Much ADO about Nothing

The government has recovered the stolen laptop computer and hard drive with sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel. The FBI said Thursday there is no evidence that anyone accessed Social Security numbers and other data on the equipment.

The FBI said a preliminary review of the equipment by its computer forensic teams "has determined that the data base remains intact and has not been accessed since it was stolen."

I do love being right! Back on May 26(OVERKILL) I wrote about legislation sponsored by CommieTommie Harkin and comrade John Kerry.

They wanted to provide veterans one year of credit monitoring and one free credit report for two years after the monitoring was completed.

What I saw as a problem was that per Harkin, the legislation could cost taxpayers up to $1.25 BILLION! In addition everyone, by law, is eligible for a free credit report from the three credit bureaus! We're from the Government and we're here to help!

There's your QUAGMIRE Harkin!

Or should I say SNAFU?! Situation Normal All F***ED Up!

Anything for a BUCK$

The Hotline has obtained a memo circulated by the Iowa Democratic Party to "interested parties" -- the chieftains of the various '08 Dem presidential campaigns.

Mike Milligan, the IA Dem's exec dir., writes that "The Iowa Democratic Party is offering a special discount on the Voter Activation Network (VAN) to all potential Presidential Campaigns. This plan will allow campaigns to invest in the 2006 Coordinated Campaign while gaining early access to the most sophisticated voter file in the country."

The Dummycrats are selling their voter information!

Between now and July 15, campaigns or PACs who pledge to give $50K to the party in 2006 and another $50K in 2007 get approximately 19 uninterrupted months of database access.

After July 15, access for the rest of 2006 costs $75K. And the estimated cost for 2007 is $85K...

Aren't Dummycrats the ones who go ballistic over the so called right to privacy?

To quote Pink Floyd's MONEY, "Dont give me that do goody good bullshit."

Just in time for Superman Returns

From today's Washington Times/Inside the Beltway.

Publishers of "the world's first conservative comic book" have created a hilarious political satire called "Libarro World," in which a Berkeley professor's flawed duplication ray created imperfect pro-President Bush copies of Sen. John Kerry (a pro-military warrior), Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (a sultry anti-feminist), Howard Dean (an unexcitable ultragenius) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (a distinguished teetotaler).
In the series, the real four Democratic leaders set out to destroy each of their conservative clones.

Funniest thing I've heard since the children's book, "Help Mommy, There's A Liberal Under My Bed".

But Which Clinton?

Bill, Hillary or Eastern Iowa?

The Hotline has this today.

...this amusing article from Iowa. " Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., had planned to be in Clinton on Tuesday night, but stayed in Washington, D.C., for the debate on the flag-burning amendment."

Just in case you can't read between the lines of a local newspaper... the message is that Kerry eschewed an Iowa visit in order to stay in Washington to vote against the flag-burning amendment.

HA, It gave those in the Beltway quite the chuckle!

Chester NOT STEW-PED!

I called his advertising "sad" and "hokey" back in May. Now The Hill online news has an article that says it's "hardly buzz-worthy".

If Chet Culver wants to follow in the footsteps of fellow Democrat and popular Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, he’s going to have to do better than clichés about his tight-knit family, excellence in the state’s schools and the “jobs of tomorrow” in his campaign ads, according to a recent survey by Wilson Research Strategies Inc.

They compare it to Jim Nussle's advertising. Culver's ad didn't measure up, scoring lower than Nussle even among Democrats surveyed.

Nussle’s ad was favored by 53 percent of Democrats, compared to Culver’s 31 percent.

Culver’s ad jumps broadly from topic to topic, beginning with a shot of Culver and his father, former Sen. John Culver, saying how, “in the Culver family, your word is your bond.” The Democrat is called a teacher, a coach, a husband and a father who “cut paperwork and saved taxpayers millions as secretary of state” and “has a specific plan and new ideas to bring excellence to our schools and create the jobs of tomorrow.”

The ad shows Culver holding a book that presumably contains his plan, but no details are discussed. It goes on to say he’s endorsed by labor and women’s groups and is the only Democrat who can beat Nussle. It closes with, “Ready to lead Iowa forward; ready to win in November.”

Surprisingly the ad didn't do well with a Dummycrat core group...State and local government workers gave him the lowest marks. The bright spot? Culver’s ad did play well to lobbyists.

Real Hosers

Today's Washington Times Inside the Beltway column mentions two polls.

A Gallup poll that shows 83% of a survey group said that they are either extremely or very proud of being an American.

A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll reports that 24 percent of Dummycrats said they would leave the United States permanently and live in another country if given the opportunity.

These are the same losers that were going to move to Canada if George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004.

I have three questions...1) Why didn't you? 2) What's stopping you? 3) How can I help?

As I recall the Ragister's RekHA Basu spouted some such nonsense about fleeing the country. I even sent her a couple of e-mails(11/3/04 & 11/12/04) to help facilitate her move. She didn't respond. On 11/3/04 I sent her an article, "Unhappy Democrats Need to Wait to Get Into Canada". The gist was that Dummycrats could face delays of up to a year to move to Canada. I included this personal message, "Better get started! Hope this helps, have a safe trip!". On 11/12/04 I sent this...

News you can use

rbasu@dmreg.com

I hope this helps in your relocation

James B. Davis offers help for disgruntled Americans who are contemplating moving to Canada or beyond because they can't stomach four more years of President Bush.
Mr. Davis is founder of Help.Them.Leave.com, a 501(c)3 organization that offers relocation assistance for "disenfranchised" citizens at absolutely no cost.
"In return for your irrevocable renunciation of your United States citizenship, and a sworn statement that you will never return, we will provide free one-way transportation to one of our politically matched, recommended countries on one of the jets we have chartered to provide this service," the organization states. It goes so far as to carefully match relocation countries to political leanings:
•Leftists: France, Germany, Italy or Spain
•Socialists: Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Norway or Sweden
•Communists: Cuba or North Korea


















Flags pictured are Canada, France, Cuba and North Korea

They should be ASHAMED!

This is making the rounds of the blogoshpere.


From an editorial titled, "FINANCES OF TERROR" September 24, 2001.

...Washington and its allies must also disable the financial networks used by terrorists. The Bush administration is preparing new laws to help track terrorists through their money-laundering activity and is readying an executive order freezing the assets of known terrorists. Much more is needed, including stricter regulations, the recruitment of specialized investigators and greater cooperation with foreign banking authorities. There must also must be closer coordination among America´s law enforcement, national security and financial regulatory agencies....The Treasury Department also needs new domestic legal weapons to crack down on money laundering by terrorists. The new laws should mandate the identification of all account owners, prohibit transactions with "shell banks" that have no physical premises and require closer monitoring of accounts coming from countries with lax banking laws. If America is going to wage a new kind of war against terrorism, it must act on all fronts, including the financial one.

I checked the dictionary for the meaning of the word RAG. One of the definitions was NEWSPAPER. Although it did not specify the NEW YORK TIMES......not yet anyway!!

With only TALENT on loan from GOD

The lips are working for El-Rushbo! Viagra? Who knows what he got to keep after his 3rd divorce!

At least he didn't lose his sense of humor. This comes from the Drudge Report....

RUSH LIMBAUGH: 'HOW DID BOB DOLE'S LUGGAGE GET ON MY AIRPLANE? I TOLD MY DOCTOR I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION'... ...CUSTOMS DID NOT BELIEVE ME WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT I GOT THOSE PILLS AT THE BILL CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY'...

OY...That's NOT Funny, Girl!

Time magazine is doing a piece on the primary battle Senator Joe Lieberman(CT) finds himself in.

First, Al Gore gives some lame excuse about not being able to support Lieberman, because he doesn't get involved in primaries (even though he supported Dean in 2004, pre scream).

Now, Barbra Streisand(pictured with BUBBA) has contributed to his opponent, Ned Lamont. That's enough to make one fahklempt! Topic: Is Babs like buttah to Lieberman's wife, Hadassah? Talk amongst yourselves.

Lamont is a millionaire (over $90 million) cable company executive. Sound familiar? The Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, was also a cable company executive.

There's some good news!

Who's WHO?

Twin President Bush's attended a benefit for Ford's Theatre last night.

It was somewhat of a reprise of their successful performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in April(Colbert, Comedy...have you met? April 30).

Comic Steve Bridges said..."Abu Musab Zarqawi was an evildoer. He is now an evildider."

Reports say President Bush didn't stop laughing during Bridges' routine. "That guy's not much of a speaker, but he makes up for it with his good looks."

Tom Selleck hosted the taped benefit. Also appearing were Chris Botti, Heather Headley, Renee Olstead, Kevin Nealon, Josh Turner and the group Lonestar. It will be shown on ABC on July 4th.

They can afford to live off the FAT of the land

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced that she plans to begin an "open-ended hunger strike" on July 4 to urge the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq.

"We hope the fast will galvanize public attention, invigorate the peace movement, build pressure on elected officials, and get our troops back home,"

Celebrities like singer Willie Nelson, actor Danny Glover and comedian Dick Gregory will show their support for her by joining in a one-day fast.

One-day? Now that's COMMITMENT! You're not trying friends!

Here's a thought...Those who should be joining Sheehan are: Teddy Kennedy, Michael Moore, John Murtha, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Remember, it's for the troops!

No October Surprise

The U.S. population is on target to hit 300 million this fall and it's a good bet the milestone baby - or immigrant - will be Hispanic.

If they're making book in Vegas, odds are that it's an Illegal Alien (Genesis pictured)

No one will know for sure because the date and time will be just an estimate.

The 300 millionth person in the U.S. will likely be born - or cross the border - in October, though bureau officials are wary of committing to a particular month because of the subjective nature of the clock.

Class Vs. ASS

From The Washington Times...

Nobles: Staff Sgt. Michael Caldwell, for exhibiting the uncommon heroism common to the American GI.
File this one under "Where Do We Find Such Men?" Sgt. Caldwell, a scout with the 4th Infantry Division, was on patrol with his unit when they came under intense fire in the town of Rajab in southern Iraq. Having surprised the insurgents who were planning an attack on a nearby checkpoint, Sgt. Caldwell's unit found itself in the middle of a road in dangerous crossfire. While ordering his men to engage the insurgents, Sgt. Caldwell took two hits in both forearms but continued to fight.
Afterward, he was evacuated to Forward Operating Base Falcon to undergo emergency treatment. He was then transported to a hospital in Baghdad, where he was visited by his battalion commander, Lt. Col. James Love, and several men from his unit. Talking to his commander, Sgt. Caldwell said, "Sir, I was supposed to re-enlist today. I want to re-enlist before I leave."
Doctors were already prepping Sgt. Caldwell to be sent to Germany. They held off while members of his unit readied the paperwork. Unable to lift his arm, 1st Sgt. David Yost had to sign his re-enlistment papers for Sgt. Caldwell. Then, with his platoon standing at attention, from his hospital bed Sgt. Caldwell took the oath of re-enlistment. He was later sent to Germany and then returned to the United States for further treatment.
As it has been said, "good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Here's to one of those "rough men," Staff Sgt. Michael Caldwell, this week's Noble.

Knaves: The Dixie Chicks, who still don't understand why they're allowed "to sleep peaceably in their beds at night."
Lead singer Natalie Maines actually outdid her 2003 embarrassment when she told a London audience that she was ashamed the president was from her home state of Texas.
In an interview with the London Telegraph, the head Chick waxed philosophical: "The entire country may disagree with me," she said, "but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country ... I don't see why people care about patriotism."
Some people look at America and the opportunities it's given them and say, "I want to re-enlist before I leave." Others, like Miss Maines, look at America, which has given her more fame and fortune than most Americans will ever see and ask, "So what?"

Because Sgt. Caldwell is still willing to take a bullet even for them, the Dixie Chicks are the Knaves of the week.

Ms. Maines is pictured doing what she does best, shooting off her mouth!

She's not even smart enough to realize she's the reason the Chicks are having to cancel tour dates. They're still scheduled for August at the tin can in Des Moines. That's a MUST MISS!

The Flip before the Flop?

Pardon me if I feel we've been down this road before.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale joined the list of people supporting a pre-emptive U.S. strike against a North Korean missile.

Mondale said Friday that the United States should tell North Korea to dismantle the missile - and if it doesn't "we are going to take it out."

He said the missile would be easy to hit and "I think it would end the nuclear long-range dreams of this dangerous country," said Mondale, who's also a former U.S. ambassador to Japan, in the interview.

Mondale, 78, said North Korea already has nuclear weapons and its ambition to develop a long-range missile is "one of the most dangerous developments in recent history."

It's so dangerous, he said, because of the nation's isolation from the international community and its unpredictable leader, Kim Jong Il.

"It is the danger of our time," he said. "Here's this bizarre, hermit kingdom over there with a paranoid leader getting ready to test a missile system that can hit us."

Former President Clinton's defense secretary, William Perry, and Ashton Perry, former assistant defense secretary, advocated such a pre-emptive strike in The Washington Post.

I'm just waiting for the Clinton's, Albright and Teddy to join in with the same spiel. Just like they fretted about Saddam Hussein's WMD before President Bush took him out, only to blame Bush afterwards. I'm sure the King of the flip-flop, John Kerry, can't be far behind.

"Fritz" Mondale is pictured getting his clock cleaned by President Reagan during their second debate in 1984.

Hockey Stick? More like Horse Hockey!

Or as Don Rickles would say, You Hockey Puck!

The National Academy of Sciences reported that the "recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia."

A panel of top climate scientists said that the Earth is running a fever and that "human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming."

Climate scientists Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes had concluded the Northern Hemisphere was the warmest it has been in 2,000 years. Their research was known as the "hockey-stick" graphic because it compared the sharp curve of the hockey blade to the recent uptick in temperatures and the stick's long shaft to centuries of previous climate stability.

A version of the "hockey-stick" appears in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth".

How did these learned individuals research the past 400 to 2,000 years?

The academy scientists relied on "proxy" evidence from tree rings, corals, glaciers and ice cores, cave deposits, ocean and lake sediments, boreholes and other sources. They also examined indirect records such as paintings of glaciers in the Alps.

Me? I'd have just watched a FLINSTONE'S marathon! Yabba, Dabba, Doo - fus!

How Can He Look at Himself in the Mirror?

I saw part of this in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal.

This comes from a speech John Kerry(auditioning for the TeleTubbies) made in December 2003 to the Council on Foreign Relations.

I fear that in the run-up to the 2004 election, the administration is considering what is tantamount to a cut-and-run strategy. Their sudden embrace of accelerated Iraqification and American troop withdrawal dates, without adequate stability, is an invitation to failure. The hard work of rebuilding Iraq must not be dictated by the schedule of the next American election. I have called for the administration to transfer sovereignty, and they must transfer it to the Iraqi people as quickly as circumstances permit. But it would be a disaster and a disgraceful betrayal of principle to speed up the process simply to lay the groundwork for a politically expedient withdrawal of American troops.

How has he not seriously injured himself with all that FLIP-FLOPPING?!

There is a Culure of Corruption

But, it's the DUMMYCRATS! First William Jefferson and now John Murtha(pictured beginning surrender monkey move).

SanFranNancy Pelosi must have been looking in the mirror when she came up with that slogan. She should have remembered...When you point a finger, there's always four pointing back at YOU!

Here's The Washington Times...

Rep. John Murtha is thinking big thoughts. Since coming out for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq last year, he has accused Marines of murder "in cold blood" before a preliminary investigation is even complete; accused the military of a cover up over the same incident; declared his candidacy for the House majority leadership post; and, most recently, refined his cut-and-run strategy in Iraq to mean "redeployment" to Okinawa, Japan.
That's quite a splash for such a veteran congressman, who a year ago had zero name recognition outside Washington. That he's made a name for himself now by slandering our troops and their mission deserves a brief recital of some other activities associated with Mr. Murtha.
Last June, the Los Angeles Times reported how the ranking member on the defense appropriations subcommittee has a brother, Robert Murtha, whose lobbying firm represents 10 companies that received more than $20 million from last year's defense spending bill. "Clients of the lobbying firm KSA Consulting -- whose top officials also include former congressional aide Carmen V. Scialabba, who worked for Rep. Murtha as a congressional aide for 27 years -- received a total of $20.8 million from the bill," the L.A. Times reported.
In early 2004, according to Roll Call, Mr. Murtha "reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco." Laurence Pelosi, nephew of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at the time was an executive of the company which owned the rights to the land. The same article also reported how Mr. Murtha has been behind millions of dollars worth of earmarks in defense appropriations bills that went to companies owned by the children of fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski. Meanwhile, the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan campaign-finance watchdog group, lists Mr. Murtha as the top recipient of defense industry dollars in the current 2006 election cycle.
As Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican, has said, "If there is a potential pattern where Congressman Murtha has helped other Democrats secure appropriations that also benefited relatives of those members, I believe this would be something that merits further review by the ethics committee."
It's odd that the media, which has been fairly unbiased in going after corrupt politicians recently, has gone silent on Mr. Murtha's questionable actions. Or maybe it isn't. Since December, Mr. Murtha has become the darling of the antiwar crowd, and, as we've seen with other such darlings, scrutinizing their behavior is considered disrespectful. But as we're on the subject, few might recall that after the massive 1980 Abscam scandal, Mr. Murtha was named by the FBI as an "unindicted co-conspirator."
Maybe the next time the new Jack Murtha thinks up another big idea someone can ask him about the old Jack Murtha.

Here's Robert Novak...

I had forgotten that federal prosecutors designated him an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam investigation 26 years ago. I was reminded of it after Murtha became a candidate for majority leader, not by a Republican hit man but a Democratic former colleague in the House. In a long political career, Murtha has made bitter enemies inside his party who are alarmed by his new stature. . . .

In 1980, the FBI named him as one of eight members of Congress videotaped being offered bribes by a phony Arab sheik.

The other seven targets took cash and were convicted in federal court. The videotape showed Murtha declining to take cash but expressing interest in further negotiations, while bragging about his political influence. Murtha testified against the popular Rep. Frank Thompson, which created lifelong enemies in the Democratic cloakroom. The House Ethics Committee exonerated Murtha of misconduct charges by a largely party-line vote, after which the committee's special counsel resigned in protest.

That salvaged Murtha's political career but limited his public exposure. The current Almanac of American Politics says: ''He speaks for attribution to few national or local reporters, hardly ever appears on television and rarely speaks in the House chamber.'' That reticence has disappeared the last seven months.

Finally the guys at Powerline weigh in...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hopes to became Speaker of the House by pushing the "culture of corruption" theme in this fall's election. Unfortunately, instances of corruption among House Democrats keep conspiring against her. The latest instance hits particularly close to home. This Washington Times editorial notes that her point man on defeatism in Iraq, Rep. John Murtha, appears to be part of the culture Pelosi purports to condemn.

The Times collects a number of tidbits. The Los Angeles Times reported last year that Murtha's brother, Robert, runs a lobbying firm that represents 10 companies that received more than $20 million from last year's defense spending bill. Another official of the lobbying firm is a former Murtha congressional aide. Murtha is the ranking member of the House subcommittee that appropriates this money.

Murtha's role in the culture of corruption also implicates Pelosi herself. Roll Call reported last year that Murtha "reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco." Pelosi's nephew, Laurence Pelosi, was an executive of the company that owned the rights to the land. Roll Call also reported that Murtha has been behind millions of dollars worth of earmarks in defense appropriations bills that went to companies owned by the children of his fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski. And the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan campaign finance watchdog group, lists Murtha as the top recipient of defense industry dollars in the current 2006 election cycle.

Nor is Murtha a newcomer to the culture of corruption. The Times recalls that after the 1980 Abscam scandal, the FBI named him an "unindicted co-conspirator."

Just to be clear, I'm not questioning John Murtha's patriotism. I'm quesioning his ethics.

The Times They Are A Waste

This time these TIMES revealed details of a government effort to track global financial transfers. They declined a White House request not to publish a story about the government's inspection of monies flowing in and out of the country.

How do they justify diminishing the effectiveness of the program and possibly jeopardizing national security?

"It's a tough call; it was not a decision made lightly," said Doyle McManus, the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau chief. "The key issue here is whether the government has shown that there are adequate safeguards in these programs to give American citizens confidence that information that should remain private is being protected."

Treasury Department officials spent 90 minutes Thursday meeting with the newspaper's reporters, stressing the legality of the program and urging the paper to not publish a story on the program, McManus said in a telephone interview.

"They were quite vigorous, they were quite energetic. They made a very strong case," he said.

In its story, The New York Times said it carefully weighed the administration's arguments for withholding the information and gave them "the most serious and respectful consideration."

"We remain convinced that the administration's extraordinary access to this vast repository of international financial data, however carefully targeted use it may be, is a matter of public interest," said Bill Keller, the Times' executive editor.

To paraphrase The Beatles....Listen, Do you want to know a secret? These two rags are sure to tell!

Great Day to Vote Down Two

With apologies to Ernie Banks. The United States Senate voted down a double dip, emphasis on the dip, of Dummycrat ammendments to implement their plan pictured.

Voted down 86-13 was the John "Francois" Kerry Surrender Monkey Ammendment. It called for the redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007. Of course with Kerry you knew there had to be a flip-flop. As of last Friday his ammendment was going to call for cutting & running by year's end.

The second ammendment, rejected 60-39, came from Carl Levin (MI) and called for a Sense of the Senate that the U.S. should begin troop redeployment by year's end. RINO Lincoln Chafee (RI) voted with the Dummycrats.

CommieTommie Harkin voted for surrender on both ammendments. As was the case last week, Jay Rockefeller (WV) did not vote either time.

Besides taking up almost an hour of Senate time, these votes will probably hurt Joe Lieberman (CT) who's in a tough primary battle with a rich anti-war opponent.

Al Gore is RIGHT about Global Warming

Witnessing the Impact of Global Warming in Your Life?

It's a question asks ABC News on their web site.

We're currently producing a report on the increasing changes in our physical environment, and are looking for interesting examples of people coping with the differences in their daily lives. Has your life been directly affected by global warming?

We want to hear your stories. Have you seen changes in your own backyard or hometown? The differences can be large or small — altered blooming schedules, unusual animals that have arrived in your community, higher water levels encroaching on your property.

I found a GREAT Answer, to ABC's question, at The Corner/National Review Online...

I hear that ABC news is looking for proof of Global Warming. How about this? The "HEAT" won the NBA finals and the "HURRICANES" won it all in the NHL.

If that does't prove it, nothing will!

Will history repeat?

The last time I mentioned soccer was the same day the American team opened World Cup play, they lost. Team USA plays again today and needs a win and Italy's help to advance.

Unlike most Americans, I enjoy the Fédération Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) World Cup. The only annoying aspect is the supposed non-stop clock. There are two forty five minute halves, but at the end of regulation the officials will add stoppage time. The stoppage time varies, usually from two to four minutes, and as a viewer it's usually 30 seconds into stoppage time before you find out how much has been added. The game never seems to exactly end at the stoppage time either.

I say stop the clock during play and that way EVERYONE, in the stadium and watching at home, will know when the match ends.

PS: The trophy is UGLY!

***UPDATE*** Team USA lost 2-1 to Ghana and was eliminated from World Cup competition.

Madeleine is NOT-SO-BRIGHT

Former Secretary of State, under Bill Clinton (Well, he does have a history with fat, ugly chicks), Madeleine Albright criticized the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying Monday it had encouraged Iran and North Korea to push ahead with their nuclear programs.

Ms. Not-So-Bright is performing the Dummycrat art of revisionist history. Let's take a stroll down memory lane to 1994.

President Clinton had reached an agreement with the North Koreans, brokered by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Jimmy Carter. The deal consisted of: The Clinton administration promising North Korea 500,000 tons of fuel oil annually and $4 billion to construct a pair of nuclear reactors for electricity; in exchange, North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

In October 2002, the North Koreans admitted that immediately after signing the 1994 "Agreed Framework", they had set to work building nuclear weapons. U.S. Intelligence believes this began between 1998 and 2000.

Yet another clear case of the Clinton administration diddling and the Bush administration stuck cleaning up their mess!

Ms. Not-So-bright is shown with Kim Jong-Il during her October 2000 visit to North Korea, becoming the highest-level American official ever to travel to the country.

Tater Salad

I gotta go with Ron "Tater Salad" White on this one.

An Arizona psychiatrist Tuesday described railway killer Angel Maturino Resendiz as a violently psychotic man whose diseased brain sent him on a cross-country killing spree, led him to fear wild government conspiracies and now makes him think he will survive execution.

Maturino Resendiz, thought to have killed as many as 14 people, is scheduled for execution June 27.

The psychiatrist believes he is not competent to be executed because he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

Ron White: "If he doesn't know we're killing him and it makes me feel better..."

Chester's a Cheater?!

Not good for a former teacher to be accused of Plagiarism!

According to the HOTLINE

Jim Nussle released a statement concerning education, after Culver received the teacher's union endorsement on Friday.

Here's how the AP, in its daily story about the campaign, covered Nussle. The writethru crossed the wire at about 4:14 PM CT.

In a statement issued Friday, Nussle said he'll continue to push for raising teacher pay. ''My priority is to have Iowa set the standard for world class education and that starts by raising teacher pay above the national average,'' he said. ''As governor, I will work to ensure more reliable and more predictable funding for education so we have the best and brightest teachers in the classrooms teaching our children.''

The Nussle campaign noticed that the following appeared on Culver's site about 5:40 pm on Friday.

Chet Culver has been endorsed by the Iowa State Education Association. The union, represented by more than 32,000 members, chose Chet because he will fight for educators all over the state. "My priority is to have Iowa set the standard for world class education and that starts by raising teacher pay above the national average," he said. "As governor, I will work to ensure more reliable and more predictable funding for education so we have the best and brightest teachers in the classrooms teaching our children."

Culver has only espoused raising teacher salaries to the national average, not above.

HOTLINE posted a copy of the offending Culver web site, hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com, naturally the Culver camp has changed their web site.

Happy Father's Day DAD!

I miss and love you Thomas Raymond King

Fiberal Contract ON America

From SanFranNan Pelosi's web site, democraticleader.house.gov, comes this.

"A New Direction for America"....

"Our new direction will advance a common agenda, seek common ground, and apply common sense in the service of the common good...."

OH, COME ON!!!!!


Besides, CUT & RUN is not a direction!

Martha Stewart Moment

George Soros is one of the richest men in the world. So rich that in 2004 he gave over $24.5 Million dollars to try and defeat President Bush, mainly to Moveon.org and America Coming Together.

In a classic case of how the rich get & stay rich, Soros has has been fighting a French conviction for insider trading.

In 1988 Soros was invited to join a takeover of the French bank Société Générale. Soros declined, but bought 95,000 shares of the bank days after he was asked to join the takeover. These facts are not in dispute, even by Soros! He just denies it's insider trading.

Maybe I'm wrong, but when someone has nonpublic information about a company and uses that information for their personal gain, that's considered insider trading...I do believe!

The French fined Soros $2.5 Billion in March of last year and this week the highest court in France rejected his appeal to overturn the conviction. Sorry Soros!

House and Senate concur

The United States House of Representatives voted today, 256-153, in favor of a resolution that praises U.S. troops, labels the Iraq war part of the larger global fight against terrorism and says an "arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment" of troops is not in the national interest.

SanFranNancy Pelosi said, "The war in Iraq has been a mistake. I say, a grotesque mistake." seeing how her best friend is BOTOX, I'd say she's an expert on grotesque mistakes!

In somewhat of a surprise John "MAD" Murtha voted against the resolution. The last time this came up he voted against the cut & run crowd.

Iowa's delegation of King, Latham and BOZO-well voted in favor of the resolution. Jim Nussle did not vote, in Iowa for the GOP state convention. Republican in name only (RINO) Jim Leach was one of only three Republicans who voted with the cut & run crowd. I guess that's what happens when you represent the People's Republic of Johnson County.

CommieTommie Votes to Cut & Run

Yesterday the United States Senate voted down a measure, 93-6, to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2006.

The sanctimonious six are Dummycrats -- Barbara Boxer of California, Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, CommieTommie Harkin of Iowa, John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Dummycrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia did not vote.

CommieTommie's web site doesn't have any info on his vote, so I'm not sure if he referred to Iraq as his usual quagmire....giggity, giggity.

Hillary Rodham Clinton voted with the majority, which is part of what's costing her Presidential support in Iowa. The anti-war activists in Iowa are some of the most virulent in the country.

Peggy Noonan sums up the Dummycrats for me, "...out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment." Emphasis is mine!

Rank has its privileges

The American Film Institute has released their list of the 100 most inspiring films of all time. AFI distributed a ballot with 300 movies to 1,500 leaders of the creative community, up to five write ins could be submitted. Topping the list, Frank Capra's...IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. A great movie and how can you not like Jimmy Stewart, a great man and a great American. Here's the 100:

1	IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE	1946
2	TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	1962
3	SCHINDLER'S LIST	1993
4	ROCKY	1976
5	MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON	1939
6	E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL	1982
7	THE GRAPES OF WRATH	1940
8	BREAKING AWAY	1979
9	MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET	1947
10	SAVING PRIVATE RYAN	1998
11	THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES	1946
12	APOLLO 13	1995
13	HOOSIERS	1986
14	THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI	1957
15	THE MIRACLE WORKER	1962
16	NORMA RAE	1979
17	ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST	1975
18	THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK	1959
19	THE RIGHT STUFF	1983
20	PHILADELPHIA	1993
21	IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT	1967
22	THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES	1942
23	THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION	1994
24	NATIONAL VELVET	1944
25	SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS	1941
26	THE WIZARD OF OZ	1939
27	HIGH NOON	1952
28	FIELD OF DREAMS	1989
29	GANDHI	1982
30	LAWRENCE OF ARABIA	1962
31	GLORY	1989
32	CASABLANCA	1942
33	CITY LIGHTS	1931
34	ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN	1976
35	GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER	1967
36	ON THE WATERFRONT	1954
37	FORREST GUMP	1994
38	PINOCCHIO	1940
39	STAR WARS	1977
40	MRS. MINIVER	1942
41	THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1965
42	12 ANGRY MEN	1957
43	GONE WITH THE WIND	1939
44	SPARTACUS	1960
45	ON GOLDEN POND	1981
46	LILIES OF THE FIELD	1963
47	2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY	1968
48	THE AFRICAN QUEEN	1951
49	MEET JOHN DOE	1941
50	SEABISCUIT	2003
51	THE COLOR PURPLE	1985
52	DEAD POET'S SOCIETY	1989
53	SHANE	1953
54	RUDY	1993
55	THE DEFIANT ONES	1958
56	BEN-HUR	1959
57	SERGEANT YORK	1941
58	CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND	1977
59	DANCES WITH WOLVES	1990
60	THE KILLING FIELDS	1984
61	SOUNDER	1972
62	BRAVEHEART	1995
63	RAIN MAN	1988
64	THE BLACK STALLION	1979
65	A RAISIN IN THE SUN	1961
66	SILKWOOD	1983
67	THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL	1951
68	AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN	1982
69	THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS	1957
70	COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER	1980
71	COOL HAND LUKE	1967
72	DARK VICTORY	1939
73	ERIN BROCKOVICH	2000
74	GUNGA DIN	1939
75	THE VERDICT	1982
76	BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ	1962
77	DRIVING MISS DAISY	1989
78	THELMA & LOUISE	1991
79	THE TEN COMMANDMENTS	1956
80	BABE	1995
81	BOYS TOWN	1938
82	FIDDLER ON THE ROOF	1971
83	MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN	1936
84	SERPICO	1973
85	WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT	1993
86	STAND AND DELIVER	1988
87	WORKING GIRL	1988
88	YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	1942
89	HAROLD AND MAUDE	1972
90	HOTEL RWANDA	2004
91	THE PAPER CHASE	1973
92	FAME	1980
93	A BEAUTIFUL MIND	2001
94	CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS	1937
95	PLACES IN THE HEART	1984
96	SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER	1993
97	MADAME CURIE	1943
98	THE KARATE KID	1984
99	RAY	2004
100	CHARIOTS OF FIRE	1981

Part of the judging criteria was...Movies that inspire with characters of vision and conviction who face adversity and often make a personal sacrifice for the greater good. Whether these movies end happily or not, they are ultimately triumphant--both filling audiences with hope and empowering them with the spirit of human potential.

That's why I can't understand some of the films listed.
#6 ET? Not only was the movie crap, ET looked like crap to me too.
#16 NORMA RAE? Sally Fields is annoying. She's really, really annoying.
#17 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST? I liked it, but inspiring?
#34 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN? It wouldn't be Hollyweird if we didn't bash Republicans.
#45 ON GOLDEN POND? see #17.
#47 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY? WHAT?
#58 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND? Hollyweird loves Spielberg.
#59 DANCES WITH WOLVES? I was rooting for the wolves.
#78 THELMA & LOUISE? Now I want to go off a cliff.
#80 BABE? It's Bacon! It's a cartoon!
#89 HAROLD AND MAUDE? That just gives me the heeby jeebies.
#99 RAY? I love Ray Charles' music, but it was a bad movie and Ray was real life scum.

I think FIELD OF DREAMS should have been higher than #28, I also believe it deserved the Oscar for Best Picture over DRIVING MISS DAISY. I still cry thinking, "Dad, do you wanna have a catch?". If you want to talk inspiring, the movie came out in 1989 and people still come to a field near Dyersville, Iowa because that movie touched them. Can that be said about any other movie on this list? I'm not talking playing dress up like STAR WARS either, sorry Pruisner! When Chris and I were there, a few years ago, there was a group all the way from JAPAN!

Odd

I enjoy American History and Politics. I collect political memorabilia, mostly Ronald Reagan stuff. I receive a weekly e-mail from politicalheritage.com and found this offering to be different. Here's how they describe the poster pictured.

Item Description

Poster memorializing President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Marting Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, 1968. Strange reference to large letters "KKK" under the portraits.

It can be yours for $39!

Don't Believe the Hype

NBC ran promo's over several days to spur viewers to tune into last night's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The theme of the promo was Ann Coulter would be on with George Carlin. I didn't see the show, but reports are there were no fireworks. There were some funny lines:

As George Carlin moved down the couch, after his segment with Leno was over, he said "I never thought that when Ann Coulter came out, I would have to move to the right. But I did". The audience laughed.

Leno asked Coulter, "Have you ever had sex with a Liberal?" When Coulter replied, "No". Leno said, "Really? You should try it. See what it's like." Coulter responded, "I've read about it in Esquire."

Coulter was there because of her new book GODLESS and the controversy surrounding four 9/11 widows. Coulter says liberals are "obsessed" with one sentence of one chapter in the book where she discussed the widows using the deaths of their husbands to push a political cause. They backed John Kerry for President in 2004.

From GODLESS..."These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

Leno questioned, "Is the point of the book to move forth your conservative ideas - what you think- or is it to sell books?" Coulter's response received loud audience applause, "It is to make a point, and now that it is the Number 1 book in the country, I think that point will be made. The funny thing about this is I'm calling liberals Godless. Oh, they're cool with that. Just don't attack the Jersey Girls."

Flag Day

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Lydia The Tattoed Lady

In a well written editorial (Damn, sarcasm doesn't always come across in writing), the Ragister appears to be supporting those who choose to ink up their bodies.

In my view that ranks #2, right below smoking and just above piercings.

I'm all for it, it's a way to identify the smart people from the not so smart. I know it says "professional" in the business world, I'll leave it to your mind as to what kind of "pro". Have you ever seen a tattoo on an elderly person? All wrinkled and faded, Nasty!

I wonder how many survivors of the Holocaust went out and got other tattoos to "accessorize", in the words of the Ragister, the numbers the Nazi's marked them with?

PS: The Title of this column comes from a song Groucho Marx used to sing

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so,
and a torso even more so.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is The Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it, The Wreck of the Hesperus too.
And proudly above waves the red, white, and blue.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

When her robe is unfurled she will show you the world,
if you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
or Washington crossing The Delaware.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
When her muscles start relaxin',
up the hill comes Andrew Jackson.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of them all.
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
with a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso.
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Here's Godiva, but with her pajamas on.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' The Trilon.
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on.
Here's Nijinsky a-doin' the rhumba.
Here's her social security numba.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet.
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
for he went and married Lydia!

I said Lydia...
(He said Lydia...)
They said Lydia...
We said Lydia, la, la!

Tact or Tack?

Because of her support for the war in Iraq, Hillary Rodham Clinton was booed, jeered and heckled by the Fiberals at the "Take Back America" conference in D.C.

One protester outside the conference site held up a sign, "It takes one bomb to raze a village".

John Forbes Kerry was greeted enthusiastically by the group and Mr. "I voted for the $87 Billion before I voted against it" actually told the crowd that politicians "cannot have it both ways."

Rant

This reminded me of Dennis Miller, but it comes from Doug Patton. Patton is a free lance columnist. I'm passing on the ones I found interesting.

Things I'm sick of hearing
By DOUG PATTON

I'm sick of hearing Ted Kennedy tell me how unfair it is that the rich have more than the poor. When he redistributes his portfolio among the less fortunate, then I might have a modicum of respect for the old windbag. Until then, he can just shut up and keep his greedy hands off my modest income.

I'm sick of hearing John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Arlen Specter and Chuck Hagel blather on about what is fair and decent and right, as if only they have the righteous understanding to know such things.

I'm sick of hearing that everyone has a right to be proud of his or her race, creed, gender, sexual preference, marital status, religion and national origin - everyone except happily married conservative white male heterosexual Christian Americans.

I'm sick of hearing that Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked by a radical few. Of the approximately 1.5 billion Muslims in the world today, it has been estimated that at least 150 million of them are in support of the goals of worldwide terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda. That's a pretty big hijacking. If ten percent of American Christians supported abortion clinic bombers, we would all be under surveillance.

I'm sick of hearing political correctness on every TV show. King Solomon was right when he said there is nothing new under the sun, but come on, Hollywood, get an idea in your heads that doesn't involve bashing Republicans, conservatives, pro-lifers, businessmen, Christians, the Pentagon or the NSA.

I'm sick of hearing that requiring people to learn English is discriminatory. You bet it is, and that is a good thing. I was raised to believe that discriminating people were ones with high standards. We have made the word "discriminate" synonymous with "bigotry." That is nonsense.

Finally, I'm sick of hearing that America is a nation of immigrants. I welcome anyone from anywhere who yearns to legally breathe free and who will swear allegiance to my country, but don't call me an immigrant. My ancestors have been in this country since well before the Civil War, and my wife's ancestry extends back before the founding of this nation. Read my lips: as for me and my house, we are not immigrants. We are Americans!

Can't argue with logic

After reading Monday's Ragister opinion piece concerning motorcycle helmet use. Chris, my wife, wondered why is it optional when seat belts are mandated in a car? where you're surrounded by steel! That was before she found out Steeler's QB Ben Roethlisberger was injured riding his motorcycle, without a helmet. Note the irony of his profession requiring him to wear a helmet for his own protection.