tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60624022011-04-21T16:25:07.837-04:00Max On The WorldIs there not ONE thing in your life that is worth losing everything for?Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1084384857164933422004-05-12T14:00:00.000-04:002004-05-12T14:00:57.163-04:00"I would die for you."
A slightly different view of what is going on in Iraq.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1084309348083104612004-05-11T17:01:00.000-04:002004-05-11T17:03:11.120-04:00I think can we can all agree that we can stop apologizing now.
Militants Behead American Hostage in IraqMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083934442991519492004-05-07T08:54:00.000-04:002004-05-07T09:25:08.123-04:00Darn those businesses that are hiring people. How's a Dem supposed to win??
Job growth strong--Strong April report cuts unemployment rate to 5.6%; March report revised higher
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - U.S. employers added more jobs than expected in April, signaling a continuing economic recovery but also adding to expectations that interest rates will be rising soon.
The 288,000 job growth Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083869173682277032004-05-06T14:46:00.000-04:002004-05-06T14:51:14.280-04:00Just to compare who reads which web sites, check out the polls on CNN and Fox on whether or not Rumsfeld should go. Guess which site's readers thinks he should go and which thinks he should stay.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083864697623166242004-05-06T13:31:00.000-04:002004-05-06T13:36:23.343-04:00
Most prisoners in Iraq jails called 'threat to security'
Nearly all 8,080 prisoners being held by U.S. authorities in Iraq are considered security threats: insurgents linked to attacks on coalition forces, and terrorists and former officials of Saddam Hussein's regime suspected of having useful intelligence, military officials say.
I guess that answers one of my questions.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083849553320673022004-05-06T09:19:00.000-04:002004-05-06T09:26:32.090-04:00Questions regarding the prisoner abuse situation:
1) Who exactly is being held in that prison? Fedayeen, Republican Guard, Special Republican Guard, foreign terrorists, common criminals?
2) Have any of the prisoners been killed, maimed or otherwise injured? If so, how many, and under what circumstances?
3) Has any of the information gathered from the prisoners directly or indirectly Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083791312402184242004-05-05T17:08:00.000-04:002004-05-05T17:12:58.170-04:00I wonder if Al-Jazeera, the BBC, and the French media have reported on this part of the Coalition's efforts in Iraq:
Young Iraqi Cancer Patient Needs Help Fast
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Time is not on Rawan Al-Anni's side. Nicknamed Una, the 15-year-old girl has an aggressive form of cancer in her brain stem. In just three months, the disease has wracked her body and she struggles to move and even talkMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083769755334245702004-05-05T11:09:00.000-04:002004-05-05T11:13:40.750-04:00Yet another college bake sale upsets liberal professors (which is good) and shows that the oh so tolerant and lovers of diversity really aren't:
Baking Controversy--Turning the heat up on the campus multiculti crowd
According to a protesting professor the bake sale was "a direct, calculated attack" on everyone "who is committed to free inquiry and expression under necessary conditions of Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083766876003141492004-05-05T10:21:00.000-04:002004-05-05T10:26:54.043-04:00More good news on the economic front:
U.S. services sector jumps in April
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Activity in the U.S. services sector expanded for the 13th consecutive month in April, the nation's purchasing managers reported Wednesday, accelerating faster than analysts had expected.
Factory orders soar 4.3%
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Orders received by U.S. factories jumped in March, the Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083698221406925142004-05-04T15:17:00.000-04:002004-05-04T15:20:52.920-04:00Unfit for Office--I was on Mr. Kerry's boat in Vietnam. He doesn't deserve to be commander in chief.
Since 1971, I have refused many offers from John Kerry's political opponents to speak out against him. My reluctance to become involved once again in politics is outweighed now by my profound conviction that John Kerry is simply not fit to be America's commander in chief. Nobody has recruited me Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083695447594393502004-05-04T14:30:00.000-04:002004-05-04T14:34:39.700-04:00Swift Boat Veterans Condemn Kerry as Unfit to Command
WASHINGTON – It was the news conference John Kerry did not want to see happen. In a standing-room-only suite at National Press Club, former “Swiftee” John O’Neill, spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, told reporters that the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts spent 45 minutes on the phone with group founder Rear Adm. Roy HoffmanMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083628737170253612004-05-03T19:58:00.000-04:002004-05-03T20:03:03.216-04:00Former Military Colleagues: Kerry 'Unfit to Be Commander in Chief'
Hundreds of former commanders and military colleagues of presumptive Democrat nominee John Kerry are set to declare in a signed letter that he is "unfit to be commander in chief." They will do so at a press conference Tuesday in Washington.
It will be interesting to see how this will be reported in the partisan press.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083339210530868012004-04-30T11:33:00.000-04:002004-04-30T11:37:48.796-04:00CNN is saying even more of those morons were relieved:
"In February, senior military officials said 17 troops, including a battalion commander, a company commander and 12 MPs assigned to guard prisoners, had been relieved of duty until an investigation could be completed.
Sources previously told CNN that the abuse came to light based on reports from other soldiers and photographs showing Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083337949774291472004-04-30T11:12:00.000-04:002004-04-30T11:16:48.293-04:00From Fox on the prisoner abuse situation:
"In March, the Army announced that six members of the 800th Military Police Brigade (search) faced court-martial for allegedly abusing about 20 prisoners at Abu Ghraib. The charges included dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another person.
In addition to those criminal charges, the military has recommended Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083337200557910412004-04-30T11:00:00.000-04:002004-04-30T11:06:51.950-04:00The stories about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. forces is so appalling I am (almost) speechless. As a retired Army officer I cannot believe that the NCOs and officers responsible for that prison could be so incredibly stupid to do what they did and then on top of it take pictures!!!???. The general in charge, other officers involved and all the NCOs responsible should be court-martialedMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083276442454822582004-04-29T18:07:00.000-04:002004-04-29T18:13:24.686-04:00Hot off the presses (courtesy Drudge) regarding W and "Chickenhawk" speaking with the 9/11 Commission:
"The Oval Office session began at 9:30 a.m. and ended at 12:40 p.m., and two Democrat commission members -- Lee Hamilton, the vice chairman, and Bob Kerrey -- walked out! The departure has ignited talk throughout official Washington... In a written statement, Kerrey said he left an hour early Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083271413617615302004-04-29T16:43:00.000-04:002004-04-29T17:22:23.543-04:00Ann Coulter at her subtle best:
Arab hijackers now eligible for pre-boarding
"The Department of Transportation filed a complaint against United Airlines, claiming United removed passengers from flights in "a few instances" based on their race, color, national origin, religion or ancestry. (Secretary of Transportation Norman) Mineta gave United no credit for so scrupulously ignoring ethnicity onMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083184148906473692004-04-28T16:29:00.000-04:002004-04-28T16:33:24.746-04:00John F-ing Kerry, a true man of the peole.
Kerry Campaigning with His Butler
"Beacon Hill blue blood John Kerry likes to portray himself as the presidential candidate of the common man. But there's one common man he finds indispensable on the campaign trail: His butler.
Like a scene out of the old British drama "Upstairs Downstairs," Kerry would be helpless without his trusty manservant MarvinMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083101002204660182004-04-27T17:23:00.000-04:002004-04-27T17:27:36.810-04:00What a bunch of losers the Democratics are under the leadership of McAwful:
Democrats rip Cheney's record, tie wife's pregnancy to VietnamMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083100719095743932004-04-27T17:18:00.000-04:002004-04-27T17:22:53.746-04:00The natives are getting restless--from the Village Voice:
John Kerry Must Go--Note to Democrats: it's not too late to draft someone—anyone
...With growing issues over his wealth (which makes fellow plutocrat Bush seem a charity case by comparison), the miasma over his medals and ribbons (or ribbons and medals), his uninspiring record in the Senate (yes war, no war), and wishy-washy efforts to Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083074106716553312004-04-27T09:55:00.000-04:002004-04-27T09:59:38.840-04:00Today's Washington Post had a story about a family in "Blue" i.e. liberal, America. In the first paragraph the husband refers to W as an "imbecile" and a "monkey boy". On the inside the story continues under the caption "love thy neighbor". Right.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083023989337412532004-04-26T19:59:00.000-04:002004-04-26T20:06:11.856-04:00From an Egyptian GOVERNMENT newspaper:
'The Zionist Jews are Behind All the Violent and Terror Operations that have Occurred Everywhere In the World'
"If you want to know the real perpetrator of every disaster or every act of terrorism, look for the Zionist Jews. They are behind all the violent and terror operations that have occurred everywhere in the world. [They do this] first of all in Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083007875362711732004-04-26T15:31:00.000-04:002004-04-26T19:52:07.873-04:00Qaeda-linked chemical attack in Jordan could have killed 80,000: officials
Nice. You'd think there'd be a little more interest in the story and where exactly the chemicals came from. Oh, and maybe a little outrage on the "Arab Street" over Muslims massacring Muslims? Nah, they'd just blame (if they're not already) Israel since EVERYBODY knows that Muslims just wouldn't/are not capable of Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1083006538762148332004-04-26T15:08:00.000-04:002004-04-26T15:13:12.060-04:00There is an excellent column in today's Wall Street Journal by a father who lost his son in Iraq last year. It deals with his views on the "pictures of the flag draped coffins" controversy i.e. should the public see them in Dover, DE before they get home for good. His opinion, absolutely not. If the press is so concerned about the public seeing the coffins they should go to the funerals and Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082993060200801972004-04-26T11:24:00.000-04:002004-04-26T11:28:33.153-04:00News from Iraq--one soldier's point of view. Hard to know what to believe.
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082983934924327942004-04-26T08:52:00.000-04:002004-04-26T08:56:28.060-04:00Form today's American Spectator:
Sunday's "March for Women's Lives" made maximum usage of euphemism, invoking "choice" whenever marchers meant killing. They, for example, used placards to convey the lament that Barbara Bush hadn't killed her son in the womb. "If Only Barbara Bush Had Choice," read one sign. "Barbara Chose Poorly," read another. Marchers were also disappointed that the Pope's Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082902647701773192004-04-25T10:17:00.000-04:002004-04-25T10:22:13.450-04:00From Mark Steyn on John F-ing Kerry.
"...do Americans want to hand over responsibility for Iraq to someone who won't even take responsibility for the car in his driveway?"
'Nuff said.
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082821882272536212004-04-24T11:51:00.000-04:002004-04-24T11:55:32.060-04:00Bremer Reads Iraqis the Riot Act
So how many Iraqis will listen and act?Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082741183543394322004-04-23T13:26:00.000-04:002004-04-23T13:30:32.496-04:00From today's National Review On-Line:
File this under the heading JUST IN CASE YOU FORGET WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE'RE DEALING WITH. The Daily Telegraph tells us that "the body of a police special-forces officer who died when Islamic terrorists blew themselves up in Madrid was taken from its grave, mutilated, and burned yesterday.
"The coffin and body of special agent Francisco Javier Torronteras Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-108273571514405272004-04-23T11:55:00.000-04:002004-04-23T13:11:31.623-04:00An American hero--as are all the others.
Tillman killed while serving as Army Ranger
From an March 2003 article:
Tillman, at 26 years old, left a three-year, $3.6 million contract on the table to enlist in the Army with his brother Kevin after the 2001 season. Tillman will make no more than $17,000 this year. He is believed to be the first NFL regular to leave the game for military service Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082733338774619062004-04-23T11:15:00.000-04:002004-04-23T11:20:59.936-04:00Only someone writing for the New York Times (or Washington Post) could compare the failure of the Bay of Pigs and Vietnam to Reagan holding tough in Reykjavik.
"But the war in Iraq is unique. Rarely if ever have a foreign policy and a president's fate been so clearly linked. Former commanders in chief may have faced reverses in prosecuting the cold war — John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs, Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082728876210724562004-04-23T10:01:00.000-04:002004-04-23T10:08:30.750-04:00A good laugh from today's Washington Times:
Asked by host Tim Russert about The Washington Times' review of travel records for him and foreign leaders — which found only one instance where Mr. Kerry and a foreign leader were in the same town at the same time — Mr. Kerry laughed and provided a few hints about where he might have met with these foreign endorsers.
"What I said is true," MrMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082724868838538522004-04-23T08:54:00.000-04:002004-04-23T08:59:01.466-04:00Kerry Says His 'Family' Owns SUV, Not He
Does John Kerry, who supports higher automobile fuel economy standards, own a gas-guzzling SUV? He does, but says it belongs to the family, not to him.
The man is an embarassment.
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082662471407299102004-04-22T15:34:00.000-04:002004-04-22T16:04:13.936-04:00From Peggy Noonan (one of my favorites):
Mr. Bush's critics say he sees things too much in black and white, but he is addressing the central issues of life and death. He isn't dithering or dodging and he isn't spending all his time trying to maintain his viability within the system. He's calling the shots, bearing the burden and taking the heat.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-108266235505501922004-04-22T15:32:00.000-04:002004-04-22T15:36:42.576-04:00Could be a hot time in the old town tonight:
Clinton Admin. Linked OBL to Somalia Attack Before Sudan Offer
When the Clinton administration decided to turn down Sudan's offer to have Osama bin Laden arrested and extradited to the U.S., it already knew that the notorious 9/11 mastermind was behind the Black Hawk Down attack in Somalia in 1993, an upcoming 9/11 Commission witness is prepared to Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082555449575154752004-04-21T09:50:00.000-04:002004-04-21T09:54:55.903-04:00From today's National Review on Line:
There is also a particular fascination not only with things American, but with Americans themselves. If you tell someone from Baghdad that you are from America, you are likely to be met with excitement and the common exclamation: "I love America." They will want to know where you are from in America, and what you think of Iraq. Without prompting, they will Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082510111273286762004-04-20T21:15:00.000-04:002004-04-20T21:19:16.590-04:00John F-ing Kerry, "Pardon"??Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082489310272662582004-04-20T15:28:00.000-04:002004-04-20T15:32:35.186-04:00Hey, hey, hey, finally went over 1,000 hits!!!Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082489110915840582004-04-20T15:25:00.000-04:002004-04-20T17:51:00.873-04:00Those wascaly terrorists just don't give up, do they? And to think that King Abdullah postponed his meeting with W to express his displeasure of our support to Israel. Haven't seen any Israeli's trying to kill 20,000 Jordanians lately. Amazing.
Or then again maybe it isn't. Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082482995031274022004-04-20T13:43:00.000-04:002004-04-20T13:49:30.246-04:00More idiocy on a high-priced college campus:
Smith College: Radical Feminist UMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082397687139562942004-04-19T14:01:00.000-04:002004-04-19T14:05:30.856-04:00I heard that John F-ing Kerry is "outraged" that the Saudis (according to Woodward) told W they will try to get oil prices to drop so that our economy won't be hurt. I guess he wants to keep his bogus misery index low for the coming election for his own personal advantage. Of course, when you have your wife's wealth to fall back on you don't have to worry about $1.80/gallon gasoline. So much Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082253136316972482004-04-17T21:52:00.000-04:002004-04-17T21:57:05.936-04:00Someone explain to me how Peter Singer got to be a professor at Princeton::
A controversial college professor who thinks parents should be able to kill disabled children says though President Bush makes himself out to be a good Christian leader, he has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy.....
Singer asserted Bush was wrong to go to war in Afghanistan. A truly Christian leader, he said, Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082248470732421202004-04-17T20:34:00.000-04:002004-04-17T21:10:48.250-04:00I didn't know the Canadian Prime Minister is a graduate of the American public school system:
Prime Minister Paul Martin is not afraid to rewrite Canada's military history. At least, that's how it appeared when he spoke to soldiers on Wednesday. Addressing troops at CFB Gagetown outside Fredericton, N.B., Martin was recalling Canada's contribution to the 1944 liberation of Europe. Sixty years Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082122776051086202004-04-16T09:39:00.000-04:002004-04-16T09:43:34.996-04:00Ollie in Ramadi:
I asked Lance Cpl. Baggett of the 1st Marine Division, "Are we winning?" His answer: "Yes, sir, no doubt about it." Let's see which American newspaper is willing to splash that revelation across its front page.
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082055546797970162004-04-15T14:59:00.000-04:002004-04-15T15:03:05.076-04:00Peggy Noonan on the questions the press asked and wanted to ask Tuesday night:
Will you apologize, Mr. President? Do you feel personally responsible for Sept. 11? Do you think you're a loser as a communicator? What was your worst mistake? Do you really like that tie? Do you ever consider hanging yourself from a cornice in the East Room with your tie? When you look in the mirror do you feel mild Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1082037527369521952004-04-15T09:58:00.000-04:002004-04-15T10:02:45.373-04:00Regarding the poll numbers, W is supposedly ahead in Oregon also?? I still can't believe the numbers for New Jersey, a thoroughly Democratic state (at least in the last few presidential elections. I don't quite get it, the national polls says it's a dead heat, yet W is running ahead in several states that he lost in 2000.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081976636924178552004-04-14T17:03:00.000-04:002004-04-14T17:07:53.890-04:00From the Iranian news agency that supposedly received an email from the Kerry campaign a few weeks ago:
Iraqi Civilians 'Systematically Sexually Abused' by U.S. Armed ForcesMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081953917929498412004-04-14T15:25:00.000-04:002004-04-14T17:01:42.216-04:00Looks like al-Sadr isn't quite the tough guy he thinks he is.
From today's Washington Post:
"On Tuesday, Sadr told al-Manar, the satellite television network run by the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, that he was willing to sacrifice his life "for the sake of the Iraqi people."
Meanwhile, "About 2,500 troops from the U.S. Army's 1st, 2nd and 25th Infantry divisions were assembling on the Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081968343686693492004-04-14T14:45:00.000-04:002004-04-14T14:49:52.153-04:00AIR AMERICA 'BOUNCES CHECK'; LIBERAL RADIO NET TAKEN OFF AIR IN LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO AFTER ONLY TWO WEEKS
What a shame....he, he, heMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081949183082029122004-04-14T09:26:00.000-04:002004-04-14T09:30:19.310-04:00Some interesting poll numbers: W ahead in New Jersey???!!! And Pennsylvania, and Florida, and Wisconsin......Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081873248965128192004-04-13T12:20:00.000-04:002004-04-13T12:26:17.653-04:00From today's Washington Times:
"The Army's 4th Infantry Division spent over a year in Iraq fighting insurgents in the Tikrit section of the notorious Sunni Triangle. The Pentagon was closely watching the division's retention rates to see if months away from home and hazardous duty would prompt more soldiers to vote with their feet. But the early numbers are encouraging. The 4th ID, now mostly Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081861431260558852004-04-13T09:03:00.000-04:002004-04-13T09:27:09.233-04:00From an email forwarded to me from the Marines in Falujah:
The last two days have been the hardest two days this battalion has faced in over 30 years. Within the blink of an eye the situation went form relatively calm to a raging storm. You've known that since arriving
there has been violence; attacks have been sporadic and mostly limited to roadside bombs. Your husbands have become experts Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081815834687861112004-04-12T20:23:00.000-04:002004-04-12T20:27:48.826-04:00On a completely different topic............I had a thought (rare, but it does happen) regarding the ol' separation of church and state argument, had an inkling of something and looked it up to see if I was right, and sure enough I was. At the very end of the Constitution, just before the signatures it says:
"Done in Convention by the unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081801318758619362004-04-12T16:21:00.000-04:002004-04-12T16:25:52.700-04:00From DRUDGE--ANDY ROONEY: Our soldiers in Iraq aren't heroes...
What else can you say other than Rooney is a senile, old piece of human debris? Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081777327148036542004-04-12T09:42:00.000-04:002004-04-12T09:46:00.436-04:00"The big fight — this big Fallujah face-off — had to happen at some point," said Cpl. Mike Baccellieri, 23, of Portland, Oregon. "Let's get it over with so we can start rebuilding this place and get out of here."
Words of wisdom from a young Marine.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081549617744223932004-04-09T18:26:00.000-04:002004-04-09T18:30:47.623-04:00Heading out of town for a couple of days to attend a funeral. Back on Sunday. Hopefully (I hate that word) there will be better news from Iraq.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081522731021178762004-04-09T10:58:00.000-04:002004-04-09T14:03:17.280-04:00Interesting tidbit of news from CNN:
"Tribal leaders in Kut -- apparently opposed to the violence incited by militant Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- fought with his milita and plan to hand the southern Iraqi city over to U.S. forces, a U.S.-led coalition source close to the situation said Friday.
The tribal leaders have seized al-Sadr's office in Kut and have called on U.S. troops to Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081437511287987772004-04-08T11:18:00.000-04:002004-04-08T11:22:19.500-04:00I've been listening to Condi's testimony to the 9/11 but couldn't take it anymore. It's nothing more than a witch hunt/blame game/defend the Clinton administration for the Dem members. Gag.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081432006524822602004-04-08T09:46:00.000-04:002004-04-08T09:50:34.263-04:00From today's Washington Times:
Eight members of Congress have children in the military, seven of them Republicans, the Hill newspaper reports.
They are Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican; Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican; Rep. Ed Schrock, Virginia Republican; Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado Republican; Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican; Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri Republican; Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081380799433120232004-04-07T19:33:00.000-04:002004-04-07T19:38:28.763-04:00After seeing the idiot reporters asking Rumsfeld and Gen Myers if things were out of control in Iraq, I have to cut out another quote from the Army engineer's letter I sited earlier today:
Every day the Iraqi people stream out into the streets to cheer and wave at us as we drive by. When I'm on a foot patrol, walking among a crowd, countless people thank us --repeatedly.
I realize the shocking Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081370869854383432004-04-07T16:47:00.000-04:002004-04-07T16:51:36.590-04:00And for a little levity regarding the French looking Vietnam Vet--frickin' hysterical.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081370376781427132004-04-07T16:39:00.000-04:002004-04-07T16:43:23.640-04:00From a U.S. Army engineer in Baghdad:
The various terrorist enemies we are facing in Iraq are really aiming at you back in the United States. This is a test of will for our country. We soldiers of yours are doing great and scoring victories in confronting the evil terrorists.
The reality is one of an ever-increasing defeat of the enemies we face. Our enemies are therefore more desperate. They Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081368156334373392004-04-07T16:02:00.000-04:002004-04-07T16:07:07.746-04:00"I call upon the American people to stand beside their brethren, the Iraqi people, who are suffering an injustice by your rulers and the occupying army, to help them in the transfer of power to honest Iraqis," al-Sadr said in a statement from his office in the southern city of Najaf. "Otherwise, Iraq will be another Vietnam for America and the occupiers."
Gee, I wonder if the terrorists have Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-10813608760340552004-04-07T14:01:00.000-04:002004-04-07T14:06:56.780-04:00To get a different view of what is going on in Iraq I highly recommend surfing through the Iraqi blogs you can access through the link on the side bar under Fellow Blogsters. I wonder if the partisan media ever takes the time to get some alternate views of things?
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081345515255238972004-04-07T09:45:00.000-04:002004-04-07T09:49:01.623-04:00More on Sadr's insurgency from the Iraqi blog I mentioned on Monday.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081284984474241752004-04-06T16:56:00.000-04:002004-04-06T17:00:10.560-04:00Some good analysis of the Clinton's Administration last national security report from December 2000 from Captain's Quarters. Read and heed so you can counter your Leftist friends.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081282959234347392004-04-06T16:22:00.000-04:002004-04-06T16:26:25.013-04:00With all the violence in Iraq I can just see the partisan media and Dems comparing this to the Tet Offensive in 1968, not mentioning of course that the Tet Offensive was a military disaster for the Communists. Right now all the terrorists are accomplishing is getting themselves killed--let's see if the U.S. media will help them on the propaganda front.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081259777680423472004-04-06T09:56:00.000-04:002004-04-06T10:00:02.560-04:00Another take on those whacki Iraqis--Muqtada al-Sadr does not represent Iraq's Shia community.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081254141904532272004-04-06T08:22:00.000-04:002004-04-06T08:26:07.140-04:00An interesting take on the Sadr thug you probably won't hear from the partisan media--THE ROAD TO IRAQ'S RIOTS: A POLITICAL POWER PLAY Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081200252130651542004-04-05T17:24:00.000-04:002004-04-05T17:32:11.496-04:00From an Iraqi blog. A coup d'etat is taking place in Iraq at the moment. Will be interesting to see how much of this is true and how it plays out over the next few days.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081196744368746592004-04-05T16:25:00.000-04:002004-04-05T16:29:28.640-04:00Senator John Kerry wants you to know that he participated in war crimes while serving in Vietnam. Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081191917261682392004-04-05T15:05:00.000-04:002004-04-05T17:01:00.483-04:00I see where ol' Teddy Kennedy is yacking away about W. Guess it's time to break out the check book and send W some more money for his re-election campaign.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081178330059640842004-04-05T11:18:00.000-04:002004-04-05T11:25:57.170-04:00Don't Expect Vets to Rally Around Kerry--As a 22 year Army veteran I say "amen".Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081176941863415952004-04-05T10:55:00.000-04:002004-04-05T10:59:50.513-04:00Kudlow in National Review: The big (payroll) jobs announcement has arrived at last.
"The blowout new-jobs number of 308,000 for March puts the lie to political charges by the Kerry Democrats that the U.S. is in a jobless recovery. This is the largest gain in monthly non-farm payrolls in four years."
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081176032068775412004-04-05T10:40:00.000-04:002004-04-05T10:45:12.996-04:00The economic hits just keep coming--to the dismay of the Dems.
"A gauge of U.S. service industries, which make up the largest share of the economy, jumped in March to a record as orders and employment climbed, a private survey showed. "Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081087046327187632004-04-04T09:57:00.000-04:002004-04-04T10:01:09.233-04:00From the always on target Mark Steyn:
I'm not one who thinks it helpful to characterize a policy difference as a ''lie.'' So, when John Kerry says he supports the Kyoto Treaty even though he voted for a bill that declared the United States would never ever ratify it, that doesn't mean he's a ''liar,'' it just means that, well, to be honest, I haven't a clue what it means, you better to take it Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081033769640117912004-04-03T18:09:00.000-05:002004-04-03T18:13:11.543-05:00Our man in Baghdad:
No American official of recent vintage has taken on a task on the scale of Bremer's. It amounts to the creation not just of a government and an economy but of a country. Douglas MacArthur had seven years to achieve in Japan what Bremer is trying to do in less than 15 months. Rich Galen, an American press officer in Baghdad, calls it "MacArthur on steroids."Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1081033494282383782004-04-03T18:04:00.000-05:002004-04-03T18:08:36.246-05:00This is brutal (but funny) Doesn't He Remind You Of . . . Finding John Kerry's archetype on television and in books. Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080914214342433162004-04-02T08:56:00.000-05:002004-04-02T09:01:41.640-05:00Interesting article on recruiting and re-enlistment rates in the Army--seems that they are pretty much meeting all their targets. So why does the media waste it's time on the malcontents?? In addition to the 82 Airborne the article discusses:
•The 101st Airborne, which sent helicopter-borne soldiers to Baghdad's eastern flank and then patrolled northern Iraq, has achieved 107 percent of itsMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080913879209894322004-04-02T08:51:00.000-05:002004-04-02T08:54:58.606-05:00Halle-frickin'-leujah!!! U.S. job growth soars--Gain of 308,000 jobs far better than Wall Street forecasts
Don't quite understand how the unemployment % went up to 5.7 though.
Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080830567583826562004-04-01T09:42:00.000-05:002004-04-01T09:50:20.653-05:00Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe:
Martin Sheen at a Los Angeles news conference a month before the war began: "As the dogs of war slouch towards Baghdad, we need to be reminded that as many as 2 million refugees could become a reality, as well as half a million fatalities."
Other predictions: Writing on the left-wing website AlterNet last March, senior editor Tai Moses expressed dread of the Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080779275317382202004-03-31T19:27:00.000-05:002004-03-31T19:33:40.733-05:00I just listed another site (Special Forces against JFK) in the "not particularly favorable to JFK" section. Credit to Chris at Ramblin' Republican.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080771228050666782004-03-31T17:13:00.000-05:002004-03-31T19:19:13.746-05:00After what has happened in Fullujah I really wouldn't want to be one of the dead-enders in the Sunni Triangle. Sorry guys, no Black Hawk Down moment with this President. Standby to get whacked big-time and I hope you're looking forward to meeting your 72 virgins.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080757221770692012004-03-31T13:20:00.000-05:002004-03-31T13:24:19.123-05:00She will mop up the floor with Clarke. Anyone else out there think that this whole thing with Condi was a very clever ploy by Rove to have a trump card in case something like the Clarke testimony happened? Just a thought.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080751863391290382004-03-31T11:51:00.000-05:002004-03-31T11:54:41.060-05:00Freedom’s Groupies--Optimism in the land of Hammurabi.
Here, one of the students referred to George Bush's efforts as the "emancipation" of Iraq, while in America, the self-doubting students of elite law schools would far more likely dub the effort "oppression." Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080664661232413952004-03-30T11:37:00.000-05:002004-03-30T13:52:15.936-05:00Clinton, Gore Not Slated to Give 9/11 Testimony Under Oath. Now that Condi is going to testify I guess we now have the right to ask why won't Slick and his former sidekick do the same? Hmmm???Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080605226146797952004-03-29T19:07:00.000-05:002004-03-29T19:11:53.623-05:00Regarding the infamous encounter between Clarke and W on the day after. As someone who spent 22 years in the military in the officer ranks I became quite familiar with how the powers that be really don't want to hear that something has already been checked out when they've told you to check it out--especially when that power that be is in crisis mode. When you're told to do something, you say "Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080604703560648312004-03-29T18:58:00.000-05:002004-03-29T19:01:58.780-05:00We are witnessing a grand struggle between those who create things and those who can only destroy them, between those who are confident and build civilizations and those who have failed and turned vicious. Victor Davis Hanson gets to the heart of the matter.
With Liberty and Comfort for All
An amusing piece by Mike Adams on his continuing battles on campus with the resident nitwits running the Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080438716310085812004-03-27T20:51:00.000-05:002004-03-28T09:19:47.060-05:00Democrat headquarters has Bush doormat
Visitors wipe feet on president's likeness at McAuliffe's office
Pathetic is all I can say. But then again, it's the tolerant, uniting, non-judgemental party we're talking about.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080438585156886342004-03-27T20:49:00.000-05:002004-03-27T20:53:17.030-05:00On the question about whether or not W has a different strategy on fighting terrorism than der Schlickmeister: of course he does, now we're fighting back.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080248984597911892004-03-25T16:09:00.000-05:002004-03-25T16:13:14.013-05:00Hmmmm, more tangled webs being weaved by the French-looking one??
Kerry Keeps Backpedaling on Assassination Meeting Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080177327255632792004-03-24T20:15:00.000-05:002004-03-24T20:21:29.343-05:00Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ): "Until Dick Clarke produces his detailed strategy memo that would have have toppled the Taliban government in record time, captured or killed 2/3 of known al-Qaeda leaders, bolstered dramatically intelligence-sharing here at home, and assembled one of the greatest global coalitions in history to go after terrorists all over the world, I'll find it hard to believe he had a Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080176990845534172004-03-24T20:09:00.000-05:002004-03-24T20:13:19.106-05:00John F-ing Kerry: Mr. Class himself. Kerry attends Mass – in a ski suit Candidate reportedly arrives late, staff says, 'It was just a media-op'Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080175576713419472004-03-24T19:46:00.000-05:002004-03-24T20:24:20.700-05:00And the partisan media wonders why they are losing audience. to Fox........
On NBC News tonight Brokaw speaks with Condoleezza Rice. And what are his first two questions? Are they about the Administration's concern about terrorism when it took office, is it about what sort of plans the Clintonistas left handed over to them? No, Brokaw wants to know if 1) Will Bush apologize to the victims ofMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1080072556289423902004-03-23T15:09:00.000-05:002004-03-23T15:13:15.576-05:00Who knows what evil lurks in the mind of John F-ing Kerry? The Shadow do.
In '99, Clarke saw Iraq-al-Qaida link. But Bush critic told '60 Minutes' Sunday there was 'absolutely' no evidence 'ever'. What tangled webs we weave........Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1079990532433591322004-03-22T16:22:00.000-05:002004-03-22T16:25:37.576-05:00John F-ing Kerry--another man of the people the Dems put up for President. Right
The Many Mansions of John and Teresa KerryMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1079971729108306672004-03-22T11:08:00.000-05:002004-03-22T11:14:03.606-05:00And while I'm in the bashing mood, how about Richard Clarke's Legacy of Miscalculation?Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1079970924102246872004-03-22T10:55:00.000-05:002004-03-22T11:13:53.060-05:00Some French-bashing is always a good way to start the day. The French Betrayal of America.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-1079917204704025302004-03-21T20:00:00.000-05:002004-03-21T20:03:28.983-05:00Re: criticism of W on how he is conducting the war on terror and 9/11. How can anyone seriously listen to anyone from the Clinton administration on how well/badly W is handling the war on terror after the 8 years in which they did nothing after the first WTC bombing, nothing after the Khobar Towers bombing, launched a perfunctory and most likely politically motivated cruise missile attack on a Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062402.post-107989126835003832004-03-21T12:47:00.000-05:002004-03-21T12:51:11.716-05:00''Swing by, sweet limousine, comin' for to carry me home'' or Kerry still can't get his stories straight--Mark Steyn strikes again regarding the French looking one.
Not that it means alot right now, but some polls show W in a deadheat with J F-ing K in Michigan and Pennsylvania.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954034797790624783noreply@blogger.com