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My thanks to the folks at AM 580 WDBO and The Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes for the grand reception at yesterday's first annual Neal Boortz Invitational Golf Tournament. Everything .. and I mean everything, from the broadcast location to the food to the golf and the folks playing in the tournament was absolutely first rate. Thanks so much, everybody, for participating and for such a great time.

MARCO ---- SHUT UP, DAMMIT!

Why, pray tell, would a national hotel chain use one of the most irritating juvenile pastimes known to modern man to promote family stays at its hotels. In a television advertisement for Holiday Inns you have kids in a hotel swimming pool yelling "Marco!" while people throughout the hotel, maids, waiters, desk clerks, bellmen, whatever ... respond with "Polo!" If you want to completely ruin a nice afternoon relaxing by a swimming pool all you need is just a few high-pitched voices in the pool yelling "Marco ... Polo" for literally hours on end. In only takes ten minutes or so of this incessant chanting for you to start searching the yellow pages for piranha suppliers. The parents of these sea urchins are, of course, completely oblivious to the irritating screeches, having long ago programmed their minds to shut out the squeals of their own children when they wish to relax. So, now I will go out of my way to make sure I don't end up in a Holiday Inn anytime soon ... at least not with a room near the pool. Face it ... any kid that would spend that long screaming "Marco Polo" in a swimming pool is probably also using the thing as a toilet.

HILLARY UNDER FIRE

The trial begins today of The Hildabeast's 2000 campaign finance director, David Rosen. Rosen is charged with understating the cost of an August 2000 fundraiser in Hollywood...an action that directly benefited Hillary Clinton's campaign.

The cost of the event was reported to only be $400,000, but it cost much more. But under the campaign finance rules in effect at the time, underreporting the cost meant The Hildabeast's campaign could spend more money on their campaign. A contributor told the FBI he gave the Clinton campaign $1.1 million, but they only reported the 400K. So the question on everybody's mind is this: did Hillary Clinton know about it?

Absolutely, 100%, without question. An amount of that size, that late in the race, when fund-raising is so critical, there is no way Hillary Clinton did not know that her finance director was fudging the figures so that they would have more hard money to spend on the campaign. Her challenger at the time had gotten her to swear off soft money at the time, which is money given to a political party without limitations. The Hildabeast was desperate for cash, Rosen knew it, so he cooked the books.

Looks like Hillary's bag man is going to fall on the sword for her. And where is the media on this? Can you imagine if this were a Republican Senator? We would be hearing endless cries for his or her resignation. But since it's Democrat Hillary Clinton, not a peep from the biased, leftist media. If this were a Republican .. there would be scalps hanging on the belt of some New York Times reporters.

A NUCLEAR IRAN

The Islamic psychopaths that rule Iran have announced that they intend to press ahead with their nuclear plans. Just yesterday, the mullahs confirmed that they have converted 37 tons of raw uranium into gas, which is an important step toward enriching it. All of this has been done despite supposed "international pressure" from useless talks going on with various European parties. Guess that hasn't worked.

All of this could be used to make nuclear weapons. The mullahs in Iran have basically said they'll do whatever they want. Why on Earth are we allowing a sworn enemy of the United States and of Israel to be doing anything remotely nuclear? We invaded Iraq to stop Saddam Hussein, yet here goes Iran...day by day, closing in on being able to produce a nuclear warhead. It was one of these weird-beard Mullahs, by the way, who recently said that the United States needed a good punch in the mouth.

Are we going to allow Iran to possess nuclear weapons? It sure looks like it.

PAYING FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS

New rules took effect today from Medicare and Medicaid...that is, the government programs that pay for medical services for the old and the poor. Starting today, health care providers can start charging the government for the costs of providing medical care to illegal aliens. That's right...you and I will have our earnings confiscated to pay for the health care of people who are in this country illegally.

The tab? They say $1 billion over 4 years is being spent. My guess .. it will be closer to $5 billion when all is said and done. Here's an idea. How about spending $1 billion on policing the border so the illegal aliens don't arrive here in the first place? Imagine that...people who don't belong here being kept out. What a concept!

This is yet another step from the open borders crowd to legitimize illegal immigration. We have worker cards, driver's licenses....and now health care. It's reaching a point where becoming an actual U.S. citizen isn't going to mean anything. Since no one is really being sent back, what's the point of obeying the laws of this country and following the rules?

Neither political party seems to have the backbone to do anything about illegal immigration. In the meantime, taxpayers are footing the bill for all these free services. Is this a great country or what?

DEFINING ATLANTA

This morning's Atlanta Journal-Constitution tells us that Atlanta "city leaders" are "trying to define Atlanta for tourists, conventioneers, businesses and even locals. They say that Atlanta is losing millions of dollars because it's hard to pinpoint the city's image. These "leaders" are fixin' (as we say in the South) to spend over $15 million come up with some new Atlanta brand.

Look, let's not waste any money on this. All we need to do is to go back about nine years to Atlanta's greatest moment in the sun, the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Certainly you remember the words of Atlanta's mayor Bill Campbell at that time. There has been no time before or since those Olympic games that brought so many tourists to our city. So why not go back to our then-Mayor for an imaging statement? Let's just use the words of Bill Campbell when he said that people will e coming to Atlanta for "a total African-American experience." So, there's our slogan!

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Rednecks are nothing if not ingenious. How's this for a riding mower? Previous redneck scrap book pictures here.

NEAL'S WATER MAIN WOES

Notice the building collapsing slowly under the broken water main on Peachtree in Atlanta

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Thomas Sowell notes that a lot of leftists who were born into wealth hate this country, while people like himself who started with nothing love their country.  Good column as always.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has a point.  Every country patrols their border.  Every country except the United States, that is.

Another Iraqi war leader has been re-elected, meaning what happened in Spain is the exception, not the rule.  William Kristol notes that the cries of the left have not resulted in anyone being drummed out of office.

There is scientific evidence that there is no such thing as global warming. This hasn't stopped the scaremongers in the enviro-wacko crowd.  Jay Lehr has more.

Anti-Americanism has risen up in Europe and the Middle East since the end of the cold war.  Victor Davis Hanson says things are turning around, however.

The Soviet Union oppressed the Baltic republics for much of the 20th century.  Unless of course, you believe the media, which is taking the Soviet view.  The Media Research Center reports.

It's high time Bill Frist pushes the button on the "nuclear option" and changes the rules in the Senate to start getting these judges through.  Star Parker explains why.

There is an opening at the University of North Carolina Wilmington for the Director of the Women's Resource Center.  Professor Mike Adams writes a letter expressing interest in the job.

Liberals believe that if you repeal the Bush tax cuts, money would pour into the treasury.  Enough, they say, to save Social Security, balance the budget and have some left over. 

Nonsense, says Jack Kemp.

Billions have been spent since 9/11 on airport security, and as Cal Thomas reports, it's been a waste of money.  We're no safer today than we were then.

Morning Sickness: Girl suing teacher who told class she had mononucleosis and that was a disease whores get.

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