EXCUSE ME ... BUT I BELIEVE I CALLED THIS ONE

But let's admit it ... this one wasn't all that hard.

Sometime last week I made the following prediction:

As soon as John Mark Karr arrives safely back in The United States his former wife will come up with a photograph taken on Christmas Day of 1996, the day JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in Boulder, Colorado, which will show that John Mark Karr was in either Alabama or Atlanta on the day that JonBenet Ramsey was killed.

Well ... guess what?

John Mark Karr is now safely back in the United States, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that family members have found a photograph taken Christmas Day of 1996 showing not Karr, but his three children in Atlanta, Georgia.  True, John Mark Karr isn't in the photo, but family members say that Karr never missed being with his kids on Christmas day, and that no family member can remember a Christmas when the children were this age that Karr wasn't there.

Come on, folks.  Do you believe a jury is going to buy the idea that John Mark Karr spent Christmas morning in a Boulder, Colorado basement murdering JonBenet Ramsey while his kids were in Atlanta?  Juries can be dumb, but not that dumb.

This whole thing is unraveling faster than Clinton's "I didn't have sex with that woman" story.

AMNESTY ACCUSES ISRAEL

Amnesty International, the once great organization that used to stand for stopping political prosecution abroad, is accusing Israel of war crimes.  This should come as no surprise, since they've also accused the United States of war crimes.

In particular, Amnesty says Israel deliberately bombed civilian targets in Lebanon that had nothing to do with Hezbollah.  Yeah..that's what happened.  Israel, already dealing with enough criticism around the world, decided to just slaughter innocent people for fun.

The truth is that Hezbollah designed this whole conflict to result in a large number of civilian losses in Lebanon.  They launched their rocket attacks on Israeli civilians from civilian areas in Lebanon.  They hid their weapons in civilian homes.  They parked their equipment in lots next to civilian housing.  Hezbollah knew that in order for Israel to defend itself they would have to inadvertently kill Lebanese civilians. 

This was the design, and Amnesty International fell in like as expected.

Here's a question for Amnesty International, though.  How's come they never publicly denounce regimes that really engage in human rights abuses?  How about the concentration camps in North Korea?  Those are a serious human rights problem.  China still has political prisoners...that's not very nice.  And what about Cuba...Castro still puts people in prison who don't agree with them.

Amnesty used to care about all of that.  But that was before the current America-hating, anti-Semitic, pro-Islamic appeasement bunch took over things.  Now whenever Amnesty International makes news, it's for criticizing the West.  No surprise there.

And as usual, the media goes along with it.

ANOTHER COLLEGE "TARGETS UNDERAGE DRINKING" STORY

Here's the first three paragraphs of the story from today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Andrea Jones:

"University of Georgia administrators, including President Michael Adams, have struggled mightily in the past months to shed the school's reputation as a beer-soaked party haven with new rules aimed at curbing excessive drinking.

A week into the new semester, as students hit the bars as well as the books, it's clear how tough it could be to change a social culture critics say is built around booze.

First, came articles on drinking in the campus newspaper that administrators found too glib. Then, there was a flap over coupon books given to students as they bought textbooks that included ads for alcohol specials and bail bondsmen. That was followed by national publicity about the university making another list of top party schools."

College is supposed to prepare students for careers and life, right?  Well, how about the "actions have consequences" part?  If you really want to stop underage drinking by students, you tell them that if they do chose to drink while underage, their actions will have consequences.  Strong consequences.

The University of Georgia is not the easiest university in the country to get into.  Academic standards have been increased a great deal.  I've known many excellent students who applied and didn't make the grade.  Those who do gain admittance should know that they're privileged to be going to that school, and that there is a price to be paid. So ... if you want to "target" underage drinking, it's just this easy.  Have the parents and the student sign a "drinking and consequences" document before they register.  The document is crystal clear.  If you are convicted of underage drinking you will have 48 hours to clear out your dorm room and withdraw from school.  The first time you are gone for one session.    The second time you are gone for good.  No questions.  Just pack up and leave.  The same penalty applies if you are found with a fake ID.

Now UGA does have a suspension penalty for students who violate the alcohol policy the second time.  Why second?  Go for the first.  Why give one free drinking binge?  It's serious business.  Let them know that. 

The administration can make all of the noise it wants about underage drinking, but until the first few students are sent home its all nothing but words.

SO NOW IRAN WANTS TO TALK

No doubt fearing economic sanctions that could put a dent in their massive oil profits, Iran sent out word to the world yesterday that it was willing to talk about its nuclear program.  More talk.  Just dandy.

But what are they prepared to do?

According to reports coming out today, absolutely nothing.  Are they prepared to give up their nuclear program and stop enriching uranium?  According to an Iranian news agency, absolutely not.  So what is there to talk about?

Nothing.  But Iran knows what it's doing.

You see, Iran wants to make the United States look bad.  So they announce in a big, loud voice that they're willing to negotiate, but not on the key demand that they stop enriching uranium and pursuing nuclear weapons.  The Bush Administration will send John Bolton to the podium to announce that there's nothing to talk about....so we'll look like the bad guys for being inflexible and unwilling to negotiate. The dumb masses will completely ignore the fact that Iran says they will not budge on the core issue ... and will focus on the fact that the U.S. is not willing to talk.

But you can expect the usual Euro-weanie suspects to line up in their usual appeasement pose.  These countries know they can ignore the threat and, if the past is prologue as they say, depend on the United States to bail them out militarily when the going gets really rough.  Then, of course, they'll end up resenting us even more because of their dependency.

 We need to issue our own statement to Iran:  get rid of your nuclear program, or we'll do it for you.

LIBERALS NOT HAVING ENOUGH BABIES

This is an interesting problem. 

A college professor at Syracuse University has announced that liberals have a problem.  According to recent studies liberals aren't having enough children.  A 2004 survey shows that for every 100 liberal adults there were 147 children..  That doesn't sound bad.  Some people have kids, others don't.  Some should.  Some shouldn't.

But what about conservative adults?  Evidently conservatives are a bit more fertile .. or they do it more ... or maybe both.  For every 100 conservative adults you will find 208 kids.  Now assuming kids generally grow up to be like their parents politically, that's a gap of 41%.  That means that right now, society is churning out more conservatives than liberals.  How can this be?  Well, for starters most conservatives are more family-oriented and thus have more kids.  Liberals tend to focus more on themselves, which is fine.

But all of this is horrible news to the Left.  They're going to have to start promoting a baby boom to counteract the shortfall.  This means leftist men are going to have to find leftist women they are willing to impregnate.  That can be a daunting task.  Consider, for instance, the front-runner for the Democrat nomination. 

Maybe the Democratic party could pay people to have kids, like some countries do where the birth rate is falling.  There is one segment of society that could really cash in on all of this, though.

You single guys out there looking for love in all the wrong places .... try pretending to be a liberal...it could be your lucky day!

THE COMPLETE B.S. TRANSPARENT LIE OF THE YEAR

Politicians lie.  (So do talk show hosts).  Sometimes the lies are rather plebian.  Sometimes they strain credibility to the bursting point. 

I have a lie here you just will not be able to bring yourself to believe.  Just an amazing lie.  Le Grande Fromage of all lies.  The Big Kahuna.  It's worthy of an award ... really.  The Nobel Prize winner in the blatant lie category.

OK ... first the background.

The Georgia Department of Transportation prints about 1.7 million Georgia road maps every year.  Each year the maps feature a photograph on the front cover.  Usually the picture is of some Georgia tourist attraction or scenery.  Not this year.

This year the picture is of four little baby boys.  These four baby boys have something in common ... their grandfather.  Their grandfather just happens to be Representative Vance Smith,  the chairman of the House Transportation Committee in the Georgia legislature.  Grandpa has a great deal of control over the budget for the DOT. 

The photo was submitted for consideration by state Transportation Board chairman David Ross.  The board then chose it for the cover of the map.

Now .. the lie.

Are you ready for this?  A member of the Transportation Board says that the fact that the four baby boys are the grandchildren of the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, the committee that controls the budget of the DOT, had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that this particular photo was chosen for the cover of the maps.

I really do need a drink.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

I'm sure these decals give this Chevette the extra power it needs to beat a Porsche off the line. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

A new poll says most Americans think Osama Bin Laden is planning another attack.  This is actually good news...because it shows most people still have their eyes open and recognize a terrorist threat.  There may be hope yet.

Pat Buchanan's book about illegal immigration in the United States has now taken over the top spot on Amazon.com.  Perhaps this will spark a debate in this country about the non-stop influx of illegal aliens.

Experts are warning that Blackberry devices are so addictive, people may need rehab to get off the things.  They say users are becoming hooked on them just like drugs and it could be damaging their mental health.  At least nobody ever got shot in a Blackberry deal.

Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski got the boot yesterday in the Republican primary.  Things that didn't help his cause:  appointing his daughter to his old Senate seat and buying a jet even after the legislature told him not to.

Get ready for another push for the government takeover of the entire health care system.   Newsweek is running a piece about how medical costs are driving people into bankruptcy.  As always, government is the answer!

A lot of people are criticizing George W. Bush these days....so Tony Blankley decided to take a look at the critics.  Are they right?  He analyzes Bush's decisions on Iraq and the war in Lebanon.

Frequently you will hear liberals talk about how the Constitution is a living document, rather than an absolute doctrine.  They say this so they can justify interpreting it in ways that it clearly doesn't mean.  Jonah Goldberg has more.

Michelle Malkin has a beef with cosmetic manufacturers:  conservative women are consumers too.  She takes exception to the hiring of left-wing celebrities to promote companies' products.

John Stossel takes a look at a Los Angeles clothing manufacturer who is bringing good jobs making clothes back to the United States.  There's only one problem, he's not being very politically correct about it.

Dr. Walter Williams ask an important question:  is the West prepared to defend itself from terrorism?   After all, we absolutely can....we have the means.  But it seems more and more like we don't have the will.

More and more, we have become soft on crime in this nation.  Thomas Sowell says it's not just this country...he calls it a worldwide epidemic.  And it's nothing new, either.  Appeasement is hundreds of years old.

Okay, people. This just won't do. We have a tie in our poll for ex-Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's prison name. Peaches or Brokeback Bill. Get over there and break that tie! We need a clear winner!

Farkers photoshop Bill Clinton birthday cards for his 60th. As you can imagine, not for the easily offended.

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