Green Helmet acting as cynical movie director in qana

For those of you following the story of "green helmet."

NY Times Remain Incredulous that Tax Cuts Do Work

It still surprises the open-minded staff at the NY Times that tax revenues increase when tax rates are lowered.

An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues from corporations and the wealthy is driving down the projected budget deficit this year, even though spending has climbed sharply because of the war in Iraq and the cost of hurricane relief.

Kerry and Clinton Propose Immediate U.S. Withdrawal

In a great show of solidarity with American soccer fans, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) quickly drafted a bill to pull our soccer team from Germany. The bill was put together during the halftime of today's match against Ghana as the U.S. was on the losing side of the 2-1 partial result.

According to Kerry, "the U.S. team had already lost two of its best men in a match against Italy last Saturday. Any further losses will severely hurt our chances of winning again here at home."

The bill was defeated 97-2 with Sen. Chuck Schummer (D-NY) abstaining.

We're a nation of immigrants!

Great quote:

...If our criminal justice system used that logic, a single murder would get you the death penalty, while serial killers would get probation.

Ann Coulter on the President's "(not) amnesty" for illegal aliens who have been working in the U.S. for years, but not for those who recently migrated illegally.

Let them eat Ru-486!

An interesting post by Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review) quotes a report by Judicial Review (PDF) in which Ron Weddington, the co-counsel of Row vs. Wade, addresses president-elect Clinton on solving the problem of poverty.

Having convinced the poor that they can't get out of poverty when they have all those extra mouths to feed, you will have to provide the means to prevent the extra mouths, because abstinence doesn't work. The religious right has had 12 years to preach its message. It's time to officially recognize that people are going to have sex and what we need to do as a nation is prevent as much disease and as many poor babies as possible...

What is more amazing is that this guy firmly believes that just because someone is poor or uneducated, he lacks any sense of morality or self-control and will submit his family to eugenics for the "betterment" of the elite's view of society.

The Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web Today also wrote about it.

NRA-ILA News: Anti-Gun Mayors Hatch Scheme

Anti-gun New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) convened a meeting with a cadre of like-minded mayors this week to discuss "reducing gun violence."

Among the attendees was Anthony Williams (D), Mayor of Washington, D.C., where handguns have been banned for decades, but where the violent crime rate remains stratospheric. Predictably, the outcome of the meeting was yet another call for more restrictive gun laws to reduce crime.

According to Bloomberg, NRA represents a minority of opinion when it comes to Americans' views on gun laws. "I think when you look at the numbers, when you do surveys, it's a very small number of people who actually believe that people should be carrying concealed weapons.on the streets of our cities." Bloomberg said. "Those kinds of extremist positions are held by very few people." Apparently Bloomberg doesn't realize that Right-to-Carry is both popular and the law of the land in 40 of our 50 states, and only two states deny their citizens the right to protect themselves and their families outside of the home.

Commenting on Bloomberg's assertion, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox said, "The rest of the country does not want or care for his elitist gun control policies. It's an elitist mindset that is typical of Mayor Bloomberg and his policies. This elitist mindset is captured perfectly by the list of concealed permit holders in New York City--the mayor's political cronies, a handful of wealthy Wall Street executives and all of his movie-star friends."

Typical of their elitism, the mayors' excluded a true gun safety organization at the summit. On Monday, Larry Keane, Senior VP and General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), transmitted a letter to Mayor Bloomberg requesting his group's inclusion at the event. In providing Bloomberg with NSSF's law enforcement and gun safety credentials, Keane cited: 1) the City of Boston's acknowledgement in dropping its suit against the gun industry that, "members of the industry and [NSSF] are genuinely concerned with and are committed to the safe, legal and responsible sale and distribution and use of their products"; 2) its "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" straw purchase prevention and awareness program, that has been praised by BATFE; 3) its support of enforcing existing laws against truly corrupt or criminal FFLs; and 4) "Project Childsafe" that is funded by U.S. Department of Justice grants and the firearm industry. More than 30 million free safety kits, that include a cable-style firearm locking device and key safety messages about safe handling and storage of firearms, have been distributed. These kits have also been provided to the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association with firearm safety kits for its thousands of members.

One would think that any summit that truly sought to explore possible and proven solutions to reducing gun violence would be balanced, and would include those who have expertise in these matters. However, one would be wrong, as this summit was nothing more than a PR opportunity for Mayor Bloomberg and his cronies to promote their anti-gun rhetoric and propaganda.

Nagin Disregards Gun Owners Rights

From the NRA Institute for Legislative Action:

Law-abiding citizens of New Orleans who were forced to relinquish their legally owned firearms to the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) will have to wait, indefinitely, to regain their property. New Orleans officials revealed they have not returned any firearms, as Mayor Ray Nagin and the city have yet to set up a return process.

"Mayor Ray Nagin continues to deny freedom by denying lawful citizens their Second Amendment rights," stated NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. "First, he confiscates law-abiding citizens' firearms and lies about it. Then, he fails to comply with court orders. Now he refuses to return the legally owned firearms to their rightful owners by dragging his feet. It's a disgrace."

After denying the illegal confiscation for months, on March 15, 2006, Mayor Nagin and the NOPD conceded in federal court that they do have seized guns stored in locked steel containers. The city then agreed in court to a process by which law-abiding citizens may file a claim to receive their confiscated firearms.However, a New Orleans official handling the gun confiscations stated that no guns have been returned because the NOPD requires background checks, and the city has not set up a process. The official acknowledged, "We've been told it was going to happen weeks ago.and still hasn't been done."

NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox stated, "During a time of chaos and lawlessness, Ray Nagin took away the only means of protection law-abiding citizens had, and by delaying necessary and appropriate action to right this wrong, he blatantly continues to disrespect New Orleans citizens. The Mayor's contempt of court, his contempt of the Second Amendment, and his disrespect of the law-abiding gun owners of New Orleans is shameful."

Liberali, Affanculo!

More Wishful Thinking From Our Liberal Friends

This kind of "reporting" will only add to the surprise when Democrats continue to lose Congress seats in November.

Top Enemy of America Publishes Children's Book

The Cape Cod Orca (aka Senator Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy) has a new children's book coming out this spring. In "My senator and me," Splash, Kennedy's dog, gives kids a view of Washington D.C.

Amazon's description:

There's an old saying: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." A few years ago, Senator Ted Kennedy decided to do just that. Now his beloved Portuguese Water Dog Champion Amigo's Seventh Wave (nicknamed Splash) is the most famous canine on Capitol Hill. Here we follow Senator Kennedy and Splash through a busy day in D.C., from press conferences to meetings with school groups to committee discussions to a floor vote. The result is an exciting, behind-the-scenes look at the life of one of the most energetic figures in American politics -- and, of course, his equally famous owner.

I wonder which dog's point of view was used.

Serious or suicidal?

Back in March of 2004 I wrote this little note about Iran's efforts to procure nuclear weapons.

Read this column where Thomas Sowell addresses the issue in his usual succinct style. So are we going to take corrective action or let the U.N. and the Europeans negotiate for us?

Thanks Sherlock: U.S. Growth May Hinge on Businesses

More wisdom from the NY Times. (registration required)

'Twas the night before Tookie's execution'...

Credit for this goes to a New York City Police Officer who shall remain anonymous...

'Twas the night before Tookie's execution'...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through San Quentin,
the crips were protesting, and liberals were ventin'.

The cyanide hung by the chamber with care,
in hopes that the reaper soon would be there.

The inmates were nestled all snug in their bed;
except for Old Tookie, who soon would be dead.

And me with my beer mug, dressed warm in my flannel,
had curled up to watch it, on the Fox News Channel.

I set up my TIVO to record the news station,
and thoroughly loved the momentous occasion.

It seemed lady justice had gotten her way,
and that there would be one less savage today.

When outside the jail there arose such a clatter,
the cameras had turned to see what was the matter.

When what to my civilized eyes did appear,
but a lineup of actors, all liberal, some a bit queer.

The misguided freaks drew some curious looks,
as they proclaimed his innocence; clutching his books.

The tears then flew out from Sarandon's eyes,
as she nominated him again for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The actors were tethered to an ACLU sleigh,
all towing the line of the urban decay.

On Asner, on Penn, on liberal cop-haters,
On Sharpton, on Jesse and other race-baiters.

Then at 3:01 all curled up like a beetle,
Tookie cried like a bitch as they gave him the needle.

When up from the actors there arose such a cry,
they had failed in their mission, and Tookie DID DIE!!

I heard Bill O'Reilly say, as I turned out my light,
Merry Christmas to all ... there was justice tonight !!

Still Left Behind

From Opinion Journal, 19-Dec-2005:

It's worth noting that the American left's confusion over the war on terror long predates the liberation of Iraq. This is from an article by one Adam Shatz that appeared in the Sept. 23, 2002, issue of The Nation, and that we quoted on Sept. 11 of that year:

Curious whether others shared my own ambivalence, I undertook an informal investigation of left-wing opinion on American foreign policy since 9/11. . . Some of the people I interviewed opposed going to war in October because they feared a bloody quagmire and didn't trust the Bush Administration, but changed their minds a month later when the Taliban unexpectedly fell. Others went in the opposite direction, coming out against the war only after US bombing began to inflict heavy civilian casualties. A few people supported targeted strikes against Al Qaeda training bases, but not the overthrow of the Taliban--not because of any sympathy for the regime but because the Bush Administration might be emboldened to overthrow other governments. Others argued, in contrast, that we shouldn't be bombing Afghanistan unless we were willing to send in ground troops. Some said that a struggle against radical Islam is necessary, but that we should be waging it in Saudi Arabia, not in Afghanistan. And many of the people who cautiously supported the Afghan intervention passionately assailed the war on terror as a new cold war, a danger to both American democracy and security.

A 2003 paper by Rutgers sociologist Ted Goertzel offers some interesting insight into the left-wing psyche:

In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of "new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and unambiguous answers to their questions. . . . The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures. Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.

A Reagan Revolution No More?

Here is a great editorial that makes the case for "moderate" Republicans to take a hike.

The Anti-American War Protesters and Malcontents

I have been watching the anti-war demonstration taking place in Washington D.C. and I must say it is really amusing. Here are some of the highlights.

One American flag in the crowd, which shows the love for country these people have.

Lots of "Bush Lied... " signs.

A lot of talk about taking back "our" country. But they forget that in order to do that they need authentic candidates with winning ideas, the anti-war hippy mentality of peace at any cost is just too old and tired.

To use the words of the great philosopher, Chris Matthews, I see a delicious gumbo of "...no weapons of mass destruction," "cuba and venezuela" "in the war in Iraq, remeber katrina," "impeach him now," "racism/capitalism", "make levies not war," "war criminals Bush and Blair," and my favorite "Halliburton," which is always received with great enthusiasm by these enlightend and open minded individuals to whom the country they call their home is always at fault.

The truth is that they are lucky to live in the great United States where they are able to express their beliefs publicly without fear of persecution. If an opossition rally like this one was held in Cuba or Venezuela, most of these people would be arrested, killed and otherwise suppressed by the socialist dictators they revere.

"Men In Black" is now available

WABC Radio host Mark Levin's new book "Men In Black - How the Supreme Court is Destroying America" is now available.

Order your copy today and then head over to Mark Levin Fan to listen to audio clips from his great show.

Amazon.com's describes it:

Mark Levin throws the book at our own judicial system--in particular, American judges who ignore the Constitution and dismantle the rights of American citizens in everyday court proceedings. He shares jaw-dropping examples of judicial power grabs and liberal power plays by judges.

A Clear Policy of Inclusion

When John Ashcroft handed in his resignation after President Bush's re-election, I thought Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, would be the one to get the nod from the President to replace the exiting Attorney General.

It seems that the chosen individual is an old friend of the President's and White House lawyer Alberto Gonzales, a very accomplished hispanic lawyer with degrees from Rice and Harvard.

"The Judge" as he is known around the White House is the first hispanic to be appointed to a high level position by any administration. This goes to show what has been obvious to some of us for the last four years, a policy of inclusion by Bush that transcends race and focuses strictly on quality.

Unlike "the first black President," Bush has delivered on his promises to appoint the best qualified individuals for the job.

Have national politics become nothing more than a dysfunctional blood sport?

This is my response to an editorial that appeared in "The South Brunswick Post" (NJ), a local newspaper.

It is very funny to me that after 10 years of continued defeats for Democrats at the national level, where control of both houses of congress has gone to the Republicans, you still believe that your ideas are right for the country and Republicans should just meet you halfway in the spirit of bipartisanship.

You mentioned that wartime presidents ought to win by large margins, but you forget to acknowledge that during WWII Americans were truly unified in defeating the enemy. This time around most Americans (but thankfully less than half) have forgotten about why we are in a war against terrorism and see Iraq as an unnecessary standalone battle.

These Americans are the ones more worried about what other countries think about them than protecting their children's homeland, and that sentiment is mainly carried and pushed by the enlightened media from major networks to local papers like this one.

So winning with 52% of the votes in the midst of a sea of misleading attacks and scare tactics is quite a feat.

Senator Daschle did not only disagree with the President, but was a repeat obstructionist since Clinton left office. He also speaks and acts very Liberally in Washington and then goes home to South Dakota sounding like a moderate promoting himself as a friend of Bush, with pictures and all, he simply underestimated his constituency.

If you think Bush has not tried to reach across the isle and work on bipartisan measures, look at who wrote the No Child Left Behind Act with him, Ted Kennedy, who soon after turned on the President claiming that he started a war simply for political gain.

Maybe it is time for Democrats to think why it is they continue to lose so much ground, is it because the country is too stupid to understand the grandiosity of their plans? I seriously doubt it.

Democrats will cry foul over final totals

Regardless of what happens with the final counts in Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa and Michigan, where President Bush is expected to find enough votes to handsomely beat his opponent, Democrats will contest the results with their lawyers. Include Tom "Puff Daddy" Dashle in this group...

I am going to bed... we shall see in a few hours.

See the totals (CNN)

Updated at 7:30AM
I told you so... Daschle Loses S.D. Senate Seat to Thune (Fox News) - We are still waiting for the lawsuit.

When the Killers Come for the Kids

Enough said...

"When the Killers Come for the Kids," an op-ed piece by Ralph Peters appeared in the "New York Post" on September 4th, 2004.

Midnight Rendezvous with Kerry

Democrats in Ohio had a chance to hear from John Kerry as he made an apperance in Springfield less than a hour after President Bush's acceptance speech before the Republican National Convention.

In a rambling opening statement, Kerry criticized what he called "a personal attack" by Vice President Dick Cheney when he spoke to the delegates in New York on Wednesday night, accusing Cheney of saying that Kerry is "unfit to serve as commander-in-chief." Kerry wondered if someone that received five deferments is more qualified to defend this nation than someone with two tours of duty in Vietnam.

Kerry seems to have been hearing things, Cheney never said he is unfit to serve.

The mainstream media seems to have left out the fact that Kerry sought a deferment from the Vietnam war which was denied, he then he decided to volunteer rather than wait until he was drafted.

In my opinion, applying for a deferment is the same as not wanting to go to war, obviously Kerry hides this fact in order to appear more heroic. A lot of great Americans volunteered to fight in the Second World War, and they genuinely wanted to defend their country.

Kerry is showing that his campaign is crumbling under the weight his transparent attempts to appeal to independent voters, which cherish national security, rather than embrace his anti-war and misguided socialist views of government.

Bush Delivers Substantive Speech

Having accepted the nomination for re-election, President Bush enumerated his proposals for a new term in office by focusing on a number of domestic and international issues.

With sixty days to go before election day, the President outlined proposals to expand and improve domestic programs related to taxes, education, job training and health care.

He contrasted his vision of a hopeful future versus the doom and gloom projected by his opponent. Bush is guaranteed to pick up some points in the upcoming weeks by scooping up a lot of the independent and Reagan democrats still on the fence.

One thing is for sure, the next two months will be bloody and the debates will be something to watch.

Zell Miller Zings the Democrat Party

On the third night of the Republican National Convention retiring senator Zell Miller (D-GA) addressed the delegates gathered at Madison Square Garden to throw his support behind President Bush's re-election campaign.

In the speech he chastized the Democrat party for being out of touch with the principles to which he subscribes. He focused his ire on the way the Democrats have politicized national security in an effort to recover from the loss of the houses of Congress in 1994.

Speaking about the Democrat candidate, Miller highlighted the contrast between President Bush's willingness to "grab terrorists by the throat and not let them go to get a better grip" against Kerry's indecisiveness, which has angered even some of its most radical anti-war supporters.

In my opinion Zell Miller's speech last night was as powerful as Rudy Giuliani's on the opening night of the convention. Miller was appealing to those conservative democrats that have been left out by the wavering views of John Kerry to vote for the President in this election because we know how determined he is to protect our country.

Let's wait and see how the mainstream media portrays the comments made by the former Governor of Georgia.

Let the "Rich" Pay their Fair Share!

This little overused phrase is making a comeback, just like it does every election year, and no one seems to be able to explain what "fair" means. Let's attempt to define it.

Does it mean that when someone has too much they should give up some of it for the benefit of the unfortunate? Or is it just an excuse to reward those that choose to do just enough to get by?

It depends how you look at it. If liberals had it their way, there would be limits on how much a person could earn, with any excess going into a community pot where those in need would take from. Since most people making six figures incomes have too much, wanna-be president Flip Flops would raise their taxes.

If we look at "fair" from the conservative point of view we are referring to paying an equal percentage of your income. See, "equal share" is more concrete and less subject to interpretation than "fair share."

Of course, an equal share would only work under the assumtion that individual responsibility is the norm, but we live in a country where about half of the population believes that the government is their main protector and fallback. Unless that mentality is changed, people will continue to feel entitled to great jobs, big homes, free healthcare and who knows what else.

UN's ElBaradei Concerned Over Iran Nukes

It is happening again, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed serious concern over Iran's declarations about its nuclear activities.

According to ElBaradei, Iran has failed to admit it has the equipment necessary to produce enriched uranium that can be used to build atomic weapons.

The U.N. has now began a series of meetings to determine the best way to handle Iran. Stay tuned.

Politicizing 9/11

This week the mainstream media began attacking the first set of Bush/Cheney ads for 2004. At the heart of the matter was the presumption that the Bush campaign was using footage from the 9/11 attacks to benefit their re-election efforts.

In reality the ad shows about a second of the American flag flying high with part of the destroyed buildings in the background. There are no body bags, or flagged draped coffins as portrayed by the liberal media.

DNC operatives continue to mislead their flock by putting out talking points before the ads were aired with the hope of derailing the Bush campaign. See the ads for yourself.

On the other hand we know of John Kerry's ad released two days prior to the second anniversary of the attacks in New York and D.C. The ad mentions how Kerry "sounded the alarm against terrorism years before 9/11."

It seems that the alarm was Kerry's vote to eliminate the death penalty for terrorist that kill Americans abroad, or maybe his votes to slash funding of our intelligence agencies by over $1.5B all throughout the nineties.

Let's see how the DNC machine responds when Kerry's 1971 testimony before the U.S. Senate is used. Back then Kerry refers to his now "Band of Brothers" as war criminals.

Assault Weapons Ban Extended

The U.S. Senate voted today (52-47) to extend the ban on assult weapons that was due to expire this September.

The senate should be more concerned with writing legislation that prosecutes those commiting crimes using any weapons and leave the second ammendment alone for law abiding citizens. We all know that bans like these do not apply to criminals or terrorists and they do not impede their procurement of any type of weapons.

Vietnam Veterans Denounce 'Hanoi John'

Hundreds of U.S. Army veterans and Vietnamese escapees demonstrated Saturday outside John Kerry's campaign headquarters in Manhattan to protest his betrayal of them.

"Waving American and South Vietnamese flags and singing the U.S. national anthem, they held up signs saying 'Hanoi John,' and 'Kerry Betrayed Vietnam Vets'," Reuters reported.

Read article on NewsMax.com

Kerry Can't Stop Flipping

On Sunday, John Kerry, John Edwards and the two lesser dwarves participated in a debate on CBS New York, moderated by Dan Rather.

John Kerry voted against the defense of marriage act when President Clinton was in office, yet today he says he believes a marriage can only be between a man and a woman. Gays can have other benefits, just not marriage.

He was asked by a reporter from the New York Times, a major Kerry endorser, whether he thought he was the most liberal senator in the country as determined by the National Journal last week. Kerry, as most liberals, did not muster the strength to admit it. He said he doesn't like to use labels, when they are used against him. In the meantime he has called President Bush a radical right winger and a miserable failure.