Today's Nuze: February 19, 2007

Monday - Februgly 19, 2007

SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT!

Well, the day is finally here. I'm in New York City today for tomorrow's debut of "Somebody's Gotta Say It." Look for me on Hannity & Colmes tonight on Fox News Channel, and on Fox & Friends tomorrow morning.

It looks like some folks out there have managed to get a copy of the book before tomorrow's official release date. Last night I received my first email. Joseph wrote:

Just wanted to drop you a short note to say how much I enjoyed your latest book "Somebody Gotta Say It." I think it's a masterpiece. I don't remember the last time I laughed so much at the stupidity and arrogance of the loony left, the union thugs and the other assorted morons and imbeciles who make up the modern Democrat Party. Oops, I left the "ic" out!

Now I know that there are going to be plenty of people who call me everything but a child of God when this book starts getting around, but that sure was a nice email to kick things off. Bear in mind, though, that I also spend a good amount of time picking on Republicans and Libertarians as well.

So ... the book hits tomorrow. If you can't get to a bookstore you can order the book directly from Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com and you'll probably have it in your hands by the end of the week! If you act fast you can be one of the first on your block to damn me to eternal hell for the insensitive thoughts I've seen fit to include in "Somebody's Gotta Say it."

By the way ... someone really needs to buy some of these books from Barnes&Noble.com. I logged on this morning and I really slipped in the sales rankings. This morning at 5:55 EST I was number 666. Seriously! Now what do you think that tells us?

BOOK SIGNINGS?

Ok ... here's the schedule for the rest of the week:

Tuesday: Atlanta. Borders in Buckhead at 3637 Peachtree Road. We start signing books at 7:00 and will stay there as long as there are books to sign.

Wednesday: Jacksonville. We'll be in WOKV land to sign books at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront. We'll be in the ballroom with well over a thousand books on hand. The doors open at 6:00. I'll make a short speech at 7:00 and start signing books at 7:30.

Thursday: Orlando. We start signing books at 7:00 at the Borders in Winter Park, 600 North Orlando Avenue.

Friday: Dayton, Ohio. Book signings in Dayton are awesome. You folks sure read a lot of books up there. We'll be at Books & Company at The Green, 4453 Walnut Street. Signing starts at 6:00 p.m. .... Looks like I'm going straight there from the airport!

Next week we'll be in Houston, Dallas, Austin, College Station, Las Vegas and Grand Junction, Colorado --- and we're going to enjoy every last minute of it! View the complete book signing schedule.

JUST DO IT, DAMMIT

The Senate and House of Representatives - under Democrat control - seem to exist for one purpose --- to debate and pass meaningless resolutions relating to the Iraqi front on the war on Islamic fascism (sometimes called by those who haven't thought it out the "war on terror.").

OK .. enough. This "non-binding" resolution is getting a bit wearisome. If you peace-at-any-price Democrats and RINOS are so determined to undercut and weaken President Bush in his attempts to bring the war in Iraq to a successful conclusion .. why not just do away with your non-binding rhetoric and take a real stand!

Cut the funding for the war!

Come on .. .just do it! You've been waving your "Bush lied, people died" flags for years now. You've been lighting your candles at the altar of moveon.org while dreaming of a Barbra Streisand - Susan Sarandon threesome ... just get it done! No more non-binding this, that and the other thing. If you're so damned sure that everything would be just fine if we would just get out of Iraq right now ... vote to cut the funding! The Constitution gives you control over the purse strings ... stand up for your convictions and exercise that control!

And as for you, Hillary ... time to show that you can be a leader. You want the troops out .. and you're saying that if you were president they would be coming home, right? OK ... then show some leadership in the Senate and announce that you're ready to vote ... right NOW ... for legislation that would end all funding for the war in Iraq in 90 days, except for funding directly related to withdrawing our troops and materials. Show you're a leader, Ms. Rodham .. not just a talker.

And just why won't the Democrats take this tact? Because they know that once again they would vividly illustrate to the American people that they are, have been, and will be weak on defense.

When Hillary wins and the Democrats increase their measure of control in the congress .. will things change? When the chips are down will they really send the unmistakable signal to the wonderful world of the Islamic Jihad that the U.S. no longer has the will to fight?
Looks like we're going to find out.

CIRCUMVENTING THE CONSTITUTION

Liberals think they have figured out a way to circumvent the U.S. Constitution without actually amending it.

The part of the Constitution that vexes them so is the section dealing with the election of a president. The left doesn't like the electoral college .. especially after the 2000 election where their hero, Al Gore, won the popular vote but lost the election.

The idea, being pushed by some leftist college professors, is to have the states pass legislation saying that they will award their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. This would mean that Colorado, for instance, would award all of the Colorado electoral votes to the Democrat candidate if that candidate won the national popular vote, even if the Republican candidate carried Colorado 2 to 1. This would almost guarantee that presidential candidates would do most of their campaigning in California, Texas, New York and possibly Florida. Iowa and New Hampshire wouldn't see a candidate face after their primaries.

Legislation either has or will be introduced in no less than 47 states to implement this crackpot idea. These leftists are showing their absolute contempt for Constitution by trying to figure out a way to get around it. That, my friends, is pretty much par for the course.

Now .. before we let this particular topic go, let me be clear here. I want to restrict the "right" of the people to vote in presidential elections, not expand it. Our founding fathers did not believe that everyone should vote ... and they made no provision for a "right" to vote in federal elections. Now this is not to say that some people should be denied their Constitutional rights. Everyone gets equal protection under the law, and everyone should be protected by that law ... but it is sheer idiocy to allow those without a clue to participate in choosing who will lead our country.

Do any of you know of a successful business that allows the rank and file workers to decide who the next CEO will be? Of course not. The shareholders - not the employees, but the shareholders - elect a board of directors and that board then chooses the CEO. This works pretty well for businesses, and it's a system that would work equally well for our country. And just who would the "shareholders" be? Those who pay and have paid taxes; those who have invested in our country through hard work.

As you probably have guessed, this is all covered in Somebody's Gotta Say it. Just go to page 89.

AL-QAEDA BACK IN BUSINESS

According to U.S. officials, Al-Qaeda is slowly rebuilding...this time establishing training camps in the remote regions of Pakistan. Evidently Zawahiri and Bin Laden have a direct hand in the new command structure. New terrorists are being trained daily...just in time for their allies in the Congress to look the other way when they want to attack America. Coming to a mall or sporting event near you....an Al-Qaeda terrorist armed with a suicide bomb.

And yet, unbelievably, as the United States engages in this war on terror against Islamic terrorism, we have politicians in Congress trying to cut it off. And they're finally coming right out and saying what they stand for. It won't be long before more and more Democrats step forward and vote what they really believe. And what they really stand for is simple: American defeat in Iraq. They ran and won their seats in Congress by betting on American defeat in the Middle East. A victory is simply not in their best political interest.

Wherever they are...in some cave or some tent in the middle of Pakistan...Zawahiri and Bin Laden must be smiling.

MEXICO RUNNING THE BORDER

Here's another case of the government of Mexico running a prosecution of a Border Patrol agent. An illegal alien received legal documents and money from the U.S. Attorney's office for testifying against a Border Patrol agent recently. How can we expect people to police the border when we keep throwing them in jail? So how did this prosecution go down? Well, it's just as outrageous as the other case making news in recent weeks.

Here's the Reader's Digest version of what happened: a Border Patrol agent was convicted in 2001 of using excessive force and causing injury to a Mexican national. Boo hoo...I am sure said Mexican national was just minding his business, not trying to break into the United States. Right. So what did federal prosecutors do to try and win a conviction? They gave the illegal alien in question and a couple others such goodies as Social Security cards, living expenses, free use of telephones and they were even paid for their time! Nice work if you can get it. So what message does this send? You guessed it...just cry police brutality at the border and you can cash in.

On a more positive note, the agent's 2001 conviction was overturned and he received an acquittal at a recent new trial. So where does he go to get his reputation and his job back? And why is Mexico running the show at the border? Time for somebody to grow a pair and start knocking some heads...but it's not going to happen at this rate.

AN ENCOURAGING NEW POLL ABOUT IRAQ

More bad news for the Democrats: a new poll shows that Americans actually want to win the war in Iraq. On top of that, they think we can actually win. Uh-oh...this poses a major problem...how is the Left going to push its defeatist agenda now? Let's take a look at what the new poll says, shall we?

According to the poll by Investor's Business Daily, 66% of Americans say they believe a U.S. victory in Iraq is somewhat or very important. Even 53% of Democrats think so. 58% are somewhat or very hopeful that we will succeed. Not surprisingly, Republicans outweigh the Democrats in the hopeful department by almost 2 to 1. Still though, this is good news. This might help explain why The Hildabeast is riding the fence over opposing the war in Iraq.

If this truly reflects how the American public feels about the war...then things are about to backfire on the Democrats, big-time. If people want us to win over there...how are they going to feel about cutting of funding to the troops? Not very good, it would seem.

STILL CAN'T GET OVER THIS

OK ... so we talked about this one on the air on Friday. There are hundreds of thousands of people who read the Nuze every day but who don't get to listen to the show. I'm still so floored over this particular story that I just had to mention it in this morning's Nuze. You just have to click on this link. It's beyond belief.

Now if you need any more encouragement to set aside all serious business to see what I'm talking about, here's the background. There's a Georgia legislator who apparently believes that the who evolution bit is a Jewish plot to discredit the Bible. His name is Ben Bridges .. and trust me, he isn't from around Atlanta. You have to go into the mountains, snake handling territory, to find the people who sent him to the legislature. A campaign manager for Bridges sent out a memo over his signature demanding that laws be passed to prohibit the teaching of evolution in government schools. This memo has now made its way across the country and was even cited by a member of the Texas legislature.

The real fun began last Friday when we followed a link on the memo to a website called fixedearth.com. That's the link above. Now I hope you're sitting down, because when you visit this site you will find out that these folks actually believe that the earth is not rotating on its axis and is not orbiting the sun. No .. I'm not kidding. They actually believe that the earth is fixed in space ... not moving .. and that everything in the entire universe is revolving around the earth. This they believe because they say it is all set forth in the Bible.

So buckle up .. .hit the link ... and sit back for a wild ride in the wonderful world of dementia.

One more thing. I want one of those intrepid reporters who cover the Georgia General Assembly to pigeonhole Ben Bridges and ask him two simple questions:

Do you believe the earth is revolving on its axis?
Do you believe that the earth is orbiting the sun?

No mealy-mouthed political answers here. A simple "yes" or "no" will suffice.

FLORIDA LEGISLATOR GETS IT!

Florida Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, actually gets it! He understands that many of the problems on our high-speed interstates are caused by fools driving too slowly in the fast lanes.

Bennett has introduced a bill that would punish drivers who drive too slow. It would make it illegal for these slow drivers to move to the left lanes on an expressway and stay there. If you're merrily creeping along in the fast lane, with cars repeatedly passing you on the right, you could be fined $250.

Sonny Perdue ... are you listening?

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Hey, who needs $8 for a mailbox? Not a redneck, certainly. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Some top Democrats want Bill Clinton to finish out Hillary Clinton's Senate term should she be elected president of the United States. I guess it doesn't really matter....if Hillary wins all the marbles, it will officially be The End anyway.

The pandering has officially gotten underway in the 2008 presidential race. First up: John McCain, who is now out to appease the right wing of the Republican Party. He says Roe Vs. Wade should be overturned. Oh boy...an abortion debate! I can't wait.

Democratic billionaire George Soros is up to his old tricks again...this time comparing the United States to Nazi Germany. One newspaper editorial wants to know just how long Democrats are going to keep taking money from the likes of Soros.

Robert Novak reports on the anti-war strategies being employed by John Murtha, who is running the Democrats' Iraq policy. Novak says after several decades in Congress, Murtha feels like he's finally in the spotlight.

Jeff Jacoby has a novel idea...if you support the troops in Iraq, then you have to support the war...you have to want to win. The people who say otherwise are pushing an intellectually dishonest position.

Newsweek magazine has been wringing its hands about how the Bush Administration is supposedly mismanaging the policy toward Iran. Victor Davis Hanson wants to know why we should be listening to Newsweek...after all, they tend to make up sources.

Debra Saunders has joined the growing chorus of critics who want to know what in the world the federal government is doing prosecuting Border Patrol agents. She says the case of the two who shot at a drug smuggler should have never even gone to trial.

Professor Mike Adams notes several instances of successful uses of guns in today's column. It seems people aren't so prone to assaulting or robbing their victims when they realize they're staring down the barrel of a gun. Entertaining as always.

Star Parker, always on the lookout for a government overstepping its bounds, reports on some laws winding their ways through state legislatures. Seems one pharmaceutical company wants to make it the law that it's product is used to vaccinate people.

The war against Islamic terrorism is a story of good vs. evil....right? Dinesh D'Souza says it's not that simple, and that the United States is pursuing a course that is making the problem worse. Interesting take.

Video of the day: Neal will probably wish he hadn't said "someone has to make the french fries".

SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT!

It's done. All the editing is over. "Somebody's Gotta Say It" will appear on your bookstore shelves on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. The autographed first editions have sold out so if you want my mark on your book, you'll need to catch me at one of my book signings. Or if you just want to get to reading, order it online here.

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