NEW YORK — From the early 1990s to just a couple of years ago, Laurie Dhue was a familiar face on network news.
She has the distinction of being the only person to anchor at the three big cable networks — CNN, MSNBC and most recently Fox News, where she served as anchor from 2000 to 2008 and also hosted her own weekend show.
But behind Dhue’s impressive careers, glamorous looks and rising star status, was a painful secret she hid for more than a decade. She was an alcoholic.
I do very highly recommend that you do go and read this story. Not to make this about me; but I can personally relate to this story. For about six years of my young life, from around 1992 till 1997 — I was horribly a backslider and “living in the world”, as it is called. At first, my drinking was on the weekends. I would go to the bar and drink just enough to get a slight buzz and come home. Then, I graduated to the hard liquors. Then, I started wanted to go to the bar every day. I was becoming, what my Grandfather (My Mother’s Father) was; a working alcoholic. I also had a nice two and a half pack a day smoking habit too.
But this is the part that I can relate to here:
“I drank to make myself more interesting to other people,” she continued. “And I drank to make other people more interesting to me. When the truth of the matter is, I was very interesting the way I was, and alcohol wasn’t doing me any favors. When I realized that, I was ready to get sober, because I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I got down on my knees and begged God for help on the morning of March 14, 2007. I said, ‘I cannot do this. God help me, and that’s when I knew the fight was over.'”
Which is, without over-hyping anything; what happened to me. I was just sick and tired, of being sick and tired; of everything — being separated from Lord, of going through the routine of drinking and waking up hung over, of smoking and feeling like a iron was on my chest. I was just burned out of the whole scene. The fun was over, especially after a personal and close friend of my just dropped dead of a massive heart attack at age 42. That was when it was quite obvious, that the party and fun times were over for this old bird.
In September of 1997, not long after my friend passed away. I made one of the smartest decisions that I could have ever made; I went to Detroit World Outreach in Plymouth, Michigan and dedicated my life back to the Lord. At the time, DWO, as it is called; was Pastored by the now late Dr. Jack Wallace. Much has changed since that time, If you go to my “Christian?!?!?” page, you will see what has changed. I still believe that Jesus Christ died, was buried and rose again on the third day and now sits at the right hand of God the Father. I just left Pentecostalism for some very personal and Biblical reasons. But I still believe, that my name is written in the lambs book of life and one day, I will be reunited with my family and friends who have went before me and I will finally get to meet the Lord.
UPDATE: Farley wrote a new post to say thanks for the link. I’m not going to link to it though, because I’m not going to link to them again. I hope they note all the traffic they are getting from here, because they’re not getting any more. Of course, they will continue with their dumb attacks on me. But they’ve cut off the man who defends me from them, so I’ve got to cut them off too.
Um, Ann? You could send the traffic to me. I mean, I am an unemployed person and I could use the extra revenue. You know, seeing jobs around this area here are a bit sparse and all. Seeing that I do use the revenue from this blog to buy my medicine, because I don’t have any health insurance and really don’t like having to ask the folks for any money. Certainly a Conservative like her, who believes in self-reliance and such could understand that.
But… I don’t think that I am entitled to it or anything. It just would be nice. 😀
This is what happens when you coddle minorities, and yes that does include Arabs — and yes, Jews too:
A Melanie Phillips blogpost on the Spectator website which referred to the “moral depravity” of Arab “savages” is being investigated by the Press Complaints Commission.The online comment piece, headlined “Armchair barbarism”, focused on media coverage of the murder of five members of a Jewish family in the West Bank settlement of Itamar by Palestinian militants earlier this month.”The moral depravity of the Arabs is finding a grotesque echo in the moral bankruptcy and worse of the British and American ‘liberal’ media,” wrote Phillips.”Overwhelmingly, the media have either ignored or downplayed the atrocity – or worse, effectively blamed the victims for bringing it on themselves, describing them as ‘hard-line settlers’ or extremists.”To the New York Times, it’s not the Arab massacre of a Jewish family which has jeopardised ‘peace prospects’ – because the Israelis will quite rightly never trust any agreement with such savages – but instead Israeli policy on building more homes, on land to which it is legally and morally entitled, which is responsible instead for making peace elusive. Twisted, and sick.”
Yeah, perhaps her wording was a bit harsh? So what? The Arab community should be glad that Israel has not bombed Palestine to powder for these crimes. For that matter; what if she is right? Then what?
When ethnic and religious minorities control freedom of speech; something is seriously wrong. America and the U.K. both need to tell both sides of that little dispute to take their damned Religious wars back to their homelands and stop involving Government’s like the U.K. and the United States. This is why 9/11 happened and why terrorism exists; because we, that being the United States; keep involving ourselves in a dispute between to religious factions in the middle east.
Having said that, Melanie Phillips, has the damned right to say what she wishes. So what if some turban wearing fool does not like it? Who cares, what the Arab people think in the U.K.?
It seems that I have attracted an anonymous troll. Whom seems to think that he can be totally shielded by going through a anonymous proxy in Denmark.
There’s only one little problem. He actually made the mistake of checking in, without the proxy:
Hmmm.. Now why would an upstanding college like Rudgers allow their students to troll and blog like mine? Maybe I should call Redgers college and give them this IP address and let them know that a student is trolling on my Blog.
Amazing what you can learn by simple trudging through a log file and matching time stamps. 😀
A hard-core group of liberal House Democrats is questioning the constitutionality of U.S. missile strikes against Libya, with one lawmaker raising the prospect of impeachment during a Democratic Caucus conference call on Saturday.
Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Donna Edwards (Md.), Mike Capuano (Mass.), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Rob Andrews (N.J.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) “all strongly raised objections to the constitutionality of the president’s actions” during that call, said two Democratic lawmakers who took part.
Kucinich, who wanted to bring impeachment articles against both former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over Iraq — only to be blocked by his own leadership — asked why the U.S. missile strikes aren’t impeachable offenses.
Kucinich also questioned why Democratic leaders didn’t object when President Barack Obama told them of his plan for American participation in enforcing the Libyan no-fly zone during a White House Situation Room meeting on Friday, sources told POLITICO.
And liberals fumed that Congress hadn’t been formally consulted before the attack and expressed concern that it would lead to a third U.S. war in the Muslim world.
While other Democratic lawmakers have publicly backed Obama — including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and top members of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees — the objections from a vocal group of anti-war Democrats on Capitol Hill could become a political problem for Obama, especially if “Operation Odyssey Dawn” fails to topple Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, leads to significant American casualties, or provokes a wider conflict in the troubled region of North Africa.
Oh, it does not stop there…. It gets much worse, even the grand poo-bah of Black liberation Theology is not amused; no, I don’t mean Rev. Wright!This guy:
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan blasted U.S. President Barack Obama for taking part in an international coalition against Libyan Muammar Qaddafi.
The coalition, consisting of France, the United Kingdom and the U.S., began bombing strategic targets in Libya on Saturday. France’s air force is leading the air strikes.
The U.S. and UK have launched hundreds of missiles from naval ships.
Farrakhan, on a Chicago radio show, said he was outraged Obama took part in the attack.
“Why don’t you organize a group of respected Americans and ask for a meeting with Qaddafi, you can’t order him to step down and get out, who the hell do you think you are?”
He made the comments on WVON-AM.
Heh. Can you imagine the letter that Obama is going to have to write to this guy? “Dear Louie. I had to do it. The Jews made me…” Oh my. 🙄
Anyhow, hence the smugness of some of us, who knew this coming all long. Hope and Change? Yeah right. More like No Hope and more of the same. Funny, did not the left say that about McCain? Hmmmmm. 😛
Truth is, he was not the only one. Just go back through my archives and look. I was saying the same stuff about Obama.
Truth is the only difference between a Neo-Liberal and a Neo-Conservative, is the name; and type of special interests. Both love war and both will use Military force when needed. But to what end? The Arab World hating us for an eternity?
The difference is this; I was not one the Bloggers who cheerleader and outright defended the march into and the occupation of Iraq; but most of the Bloggers that link to Reynolds did.
CAIRO (AP) — The head of the Arab League has criticized international strikes on Libya, saying they caused civilian deaths.
The Arab League’s support for a no-fly zone last week helped overcome reluctance in the West for action in Libya. The U.N. authorized not only a no-fly zone but also “all necessary measures” to protect civilians.
Amr Moussa says the military operations have gone beyond what the Arab League backed.
Moussa has told reporters Sunday that “what happened differs from the no-fly zone objectives.” He says “what we want is civilians’ protection not shelling more civilians.”
U.S. and European strikes overnight targeted mainly air defenses, the U.S. military said. Libya says 48 people were killed, including civilians.
This is what happens, when the United States gets involved in affairs related to the Arab World. We are always the enemy. Further more, they never appreciate what America does, ever. instead they bitch because so-called peaceful citizens get hurt or killed. Cry me a river. 🙄 The United States should have just stay out of the situation in Libya. Those rebels knew the risks and they dared to stand up; and as always, the United States and the western allies came in to bail them out; and now, were once again the bad guys.
When will America ever learn?
I guess that is what happens, when you elect a carbon copy of the previous President.
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — An unexpected rise in pressure inside a troubled reactor set back efforts to bring Japan’s overheating, leaking nuclear complex under control Sunday as concerns grew that as-yet minor contamination of food and water is spreading.
The pressure increase meant plant operators may need to deliberately release radioactive steam, prolonging a nuclear crisis that has consumed government attention even as it responded to the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that savaged northeast Japan on March 11.
In a rare rescue after so many days, a teenage boy’s cries for help led police to rescue him and an 80-year-old woman at a wrecked house.
Beyond the disaster area, an already shaken public grew uneasy with official reports that traces of radiation first detected in spinach and milk from farms near the nuclear plant are turning up farther away in tap water, rain and even dust. In all cases, the government said the radiation levels were too small to pose an immediate risk to health. Still, Taiwan seized a batch of fava beans from Japan found with faint — and legal — amounts of iodine and cesium.
“I’m worried, really worried,” said Mayumi Mizutani, a 58-year-old Tokyo resident shopping for bottled water at a supermarket to give her visiting 2-year-old grandchild. “We’re afraid because it’s possible our grandchild could get cancer.” Forecasts for rain, she said, were an added worry.
All six of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex’s reactor units saw trouble after the disasters knocked out cooling systems. But officials reported headway this weekend in reconnecting two units to the electric grid and in pumping seawater to cool reactors and replenish bubbling or depleted pools for spent nuclear fuel.
Temperatures in storage pools for Units 5 and 6 continued their several days of decline Sunday to a safe, cool level, the nuclear safety agency said.
But the buildup in pressure inside the vessel holding Unit 3’s reactor renewed the danger, forcing officials to consider venting. The tactic produced explosions during the early days of the crisis.
As I said above; I guess I am supposed to feel sorry for them; But, I can’t. First of all, I am one of the many rare people; who is under the age of 60; who happens to remember what happened on December 7, 1941. Further more, As the son of a American Auto Worker; I cannot help but wonder if this some sort of comical retribution for all of the American Auto Workers put out of a job — because the influx of Japanese auto imports.
I am sure I am not the only person who feels this way. Pat Buchanan even wonders if they can recover. Count me as someone that hopes they never do.
Once again, Neo-Conservative political correctness has struck over at HotAir.com.
Ed Morrissey, who is usually a pretty reasonable person; posts this blog posting, where Bill Maher basically insults Sarah Palin. I don’t dare directly link there anymore; because I just do not need the troubles.
Now everyone knows, I am not a Sarah Palin fan. I never have been. Well, I said as much, in politically incorrect terms, of course in this comment thread over there. I also mentioned the fact, that Bill Maher, who is Jewish by birth; is an asshole. Everyone knows this. I also mentioned Allen Grayson, who is also Jewish and an Asshole, not to mention mentally challenged.
Anyhow, I said as much over there and the “ban hammer” was swung, and I am not allowed to comment.
But what got me the most was this comment by Mr. Morrissey:
Patrick won’t be back … at all.
Also, just to clear something up — I got up at 5:30 this morning to write most of the posts you saw here today. I then tried to spend most of the day with my granddaughters, except for the time this afternoon on my radio show. I posted this in the 30 minutes or so of spare time I had between the show and taking my wife out to church and dinner. This is the very first time I’ve had since, and I’ve had to spend it cleaning up comment threads.
I didn’t post about Palin’s speech for one simple reason — I haven’t seen it or read it. I just happened to see the clip of Maher because someone sent me an e-mail, and I just had enough time to write a post about it. I’d like to think that I’d refrain from commenting on a speech until I have time to see it or read it, and I’d like to think you’d prefer that as well. I’ll try to hit that in the morning and write something about it then, but for now I’m going to get back to spending time with my family on my weekend.
Ed Morrissey on March 19, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Poor widdle Ed. Actually had to do a little work on the weekend. Poor baby. Way I see it; if Ed cannot handle the responsibility of being a professional blogger; maybe he needs to find another line of work. Always the victim, that is how he plays the game, I guess.
I guess that is to be expected; when you have a so-called Conservative Blog, which is written by two people, who’s conservative credentials are less than….Conservative. I mean you have one guy, who is basically living on the Government dole, because of his blind wife, who’s had a transplant of some sort; and yeah, I know, he blames the Insurance company or the Government in some sort of stupid backward defense. I’ve seen those comments. But I do not buy it at all. If you are a Conservative and your living on the Government dole; you are a damned hypocrite. I do not care who you are or what you do for a living.
Then there is this anonymous coward; who is nothing more than a damned Democrat posing as a “Independent.” Ever see Allahpundit post about Hillary? or even some of the liberal commentators at Fox News? I have had some pretty personal information about that guy for a long time. I have sat on it, because AllahPundit is a great blogger and most of the time; barring the times when he likes to slam Ron Paul — I have actually agree with the majority of what he writes there. Not always, but most of the time. I’ve been tempted to release what I know to someone, so that they can out him. However, I really have no malice towards the guy; so I won’t do that.
So, why did I do what I did? Because I could really; and to prove the double standards at HotAir. It has been like that for ages and as along as it is owned and published by people of this sort. It will continue.
For what it is worth, I will leave HotAir up there in the “blogroll” listing. As it is a great place to go for breaking political stuff. It’s just not the place in the world to comment.
LOS ANGELES – Warren M. Christopher, a key figure in peace efforts in Bosnia and the Mideast as secretary of state in the Clinton administration, has died, a spokeswoman for his law firm said Saturday. He was 85.Christopher died at his home in Los Angeles late Friday of complications from bladder and kidney cancer, said Sonja Steptoe of the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, where Christopher was a senior partner.A longtime Californian, Christopher also headed a panel that pushed a number of Los Angeles Police Department reforms following the 1992 riots.A loyal Democrat and meticulous lawyer, Christopher also supervised the contested Florida recount for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. The Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, decided for George W. Bush.
Democrats of this man’s era were different people. Not nearly as vile and nasty as they are today. I refer to Democrats of this man’s era; as the pre-Saul Alinsky era Democrats. When that party still had some trace of ethics, honor and class. Nowadays; all of that is gone.
May Mr. Christopher rest in peace. Prayers for his family as always.
Seeing that he seems to believe that shooting police officers is so cool:
SANDUSKY, Ohio– Authorities in northern Ohio say a police officer died after a gun battle with a suspect, who was seriously wounded.The Erie County Sheriff’s Office says Sandusky police Officer Andrew Dunn died after the shooting early Saturday.The sheriff’s office says 50-year-old Kevin Randleman was riding a bicycle when Dunn stopped him. Authorities did not immediately explain why Dunn stopped Randleman or what prompted the shootings.Authorities say Dunn was shot multiple times and died at a nearby hospital. Randleman was flown to a Toledo medical center for treatment. Officials did not know if he had an attorney.Officials say the 30-year-old Dunn had been with the Sandusky police for about three years and was married with two young children.No charges have been filed. The sheriff’s office is investigating.
I’m sure that Lew Rockwell will figure out some way or another to place the blame on the cop. That does seem to be Rockwell’s modus operandi; any police officer upholding the rule of law is a operative of the state and therefore the use of lethal force on said person is justified. Which to normal, sane, rational, thinking Americans and yes, even Conservatives — like myself — that is insanity and should be grounds to have said person put in an insane asylum.
Which is why I do not align myself with libertarians of his stripe. That sort of anarchist mentality is borderline equal with the same mentality of an Al-Qaeda terrorist. It is not a popular thing to say about someone; but the truth is the damned truth — like it or not.
As a rule, I tend to be a very understanding and nice guy. (Most of the time… 😉 )
However, I’ve just had enough of the stupidity of the damned liberal left. So, today, I decided to be a bit of a hard ass.
Last night and earlier today some asshole thought he be cute and try posing as some person who wanted a “Debate” on the subject of abortion. From his use of the English language; he appeared to be some asshole from England or some other idiotic European Country. Anyhow, when I informed him that I was not interested in debating the issue. He launched into a full on gutter sniping session at me.
So, I pulled, what is known as the “trump card,” for all persons who happen to host their blogs on their own domain address.
I blocked his IP.
Oh, not just the single IP address; I blocked an entire damned cluster, from his ISP.
The sad truth is that no one is entitled to view this blog at all. I control this mother fucker and I can and will block those whom I feel should not be viewing this blog.
Up to this point; I have only really blocked those, who and trying to gain access to my blog’s back-end. They are out of Russia, and for some reason, they think I accused them of trying and now they are trying. They’re now using proxies and I’ve blocked quite a few of those here in the last few weeks. The sad part is; those assholes are wasting their time; because I did change my Blog’s default user name. I actually deleted “Admin” and created another username and made it the head honcho around here. So, honestly, the Russians are wasting their time.
However, today, I blocked a liberal smart ass and I can and will do that in future. I enjoy thoughtful commentary; but I will not tolerate stupidity and gutter sniping. I can and will block your access from even viewing this blog.
Hardliner Tactics? You bet your ass. There are some issues that I cannot and will not EVER concede. One is Abortion and the other is “Gay Rights” and basically Homosexuality in general. So, if you are some dumb ass morally depraved faggot or some baby-killing asshole —- Don’t come here starting shit. Because I can and will block your ass from viewing here.
I’ve tried to hold off on doing this sort of thing. But the assholes of the progressive left, have given me no other choice.
When I started blogging in 2006. I do so, because I was angry about the sloppy handling of the Iraq War; and to speak out against; what I felt was an unjustified invasion of a sovereign nation. My views on war, have not changed, one lousy damned iota. I believe in justified war and use of Military action. This stupidity is not justified, at all. It is; again, just the United States wanting to protect oil plants in Libya. Just like George W. Bush did, in Iraq. The silence of the liberal left; and the Anti-War movement —- is deafening. After all, Libyan rebels told us to stay out of the conflict.
Having said that, I present this:
….and I ask you this; Liberals and Conservatives; who actually give two shits about the future of our Nation, Our Country and Our World:
What kind of World….are we leaving for our Children?
Until Obama can answer this honestly. He is nothing more than another Bush.
The more things change —- the more they remain the same. 🙁
A homemade incendiary device was thrown at one of the participants of the 40 Days for Life pro-life prayer vigil at an abortion business in Kalispell, Montana on Thursday night.The woman walked on the public sidewalk near the abortion business when an unidentified person threw the device — akin to a “Molotov cocktail” — in her direction. The woman did not see either the firebomb nor the assailant it exploded on the sidewalk behind her, making a loud popping noise like a big firecracker as it burst into flame. Fortunately, the woman was not hurt in the incident.After she regained her composure, the victim called Karen Trierweiler, coordinator of the 40 Days prayer vigils in Kalispell at the Karen Trierweiler, coordinator of the 40 Days prayer vigils in Kalispell over to her.After a lengthy delay, a Kalispell police officer arrived. However, according to officials with the Thomas More Society, a pro-life legal group that is helping the participants, instead of inspecting the bomb debris or calling evidence technicians to the scene, the officer remarked that police could never get prints or other evidence from the bomb’s remains and said he would call the city’s garbage service to dispose of all the debris.The officer then said that the 40 Days prayer vigil participants should expect this kind of reaction if they’re protesting at the abortion business. Questioning Officer Hoover’s assessment of the attack, Trierweiler called the Kalispell desk sergeant to complain, where she was unable to get further assistance.
Before I pose my question to the pro-choice crowd, let me make the following things clear:
As a Conservative Christian:
I feel that abortion is a murder. end of discussion. “Thou Shalt not Kill” was a commandment for God Himself.
I feel that life begins at conception, and I do not believe that man has to right to kill, what God has created.
However, As a Libertarian Conservative and as a Federalist:
I feel that the United States Federal Government should NOT be in the business of telling woman what to do with their bodies.
I feel that if the Pro-Life crowd wants to stop the barbaric practice of abortion; that these people should appeal to their STATE Government and demand that they outlaw the practice of Abortion.
Having Said all of the above. I pose the following question to the “Pro-Choice” crowd:
Does committing acts of terrorism toward those of whom you disagree, really help your cause? I mean, has the pro-choice, liberal left in this Country gotten to the point of being so intolerant, that they now resort to acts of violence?
As a former, “Left of Center” and Former Democratic Party voter; it very highly disheartens me to see that now the liberal left, is now resorting to violence to reinforce their message. This is directly in opposition to the message of peace; which the Democratic Party was about, at least when I was voting for them. I mean, I quite vividly remember the liberal left literally going to pieces over the Iraq War and basically screaming “Peace!” at the top of their lungs. But then, they do this? Someone needs to reexamine their message, quite a bit.
Now Listen.
Please, do not misunderstand me; I do not blame the entire Democratic Party, for the actions of a few. But, I believe that activists on the left need to really think about the message that they are sending to America and to the World. Do you encourage violence to get your message across? Do you believe in hurting those of which you disagree?
My Point to all of this is…..:
Those are the questions I want to see answered. Because I will give the Democratic Party a warning; from this writer. As someone who once voted for your party —- If this is the message that you are sending to America; that we plan on using force against those who dare dissent; you can forget about this independent ever voting for you again, ever. Because I simply know, that this is what Communist Russia AND Hitler’s Nazi Party did to those who dared to dissent. Does anyone on the left, remember the White Rose Society? Does anyone remember what they stood for? Instead, it seems that the Left has come to want a top down style of rule, that oppresses with violence those who dissent. This is not what the founding principles of the Democratic Party ever were, ever.
Now, keep in mind; I do not claim to be a “Law Expert,” not by a long shot; but this right here, sounds like a terrorist threat to me. Here’s his outing of himself; go read.
Here’s his picture:
Jim Shankman is the grinning Homo on the left. (How Ironic!)
If I were Shankman; I would be seriously looking over my shoulder, because I happen to believe that there is a thing called consequences of action. You write something stupid like that; you reap the consequences of your stupid actions.
As I told Dan on his blog — I did some digging here; via some tools of mine and the name Jim Shankman turns up nil in Madison, Wisconsin. Whoever this dude is; he should be tossed in jail for making threats via the internet. Much has changed over the past 20 or so years. Threatening someone over the ‘net, is as bad actually doing something to someone personally now.
I also read, that he is unemployed. Big surprise there. 🙄 He can count on staying unemployed; because the first time some employer looks this guy up on Google, this will come up. Especially on my blog. Thank the Lord for SEO plug-ins for WordPress. 😀 Don’t misunderstand me; I am not exactly gainfully employed either; but I do not go around protesting and threatening Conservative Bloggers either! If I had the guys address; I would be posting it here. As someone’s who’s been outed before. I have no problem outing this idiot. Unlike me, he actually deserves it.
This from Amanda Terkel, who, in this writers opinion is a very pretty lady — for a liberal. 😛
Headline:Anthony Weiner: Obama Is ‘Not A Values Guy’
Needless to say; my eyes did bug out over that one! 😯
The Story:
WASHINGTON — Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and a handful of other House Democrats expressed deep frustration with President Barack Obama’s leadership on Wednesday, saying he needs to do more to set the direction for the progressive movement.
Across the aisle, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has struggled to wrangle the various wings of his conference and pass budget measures through the lower chamber. Weiner told a group of journalists and bloggers on Capitol Hill that the Republican leader has a tough job of trying to hold “a coalition of crazies and completely crazies together.”
But Republicans, Weiner said, have nonetheless long done a better job of making their case — “smaller government, smaller deficits, lower taxes” — to the public and each other. The Democratic Party remains unclear as to its core policy principles, Weiner said, and part of the problem is Obama.
“On our side is this weird squishy affirmative sense of what government should do and how we’re opposed to this cut and that cut, rather than saying, ‘Here are the things: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, environment and education. We’re not cutting those. Those are off the table. That’s non-negotiable,'” said Weiner, adding, “We haven’t really done that very well. That’s because the president fundamentally — he’s not a values guy. He wants to try to get the best deal for the American people and that’s virtuous in its own right, but it becomes very difficult to make a strategy. There’s been much greater global strategy thinking on [progressive media] outlets, frankly, than at 1600 Pennsylvania.”
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Continued Weiner: “It is now pretty clear to me — I’m not saying this is pejorative — the president, he doesn’t animate his day by saying, ‘All right, what is the thing that has me fired up today? I’m going to out and try to move the ball on it.’ He kind of sees his job as to take this calamitous noise that’s going on on the left with people like us and on the right on Fox News, and his path to being a successful president, in his view, is taking that cacophony and trying to make good, level-headed, smart policy out of it and moving it incrementally down the road. That’s nice. That’s a good thing. We need that, obviously. The problem is there’s no substitute for someone really leaning into these values questions. “
I have to hand it to Rep. Anthony Weiner, he is not afraid to speak his mind. After all, this is the same guy, who went ape over a vote for 9/11 recovery workers. That little performance was a piece of work. 😛
I will refrain from the whole “rats jumping from ship” analogy. But, I do find the whole thing quite ironic. What happened to unity, and the whole “Hope and Change” idea?
I guess even “The One” is not even immune to the old “Party Backlash” syndrome. I have one thing to say about that:
It’s about friggin’ time!
I just wonder when someone of the “Black Left” will holler “RAAAACIST!” and complain that the joooos are picking on Obama?
PONTIAC, Mich. (WJBK) – Two former leaders of the Oakland County Democratic Party are facing a total of nine felonies for allegedly forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on November’s ballot.
“It is not a partisan statement, and we need to make that very clear,” said Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper.
Former Oakland County Democratic Chair Mike McGuinness and former Democratic Operations Director Jason Bauer face up to 14 years in prison if convicted.
“Some of the people didn’t even know they were on the ballot till they began receiving delinquency notices of filings that were required as a candidate,” said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
The sheriff says 23 statewide races had questionable Tea Party candidates on the ballot and the investigation may go beyond Oakland County.
“It was learned that a scheme was developed by a party leader in Lansing to place on the ballot people pretending to be Tea Party activists and that this was going to be a statewide effort,” Bouchard said.
John Tramontana, a spokesperson for the state Democratic Party, told FOX 2 that this was not a state party issue and it’s not our place to comment.
“What we have here is illegal. It’s forgery. It’s fraud. It’s perjury. It’s those things. Then you cross a different line,” said Bouchard.
It’s not illegal to be a non-serious candidate. That’s not what’s being alleged here. What is being alleged is that the people that were on the ballot were phony candidates and that they got there by fraudulent means. That’s the crime.
The only thing, as a former left of center blogger, that I can truly say about this one is; this is what happens when you get sucked into the mentality that the Democratic Party is above the law. This is what happened when President Obama was elected. The Democrats and the left in general decided that they could anything they wanted; and the right would not able to stop them. There is only one little problem with that; and that is there is that little pesky thing called rule of law and election laws, and it seems these little crap weasels got caught. Serves ’em right for being that damned stupid to try and pull a fast one.
I hate to be the one to say this; but I believe this is only the beginning of things that are going to come to light here in the new few years. Not only here in the Michigan regional area; but all over the United States. I believe that there are going to be all kinds of these little cases, where Democrats happen to think they can get away with stuff like this. Because it “happens to be their year,” and investigators come along and find the violations and they get nailed. Remember President Obama has stepped on a good number of toes here in the last election. Believe me when it tell you; that stuff always comes back to haunt you. Somewhere, someone is going to find themselves in a tight spot with the law, someday — and when they do, they are going to sing like a canary and that is when this whole grand scheme of getting a black man elected to the White House is going to come unraveled and when it does; it ain’t going to be pretty friends — not at all.
It is just a shame that this little crime had to happen in my State. We have a enough problems here; without two jackasses making us all look crooked here. 😡
It seems that food prices are going up. I spotted this blog posting over at HotAir.com; which is, a Neo-Conservative Blog. Anyhow, Ed Morrissey points out that food prices are going up. Ed points to this story by the AP:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that the Producer Price Index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in February — double the 0.8 percent rise in the previous month. Outside of food and energy costs, the core index ticked up 0.2 percent, less than January’s 0.5 percent rise.
Food prices soared 3.9 percent last month, the biggest gain since November 1974. Most of that increase was due to a sharp rise in vegetable costs, which increased nearly 50 percent. That was the most in almost a year. Meat and dairy products also rose.
Energy prices rose 3.3 percent last month, led by a 3.7 percent increase in gasoline costs.
Separately, the Commerce Department said home construction plunged to a seasonally adjusted 479,000 homes last month, down 22.5 percent from the previous month. It was lowest level since April 2009, and the second-lowest on records dating back more than a half-century.
The building pace is far below the 1.2 million units a year that economists consider healthy.
There was little sign of inflationary pressures outside of food and energy. Core prices have increased 1.8 percent in the past 12 months.
Still consumers are paying more for the basic necessities.
Why is it that prices are going up? Well, I can tell you why…. It’s called inflation. Something this guy here has been talking about for years:
Of course, Ed Morrissey, tries to credit the shrieking harpy and two bit phony Sarah Palin for this; but we thinking Americans know better. Sarah Palin most likely cannot even program her own VCR, much less understand the workings of the Federal Reserve. Ron Paul was saying this sort of stuff, when Sarah Palin was still playing with dolls and dreaming of being someone in politics as a child.
Scott Johnson over at Powerline, smartly and very accurately points to the federal reserve bank for this rise in food costs, he also points to a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed that warned of this sort of a thing happening. Yes, I know, Powerline Blog is decidedly Neo-Conservative; but when it comes to this sort of stuff, those guys are in the right frame of mind. I just wish I could convince them that imperialism is a sad mistake —- As are unconstitutionally declared wars.
It also turns out, that the Federal Reserve Bank is not the only part of the Federal Government that is a danger to it’s citizens. There is also other things that we should be, as citizens, worried about; like the ill-conceived and improperly named “Patriot Act.” As this video shows, that act is being used against citizens in a very bad way: (H/T RTR.Org)
The part about the raid on Walter Reddy, the founder of the modern Committees of Safety is in this video. I do encourage you all to watch it. If this man’s story is true. If someone does not like you; they can go to your local police department and makes up actual lies about you and cause the police to conduct a raid on your home. That my friends, is insanity.
As you might expect, I post this video with a disclaimer; Just because I post this, does not mean that endorse the products being sold or the overall conspiratorial tone of the video. I simply post this for informational purposes only.
Update: Mark this on your calendars; this one of the rare times, when I actually agree with Lew Rockwell.
DENVER — A Colorado man can sue two Secret Service agents who arrested him after he touched former Vice President Dick Cheney on the arm in 2006 and told him his Iraq War policies were “disgusting,” a federal appeals court ruled Monday.The ruling means Steven Howards can try to subpoena Cheney to testify about the incident, said David Lane, Howards’ attorney.”I fully intend on deposing the former vice president,” Lane told The Associated Press.Lane has been trying for years to subpoena Cheney, but his motion has been delayed as judges weighed the question of whether the Secret Service agents were immune in the case. He has said he wants to subpoena the former vice president because he’s “the best eyewitness to the case.”
This is why this strikes me as incredibly stupid; for one, this man made a choice to break the law and try to grab the former Vice President — to make a political statement. For two; now he is trying to capitalize on this incident and sue the Secret Service and the Government by proxy. In short; the man is nothing more than some leech, who wants to make a quick buck on the backs of the American people. Not to mention make a stupid political point.
Either way, I hope like hell that the courts toss this idiot’s case out. Because he does not deserve anything at all. Except maybe a swift kick in the butt. 😡
So, the next time some idiot liberal Democrat tries to tell you how horrible we Capitalist Conservative Christians are; show ’em this, please. I mean, I would rather be some money grubbing capitalist, than to be trying to make a quick buck on the back of the American people; and for what? To make a rather idiotic political point? How stupid. 🙄
….and I say this, as someone who was not too keen on Bush and Co’s polices either…..
JERUSALEM – Two members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ official security forces were arrested in conjunction with this past weekend’s bloody massacre in which five family members were brutally stabbed to death inside their home in the Jewish village of Itamar, WND has learned.The names of the apprehended suspects will be released to the Israeli media within hours but were revealed to WND by security officials working on the murder.Two cousins are now in Israeli custody and are suspected in the slayings. Ahmed Awad is an officer in Abbas’ Preventative Security Services in the northern West Bank city of Nablis. Iyad Awad is an officer in Abbas’ General Intelligence services in Ramallah.Both the Preventative and General Intelligence services of Fatah are armed, trained and funded by the U.S.The duo did not personally carry out the murders, but rather they assisting in the planning and logistics, informed security sources told WND.Since the late 1990s, the U.S. has run training bases for PA militias. The U.S. also has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid and weapons to build up the PA militias. Since 2007, the U.S. has stepped up its efforts at training the PA, including a new, advanced program for Palestinian police to train 500 to 600 cadets at a time at the American bases. The U.S. currently operates training bases for the PA police and other militias, such as Force 17 and the Preventative Security Services in the West Bank city of Jericho and the Jordanian village of Giftlik.
Like I wrote yesterday; this murder is the continuation of a very long war, that dates back to Biblical times. However, the very idea that our Armed Forces trained these people; changes the ballgame. I wonder what President Obama would think about such things? Of course, based upon what I have been reading; he really does not care about Israel (or anything else for that matter, including America) at all.
Update: Thanks to the people at Rotter.net for linking in! (Hebrew to English Machine translation here.) If anyone happens to have an account there and can speak Hebrew; please let them know that I cannot Independently verify the claims made by WND in that story above, thanks!
What I am talking about? This: (Warning! This video is graphic! If you have a weak stomach, don’t watch!)
Basically, what happened here; was this, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade — an arm of Fatah, of which Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is a member — came into a house, around 10:00 or 10:30 P.M. and killed this family, while they slept.
The real kicker is this; according to this report, Arabs took to the streets and celebrated. They also handed out Candy:
Gaza residents from the southern city of Rafah hit the streets Saturday to celebrate the terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Itamar where five family members were murdered in their sleep, including three children.
Residents handed out candy and sweets, one resident saying the joy “is a natural response to the harm settlers inflict on the Palestinian residents in the West Bank.”
Meanwhile, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he “clearly and firmly denounces the terror attack, just as I have denounced crimes against Palestinians.
“We are against all types of violence,” Fayyad said during a tour in Bethlehem. “Our position has not changed. As we have said many times before, we categorically oppose violence and terror, regardless of the identity of the victims or the perpetrators.”
In Palestinian Authority newspapers and on the social network pages of private citizens, denunciations of the murder could be found alongside condemnations of Israel’s approval of the construction of 400 new homes in the settlement blocs. Many writers compared the murders to the actions of the settlers themselves.
“I don’t believe that the incident in Itamar is an act of resistance, but rather an act by individuals whom we condemn, in the event it was carried out by Palestinians. Stabbing children in their sleep is not a heroic act but rather that of the heartless, like some of the occupation soldiers and settlers, who murder children,” Hafez Barghouti, editor-in-chief of Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, wrote on Sunday.
He added that the “real murderers in Itamar are the zealous settlers and anyone who burned a tree, vandalized the cemetery in Awarta, forced out the residents of Khirbet Yanun, took control of a plot of land or robbed an olive harvest …. The act at Itamar was a message to the occupation and to the world … whose meaning is clear – the occupation must go.”
In his regular column in the same newspaper, Adli Sadek wrote: “Without considering the fact that war criminals wearing the uniform of an army that belongs to a UN member state have killed and continue to kill Palestinians … such an action must be condemned unequivocally and in the harshest language. This is not only because this is a crime that harms us politically and public-relations-wise and helps the extremist government cast aspersions on all of us, but also because the humanitarian character of a nation that receives aid and support from all freedom-lovers of all religions, races and nationalities does not accept such a heinous murder.”
According to Sadek, “It bears repeating that the murder of children, if carried out by Palestinian hands, must not be part of the national struggle, which has generally sought … to engage with the soldiers of the occupation and not hurt Israeli children.”
Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, however, was one of a number of senior PA officials who continued to imply that the Fogels were not murdered for nationalist reasons. “People and an infant were butchered in a way no Palestinian has ever done … raising questions about Israel’s rush to accuse the Palestinians,” he says.
Meanwhile, a Ramallah man said on his Facebook page: “I condemn the attack in the illegal settlement of Itamar. We need to find the criminal who killed a 3-month-old baby and bring him to trial in Palestine …. I also wish the Israeli electorate would hold their government accountable for bringing their citizens to occupied territories instead of justifying collective punishments against Nablus and the surrounding villages.”
Ed Morrissey, of whom I have had disagreements with in the past; writes:
Both Philip and Jeff include this video (via Big Peace), set aptly to music from Schindler’s List, that gives graphic accounts of the slaughter of the Fogels, including the infant Hadas. When I say “graphic,” I mean it, so don’t play this if you’re at all squeamish. It will likely enrage you — or at least it will make you question what kind of people would celebrate this by eating candy in the streets. Answer: The same kind of people who celebrated the massacre of 3,000 people in the US on 9/11, and the very same people that the US insists should have their own independent state. See if this video convinces you of that wisdom.
Ed is spot on. As much as I know that this entire situation is an extension of an Religious War that dates back to the time of the Bible and that the belligerents both are enamored in their own Religious and Political and even philosophical views; it has become very apparent to me that the Arab Palestinians do not want peace. But simply want to rid the region of the Jews and the Jewish State.
This is not to state that I believe Israel’s hands are clean; because they are not and yes, they have committed acts of aggression against the Palestinians themselves. However, this sort of barbaric action is inexcusable and should be condemned by our main stream media here in America; not to mention the White House. However, when you have a President in America, who obviously has a soft spot for the Arab people and those whom we refer to as Terrorists, one can expect so much.
In a sane world; the President of Israel, would consider this an act of aggression and declare war on Palestine and begin carpet bombing operations. However, I sometimes have to wonder about Benjamin Netanyahu and Shimon Peres priorities; are they for the people of Israel or are they for their own political careers? That is the question I want answered.
Of course, as a Christian and a believer in the Holy Bible, I do know when this conflict will be solved:
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Revelation 19:11-21 KJV)
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:27-31 KJV)
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” (Isa. 2:2-4 KJV)
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 11:15 KJV)
That, and only that is when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be solved.
You’d think, nearly a decade after the events of Tora Bora, that Mr. Rumsfeld would understand the extent of the error and the breadth of its implications. He does not. Needless to say, Tora Bora was the fault of someone else—Gen. Franks of course, and CIA Director George Tenet. “Franks had to determine whether attempting to apprehend one man on the run” was “worth the risks.” Needless to say “there were numerous operational details.” And of course, in a typical Rumsfeldian touch, he says he later learned CIA operatives on the ground had asked for help, but “I never received such a request from either Franks or Tenet and cannot imagine denying it if I had.” I can.
Osama bin Laden was not “one man on the run.” He is the man who did 9/11. He had just killed almost 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, in a field in Pennsylvania. He’s the reason people held hands and jumped off the buildings. He’s the reason the towers groaned to the ground.
It is the great scandal of the wars of the Bush era that the U.S. government failed to get him and bring him to justice. It is the shame of this book that Don Rumsfeld lacks the brains to see it, or the guts to admit it.
Republicans claim they want less government, but . . .
Mitt Romney: Created “RomneyCare” program, similar to ObamaCare.
Mike Huckabee: Supported five tax increases as governor, prompting the Club for Growth to label him a “liberal.”
President George W. Bush: “I’ve abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.”
Newt Gingrich: “The evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading in the atmosphere.”
Which Republican president signed massive spending bills that grew federal spending to the largest percentage of GDP in post-WWII history? (Click here for answer.)
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ohn McCain: Famously suspended his campaign for President to rush back to Washington and vote for bailouts.
Congressman Paul Ryan: Supported 2003 Medicare expansion, No Child Left Behind Act, TARP, GM & Chrysler bailouts, ethanol subsidies.
The coalition, consisting of France, the United Kingdom and the U.S., began bombing strategic targets in Libya on Saturday. France’s air force is leading the air strikes.
complications from bladder and kidney cancer, said Sonja Steptoe of the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, where Christopher was a senior partner.A longtime Californian, Christopher also headed a panel that pushed a number of Los Angeles Police Department reforms following the 1992 riots.A loyal Democrat and meticulous lawyer, Christopher also supervised the contested Florida recount for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. The Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, decided for George W. Bush.
Mike Huckabee: Supported five tax increases as governor, prompting the Club for Growth to label him a “liberal.”
President George W. Bush: “I’ve abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.”
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Congressman Paul Ryan: Supported 2003 Medicare expansion, No Child Left Behind Act, TARP, GM & Chrysler bailouts, ethanol subsidies.
Poor widdle Ed. Actually had to do a little work on the weekend. Poor baby. Way I see it; if Ed cannot handle the responsibility of being a professional blogger; maybe he needs to find another line of work. Always the victim, that is how he plays the game, I guess.
Another thing that really gets me; is that I said what I did and I got banned. But yet, there has been other unsavory things said about Jews on that blog before; so much to the point where an “Hot Air Affiliate” even quit. But yet, I get canned. Double standards much guys? Just sayin’.
I guess that is to be expected; when you have a so-called Conservative Blog, which is written by two people, who’s conservative credentials are less than….Conservative. I mean you have one guy, who is basically living on the Government dole, because of his blind wife, who’s had a transplant of some sort; and yeah, I know, he blames the Insurance company or the Government in some sort of stupid backward defense. I’ve seen those comments. But I do not buy it at all. If you are a Conservative and your living on the Government dole; you are a damned hypocrite. I do not care who you are or what you do for a living.
Then there is this anonymous coward; who is nothing more than a damned Democrat posing as a “Independent.” Ever see Allahpundit post about Hillary? or even some of the liberal commentators at Fox News? I have had some pretty personal information about that guy for a long time. I have sat on it, because AllahPundit is a great blogger and most of the time; barring the times when he likes to slam Ron Paul — I have actually agree with the majority of what he writes there. Not always, but most of the time. I’ve been tempted to release what I know to someone, so that they can out him. However, I really have no malice towards the guy; so I won’t do that.
So, why did I do what I did? Because I could really; and to prove the double standards at HotAir. It has been like that for ages and as along as it is owned and published by people of this sort. It will continue.
For what it is worth, I will leave HotAir up there in the “blogroll” listing. As it is a great place to go for breaking political stuff. It’s just not the place in the world to comment.