constitution written on time, and he agreed. He recognizes it's very important for the Transitional National Assembly to get the constitution written so it can be submitted to the people on time. He understands the need for a timely write of the constitution.
And I also encouraged him to continue to reaching out to disaffected groups in Iraq, and he agreed. I'm really happy to talk to him; I invited him to come to America, I hope he comes soon. There are a lot of courageous people in Iraq, Steve, that are making a big difference in the lives of that country.
I also want to caution you all that it's not easy to go from a tyranny to a democracy. We didn't pass sovereignty but about 10 months ago, and since that time a lot of progress has been made and we'll continue to make progress for the good of the region and for the good of our country.
Gregory. David Gregory.
Q Thank you, sir. Mr. President, recently the head of the Family Research Council said that judicial filibusters are an attack against people of faith. And I wonder whether you believe that, in fact, that is what is nominating [sic] Democrats who oppose your judicial choices? And I wonder what you think generally about the role that faith is playing, how it's being used in our political debates right now?
THE PRESIDENT: I think people are opposing my nominees because they don't like the judicial philosophy of the people I've nominated. Some would like to see judges legislate from the bench. That's not my view of the proper role of a judge.
Speaking about judges, I certainly hope my nominees get an up or down vote on the floor of the Senate. They deserve an up or down vote. I think for the sake of fairness, these good people I've nominated should get a vote. And I'm hoping that will be the case as time goes on.
The role of religion in our society? I view religion as a personal matter. I think a person ought to be judged on how he or she lives his life, or lives her life. And that's how I've tried to live my life, through example. Faith-based is an important part of my life, individually, but I don't -- I don't ascribe a person's opposing my nominations to an issue of faith.
Q Do you think that's an inappropriate statement? And what I asked is --
THE PRESIDENT: No, I just don't agree with it.
Q You don't agree with it.
THE PRESIDENT: No, I think people oppose my nominees because -- because of judicial philosophy.
Q Sorry, I asked you what you think of the ways faith is being used in our political debates, not just in society --
THE PRESIDENT: No, I know you asked me that. Well, I can only speak to myself, and I am mindful that people in political office should not say to somebody, you're not equally American if you don't happen to agree with my view of religion. As I said, I think faith is a personal issue, and I get great strength from my faith. But I don't condemn somebody in the political process because they may not agree with me on religion.
The great thing about America, David, is that you should be allowed to worship any way you want, and if you choose not to worship, you're equally as patriotic as somebody who does worship. And if you choose to worship, you're equally American if you're a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim. That's the wonderful thing about our country, and that's the way it should be.
John.
Q Good evening, Mr. President. Several times we've asked you or your aides what you could do about the high price of gasoline, and very often the answer has come back, Congress needs to pass the energy bill. Can you explain for us how, if it were passed, soon after it were introduced, the energy bill would have an effect on the current record price of oil that we're seeing out there?
THE PRESIDENT: John, actually I said in my opening statement that the best way to affect the current price of gasoline is to encourage producing nations to put more crude oil on the market. That's the most effective way, because the price of crude oil determines, in large measure, the price of gasoline. The feed stock for gasoline is crude oil, and when crude oil goes up the price of gasoline goes up. There are other factors, by the way, that cause the price of gasoline to go up, but the main factor is the price of crude oil. And if we can get nations that have got some excess capacity to put crude on the market, the increased supply, hopefully, will meet increased demand, and therefore, take the pressure off price.
Listen, the energy bill is certainly no quick fix. You can't wave a magic wand. I wish I could. It's like that soldier at Fort Hood that said, how come you're not lowering the price of gasoline? I was having lunch with the fellow, and he said, go lower the price of gasoline, President. I said, I wish I could. It just doesn't work that way.
This is a problem that's been a long time in coming. We haven't had an energy policy in this country. And it's going to take us a while to become less dependent on foreign sources of energy. What I've laid out for the Congress to consider is a comprehensive energy strategy that recognizes we need to be better conservers of energy, that recognizes that we can find more energy at home in environmentally friendly ways.
And obviously a contentious issue in front of the Congress is the issue over the ANWR, which is a part of Alaska. ANWR is 19 million acres of land. Technology now enables us to use just 2,000 of that 19 million to be able to explore for oil and gas so we can have oil and gas produced here domestically.
One of the great sources of energy for the future is liquefied natural gas. There's a lot of gas reserves around the world. Gas is -- can only be transported by ship, though, when you liquefy it, when you put it in solid form. We've only got five terminals that are able to receive liquefied natural gas so it can get into our markets. We need more terminals to receive liquefied natural gas from around the world.
We should have a active energy -- nuclear energy policy in America. We've got abundant resources of coal, and we're spending money for clean-coal technology. So these are longer term projects all aimed at making us become less dependent on foreign sources of energy.
Terry.
Q So am I reading correctly that the energy bill would not have had an effect on today's high gasoline --
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it would have 10 years ago. That's exactly what I've been saying to the American people -- 10 years ago if we'd had an energy strategy, we would be able to diversify away from foreign dependence. And -- but we haven't done that. And now we find ourselves in the fix we're in. It's taken us a while to get there, and it's going to take us a while to get out. Hopefully, additional crude oil on the market from countries with some spare capacity will help relieve the price for the American consumers.
Terry.
Q Mr. President, your State Department has reported that terrorist attacks around the world are at an all-time high. If we're winning the war on terrorism, as you say, how do you explain that more people are dying in terrorist attacks on your watch than ever before?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action. And we're relentless. We, the -- America and our coalition partners. We understand the stakes, and they're very high because there are people still out there that would like to do harm to the American people.
But our strategy is to stay on the offense, is to keep the pressure on these people, is to cut off their money and to share intelligence and to find them where they hide. And we are making good progress. The al Qaeda network that attacked the United States has been severely diminished. We are slowly but surely dismantling that organization.
In the long run, Terry -- like I said earlier -- the way to defeat terror, though, is to spread freedom and democracy. It's really the only way in the long-term. In the short-term, we'll use our troops and assets and agents to find these people and to protect America. But in the long-term, we must defeat the hopelessness that allows them to recruit by spreading freedom and democracy. But we're making progress.
Q So in the near-term you think there will be more attacks and more people dying?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm not going to predict that. In the near-term I can only tell you one thing: we will stay on the offense; we'll be relentless; we'll be smart about how we go after the terrorists; we'll use our friends and allies to go after the terrorists; we will find them where they hide and bring them to justice.
Let me finish with the TV people first. Suzanne. You're not a TV person, Ed -- I know you'd like to be, but -- (laughter.)
Q You'd be surprised. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: It's a tough industry to get into.
Q Mr. President, it was four years ago when you fist met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. You said you looked into his eyes and you saw his soul. You'll also be meeting with the Russian leader in about a week or so. What do you think of Putin now that he has expressed a willingness to supply weapons to outlaw regimes, specifically his recent comments that he said he would provide short-range missiles to Syria and nuclear components to Iran?
THE PRESIDENT: We have -- first, just on a broader -- kind of in a broader sense, I had a long talk with Vladimir there in Slovakia about democracy and about the importance of democracy. And as you remember, at the press conference -- or if you weren't there, somebody will remember -- he stood up and said he strongly supports democracy. I take him for his word.
I -- and we'll continue to work. Condi just -- Condi Rice, our Secretary of State, just came back and she briefed me that she had a very good discussion with Vladimir about the merits of democracy, about the need to listen to the people and have a government that's responsive.
We're working closely with the Russians on -- on the issue of vehicle-mounted weaponry to Syria. We didn't appreciate that, but we made ourselves clear. As to Iran, what Russia has agreed to do is to send highly enriched uranium to a nuclear civilian power plant, and then collect that uranium after it's used for electricity -- power purposes. That's what they've decided to do.
And I appreciate that gesture. See, what they recognize is that -- what America recognizes, and what Great Britain, France, and Germany recognize, is that we can't trust the Iranians when it comes to enriching uranium; that they should not be allowed to enrich uranium.
And what the Iranians have said was, don't we deserve to have a nuclear power industry just like you do? I've kind of wondered why they need one since they've got all the oil, but nevertheless, others in the world say, well, maybe that's their right to have their own civilian nuclear power industry. And what Russia has said: Fine, we'll provide you the uranium, we'll enrich it for you and provide it to you, and then we'll collect it. And I appreciate that gesture. I think it's -- so I think Vladimir was trying to help there. I know Vladimir Putin understands the dangers of a Iran with a nuclear weapon. And most of the world understands that, as well.
Wendell.
Q Mr. President, have you asked your ambassador to the U.N., Ambassador John Bolton, about allegations that he acted improperly to subordinates? Do you feel that these allegations warrant your personal intervention? And if they're true, do you feel that they should disqualify him from holding the post, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, John Bolton has been asked the questions about -- about how he handles his business by members of the United States Senate. He's been asked a lot of questions and he's given very good answers. John Bolton is a seasoned diplomat. He's been serving our country for, I think, 20 years. He has been confirmed by the United States Senate four times. In other words, he's been up before the Senate before and they've analyzed his talents and his capabilities and they've confirmed him.
John Bolton is a blunt guy. Sometimes people say I'm a little too blunt. John Bolton can get the job done at the United Nations. It seemed like to me it makes sense to put somebody who's capable, smart, served our country for 20 years, been confirmed by the United States Senate four times, and who isn't afraid to speak his mind in the post of the ambassador to the U.N.
See, the U.N. needs reform. If you're interested in reforming the U.N., like I'm interested in reforming the U.N., it makes sense to put somebody who's skilled and who is not afraid to speak his mind at the United Nations.
Now, I asked John during the interview process in the Oval Office, I said, before I send you up there to the Senate, let me ask you something: do you think the United Nations is important? See, I didn't want to send somebody up there who said, it's not -- it's not worth a darn; I don't think I need to go. He said, no, it's important. But it needs to be reformed.
And I think the United Nations is important. As a matter of fact, I'll give you an example. Today I met with the United Nations representative to Syria, Mr. Larsen. He's an impressive fellow. Now, he's delivered -- to Lebanon, excuse me -- he's delivered a very strong message to the Syrian leader, though, that the world expects President Assad to withdraw not only his military forces, but his intelligence services, completely from Lebanon.
And now he is in charge of following up to make sure it happens. I think that's a very important and useful role for the United Nations to play. We have played a role. France has played a role. A lot of nations have played roles. But the United Nations has done a very good job in Syria -- with Syria in Lebanon of making sure that the world expects the Lebanese elections to be free in May, without Syrian influence. He's an impressive fellow. I applaud him for his hard work.
But there's an example of why I think the United Nations is an important body. On the other hand, the United Nations has had some problems that we've all seen. And if we expect the United Nations to be effective, it needs to clean up its problems. And I think it makes sense to have somebody representing the United Nations who will -- who will be straightforward about the issues.
Stretch. You mind if I call you Stretch in front of --
Q I've been called worse.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay.
Q Getting back to Social Security for a moment, sir, would you consider it a success if Congress were to pass a piece of legislation that dealt with the long-term solvency problem, but did not include personal accounts?
THE PRESIDENT: I feel strongly that there needs to be voluntary personal savings accounts as a part of the Social Security system. I mean, it's got to be a part of a comprehensive package. The reason I feel strongly about that is that we've got a lot of debt out there, a lot of unfunded liabilities, and our workers need to be able to earn a better rate of return on our money to help deal with that debt.
Secondly, I like the idea of giving someone ownership. I mean, why should ownership be confined only to rich people? Why should people not be allowed to own and manage their own assets who aren't the, you know, the so-called investor class? I think everybody ought to be given that right. As a matter of fact, Congress felt so strongly that people ought to be able to own and manage their own accounts, they set one up for themselves. You've heard me say, I like to say this, if it's good enough for the Congress, it is -- it ought to be good enough for the workers, to give them that option. The government is never saying, you have to set up a personal savings account. We're saying, you ought to have the right to set up a personal saving account so you can earn a better rate of return on your own money than the government can.
And it's that difference between the rate of return, between what the government gets on your money and what a conservative mix of bonds and stocks can get on your money that will make an enormous difference, and a person being able to build his or her own nest egg that the government cannot spend.
Now, it's very important for our fellow citizens to understand there is not a bank account here in Washington, D.C., where we take your payroll taxes and hold it for you and then give it back to you when you retire. Our system here is called pay-as-you-go. You pay into the system through your payroll taxes, and the government spends it. It spends the money on the current retirees, and with the money left over, it funds other government programs. And all that's left behind is file cabinets full of IOUs.
The reason I believe that this ought to work is not only should a worker get a better rate of return, not only should we encourage ownership, but I want people to have real assets in the system. I want people to be able to say, here's my mix of bonds and stocks that I own, and I can leave it to whomever I want. And I hear complaints saying, well, you know, there's going to be high -- Wall Street fees are going to fleece the people. There's ways to have fee structures that are fair. As a matter of fact, all you got to do is go to some of these states where they've got personal accounts available for their workers, and you'll find that the fees will be fair.
People say, well, I don't want to have -- take risks. Well, as I had a line in my opening statement, there are ways where you don't have to take risk. People say, I'm worried about the stock market going down right before I retire. You can manage your assets. You can go from bonds and stocks to only bonds as you get older. In other words, we're giving people flexibility to own their own asset. And I think that's a vital part of making sure America is a hopeful place in the future. So not only will these accounts make the system work better, but the accounts are a better deal. The accounts will mean something for a lot of workers that might not have assets they call their own.
David.
Q Mr. President, in your question -- your answer before about Iraq, you set no benchmarks for us to understand when it is the troops may be able to --
THE PRESIDENT: In Iraq?
Q In Iraq, yes -- about when troops may be able to come back.
THE PRESIDENT: Right.
Q Based on what you've learned now in two years of fighting the insurgency and trying to train the Iraqi security forces, can you say that within the next year you think you could have very substantial American withdrawal of troops?
THE PRESIDENT: David, I know there's a temptation to try to get me to lay out a timetable, and as you know, during the campaign and -- I'll reiterate it -- I don't think it's wise for me to set out a timetable. All that will do is cause an enemy to adjust. So my answer is, as soon as possible. And "as soon as possible" depends upon the Iraqis being able to fight and do the job.
I had a good video conference recently with General Casey and General Petreaus -- General Casey is in charge of the theater; General Petreaus, as you know, is in charge of training -- and they we're upbeat about what they're seeing with the Iraqi troops. One of the questions I like to ask is, are they able to recruit. In other words, you hear -- you see these killers will target recruiting stations, and I've always wondered whether or not that has had an effect on the ability for the Iraqis to draw their fellow citizens into the armed forces. Recruitment is high. It's amazing, isn't it, that people want to serve, they want their country to be free?
The other question that -- one of the other issues that is important is the equipping issue, and the equipment is now moving quite well. In other words, troops are becoming equipped.
Thirdly, a fundamental problem has been whether or not there's an established chain of command, whether or not a civilian government can say to the military, here's what you need to do -- and whether the command goes from top to bottom and the plans get executed. And General Petreaus was telling me he's pleased with the progress being made with setting up a command structure, but there's still more work to be done.
One of the real dangers, David, is that as politics takes hold in Iraq, whether or not the civilian government will keep intact the military structure that we're now helping them develop. And my message to the Prime Minister and our message throughout government to the Iraqis is, keep stability; don't disrupt the training that has gone on -- don't politicize your military -- in other words, have them there to help secure the people.
So we're making good progress. We've reduced our troops from 160,000 more or less to 139,000. As you know, I announced to the country that we would step up our deployments -- step up deployments and retain some troops for the elections. And then I said we'd get them out, and we've done that. In other words, the withdrawals that I said would happen, have happened.
Go ahead; I can see you've got a follow-up right there on the tip of your tongue.
Q Do you feel that the number of troops that you've kept there is limiting your options elsewhere in the world? Just today you had the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency say that he was now concerned that the North Koreans, for example, could put a weapon, a nuclear weapon on a missile that could reach Japan or beyond. Do you feel, as you are confronting these problems, the number of troops you've left tied up in Iraq is limiting your options to go beyond the diplomatic solutions that you described for North Korea and Iran?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I appreciate that question. The person to ask that to, the person I ask that to, at least, is to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, my top military advisor. I say, do you feel that we've limited our capacity to deal with other problems because of our troop levels in Iraq? And the answer is, no, he doesn't feel we're limited. He feels like we've got plenty of capacity.
You mentioned the Korean Peninsula. We've got good capacity in Korea. We traded troops for new equipment, as you know; we brought some troop -- our troop levels down in South Korea, but replaced those troops with more capacity. Let me talk about North Korea, if you don't mind. Is that your question?
Q Go right ahead. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: I'm surprised you didn't ask it. (Laughter.)
Look, Kim Jong-il is a dangerous person. He's as man who starves his people. He's got huge concentration camps. And, as David accurately noted, there is concern about his capacity to deliver a nuclear weapon. We don't know if he can or not, but I think it's best when you're dealing with a tyrant like Kim Jong-il to assume he can.
That's why I've decided that the best way to deal with this diplomatically is to bring more leverage to the situation by including other countries. It used to be that it was just America dealing with North Korea. And when Kim Jong-il would make a move that would scare people, everybody would say, America, go fix it. I felt it -- it didn't work. In other words, the bilateral approach didn't work. The man said he was going to do something and he didn't do it, for starters.
So I felt a better approach would be to include people in the neighborhood, into a consortium to deal with him. And it's particularly important to have China involved. China has got a lot of influence in North Korea. We went down to Crawford with Jiang Zemin, and it was there that Jiang Zemin and I issued a statement saying that we would work for a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula.
And so when Kim Jong-il announced the other day about his nuclear intentions and weapons, it certainly caught the attention of the Chinese because they had laid out a policy that was contradicted by Kim Jong-il, and it's helpful to have the Chinese leadership now involved with him. It's more -- it's better to have more than one voice sending the same message to Kim Jong-il. The best way to deal with this issue diplomatically is to have five other -- four other nations beside ourselves dealing with him. And we'll continue to do so.
Finally, as you know, I have instructed Secretary Rumsfeld -- and I work with Congress -- Secretary Rumsfeld has worked with Congress to set up a missile defense system. And we're in the process of getting that missile defense system up and running. One of the reasons why I thought it was important to have a missile defense system is for precisely the reason that you brought up, that perhaps Kim Jong-il has got the capacity to launch a weapon, and wouldn't it be nice to be able to shoot it down. And so we've got a comprehensive strategy in dealing with him.
Ed, yes.
Q Mr. President, good evening.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q Sir, you've talked all around the country about the poisonous partisan atmosphere here in Washington. I wonder why do you think that is? And do you personally bear any responsibility in having contributed to this atmosphere?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm sure there are some people that don't like me. You know, Ed, I don't know. I've thought long and hard about it. I was -- I've been disappointed. I felt that people could work -- work together in good faith. It's just a lot of politics in the town. It's kind of a zero-sum attitude. We can't -- we can't cooperate with so-and-so because it may make their party look good, and vice-versa.
Although having said that, we did have some success in the education bill. We certainly came together as a country after September the 11th. I appreciate the strong bipartisan support for supporting our troops in harm's way. There's been a lot of instances of bipartisanship, but when you bring a tough issue up like Social Security, it -- sometimes people divide into camps.
I'm proud of my party. Our party has been the party of ideas. We said, here's a problem, and here's some ideas as to how to fix it. And as I've explained to some people, I don't want to politicize this issue -- people say, you didn't need to bring this up, Mr. President, it may cost you politically. I don't think so. I think the American people appreciate somebody bringing up tough issues, particularly when they understand the stakes: the system goes broke in 2041.
In 2027, for those listening, we'll be obligated to pay $200 billion more dollars a year than we take in, in order to make sure the baby boomers get the benefits they've been promised. In other words, this is a serious problem, and the American people expect us to put our politics aside and get it done.
You know, I can't answer your question as to why. I'll continue to do my best. I've tried to make sure the dialogue is elevated. I don't believe I've resorted to name-calling here in Washington, D.C. I find that to not be productive. But I also understand the mind of the American people. They're wondering what's going on. They're wondering why we can't come together and get an energy bill, for example. They're wondering why we can't get Social Security done. And my pledge to the American people is, I'll continue to work hard to -- with people of both parties and share credit, and give people the benefit of the credit when we get something done.
Yes, sir.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Just to follow up on Ed's question, we like to remind you that you came to Washington hoping to change the tone, and yet, here we are, three months into your second term and you seem deadlocked with Democrats on issues like Bolton, DeLay, judges. Is there any danger that the atmosphere is becoming so poisoned, or that you're spending so much political capital that it could imperil your agenda items like Social Security, energy?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think so, Bill. I think when it's all said and done, we're going to get a lot done. I mean, after all, one of the issues that people have been working on for a long time is class-action lawsuit reform, and I signed that bill. An issue that people have been working on for a long time is bankruptcy law reform, and I signed that bill. And the House got an energy bill out recently, and I talked to Senator Domenici the other day and he's upbeat about getting a bill out pretty quickly and get it to conference and get the issues resolved.
I'm pretty aware of what the issues might be that will hang up a conference, and I think we can get those issues resolved. We're more than willing to help out. So I do believe I'll get an energy bill by August.
There's a budget agreement, and I'm grateful for that. In other words, we are making progress. No question the Social Security issue is a big issue, but it's -- as I said before, we hadn't talked about this issue for 20 years. And they thought we had it fixed 20 years -- 22 years ago, for 75 years, and here we are, 22 years later after the fix, talking about it again. And it's serious business. If you're a grandmother or a grandfather listening, you're going to get your check. But your grandchildren are going to have a heck of a price to bear if we don't get something done now.
You see, it's possible if nothing gets done that the payroll taxes will go up to some 18 percent. Imagine that for your children and grandchildren, living in a society where payroll taxes are up at 18 percent. Or there will be dramatic benefit cuts as time goes on. Now is the time to get it done. And my pledge to the American people is that I'm going to stay on this issue because I know it's important for you.
Fletcher.
Q Yes, Mr. President. You had talked about North Korea and you mentioned that the six-party talks allow you to bring extra leverage to the table. But do you think they're working, given North Korea's continued threats and the continuing growth of their nuclear stockpile?
Q And how long do you let it go before you go to the U.N.?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I appreciate that question. I do think it's making a difference to have China and Japan and South Korea and Russia and the United States working together with North Korea. In my judgment, that's the only way to get this issue solved diplomatically, is to bring more than one party to the table to convince Kim Jong-il to give up his nuclear ambitions. And how far we let it go on is dependent upon our consensus amongst ourselves. Condi, the other day, laid out a potential option of going to the United Nations Security Council. Obviously, that's going to require the parties agreeing. After all, some of the parties in the process have got the capacity to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution.
So this is an issue we need to continue to work with our friends and allies. And the more Kim Jong-il threatens and brags, the more isolated he becomes. And we'll continue to work with China on this issue. I spend a lot of time dealing with Chinese leaders on North Korea, as do people in my administration. And I'll continue to work with our friends in Japan and South Korea. And Vladimir Putin understands the stakes, as well.
Mark.
Q Mr. President, under the law, how would you justify the practice of renditioning, where U.S. agents who brought terror suspects abroad, taking them to a third country for interrogation? And would you stand for it if foreign agents did that to an American here?
THE PRESIDENT: That's a hypothetical, Mark. We operate within the law and we send people to countries where they say they're not going to torture the people.
But let me say something: the United States government has an obligation to protect the American people. It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way. And we will do so within the law, and we will do so in honoring our commitment not to torture people. And we expect the countries where we send somebody to, not to torture, as well. But you bet, when we find somebody who might do harm to the American people, we will detain them and ask others from their country of origin to detain them. It makes sense. The American people expect us to do that. We -- we still at war.
One of my -- I've said this before to you, I'm going to say it again, one of my concerns after September the 11th is the farther away we got from September the 11th, the more relaxed we would all become and assume that there wasn't an enemy out there ready to hit us. And I just can't let the American people -- I'm not going to let them down by assuming that the enemy is not going to hit us again. We're going to do everything we can to protect us. And we've got guidelines. We've got law. But you bet, Mark, we're going to find people before they harm us.
John McKinnon.
Q Yes, sir. I'd just like to ask, simply, what's your view of the economy right now? First-quarter growth came in weaker than expected, there have been worries about inflation and lower spending by consumers. Are these basically just bumps in the road, in your opinion, or are they reasons for some real concern and could they affect your agenda on Social Security?
THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate that, John. I am concerned about the economy because our small business owners and families are paying higher prices at the gas pump. And that affects the lives of a lot of people. If you're a small business owner and you have to pay higher gas prices and you're -- likely you may not hire a new worker. In other words, higher gas prices, as I have said, is like a tax on the -- on the small business job creators. And it's a tax on families. And I do think this has affected consumer sentiment; I do think it's affected the economy.
On the other hand, the experts tell me that the forecast of economic growth in the coming months looks good. There's more to do to make sure that we don't slip back into slow growth or negative growth. One is to make sure taxes stay low; secondly, is to continue to pursue legal reform. I hope we can get an asbestos reform bill out of both the House and the Senate. There's some positive noises on Capitol Hill as to whether or not we can get an asbestos reform bill. That will be an important reform in order to make sure that our economy continues to grow.
We need to continue to open up markets for U.S. products. As you know, there will be a vote for the Central American Free Trade Agreement here, hopefully soon. I'm a strong believer that that's in the interest of American job creators and workers, that we open up those markets. I know it's important geopolitically to say to those Central American countries, you've got a friend in America. We said we'd have an agreement with you, and it's important to ratify it. It'll help strengthen the neighborhood.
We've also got to make sure that we continue to reduce regulation. I think an important -- I know an important initiative that we're going to be coming forth with here probably in the fall is tax reform. I was amazed by the report the other day that there is some $330 billion a year that goes unpaid by American taxpayers. It's a phenomenal amount of money. To me, it screams for making the tax system easier to understand, more fair and to make sure that people pay their taxes -- "more fair" means pay what you owe.
And so there are a lot of things we can do, John, to make sure economic growth continues. But I'm an optimistic fellow -- based not upon my own economic forecast -- I'm not an economist -- but based upon the experts that I listen to.
Let's see here. Richard. (Laughter.) There is somebody with a bad throat back there. (Laughter.)
Q Mr. President, you've made No Child Left Behind a big part of your education agenda. The nation's largest teachers union has filed suit against it, saying it's woefully inadequately funded. What's your response to that? And do you think that No Child Left Behind is working?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I think it's working. And the reason why I think it's working is because we're measuring, and the measurement is showing progress toward teaching people how to read and write and add and subtract. Listen, the whole theory behind No Child Left Behind is this: if we're going to spend federal money, we expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives -- like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write. And, yes, we're making progress. And I can say that with certainty because we're measuring, Richard.
Look, I'm a former governor, I believe states ought to control their own destiny when it comes to schools. They are by far the biggest funder of education, and it should remain that way. But we spend a lot of money here at the federal level and have increased the money we spend here quite dramatically at the federal level. And we changed the policy: instead of just spending money and hope for the best, we're now spending money and saying, measure.
And some people don't like to measure. But if you don't measure, how do you know whether or not you've got a problem in a classroom? I believe it's best to measure early and correct problems early, before it's too late. That's why as a part of the No Child Left Behind Act we had money available for remedial education. In other words, we said we're going to measure, and when we detect someone who needs extra help, that person will get extra help.
But, absolutely, it's a good piece of legislation. I will do everything I can to prevent people from unwinding it, by the way.
Q What about the lawsuit? Which --
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I don't know about the lawsuit; I'm not a lawyer. But, you know, I'll ask my lawyers about the lawsuit. But I know some people are trying to unwind No Child Left Behind. I've heard some states say, well, we don't like it. Well, you know, my attitude about not liking it is this: If you teach a child to read and write, it shouldn't bother you whether you measure. That's all we're asking.
The system for too long had just shuffled children through and just hoped for the best. And guess what happened? We had people graduating from high school who were illiterate -- and that's just not right in America. It wasn't working. And so I came to Washington and worked with both Republicans and Democrats -- this is a case where bipartisanship was really working well. And we said, look, we're going to spend more money at the federal level. But the federal government, what, spends about 7 percent of the total education budgets around the country.
But we said, let's change the attitude. We ought to start with the presumption every child can learn, not just some; and, therefore, if you believe every child can learn, then you ought to expect every classroom to teach. I hear feedback from No Child Left Behind, by the way -- and, admittedly, I get the cook's tour, sometimes -- but I hear teachers talk to me about how thrilled they are with No Child Left Behind; they appreciate the fact that the system now shows deficiencies early so they can correct those problems. And it is working.
Okay. Mr. Knox.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. I want to make sure I understand your answer to Mike about North Korea. He asked you how long you were prepared to let the multiparty talks proceed, in the face of what might be a gathering threat from North Korea, and you said, how long -- I'm paraphrasing -- how long we let it go on is dependent on our consensus among ourselves --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q Did you mean to say that you will neither refer North Korea to the U.N. for sanctions, nor take military action unless you have the agreement of all the other partners abroad?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I didn't speak about military -- I'm speaking about diplomatically. And secondly, yes, we've got partners. This is a six-party talk; five of us on the side of convincing Kim Jong-il to get rid of his nuclear weapons, and obviously, Kim Jong-il believes he ought to have some. And my point was that it is best -- if you have a group of people trying to achieve the same objective, it's best to work with those people, it's best to consult.
His question was, are you going to -- when are you going to -- when will there be consequences. And what we want to do is to work with our allies on this issue and develop a consensus, a common approach to the consequences of Kim Jong-il. I mean, it seems counterproductive to have five of us working together, and all of a sudden, one of us say, well, we're not going to work together.
Again, I repeat to you, our aim is to solve this problem diplomatically. And like I've said before, all options, of course, are on the table, but the best way to solve this problem diplomatically is to work with four other nations who have all agreed in achieving the same goal, and that is a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Final question. Hutch. I don't want to cut into some of these TV shows that are getting ready to air. (Laughter.) For the sake of the economy. (Laughter.)
Q I wanted to ask you about your ideas --
THE PRESIDENT: Is that all right? Go ahead, Hutch. Sorry.
Q I wanted to ask you about your ideas on dealing with Social Security solvency problems. As I understand it -- I know you'll tell me if I'm wrong -- the benefits would be equal to what -- at least equal to what they are today, and then any increase in benefits would be indexed according to income, with lower-income people getting bigger increases. Two things on that: Today's benefits probably won't mean much somewhere down the road; and how far are you going to go with this means-based program? Are you talking about --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I appreciate that.
Q -- where a rich person, say, Dick Cheney, wouldn't get much out of it?
THE PRESIDENT: Now, wait a minute, don't get personal here, Hutch. You're on national TV; that's a cheap shot. First of all, in terms of the definition of who would get -- whose benefits would rise faster and whose wouldn't, that's going to be a part of the negotiation process with the United States Congress. There's a -- a Democrat economist had a very -- he put forth this idea and he had a level of -- I think 30 percent of the people would be considered to be in a lower-income scale.
But this is to be negotiated. This is a part of the negotiation process. My job is to lay out an idea that I think will make the system more fair.
And the second question -- or the first question --
Q It's a means-based program where the real wealthy people might not get very much out of it.
THE PRESIDENT: It is -- that's right. I mean, obviously, it is means base when you're talking about lower-income versus wealthier income. The lower-income people's benefits would rise faster. And the whole goal would be to see to it that nobody retired in poverty. Somebody who has worked all their life and paid in the Social Security system would not retire into poverty.
One other point on Social Security that people have got to understand is that it's -- the system of today is not fair for a person whose spouse has died early. In other words, if you're a two-working family like families are here in America, and -- two people working in your family, and the spouse dies early -- before 62, for example -- all of the money that the spouse has put into the system is held there, and then when the other spouse retires, he or she gets to choose the benefits from his or her own work, or the other spouse's benefits, which is ever higher but not both. See what I'm saying? Somebody has worked all their life, the money they put into the system just goes away. It seems unfair to me. I've talked to too many people whose lives were turned upside down when the spouse died early and all they got was a burial benefit.
If you have a personal savings account, a voluntary personal savings account, and your -- and you die early, that's an asset you can leave to your spouse or to your children. That's an important thing for our fellow citizens to understand. The system today is not fair, particularly if the spouse has died early, and this will help remedy that.
Listen, thank you all for your interest. God bless our country.
END 9:01 P.M. EDT

Miracle Needed for Democrats to get necessary Senate seats in 2006

Harry Reid must be bracing himself for the reality that his party is doomed, if they don't get the seats they need in 2006. How can they do it? With fillibusters, blocking Energy Bills, Social Security, Troop funding, and all other necessary legislation, the DNC is hosed....

LINK: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050429-124430-4013r.htm

Thursday, April 28, 2005

EU Constitutional Rights

Let's hope the EUnuchs don't ever get into the position to enforce these "rights" over us.

Here's the article: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0425/097.html

Here's OUR response, from the Rott: http://www.nicedoggie.net/archives/2005/04/euroweenie_defi.php#comments

WARNING: Funny yet Coarse Humor about AIR AMERICA

This is about Air America, the liberal network. And it's from www.famousidiot.com.

HERE IT IS: Warning! Warning! If you are a liberal, your eyes will bleed if you read this- so go ahead! If you are a conservative you will act outraged, but then laugh til you whiz in your pants....

ENJOY! But you've been warned.

Here's why Air (heads) America is going into the toilet:

1. They suck donkey balls, or Kerry balls. What's the diff, right?
2. Al Franken is their boss, and he wasn't able to draw a crowd, ever? Remember he made Stuart Smalley into a fucking movie!
3. Randi Rhodes is a cocksmoking whore who needs to go to lesbian jail. Good work Deep Throat!
4. Their air is dead air, and it's getting deader and deader, just like their brains and their balls.
5. Janeane Garofalo- she takes herself too fucking seriously since no one else will.
6. Death threats tend to alienate and piss off the majority of Americans, at least 51% (60 Million+) of us.
7. You can't talk on the air when the Secret Service is shoving a knightstick down your fucking throat.
8. You're bad if you make NPR look lively and impartial.
9. Alec Baldwin won't even come on your stupid network and that loud fatmouth is on everywhere saying how America sucks!
10. Randi, you can't talk on the air while trying to swallow Al's dick, OR can't talk since you're squinting so hard to find that tick-sized bastard....

You guys are going down, nuff said.

Al Gore-do is at it again

Yesterday at MoveOn.Org's conference, Al Gore ranted and raved like he did last year. It's not Bush betraying America this time, rather those evil religious, conservative, Christian, zealot, bastards..... Damn them to hell, huh Al? Thank God you are not God.....

And about 48% of you wanted this schmuck or John Kerry in office? Here's a nickel (flip), but a clue!


LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/4/27/170328.shtml

What Idiot Agreed With Maggot?

OK, Maggie Gyllenhaal spouted off her BS that America was responsible for 9/11 due to foreign policy. Yeah yeah yeah.... whatever. However, an ONLINE POLL, said about 42% of those polled agree with her. I wonder which coffee house crowd they drugged and polled for this one?

LINK: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44007

Traitor Sergeant Akbar "apologizes" for murdering fellow servicemen

Sergeant Hasan Akbar supposedly apologized for a grenade attack in which he killed 2 US Officers and wounded dozens of others. Akbar, a US Sgt in the 101st Airborne Div. faces the death penalty if he's ruled guilty. Akbar's prosecutor advised the jury to forget about Akbar's background and sob stories, and focus on his history of anti-American behavior and any violent tendencies.....

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154879,00.html

Tony Blair turns over Iraq Advice to public

Tony Blair, after about 2 years of accusations and squabbling decided to make his Iraq War Advice and Decisions Public. Blair did this to show no dishonesty was a cause of the 2003 war.

LINK: http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18238294?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5

Nazis are Liberals, Liberals are Nazis

OK, I have to laugh at the arrogance and stupidity of the liberals who call me and my fellow conservatives, Nazi and/or Fascist.

Let's get something straight.....


I love it when liberals confuse Nazis and Fascists with themselves.
HISTORY LESSON:
The Nazi Party- NSDAP- National Socialist German Workers' Party was a Socialist Group. It was leftwing from the outset. The Nazis wanted to control all business, all religion, and everyone's lives. The state was supreme and the individual second. Very Karl Marx like, as ironic as you may think it is. Hitler's brand of socialism was one that the German businessmen, military, clergy, and middle class chose over the more obvious Communist Party. Hitler got elected, because he was cloaking his true party and dogma in "Rebuild Germany" rhetoric. He gradually usurped businesses under the German Labor Front and the Reichsministry of Economics. Churchs fell under a Reichsbishop, a flunky drunken Lutheran bishop Muller. Lives, well that was under the SS- Schutzstaffel, Gestapo, SD, Kriminalpoliezi, and Ordonungpoliezi, all directed by Hitler and the Reichschancellory and National Party Offices... The Nazis were leftwings gone amock, they just hoodwinked the moderate and conservative Germans into backing them. Among the dead that Hitler can take credit for were Catholic priests, Lutheran, Baptist and other Protestant ministers like Dietrich Bonhoffer (wrote The Cost of Discipleship), Father Lichtenburg; aristorcrats like- Colonel Count Claus Von Stauffenberg (attempted to kill Hitler with a Bomb, July 20, 1944), Count Von Moltke (great nephew of General Von Moltke- Bismark's military general, beat French in 1871.), royalty, businessmen, and many of his own generals. Yes, they killed off their lackeys if they ran out of usefulness and/or tried to stop Hitler.
The Nazis were vicious leftwing zealots.
The Fascists- or Italian Fasces Parte was a creation of Benito Mussolini and had similar views on economics, money, military and other matters. Italy was not as Anti-Semitic as Hitler (since Jews were in Rome since Caesar and part of the economy), BUT they cowtowed to Hitler and espoused the same desire to conquer.
FASCIST, NAZIS, and COMMUNISTS- the only difference in these leftwing zealots are their names and members.....

Now, what does this have to do with today? Why are liberals Nazis?

Here's why:

1. Liberals want to take over our businesses. Between anti-Trust Laws passed in Europe and ratified by our own turncoats, companies like Microsoft, Boeing, GE and others will eventually seek government aide, since these laws will hamper their business. Here come the liberals to bailout businesses and take hold of them. A good tenet of socialism still being fought off, but grabbing more and more every day.

2. Religion- The Liberals want no God or gods to confuse any sheeple, since they claim to be supreme. The ACLU, atheists.org and other PACs and subversives have tried and failed to remove all vestiges of God and morality, BUT these bastards are making headway since 1962 when they removed all prayer from schools.

3. MILITARY- Don't get me started on this one! Between Don't Ask Don't Tell, and Sensitive Warfare, our military is lucky it's doing as well as it is in Iraq and Afghanistan. 8 years of the Fat Wussboy Hillbilly drained most of the manhood out our army, and most of its needed funds. Now, we're winning the military back. Peace through strength indeed. Let's hope we can keep winning this front.

4. LIVES- Liberals want us to behave like think, be calm and PC and neutered. While they can be arrogant, ranting, and liars. Do as I say, not Do as I do- says the liberals. We are all equal, but some of use are MORE equal- Animal Farm. The libs want us to drain ourselves fiscally and physically while they get fat off our work, taxes, blood, sweat, and tears.....

The libs are Nazis, pure and simple. Just no gas chambers or ovens. Although, since Terri Schiavo was euthanized, that may be upcoming. Fight these Nazis before they get worse. Stop them at the ballot boxes, lest we get divided.

Remember, Hitler's favorite strategy, Divide and Conquer. Divide the massive enemies that face me. Use disinformation, lies, and manipulation to get them at eachother's throats. Them= US, orthodox Jews, Christians, patriots, working stiffs, social, fiscal conservatives, TALK RADIO, and everyone not towing the Liberal Line. THEN CONQUER, which means kill and destroy.

A house divided, cannot stand by fall- Mark 3:25.

Do not let the divisions and fracturing progress.

GREAT QUOTE

This is from a Few Good Men, and embodies how our fighting men may feel. I know Lieutenant Pantano is aching to say this:

And that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. I know deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you don't want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then question the manner in which I provide it. I prefer you said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand to post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

GDP Growth Slows to 3.1%

OK, the GDP slowed to about 3.1%. Don't panic. April and May is when things start to slow down. Jobs are still out there. Gas did go down, slightly.

DON'T PANIC.....

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154883,00.html

Bush Will Speak On Energy

Tonight, 8:30 pm ET, President Bush will speak out about current energy prices, gas costs, and possible ways to reduce utilities and fuel costs. He will speak on that tonight.....

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154854,00.html

Here's a few suggestions Bush had:

1. Build more refineries to ease up the gas prices. More refineries means more output processed and more jobs.
2. Use own oil, drill off coasts.
3. Utilize and expand nuclear power.

Here's a few, if I were the Prez.

1. Build new FREAKIN REFINERIES since our last ones are about 30 years old. Come on people, we can make them better now.

2. Refineries means more jobs for the economy.

3. Refineries means more of our gas getting to us and not being overcharged.....

4. Drill off the frickin coast, we can do it better and safer than back in 1980 when the enviro freaks BANNED it and our oil prices went up.

5. Nuclear reactors- we're not in the world of Three Mile Island or even Chernobyl kids. Nuclear power is safe. Most of Europe uses it, and since you liberals like being European, let's use their mode of power also.

6. Nuclear plants will be secured, so all of you 24 nuts need not worry. Terrorists are not going to meltdown half of America! Homeland Security and local law enforcement will do the securing. No Homer Simpson types, OK?

7. If you got a better idea that works, spell it out or shut the hell up!

NO QUESTIONS, GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Juden Raus, said UK vote against Israeli Universities

Well, I guess Arbeit Macht Frei will be welded onto the gates of good old Oxford, Cambridge, London University and other colleges in the UK. This is thanks to a liberal, Islamofascist cow-towing lackey in Birmingham, UK.

Why not just ban all students who are Jewish also lady? No Israel exchange students, since Israel (wisely) won't let many Palestinian terrorists into their campuses (imagine University of Texas Campus/Charles Whitman shooting tenfold).

UK to Israel: Juden Raus! We don't like you Zionists and we won't send our students there!

Israel to UK MP: Kiss our foreskin, you Nazi!

LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/23/nisrael23.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/23/ixhome.html

Dear Jean Letter to the EU,

Dear Europe,

Thanks for the world wars and all the pranks played against us, but seriously, we need to tell you something. We're done with you. It's over.... You are morons. We broke off from your countries so NOT to be under your yoke. Stop trying to reclaim us. We invented the A-Bomb, H-Bomb, and Neutron Bomb. If you try invasion, we'll use those bombs and a slew of other neat shit we invented to make you stay back on your continent. Also, do not interfere with our laws. We believe in the RIGHT TO LIFE, not your Right to Kill death-obsessed continent. We believe in God, who lasts forever, NOT the works of dead men like Freud, Nietchze, Hitler, or even frickin Muhammad (he's dead, I put his remnants in my gas tank today). We are a truly free land, NOT you guys who are stepping on eggshells on a hostile group that went so far as to carve up Theo Van Gough like a Thanksgiving Turkey because he told on Islam and how it views women. We are not perfect, as opposed to you who acts perfect and tries to make us less than you. Kindly fuck off, or we'll start the war this time and make you OUR Bitches. Remember this, had we not intervened for many of your behalf, you'd either be speaking German or you'd be air pollution over SW Poland right now. Remember that. Take your EU Charter and keep it on your side of the pond. We've had ONE CONSTITUTION here, while you idiots came up with Diet Of Worms, Magna Carta, Mein Kampf, The Nuremberg Laws, Soviet Legal System, Manifestos and all manner of false and disproved ideology. We may visit again, IF you tone it down and just SHUT the F#CK UP about our President. He isn't perfect, but he's ours. STOP INTERFERING WITH US! Didn't you assholes learn from our Revolution, The War of 1812, Monroe Doctrine, and Two World Wars? Apparently Not.

Later,
The US.


PS: Enclosed is a list of former Americans who consider themselves CITIZENS OF THE WORLD. Take their COW asses off our hands, as we're sending them Pronto. I hope you have enough Crisco to feed Michael Moore and Rosie O Donnell.... cause they're just the tip of the iceberg we're sending your way!

Lieutenant Pantano Trial: Marines attest to Pantano's great character

Lt. Pantano is on trial for his life, and so far the officer is getting favorable testimony from all of the Marines called to testify, minus the one disgruntled yahoo that brought forth accusations of war crimes. Pantano, if freed, will return to the Corps. If he's found guilty or railroaded, Pantano could hang for this accusation.....

LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/4/26/214546.shtml

Laura Bush on Jay Leno

Well, to Jay Leno's credit, he treated the First Lady very nice. Joked around, as usual. Laura DID say she is NOT running for office after George W's final term is up.

Has Hillary ever been on late shows? Noooooo. She takes herself too damn seriously, methinks.

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154746,00.html

CBS Lowest Ratings, EVER

Well, between Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, and all other BS with Andy Rooney, CBS had the final nail put into its coffin....

LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/27/111052.shtml

Gloves come off in UK Election

Michael Howard, the UK Conservative candidate, is now attacking Tony Blair's character. Well, sounds familiar doesn't it? This time last year it was George W Bush being slammed by maligners and The Horseface. Also, John Howard was slandered. Both Bush and Howard won, and won with record breaking votes....... Let's hope old Tony can make it a third......

LINK: http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18193593?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5

If any of us had make this "joke".....

OK, the morons at Air America made a joke about shooting/assassinating President George W Bush. Now had a GOP guy did that when Clinton was in office, Janet Reno would have had you killed. Had any of us said we wanted Bush dead, we'd be let off the hook by the press....

Thankfully, Randi Rhodes and Air America are under thorough investigation..

LINK: http://www.drudgereport.com/mattabt.htm

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Anti-Christian Crusade Waning

Here's something you don't see in the Canadian Media everyday.

An article talking about the negatives of the anti-religious crusade of the left, and not so shockingly, HOW THEY ARE LOSING....

LINK: http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Calgary/Ian_Robinson/2005/04/24/1010688.html

Another Liberal Prof says USA is a Police State

Blah blah blah blah!

Anyone wanna be a teacher just so we can kick these Kool Aid Drinkers out of our schools? We don't need anymore generations screwed up by these opinionated libbypukes!

LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/26/105917.shtml

I know who won't vote for Hillary......

Hillary Clinton, Her Majesty, recently blew off talking to a Christian Group about anything political.

Well, you aren't getting their vote, Trailer Queen!

LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/26/105200.shtml

Moby took a shot at Sean Hannity

This is laughable. It's like the nerd taking shots at the tall guy who just wedgied him!

Hahaha!

Get outa here Moby, you little testicle head! Come on! Stop, you're making me laugh!

BWAGHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA!

Read this hilarious post he made: http://www.moby.com/node/6804

Ted Kennedy Says Remember Abu Ghraib not Fallujah

A year ago, the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal was exposed to the world. It made attacks intensify and we lost more troops. Good move, CBS. At that time, we also saw 4 contractors shot and killed as their SUV tried to race out of Fallujah. The victims, some alive, were burned, hacked to pieces, and body parts strung up on a bridge.

Ted Kennedy says remember, but to all the wrong things.

Remember our dead, not some terrorists who had soiled panties put on their heads and people appropriately laugh at their genitalia....

LINKS: http://www.drudgereport.com/matttd.htm

Fallujah butchery: http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/pictures033104.html

9/11: http://www.glennbeck.com/pictures/9-11.shtml

Last of Syrian Troops Withdraw from Lebanon

Wow, that Democracy in the Middle East movement isn't working! Gosh, Bush is wrong again...... if you believe the liberal media.

LINK: http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Lebanon

Commie Journalist Mad at Checkpoint Shooting Report

Guiliana Sgrena is irrate over the US report that said that miscommunication between the Italians with the US led to the shooting that wounded Sregna and killed an Italian intelligence agent/negotiator. Sgrena said this is a slap in the face to all Italians. So, what is rigging a kidnapping and it going bad for you, Trotsky?

LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4485429.stm

24 UPDATE

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DID NOT CATCH THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF 24.

OK, first Jack and Curtis are about to get Marwan, but the new President, emotionally unstable jackass number 1, sends the Secret Service to arrest Jack Bauer. Why? Because Jack broke the suspected terrorist, made him talk and got gooood info. The acting Prez did not want anyone to challenge his new authority (kind of like an evil Dan Quayle Walter Mondale clone) and botched the entire Marwan take down. Marwan is off and his guys are transporting a nuke to the Eastern Seabord, probably NYC, Washington, Boston, Philly, or elsewhere back east.

The VP and Mike Novick are arguing over fault on the botched raid and finally Logan concedes that he is not prepared to make a decision, ON ANYTHING! Novick calls President David Palmer, and Palmer is being rushed to The White House to help The President. Actually make decisions for Logan......

Meanwhile Tony Almeida and Dessler send Chloe with a Field Team to go decode a computer to a lady whose boyfriend is a terrorist. Edgar tried to go in Chloe's place, but was denied. Chloe and team arrive, and in a Star Trek Fashion all of the agents are killed, while Chloe and the girlfriend flee into a CTU car, with bulletproof glass, side doors, panels, and even an engine. The assassins rams the CTU car after shooting an angry awoken neighbor. As he gets out, Chloe shoots him dead with an AR-15. Cool.

Meanwhile Jack and CTU are in pursuit of Marwan, after the President it advised by Novick to let Jack go and pursue the terrorists.....

Monday, April 25, 2005

Liberal Goon Squad Disrupts Hannity at Book Signing

The supposed Earth Liberation Front, tolerant liberals, went into a NYC book signing and were about to assult Sean Hannity and Senator Zell Miller, when the police stopped them before they could get close to touching Sean Hannity or Senator Miller. Hannity and Miller were unharmed and no punches were thrown. They failed at hitting or assulting Hannity, like they would have Anne Coulter, Bill Kristol, Pat Buchanan, and even Alan Dershowitz.....

TOLERANT LEFT? I don't think so....

LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/25/00706.shtml

Blair gets endorsement from Bill Clinton

What Tony? No talkee about George, since he stood by you? Do you remember what happened to the last two candidates Clinton endorsed in Presidential races? Al Gore and John Kerry both lost! Get a real endorsement, Tony! Come on, bloody fool......

LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050424/wl_uk_afp/britainvoteusclinton_050424213427

Howard Dean, Screaming about Evil, Stupid GOP, Again

Wow, what a godsend. Someone who will not only kill his party, but alienate voters from the middle of the road and right. What a quack! Keep up the good work Howard, you asswad!

LINK: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/24/AR2005042401160.html

Democrats Demand Bolton Step Down as UN Ambassador Nominee

And the Dumbascraps accuse the GOP and the conservatives of playing dirty? Yeah, that isn't Joe Biden or Dick"head" Durbin playing politics when we need a REAL AMBASSADOR in the UN and not some New World Lap Dog.....

To the Democrats, I hope you're happy with yourselves..... First Bernie Kerick, then you try and railroad Condi Rice and Alberto Gonzales- which you failed MISERABLY on....

And of course, you killed Terri Schiavo.

Congrats, you're f#cking up my country! GET OUT!!!!

LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050425/ap_on_go_co/un_ambassador_93

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Stupid Liberal Actress: 9/11 was our fault, we deserved it

Maggie Gulleyenhall, Gullibalewhore, Gobblingkoolaid, whatever. You lady, are frickin stupid!!!!!!!

If you think she's right, you're more stupid than this bim!

Leave it to a NY Film Festival to spew this crap! Robert DeNiro, you ought to be pissed, sir!

LINK: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/302977p-259389c.html

Pope Benedict XVI Installed

Hey, ACLU, Atheists of The World, HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHA!

Chris Matthews, eat it, jackass!

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154443,00.html

GOP can muster enough to ban Fillibuster

To Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer and the other obstructionist rats, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Read it and weap, ass!

LINK: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20050424/ts_nm/congress_judges_dc

DAILY COLLEGIAN DOUCHE BAG!

OK, this will make your blood boil as it should. Some little towel-head loving Douche is ripping off all support the troops stickers and yellow ribbons! Here's the link to this mofo! Kindly tell asswad what you think of him!

LINK: http://www.dailycollegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/23/421beb6d96af4?in_archive=1

Thursday, April 21, 2005

COST OF IRAQ WAR

Here's the dollar amount. Don't feel so bad about your car note or VISA bill now, do you?

It's close to $300 Billion, and may go up and up and up.

LINK: http://beta.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050421/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_spending_7&printer=1

UK Election Heating up

Many more are making the election personal and want Blair gone from more than just political office. Some want him as a pariah. However, many see Blair as the likely winner of the May 2005 Election in Britain....

LINK: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005042115360001274173&dt=20050421153600&w=APO&coview=

Gay Groups Criticize and Slam New Pope

A militant Gay and Lesbian Group is fearful and angered at the New Pope. That has to be a good thing, right.

Riiiight.

LINK: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200504%5CNAT20050419c.html

Franken-Gore comes to life, knocks Drudge and Fox

You're still not President, Gore! This recent rant and carrying on shows why..... as if we needed more reasons.

LINK: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005042103060002225148&dt=20050421030600&w=RTR&coview=

Schiavo Ripple Affect in UK

This case, decided outside the US, bears striking similarity to the Terri Schiavo-Schindler death case. In the UK, a powerful judge rules the life of a mentally retarded 18 month old child as intolerable and that the child, calls child "it" should die.

SICKENING>

LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4466855.stm

DEAN MOCKS RUSH LIMBUAGH AS DRUG ADDICT

Howard Dean, what a quack.

In one breathe, he claims pulling out of Iraq would be bad, BUT then says we had no business being there. Preaches compassion and then makes fun of Rush's addiction to pain killers. FYI- Dean confessed to bouts with alcoholism. He must be perfect to cast the first stone, NOT.

LINK: http://www.startribune.com/dynamic/story.php?template=print_a&story=5360513

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

British Election Gets Personal over Iraq

Earlier today, a British student, soooo much more experienced in policy than Prime Minister Tony Blair had the gall to try and dress him down. Wow, had anyone done this to President Bush.... Oh wait, they tried to at the GOP Convention and got escorted out by armed cops! Be glad you're not in America, love!

LINK: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/21/njess21.xml

Also, Tony Blair dug in his heals over Iraq. He said it was the right thing to do, despite the liberals and their fixed polls....

LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4465851.stm

Let's hope Tony Blair comes out on top like John Howard did in Australia and President George W Bush did here...... Just hope Berlusconni can hang on also.

GENERAL TALK

Aside from politics talk about whatever. Houston, or your place, 24, music, shows, film, whatever. NOTHING PERVERSE, BE ADULTS!

Stringent Bankrupcy Law Signed by President Bush

Some of you may not care for this law, and as one of many with debts, it could be viewed as crappy by me. But the President, Congress, and most of America has a point. Bankrupcy should be a last resort and should not be abused. While many may suck it up and have to pay off everything, at least you do so before filing bankrupcy.

Bankrupcy usually means you've hit the end of your rope. Many with medical bills and other extrenuating circumstances file and usually apply. Just wiping of personal or consumer debt is no longer easy to do...... That's good, in some ways. No overload on our courts, and of course it prompts fulfilling agreements and may get us to stop spending more than we make. As one paying for stuff, trust me, this is probably good. Bankrupcy used to have a stigma, then it didn't, now it does again.....

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154060,00.html

(Hock) On Jane Fonda, someone did it for REAL

A Kansas City man waited in line, for about 90 minutes to see Jane Fonda. She got more than an earful, but rather a glob of flem and spit, shot in her direction. The man was later arrested. At last, someone retaliates at the pie-tossers like kind......

LINK: http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4396975/detail.html

CBS smears New Pope, use rottweiler tag

CBS and NBC, and I'm sure Chris Matthews, all slammed the new pope. They had skewed polls and all of that nonsense. It seems that No-News Broadcasting System/Nihilist Broadcasting System, and Constant Bull Sh-t are at their games again. CATHOLIC BASHING.

LINK: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2005/cyb20050420.asp#1

Catholic Stance Against Abortion

Believe or not, abortion was an early problem since the Roman Empire, and the Catholic Church, a meld of Christianity and Romanism did oppose this since 380 AD. That's right AD, Anno Domini- The Year of Our Lord......

Here's the link and a brief time line.

HAT TIP to Omega at The Rott, aka Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, www.nicedoggie.net.

LINK to Catholic history and abortion:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_hist_c.htm

Iraqi Hostages Found.... DEAD

Sadly, the 50 Iraqi hostages and 19 missing Iraqi troops were found. All were killed. The civilians are being pulled from the Tigris River. The troops, found killed in a soccer stadium.

Iraq may have chosen freedom, but there are plenty depriving their countrymen of the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. I pray Iraq can stamp out these terrorists....

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153991,00.html

On This Day, April 20, 2005

On this day, in 1999, two psycho high school students, Dylan Kleibold and Eric Harris shot over 30-40 people. 15 students were killed. As was one teacher...... This started a whole sad chapter in having to secure our schools. And gave Michael Moore fuel for his fradulent crapumentary Bowling for Columbine. Ugh.....

Also, on this day April 20, 1889. Klara Pozl Hitler gave birth to Adolf Hitler in Granau, Austria. This Demon Seed would grow up and fight in World War I, and would later plunge Europe and America into World War II. Hitler would slaughter over 6 Million Jews, 2-3 M Gypsies, 2-4 M Russians and Poles, and countless other Protestants, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Homosexuals, the handicapped, political opponents, and his own generals and politicians. Sadly, this day was commemorated by the Columbine shooters in their day of blood, that Der Fuhrer would be proud of.

Eric, Dylan, and Adolf are all no doubt roasting in hell right now......

Sick bastards.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/newsid_2489000/2489639.stm

Idiot Eco Terrorist Gets 8 Years in Prison

Thank God, maybe they can remove this guy from the gene pool. Enviro militant says he wants to protect the earth, BUT does so by burning SUVs and other luxury cars. Burning cars releases more paints, chemicals, fumes, and carcinogens into the air, than many cars driving all over Southern California. WHAT A GENIUS!!!!

Another Moon Bat bites the dust, Bwahahahahahaha!

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153886,00.html

GOVERNATOR SAYS 'CLOSE BORDERS, NOW!'

OK, when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a very moderate Republican is clamboring to close the borders and toughen up immigration, it's getting bad. Take the word of a Texan who agrees with a Californian. It's chaos down there....

LINK: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/4/20/93927.shtml

Israelis Embrace New Pope, Debunk Nazi Accusations

Well, if Israel, a land of Holocaust Survivors and Fighters has embraced the Pope, then what's the Pucking Froblem? Hmmmmmmmm?

Expect no answers from the "progressives" or ROAD TRIP BOY (that's right, it's Dean again).....

LINK: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050420/D89J5MSG0.html

Ratzinger Slammed Kerry for being bad Catholic

Wow, gotta wonder why some of the liberal and so-called progressive Brown Shirts HATE this new pope...... Wonder no more. Then Cardinal Ratzinger, send a blistering letter to deny communion to Senators Kerry, Kennedy and other Democrats who claim to be Catholic, BUT support abortion, euthanasia, and gay marriage. And now the press is slamming him. Sour grapes, bitter whine.......

Someone call the waaaaah-ambulance for these wusses.

LINK: http://beta.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050419/pl_afp/vaticanpopeus

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

The ignorant blast Pope Benedict XVI as a Nazi

Awww, are the militant liberals and perverts upset that an upstanding Christian is on the Papal Seat? SCREW YOU. Like I said months ago, a nest of venom-dripping snakes.

This is your new Democratic Party: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3504587

Liberals already bashing the New Pope.

Click on www.cnn.com and www.timesonline.com and you will see the media here and abroad bashing our new Pope. A CNN poll, skewed as crap, has 53% NOT APPROVING of Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI and 47% approving. What a heap of horse apples!

So the pope is supposed to change God's Law because you all whine enough? What arrogance! Screw you!
don't expect much to change, except God getting more pissed off!

NEW POPE: BENEDICT XVI

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Conservative Keeper of The Church was officially chosen as Pope Benedict XVI, earlier today. I guess the Catholic Church is trying to maintain it's conservative stance. Good luck Pope Benedict.

LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_re_eu/pope

24 UPDATE, IT GOT GOOD LAST NIGHT!

OK, for all you 24 nuts, here's an update and some commentary.

Last night, Jack Bauer and CTU were alerted to a terrorist and accomplice on a boat in the LA Marina. The terrorist was shot and the accomplice was cuffed. Marwan heard of this and did not call a hit, but called in Amnesty Global and told them to get a lawyer for a man who may be "unjustly tortured." Sure enough the lawyer and a liberal LA judge tell CTU to shove it, and put their investigation on hold, until they can get their legal fight in. Meanwhile, millions are in jeopardy as Marwan's men steal a nuclear warhead and detonator.....

The lawyer, a Jewish guy (bet Israel detests anyone who defends a terrorist, and absolutely LOATHES so-called Jewish guys and gals who do), gets preachy and snotty about the Constitution. Jack has to back down, even though he and Mike Novick and Tony agree that the suspect needs to be broken. For the first time, I saw Edgar ready to commit violence on someone, Mr. Suspect. Jack, then tells CTU to fire him, so he can go private citizen and get the info that way. Dessler and Buchanan agree. So Jack corners the suspect and locks him in a car, after punching out his US Marshal Bodyguard. Jack goes to town on this thug......

That's the update.

Here's the commentary.....

I find it odd that the terrorist knew to call Amnesty Global (International) to get a lawyer to defend his former associate. But, it's fitting as he knew the lawyer and the leftie judge would gum up the works and insure further death and destruction. Last night, 24 grew a pair of balls and went back to what it was earlier this season. Edgy, closer to truth, and a reflection of our times.

Now let me ask you this question: If you had a suspect who knew info on a deadly attack that could claim your family's lives, all of your friends, and millions of others, would you interrogate or physically break the guy? How far would you go?

Me, I'd like to go Jack Bauer. First, tell suspect that his lawyer and the ACLU can kiss my ass. Second, inform him this is a sound proof room. Do not grin, at all, just stay pissed. Then start with a few seconds of yelling. Choke hold, break some bones, and if that doesn't work. Get out the car battery, plyers, and maybe a blow torch..... If my family and loved ones are on the line, I will use them all and place my underwear on his head if it saves their lives and avoids annihilation of part of my country. I'd pray for God to forgive me, but pray we get what we need from the resistant suspect.......

How about you?

Far Right Still a Threat, Says BBC and US Press

OK, as you know today is the 10 year Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. 2 years before that, the Branch Davidian Compound burned to the ground, due to a botched federal rescue operation and siege. The terrorists and surviving perpatrators of these events were executed or sentenced to prison. OK, fine, these far right whackjobs got theirs.

However, since September 11, 2001, the press has been trying to divert the attention of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Al Aqsa, The Chechen terrorists, and the rest of the Islamic Extremists in the World. The press is trying to equate leaders like Senator Bill Frist, Congressman Tom DeLay, and Dr. James Dobson as the moral equivalent to The Ayatollah Khomeni, Osama Bin Laden, and Mullah Omar of Afghanistan. Why is this? Why the right wing bogeyman, even after the attack on The Twin Towers and The Pentagon? Why the Nazi worries after recent raids against militant terrorists plotting chemical, gas, and nuclear attacks in Central London? And why the loathing of Christians, when the Religion of Peace sanctioned the slaughter of over 300 Russian School Children in Beslan? WHY, INDEED.

Here's why. The press is for the Muslim militants, and quiets the masses of moderates who do not fit their radical slant. The press is AGAINST any Christians, Jews, or Muslims who are AGAINST the terrorists. See how well they treat President Bush, Prime Minister Sharon, and the Lebanese Dissidents.... CNN, The Crescent News Network, MSNBC, Muslim Social News of Bull Corn, and CBS- Constant Bull-S(you fill in the rest) are all, oddly enough, not focusing on The Holocaust, 9/11, or even the Russians being slaughtered, BUT on the Hamas terrorists, anti-American activists , and on the poor poor Iranians and their need for nukes.

The Right Wing threat has been tossed around by the likes of Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi, as their party has no mandate and is thinning out on issues. Alec Baldwin and Bill Mahrer, both such intellectuals, has crowed on the threat of 10th Century minded Christian cretins and the Torquemadas coming back. Well, Alec, Bill, those days are gone if you remember your history. If you recall, The Pope and Protestant Leaders joined up about 40 years ago and are working for unity among Christians, but also between Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists. Oddly enough those Christian bogeymen aren't waging wars of conquest, but many are DYING overseas to spread that 10th century thinking. Wow, Alec, Bill, YOU'RE WRONG AGAIN!

I am not discounting the threat and evils of the Far Far Right Neo-Nazis, KKK, Aryan Nations, and all of those. However, the main destructors have been bowing to Mecca 5 times a day. They're wearing white cotton shrouds, under their clothes and dynamite/C-4 vests on a bus or train. They're also killing millions of their own, as Saddam Hussein, Hafaz Assad, and Mumar Qadafi proved..... I worry more about the FAR LEFT or WHATEVER the Muslim Extremists threat. I worry if they ever pay off or join with the white guys. Racial profiling is out the window. I mean, on 24, they get guys to get plastic surgery and become moles. Not too far fetched......

Rather than focus and bogeyman on all of the Christians as far right nuts or Nazis, let's focus on ALL OF THE EXTREMISTS, so they do not get their Summer of Blood. If not, we get hit worse, and divided even more.

LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4459699.stm