If The Red Primary Winner is McCain, I'm Staying Home in Nov '08...

From Sowell today:

"If an American citizen forges a Social Security card in order to get a job, he can be arrested. Under a provision recently passed by the Senate, illegal aliens who forged Social Security cards not only get a pass, they get to collect Social Security benefits.

The great majority of Senators who voted for that provision were Democrats, and they prevailed because they were joined by a small minority of Republicans, led by -- surprise! -- Senator John McCain. After similar defections on judges and free speech, Senator McCain may give opportunism a bad name."

Did I Mention I Like Dennis?

This one's too good to not post:

"Every car that has a bumper sticker declaring "War is not the answer" powerfully testifies to the intellectual decline of the well educated and to the devolution of "liberal thought" into an oxymoron."

Is it history...

repeating itself? The most important bit from this piece in my opinion;

today’s Democrats seek to criminalize what are essentially policy differences, particularly over conduct of the war on terrorism

Commie Propaganda

It never ends. Or is it just more leftist optimism in their doomed cause, like the kind that made the moron Dems in the Senate write the "Dear Commandante" letter?

Taking Hits - But Quietly, Slowly, Winning...

Probably one of the most comprehensive articles on Iraq I've seen since the beginning of Op. Iraqi Freedom. He doesn't shy away from the beatings we've taken, but gives a great picture of what's really taking shape...

Hey, What About "Powder?"

"...There are no realistic, sympathetic or heroic characters with albinism that you can find in movies or popular culture."

How Easily the Masses are Swayed... Like Sheep Herded By Dogs Into the Shearer's Pen...

"...readers were asked if Opus Dei had ever carried out a murder. Seventeen percent of readers believe it had, compared with just four percent of non-readers."

What a disappointing survey...

I don't think it's even necessary to address all the dishonesty surrounding the "Code," but in difference to the standard boycott theme, I personally recommend everyone read the book (Hey, it's a good read!), watch the movie, and take a deep retrospective look at understanding your faith. Learning the real facts of biblical history is just the first step. Bearing faith to the witness of the writers of ancient past in honoring the Christian legacy is much more difficult, else we wouldn't be running into these kinds of issues...

38% of New Mexicans will pay $0 or -$ in Taxes in 2006

As is the startling trend in the American tax system today.

So this fall I have to listen to Patricia Madrid mouth-off about how Heather Wilson voted for tax cuts for the rich...what a crock of s**t...

Sad State of Affairs

From the AIM, a report on our failing school system:

"...the aggregate number of college graduates who take up teaching represent the bottom third of scores on the ACT and the SAT."

If we're going to raise teachers' salaries to professional levels (which I think we should), then we also need to require the education level of professionals, for both economic balance and probability of success in the classroom.

Can I get a hooah?!

Tell Your Sister.., You Were Right...

I find the current Iraq case similar to McCarthy's plight - history will prove both were correct...

World Cup Epiphany

I can only see really Tim responding to this one, but oh well :-)

I'm gonna start off by skipping to the US group. I'm gonna flat out predict Czech Republic and United States are gonna advance out of this group. I'm only picking Czechs because frankly Italy has sunk. But otherwise, Czech Republic is the most overrated team in the world. With their rank, you mean to tell me only Brazil can beat them? Bullshit! Germany, Holland, even France I think can beat them. Throw Argentina in the mix too. How the hell does FIFA come up with the Czechs as #2 in the world (and it's been that way for couple of months now)?????? With that? If Czech Republic comes out less than 3-0 in their group, they don't deserve that rank. Period.

Group A: I'm saying Germany and Poland is gonna advance here. Poland by default as the other teams are Ecuador and Costa Rica

Group B: I see Sweden and England. Even with Rooney potentially out, I still think England can at least pull off 2nd place here. Paraguay is lethal and have proven to be lethal since 98 (they have always made it to the Round of 16), but I think the 2 Euro teams, playing on Euro soil, will advance.

Group C: I'm gonna stay safe and pick Argentina and Holland. There's always gonna be the token 1 African team that does well. I would say Drogba and his Ivory Coast but they're in this group (i.e. tough). Although I'd also say Ghana (in the US group) has a good chance too.

Group D: Another "stay safe" one as I'll pick Portugal and Mexico. It'll be interesting to see Angola (Portuguese-descent players) play Portugal. I doubt politics will come into play here as Iran is in this group. Euros are against America, not the Middle East

Group F: Brazil and I'm gonna go wild and say Japan, instead of Croatia. Since 98, Croatia proved nothing to me. Every World Cup has that lucky 3rd or 4th placed team that does well (a "non-powerhouse) and they were that in 98. Since then....*shrugs* what? Nothing. It'll be interesting to see Japan (coached by Brazilian Zico) plays Brazil.

Group G: France....and again, another wild one in South Korea, instead of Switzerland. This would all depend on how the Asian teams are coached and prepared. If they make 0 mistakes, they have a good chance.

Group H: Spain and Ukraine.....

I won't go any further than that, since anything can happen after this stage, but with the way the brackets are, I envision Round of 16 to be (it's fantasy mock time):

Germany vs England (good bye England unfortunately)
Argentina vs Mexico
Sweden vs Poland
Holland vs Portugal
France vs Ukraine
United States vs Japan (yes, don't laugh. I sincerely think the US can pull off 1st in their group. I'm sorry, I really think the Czechs and Italians are overrated. If the US happened to be grouped with say England and France or....Holland then I can't see them doing well)
Brazil vs Czech Republic (ooo wee, #1 vs #2 in the world *rolls eyes*)
Spain vs South Korea (I think the Spaniards will get their revenge here from 2002)

Qtr:
Germany vs Argentina (I can see Germans advancing here, but probably by PK)
Holland vs Sweden
France vs United States (I think US will again be eliminated from qtrfinals this year, thanks to the Frenchies)
Brazil vs Spain (for the millionth time, Spain will get eliminated in the qtrfinals)

Semi:
Germany vs France (like above, I see Germans squeaking by here by PK. This'll be like France in 98 where they barely won all their games, but they pulled it off because of homefield advantage)
Brazil vs Holland

Finals:
yes, I see a 2002 World Cup finals rematch between Brazil and Germany. I can't really pick this one

Growing Disgust Over The "Energy Crisis"

"No doubt we can soon expect a major investigation into the disturbing reports that bears are using our woodlands as a toilet."

"If this is what we can expect from congressional Republicans during a booming economy, heaven help us when the next recession comes."

Amen, Jonah...

Way to go, guys

Man, you'd think that with the perception (in certain corners of the country) of soccer being a fairy/sissy sport, these members of the US Men's National Team wouldn't have agreed to this.

Thanks a lot, guys. FYI, this was before WC '02.

Pro-War Clooney...

..and an interesting comparison between Sudan and Iraq...

Interesting

Democrats suck at sports. Nyaaaaaaah! I really liked having John Kerry trying to look "average" by sucking at sports - football, soccer, and windsurfing (?).

Seriously, maybe this has something to do with the fact that Republicans are typically conservatives, and rewarding achievement is an important part of conservative philosophy - in a nutshell, conservatives want the game to be played correctly (fidelity to systems, my friend), so there must be a winner and a loser. Democrats are liberals who seek to have everybody as equal as possible, so penalizing achievement is an important part of that.

There is no other arena where achievement is so clearly defined as that of the sports world.

Profound Is The Word..

..to describe this article about America's guilty conscience.

Remind Me Never To Become Famous, Let Alone a Famous Conservative

Rush's ordeal is done, at least for the most part. What worries me is how bad our legal system has become...