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Honestly, How can this be allowed to happen in this Country?

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I had resisted Blogging about this, because I felt like my little insignificant Blog would not make much of a dent.

But here it is:

Scott Loper, a U.S. citizen living in Canada, was a good cop, highly trained in surveillance and criminal investigation.

On the verge of exposing a police-run narcotics ring in Durham, Ontario, Loper was discovered by the ring and imprisoned for four years on trumped-up charges. There, he was tortured to the point where he often questioned his ability to make it out alive.

Those he had been about to expose were after the evidence – audio and video recordings Loper had made of their illegal operations. They also wanted him to keep quiet.

The Canadian government originally said the whole thing, including Loper’s arrest, never happened, denying that Loper had ever lived in Canada, let alone been incarcerated there.

Had Loper been unable to produce evidence of his imprisonment, the denial would have succeeded. Loper had that evidence, which he had stuffed into his jeans as he was being released.

Caught in their lie, the Canadians want the whole ordeal swept under the rug. The U.S. government, rather than protecting its citizen, is complying with the cover-up.

Now free, and living in the United States, Scott Loper’s main goals are involved with putting his life back in order and more importantly, to find his son Eddy, now 11 years old. Scott has not seen or heard from his wife and son since his arrest.

Article 36 of the Vienna Convention, signed by 164 nations in 1967, states that those nations are bound to notify foreign nationals, when arrested, of their right to contact their embassy or consulate, allowing that embassy or consulate to assure that citizen is treated properly.

The Canadian government says Scott Loper waived those rights. However, they could produce no document as proof of this statement. The reason, says Loper, is that no such signed document ever existed.

In an attempt to prove their lie, the Canadians finally came up with an unsigned document that holds absolutely no credibility. To add to the absurdity, the document is dated three years after Loper was arrested. Hardly the requirement of notice "without delay" as described by Article 36.

The ongoing series of articles on the right are written by World Net Daily staff writer Bob Unruh. They contain an amazing story of U.S. officials and Congressional representatives going to bat for Scott Loper, only to turn tail when the going got rough.

The Canadian government does not want this story to be told. The U.S. government seems happy to oblige.

There is a larger issue here that affects the safety and well-being of every U.S. citizen who ventures into another country. If the U.S. Government is unwilling to expect its neighbor to the north to comply with the Vienna Convention, what protection can we expect from our government when our rights are violated by other, less friendly countries.

The only resolution here is to force our government to do what it is supposed to do; to protect its citizens. In the case of Scott Loper, the U.S. needs to demand of the Canadian government the admission of illegal imprisonment and torture as well as compensation and help in locating his lost son.

You can read more about Scott Loper’s heart wrenching story, by going to his official website.

In the outside chance that the Media does pick this up, I do have Scott Loper’s contact information. If you need it, contact me at tpblogeditor at gmail. dot com and I will forward it to you. We need to put pressure on Washington DC and force them to get this straightened out, once and for all.

Obama grabs Former Clinton staffer, pisses off some Hillary supporters…

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Obama appeared here in Detroit tonight. No, I did not go. I did watch it on the Internet. It was the same ol’ stump speech, with all it’s idealism and lofty promises, with zero substance as to how he plans to do all these things, he says he will do. Which comes of no surprise to me at all, we are talking about Democrats here. One thing to realize, Hitler made promises too.

In other news, A former Hillary staffer was hired by Obama’s campaign, some are calling this a big time slam to Hillary. I hold off on calling it that. The chick was looking for a job, I say, if she can do it, let her. I doubt she will be doing senior staff duties.

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As of today, Political Byline will not be Blogging on Stories published by the Associated Press

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As you all can see, I have yanked the AP Videos.

I realized that those video are authorized by the AP and are made available through Clip Syndicate. But the AP has, in my opinion, committed the unpardonable sin. They have imposed restrictions on how Bloggers can use their stories. So, until the AP changes their polices, I will not be quoting from the AP and I encourage all bloggers to do the same.

There are plenty of alternatives: Agence France-Press, Reuters, McClatchy, or IPS

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Update: Bloggasm (nice name for a Blog…. *hehe*) reports that this wasn’t the first time that AP has given drudge retort a rough time.

My Thoughts on Obama’s supposed smearing of Rush Limbaugh

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I happened to notice The Chicago Sun Times’s Ballyhooing of Obama’s Supposed smear of Rush Limbaugh.

Let me just say publicly, that seeing Rush is someone who built a career on bashing and smearing of Liberals, I think any and all smearing of Rush Limbaugh is totally appropriate and acceptable. 

For the record, Obama did not smear Rush, at all.

My Thoughts on Keith Olbermann

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I am awake early today.  I went with my Father to Michigan International Speedway, in Brooklyn, Michigan yesterday for Father’s Day.  It was an enjoyable experience.  Except perhaps for the sore foot I earned, because I wore the wrong kind of shoes and I take medication for Attention Deficit Disorder, because of this, if I sit out in direct sunlight for long periods of time, I begin feeling sick to my stomach.  Other than that, I had a great time.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race, I saw him on the big screen, which is possibly as close as I will ever come to meeting someone famous.  I was rooting for Tony Stewart myself, he finished in the top 5, I believe.  My Mother thinks Tony Stewart is cute; my Father was unavailable for comment.

Anyhow, I happen to come across this article about Keith Olbermann in the New Yorker.  As many of my readers know, I do post videos of Keith’s here on my Blog.  I have had people ask me, in various stages of vulgarity at times, as to why do I post his videos on my Blog.  The answer is simply this, Keith Olbermann and his special comments and with his Worst Person in the World segments, presents a sobering and realistic response to the propaganda being generated by the Neo-Conservative media machine at Fox News. 

I will not deny it, as a Conservative Constitutionalist and a Paleo-Conservative, I am most disgusted this Presidential Administration, There are numerous reasons for this, if I wrote about them all, this Blog entry would resemble a small novel.  I do not have time to write a novel, so I will simply say, pick an issue and it is one that I have with the President.

On another level, Keith is just simply a brilliant writer, some do say that his writings are projective, bombastic, and generally over the top.  This is his brilliant quality; he has the ability to write, in his own polished and magnificent style, what everyone else is thinking.  I think the reason why his detractors hate him so, is because he articulates so damn awesomely, and frankly, we as Americans are better for it.

Another reason that I heartily enjoy Keith’s show is because he is fair, there have been numerous times when Keith could have pounced, but, because Keith is a man of standards, whether forced by the network, or not, is telling about him.  A few examples, one is recently, when Ann Coulter’s charge card was denied, and many liberals were guffawing about it.  Keith simply said, “You know, it happens.”  Keith also then, quite humorously, proceeded to rib her, because the New York Post called Ann something rather humorous in the New York Post.

Another more telling example is the time when fiery Conservative Michelle Malkin was guest hosting Fox News show “The Factor” and some black guest essentially called Malkin a Conservative media whore.  Keith rushed the Malkin’s defense and essentially went “Whoa, Hold it!  Let’s all step back from the usage of the whore categorization, when it comes to women!”

I am sure that if Keith would have read some of the things that I have written in the past, he would handed me a good scolding. When I have, admittedly went over the top, with women.

In closing, let me just say this, Keith is our Ed Murrow, whether you loathe him and enjoy him, he is a force to be reckoned with and will continue to be, for many years to come.

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Sunday Short Takes

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Me and my Dad are going to Car Race today. So, here are the Sunday stories that are gathering attention and should be big stories today.

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Obama mentions the word “Gun” at a private fundraiser and the media and blogging world, especially on the right, flips their proverbial cork.  

Iowa is flooded and people are starting to call it another Katrina. I just know the left is going to have a field day with this one.

Moqtada al-Sadr is recalibrating to stage more attacks, so says the Liberal Media. This I got to see. Of course, the Left will use this to say we need to leave Iraq now.

John McCain writers a thesis in 1974, about war and the New York Times discovers it and flips their cork and is now trying to paint John McCain as a warmonger. Grasp at straw much guys?

Black Conservatives are conflicted about Obama. Go Figure.

The Saudi’s are planning to increase oil production. Well, it’s about freakin’ time!

Does Google hate America?

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Senator David Duke responds to the MSNBC Smears

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Taken from Here:

The death of Tim Russert and how the media repeatedly lies to you (about me)

By David Duke

I am reluctant to comment on the latest media attack on me because I have no joy in learning about Tim Russert’s death. I am not anxious in any way to put him down. We had a rivalry, yes, but I always considered him gentlemanly and I am sad to hear of his death. However, it does get very tiresome for the national media to relentlessly lie about me in both big and little things. At some point I must respond. The latest little lie is the suggestion by a Washington Post writer that Tim Russert crushed me in interviews. Howard Kurtz, one of the many Jewish extremists in media, in TV Commentator had gift for asking tough questions, June 14, 2008 wrote that,

“Meet the Press” was languishing in the ratings when Russert took it over in 1991, and he first gained national attention by stumping David Duke, a Louisiana gubernatorial candidate…

In truth, many in media felt that I did quite well in that interview. Even more interesting, many in the media acknowledged that in my last appearance on Meet the Press I gave Russert the most devastating defeat of his broadcast career. It was such a powerful win for me that it became a model for public figures to learn from on how to handle a Russert interview.

Slate magazine ran a detailed article titled How to Beat Tim Russert. The piece appeared in the a June, 2003 Press Box column by Jack Shafer, a well-known media critic. http://slate.msn.com/id/2085153/ In the column he was, of course, very critical of me (who isn’t in the national press?) but he uses me as the best example of “How to beat Tim Russert.” Here are some excerpts:

…David Duke beat Russert badly in March 1999, when he appeared on Meet the Press during his Louisiana campaign for a seat in the House of Representatives. Unable to stick it to Duke with his time-proven techniques, Russert sputtered, steamed, and almost boiled over…

Here are more examples Shafer uses of my match with Russert:

1) Prepare for a Hostile Interrogation

Tim Russert is heavily invested in the friendly Irishman persona, all smiles and sincere, direct questions. But he is not your friend: He wishes your destruction on his show. But don’t play defense on Meet the Press—it will only make you look defensive. Stay cool and poised, as David Duke did, and play offense by pushing Russert’s toughest questions back at him.

Russert quoted heavily from Duke’s scurrilous writings on Jews, blacks, and Martin Luther King Jr., but because Duke knows his own work by heart and has been attacked repeatedly on this score, he found it easy to dismiss King as a Marxist and Kwanzaa as a “pagan religious ceremony” without losing a point to his questioner. By neglecting the element of surprise, Russert lost the match…

4) If That Doesn’t Work, Concede the Point. Then Make Yours.

When Russert tried to corral David Duke into the position of a Holocaust denier by reading aloud from Duke’s writings, Duke admitted that some Jews were killed—”I don’t know what the numbers are.” He then switched the subject, complaining about the 60 million Christians the Soviets killed and the lack of media showcases on those atrocities. Apparently because this dodge wasn’t in Russert’s script, he abandoned the line of questioning…

One more time I must say, “Thank God for the Internet.” Why? It is because before the rise of the Internet the mainstream (controlled) media could make up any lie about me (or anybody else) without the possibility of rebuttal. Now when someone reads or hears some attack against me those with a little curiosity can get an different and documented viewpoint. Before the Internet, people had no ability to easily get the “rest of the story.” Now they do. I hope that you might realize that just as the media often make up disparaging lies about me, about my past, about my successes and about my failures, but they also lie about what I actually say and what I actually advocate. When someone reads what the media says I say, and then he goes to my website and reads what I actually say, the tissue of media lies begins to tear apart.

You now have a chance to read for yourself about my thoughts and ideas in my own words. and I sincerely believe you find them honest, reasonable and intelligent.

Now let me be clear, I do not agree, at all, with this positions and opinions at the said forum linked, however, I did feel that it was important to get Senator Duke’s side of the story, as MSNBC is using Tim Russert’s death as an excuse to slam David Duke.

Blogs 4 Borders Video Blogburst for June 09, 2008

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Things are changing in Iraq

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I apologize for the stoppage of Blogging. But the Tim Russert story kind of jarred me quite a bit. in fact, I had to turn the TV to CNN, I just couldn’t not bear watching the stuff at MSNBC anymore. (Yeah, I know, I fired up John Cole for what he said, there’s a difference between me saying I had to change the channel, and taking a nasty swipe at a dead man.)

However, the world, the news, and life does go on, while I will miss Tim Russert’s show and his style of punditry, I must move on….

It seems that things are changing in Iraq.

The Report from the Washington Post:

The Bush administration’s Iraq policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a new militia offensive against U.S. forces.

During a visit to Jordan, Maliki said negotiations over initial U.S. proposals for bilateral political and military agreements had "reached a dead end." While he said talks would continue, his comments fueled doubts that the pacts could be reached this year, before the Dec. 31 expiration of a United Nations mandate sanctioning the U.S. role in Iraq.

The moves by two of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite leaders underscore how the presence of U.S. troops has become a central issue for Iraqi politicians as they position themselves for provincial elections later this year. Iraqis across the political spectrum have grown intolerant of the U.S. presence, but the dominant Shiite parties — including Maliki’s Dawa party — are especially fearful of an electoral challenge from new, grass-roots groups.

CNN’s Michael Ware, who is in Iraq offers this interesting perspective:

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If Ware is even correct and these talks continue to stall, I look for Bush to just pull our troops out and let Iraq go at it alone. I just do not think that Bush is going to dump the Iraq War into the laps of the Democrats. I just do not think that he wants that on his legacy. I could be wrong, but if this is case, I got a sneaking suspicion you will see a unilateral withdrawal of our troops out of Iraq, before Bush leaves office.

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John Cole is a America-Hating Bastard Mother Fucker

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I apologize to my regular readers of the Blog for the obscene title. But it is how I feel at the moment.

I knew it would not be too long before some idiot son of a bitch said something like this. But they have.

Seems ol’ John Cole over at Balloon Juice,  is already tired of seeing the coverage of the death of Political Icon Tim Russert. John’s a former Republican, who got angry and left the Republican Party because of George W. Bush. I used to like ‘ol John, when I first start Blogging, balloon juice was one of my favorite places to hang out. It seems now that John has blended in nicely with the communist socialists well. Even to the point of mocking a dead man.

Seems some of his Liberal bastard buddies feel the same way. You see now why I left that bunch of Godless idiots?

They’re now saying that Tim was harder on the democrats that the Republicans. I say B.S. He gave both sides hell, and that is why they did not like him.

Anyone that says anything other than this, is just being fucking intellectually dishonest. Period.

Once again, I find myself in agreement with Jack Moss,  But it’s not a fuse, John Cole has contracted a mental disorder, called Liberalism.

Tragic Breaking News: MSNBC’s Meet The Press Moderator and Great Political Pundit Dead at Age 58

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This is such sad news, I’m still in Shock…..

The great political pundit…..has died.

Tim Russert -  May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008

Via MSNBC:

Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.

Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program when he collapsed, the network said. No details were immediately available.

Russert, the recipient of 48 honorary doctorates, took over the helm of “Meet the Press” in December 1991. Now in its 60th year, “Meet the Press” is the longest-running program in the history of television.

In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Timothy John Russert Jr. was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He was a graduate of Canisius High School, John Carroll University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He was a member of the bar in New York and the District of Columbia.

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Russert is survived by his wife, Maureen Orth, a writer for Vanity Fair magazine, and a son, Luke.

There are no words. I am absolutely stunned.

I loved his punditry.

Prayers for his Son and Wife, this evening…

May he rest in peace.

Update: Here is Tom Brokaw breaking the News: (H/T HotAir)

 

Live Coverage is being streamed:

Statement from Barack Obama: (H/T to Fox Embeds)

 

In case you can’t make out what he is saying:

“We all I think have heard the news about Tim Russert. I’ve known Tim Russert since I first spoke at the convention in 2004. He’s somebody who overtime I came to consider  not only a journalist but a friend.

There wasn’t a better interviewer in TV, not a more thoughtful analyst of our politics and he was also one of the finest men I knew. Somebody who cared about America, cared about the issues, cared about family.  I am grief-stricken with the loss and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. And I hope  that even though Tim is irreplaceable that the standard that he set in his professional life and his family life are standards that we all carry with us in our own lives.”

McCain’s Statement:

 

“I would like to just make a brief statement concerning the shocking news about the untimely death of a great journalist and a great American, Tim Russert.

Tim Russert was at the top of his profession. He was a man of honesty and integrity. He was hard but he was always fair. We miss him. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and we know that Tim Russert leaves a legacy of integrity of the highest level of journalism and we will miss him and we will miss him a lot.

Again, he was hard, he was fair, he was at the top of his profession. He loved his country, he loved the Buffalo Bills and most of all he loved his family.”

Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton’s Statement:

"We were stunned and deeply saddened to hear of the passing today of Tim Russert. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Maureen, his son Luke, his father who we all have come to know as Big Russ, his extended family and all of his many friends and colleagues at NBC who have suffered a tremendous loss. Always true to his proud Buffalo roots, Tim had a love of public service and a dedication to journalism that rightfully earned him the respect and admiration of not only his colleagues but also those of us who had the privilege to go toe to toe with him.  In seeking answers to tough questions, he helped inform the American people and make our democracy stronger.  We join his friends, fans and loved ones in mourning his loss and celebrating his remarkable contribution to our nation. "

I think it’s great to see how that the Political world is coming together, even for a brief moment to remember someone who was one of the best.

The Political Blogging world is stunned. It just tears my heart out to watch Keith Olbermann trying to hold his emotions in and stay objective.

Update #2:

Chis Cillizza @ The Washington Post:

Russert was, without question, the single most influential political journalist working in Washington. His show — known to insiders as simply "MTP" — was not only the most watched of the Sunday news programs but also the one that every politician and journalist aspired to appear on.

An example of Russert’s influence: When he proclaimed that Barack Obama had effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on the night of the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, it was seen as a significant sign that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s time in the race was running short. As my colleagues Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz wrote: "When NBC’s Tim Russert flatly declared the Democratic race over around midnight, one adviser recalled, "the air came out of the room."

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Peggy Noonan writes a very good one…

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I never thought that I would ever in a million years, find myself in agreement with this woman. However, because I am a Paleo-Conservative, A lover of American history and a respecter of old fashioned American values, this one stuck a cord with me.

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I weigh this in favor of the Old America. Hard not to, for I remember it, and its sterling virtues. Maybe if you are 25 years old, your sense of the Old and New is different. In the Old America they were not enlightened about race and sex; they accepted grim factory lines and couldn’t even begin to imagine the Internet. Fair enough. But I suspect the political playing out of a long-ongoing cultural and societal shift is part of the dynamic this year.

As to its implications for the race, we’ll see. America is always looking forward, not back, it is always in search of the fresh and leaving the tried. That’s how we started: We left tired old Europe and came to the new place, we settled the east and pushed West to the new place. We like new. It’s in our genes. Hope we know where we’re going, though. Brave New World? By Peggy Noonan (Via WSJ.com)

Peggy has this amazing ability to conjure up some amazing images in one’s mind. I also remember the old school values, that people like my Grandfather and his Brother, on my mother’s side, stood for.

However, it amazes me, how feckless liberals will take something, as well written as this and turn it into something that it was never intended to be. Do you see know why I left those circles for good? 

She also said much of what I blogged about earlier. Except she said it much nicer than I. Peggy is the demure sweet person, who’s writings never lowers itself to the level of brutality. However, I am the one in the back alley with the chain and the rock. Swinging wildly at whomever crosses my path.  I admire her style and only wish I could obtain her level of writing.

I mean, the woman wrote for Reagan, what else can I say?

Good one Peggy and don’t allow the idiot liberals get you down.

So much for Party Unity in Florida….

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Yikes! This isn’t good, at all…

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So much for party unity: As Florida Dems prepare for Saturday’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner aimed at bringing the party "together once and for all," a spat over the Obama campaign’s decision to replace some already-designated Florida delegates with Obama backers has intensified.

And how. DNC member Jon Ausman late Thursday e-mailed Dems (and reporters) choice sections of what he says were e-mails from Obama’s Florida finance chair Kirk Wagar — in which Wagar curses Ausman out and criticizes Sen. Bill Nelson and party director Leonard Joseph.

The highlights: "You (Jon Ausman) f&^%ed us. We are dealing with it. You need to accept the fact that you f*&^ed us."

And of Nelson: "I am getting very sick of (Senator) Nelson making a bad situation worse."

Said Ausman to Wagar: "We are at a point in time when we need to heal and come together. Help me understand how these messages, which you have sent to me in writing, help Senator Obama’s campaign."

Wagar sent out an e-mail shortly after, apologizing for the profanity, but suggesting Ausman had used "out of context snippets from some ongoing and sometimes heated arguments we have had over the course of this campaign.

"I apologize for the profanity that you were subjected to," he said in the e-mail. "It is a vice of mine that I try to minimize but seems to rear it’s head with more frequency when I deal with Jon."

Of Nelson and Joseph, Wagar said he disagreed with them on seating the delegates, but "did not malign them in private nor in the excerpts Jon blasted out.  I have worked with Leonard for years, long before he came to Florida, and I have worked very hard for and with Senator Nelson. On this issue we disagreed and despite Jon’s effort to twist it into something more, it isn’t." – Dems delegate turns ugly (Via Naked Politics)

Hope! Change! Or I’ll kick your ass! *hehe*

Others: Wake up America, Hot Air and EconoPundit

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Race Hustling and Michelle Obama….

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You know, although I think what Fox News did to Michelle Obama was distasteful, wrong and just downright mean. When I read stuff like this, I just want to vomit.

How much more hate mongering can you get? I will not bother quoting none of that idiotic bile over here.

I mean, why cannot people just accept a damn apology and get the hell over it already? I mean, some of these people act like we have revoked the amendment to the constitution outlawing slavery or something.

…In addition, Please, do not hand none of that idiot baloney about their people still being in bondage, because you know what? I am not buying it. It just so happens that the black people in this country have been free for over 300 years. Yet they act like they are in some sort of bondage, the truth is the only damn bondage that the black community is in, is of their own damn making. 

It is, in fact our own fault. Our Congress, at the behest of the Democratic President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, signed into law, one of the worst bills that ever passed across the senate floor, and that was the civil rights act of 1964. One of my favorite and most respected senators, Senator Barry Goldwater voted against it, saying that one could not legislate morality.   

Did he do this because was a racist bigot and hated blacks? No. He did it because he knew that there would be people within the black community that would exploit the civil rights movement that would try to turn the peaceful civil rights movement, started by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into a Black Nationalist Movement, which would seek to destroy the very equality that Martin Luther King Jr. stood for.

Yet, the Democrats and their foolish agenda of identity politics and entitlement passed this bill and opened the future floodgates of Anti-White Race Hatred in this country. The blog posting that I linked to is a perfect example of that.  

Now before anyone castigates me, as some sort of a racist bigot, let me say that I do not think that what happened in Alabama was acceptable. What happened in Selma, Alabama was a scar on the history of America. However, the way that it was corrected, was flawed, and has now set the stage for some of grossest violations of the constitution ever.

However, when I sit and read a posting by someone, who is apparently black and I read the hate and vitriol being spewed like this, I often wonder aloud, did we royally screw it up in 1964?

It really makes me wonder.

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The countrywide loan scandal broadens

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Via Portfolio:

Two U.S. senators, two former Cabinet members, and a former ambassador to the United Nations received loans from Countrywide Financial through a little-known program that waived points, lender fees, and company borrowing rules for prominent people.

Senators Christopher Dodd, Democrat from Connecticut and chairman of the Banking Committee, and Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota, chairman of the Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, refinanced properties through Countrywide’s “V.I.P.” program in 2003 and 2004, according to company documents and emails and a former employee familiar with the loans.

Other participants in the V.I.P. program included former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, and former U.N. ambassador and assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke. Jackson was deputy H.U.D. secretary in the Bush administration when he received the loans in 2003. Shalala, who received two loans in 2002, had by then left the Clinton administration for her current position as president of the University of Miami. She is scheduled to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 19.

As Michelle Makin puts it:

Who in the most ethical Congress will push for an investigation? Show of hands?

Good question. Don’t hold your breath Michelle, you’ll just turn blue.

So much for the new kind of Politics within the Democratic and Republican Parties! Looks like the same old Washington D.C. bad ethics and outright corruption to me.

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Special Comment by Keith Olbermann: McCain should know better

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Transcript: (H/T K.O’s NewsHole)

Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on Senator John McCain’s conclusion that it’s "not too important" when American forces come home from Iraq.

Thoughts, offered more in sorrow, than in anger.

For two full days now, the Senator and his supporters have been outraged at what they see as the subtraction of context from this extraordinary remark.

This is, sadly, the excuse of our time, for everything.

Still. If the Senator claims truncation, we will correct that, first.

"A lot of people," Matt Lauer began, "now say the surge is working."

"Anybody who knows the facts on the ground say that," the Senator interjected.

"If it’s now working, Senator," Matt continued, "do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?"

"No," answered McCain. "But that’s not too important. What’s important is the casualties in Iraq. Americans are in South Korea. Americans are in Japan. American troops are in Germany.

"That’s all fine. American casualties and the ability to withdraw. We will be able to withdraw.

"General Petraeus is going to tell us in July when he thinks we are. But the key to it is we don’t want any more Americans in harm’s way. And that way they will be safe, and serve our country, and come home with honor and victory – not in defeat,  which is what Senator Obama’s proposal would have done. And I’m proud of them, and they’re doing a great job. And we are succeeding. And it’s fascinating that Senator Obama still doesn’t realize it."

And there is the context of what Senator McCain said.

Well… not quite, Senator.

The full context, is that the Iraq you see, is a figment of your imagination.

This is not a war about "honor and victory," Sir.

This is a war you, and the President you support and seek to succeed, conned this nation into.

Yes, sir.

You.

Of the prospect of war in Iraq, you said, quote, "I believe that success will be fairly easy."

John McCain… September 24th… 2002.

"I believe that we can win an overwhelming victory in a very short period of time."

John McCain… September 29th… 2002.

Of the ouster of Saddam and the Baathists:

"There’s no doubt in my mind that once these people are gone, that we will be welcomed as liberators."

John McCain… March 24th… 2003.

Asked, about a long-term commitment in Iraq, quote, "are you talking about something in terms of South Korea, for instance, where you would expect U.S. troops to be in Iraq for decades?"

"No," you answered. "I don’t think decades, but I think years. A little straight talk, I think years. And I hope that we can gradually reduce that presence."

John McCain… March 18th… 2004.

You were asked about the troops, and the future.

"I would hope that we could bring them all home. I would hope that we would probably leave some military advisers, as we have in other countries, to help them with

their training and equipment and that kind of stuff."…I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence.

And I don’t pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion. But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be."

John McCain… January 31st… 2005

When a speaker at your town hall, five months ago, referenced the President’s forecast that we might stay in Iraq for 50 years, you cut him off.

"Make it a hundred! We’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea 50 years or so. That would be fine with me. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. That’s fine by me…"

John McCain… January 3rd… 2008.

And your forecast of your hypothetical first term.

"By January, 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq war has been won."

John McCain… May 15th… 2008.

That, Senator McCain, is context.

You have attested to: a fairly easy success; an overwhelming victory in a very short period of time; in which we would be welcomed as liberators; which you assured us would not require our troops stay for decades but merely for years; from which we could bring them all home, since you noted many Iraqis resent American military presence; in which all those troops coming home will also stay there, not being injured, for a hundred years; but most will be back by 2013; and the timing of their return, is… not… that… important.

That, Senator McCain, is context.

And that, Senator McCain, is madness.

The Government Accountability Office just released a study Tuesday that concludes that one out of every ten soldiers sent to Iraq, takes with them medical problems "severe enough to significantly limit their ability to fight."

In five years, we have now sent 43-thousand of them to war even though… they were already wounded.

And when they come home, is… not… that… important.

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Jalal al Din al Sagir, a member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, and Ali al Adeeb, of the rival Dawa Political Party, gave a series of interviews last week about the particulars of this country’s demand for a "Status of Forces" agreement with Iraq — a treaty …which Mr. Bush does not intend to show Congress before he signs it.

The Iraqi politicians say the treaty demands Iraq’s consent to the establishment of nearly double the number of U-S military bases in Iraq — from about 30, to 58, and from temporary, to permanent.

Those will be American men and women who must, of necessity, staff these bases – staff them, in Mr. McCain’s M-C Escher dream world in which our people can all come home while they stay there for a hundred years but they’ll be back by 2013.

And when they come home, is not… that… important.

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Last year, a 20-year old soldier from the Bronx, on the day of his re-deployment to a second tour in Iraq, said he just couldn’t face the smell of burning flesh again. So, Jonathan Aponte paid a hit man 500 dollars… to shoot him in the knee.

Mount Sinai Hospital in New York reported treating a patient identifying himself as another Iraq-bound soldier, who claimed he had accidentally swallowed a pen at the bus station. No one doubted his story until examinations proved there was a second pen in his stomach bearing the logo of Greyhound Bus Lines.

In 2006, says his sister, a 24-year old Army Specialist from Washington State, on the eve of his second deployment, strapped a pack full of tools to his back, and then jumped off the roof of his house, injuring his spine.

And when they come home — or more correctly all those like them who did not risk death or disability to avoid going back — when they come home, is not… that… important.

You’ve sold them all out, Senator.

You.

You, whose sacrifice for this country was as all-encompassing and as horrible as the rest of us can only imagine in our darkest moments.

You, who survived, so that you could make America a better place where young men did not have to go and die in pointless wars… or be maimed… or be held prisoner… or have to hire hit-men to shoot them in the knee because that couldn’t be worse.

You… who should know better.

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Where, Senator, is the man who once said "veterans hate war more than anyone else, because veterans know, because veterans know these brave Americans, and others, know, that there is nothing more painful than the loss of a comrade."

Where is he, Sir?

Where is the man who described that ineffable truth?

Oh, so long ago you touched the essence of the reality of Iraq. Your comments about your lost comrades — yesterday.

The men and women in Iraq, today, Senator — they are your comrades, too.

And you are condemning them to die.

To die, for your misdirection, for Mr. Bush’s lies — for whoever makes the money off building 58 permanent American bases and all the weapons and all the bullets and all the wiring so costly and so slip-shod that it electrocutes our comrades as they step, not to fight freedom’s enemies, but into the shower at the base.

That, Senator, that is context.

It is an easy thing to dismiss Senator McCain as a sad and befuddled figure, already challenging for some kind of campaign record for malaprops.

Just yesterday in Philadelphia he answered Senator Obama, not by defending or explaining his own "not that important" remark, but by seizing upon Obama’s "bitter" remark – or trying to.

Obama had foolishly said that some, in despair, in small towns, cling to their religion and their guns.

Senator McCain vowed he’d go to those towns and tell them, "I don’t agree with Senator Obama that they cling to their religion and the Constitution because they’re bitter."

It was hard not to dismiss with a laugh, Senator McCain, or any Republican, for even accidentally implying that he’s clung to the Constitution — not after the last seven years.

It was hard, the day before, not to become almost bemused when the Senator tried to say he would veto every single bill with ear-marks, but wound up, instead, vowing "I will veto every single beer."

It was hard, this week, not to laugh at how Senator McCain could offer any serious defense against the accusation that he is running for President Bush’s third term, when a 2006 interview suddenly surfaced in which McCain said he would consider Dick Cheney for a position in a McCain administration.

"I don’t know if I would want him as Vice President. He and I have the same strengths. But to serve in other capacities? Hell, yeah."

These are all very funny, in a macabre yet unthreatening way.

And then one remembers Senator McCain’s inability to separate Sunni and Shia, or his insistence that Iran is training Al-Qaeda for service in Iraq, and then being corrected about it, and then saying the same thing again anyway.

And then one is, inevitably, drawn back again to the overlooked substance of yesterday’s remark…

"If (the surge) is now working, Senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?"

"No."

No?

The surge is working and even that still tells Senator McCain nothing about when we can ransom our soldiers?

Wasn’t that the ultimate purpose of the surge? To get them out?

If we cannot tell — if McCain cannot even guess — doesn’t that, by definition, mean… the surge isn’t working?

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And ultimately we are drawn back to the "not… too… important" remark, in its full context:

The context of the kaleidoscope of confused rhetoric, and endless non sequitur, and mutually exclusive conclusions — and what they add up to: a veritable tragedy, a microcosm of the American tragedy that is Iraq, a tragedy of a man who himself will never understand… "the context."

Your tragedy, Senator McCain?

No. I’m sorry.

This tragedy… is of Justin Mixon of Bogalusa, Louisiana.

And it’s of Christopher McCarthy of Virginia Beach.

It’s of Quincy Green of El Paso, and Joshua Waltenbaugh of Ford City, P.A.

The tragedy is of Shane Duffy of Taunton Mass, and Jonathan Emard of Mesquite, Texas.

It’s of Cody Legg of Escondido in California, and David Hurst of Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

The tragedy is of Thomas Duncan the 3rd of Rowlett, Texas, and Tyler Pickett of Saratoga, Wyoming.

And who are they, Senator?

They are ten Americans…. who have died in Iraq… since the first of this month. There are four more. The Defense Department has not yet identified the others.

And while you, Senator, may ask for all the context you can get, those ten men… will never know any of it.

Because the true context here, is that if you could ask those American war heroes, or the family and the friends that loved them, if they have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq…

They could rightly say, "No. But that’s… not… too… important."

Good night, and good luck.

SCOTUS says that Guantanamo Bay detainees have habeas corpus rights….

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Yes I do know about the big story.

The right is howling about the this ruling being the end of America as we know it. The left is hailing it as a major victory. Bush said he disagreed on the ruling.

I have mixed feelings on it, I seriously doubt that this rule will affect much with the terrorists, which the United States has a watertight case against.

It will affect one’s that the United States does not have a watertight case against.  The United States will not be able to hold anyone, who is merely suspected of terrorism any longer.

Either way, I believe this debate will be raging long after the little man, who started this whole mess, is out of office.

The Manufactured Liberal scandal against a Conservative of the day

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Man, I’ll tell you, it goes for one silly headline to another. I awake this morning to the headline of Michelle Obama being referred to as a “Baby Momma”.

……and of course, Michelle Malkin is supposedly involved. Now let me say this, yes, the graphic was offensive, anyone who uses that sort of a term about a married woman, much less, a married black woman, is just being downright offensive.

Malkin for her part says:

I did not write the caption and I was not aware of it when it ran (the Baltimore studio doesn’t have a monitor). I don’t know if the caption writer was making a lame attempt to be hip, clueless about the original etymology of the phrase, or both.

She goes on to try to attempt to justify the caption, of which I do not agree, however, let me just say this, if you’re going to be angry with anyone, make it Fox News, not Michelle Malkin, she could not even see the damn graphic. Of course, Malkin has gotten hate mail for it. I just wonder how long it will be before some idiot liberal posts her home address and telephone numbers for the world to see, like they did last time.

I predict that Fox News will issue some lame apology and this will become yesterdays news. But still, Baby Momma? Talk about low!

So much for the idea of McCain getting Clinton’s votes!

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So much for that idea! Check it out…:

Quote:

Since Hillary Clinton decided to concede the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama last week, Obama has established a lead over Republican John McCain in general-election polling. Obama’s gains have come more from women than men, though he has picked up among both groups in recent days.

Obama’s lead among women has now expanded from five percentage points to 13, while his deficit among men has shrunk from six points to two.

These figures are based on aggregated Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviews with national registered voters conducted May 27-June 2 (the week immediately before Obama clinched the nomination on June 3), which showed Obama and McCain tied at 46%, and June 5-9 (the five days since it was reported that Clinton would suspend her campaign), which show Obama ahead, 48% to 42%. Obama clinched the nomination on the evening of June 3, and the news media reported Clinton would suspend her campaign on the evening of June 4. Thus, the data give a clear picture of voter support before and after Clinton’s exit.

While campaigning for president, Clinton demonstrated an especially strong appeal to women. She led McCain by 52% to 40% in her final full week as a candidate, exactly equal to the average since mid-March. By comparison, Obama held only an average 47% to 42% lead over McCain among women during the same time span. At least for now, he seems to be matching Clinton’s performance among women versus McCain, given his current 13-point lead among female voters.

One of Clinton’s core groups of supporters during the nomination phase of the campaign was older women. During the last few days of her active candidacy, Clinton led McCain by 51% to 41% among women aged 50 and older, while Obama trailed McCain among this group, 46% to 43%.

Since Clinton suspended her campaign, older women’s vote preferences have shifted toward Obama, so that he now enjoys a six-point advantage over McCain. Obama Gains Among Women After Clinton Exit (via Gallup)

I think at this point, the best John McCain can do go after the older White Conservatives who distrust Obama and the Military crowd. The startling thing about this poll, is it was taken not long after Hillary said she was dropping out.

Call it a hunch, but I tend to believe, that Juan McSame is going to get his ass handed to him on a platter in November.

The newest round of Democrat stupidity

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Once again, the Liberals are taking McCain out of context.

For once, I agree with Jack Moss, when he says:

On the other hand Obama isn’t going to pull the troops out – no matter what he says – simply for political reasons. He hasn’t got a clue of the Geo/Political ramifications. But he simple won’t pull the troops out simple because “old dog” democrats won’t let him. While Iraq is quickly stabilizing, a withdraw would create expected chaos and there is no way Dems are going to let that happen on their watch.

The rest of what Moss says is pure Republican propaganda. However, his statement on Obama and Iraq is right on.

Another one under the Obamassiah’s Bus….

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Wow, that didn’t take long….. 

Obama and his campaign staunchly defended Jim Johnson against the charge that his ties to troubled mortgage lender Countrywide disqualified him from sitting on Obama’s vice presidential search committee, but Johnson just pulled the plug: He resigned as chairman of the steering committee just now.

“Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept. We have a very good selection process underway, and I am confident that it will produce a number of highly qualified candidates for me to choose from in the weeks ahead. I remain grateful to Jim for his service and his efforts in this process,” Obama said in a statement.

Johnson also put out a statement.

"I believe Barack Obama’s candidacy for president of the United States is the most exciting and important of my lifetime," he said, according to a Bloomberg report. "I would not dream of being a party to distracting attention from that historic effort." – Johnson resigns (via Politico.com)

And of course, Juan McSame’s campaign issued this rather lame statement:

UPDATE: McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds emails:

Jim Johnson’s resignation raises serious questions about Barack Obama’s judgment. Selecting the vice presidential nominee is the most important decision a presidential candidate can make and one even Barack Obama has said will ‘signal how I want to operate my presidency.’ By entrusting this process to a man who has now been forced to step down because of questionable loans, the American people have reason to question the judgment of a candidate who has shown he will only make the right call when under pressure from the news media. America can’t afford a president who flip-flops on key questions in the course of 24 hours. That’s not change we can believe in.

Neither is having affairs with lobbyists to the point where your staff has to keep a woman away from you either. Also, anyone ever take a good hard look at McCain’s Staff? It’s filled with lobbyists.

Others: protein wisdom, New York Sun, Balloon Juice, Fox News, The Washington Independent, Rezko Watch and BuzzFlash.org and more via Memeorandum

Another Case of G.O.P. Morality at work

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Anymore,  it is like shooting fish in a barrel with these guys…

You know that unidentified estranged wife of a Reno doctor that the governor of Nevada is not having an affair with?

Well, during one month last year he exchanged 850 text messages with her phone from his official state phone, at 15 cents per.

It’s all part of an increasingly messy divorce after 22 years between the 63-year-old Gov. Jim Gibbons, a former military and commercial pilot, and his wife, Dawn, 54, who formerly ran two Las Vegas wedding chapels. She’s also served in the state legislature. Hey, it’s Nevada remember. Nev gov Gibbons sends 100s txt msgs 2 other womans cell, not wifes (via Top of the Ticket at The Los Angeles Times)

Next time someone tries to tell you that the G.O.P is the party of morals, show ‘em this…

Andrew Malcom continues in this rather hilarious report:

On another day, or night, they exchanged 91 messages between midnight and 2 a.m., which is something like one text message every 79 seconds. Talk about teenagers. Bet the governor’s fingers were really sore.

And their arms too from holding the phones to their ears during 42 lengthy conversations, mostly at night and on weekends. The calls to Karrasch’s phone abruptly ended 14 days into April last year, the Gazette-Journal reported.

The newspaper said the messages’ contents were not available, which may be just as well. Although it would be kinda neat to…No, they’re private communbications and we have no business even imagining the abbrvtions used.

The paper noted the governor had reimbursed the state for the calls’ costs.

The governor does not face pretty tolerant Nevada voters again until 2010. In the meantime Jim and Dawn have agreed to stop fighting over custody of the governor’s mansion and negotiate.

Now, call me an idiot, but judging from this Picture:

jimdawngibbonsofficialphoto1stladyo

I highly doubt that she married this old buzzard for the size of his……..Ahem, you know! or his dashing good looks.

Just a feeling a have….

I wonder if he took any lessons from Kwame Kilpatrick? Just sayin’!

Others: Washington Wire, Reno Gazette-Journal and AMERICAblog