Today's Nuze: November 30, 2006

Thursday, November 30, 2006

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IRAQ

So the Iraq Study Group, a panel put together to look for options in Iraq, is set to recommend a gradual withdrawal of troops from that country. Well excuse me, but wasn't that the plan all along? If you were watching CNN this morning you would think that this was the first time that anyone had ever even suggested that at some point we would want to get our troops out of Iraq! The cut and run crowd will see things differently, of course. If you remember, this group is headed by former Secretary of State James Baker, who served in the Bush Senior Cabinet.

Expect the Left to grab onto this group's report as an endorsement for cutting and running. See...even this bipartisan group wants a "phased redeployment" (Democratic code-phrase for 'surrender'.) Victory is not, nor was it ever, in the cards for the Democratic Party in Iraq. Their entire plan for political success is based the demonization of George Bush and sabotaging our war on Islamic fascism..

Really, there are only three options for Iraq. We can get tougher, send more troops, seal the borders with Iran and Syria, and win the damned thing. We can stay the present course, which doesn't seem to be working al that well, or we can cut and run. Despite the best efforts of politicians, there really is no in between.

MAHMOUD'S LETTER TO AMERICA

Get ready America...the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (isn't cutting and pasting great?) has written you a letter this holiday season. But you may need to set aside some time to read it...it's 5 pages long. But we're going to break it down for you in a bit more concise matter.

The letter is addressed to "Noble Americans." How nice...see...the president of Iran likes us! Warms my heart. As it turns out, Ahmadinejad doesn't think the American people support the Bush Administration. Said Mahmoud: "Undoubtedly, the American people are not satisfied with this behavior and they showed their discontent in the recent elections. I hope that in the wake of the mid-term elections, the administration of President Bush will have heard and will heed the message of the American people." There you have it...it looks like the Democrats have the president of Iran on their side!

But then Ahmadinejad went off the deep end, going into a rant about America's support of Israel and the injustices against the Palestinian people. Oh, and don't forget that the Holocaust was a myth...and he also wants you to know that he supports the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. So much for the warm and fuzzy letter.

But in reading the letter, one thing strikes you just a bit. It sounds awfully similar to the rhetoric that came out of the likes of Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid during the recent campaign. Very interesting.

SORRY, NANCY. YOU GOT THIS ONE WRONG

I know that many of your liberals out there are still basking in the glow of the new Democrat control of the Congress and the ascendancy of Nancy Pelosi to be the Speaker of the House. I trust you won't find it too disconcerting if I let you know when Pelosi lies. After all, you have made quite an effort over the past six years of pointing out when Bush lies, haven't you? So .. here you go.

Yesterday Pelosi had this to say about the president's statements that Al Qaeda was involved with the insurgent violence in Iraq. She said that she is "sad" that the president still thinks Al Qaeda has anything to do with the violence. Then she added: "My thoughts on the president's representations are well-known, the 9/11 Commission dismissed that notion a long time ago and I feel sad that the president is resorting to it again."

Small problem here. The 9/11 Commission never issued any finding whatsoever saying that Al Qaeda was not involved in the insurgent violence in Iraq. Pelosi made this up.

Hope you don't mind me pointing this out to you.

THINGS LOOKING WORSE FOR COPS IN ATLANTA SHOOTING

Back to that story about the botched drug raid and the death of the 88-year-old woman in Atlanta. Let's just look at a list of statements by the police that later have turned out to not be quite true:

THEN: A police officer bought drugs in Kathryn Johnson's home earlier in the day.
NOW: It was a paid informant who bought the drugs.

THEN: The informant was a highly reliable police asset in the war on drugs in Atlanta.
NOW: The informant has a lengthy arrest record.

THEN: The police found narcotics in the home.
NOW: The police found a small amount of marijuana in the home. No narcotics.

THEN: The woman shot all three police officers before they returned fire.
NOW: Ballistics tests evidently show the woman fired once, hitting one police officer. The other officers were injured by shrapnel.

THEN: The police had a no-knock search warrant.
NOW: ??????

Don't get me wrong. I love the police. I know full well that the cop giving me a ticket for using the HOV ramps at Lindburg and 85 would be the cop standing between me and someone with a gun. What I'm trying to get across here is that this whole tragedy took place because of our idiotic war on drugs. As long as we insist on wasting billions of dollars treating drugs as a law enforcement problem we're going to have tragedies like Kathryn Johnson's death in cities across the nation.

Last night in Orlando they had a little drive-by shooting. About 50 bullets were pumped into a house. One woman, a visitor from out of state, died. What do you want to be we'll find out at some time that this was about drugs?

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READING ASSIGNMENTS

What is the Democratic agenda as they take over Congress for at least the next two years? Other than investigating the Bush Administration and opposing the war in Iraq, so far we've heard about the reinstatement of the draft and the raising of the minimum wage. Herman Cain takes a look at the Democratic plans for the next two years.

President Bush had a meeting this morning with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and they were all smiles. Nothing was said about the leaked memo questioning Maliki's fitness to lead. Bush also said we'll be in Iraq as long as it takes. Not what people wanted to hear!

So despite all of the illegal immigration going on from Mexico, what awaits those who are trying to come here legally? A nightmarish bureaucracy that takes forever. No wonder people just walk right in...it's much easier that way and there seems to be no penalty for doing so.

John Kerry says it's time to move on from his statement before the election that kids who are serving in Iraq are there because they were too dumb for college. The Poodle is tired of people bringing up his statement over and over again, which he calls a bad joke. Too bad.

George Will says Senator-Elect Jim Webb is already so busy getting ready to assume power that he can't be civilized. Will is referring to Webb's little exchange with President Bush over his son. Allegedly Webb was about to slug the president. The Secret Service wouldn't have liked that very much.

It's official: The Gargoyle is really being cut off now. Fur coats, jewelry, jet skits, race cars, plasma TV's, iPods and Segway scooters...all banned from being exported to North Korea. That's what you get for testing a nuclear bomb. Now maybe Kim Jong-Il will listen.

Is Hillary Clinton really a shoo-in for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination? A lot of people think so...but Chuck Todd at the National Journal says too many people are giving her the nod before she's earned it. He's not altogether sure she can get through the primaries.

Mark Davis asks the question that so many are afraid to: is enforcing immigration laws against illegal aliens inherently racist? Nah...after all, just because one race happens to be the one breaking the law most of the time doesn't make someone a racist for wanting to enforce it.

Ann Coulter unloads on the six Imams who are whining about being racially profiled and harassed by US Airways. She says they should actually be flying the airline as much as possible, since airport security is doing nothing about profiling potential terrorists.

If Seinfeld's "Kramer," actor Michael Richards, is supposed to be apologizing to Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, then Larry Elder says some other public figures need to step up to the plate and issue their apologies. Elder even makes it easy...he's written their apologies for them.

Michael Richards is a Jew? Well, wishing it doesn't exactly make it so.

Hey, doesn't the High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth need a Gulfstream too? Benny Hinn might be on to something.

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The Latest From Herman Cain

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