SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT

The final editing is done, the cover is being developed, and "Somebody's Gotta Say It" will appear on your bookstore shelves on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. We're making plans to have thousands of books stacked in a dark room in Atlanta for me to sit down and sign ... not book plates, but my autograph on the title page of every one. These are for those of you who might not be able to get to one of my book signings following the release of the book. Just Click Here for your autographed first edition of Somebody's Gotta Say It! We'll ship it to you the week the book debuts.

THE MEDIA DECLARES A HISTORIC DAY

Now that the 110th Congress has taken its seat, it's interesting to compare the media coverage between 12 years ago and today. All day yesterday we were told that it was a "historic day" and that Democrats "took charge." But according to the media, back in 1995, Republicans stole it all. Remember, Democrats win elections....Republicans steal them. See the 2000 presidential election for that template.

But to be sure, it was somewhat of a historic day. Nancy Pelosi is, after all, the first woman speaker of the House. But that's where the history ends. But to the media, watching the Democrats take over both chambers of Congress is the reward from several years of their hard work. From the get-go, the media chose to suppress good news (and there has been some) coming out of Iraq. It didn't fit the template. It would help Bush, hurt Democrats. They kept up a propaganda campaign to convince people that the economy was worse off than it really is. Remember, to the media...5% unemployment is a disaster under George W. Bush. But 6% unemployment under Bill Clinton was an economic boom.

So now the Democrats are in charge, based on a single issue: the war in Iraq. Never mind that quite a few of them supported the invasion....and now claim they don't. Ignore the fact that the official U.S. policy of removing Saddam Hussein from power was developed by the Clinton Administration, not George Bush.

It was interesting to watch the coverage of the new Congress yesterday by a media that did everything in its power to throw out the Republicans. It was like a gloat-fest...see what we did!

The media bias rolls on.

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS

POT SHOTS

Officials at the Minneapolis-St Paul airport are having increasing problems with their cab drivers, most of who are Muslims. Many of the cab drivers are refusing to carry fares who have alcohol in their possession or who have dogs; even service dogs. Inch by inch these Muslims will try to enforce their backwater religious dogma on the rest of us. Hopefully the Minneapolis airport officials will tell them to either do their job or find another one.

We're being told that an announcement will be made very soon about Barack Obama's presidential plans. Oh Goodie! Will he run? Will America be saved! Isn't it clear to all of us that this man is the one to lead us to the great new American era? Please Mr. Obama! Run! America needs you're unique blend of experience and vision! Golly! Just think of the neat private jet you'll be able to use!

Princess Nancy is now the Speaker of the House. Well ... at least she's going to generate some interest. Can any of you out there name one time in the last few years when you said "Wow! That Speaker Hastert! Wow! What a speech! What a fantastic legislative agenda! He's my man!" There he was ... Dennis Hastert -- with that huge gut hanging over his belt at the back of the House chamber yesterday. If the Republicans had actually had a charismatic speaker for the past two years could it have made a difference?

And aren't we all so relieved to learn that Princess Nancy is a huge fan of the Grateful Dead! I feel better already.

I see that oil is now below $55 a barrel. It must be because the Democrats are in control of the congress. This sure is going to take a lot of money out of Bush's pockets, isn't it?

In Danville, Pennsylvania a 12-year-old special education student was charged with a crime. Why? Because she wet her pants. School officials say she did it deliberately so they called the cops. She's been charged with disorderly conduct. Now the cops are telling the parents that their 12-year-old may avoid a fine is she agrees to some community service. If we could get people to do community service every time they wet themselves places like Asheville, North Carolina and San Francisco would have the cleanest roadsides in the world. But it looks like the charges were dropped so Danville will have to find a student with an aspirin to clean their roadsides instead.

Police in Paris (that's France, not Texas) issued an order last week banning the distribution of any soup containing pork or fat to the homeless. Why? Well, you guessed it. Muslims. The police said that serving soup containing pork would be a racist offense because some of the people who might need that soup could just be Muslims. There is hope though. A Paris court came along and said serving soup with pork is not racist. The mayor of Paris, however, wants to appeal the court's ruling. The Paris police can't keep the peace when Muslim thugs conduct their periodic riots .. but they damn sure can keep the pork out of soup.

How will Michigan's new Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison, vote on pork projects? Will he vote at all? Will he try to bring some pork back to his district? Answers! We want answers!

Speaking of Keith Ellison. They made a big deal out of his ceremonial swearing in yesterday. He used a Quran that was once owned by Thomas Jefferson. What the media didn't tell you yesterday was that Jefferson considered Islam to be quite far down the food chain insofar as religions are concerned. Smart man, that Jefferson.

Chevy is going to come out with a new Camaro convertible. A soft-top. It looks like I'll have to amend one of my Boortzisms. "There is no happier person in the world than a North Georgia high school dropout with a beat up Camaro, a can of Bondo and a sewing kit."

Album sales have dropped for the seventh straight year. Down 5% in 2006. Good. Considering the crap they're recording and presenting as music these days .. purchasing a CD ought to be considered as prima facie evidence of dementia.

Does anyone want to have a serious conversation about the effect of a record number of women serving in the congress? You can scream "sexist" all you want, but there are differences. Anthropologically, women are wired for security. Sometimes security and freedom don't get along all that well.

OUR MILITARY MEN ARE SUCH BEASTS, AREN'T THEY?

Sherri Owen sent this in to share with you all:

THERE MAY BE HOPE FOR US YET

A listener writes in and gives us a little hope about the younger generation:

Hi Neal,

My 18 year old daughter is home for the holidays. She left her facebook page up on my computer so naturally I started snooping around a bit. I only discovered one thing of interest. She lists herself as a LIBERTARIAN! I'll be damned! I thought she was a bleeding heart liberal like her mother. I have you to thank I suppose because she has been exposed to your radio show her whole life. Keep up the good work!

Richard in Athens

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Keith points us to this outstanding method of redneck bee control posted on the Something Awful forums. It's an oldie, but a goodie. Warning: language. It really completely encompasses the spirit of redneckedness. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

WSB's Prostate Proactivity Campaign...get all the information you need about prostate cancer here.

Merry Christmas Marines update! See a photo gallery of the Marines receiving their stockings and a thank you letter to all of you who donated.

Democrat Keith Ellison of Minnesota was "sworn in" using a Koran yesterday (really just a photo op with Nancy Pelosi.) And in the end, no one cared. Ellison did seek out the congressman who said he was opposed to the usage of said Koran.

Osama Bin Laden's second in command is weighing in on things in Somalia. Al-Zawahiri is urging Islamic terrorists (or as the media prefers to call them, "militants) to increase attacks on troops in their country. Sound familiar?

Libya is declaring 3 days of mourning over the death of Saddam Hussein, but they're not stopping there. They are actually going to erect a statue of Saddam...standing at the gallows, getting ready to be hanged. Looks like the mainstream media in the United States aren't the only people that miss Uncle Saddam.

The House approved a new ethics package by a vote of 430-1. That's right, somebody actually voted against it. Want to know who? It was Dan Burton of Indiana, a Republican. Supposedly we're now going to have greater disclosure of earmarks.

Global warming hypocrisy isn't just an issue here in the United States, it turns out Al Gore has company in his gas-guzzling ways. In the UK, the media is pointing out how people who are supposedly active in the climate change movement actually like to burn jet fuel.

After Dick Cheney, Nancy Pelosi is now second in line for the presidency, should something happen to George W. Bush. What you may not know, however, is just who is third in line. Turns out it is the 89-year-old former Grand Wizard of the KKK....Robert Byrd himself.

Charles Krauthammer calls out the Iraqis for botching both Saddam Hussein's trial and execution. He says nobody was more deserving of the death penalty, which makes it a total travesty that it was screwed up.

Byron York reports on one would-be member of Congress from Florida who refuses to concede the election. A Democrat, she lost by 369 votes...but don't tell her that. She still thinks she won the election. Must still be some swinging chads to count.

Pat Buchanan notes how even the neoconservatives that supported the war in Iraq are now abandoning President Bush. Buchanan also wonders why we're about to surge 20,000 troops into a war the president says we're not winning.

Jonah Goldberg looks at the new calls for isolationism and takes a trip back in time for a little history lesson. The calls for us to pull back from the world are nothing new...it's been going on for decades.

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