Friday, March 31, 2006

Financial Peace University

I am currently through class 6 of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University, and I must say it is the best investment in time I have ever put myself into. I have learned about how debt controls people's lives, the myths of borrowing money, and many other things.

Now, this was a free investment for me because the company I am working for paid for the classes, but the value of this class is worth tens of thousands, and even millions when you retire. Compared to the fact that the class is offered for less than $150, this is a STEAL!

For example, if you are paying 400 dollars a month towards credit card bills, if you got rid of the debt, and continued putting money into a mutual fund that averages at about 12% per year, after 40 years you would have $4.7 MILLION to retire with.

Or the fact that if you take out a $100,000 30 year mortgage, your payment at the current 6.15% interest rate is going to be $609.23 a month, for 30 YEARS, totaling $219,322.80 over those 30 years. The same loan, at the same rate, but cut down to 15 years may be $851.98 per month, an increase of about $240 per month, but over those 15 years you are only paying $153,356.4. A savings of almost $66,000 dollars.And the larger the loan, the more you save in the long run.A $150,000 loan saves almost $99,000, and a $200,000 loan saves you $131,932.

That is why I now permanently have a link to Dave's site on my sidebar. AND, you can listen to his radio show Monday through Friday from 1PM-4PM CT.

OOO! More Vile Liberal Venom

I got this in the mail today:

"Liberal - "Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry."Therefore if you're against liberals you're for being told what to do and what to think by an Australian asshole who provides a mouthpiece for extreme right wing hate propoganda via Fox. Britain should never have let up on you people and you might have ended up with a proper government with educated citizens instead of the
semi literate GOP faggots currently spending real working American's money. I need to see Tom De Lay crucified so I can shoot the cunt's kneecaps off with my Democratic hollow points. Go get an education f%^&head ... "
- Christina Drake

First off, get your facts right. You are using the dictionary term of liberal which is a CLASSICAL Liberal, now known as a Libertarian. If you look at an American, or MODERN Liberal, it is the exact polar opposite.
AND I QUOTE:
"The American liberal platform advocates
use of government institutions and political procedures, including progressive taxation, minimum wages laws, anti-discrimination laws, and social programs, in order to provide opportunity to all citizens and to protect personal freedoms from restrictive social norms." - Wikipedia

Now before you go and spit more venom at Conservatives, why don't you read ANY college text book that will tell you exactly the same. That Classic Liberals are now Libertarians, and Modern Liberalism is the belief that a big government will do good for society. I've had all 12 years of grammar school, plus 2 years in college for engineering, and I'm just about to finish a years worth of real-world working experience in Engineering. On top of that for the past 4 or 5 years, I've been looking into politics so much that I even debated doing Political Science as a minor, until I realized that it was the study of government process, not politics.

And while you're at it, have you ever seen the movie Equilibrium? It should give you a chilling look at where Liberals and Political Correctness are taking this nation.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

GOP and College Caption Contest 6

And now, here are the winners of the Upside Down Democrats Caption Contest!

10) "Democrats have a firm grip on how to handle National Security...." - DWB

9) Once again Nancy shows the world that They have things wrong again. - Sgt. Fluffy

8) As per usual, the Democrat Party's perspective on National Security issues (or anything else for that matter) is once again revealed to be upside down and backwards for all the world to see! - Mr. Right

7) Once again the NY Times gets a photo wrong by printing it up sidedown. Actually Pelosi was hanging from the ceiling like the bat she truly is! - Maggie

6) Upside Down Cut-N-Run DNC Cake recipe! mmmmYummy! - Michael

5) "We have a plan... we think. It appears to be written in some unknown ancient dialect, but we have the world's foremost linguistic expert, Dr. Daniel Jackson of the SGC, working on a translation as we speak." - Mr. Right

4) April Fool's Day arrived early on Capitol Hill. - Maggie

3)


- Rodney Dill







2)



"But wait...who is that lurking in the background? Karl Rove! That bastard was behind this all along." - The Man





And the winner:

Nanci Pelosi is determined to regain her title of "Democrat Dumbass of the Week" from Debbie Stabenow, but Pelosi chose to be a cheapskate and skip the posterboard. - PCD




Other Photoshopped Entries:


While Nancy was warned years ago about LSD Flashbacks, she never really experienced one until now. - John Roper







- The Man









Previous Caption Contests:
Not-So Warm And Fuzzy Caption Contest

Dangerous Caption Contest
Chipmunk Caption Contest
Breakable Caption Contest
What Do Ya Say Contest

Other Contests Around The 'Sphere:
Willisms
In The Right Place
Gone Rick Motel
Outside The Beltway

I Could Have Predicted This Without A Magic 8 Ball...

ACLU to appeal the ruling on a Pro-Life License Plate. It will be done on the basis that the government is destroying some of the rights of Pro-Choice advocates...Right.

From Public Figures Beware:
First of all, the ruling does not allow state dollars to promote one viewpoint while “silencing another.” Nothing in the ruling or in the State’s desire to promote life silences anyone from being pro-choice. Pro-choice advocates have the same alternatives available to them as before the license plates were created.

Very well said.

Round And Round They Go!

Charles posted this on myspace in a bulletin. Funny stuff.





















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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Fascism IS A Left Wing Ideology

I said in a previous post that fascism is not a product of the right wing ideology, but the disowned child of the Ultra Left Wing. I based it on the fact that fascism was total government control, which was a result of the fact that the farther left wing you go, the more government control you support.

Here are some more facts that support the idea of Fascism as a Left Wing Ideology.
  • The reason the Nazis so hated the Jews was the belief that they had poisoned western civilization with the idea of a transcendent
    god who reveals a transcendent moral law. The fascists argued that such
    transcendence alienates human beings from nature and themselves. One
    writer, defined fascism as the practical and violent resistance to
    transcendence...
  • According to fascist ideology, individual identity comes only from the group, and since culture determines the individual, theneeds of the culture have priority. Fascism opposes human automony (spelling error...supposed to be autonomy)...
  • As with primitive and animistic cultures, fascism sees man as one with nature. What is generally not known is the fact that this
    doctrine led the fascists to hold a very zealous view of environmentalism.
  • Similarly to Communism, Fascism took control of the economy with the inauguration of many organizations to control output and prices amongst other things.
I will admit that there is one thought that is often given to the Right Wing, which is a sense of Nationalism. But the rest to me seem to follow liberal ideas.
  1. Removal of the idea of an omnipotent God
  2. Belief that a person cannot succeed by themself
  3. An extreme following of environmentalism
  4. Taking control of the economy and businesses

Still think it's a Right Wing Ideology?

Sources - WikiBooks, Rapid Response Report

Hot Wing Conspiracy Is About To Start


Since week one of the Hot Wing Conspiracy Baseball League is about to start the grueling 22 week regular season, I figured I would give you a run down of the teams, and who their owner is (blog wise).

  • First of there is the defending (and very arrogant from it) HWC Football League Champion, myself, GOP and College, competing again as the Pulaski Rednecks as the Baghdad Bombers, in honor of our new HWC Logo.
  • Then there is of course my brother, The Man from GOP and the City, playing as Robots Eat Babies. The Man finished 7th in HWC Football.
  • Next, playing as his blog name is RFTR (Running For The Right). RFTR held first place in the HWC Football league for most of the regular season, but a late season slump dropped him back to 5th, then he was eliminated early and finished 6th in the playoffs.
  • Joining us again is bRight & Early, again playing as his blog name. bRight finished a disappointing 10th (last) in the HWC Football league.
  • Also rejoining us are the webcats. Webcats were famous for some insane upsets during the football season, but finished 9th overall. Cats...do you have a blog or no?
  • Also rejoining the HWC fight is Pat, from The (vast) Right Wing Conspiracy, playing as The Glat-inators. Pat finished fourth in the football season, and was also known for some crazy upsets.
  • Coming in from Philly, playing as the Gashouse Gorillas this time, Wyatt, of SYLG. Wyatt put up a helluva fight in the Football league and came out second, apparently making me a daisy for it.

I believe that is all of the returning players, so now for the Rookies!
  • Joining us with all his buttons of flair and playing as The right wing nuts, Sssteve! Sssteve is the blogger at First With Flair, and is apparently an avid baseball fan.
  • Joining us as CZC Owns, Tyler D of .45 Caliber Justice
  • Coming to the league, playing as PrivatePigg...is...well Ahktar The Divorcee, Private Pigg of Public Figures...Beware
  • Joining in as the fmragtops spewers, is fmragtops.
  • Competing in the league as The PAW's...The Lawhawk!
  • Also playing as the (wimpy) Poca Dots Blog!, Don Surber.
  • And last but not least, playing as Wookies Will Win, John from Cake or Death.

Along with bloggers, we have normal people too:
  • My friend Wes is playing as the Columbia Cardinals.
  • And we have an anonymous (as far as I know) woman playing as Repubs Lost in SD.

So there are all 16 teams in the Hot Wing Conspiracy Baseball League. Those who apparently have thrown in the towel after the football season were Bentley Fonzworth, The Muse, and Shortbus All-Stars.

As for scoring the head to head games, the stats your team builds up are broken down into 12 groups. For batters, there's runs, homeruns, RBI's, Strike-outs, stolen bases, and batter's average. For Pitching, there's Wins, Saves, Strike-outs, Holds, ERA, and WHIP. At the end of the week, each one of those is a win, a loss, or a tie. So in a given week, you can have any combination of wins, losses, and ties that add up to 12. The win-loss-tie recird gives you a win percentage, and that tells what rank you are. Wins count as 1, ties as .5, and losses as 0. So if you have a 12-5-7 record (12 wins, 5 losses, and 7 ties) you have 12+3.5 (7/2) wins out of 24 games, so a .646 win percentage.


*The picture above is the "Official" HWC Baseball logo, as created by The Man.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

GOP and College Caption Contest No. 5

And now for the winners of the "Not-So Warm and Fuzzy Caption Contest.
Source - AP (via Yahoo!)



10) When it was realized that ALF was an acronym for "Alien" Life Form, INS quickly moved in. - Wyatt

9) "You shove me in that wagon and I'll show you why they call me "South-Paw!" - GOP and College

8) Look out, Sgt, that ain't no Vermont Teddy Bear! - Maggie

7) Rex Grossman was arrested over the weekend while protesting the Chicago Bear's signing of Brian Griese. - fmragtops

6) Officer Stadanko finally went to far with Tenderheart Bear - Sgt. Fluffy, aka GR Motel (Extra kudos for the name!)

5) The Cindy Sheehan no shaving/no bathing protest continues, Film at 11:00. - Rodney Dill

4) "Nothing Like A Bear Claw And A Cup Of Coffee For Breakfast." - Radio Free Fred

3) Pigs - 1, Bears - 0 - fmragtops

2) EWWWWW!... Damn, buddy... I thought you guys only did that in the woods? - Harvey

And the winner:

"Yogi arrested! Confesses addiction to stealing pic-a-nic baskets" - Chris


Previous Contests:
Dangerous Caption Contest
Chipmunk Caption Contest
Breakable Caption Contest
What Do Ya Say Contest

Monday, March 27, 2006

What A Little Baby

No offense to Wyatt, but I have to say, Jeff Gordon is one of the biggest babies I've seen in NASCAR. He gets pissed at Matt Kenseth for a last lap spin and after the race, when Matt was coming to apologize for it he shoves him very violently. But I've got a question for Jeff. How do you think Martin Truex feels after you very intentionally spun him out coming out of the turn and helping him finish 38th?

If I were Gordon, I'd quit griping about 21st and take what he deserved for wrecking some one else.

It reminds me of an incident in Late Models at the Music City Motorplex (formerly Nashville Speedway/Fairgrounds Speedway). Joe Buford was always known for being a very rough driver and wouldn't hesitate to put you around if it gave him an extra spot. One time in particular he first tried a bump and run on a driver in 3 &4, then drove to the OUTSIDE of him in turns 1 & 2, then cut HARD left and sent the driver careening head first into the outside wall. I still remember the sickening sound of that impact.

After the incident they were going to penalize Buford one lap for rough driving, but he decided to turn 2 years old again, and quit the race. He kept up his 2 year old maturity, and soon after that he quit racing all together at MCM.
"I guess the 24 ... he's got no respect for nobody. He thinks he owns the track, he thinks everybody should get out of his way and I ain't going to do it. I was doing what I had to do. I was trying to get my lap back and my car was pretty fast. He just dumped me." - Martin Truex Jr.

I Don't Want Moussaoui Dead

Now, don't go all crazy after hearing that. Let me explain it out. I don't want Moussaoui go get the death penalty because that is exactly what he wants to happen. This disillusioned idiot wants to be put to death that way in his mind he can die as a "martyr." I say let him sit in solitary for the rest of his life so he dies of natural causes, and knows that he is going strait to the fires of Hell.

I think every effort should be taken once he's in jail to make sure that he doesn't commit suicide, or get killed by other inmates. I think he deserves a long time to sit and think about how he's going to say hello to the Devil.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

If You Don't Thank The Zoo-Keeper...

If you don't thank the zoo-keeper for rescuing you from the lion's den, then he's gonna throw your ass back down to the lions.

Dear Dubya,

I am writing to complain about the horrible waste of military resources that took place in Iraq. Our men and women are there to bring freedom to the Iraqi people and have their hands full. Therefore, I think placing a group of these brave souls in harms way to rescue Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember, was a terrible waste of military resources.

Therefore, I suggest that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember, be returned to their state of captivity with the Islamic Asshats Society or another similar group. This may sound like we would be putting our soldiers back in harm's way, but I am sure if you ask...you may find some willing volunteers amongst the troops who would love to drop these ungrateful slimebags back into the terrorists hands.

Since the troops will not get a nice word from these ungrateful jerks, I would like to say "Thank you" myself.

Thanks
-The Man

How about them ungrateful Canadian peace activists, eh? Or AP's "forgetting" the comments made by the Canadians?

*update* AP has since added the comments, but buried them at the bottom of the story.

Screw The Shredder

I'm gonna burn the little buggers. If you can tear up a credit card app, tape it together, fill it out with a fake address, and send it in, then recieve a BRAND NEW CARD...Screw shredding it. I'm gonna burn my unwanted apps.

I'm willing to bet that as much as a shredder will tear your papers to bits, there is someone desperate enough to tape it back together. However if you burn it, it's gone.

HT: The CUG

It's Getting Close To Being Done

The grass is green on the field of New Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO. As sad as I was to see "The Oven" (Old Busch) go, I'm getting anxious to see the first (televised) home game of the Cardinal's 2006 Season so that I can see the stadium in its entirity. Also, at some point I plan on going up to St. Louis to watch a game in person.

My grandparents lived just outside of St. Louis from since before I was born until not too recently when they moved. One of our favorite things to do was go watch a Cardinals Game during the summer, and they've been my favorite team for as long as I can remember. Heh, in fact, wondering around the house somewhere is a "Property of the St. Louis Cardinal's Fan Club" shirt that was my brother's...and is older than I am.

I still think it'd be nice to own a piece of Old Busch, and again, if only I could afford this.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

I Stand By My Word

I warned steve multiple times that if he didn't cease using vulgar material for his homepage, I would ban him from commenting on my page.

For a time he had stopped, but in this comment today, he decided to link to a picture who's title means, "To ejaculate onto a persons face." It is a picture he had used before, but I had deleted the page address, since it is quite vulgar.

As for the address, I have deleted a portion of the address so the picture will not show, but left the rest for those interested to see.

Men's Right To Choose

What happens when a man tells his girlfriend he has had a vasectomy and is very much sterile, when in actuality he is not. If she gets pregnant, then he is the one to blame for lying to her about his fertility, right?

But what happens when the roles are reversed? Who is to blame if the woman claimed that she is infertile because of a medical condition, when she actually wasn't? Who is to blame for the pregnancy then?

Matt Dubay is saying that situation happened to him, and he shouldn't have to pay child support because he feels in essence that he is the victim of entrapment. Many guys side with him, but most women say he is the one to blame.

I have one question for his now ex-girlfriend, "Do you actually have a medical condition that would prevent pregnancy?" If the answer to that is no, then I feel like it should be her fault. She intentionally deceived him, telling him that she was infertile after he had said many times that he did not want a child.

I am still on the rail about having to pay child support, along with many of the other issues in this, but I just want to ask, "Why is the guy always the one at fault?" And "What say do men have in reproductive rights?"

Monday, March 20, 2006

GOP and College Caption Contest

So here are the winners of the GOP and College "Dangerous Caption Contest."






10.
- Tar Heel Fan






9.
- Flip






8.
- Glenn Norberg






7. Fox News is lambasted for its response to the infamous "X" over Dick Cheney's face... - Damian G.

6. "Why is everyone staring at me? Is my Freudian slip showing?" - Flip

5.
- The Man






4.
- Dempsey






3. Senator Stabenow quickly regretted starring in C-SPAN's "Pop-Up Videos." - Wyatt Earp

2. No, I'm sorry, "Who is Ted Kennedy?" was the answer we were looking for. - GOP and College

And the Winner:

1. Sen. Stabenow's entry in the Carnival of Irony. - fmragtops


Again, thanks to everyone who participated, as well as a thank you to my judges.


Check out Sobek's entries here.
See Point Five's entries here.

Other Photoshopped Entries:

- Jared Sherwood






- Sgt Sumner






- Anonymous







- Mike's Noise






- Tom Lopez







- James Draper






- Jean Sember






- Frank Turk






- Frank Turk








- heldmyw







- Rodney Dill







- The Man






- The Man






- Strait Talk






"Missing a letter is nothing to lose your head over, its not like its the Koran." - Rodney Dill





- Pillage Idiot







- Robert Reed






- Jean Sember






- Anonymous






- s330ci






- s330ci






- John Roper






- Plains Feeder






- Right Views






- heldmyw






- Slapstick Politics






- Slapstick Politics






- Spazzmomma






- GManRocker




*NOTE* I think this is the first time I have seen more photoshop entries than actual captions in a contest.

Other Contests:
Willisms
In The Right Place
Random Numbers
Outside The Beltway

A big thanks to Michelle Malkin for finding this gem, and linking to my contest. You REALLY rock girl!

Also linking here:
MSNBC
GOP Bloggers
Little Green Footballs (comment)
Suitibly Flip
Stuck On Stupid
GOP and the City
Basil's Blog
Super Fun Power Hour
Mike's Noise
National Journal
Matt Lewis & The News
Ed Driscoll
YARGB
SYLG
The Right Place
Slublog
IMAO
Slapstick Politics
Dumb S%^& of the Week
The Gone Rick Motel

It Will Be Up Shortly

For those of you waiting on the results of the Caption Contest, I will have it up as soon as I tally up the votes from my "panel of expert judges." And to those judges, I VERY much appreciate the help.

Check back later on this evening. A winner will be chosenby the end of the night. I won't let this contest turn into a presidential race and continually demand recounts and supreme court interventions.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Fresh From CENTCOM

One of the greatest things I've enjoyed about blogging, was receiving things to review and distribute, such as CENTCOM's Command Posture for 2006. In the thorough report they describe the situation of the current US Operations around the Globe.
For example, in Iraq:
There are now only about 130,000 US troops in Iraq, as opposed to over 150,000 at the max in January, along with 231,000 Iraqi Security Forces in 108 Battalions
Insurgents are only operating in 4 of the 18 major provinces (like our states) and most civilians DO NOT support the insurgents.
"Over 3,600 schools have been rehabilitated, and over 47,000 school teachers and administrators have been trained. Approximately 240 hospitals and more than 1,200 clinics have reopened. Baghdad'’s three sewage plants, which serve 80% of the city’s population, have been rehabilitated. Thirteen power plants have also been rehabilitated, providing approximately 60% of power generation in Iraq. And Umm Qasar'’s status as an international port has been restored with up to 80 ship offloads of a wide range of commodities occurring each month."
And as for the goal in Iraq for 2006:
"In 2006, we will emphasize building self-reliance in Iraq'’s security forces and newly-elected government institutions. An essential element of achieving overall success in Iraq will depend on the leadership, vision, and character of Iraq'’s newly-elected government officials."

They also have reports on other places such as Afghanistan, Africa, Pakistan, and this about Iran:
"The situation with Iran is tense, and the possibility for miscalculation with U.S. forces remains high. CENTCOM forces in the region continue to watch Iran carefully to prevent any destabilizing activities that contribute to internal Iraqi or Afghan frictions, or threaten regional stability. Iran'’s quest for nuclear weapons capability is particularly troubling. Iran seeks "creeping normalcy"” that will permit international acceptance of its nuclear fuel cycle, while buying time for potential covert nuclear activities. We believe that Iran's declared objective of self-sufficient nuclear fuel production is coupled with the ulterior goal of weapons production. Iran'’s withdrawal from the IAEA'’s Additional Protocol or the NPT could decrease the timeline necessary to produce a weapon. A nuclear-armed Iran would dramatically increase instability in the region and could pressure other countries in the CENTCOM AOR to consider acquiring such weapons."

And for all of you reporters out there, you need to pay particular attention to this bit here:
"The enemy intends to use IEDs and suicide bombers to achieve strategic effect, creating casualties and media impact to promote the perception of insecurity and erode public support for the mission."

This report was done by General John P. Abizaid, of the U.S. Army, and in his conclusion he had this very inspiring paragraph:
"With our numerous allies in the region, we are implementing a strategy based on partnership and shared interests to defeat al Qaida and associated extremists throughout the region. Victory in this long war will come slowly and subtly, but we are winning. We will prevail, in the same way our country mobilized its vast resources, talented citizens, and global allies to face down the fascist and communist threats of the last century. The patience and support of the American people and the Congress will be critical in bringing about this victory."

"Falling Man" Likely Identified

During the day of, and for a short time after the attacks on The World Trade Towers, pictures roamed free of people jumping to their demise from the heights of the top floors. Pictures since then have been widely unpublished due mostly for the fact that it is showing a person about to die. One picture in general has been particularly infamous.

"The Falling Man" has been a mystery for the past 4 1/2 years, and since then, one reporter, Tom Junod, has made it their sole purpose to find his identity. Well, he may have found the most important piece of evidence yet. In his Feature, "The Falling Man," he closes with this man, Jonathan Briley.

Well, The Mirror has uncovered a new photo that may just prove that he is the one.

As a side note, one part in particular of Junod's story hits me as very moving:
"But when Timothy identified his brother's body, none of his clothes were recognizable except the black shoes. And when Jonathan went to work on the morning of September 11, 2001, he'd left early and kissed his wife goodbye while she was still sleeping. She never saw the clothes he was wearing. After she learned that he was dead, she packed his clothes away and never inventoried what specific articles of clothing might be missing."

I live by the philosophy that if you are leaving, you should always at least say goodbye the people you care about, and the ones you love you should let that be known as well. The most horrible feeling in the world is having someone close to you pass away and not having the chance to say goodbye. It gives people comfort when they can think back and say, "The last words he/she said to me was that he/she loves me."

Always tell the ones you love how you feel, and be sure to look at his memorial webpage and the Scholarship Fund

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

IEATAPETA Day

For those of you who read earlier, today is/was IEATAPETA Day. (International Eat A Tasty Animal for P.E.T.A. Day.)

I did, as promised, eat at Legend's Steak House. I had an 8 oz. Prime Rib with a loaded baked potato, and a Caesar salad. AND IT WAS GOOD! Glad I could participate.

*Picture taken and modified from Legend's Homepage*

Leftists ≠ Free Speech Pt. 4

Of course leftists will support your right to free speech!*

*Unless you are not the current politically hot ethnic group

What triggered this? The firing of editor in chief of The Daily Illini, Acton Gorton over the publishing of the now infamous Mohammad Cartoons. The board of directors sent out a memo about the incident saying things like:
"following a thorough review, a report by a student task force of senior members of the staff, and a hearing with Gorton found that Gorton violated Daily Illini policies about thoughtful discussion of and preparation for the publication of inflammatory material."

However Gorton said that his "thorough review" amounted to:
"Last night'’s meeting before the board of directors took only about 10 minutes of the 30 minutes I was allotted to defend myself against the allegations levied against me. There were no questions. Just a curt dismissal after my statement. And I wasn'’t interviewed by the "student task force"."

On top of that, campus newspapers won't show the Mohammad cartoons, but The Sheaf proves that they are more than willing to offend Christians. Plus, even though the managing editor has handed in his resignation, no other action has been taken, aside from a small apology from the University President, and the paper.

"Evil" Glenn Reynolds also points out, "Though universities generally ban "hate speech," speech aimed at Jews and Israel is apparently excluded. San Francisco State, reports Laurie Zoloth, SFSU's head of Jewish Studies, has become a place in which blood libels and posters reading "Jews=Nazis" have become common." Also he goes into detail about an incident that occurred in 2002 at SFSU where Jewish demonstrators peacefully spoke about their lives. There were some 400 people who came for the event. After most of the crowd left, Palestinian protesters surounded the Jewish people screaming things like, "Go back to Russia, Jew." And, "Get out or we will kill you!" And "Hitler didn't finish the job." And when the administrators were told about the event, they claimed that there was nothing they could do. Read Glenn's commentary on Fox News for the rest.

Previous Coverage:
Leftists ≠ Free Speech
Leftists ≠ Free Speech Pt 2
Leftist Media ≠ Free Speech
Leftists ≠ Free Speech Pt. 3

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Democrats And Their Lack Of A Spine

Republicans were not afraid to stand up and acknowledge their disapproval with President Bush over the Dubai Port issue. However when Democrats are put in the same position by one rogue Democrat, they are quick to scurry away from any comments about the issue.

Ridiculous Page of The Afternoon:
DSCC claiming that "Anyone looking for a definition of the pre-9/11 worldview need look no further than at how leading Republican Senators have blocked Democratic efforts improve port security since the 2001 attacks."
In those lists of "Democrat efforts", they include the Dubai Ports Deal, when in actuality, most Dems opposed the port deal as well.
"Despite White House veto threats, Democrats and Republicans in Congress stood their ground against the president, backed by overwhelming public opposition to the deal." - Voice of America News

Also they give no details about the legislation that supposedly was for "better port security."

Nice try, but you're not going to get that one by me.

AP Headline: Saddam Testifies, but Judge Cuts Him Off

Yahoo! News is showing a top news article blazing the headline as though Saddam was not allowed to defend himself. But when you look at what he said, the story changes.

Saddam Hussein testified Wednesday for the first time at his trial, and the judge closed the court after the ex-dictator's speech calling for Iraqis to end sectarian violence and fight U.S. troops instead.
Even as the judge repeatedly yelled at Saddam to stop making what he called political speeches, the deposed leader read from a prepared text, insisting he was still Iraq's president.
"Let the (Iraqi) people unite and resist the invaders and their backers. Don't fight among yourselves," he said, praising the insurgency. "In my eyes, you are the resistance to the American invasion."

How much you want to bet this makes page 1 of NY Times, claiming he was tortured?

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Now Is He A Terrorist?

According to the UNC Chapel Hill Chancelor, no.

"Some students have called on school administrators to label Mohammed Taheri-azar a terrorist for his March 3 attack at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chancellor James Moeser has declined to define the attack, but experts outside of the school were not hesitant to offer their opinions." - The Charlotte Observer

However, as you can see, terrorist experts around the country are quick to say:
"Well, he's a terrorist...The only thing that makes this not look like a terrorist act is that he did a lousy job of it." - Solomon Bradman, chief executive officer of the Miami-based Security Solutions International.

Taheri-azar is going to be charged with 9 counts of attempted first degree murder, and 9 counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
However, he plans on using his trial to "educate people about the will of Allah." You know what reminds me of the "will of Allah?"
These:

Another view of the "will of Allah" here. (Caution, real pictures of violence)

Monday, March 13, 2006

Page 16 News 3/13/06


Time for another edition of Page 16 News. On the block this time, some more coverage of liberal teacher Jay Bennish, and his unpunished return to teaching, as well as some analysis of the MSM's false claims of Iraq's "civil war."

Jay Bennish was allowed back into class this morning to continue to spit his one sided lectures. After only one week without pay, Bennish has claimed that he will demonstrate the other side (a.k.a. lecture 30 minutes about the "Evil Capitalists" and then spend 30 seconds in favor of Capitalism) each time he introduces a controversial political ideology. A curious quote though from his lawyer, "...[He is] not ashamed of what he said. If you want to tape him, tape him. He wished he'd picked a different dictator." Does he think comparing Bush to Joseph Stalin would have made his comments acceptable?

Liberals everywhere have also been hounding the student who recorded the lecture, asking, "Well, why didn't he go to the teacher?" Because he went to the principal instead, and they weren't doing anything, THEN he went to the radio to prove his point.

The next topic is the gross over-hyping the media has been giving to the idea that Iraq is "on the brink of Civil-War." Not only have the media over-exaggerated the violence in Iraq, they've done it to the point that one leader has been forced to threaten punishment to people who do so.

Reporters claimed that 120 mosques were attacked, when in actuality, the count was more around 30, with only a handful being more than slightly damaged. Even Donald Rumsfeld has gotten sick of hearing all the bull.
"The number of attacks on mosques had been exaggerated. The number of Iraqi deaths had been exaggerated. The behavior of the Iraqi security forces had been mischaracterized." But all this exaggeration "seem to be on one side," he said. "The steady stream of errors all seem to be of a nature to inflame the situation and give heart to the terrorists."

Jack Kelley sums it up very well saying, "There is no civil war in Iraq, but al-Qaida would dearly love to provoke one. Knowledge of that fact should make journalists more careful about separating rumor from fact. But many apparently have chosen instead to act as the propaganda arm of our enemies."

Hat Tip: News Busters

On top of that, Amir Taheri of Arabnews.com has this to say.
"Sectarian violence, however, should not be confused with civil war. Many, multireligious states suffer from that particular affliction without sliding into civil war. In Pakistan, for example, over 1000 people are killed in sectarian feuds each year. In the latest major instance of sectarian violence in India in 2002 more than 20,000 people perished. No one knows the exact number of victims of similar violence in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines not to mention Nigeria where sectarian feuds, mostly between Muslims and Christians, may have claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past decade alone.
There is no doubt that Iraq is passing through an exceptionally rough period in its postwar history, due to three reasons.
The first is the growing desperation of the terrorist groups that, having failed to sabotage the political process and keep the Arab Sunnis out of the last general election, have decided on what could be their last throw of the dice."

Have You Ever Wondered?

I see a lot of liberals out there who are actually libertarians. The term liberal has changed since the first days of our government over 225 years ago. Back then, liberal meant free from government intervention. A "live and let live" philosophy that has come to be the call sign of the almost uber-right wing, the Libertarians.

So I have some questions for liberals.

Do you think that people should be able to make decisions on their own without government intervention?

Do you think that people should be allowed to keep money from their accomplishments?

Do you think that the government should be kept small, so it doesn't become overpowering?

If you answered yes to all of these, then why are you a liberal? Liberals answer no to every one of those questions. They believe that a large government is needed to control the population, and that money you make should be distributed to everyone else.

Another mistake that has been geared towards hurting the right is the political spectrum. A true political spectrum is not an X-Y plot, as many places show, but a one dimensional line. On the right you have people who believe in an ever smaller government, leading to the absolule limit of the right wing, Anarchists. On the left you have ever increasing government intervention, which at the ultra far left limit, is FASCISM. Yes, I SAID IT! FASCISM IS THE DISOWNED CHILD OF THE LEFT-WING!

Fascism is total government control. It is farther left than Liberalism, Communism, and even Socialism. It is THE ABSOLUTE LEFT WING.

Need an even better, more in depth crash course in how you stand politically? Check out this quiz to see what you believe in.

Friday, March 10, 2006

Did I Hit A Nerve?

Apparently so. My post about how liberals love to interrupt people with conflicting views ticked this liberal off so much that he thought it was a funny joke to make a pornographic picture the homepage he selected for his comment.

So Steve from Connecticut, here's to you, for making a complete fool of yourself.

I won't give a direct link to the picture because I can't verify the age of the people who visit this page. But the name of the picture was enough to tell me what it would be of.


*UPDATE* When I asked Steve not to link to improper pictures in the comment section, he had this to say:
"haha i think it's very funny. what's funnier is that you honestly think a bit of razzing leads to the end of free speech for conservatives." - Steve

*UPDATE II* He just keeps on digging a hole. I wonder if I should show him how big of a fool he's making himself.
"and i've selected a new homepage, hopefully you'll find this one more agreeable." - Steve

*UPDATE III* I deleted the homepage listings that steve had as pornographic websites. As suspected, there is a law prohibiting the showing of that material without proving that the viewers of the page are of age to do so. The law is United States Code, Title 18, Section 2257. So rather than be forced to not allow a specific demographic to view my page, I removed the homepage.

As a side note, steve, I said I would not want to ban you, however, if you continue to make pornographic links your homepage, I will be forced to do so. So if you want to remain able to post comments, then it's up to you to keep that privilege.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Page 16 News 3/9/06

Today's issue of Page 16 News, brings some insight into "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan's home life that helps show exactly how much her "I Hate Bush Campaign" is about her son who volunteered to re-enlist, volunteered to go to Iraq, and unfortunately was killed in action while serving a mission he volunteered for. The other article in Page 16 News is a humerous little tid-bit about Democrats and their organization skills. Both pieces give Hat Tips to Willisms.

It's rather amusing to see how Cindy Sheehan has traveled the world, gotten buddy-buddy with some of the world's most socialist leaders, collected Casey's $250,000 military life insurance policy, bought a new VW bug, received all kinds of gifts from her moon-bat friends, all supposedly in the name of her son Casey. And now, we will take a moment to mourn Casey as we look at his grave:

If you're wondering...Yes. Casey's grave is the only one in the picture without a tombstone. Cindy has had over 2 years to order one for her "beloved" son, and yet, she is yet to show him at least one little (FREE) sign of respect.

And you know, for all of the pity that Cindy asks for...this stunt sure has paid off big for her.

Don't beleive it's Casey's Grave? Look to the full, two page shot she did lying on his grave for Vanity Fair.

The next piece is about an op-ed done by Michael Goodwin of NY Daily News, entitled, "Will's Follies Go On"

"Will Rogers rides again. The Dust Bowl era humorist, who once famously said, "I don't belong to any organized party. I'm a Democrat," would feel right at home in his party today.
Not to worry, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told the paper: "By the time the election rolls around, people are going to know where Democrats stand."
That's a relief. Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen. Only seven months to go until we learn what the party believes in.
...Wait, it gets better. "Even the party's five-word 2006 motto has preoccupied congressional Democrats for months," according to the article, which quotes Reid as saying: "We had meetings where senators offered suggestions. We had focus groups. We worked hard on that. ...It's a long, slow, arduous process."
So far, the best and brightest have produced this motto: "Together, America Can Do Better." It does come with a little baggage, however - John Kerry used it in 2004, and you know how that worked out.

Not everybody likes the motto, and The Post says: "There is an effort afoot to drop the word 'together.' It tests well in focus groups and audiences, Democratic sources said, but it makes the syntax incorrect."
Yet even a blue-state copy editor might not be able to save the slogan, for The Post adds dryly, "Governors privately scoff at the slogan."
... Will Rogers saw the problem coming 70 years ago. He's still right, and we're all still laughing."

Yup. That about sums it up.

Leftists ≠ Free Speech Pt. 3

A faculty member at Duke University decided that they were going to get attention at a speaking event today by stripping off their clothes...Well, at least their tops. They were supposed to have athletic bras on for women, and a bare chest for the guys. However, they never mustered up the nerve to do so. Instead they decided that noisy disruptions were a better way to try to block out the speaker.

When asked about the incident the organizer, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Diane Nelson said, "We came to listen to him. We didn't come to disrupt him. We couldn't help but laugh at some of the things he said-like when he said professors only work five hours a week."

However, in an e-mail she herself sent out, she said:
They claim he will "‘expose ’ academia." …Here are some ways we will "‘expose them." I say we all wear jog bras (for ladies) and nothing (for boys) under our T-shirts and at a given signal pull them off.

Sounds like an orchestrated disruption to me. On top of that this is what the Duke University Faculty Handbook states:
It is the policy of the university to protect the right of voluntary assembly, to make its facilities available for peaceful assembly, to welcome guest speakers, and to protect the exercise of these rights from disruption or interference.
...Therefore, Duke University will not allow disruptive or disorderly conduct on its premises to interrupt its proper operation. Persons engaging in disruptive action or disorderly conduct shall be subject to disciplinary action, including expulsion or separation, and also charges of violations of law. …Disruptive picketing, protesting, or demonstrating on Duke University property or at any place in use for an authorized university purpose is prohibited.
While the university will always protect freedom to espouse an unpopular cause, faculty members have a responsibility not to involve the university. Hence, when speaking, writing, or acting in the capacity of a private citizen, they should make every effort to indicate that they are not spokespersons or representatives of the university.
The university may terminate the appointment of a full-time academic staff member having a term appointment prior to the expiration of the appointment, or may terminate the appointment of an academic staff member having continuous academic tenure prior to retirement, for misconduct or neglect of duty.

However, I've discovered when you confront a liberal about interruption of free speech...

This is what I get.

Other Coverage of Liberal Hypocrisy:
Leftists ≠ Free Speech
Leftists ≠ Free Speech Pt 2
Leftist Media ≠ Free Speech

Hat Tips: Michelle Malkin, FrontPage Magazine, Duke Chronicle

For Once...USA Today Makes Sense!

About time USA Today said something other than crap.

"Failure in the classroom is often tied to lack of funding, poor teachers or other ills. Here's a thought: Maybe it's the failed work ethic of todays kids. That's what I'm seeing in my school. Until reformers see this reality, little will change.

Last month, as I averaged the second-quarter grades for my senior English classes at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., the same familiar pattern leapt out at me.

Kids who had emigrated from foreign countries - such as Shewit Giovanni from Ethiopia, Farah Ali from Guyana and Edgar Awumey from Ghana - often aced every test, while many of their U.S.-born classmates from upper-class homes with highly educated parents had a string of C's and D's."

Let me think...have I said something similar to this before somewhere?

Dubai Caves

Dubai Ports World has caved on their desire to buy out the British company that controls 6 major U.S. Ports.

Although I fully didn't agree with the creed to disallow all Arabic countries control of our ports, I did disagree with such a fast jump for support by Bush, even though the UAE has some shady ties. I just wanted to know if the COMAPNY had those same ties.

Well, I guess we won't know.

War on Christ


When I first saw this cartoon, I thought, "Stupid Liberal Hypocrites." It is yet another example of the double standard of being a liberal. You claim to support free speech, but when the time comes to actually step up to the plate, you don't follow through with it.

However, I am glad that this incident was on a Canadian College. Because, for one, the ACLU would be all over this about how they had every right to post the cartoon. But mainly it gives yet another reason for Crazy, America-Hating-Liberals to get out of the place they hate. Ever since Bush won the election 5 1/2 years ago they've said that they would leave the U.S. Well, here's at least one place where you will fit in. And in case you don't know where to go, just head North.

And if even that is too complicated, then here, let me provide you with a map. Your destination is the Green area of the map. Do not stop until you get to the green area, and know that in the beige area, you are not welcome to stay, unless you are on the edge of either side.

The worst part of this ordeal is the lack of genuine apologies from most of the editors. For example:

"The comic was actually laid out and went to print as a result of an editorial oversight and a mistake,’" production manager Liam Richards said yesterday. "It was not our intention to have a [public] reaction to it.” - FF Times

What a load of crap.

Also, see Lost Budgie for companies that most likely will become former advertisers on the page of the paper.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

UN Has Officially Lost It

First Oil For Food, then "Iraq isn't so bad," then there was the "torture" at Gitmo, that was "confirmed" by people who never went there, and now the United Nations has issued a report saying that Israel is a terrorist nation, and Palestine is the victim! Have they been watching too much of Pallywood?

"Dugard said settler violence has been particularly egregious in the West Bank city of Hebron. His 22-page report made no reference to Palestinian terrorism, but said Hebron settlers "terrorize the few Palestinians that have not left the old city and assault and traumatize children on the way to school.
...
Dugard filed his report before Hamas won Palestinian elections in January and made no mention of the Islamic militant group, which is sworn to Israel's destruction and refuses to renounce violence.
The report "ignores the fact that the Hamas, considered as a terrorist organization by the family of nations, controls the Palestinian authority and disregards the enormous efforts done by Israel to fight this terrorism while preserving humanitarian law and human rights," [Itzhak] Levanon said.
In the first three months after the Gaza withdrawal, targeted assassinations by Israeli defense forces in the territory killed 18 civilians and injured 81, in addition to killing 15 militants.
Palestinians have launched rockets from Gaza against southern Israeli towns, and Israel has retaliated with artillery fire and airstrikes." - NewsMax

20,000!!!


Thank you to an unknown person from Darmstadt, Germany, for being my 20,000th visitor to GOP and College. Although, I don't think that they will ever be back, I figured I would acknowledge the person for at least doing such.

Whoever it was came to my site without a referring link, and was looking at my January Archives (Thanks to Sitemeter for that info), and appraently either works at this news network, or was just using their internet. And how fitting is it that my family's heritage being half German. Glad to see that I've got attention back over seas. Either way, Thanks for visiting!

Islamists Are The Real Warmongers

Iran gave a statement yesterday to IAEA saying that they would give pain to the U.S.A. for their role in getting the U.N. Security Council involved in the whole Iran Nuclear Energy issue. But in an interview on Fox News last night, one of the leaders from Iran openly admitted that they were under the full intention to hide their nuclear programs from the rest of the world. However that goal failed miserably. He also stated that Iran's only chance to be able to still do that would be to get a veto from China when the issue of the Security Council came up, but that would not happen due to the massive trade China has with the U.S. and other countries.

But the thing that upset me the most was when they called Bush, and every other bit of government the , "Warmongers in Washington."

However, on Yahoo! News, 4 of the top 6 articles were about Muslim violence.

First was the threats by Iran.
Second was about how 23 dead bodies, most victims of hangings, were found in Baghdad Iraq, with 4 being from bombs.
Third is about Muslim violence in of all places, India. Muslim extremists there destroyed a Hindu temple, as well as set off explosions.

The fourth one disappeared as the page updated, and I can't recall what it was, but that still leaves half of 6 top stories being from violence caused by Muslims.

Wafa Sultan said it in the video, and I will repeat it again.
Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people, and destroying embassies.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

DANG! YOU GOT TOLD!

That's what I'm saying about the movie that has gotten some attention in the Muslim world. Read part of the transcript, that can be found at Michelle Malkin's site.

Wafa Sultan: "The Muslims are the ones who began using this expression. The Muslims are the ones who began the clash of civilizations. The Prophet of Islam said: 'I was ordered to fight the people until they believe in Allah and His Messenger.' When the Muslims divided the people into Muslims and non-Muslims, and called to fight the others until they believe in what they themselves believe, they started this clash, and began this war. In order to start this war, they must reexamine their Islamic books and curricula, which are full of calls for takfir and fighting the infidels.

After a little bit, a stubborn Islamic man comes on and after she tries to tell him that she is a secular non-believer of all religion, he simply dismisses her.

Dr. Ibrahim Al-Khouli: "If you are a heretic, there is no point in rebuking you, since you have blasphemed against Islam, the Prophet, and the Koran..."

After that, she pours on the heat and blows them all away.

Wafa Sultan: "The Jews have come from the tragedy [of the Holocaust], and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge, not with their terror; with their work, not with their crying and yelling. Humanity owes most of the discoveries and science of the 19th and 20th centuries to Jewish scientists. Fifteen million people, scattered throughout the world, united and won their rights through work and knowledge. We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people. The Muslims turned three Buddha statues into rubble. We have not seen a single Buddhist burn down a mosque, kill a Muslim, or burn down an embassy. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people, and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."

After the clip ends, she then goes on to an even longer whipping with her words.

"In our countries, religion is the sole source of education, and is the only spring from which that terrorist drank until his thirst was quenched. He was not born a terrorist, and did not become a terrorist overnight. Islamic teachings played a role in weaving his ideological fabric, thread by thread, and did not allow other sources - I am referring to scientific sources - to play a role. It was these teachings that distorted this terrorist and killed his humanity. It was not [the terrorist] who distorted the religious teachings and misunderstood them, as some ignorant people claim.

Then the Islamists get upset and start spitting out utter crap.

Bin Muhammad: "The guest from America asked how a young man could blow up a bus. If only she had asked how a president could blow up a peaceful nation in Iraq. How does a president help the arch-killer of occupied Palestine? Why doesn't she ask where Hitler was brought up - Hitler, who murdered 50 million innocent people? Why doesn't she ask where the people who dropped two atom bombs on Japan were educated? Who killed three million innocent Vietnamese? Who annihilated the Indians? Who has maintained imperialism to this day? Who waged the Spanish civil war, which exacted a toll of 600,000 in 36 months? Why don't we ask these questions? Who has over 15,000 nuclear warheads - Muslims or the non-Muslims? The Muslims or the Americans? The Muslims or the Europeans? We want an answer. Where was Bush educated - if education is really what makes a person a criminal?..."
"...Who invented slavery in recent centuries? Who colonized the other - us or them? Did Algeria colonize France, or vice versa? Did Egypt colonize England, or vice versa? We are the victims..."
"I am not saying that killing innocent people is nice. I say that all innocent people should be protected. But at the same time, we must start with the innocent among the Muslims. There are millions of innocent people among us, while the innocent among you - and innocent they are - number only dozens, hundreds, or thousands, at the most..."

But of course, she wouldn't let Al-Jihad-Zirra win this battle.

Wafa Sultan: "Can you explain to me the killing of 100,000 children, women, and men in Algeria, using the most abominable killing methods? Can you explain to me the killing of 15,000 Syrian civilians? Can you explain to me the abominable crime in the military artillery school in Aleppo? Can you explain the crime in Al-Asbaqiya neighborhood of Damascus, Syria? Can you explain the attack of the terrorists on the peaceful village of Al-Kisheh in Upper Egypt, and the massacre of 21 Coptic peasants? Can you explain to me what is going on in Indonesia, Turkey, and Egypt, even though these are Islamic countries which opposed the American intervention in Iraq, and which don't have armies in Iraq, yet were not spared by the terrorists? Can you explain these phenomena, which took place in Arab countries? Was all this revenge on America or Israel? Or were they merely to satisfy bestial wild instincts aroused in them by religious teachings, which incite to rejection of the other, to the killing of the other, and to the denial of the other. When Saddam Hussein buried 300,000 Shi'ites and Kurds alive, we did not hear a single Muslim protesting. Your silence served to acknowledge the legitimacy of these killings, didn't it?..."


Seriously, this woman kicked their extremist arse. I only have one thought about it. Yuo can't draw a caricature of Mohammad, and you can't draw a cartoonist drawing Mohammed, and you can't draw a mosque...So I take it if you talk bad about Islam your head is going to roll?

I certainly hope not.

Wha..Wha...What Happened?

Stop the ACLU's blog ( stoptheaclu.com ) has been suspended!!!

What happened!?



*UPDATE* I talked to one of the writers at STACLU, and he said that they had server issues last night, and have been trying to resolve them, but the service is going slow.

*UPDATE II* Stop the ACLU is back up and running! AWESOME!

A Legend Dies

Everyone today will hear about how Christopher Reeve's widow died today of a rare type of Lung Cancer, after standing by her husband for so many years after he had his fall that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

But what you won't hear about is the other more famous person who died yesterday of a stroke, Kirby Puckett.

Kirby made it to the MLB the same year that I was born, 1984, and in his 22 year career he had 2 world series titles with the only team he ever played for, the Twins, 6 Golden Gloves, 10 trips to the All Star Game, and a career batting average of .318. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the age of 41, the third youngest to do so.

But then one morning in 1996, he woke up and was blind in one eye. It turned out that he had glaucoma. This morning, unfortunately Kirby didn't have the blessing of waking up this morning. He passed away from a stroke at the age of 45.

His Hall of Fame plaque adorns the Puckett smile that made him one of the most popular ball players of the 1980's.

Some quotes from Kirby:

"I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short, but I've got 10 All-Star games, two World Series championships, and I'm a very happy and contented guy. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart."
"Don't take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us."

Monday, March 06, 2006

LAST CALL!!

This is the last call for the Baseball Edition of The Hot Wing Conspiracy League! The league closes to outsiders on Friday, March 10th! There are still 7 prized spots left, and with the head-to-head format, and the playoffs only allowing the top 6 teams, the season is bound to be great!


















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And again, some of the fellow bloggers who are in the league:
Of course, myself: GOP and College (Again, as the Pulaski Rednecks)
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More Peace Loving Muslims

Remember that story a while ago (all of 3 days) about some kid in Chapel Hill, NC that ran over some people and drove off? Yeah, I almost didn't either. Until I was listening to Fox News while I was getting ready, and heard that not only was the guy Muslim, but that he DROVE OVER AT LEAST 9 PEOPLE ON PURPOSE! Why?

Police said Mohammad Taheri-azar, a 2005 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, admits he acted to "avenge the death of Muslims around the world." - WRAL

But the school has decided not to label this as an act of terrorism. And students are PISSED. This kid drove his SUV into a crowd of innocent people with the intent to kill them. If that doesn't spell terrorism, then I don't know what does.

Check this out that Malkin found earlier. From ABC 11
Sources say Taheriazar told police he was seeking retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, according to ABC News justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. Taheriazar apparently told police he tried to rent the biggest SUV he could find to use in the attack.

And it wouldn't be a great story without some form of media downplay. A Raleigh resident that the headline stating that the students were "pedestrians" was misleading. The incident happened at a place students call, "The Pit." It is located, as you can see in this photo, (from part of a campus map, provided by UNC-CH) in a grove of buildings with the only close road being South Road.

Fortunately this guy is being charged with 9 counts of attempted first degree murder, and a $5.5 million bond.

He's going away for a long time, and I can guarantee that there will be no virgins for him. Only a fiery spot in Hell.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Even Though It's True, MSM Will NEVER Cover It

I love Best of the Web. Often times they are the key provider of unknown stories that come out strong...Or flop face first because no large televised news service will air it because it counters their bias. A great example is this.

"Six months after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Times-Picayune debunks one of the anti-Bush media myths of that disaster:
On the day that Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, President Bush and a top presidential aide were worried about whether New Orleans' levees had held, according to a transcript of discussions among disaster officials on the front lines of the storm. Those concerns, expressed about midday Aug. 29, are in contrast to an image of a detached president.
Will journalists now apologize for perpetuating that image? Don't hold your breath."

A look farther into the article reveals even more concern about the people of N.O... And the lack of action by people outside the White House, and FEMA.

*Continuing the quote above* Those concerns, expressed about midday Aug. 29, are in contrast to an image of a detached president and also to what happened later that night. That's when an official manning the federal emergency operations center held off acting on reports of levee breaches as he waited for confirmation.

...
Transcripts of calls from the days before the storm and the days afterward have surfaced as part of House and Senate investigations into the slow government response to Katrina. But the transcript for the Aug. 29 conference call, initiated about six hours after the storm hit, had been missing. An official with the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the call had been recorded by one of the participants and only recently came to light.

During the call, which began at noon, then-FEMA Director Michael Brown says that he had already spoken to President Bush twice that day.

"He remains very, very interested in this situation," Brown said. "He's obviously watching the television a lot, and he had some questions about the Dome, he's asking questions about reports of breaches. He's asking about hospitals. He's very engaged, and he's asking a lot of really good questions I would expect him to ask."

Later in the call, White House aide Joe Hagin asks specifically about the condition of the levees. Gov. Kathleen Blanco tells him that no failures were confirmed -- yet.

"We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees," Blanco said. "I think we have not breached the levee. We have not breached the levee at this point in time. That could change, but in some places we have floodwaters coming in New Orleans East and the line at St. Bernard Parish where we have waters that are 8- to 10-feet deep, and we have people swimming in there, that's got a considerable amount of water."

But I can assure everyone that in the minds of "The Good Reverend Jackson," and the "never biased" MSM Bush was still only concerned about killing African Americans.

What a joke.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Speed Limits May Be Hazardous To Your Health

Anyone who has been on GA 400 knows wht they call it the "Alpharetta Autobahn." People FLY down that road, despite the 55 MPH speed limit. It is not that uncommon for people to be going 90 or greater on the road. Which puts the speed-limit obeying citizens in danger. And those obeying are in fact the minority. Another bad place is I-75 between Chattanooga and Atlanta. The speed limit is 70, but cops rarely pull you over if you are going less than 15 over, simply because there are SO MANY people who go 10-15 mph over, and also, so many people who go 20-30 mph over the speed-limit.

So some students there decided to do what Glenn Reynolds called "AN EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF CIVIL OBEDIENCE" They decided to make a very legal rolling road block at the speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Watch the 5 minute movie to see how much of a mess they made.

Ophelia Ford Gets One Step Closer To Being Ousted

There have been 3 new fraud votes found in the Memphis special election that was held after her brother John was arrested for taking over $55,000 in bribes, an making multiple death threats to undercover FBI agents. This puts the vote count to 12 certified illegal votes (not including the hundreds of votes cast with fraudulant signatures, and things of that nature), only one shy of her margin of victory. And there are still more votes to check. There are still 44 more contested votes from people who were outside her district that voted for her. If any one of those 44 votes are deemed illegal, then the election will be tossed out, and Ophelia will be ousted from her spot.

But of course, this is strictly a race issue. Forget the fact that dead people, felons, and people not registered to vote in that district, voted for her. Or the fact that her family is known in Memphis for their troubles with the law. This is all because she is black. And sadly, people believe that.

Page 16 News 3-1-06


It's been a long while since the last issue of Page 16 News, but as I said last night, there are some things that definitely need to be reported, that the MSM just hasn't been covering.

First off is some extremely large scale bias by CBS in "reporting" that Bush has an "all time low" approval rating of 34%...among a poll crowd that was 40% Democrat, 33% independent, and only 26% Republican! Out of 1018 people polled, 409 were Democrats, 333 were Independents, and only 272 were registered as Republican. And even weighted, the Democrats had almost a 10% lead over both Independents and Republicans. Hardly fair if you ask me.

Not only did they hide the weighting bias, but they also failed to mention that 76% of people understood that the Cheney gun incident could happen, and 66% said that the media spent too much time on it. On top of that, the cartoon issue came up, and 32% stated that publishing the cartoons was justified (compared to 27% not justified) and the reaction from the Muslim Violence gets a 56% UN-justified rating.

Hat Tip: News Busters

And now since I'm sick of hearing about the 118 people that Islamo-extremists have killed, Let's look into the good news Centcom reports:
Seven insurgents captured in Kirkuk
Iraqi Forces take responsibility of battle space in Central Baghdad
Iraqi Forces add over 1,000 more men to their ranks
An Iraqi Army Division, and 1st BCT conduct a combined Community Health Outreach Program
Not to mention all the weapons caches found in just the past week. Including this MONSTER cache found in Quratiyah.

And finally (WOW! A 3 article Page 16 News?) again from News Busters, Where is the media reporting on the Iraqi Minister threatening to arrest any reporters who insight violence?

"After verification on the ground, 119 civilians were killed since Wednesday, not 183 as reported in the media. The government calls on them (media) to assume full responsibility and play a role in reinforcing unity and to reject anything promoting violence or sedition.
...We will take disciplinary action against any publication inciting violence or terrorism and its journalists will be arrested." - Saadun Al Dulaimi

I'm glad to see that someone there in the Middle East is actually growing a spine, and standing up to the Islamo-terrorists.

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