FAIRTAX RALLIES!

More on this later, but I told you that Americans for Fair Taxation had reorganized and were going to really step up to the plate and get the FairTax moving forward again. We now have to rallies scheduled that can really have an impact.

The first rally will be at the Koger Center of the University of South Carolina in Columbia on Tuesday, May 15th. There is a presidential candidate debate on Fox News that evening ... and the rally will be held before the debate to show support for the FairTax. I'll be there!

The second rally will be in Ames, Iowa on Friday, August 10, the day before the Iowa Republican Party straw poll. Remember, if you come to Iowa for the rally, you will be able to stay over on Saturday and vote in the straw poll. The idea here is twofold ... to present the FairTax to the media and the public with a huge rally drawing supporters from all over the midwest --- and to hold the candidate's feet to the fire. My hope is that the candidate who favors the FairTax will be the candidate who wins the poll. It's time to apply some pressure!

UH OH ... HERE COME THE HOMELESS AGAIN

We have a new "groundbreaking" study of homeless people out there ... you know, the urban outdoorsmen. It seems that about 700,000 people sought shelter nationwide during a three-month period. I guess we'll hear a lot about this study for a few days. I just wanted to plug in a thought. Not counting the children, of course; and not counting those who have suffered a physical or mental disaster --- these people are right where they are today because they put themselves there. Nobody did it to them. Drugs, alcohol ... no education, no work skills, no work ethic. They have themselves to blame. There's no problem in helping them so long as the government doesn't use its police power to transfer income .... but the blame lies with them. Deal with it.

THE STOCK MARKET!

Hey .. I know it is rough for some of you out there. But (1) I'm a real estate investor, and (2) it will snap back. Some people will weep and moan. Some will take advantage. Choose your side.

AL GORE'S WEAK RESPONSE

Well, now I've heard it all. Al Gore, the Academy Award winner of the "Inconvenient Truth" documentary about global warming, got caught with his hand in the cookie jar the other day. Evidently his 20-room mansion with 8 bathrooms in Nashville uses 20 times the electricity of the average American household. Same with natural gas. Who cares, right? Well, not really. This is what you call hypocrisy...and of the highest order.

Al Gore goes around telling us all that we're environmental sinners because we're causing global warming and dirtying the planet. And yet there's Gore...riding in his gas-guzzling private jet and sitting in his 20-room mansion that almost takes an entire power plant to run. The message is loud and clear: do as I say, but not as I do. Typical politician. But the firestorm is growing, so Al Gore's office had to craft a response to the deafening roar of criticism over his Tennessee energy consumption.

According to a spokesperson, the Gores purchase offsets to reduce their overall carbon footprint. Since they invest in wind power and the like, as well as drive hybrid vehicles, this somehow balances out their gigantic power consumption at their mansion. Oh..and they had solar power panels installed...and they pay more for their power to support renewable energy. So we're supposed to believe that the good outweighs the bad here. Let's not forget. He probably plants trees also. They turn carbon dioxide to oxygen you know.

The bottom line here is that this is all completely absurd. Man is not causing any significant climate change. The carbon molecules are out there. Use them if you got 'em.
Gore got busted for not walking the talk .. and now he's trying to backpedal. Perhaps people will see right through the environmental hypocrisy of the global warming movement for once.

NANCY PELOSI SAYS BUSH IS IMPAIRED

Nancy Pelosi says George W. Bush's thinking on Iraq is "impaired." It is? In that case, perhaps she and her fellow Democrats would do something about that. They could impeach the president or cut off appropriations for the war. Except they'll do neither...because they don't have the you-know-whats...oh ... and they have no plan for Iraq either.

Oh and here's a question...was Hillary Clinton impaired when she voted to authorize the war in Iraq in 2002? Was her husband impaired when, for 8 years, he called for the removal of Saddam Hussein? Was John Kerry impaired when he voted to authorize the war? John Edwards? The list of Democrats goes on and on.

Oh, and Speaker Nancy still has her thong (ugh) in a knot over Dick Cheney's criticism that her plan for Iraq would validate Al-Qaeda's strategy. She claims Cheney was questioning her patriotism...which he never did. This is the Big Lie of the Left...when you run out of ideas, when you have nothing else to say....accuse your opponent of questioning your patriotism.

Sounds like somebody's pantsuit might be a little too tight. If the American people have lost so much confidence in Bush, why won't the Democrats do something about it? Why not take action? Come on, we're waiting. Time's a wasting.

THE COLLEGE REPUBLICAN'S NEW GAME

The College Republicans are under fire for their "Catch an illegal" game. The object of the game? No, you don't catch an actual illegal alien...just somebody playing one. But you do win a prize. Howard Dean and the DNC are calling on the RNC to stop it...but they say they have no control over the College Republicans. So who's right..and is it really racist?

First of all, everything gets called racist...without anyone really knowing what the term means. Racism is defined in the dictionary as the belief that one race is inherently superior to another. The game is called "Catch An Illegal" not "Catch a Hispanic." Now...a more accurate description might be that it's insensitive, but hardly racist.

And the game would seem to be quite popular. They played the game last year in several states and even drew several students at NYU this year. I wonder what the prize is? Anyway, the RNC condemned the game too...but says they can't make the College Republicans stop. It would be something if the group told the DNC and the RNC to stick it...and kept on playing their game.

All this publicity will probably create even more interest in it. The rule of unintended consequences...if Democrats had not complained, nobody would know about it.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Proof that you don't need to go to some fancy piercing parlor in order to wear an earring. Oh, and Ron sent in a funny response to our Redneck Butcher. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Somebody described as "a senior U.S. military intelligence official" says North Korea is capable of building a long-range missile that could hit the United States. That's nice...but would The Gargoyle ever be dumb enough to try it? Probably not.

The hate-filled, anti-war Left couldn't contain their happiness at the assassination attempt on Dick Cheney in Afghanistan. Believe it or not, there are some people actually upset that the suicide bomber missed. This just proves the anti-war extremists' hatred for the Bush Administration is completely unprecedented.

There is a college professor at Kent State University in Ohio who is writing blog entries praising Osama Bin Laden and calling for jihad, among other nonsense. Professor Mike Adams is on the case, going so far as to call the guy at the university...except he wasn't there. Your tax dollars at work.

It's been what...2 years and 3 months since John Kerry lost the presidential election? And he's still mad about it...and very bitter. It turns out a candidate for the ambassadorship to Belgium contributed to the swift boat guys...and Kerry erupted at his confirmation hearing.

James Carville, political strategist extraordinaire and big-time Clinton supporter, says Al Gore is going to run for president in 2008. That would throw a bit of a monkey wrench in things, would it not? Carville also said running for president was like having sex. Okay then.

Much is being made of yesterday's supposed stock market crash, but it's really not anything approaching a crash. It is the biggest one-day loss since 2003, but that's about it. Either way, it's obviously George W. Bush's fault...who the media derides as an idiot, but he somehow controls the stock market. And oil prices too.

John Stossel takes on the fear mongers in America over vaccinations. Do vaccines cause autism? Are they poisoning people? Stossel says absolutely not, but he says fear mongering has become an entire industry in this country. An excellent column as always, one you won't want to miss.

The Hillary Clinton campaign's response to David Geffen's comments only serve to prove them true, according to Rich Lowry. Geffen really is right when he says the Clintons lie with such ease. But Lowry points out that the Clintonistas did bait Obama into a fight.

Thomas Sowell has an excellent observation on Supreme Court justices. He wonders why a whole string of Republican presidents have such a history of nominating liberals to nation's highest court. He says their record is miserable, for the most part.

Walter E. Williams has a column today that will make you think. What about democracy is so great? Is majority rule really a good idea? Williams argues that majority rule and liberty are two different things...which explains why the Founding Fathers worried about democracy.

Tired of watching Leftist, anti-war protesters on TV? Michelle Malkin says there is something you can do. At least if you're not doing anything March 17th and will be in the Washington D.C. area. It's called the "Gathering of Eagles."

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