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Sen. Jay Rockefeller Endorses Obama, Insults McCain and then says He's Sorry…
Oy….
Why can’t people just endorse the guy, and keep their opinions to themselves?
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My obligatory Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker Congress briefing Post
I really didn’t want to Blog about this, because everyone else and their uncle is. plus, there’s so, much partisan nonsense involved with this.
I just don’t think this issue should be treated Politically, Liberal or Conservative.
Having said that, go read the stories from various news agencies and Bloggers.
Speaking of Idiots…..
Man, it comes in waves….
The Article: GOP Rep. Darrell Issa under fire from everywhere after 9/11 comments – (via New York Daily News)
The California congressman who called the Sept. 11 attacks "simply" a plane crash ran for cover Wednesday under a barrage of ridicule from fellow Republicans, first responders and victims’ families.
San Diego GOP Rep. Darrell Issa was under siege for suggesting the federal government had already done enough to help New York cope with "a fire" that "simply was an aircraft" hitting the World Trade Center.
"That is a pretty distorted view of things," said Frank Fraone, a Menlo Park, Calif., fire chief who led a 67-man crew at Ground Zero. "Whether they’re a couple of planes or a couple of missiles, they still did the same damage
Oy…. I’ve heard of "Open Mouth, Insert Foot", But Man, this is like over the top… ![]()
He’s from California, Which says quite a bit, and he’s a Republican. Interesting combination.
I also notice his last name, I wonder what his nationality is? Let’s see here, via Wikipedia:
Darrell Issa’s mother is of Bohemian German descent and his father is of Lebanese Christian descent. Issa was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and worked for a rabbi. Issa enlisted in the Army during his senior year of high school, where he served as a bomb disposal technician.
Well, that explains it all! I guess nationality loyalty is thinker than loyalty to the United States. Why didn’t he just come out and say the 9/1 hijackers were heroes?
Others: DownWithTyranny!, Think Progress, Calitics, Blue Girl, Red State, At-Largely and CWA-NJ Conservatives … (via Memeorandum)
Editorial: In defense of Senator Debbie Stabenow
I am not writing this to defend the actions of Senator Stabenow’s husband. The actions of Thomas Athans were deplorable. If I were the senator, I would be seeing a lawyer and relieving this man of his burden of marriage.
However because the story of Thomas Athans has become the catalyst of great political fodder and blogger ridicule, and outright mocking by those of opposite political ideology. Because of this sort of nonsense, I am writing a simple defense of Senator Stabenow as a Senator of the State of Michigan.
I am quite aware of Senator Stabenow’s political stance, However, I am also aware of her performance in the Senate. I can personally testify to her consistency in addressing issues brought before her. I have personally e-mailed TONS of issues, brought to my attention by the John Birch Society, to Senator Stabenow’s office.
Senator Stabenow’s office was always faithful to reply to my e-mails to her, sometimes, the replies were even personal, and not a computer generated response, even though I am sure that some of the issues brought to her attention were in direct opposition to her political stance.
Further, of all the political representatives in my local area, other than one other political official for my local area, Senator Stabenow was the ONLY political official who responded to my e-mails, sometimes Senator Stabenow would reply to me personally via United States Mail, Even though she did not have to.
Therefore, I feel that this smearing by the Republican and Conservative Bloggers is just unwarranted. We are not dealing with a seedy politician here. We are dealing with a very nice woman, who has a husband who is an idiot.
I think that the Blogosphere needs to take a step back and leave this woman to sort out her own affairs. I hope that she will do the right thing in the situation regarding her husband.
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Funding the very terrorists we're supposed to be fighting against
That’s right folks.
Via WorldNetDaily:
Just days after it was announced the U.S. would transfer $150 million directly to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ government, members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, the declared military wing of Abbas’ Fatah party, were told they would receive cash grants, WND has learned.
According to Palestinian militant sources familiar with the issue, earlier this month, 20 members of the Brigades leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah complained to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad they did not have enough money to pay their bills, including, for many of them, rent for their apartments.
Last week, according to the informed sources, Fayyad told the complaining Brigades leaders he would provide them with a one-time grant of $3,000 each, or $60,000 to the Ramallah-based Brigades leadership.
The sources said after Brigades leaders in other West Bank cities, including Hebron and Nablus, heard of the grants, they also demanded pay increases.
"Some of the other fighters accused Fayyad of favoring the Brigades leaders in Ramallah since that’s where Fayyad lives," said a militant source. "So he gave grants also to other cells."
Unreal. Can the lies and deceptions, from this feckless administration, be any clearer?
I guess Ron Paul was correct. ![]()
Hillary's Hypocrisy
Wow….. Just wow….
The Story: Clinton Praises Petraeus (via The Caucus)
The quote:
As critical as she is about the Bush administration’s conduct of the Iraq war, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a relatively rare shout-out to the military’s top man in Baghdad, General David Petraeus, calling him “an extraordinary leader and a wonderful advocate for our military.”
The commanding general, who has been a target of antiwar opponents and liberal groups like Moveon.org, has been a strong supporter of the escalation of American troops in Iraq, a strategy that Mrs. Clinton and Senator Barack Obama have opposed.
But Mrs. Clinton, as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has had opportunities to talk and meet with General Petraeus about military matters over the years, and some aides say that she respects his expertise.
At a town hall meeting just now, Mrs. Clinton laid out her plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, noting she would rely on “the best military advice we can get” to devise a “very thoughtful” approach to start removing troops within 60 days of taking office.As she concluded her remarks, she noted that American forces in Iraq were led by “an extraordinary leader and a wonderful advocate of our military.”
Isn’t this the same woman who said to petraeus, that one would have to possess a "willing suspension of disbelief", to believe his testimony?
Of course, we are talking about Democrats here.
Others: Weekly Standard Blog, Spin Cycle and Hot Air
Democrats win Seat held by Rep. Dennis Hastert
Read about it here.
There is quite a bit that could be said about this. Many other Bloggers have already written much of it.
The writing is simply on the wall. I do not place the blame squarely on Bush himself. Because I am keenly aware of how things operate in Washington D.C., I know that the blame does not all go to him.
I blame the advisers who went to him, the ones who were the dye-in-the-wool Neo-Conservatives, who went to him and said, "We can change the shape of the middle east, by invading Iraq." He, of course, bought into that foolish mindset and the scramble for intelligence began and when they found a piece of questionable intelligence, they proceeded to cherry pick it, to suit their needs.
What followed was the quagmire that we are involved with now. This will end up costing this Nation for many years to come. Current cost estimates are at 3 trillion dollars.
Of course, this all did happen and it is not a nightmare, and at what cost? Conservatism is now in it’s death throws, Republicans are now the scourge of American, Obama is the new messiah for America and the Democrats will, most likely, hold the majority in the both houses of Congress.
America wants change and Obama and, somewhat, Hillary are offering that. But what kind of a change are they really going to bring? What will we see? An end to a war, ended so fast that Iraq descends into chaos? Will we see Churches being closed because they dare to speak out against the Homosexual lifestyle? America’s tax system changed to force churches to pay income tax? Our civil liberties being taken away, the ability to set up a blog and criticize the government, taken away as a threat to national security?
Some of us have not forgotten the tragedy, which happened in Waco, Texas. I often ask myself, if the liberals take the White House again, will there be more Waco’s? Will they be more Ruby Ridges? Will they be more out of control Government Police action?
I have always believed in balance in Government, the balance of two political parties, both checking one another and each preventing the other gaining total power in the houses of Government. However, what we are seeing now, with the Conservatives being chased to the fox holes, is possible throwing of our Government into a total liberal state, and quite frankly, that scares me to death. I believe in freedom, in all it’s forms, whether it be Speech, Religion, Expression, Press, or whatever else, and I am quite afraid that the Liberals do not believe in total freedom, oh they believe in freedom of speech, as long as it fits their political ideologies.
There are those who say that the Iraq War will bankrupt this Nation. I disagree, I believe that National Healthcare plan will bankrupt this Nation or at worst, place a bigger demand of foreign currency from China and other countries. This is totally eroding our Nation’s sovereignty, with each deposit that we take.
It is going to be an interesting four years, after the liberals win Congress and the White House. I just have a sinking feeling that the United States is going to be stuck with buyers remorse, because many people are, to coin a phrase, "Betting the farm", on this new messiah, and I have sinking feeling that there is going to be this massive let down, when he gets in office and absolutely nothing changes. It is a grim outlook, but I am afraid it is the reality of the situation at hand.
Sometimes the idiots make it too easy….
The Story: Bush admin: U.S. has ‘lost intelligence’ (via Politico.com)
The Bush administration informed Congress on Friday that the government has “lost intelligence” because of the expiration of surveillance legislation caught in a political tug of war.
“We have lost intelligence information this past week as a direct result of the uncertainty created by Congress’ failure to act,” says an underlined passage of a six-page letter signed by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnel
I think Keith Olbermann’s Words sum it up for me. I’m referring to the last one on this video… ![]()
(click in the arrow to play video…)
(H/T Memeorandum)