Dan Rather sighting

http://newsbusters.org/node/1455

Wow, so instead of blaming Bush as usual, Dan Rather blames it all on his own company and.....bloggers!

why Dan Rather is so “respected” is beyond me

I guess if you're black........

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/HurricaneKatrina/story?id=1123495&page=1

shockingly ABC is reporting this…..but this really isn't a travesty to Stephanopoulos & co's eyes......it's still Bush's fault.

Louisiana's fault I tell ya - it all dim fault

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170514,00.html

I could’ve told you this…………(Louisiana is dysfunctional)

Although I think Michael Brown went on a rampage blaming basically everything from Louisiana to Lance Armstrong

another overlooked news item

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5305579,00.html

We just killed Iraq Al-Qaeda’s #2 man and the news is near-hush about this. This is big news. Oh well, media is still trying to blame Bush for everything.

Wanna read something depressing?

Read this column by Brendan Miniter. Looks like Nancy Pelosi is trying to reshape the Democratic party as the party of fiscal responsibility - and she can pull this charade off because the Republicans are most assuredly not - see here.

I think fiscal conservatives like us are just doomed to be stood up by every single candidate we get - it's so depressing. If McCain runs hard on the platform of fiscal responsibility, I just might vote for him. You Arizonans have the best candidates anyway, that's the state that brought us Barry Goldwater.

A deeper look into "Anti-war" activits

The origins of the "Anti-war" party are somewhat frightening, and not really anti-war at all. Big surprise...

Test

Burque on a brisk winter morning
Originally uploaded by twangler79.

Nuther test. Just a pic of the Sandias on a nice winter morning.

Superdome behavior GREATLY exaggerated

From the LA Times of all places. You don't suppose the MSM will apologize, do you? The Economist should re-print September 8th's issue with "The shaming of the MSM" instead of "The shaming of America."

Best idea since Texas Toast..

Who would have thought we could have legislation in this day and age encouraging families to raise their own kids? From townhall.

Test

Foto-test. Just a pic of Dirty Jerzey from the Empire State Building. That pink light in the lower left is Madison Square Garden.

Who got the babes?

Take a look: contrast anti-war with pro-war. I'm glad we're on the side with all the babes.

(Warning: very disturbing photos of guess which side, and they are probably NSFW.)

Condi Baby

Condi Rice will be speaking at Princeton on Friday - I pick up my ticket today. I'll report out afterward, even try to include some pics (I think I might have to hook up with some picture-hosting site first, like Flickr). This being Princeton, I expect some moonbat protestors to be around. Although, it being Princeton, they'll at least look and smell ok, as opposed to, say, Brown.

Hopefully you'll see some pics of our next President!

saw a billboard.....

that was all in Spanish and at the very bottom it said "48% of New Mexicans know Spanish, shouldn't you?"

And then it stated something like empowering New Mexico through Spanish something.....

tempted to create a billboard that says: "52% of New Mexicans don't know Spanish - and they voted for Bush :-)"

remember kids, it's always America's fault

http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b//hotzone/blogs999

Skinnies are directly responsible for killing her kid yet it's America's fault. This is one of the many reasons why I'm proud to be an American and I puke whenever I hear a foreigner's opinion.

So here she is, married with multiple kids and says she has no hope for Somalia - Of course it's America's fault for the fact they've always had at least 3 tribal groups that battle each other for necessities. Maybe open your eyes or take off your hejab scarf and realize it's your own people that's taking your life away!

But whatever, that's your problem. You hate us...... *flies away*

it just doesn't end.......

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=ID%20Weatherman%20Departs

Frankly, I have to side with this reasoning more than the Racist Rove Weather Machine. Sorry Tim....

Hybrid power is expensive..Hmm...

I was surprised to see this article on CNN. Who would have thought that simple math would tell you to buy diesel instead of electric? I guess people are listening to Leo DiCapprio instead of using their calculators.
I'm not surprised.

One man's account of our allies:

26 nations still with us.

I share the same honor as one of the commenters, that God has blessed us for being part of a country that has never been under the foot of a brutal dictator, but still fights for the freedom of others.

Confusion reigns..

..at moonbat central.
This was one of my favorite images from Sheehanapalooza.

Global Warming produces...

Fewer Hurricanes?...

Stephanopoulos, strangely, is not convinced.

Bomb Bat Bombs

This story is from a few months ago (info about WWII), but I just came across it. Follow the links for iceberg aircraft carriers and paper bombs also.

Heh

Well, I'm glad this guy lives in New Hampshire, the only New England state (well, maybe Maine too) that isn't completely insane. Found via Wizbang. I especially like the bit about the bumper sticker: "Gun Control Means Using Both Hands".

last post of the night....

I will not join blog-spam block list.....it violates civil liberties *rolls eyes*

now if the world would just hear this.....

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/22/231913.shtml

It's good Bush is being Reagan-esque and citing the source of the problems.

as I predicted, AP ALREADY claiming Texas plans are failing

This is just becoming unforgivable. As I predicted, the Associated Press ALREADY states Texas is failing - and of course I predict next week it'll all tie to Bush. Republican-dominated area, so of course they ignore Louisiana's lack of leadership in Blanco/Nagin:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050923/ap_on_re_us/rita_texas_exodus_hk1

So they interview the ultra left-wing Sheila Jackson Lee and ONLY her to get opinions. Way to be fair and balanced AP. Let's just solely rely on HER expert analysis. It's simply IMPOSSIBLE to evacuate 2 million people all going in the same direction with today's interstate system.

Now that Rita and Katrina are the new age of terror, I can see nuts like Rangel in Congress demanding Bush to start a war........with..............um

predictions (i.e. just having fun)

Well, this is my first post. I think I have a question that's brewing...I know Bush is still President, but who would you like to see on the Republican ticket for 2008? Here are a few choices that popped into my head. Some won't run of course, but there's always the wish:

Dick Cheney (even at his age, he's still more competent than most Democrats out there)
Howard Phillips, Chuck Baldwin, or Michael Peroutka (although they're not Republican, these are great conservatives I'd support if there aren't any good Republicans there - but this is a last minute resort and realistically speaking I won't vote for them. Constitutionalists have a real low chance of winning since the most popular "alternatives" out there are Greenies and Libertarians)
Alan Keyes or Pat Buchanan (I know both Keyes and Buchanan are extremists in several points of view.....)
Dan Quayle (the press really beats on this guy.....but he's right 95% of the time!)Bill Frist
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Mitch McConnell
Pete Domenici :-)
George Allen
Donald Rumsfeld :-)
Condi Rice
Karl Rove (well gee, why not the brain of Bush just run eh? :-)
Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, John McCain, Colin Powell, or Mitt Romney (these are a stretch personally for me because they really to me fit in the mold of the Schwarzenegger Republican *liberal in social issues and lots others actually - you know, the ones that always coddle to Kennedy, Feingold, etc* - but they ARE pretty popular - would choose them over most Democrats)
Jeb Bush

Of course, I really wouldn't mind having Howard Dean and Al Gore in there.....just so that gives the Republicans a better chance to win

We have a LONG time to predict the future, but these honestly are the likely/realistic scenarios I see happening in 2008 if there are no "surprises" that happen between now to then:

John McCain def Hillary Clinton
Rudy Giuliani def Hillary Clinton
Jeb Bush def Hillary Clinton (remember, Bill Clinton said he wasn't gonna run in late 1991)
John McCain def John Kerry
John McCain def DA RETURN OF AL GORE!!! (I can seriously see Gore trying to pull a Nixon)
Condi Rice def Hillary Clinton (what a concept: the first black AND woman to win........on the REPUBLICAN ticket!)
Rudy Giuliani def John Kerry
John McCain def John Edwards

too many John's :-)

Qoute of the day

"San Diego makes Switzerland look like Compton" - Bill Simmons, ESPN Page 2

(Seriously, I'm still laughing about this)

Speaking of SPAM...

You might have heard the recent rant about telemarketers calling cell phones. Here's another side:
Don't be alarmed...

Still, it's a good idea to place your cell #s on the list for good measure, in my opinion...

I can't hide!

This morning I blogged for the first time in a while and about two things that I wanted to write about much more but just didn't. Later in the day I checked the site again, just to see if anyone had responded or posted something new. What did I find? This:

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Yes, what you're thinking is correct, there now exists freaking blog spam! Ugh, I couldn't be more annoyed. How silly and pathetic, but at least it wasn't an ad for... hmm I'll hold that thought as I don't want to curse the site.

To whom they are beholden...

Interesting article today by Byron York in NRO about democrat plans for the supreme court. A lot of points about strategy, current and future. Now, these points were not at all what I found to be interesting, standard blah from the left, but from WHOM these points were being relayed. Take for instance, asked about the possibility for filibuster on the next nominee the source "told reporters it was too early to think about that". And another, when pressed about obstruction efforts for the next justice the source responds,

I think there will be even more of an effort if there is someone in the mold of Thomas and Scalia in the next vacancy, and of course in the next vacancy you're talking about a swing justice.

So, who is this phantom source? Harry Reid, or perhaps some other senator, you know someone who actually is part of that advise and consent thing? Not at all, the source for this entire article was Ralph Neas, head of "People for the American Way", a liberal lobbyist group. It's good to know that Neas didn't hide from the fact that the dem senators get their marching orders from the lobbyists as opposed to you know, the folks whom they represent.

Formerly known as

Simpleton. Updated to Muztan, as it should be...
It's been a while, but I'm glad to see the blog faithful have
kept a watch on the mental disorder known as liberalism in my
absence. To start off again, here's an eloquent article on the
myth of price gouging.

Must Read

Iraqi President on the current mission:

Without American forces, the vision of American leadership and the quiet fortitude of the American people, Iraqis would be almost alone in the world. With its allies, the United States has provided Iraqis with an unprecedented opportunity. Iraqis have responded by enthusiastically embracing democracy and volunteering to fight for their country. By giving us the tools, your troops help us to defend Iraqi democracy and to finish the job of uprooting Baathist fascism.

Read the whole thing.

Cats vs. Dogs: Dog score big

Car runs on dead cats. Or maybe just _could_ run on dead cats if you want to believe the backtracking...

Uh, I Think it Never Left

Drudge has the headline: "Katrina Ushers in Return of Big Governmentt".

Maybe someone should tell Tom Delay.

Fed Katrina Response

How bad was it? Compared to recent hurricanes, it appears to have been pretty swift, as this column by Jack Kelly points out. The best part is the criticism of journalists by this former Air Force logistics officer:

"We do not yet have teleporter or replicator technology like you saw on 'Star Trek' in college between hookah hits and waiting to pick up your worthless communications degree while the grown-ups actually engaged in the recovery effort were studying engineering.

Boo Yah! I hate journalists. Their self-centered reporting and pomposity disgust me.

One thing that I think got lost in all the fog of calling for FEMA head Michael Brown's head, was the lack of criticism of his department's response to the four hurricanes that hit Florida in 60 days last year, and also his departments response to the near obliteration of the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as Mobile Bay in Alabama. What's different about about Louisiana? (Hint: it has to do with the letter following the name of the governor.)

Climate Change Consensus

Another found via Tigerhawk. There was a consensus on climate change among scientists just thirty years ago, also! Why have we not done anything about it! Oh yeah, because the concern was about global cooling.

Wow

I really can't believe this made a post in the "most visited" blog of the internet - the barking moonbats of the Daily Kos are lending credence to the paranoid theory that the Bushies bombed the levees in order to protect the French Quarter. I'm speechless.

"Disaster Porn"

This is a hilarious parody of the "disaster porn stars" of cable news. I hate tv journalists. Hate them. Even on Fox.

Germany Bound

The US National Team defeated Mexico 2-0 last night to become the first North American team, and the eighth overall team, to qualify for the World Cup Finals in Germany. This victory is all the sweeter because it came at the expense of Mexico, who most consider the top team of the region - and who also have yet to qualify (although they will probably do so quite easily next game). Kudos to Kasey Keller, Claudio Reyna, and Oguchi Onyewu, who had the best performances of the game in my opinion. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a final four spot for the US next year!

Check out what the Mexican coach said:

“The U.S. is a small team,” he said. “They play like my sister, my aunt and my grandmother.”

Talk about a sore loser! I hope we meet them in the World Cup again, so we can knock them out - just like in 2002.

The Geopolitical Implications of Katrina

Tigerhawk posts an incredibly chilling analysis of what Katrina has done to our economy:

During the Cold War, a macabre topic of discussion among bored graduate students who studied such things was this: If the Soviets could destroy one city with a large nuclear device, which would it be? The usual answers were Washington or New York. For me, the answer was simple: New Orleans. If the Mississippi River was shut to traffic, then the foundations of the economy would be shattered...

The analysis is we won't be able to export agricultural products from the heartland because it will be too expensive. I'd always wondered what idiot came up with the idea of building a city below sea level at an area where hurricanes strike like clockwork every year, but the fact is it's there because it has to be - we need it as a vital hub in our nation's economy. I honestly did not know that New Orleans had the number one port in the US in terms of tonnage. Read the whole analysis.

What Media Bias?

Check out the headline from this AP story:

Unemployment Rate Slumps to Four-Year Low

Could they be reporting economic good news as bad news? Naw, not the AP.