BROADCASTING TODAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

They call it "radio day."  Talk show hosts from around the country are invited to show up at the White House and broadcast their shows live.  We'll be there.  We'll be there because there is probably not a better way to interview so many high-level administration officials on the air in any one day any other way. Photos from the White House...new ones to be added throughout the show today.

During the course of the program today we'll be interviewing:

• J.D. Crouch, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
• Michael Leavitt, Secretary of health and Human Services
• Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security Director
• Dan Bartlett (Teasip), Counselor to the President
• Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary

Now - in spite of being able to interview these people today, the detractors will be out there.  Tomorrow I'll be able to print an interesting collection of emails here on the Nuze.  There will no shortage of people who will write that I'm in Washington getting my marching orders from the president as to what I'm supposed to say for the next two weeks leading up to the election.

Well .... I want to make it easy on you, so here's a simple little cut-and-paste paragraph you can plug into your email.  Just fill in the blanks any way that suits you.

Dear Bush ____licker:

So, there you are at the White House again with all your neocon fascist buddies.  What's the matter?  Did you forget your instructions from the last time you were there sucking up to the President?  Maybe this time they can make their script easy enough for even a simple mind like yours to understand and remember.  Maybe after this visit you and your neocon Bush sycophants will toe the line until the election.  You could take what passes for your character and integrity and shove it up an ant's ____ and it would rattle around like a BB in a boxcar.  Oh ... and I'm never going to listen to you again.

OK folks.  I've done the work for you.  Now get out there and knock my socks off.

BOORTZ ON TV TONIGHT!

Neal will be on Hannity & Colmes on the Fox News Channel AND on Larry King Live on CNN tonight. Wait, aren't those shows both at 9pm ET??? Yes, yes they are. But through the magic of television, Neal will appear on both!

THE ONE QUART BAG

Just a small gripe about government here.  The TSA to be more specific.

Bear in mind here, I haven't been one to complain about the TSA security checks at the airports. It's a difficult and important job and by and large they're doing well, especially at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta.

That doesn't mean that we can't point out the absurdity of rules however.  Rules.  How government loves rules.  People seem to love rules also.  Rules mean that you don't have to choose.  Choices are really difficult for some people, and that's why they love government so much.

This particular rule is about the one-quart bag and your 3 ounces of liquids or gels.  Yesterday I ran into a bit of difficulty because my clear bag was bigger than one quart.  Now never mind that this bag had "Washington Airport Authority" printed on it.  Never mind that it was crystal clear. Never mind that it was handed out at Washington-Reagan Airport for passengers to put stuff in when going through security.  It was deemed to be bigger than one quart.  OMG!  Clear the terminal!  Also, my deodorant stick was apparently too large.  Three and one-half ounces.  That's one-half ounce too much.  Never mind it was more than one-half used up (I've had it for two years, after all).  It wasn't how much gel there was there, it was all about how much the container said there was. 

You have to wonder, what is going on at some other checkpoint while they're wondering about the size of my plastic bag and the amount of deodorant I'm carrying?

CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS ... UGH

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Washington DC preparing for today's show.  The TV is chock-full of campaign commercials.  Now something may show up after I post these notes, but every single ad I've seen has been negative --- why you should not vote for someone instead of why you should. 

Why would anyone want to run for political office and have to endure this nonsense?  If a person can't tell me why I should vote for them, instead of why I should not vote for their opponent ... perhaps they have nothing to offer!

PIPE BOMBS IN CARACAS

It seems that someone set a few pipe bombs outside of our embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.  Police found them and detonated them.  With the pipe bombs were some fliers with the word "Hezbollah" on them.  Have we forgotten the reports that Hugo Chavez is training Arab Muslims how to speak Spanish and pass as Latinos?  What about the reports that Chavez then gives his Muslim friends fake documents and then transports his Spanish-speaking Muslims to Mexico where they head for the border?

Want more?  OK ... reports also that Arab Muslims have been found crossing our border with Mexico ... in the hundreds.  One had a Hezbollah patch.

Why is he getting away with this?

FEELING DISAFFECTED?

There's a new poll out today which indicates that more Americans than ever before are just sick of both political parties.  A recent study by the Cato Institute showed that about 21% of Americans consider themselves to be libertarian.  My guess is that the number of Americans who actually are libertarians, but don't know it is higher.  Clearly this is a time for the Libertarian Party to make some huge advances in becoming a true and viable third party.  Too bad they're not really eager to defend America from Islamic fascism and the Mexican invasion.

INDEPENDENTS NOW FAVORING DEMOCRATS

And so the Republican Party will be made to pay for the perceived sins of the Bush Administration in Iraq.  But independents should stop and think about what they're voting for.

The Democrats have no plan for Iraq either...none.  All they can offer is one policy:  surrender.  They simply favor walking out of Iraq and leaving it to the terrorists.  Oh sure...they say that's not what they believe.  They use code phrases like "redeployment," but it all means the same.  Cut and run, plain and simple.

And besides, handing the Speaker's gavel to Nancy Pelosi isn't going to change American foreign policy in Iraq anyway.  Foreign policy is run by the executive branch, and that means George W. Bush, who was re-elected 2 years ago.  But here's how you know some of these polls may be bogus....the same poll says only 23% believe America is headed in the right direction.

We have a booming economy...and only 23% think we're headed in the right direction?  Looks like the GOP really is about to have their heads handed to them.

CHINA SAYS NO APOLOGY FROM THE NORKS

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said today that Kim Jong-Il did not apologize for setting off a nuclear bomb last week.  So much for that....so The Gargoyle did not repent as has been previously reported.  According to the new information, the Norks did promise not to carry out a second test.  Good to know.

 I'm not buying it.  It looks like the Chinese are helping the Gargoyle save face.

China also said the United Nations should not expand the sanctions against North Korea.  Hmm...this doesn't quite seem like what was reported at all over the past week or so.  China could have refuted it earlier, but they chose not to.  Could this be some sort of deal between the Chinese and North Korea?  Something like...."you guys knock off the nukes and we'll cover you in the media?"  It could happen.

Now China, as North Korea's biggest neighbor and sugar daddy, doesn't want The Gargoyle rocking the boat.  It's bad for business to have Kim Jong-Il setting of nuclear blasts in the region.  But all of this brings up a very important point:  just like China, North Korea is a communist state.  While China may have sent the message that they want The Gargoyle to settle down...ultimately, they're sticking up for him...yet again.

Just like the Democrats...Kim Jong-Il's new best friends.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Okay, so maybe a boat & "rig" can be considerably cheaper than a small airplane. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Hillary Clinton's opponent in her New York re-election race is denying that he criticized her appearance and said he didn't know why Bill Clinton married her.  No worries, Mr. Spencer....we've been wondering that for over a decade now.

An AP photographer has been kidnapped by Islamic terrorists.  But that's not what the headlines say, is it?  It says "Palestinian militants" and "Gunmen."  Why is it that the mainstream media refuses to call them what they are?

Cut and run specialist Congressman John Murtha says the Democrats are going to win the election in 2 weeks big-time.  Sadly, he's right...of course, the Democrats don't have any better ideas either.  And he still doesn't have any viable solution for Iraq.

Joe Lieberman is now leading the Connecticut Senate race by 17 points.  He will win on November 7th by a landslide.  But that didn't stop both of his opponents from criticizing him at their latest debate.  Time to throw in the towel, boys...you never had a chance.

Polls are now saying the Democrats are on the verge of taking control of the Senate.  However, the poll contradicts itself when it says there is no evidence of a national Democratic surge.  So which is it....the Democrats are about to blow out the Republicans...or not?  Pollsters don't really know...proving once again that they basically make a lot of this stuff up.

200 American border officials have been convicted of taking bribes from narcotics smugglers down at the Mexican border.  Among those on the take:  Border Patrol agents, police, a sheriff and an FBI agent.  How nice...no wonder we have the border security that we don't!

Thomas Sowell says the Democrats, if they do indeed sweep the Congress on November 7th, will do it by following a strategy that is opposite of the Republicans' 1994 'Contract With America.'  Sowell says the Democrats have no coherent policy...and he's right.

Former U.N. Ambassador from the Clinton Administration Richard Holbrooke has written a column saying George W. Bush has 3 options on Iraq, none of which are very good.  His solution?  Leave Iraq and press for a political settlement.

Professor Mike Adams breaks out his mailbag today in his column and publishes a little hate mail.  The only downside for anyone who writes Adams hate mail is that he publishes their e-mail address along with it.  Oops!

David Limbaugh writes that a Democratic majority in Congress would be much, much worse than a Republican one.  In fact, other than hating George W. Bush, the Democrats don't really have any ideas.  They certainly have no plan for Iraq.

Farkers take a look at other things Bill Clinton is responsible for...photoshop style.

Today's scary video of the day: dog gets all wound up.

You've heard Herman Cain fill in for Neal Boortz. Read his latest online column.

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