FIGHTING FREEDOM

Now that the actual date for elections in Iraq has been set, look for more violence.  There are a lot of people in very powerful positions in the Middle East who do not under any circumstances want to see the people of Iraq chose their own leaders.  The Mullahs of Iran come to mind, as does the Saudi Royal Family and the leaders of Syria.  Freedom has this nasty little habit of being contagious.  Can you imagine how the Iranian weird-beards would react to their Iranian subjects watching in awe as the citizens of Iraq decide who will govern them?

So .. how do you prevent this from happening?  Violence.  Send in the Islamic goons.  Kill people.  Threaten voters.  Create enough havoc and maybe you can prevent the elections from even taking place. 

The real sad thing here is that there are huge numbers of Americans who are rooting for the insurgents.  They don't want to see those elections take place either.  Elections in Iraq and a freely elected Iraqi government would be a huge victory for liberalism's most hated man, George W. Bush. 

If you haven't considered this before, now may be the time.  Many liberals and Democrats in this country would rather see the people of Iraq live under a despotic, totalitarian regime than to see Bush prevail in his goal to bring democratic processes to the Middle East. 

EVEN ODDS FOR A NUCLEAR ATTACK

This didn't get much coverage yesterday, but it certainly should have.  Maybe people just don't want to be reminded .. or they're tired of coping with the threat. 

Harvard security expert Graham Allison has written a new book titled "Nuclear Terrorism."  Allison says that the chance of terrorists detonating a 10 kiloton nuclear devise in the United States in the next 10 years is 50/50. 

Now ... if you want a sobering reality just go to this website.  http://www.nuclearterror.org.  On this site you will have a chance to enter your zip code and see a blast map showing the effects of a 10K nuclear explosion.  The site is very well done ... so head on over for a dose of reality.

While you're at it, you can thank the Red States for saving you from an appeasement administration that would have made the terrorist's job all that much easier.

UK THWARTS 9/11-STYLE ATTACK

For 3 years now, the media and the left all over the world have been promoting the myth that somehow the whole war on terror is an overreaction to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.  In other words, as the nonsense goes, we shouldn't bother them so they won't bother us.  A new story out of Britain shows why we have to keep the heat turned up on Islamic terrorists.

The report says that four or five (that's right...not one, but 4 or 5) 9/11-style attacks have been thwarted on a number of targets including Heathrow Airport and Canary Wharf.  Canary Wharf is like the UK version of Wall Street.

The plans, which were stopped when authorities stepped in, called for Al-Qaeda to fly airplanes into buildings, killing thousands of people with every attack.  Remember: these were attacks that were going to happen.  Had they not been stopped, scores of people would be dead at the hands of these Islamic killers.

Right now, as you are sitting reading this, terrorists are plotting to kill Americans.  Just keep that in mind the next time somebody calls the war on terror into question.

INTEL BILL HITS THE SKIDS

Two members of the House of Representatives are leading the charge against a bill in Congress designed the implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.  The president supports the bill....so what's the problem?  This is where it gets interesting.

The bill was supposed to create a new national intelligence director and national counterterrorism center.  James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and Duncan Hunter, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee came out against it.  By some estimates, they had 80% support of the House Republicans, so the Speaker had to yank the bill, and now there's probably not much chance it's going to pass.

Sensenbrenner, Hunter and the Pentagon are concerned that the realignment of the intelligence authority would weaken the military chain of command and the troops.  They also want the bill to deal with anti-terrorism laws and illegal immigration. The Senate won't negotiate, and some of its members even criticized both committee chairmen on TV on Sunday.  Bad move.

Hunter just had a son come back from his second tour in Fallujah, and won't budge.  Sensenbrenner even talked with President Bush about it, and when he brought up the idea of tightening driver's license requirements so illegal aliens couldn't get one, the president called it a "poison pill."  Apparently even though George Bush just won a second term, the Hispandering continues.

Just like with the budget bill that had the provision in it to read people's tax returns, it's refreshing that some people are starting to actually read some of these bills.  So far, it isn't pretty.

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READING ASSIGNMENTS

We have a president that won't kowtow to the Washington establishment.  Ain't life grand!

When you go to the Atlanta Airport be very very very careful of the police officers.  Many of them are not friendly and  before you know it you could end up in jail.  Something needs to be done, but the Atlanta police don't really seem to think that there's a problem. 

Apparently they've found the jerk who threw the first beer in that Basketbrawl melee last Friday evening.  Now .. charge him, try him, fine the squeeze out of him and yank his season tickets.  It also looks like this  idiot who threw that first beer at Ron Artest has a criminal history.  Once a thug, always a thug. 

Want to be groped, felt up and fondled?  What the hell, it is the season to feel Mary, if Mary doesn't object.  So .. you gropee wannabees ... just buy  your tickets on line and head for your local airport.

Michael "The Slug" Moore was fond of trying to create some sort of deep, dark conspiratorial relationship between The Bush's and the Saudis.  Now we find that these Same Saudis, who were the picture of evil when they dealt with the Bushes, are saints when they contribute millions to the Clinton library. 

Much has been written and said about the failure of the congress to pass a new homeland security bill.  Was there cause to turn this legislation down?  Brendan Miniter says that the bill would have made it harder to fight terror.

In his second-term agenda, Bush really has nothing to fear politically.  Why? Because his VP won't be running for president, and Charles Krauthammer says Bush will use that to his advantage.

Looks like Tom DeLay's fat might be out of the fire...apparently he is unlikely to be indicted by that Democratic prosecutor  in Texas.

That NBC cameraman that shot the footage of the Marine wasting the terrorist tells his side of the story on his blog.  Others respond here, taking issue with his comments.

It's time to amend the Constitution so Arnold and any other foreign-born American citizen can run for president, at least according to William Safire.

The Indianapolis Star, even knowing that the Pacers' playoff chances are now dead, still supports the NBA's decision to suspend their players.

Here's an excellent column from Jason Whitlock in Kansas City, who describes the larger issue with the NBA not too many people are talking about.

The media is none too happy that President Bush has nominated Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, and they're already fretting.  The Media Research Center has a full report.

Remember that talk show host in Wisconsin that called Condi Rice "Aunt Jemima?"  He apologized..just like he knew he would have to.  Surprisingly, the NAACP stuck up for Rice.

There seem to be some similarities between Israeli-Palestinian problems and inner city problems.  Star Parker looks at the parallels and concludes it all comes down to personal responsibility.

As part of tax reform, President Bush is considering eliminating the deduction for state and local taxes.  Bruce Bartlett examines the implications of this decision.

The Marine that is being hung out to dry over the insurgent shooting was just doing his job, and Diana West says he absolutely did the right thing.

Republicans aren't cutting spending, just reducing the rate of growth.  Cal Thomas calls them out, asking if this is what it has really come to.

Did you know that every document printed on your color laser printer has a little code on it that can be used to trace that document back to you?  Nice of them to tell us, right?  Perhaps this is a good reason not to register your printer with the manufacturer.

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