SHE KNOWS SHE'S SAFE

So, Jihad Cindy, Cynthia McKinney, has skipped two televised debates with her primary opponent. No surprise. Smart politics. Cynthia knows that her core supporters are going to be sure to head to the polls, and she also knows that laziness and apathy will keep those who are embarrassed by her at home. McKinney will continue to be the open, running, oozing, puss filled sore on the body of the Georgia congressional delegation, and the people who life in her district will continue to go virtually unrepresented in Washington.

OK, MR. PRESIDENT. RELEASE THE GOODIES

As soon as the FBI searched Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson's Washington office politicians started screaming bloody murder about the separation of powers. Americans were surprised to learn that equal treatment under the law meant that you couldn't serve a search warrant on an elected official in Washington --- even after you found $90,000 in cold hard cash in his freezer. President Bush pandered to this nonsense by ordering the Justice Department to make no use of the information seized in the raid for a specified period of time. Well, now we have a federal judge who has come to the astonishing conclusion that a proper search warrant can, indeed, be served on a Congressman. Let's see how quick Bush releases his hold on the information gathered. William Jefferson should be toast ... let's see how long it takes that sleaze ball to leave.

IT'S NICE TO KNOW THEY'RE WORKING SO HARD FOR US

Are you folks as thrilled as I was to learn that the federal government has it's boxers in a bunch over online gambling? Today the House is going to vote on a measure that would ban the use of credit cards to pay online bets. This could very well cripple any online gambling sites. How nice.

Nobody's rights are being violated here. If someone wants to place a bet on an Internet card game, let him do it! All that happens here is that the stupid are relieved of the burden of having too much cash in their pockets.

In the meantime ... wouldn't it be nice if the congress could vote on something that might make a difference in our lives? Something like ... say ..... tax reform?

That's enough working on my vacation. Let's see what the staff has to say.

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

Since 9/11, untold sums of money have been spent on airport security.  First it was additional security screeners provided by private companies.  Democrats decided that wouldn't fly (no pun intended,) so all of the airport screeners were "federalized," meaning a bunch of new federal government jobs were created.

So now we have the Transportation Security Administration, or the TSA in charge of things.  And so in the 5 years after 3,000 people died at the hands of Islamic terrorism, we are no more safe than we were on September 10, 2001.  In fact, things may be worse.  And a story making news today makes that point quite clearly.

A man in Houston, evidently testing airport security...news reports don't say, decided to board a Delta flight to Atlanta.  In his luggage was a laptop computer, a clock with a 9-volt battery strapped to it and a copy of the Koran.  The man had a Middle Eastern name and the soles of his shoes had been hollowed out.  What happened was pure government incompetence.

The TSA is blaming the Houston Police, who apparently cleared the man and let him board the plane.  Supposedly the TSA screener disagreed and didn't want to let him on.  Just who is running things at the airport?  Why didn't somebody yank this guy out of the line, detain him and make him explain why he had bomb-making components in his luggage?

Even though it's not mentioned in any of the news reports, you can bet the reason why is because of political correctness.  Officials were probably afraid of profiling anyone.  Just because the man was a Muslim, they didn't want to single him out.  They got lucky this time, but this is the kind of thing that is going to get another airplane blown up.

If this is the best airport security money can buy, I'd hate to see the worst.  At least Rush Limbaugh didn't get away with carrying around improperly labeled Viagra!

BUSH WAVES HIS VETO PEN

Karl Rove is predicting that President Bush, who has not vetoed a single piece of legislation in his 5 1/2 years as president, will finally veto a bill.  And just what bill has he chosen to make a stand on?  A bill expanding the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.  Oh boy.  This is one of those abortion-type issues that gets people worked up on both sides.  But really, that's not the story here.

The media, as they have in the past, will spin this as George W. Bush banning embryonic stem cell research, which is a fallacy.  Embryonic stem cell research is perfectly legal, just as its always been.  What Bush is objecting to is the federal funding of it.  In fact, no administration has funded more stem cell research than the Bush Administration.

So expect the media to report that the president has vetoed stem cell research, in an attempt to have it banned. And here's an other question for proponents of the research.  If embryonic stem cell research truly holds the promise they say it does, then why aren't the pharmaceutical companies tripping all over themselves to get a piece of the action?  After all, whoever finds the cure to any disease first will reap billions.

Oh, and one more thing.  It doesn't seem to say anything in the U.S. Constitution about funding medical research.  Perhaps I'm missing something there, but I can't find it.

ANN COULTER CLEARED OF PLAGIARISM

Several leftist blogs and the New York Post have accused Ann Coulter of plagiarism.  Particularly, they point to passages from her syndicated column and her latest book "Godless" that seem to match material written elsewhere.  Universal Press Syndicate, which carries her column, has now rendered their verdict.  According to them, there was no plagiarism.  Says the president of the company: "There are only so many ways you can rewrite a fact and minimal matching text is not plagiarism."  Back to square one for the Coulter-haters.

This comes on the heels of Coulter's publisher, Crown Publishing Group, which also laughed off the allegations, saying they were "as trivial and meritless as they are irresponsible."  So much for that.  So what exactly did she write that had the left's panties in such a knot?  Well, nothing really.  While some of the passages in question did somewhat match the source material, they were just rewrites of what someone else wrote about what happened.

One widely reported plagiarized passage was this, from her book "Godless:"

"The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in Maine, was halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant previously believed to be extinct."

It originally ran in 1999...in a Portland, Maine newspaper:

"The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River, is halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant believed to be extinct."

While the passages are quite similar, it makes sense that they would be.  They're describing a factual event that took place.  But don't expect liberals to stop scrutinizing Ann Coulter...they'll be watching her.  And something tells me Ann will be a bit more careful about how she rewrites things in the future.  Too bad about the Dickey-Lincoln Dam.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Now that's one fancy houseboat! And look, it's got plenty of room for entertaining. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

The Islamic terrorist who was in charge of the Beslan massacre two years ago is now enjoying his dirt nap, courtesy of the Russian government.  Good riddance.  330 people, half of them children, were killed in Beslan.

A federal judge has ruled that the FBI's search of Congressman William Jefferson's office was legal.  Let the shredding of documents on Capitol Hill begin.  The judge got it right, saying legislators are not above the law.

Columnist Stanley Crouch says some people in the black community are hitting back at the rap culture that promotes violence and the degradation of women.  Evidently some are getting tired of the way they're portrayed in rap videos.

Fired CBS anchor Dan Rather is keeping busy.  He's signed with a high definition television network and is apparently in talks with AOL to do some sort of online reporting.  No word yet if he's still in the fake documents business.

Hollywood leftist and conspiracy nut Oliver Stone has made a film about 9/11.  Fox News' Roger Friedman has seen it, and says that surprisingly, it's very good. It comes out later this summer.

North Korea is at it again...satellite photos show that things are picking up at the bases where they launched their last several missiles.  In the meantime, the White House is speaking out against the policy of direct talks, saying the Clinton Administration tried that and it was a failure.

Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman has filed papers to run as an independent in case he loses the Democratic primary.  Should he run as an independent and win, this would be the Democrats' worst nightmare...because they would lose a seat in the Senate.

The outcome of the election in Mexico shows that the alliance of Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro has stalled in Latin America.  Dick Morris and Eileen McGann point out the significance of the vote down there.

Much is being made about a Republican congressman that sent a letter to President Bush criticizing his failure to inform lawmakers about secret programs.  But as Jack Kelly reports. the New York Times is once again getting things wrong.

Thomas Sowell says outrage over illegal immigration has resulted in the most e-mail he's ever gotten about an issue.  He has some advice for what people can do to take action.

This just goes to show how different the United States and Europe really are. Both are facing immigration problems--the Mexicans in the United States and the Africans in Europe. Now, the EU has decided that it is going to be the "nice guy" and instead of sealing borders, they are going to give money to make Africa better so that people don't feel the need to flee to Europe. Wow! There's a concept. Why didn't we think of this sooner? I just think it is hilarious that the EU actually thinks that this Robin Hood scheme will work. Hasn't the entire world tried to pull Africa out of poverty for forever? So I wish the EU best of luck with their immigration "solution."

Also, this one is pretty funny. Liberals are getting mad at U2's Bono for portraying Hugo Chavez as a socialist dictator (which is he is) in a new video game.

Bizarre but cool flash animation. You're bored, right?

Looking for a good book to read this summer? Try the World eBook Fair...free eBooks through August 4.

The FairTax shows up in a Grin & Bear It cartoon!

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