BIAS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ... AGAIN.

We're starting to get some leaks about the contents of the 911 Commission report.  Yesterday the Associated Press said that the report "bluntly contradicts" the Bush Administration's claims that Saddam Hussein was linked to the September 11th terrorist attacks.  Now it is true that the 911 Commission report actually says that there was no evidence of a connection between Hussein and the 9/11 attacks.  So ... what is my problem here?  The problem is that the Bush administration never ... and I mean never made a claim that such a connection existed in the first place.   In fact, George Bush has repeatedly said that there is no evidence that such a connection exists.  This creates a bit of a question, then, about the AP story.  How can the 911 Commission report "bluntly contradict" that claim that has never been made?  There can be no "blunt contradiction" of a claim that has never been made.  So, what did George Bush say?  He said that there is no question that Saddam had Al Qaeda connections.   The 911 Commission report, by the way, agrees.

CNN is no better than AP.  This morning on CNN Bill Hemmer started the news story this way:  "One of the original justifications for war in  Iraq has been discredited by the 911 Commission."  He then went on to relate the commission's findings of no Hussein connection with the 9/11 attacks.  This is the same tact used by AP.  Basing a story on a wholly false premise .. and doing so intentionally.

This is getting ridiculous.  The writers and the editors know that Bush never claimed that Hussein had any connection with the actual terrorist attack.  Someone at AP made a conscious decision to include that bogus "bluntly contradicts" line into the story because they knew that the end result would be unfavorable to President Bush.  Simply put, the purpose of that line was to portray Bush as either a liar or ignorant.  The person or persons responsible for the "bluntly contradicts" line knows that people -- voters -- will read the story and believe that Bush asserted that such a claim exists, and was wrong.  This, my friends, is a prime example of pure unadulterated media bias at work.

THE UNITED NATIONS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND

The United Nations, never a friend to the United States, is now showing its animosity toward American private business.  Believe it or not, the UN has now condemned Caterpillar, the makers of heavy equipment, for selling bulldozers to Israel.  Some of these bulldozers, you see, are being used to raze the homes of suicide bombers.  This the UN calls a human rights violation.  I don't seem to remember the UN ever calling the suicide bomb a human rights violation.

The UN coddling of Saddam Hussein, it's comforting of Palestinian terrorists, it's cowardly run from Iraq, now it's unwarranted criticisms of American businesses .....

Sooner or later you folks are going to figure out that this organization is not our friend.

THE POODLE WANTS TO BUY YOUR VOTE

John Kerry is getting more specific with some of his spending plans when the people of this country actually make him our president.  Yesterday he came out with a plan to increase the child care tax credit from $3,000 to $5,000.  What's more, he plans to extend the eligibility for this credit to people who have no job whatsoever. 

First of all, let's make sure that we all understand that the meaning of the term "tax credit" has been completely destroyed by our free-spending, vote-buying congress.  When you hear "tax credit" you might think of a credit applied against taxes that you actually owe.  Not so.  In this day and age the phrase "tax credit" is actually code for "income redistribution."   If you qualify for a refundable tax credit such as the child care tax credit in the amount of $3,000, but you only owe $500 in income taxes against which to apply that "credit," the "credit" will wipe out your $500 tax liability, and the government will then take $2,500 away from some other taxpayer and give it to you.  Pure income redistribution.  Now The Souffle wants to increase this giveaway to $5,000.  This means that the government would take $4,500, not $2,500, from another taxpayer to give to the credit recipient.

Things get worse under Kerry's plan.  He wants to extend this income redistribution program to single mothers who don't work!  In plain language this means that the government would simply write a $5,000 check to every single, non-working mother out there every year and call it a "tax credit."  Can't you just see these women stampeding to the polls in November to vote for Kerry!  For $5,000 untaxed dollars a year ... why the hell not? 

Remember ... Democrats believe that wealth is distributed, not earned.  Kerry is working the distribution angle to buy votes.  What a guy.

REHABBING THE CLINTON LEGACY

Former President Bill Clinton's book is being released on Tuesday, and the media onslaught is gearing up.  The first big interview is with Dan Rather, to be broadcast on '60 Minutes' on Sunday.  If the transcript that has been released is any indication, get ready for quite a love fest.  I think they edited out the portion when Rather asked Clinton if he wanted to get naked.

Clinton calls his impeachment "a badge of honor."  That's interesting...because as one of only two presidents to be impeached, it may be more like a badge of denial.  Perhaps history will not be so kind.  Lying under oath is not a badge of honor.  And don't give me this "he only lied about his personal life" nonsense.  Clinton lied under oath with the intent to deny to a plaintiff her day in court under a statute that Clinton himself signed into law!  Did you understand that?  Let me amplify things for you a bit. 

Early in his presidency Clinton made a big deal ... press conference and all ... about signing legislation that attached federal criminal penalties to some incidents of sexual harassment.  A woman named Paula Jones then uses that very law to sue Clinton for his actions in that hotel room in Little Rock.  Then Clinton lies under oath in order to prevent Paula Jones from having a fair and honest hearing of her complaint.  Clinton calls this a badge of honor?  If perjury is a badge of honor, what would he call his rape of Juanita Brodderick, the Silver Star?

Clinton also takes undeserved credit for the booming economy of the 1990's.  Our economy was already growing when Clinton took office in 1993.  The Reagan boom continued for most of the 90's despite Clinton's attempts to kill it with tax increases.  Clinton also takes pride in the war in Kosovo, in which he says he rid the world of a dictator (something apparently George Bush isn't allowed to do.)  Then when it came to the issue of Monica Lewinsky, he calls the affair a "terrible moral error."  How neat and tidy....he also gave his reason for why he did it: because he could.  What a sleaze ball.

Bill Clinton's purpose in selling his memoirs is threefold.  To rehabilitate his legacy and rewrite history,  to sell books and make money and lastly to steal the spotlight away from The Poodle, ensuring his defeat at the polls and paving the way for his wife to run in 2008.

A FUNNY FROM A LISTENER

Listener John W. submits this: "We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records."

WHAT ABOUT SADDAM'S TORTURE?

The problem here is if these journalists show up to watch the videos then they will feel some sort of a responsibility to actually report to their viewers or readers what they saw.  If they then print stories about Saddam's atrocities it will make the actions of American Reservists at Abu Ghraib look like child's play.  This would dampen the constant drumbeat of damnation being heaped on our troops and the Bush administration.  In short ... it doesn't fit the template.

Oh ... another thing.  Remember that liberal icon Ted Kennedy said that Saddam's torture prisons had not been closed, they had just changed management.  If Americans are given the opportunity to compare the Hussein atrocities with the actions taken at Abu Ghraib under American control Kennedy would be made to look like the blithering partisan fool that he is.  Remember, the media will do anything it needs to do to protect the image of The Hero of Chappaquiddick. 

Just keep that in mind when you're watching news coverage of the 2004 presidential campaign.

BRINGING REAGAN DOWN A NOTCH

It seems that I was telling you that this was going to happen.  Yup, another Boortz "I told you so."

Unable to stand idly by and let the celebration of the life of the greatest president of the 20th century go unanswered, the media has their knives out for Reagan.  They now see it as their responsibility to bring Reagan down a notch, and to belittle the man's accomplishments.  This was to be expected. The fear, of course, is that any good feelings toward Ronald Reagan might transfer to George Bush.  From a media standpoint, this isn't good .. not good at all.

First up was 60 Minutes' Morley Safer, appearing on Larry King the other night, complaining about the outpouring for Ronald Reagan. "I think the excess of the adulatory commentary, ad nauseum, quite honestly, for anyone, let alone a man who is - had many faults..."  Good work, Morley.  We'll be sure to say nice things at your funeral.

Then comes this today from the New York Times' Frank Rich.  In a column set to be published on Sunday, Rich whines that the "gratuitously attenuated aerial shots of the hearse streaking on California freeways to Simi Valley carried an eerie visual echo of the Bronco chase."  That's right...this dodo is comparing President Ronald Reagan to double-murderer O.J. Simpson.  What an idiot. 

The left-wing nutcases in the media hated Reagan the entire time he was in office and now they continue to hate him after his death.   You couldn't possibly expect them to hold their tongue this long, could you?  Bitter to the end, the media can't stand the popularity of Ronald Reagan. 

Military personnel and civilians line Arnold Ave. to pay respect to former President Ronald Reagan during the procession from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C., June 9, 2004. A state funeral will be conducted late Friday morning at the Washington National Cathedral, where President Bush will give the eulogy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gina M. O'Bryan)

 

READING ASSIGNMENTS

The Euro-weenies are at it again; this time they want to ban internet "hate speech."  Believe it or not, there are those in this country that agree with them.

26 ex-diplomats are urging President Bush be voted out of office.  Great...he must be doing something right.

The TSA is finally beginning testing of its "Registered Traveler Program."  Count me in....but it's only going to be a three-month pilot phased in at five airports.  The principle is simple: prove you're not a terrorist, and you get to avoid being taken off to the side and shaken down.  Too bad Atlanta is not participating in the pilot.

Democrats and the mainstream media have done their best to rewrite the history of Ronald Reagan, trying to turn him into a moderate Republican.  Ann Coulter sets them straight.

Dan Rather gives Bill Clinton's book five stars....good 'ole Dan...still objective after all these years.

Vice President Dick Cheney is not backing down on the Saddam Hussein-Al-Qaeda link.  Good...because he's right.

The U.N. is telling Caterpillar to stop selling bulldozers to Israel because of the way they are being used.  Typical anti-Israel U.N. nonsense.

Despite what the liberals and the media says, Ronald Reagan did not ignore the homeless.  William Rusher explains.

Ahh yes....what we've known for months...there's no sense of excitement for candidate Kerry.  Face it: The Poodle just lacks charisma.

Interesting op-ed piece in the New York Times from Juan Williams, who says Bush shouldn't write off the black vote.

Curious about Michael Moore's latest movie?  Here's all you need to know, from Walter Shapiro, who says it is a barrage of cheap shots.

In an attempt to jump on the Reagan bandwagon, Robert Novak writes that the Democrats kidnapped the former president for political gain.

Should George Tenet be the fall guy for the fact that massive stockpiles of WMD have not been found yet in Iraq?  Alan Reynolds says the media has now decided Tenet is just an innocent scapegoat.

So what was Ronald Reagan's record when it came to blacks?  Pretty good, says Larry Elder, who looks at each issue point-by-point.

A year after the Bush tax cuts, the economy stands on the front end of a boom.  The same thing happened in 1984....is it a coincidence?  Of course not, says Larry Kudlow.

When it comes to Bill and Hillary Clinton, make no mistake, The Hildabeast still wears the pants. More from Gary Aldrich.

President Bush is scheduled to visit Ireland on June 25 and 26, and Cal Thomas  talks about some of the protests the president will face.

It's always important to insure your belongings against damage or loss.....and chest hair is no exception.

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