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BUSH GETS IT RIGHT

Last night President Bush spoke for just under a half hour to the soldiers gathered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and explained why the United States of America is not going to cut and run out of Iraq.  Naturally, Democrats came unhinged at Bush's confident assessment of how things were going in Iraq.  Among the points the president made:

• The war in Iraq is a vital front in the war on terror that began on September 11, 2001.  Any mention of 9/11 in the same sentence as Iraq sends Democrats into a state of hyperventilation.  The facts are the facts:  Saddam Hussein supported terrorism, sheltered terrorists, had the capability to produce weapons of mass destruction and would have sold those weapons to terrorists.
• We are not going to cut and run.  The United States invaded Iraq, liberated that country and has promised to stay until the job is done.  The left, in an attempt to relive their Vietnam war protest days, would like us to just pull out and Zarqawi and his boys take over Baghdad.
• There will be no announced pull-out date.  For some reason, Democrats and a few Republicans think we should leave Iraq on a date certain.  This would be the worst possible strategy for the reasons Bush mentioned last night.  The biggest reason is that the Islamic terrorists would just wait until we left, then take over. And take over they would.  I think it's fair to say that any person who states that we should set a date for our withdrawal from Iraq is either (a) as dumb as a load of bricks; or, (b) actually desirous of seeing the U.S. suffer a defeat in Iraq. 

The Poodle was on Larry King Live last night complaining that Bush said fighting terrorism was now the "third rationale" for invading Iraq.  If he would put down his 'baby killers go home' sign from the 1960's long enough, he would realize that we're long past the point of talking about the invasion.  That was over two years ago.  What we're dealing with now is establishing a free and democratic Iraq (which we have done,) writing a new Constitution and democratically electing new leaders (we're almost there,) and training security forces so they can take over when we leave (a work in progress.)  By any measure, we're succeeding in Iraq. 

The job in Iraq takes as long as it takes.  The Islamic killers won't let up, and neither should we.  There is only one choice here and that is to stay the course and get it done.

THIS IS AN OBJECTIVE INTERVIEW?

I heard a TV news anchor this morning questioning a Republican Congressman Robin Hayes about the president's speech and our efforts in Iraq.  Here are some of the questions the anchor asked Hayes:

"One of our listeners wrote to say that Bush should really be making this speech at Arlington National Cemetery, Not at Fort Bragg.  Was it appropriate for President Bush to speak there?"

What?  Did a journalist actually ask a politician whether or not it was appropriate for the President of the United States to make a speech about a war before the very people who are fighting that war?  The very people who are expected to put their lives on the line in that war?  Did I really hear that?

"Isn't he in part using Ft. Bragg as an appropriate backdrop to cheerlead the war in Iraq?"

Oh ... Arlington National Cemetery wouldn't be a backdrop? And stating the reasons we're at war is "cheerleading?"  "Gimme a W!  Gimme an A!  Gimme an R!"  Gimme a break.

"President Bush in his speech said that we're there to fight terrorists, but he failed to explain how a war to remove a dictator who was bent on using nuclear weapons has turned into a fight against Muslim militants.  Doesn't he owe us an explanation?"

It's been explained, over and over again.  That dictator was, himself, a Muslim militant with access to massive destructive power.  Doesn't a news anchor owe us a little more intellectual diligence?

"But there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein was connected in any way to Al Qaeda."

Sorry ... factually wrong.  That evidence does exist.  The 911 Commission itself reported on efforts by Saddam Hussein to make contact with Al Qaeda for the purpose of providing support and training.  At least Congressman Hayes had the guts to say "Ma'am, I'm sorry, but you're mistaken." 

"I know of no evidence connecting Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden or Al Qaeda, and also there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

Wrong, Wrong. Wrong.  How can she say that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.  What in the hell did Saddam use to gas hundreds of thousands of his own people?  Cheese Whiz?  What about those implements used in the creation of nuclear weapons that were found buried in the back yard of one of Saddam's nuclear scientists?  That's not evidence found in Iraq?  What about the artillery shells containing sarin gas?  That's not evidence?  What about the documents detailing Saddam's weapons program?  Not evidence? What about the statements from Saddam's scientists that they were ready to reinstitute their weapons program the very moment that UN sanctions were lifted and the inspectors were gone.  Not evidence?

It was an amazing segment.  Both a Republican and Democratic congressman were interviewed in this segment, but the argumentative interview style was saved for the Republican.  The Democrats was not challenged .. not once.  Remember, though ... there is no bias in the media.

THE MEDIA'S ROLE IN COVERING THE WAR

This exchange on CNN this morning reminded me of a bit I saw some time ago on the Internet.  Just how would today's media report the D-Day invasion of Europe?  How about this:

GOTTA ADMIT IT, KENNEDY HAS STONES

Leftist hero Ted Kennedy was pontificating yesterday about what Bush needed to say during his speech on Iraq last night.  During his rant Kennedy comesout with this gem:

''This is a difficult and challenging profession. No one should come to it lightly. As it should be. People have to be held accountable, professionally, and the public is looking at it in terms of private lives, as well. Everything is fair game."

Everything is fair game?  Fine, Senator.  If people need to be held accountable in their private lives, when are you going to explain to us why wandering up and down that dark road on that July night in 1969 worrying about your political future.  What was more important, your political life, or saving the life of that girl trapped in the car you managed to drive into the drink?  You do know that Mary Jo was alive in that car for as much as two hours, don't you?  Two hours to die while you're working on your cover-up.  Accountable?  Do you care to respond to the Mass. State Police Detective Lieutenant who said that you "killed that girl the same as if (you) put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger"?  You belong in jail.  Not in the U.S. Senate.

POLICE POLITICAL INTERNET WEBSITES

First ... define a political Internet website.  Is Nealz Nuze a political Internet website?  Well .. if the government can define selling apples from the very orchard where they are grown as interstate commerce, then the Nuze can certainly be a political Internet website, no matter insignificant it may be compared to dailykos.com,  wonkette.com or other infinitely more famous sites.  All I'm doing here is posting some of the program notes I use to remind me of what I might talk about on the show that particular day.

There was a hearing in front of the Federal Election Commission yesterday in Washington.  The agenda?  Whether or not online political blogs should be regulated as political speech.  In other words, whether or not they should be subject to the arcane campaign finance rules such as the McCain-Feingold legislation.  As you might expect, bloggers were out in force in opposition, both left and right.

The FEC has a court order requiring them to extend campaign finance rules to the Internet.  The Democrats on the commission voted not to appeal that court ruling.  Imagine that...Democrats not being in favor of free speech!  At any rate, the FEC is trying to decide how to "comply" and some of the proposals are quite frightening.  Among the proposals:

--Rule that all bloggers are journalists, and thus are exempt from campaign finance laws. This is the easiest and best choice.  After all, how can you say one website is a journalist and another is not?

--Rule that the Internet is the radio.  This would also immunize the bloggers from campaign finance laws, but would put them under the regulation of the FCC, otherwise known as the Federal Censorship Commission.  Terrible idea.

There are other proposals, but you get the idea.  Imagine a time in the not too distant future when the Imperial Federal Government comes down on some blog somewhere (such as the Nuze) and decides during election time that candidates must be given equal time on the website.  It's an ideal that is not all that far-fetched.  Imagine if all political speech were regulated by the federal government.  There are those that would like to see that day, particularly Democrats.

Keep an eye on this one.

WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND

THOSE &^()&$)&@% VISOR STICKERS

I'm really enjoying my new Chevy Avalanche.  I have a full-sized pickup, and an SUV.  Stand back!  The testosterone is flowing!  But there is one problem with the Avalanche.  It's not limited to the Avalanche ... but that's what I'm driving .... so that's what we focus on.  It's those damned stickers on the visors -- the stickers that warn me of all of the terrible and diabolical things that can happen to a child in the front seat if the airbags go off.

OK .. I get it.  The airbags can hurt a child.  I saw the stickers on the visors .. and I saw that little goodie hanging out of the glove compartment.  Now ... I want those sticker outta there.  They ruin the interior of the truck.  Now I've seen these stickers in the past.  My last Benz had them.  It didn't take me five seconds to peel them off and throw them away.  I know the federal government is out there ... but I don't want to be reminded of the presence of Big Brother every time I get into my car.  So ... as soon as I take delivery of the Avalanche I try to peel off those warning labels.  No luck.  You can't.  The federal government has now mandated that those stickers be permanent .. the customers are not to be allowed to remove them.

If you want to see the future of government mandated warning stickers in your cars, just look inside a new private airplane.  The stickers --- called "placards" in the world of aviation --- are everywhere.  There are placards that tell you how you can and cannot fly the airplane, how slow you have to be going to open the window, what you have to do after you take off and what you have to do before you land.  If anything in the airplane doesn't work you have to put a sticker on that device saying that it doesn't work.  That includes the cigarette lighter.  Is this the future for our cars?  Today .. the visors.  Tomorrow, where?  Just how many little stickers do you think the feds can mandate in the average American car? 

I do have a plan.  I'm going to remove the visors and take them to an upholstery shop.  I'm going to ask them to recover the visors so that I don't have the federal government hanging over my head every time I drive.  I've been warned, though.  If I do get visors without the stickers, I had better remove those visors before I have the SUT serviced.  Evidently there's some rule out there that the dealership has to reinstall those stickers if they find they've been removed.

Next up ... the feds are going to require a label on the airbag as it explodes saying "Hold tight, this is gonna hurt."

HEATHER'S CORNER

More insight from Heather Jackson, our summer intern.

A personal exodus from a liberal government education system.

Through years of hearing the pledge of allegiance, many forget the words and remember the rhyme. Through 13 years of school, many forget how to ask " why" and just accepted what they have been told. Through 4 years of college, classes are crowded and office hours are spent in lines. To ask a question takes too long and points out that you must not have been paying attention in class. Some kids snicker while others roll their eyes thinking they would have left class quicker had questions not been asked.

As a child, we were told "no question is stupid ." As we get older a question shows ignorance. We quit asking questions and convince ourselves it is because we are smart and already know the answers. We neglect to do the research and then we are expected to go out and "make it happen." Uninformed, misinformed or just plain ignorant, the "gimme" generation isn't fast approaching, it's here.

What was considered taboo is now considered tolerance. What once made us blush is now described in detail in the songs most second graders are listening too. Everything in life is about being an individual, as long as we accept everyone. If we start accepting everyone's beliefs as ultimate truths, not just our own, then what is the value of our own beliefs and morals? How can we instill in children today the values we want instilled in them when they grow up if their main influence is a government education system? How do you put the parents back in charge?

I expect to have write-ins on this but don't assume I am not speaking from experience. All of these things were things taught to me through public, magnet, private, Christian, home schooling and public school again. I have been ridiculed for asking too many questions. I'm not going to let the fear of learning something new stop me from asking "why."

In departing from this education system and into a world not taught in books, we each are encouraged to examine what we REALLY believe. We pick topics that we can become passionate about; we learn from them and base future issues from what we have learned. That does not make us close-minded. It makes us strong in our beliefs. When we are able to be a Melvinian, that is, when we study issues from both sides before picking which side we trust more, then we are understanding of the other side. We are accepting that this particular issue is someone's issue and what we believe or don't believe is ok. I don't discredit another's beliefs; just leaving college, I'm satisfied if you merely have them.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Attention Wal-Mart purse snatchers.  You can screw with your average boutique customer, but don't screw the the middle-Americans who shop at Wall-Mart.

There's an attempt being made to use eminent domain to seize the house of Supreme Court Justice David Souter so that the property can be used as a hotel.  The attempt, though unlikely to succeed, is serious.  I wonder if Justice Souter is getting the lesson.

Peggy Noonan wants to know why so many of our politicians are so full of themselves.  I'm glad she's not focused on talk show hosts right now.  Keep after those politicians, Peggy!

Here is a full transcript of the president's speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  Why read only excerpts in the press when you can read the entire speech for yourself?  If you have something more than dialup Internet access and the Real player, you can watch the speech in its entirety at C-span's website.

The Kelo decision allowing local governments to take property for private developers shows why the left is so afraid of judges that only strictly interpret the Constitution.  Walter E. Williams criticizes the decision.

The United States is raising an entire nation of pantywaists in government schools.  Michelle Malkin says instead of teaching kids to stand firm, we're raising a generation of pushovers.

Ever wonder why Islamic terrorists haven't attacked our food supply?  The National Academy of Sciences is publishing a study that shows how terrorists could attack the milk supply.  The government is protesting the study, saying terrorists might use it as a playbook.  But it's not anything some terrorist couldn't find on the Internet.  The do have Google in Saudi Arabia, right?

The Connecticut homeowners in the Kelo Supreme Court case are not giving up the fight.  One homeowner says he'll chain himself to his house first.  Get the cameras rolling!

Because they couldn't defeat George Bush at the ballot box, some Democrats are now talking impeachment.  So predictable, aren't they?

Ever wonder what the food is like at the Islamic terrorist prison down at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?  Someone is actually writing a cookbook.  Sounds pretty tasty.

Mort Kondracke says all of the doom and gloom at home could mean we lose the war in Iraq.  Good point...whatever happened to having a little confidence?  Of course, Democrats don't want to win the war...that would be be beneficial to a Republican president.

The recent Supreme Court decisions on the Ten Commandments show just how absurd their decisions are getting.  John Podhoretz explains.

Courts have recently started considering laws around the world when rendering their decisions.  Thomas Sowell says the rule of law in the United States should have nothing to do with foreign law.

Good stuff!  Starting Friday of this week the Atlanta Housing Authority is going to start evicting tenants who are not working, not in school, or not in a work force training program.  Fantastic!

Heather's Reading Assignments

Frozen dogs, not just in your grocer's freezer anymore.

Woody Allen is bored by politics but would be proud to be--- European? At least he doesn't lie, right?

Pharma crops ... Indiana's underground drug farms. "Eat your veggies... or don't."

SCOTUS- Why a bar member said "I Quit!" He doesn't regret it to this day.

We're trying to push The FairTax Book hard on 
  Amazon.com.  Two weeks ago we were doing spectacularly on Barnes & 
  Noble.com.  We even went to first place on their bestseller's list 
  for a short while.  Amazon.com has now brought their price down in 
  line with that of Barnes & Noble.  The truth of the matter is that 
  the publishing and bookselling folks pay more attention to what happens on 
  Amazon.com than to other on-line book sellers.  Our rating on 
  Amazon.com will have a direct affect on the number of books ordered by 
  various booksellers.  So ... if you're planning to order a copy of 
  The FairTax Book, NOW would be a good time.  We started out yesterday
  unranked on Amazon.com.  Last night we were number 11.  Let's see 
  how much further we can move up the "bestsellers" list. 
  
  Here's your link.  You know what to do!  Let's get this book into the Top 10! And thanks.  
  No ... really!  Thanks.  We mean it!

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