Today's Nuze: January 26, 2007

Friday - January 26, 2007

NEAL IS ON THE ROAD

Neal is on his way to Austin to hang out with you people at the KLBJ Talkfest. But because you've be good all week, we've got Herman Cain in to take your calls and keep you informed and entertained. Neal will be back Monday to cause trouble as usual. The staff has pulled together some notes for you Nuze readers. We wouldn't want you to have to go to the bathroom empty handed.

TROOPS AUTHORIZED TO KILL IRANIANS

According to the Washington Post, President Bush has granted authorization to our troops in Iraq to kill Iranian agents that are operating there. It's about time....why weren't we doing this years ago? Perhaps we finally have the chance to win and get out of there. This has been a long time coming. Iran has been sending fighters into Iraq for 4 years now.

It turns out that for over a year, we've been running this policy with the Iranians where we detain them for a couple days, make note of their identity, then send them on their way. Don't want to offend Tehran, you know. Are you kidding me? No wonder people think we're losing the war. It's just these sorts of appeasement tactics that have put us in the position we are in now.

So now we're going to kill them. Good. Any member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard ought to be shot on site and shipped back to Ahmadinejad in a cardboard box. This is war.....nobody ever won by being nice. Of course if the story in the media is to be believed, officials at the State Department are already worried that this could provoke a confrontation with Tehran. Too bad. They started it by interfering in the first place.

But at least the situation has been corrected. This has been our problem all along in Iraq. We didn't clean out Fallujah when we had the chance. We didn't shoot the looters. In trying not to offend anyone, we're doing our best to lose.

CARTER'S PROBLEM WITH ISRAEL

Jimmy Carter is back in the news, and the coverage isn't favorable. Turns out the former president might have a problem with Jewish people. Now compare the coverage of this to say...Mel Gibson's roadside tirade awhile back. The Nobel Appeasement Prize winner is getting a complete pass from the press. So what's all the fuss about?

You've probably heard about all the people who resigned from the Carter Center over the president's comments about Palestinians in his recent book. Carter did recently apologize for what he called a "stupid" passage in his book and he is having his publisher remove it in future editions. Fair enough. Maybe he didn't even write it. Who knows.

Anyway, another interesting bit of news has come to light, from Jimmy Carter's White House years. It turns out way back when, the former president complained that there were "too many Jews" on the Holocaust Memorial Council. This has come to light recently thanks to an interview from a former member of that council.

Now, Carter can say what he wants. But watch the media on this one and imagine for a second if this were a Republican former president. The outrage would be on page one for a week.

ILLEGALS AFRAID OF BEING DEPORTED

News reports today say "undocumented workers," which is a media term for "illegal aliens" are terrified because they're afraid they're going to be deported. Good...when you're in the country illegally, you should fear being deported. But really, the illegal aliens that are here, well...illegally...don't have much to worry about.

Why? Because they probably won't be deported. Sure there is a raid here and there...but when you deport 450 illegals out of the 12 million that are already here...that doesn't amount to much. Besides, all they have to do is just wait for President Bush's guest worker amnesty program to go into effect...then they'll be all set.

When we start deporting illegal aliens by the thousands....that's when they should be afraid. Until then, unfortunately, they don't have a thing to worry about.

Science Myths

This week, we've been asking you about the most popular science myths. Below are the answers to yesterday's questions. Find Monday's answers here, Tuesday's here and Wednesday's answers here. This survey and more fun for science nerds here.

The five second rule
True 31%
False 69% - No, sorry folks, germs are going to stick to that piece of brownie on contact with the floor. They don't need more than 5 seconds to crawl up on it.

Animals can predict natural disasters
True 91%
False 9% - Nope, sorry, there's no evidence to show this.

Seasons are caused by the Earth's proximity to the sun
True 43%
False 57% - No, it's not how close the earth is to the sun but the earth's tilt that determines seasons.

The Great Wall of China is the only manmade structure visible from space
True 41%
False 59% - False! Astronauts can see all kinds of things from space including the Giza pyramids and even some airport runways.

It takes seven years to digest gum
True 15%
False 85% - Nope, your mama made this one up to keep you from swallowing gum, but if you did your digestive system could handle it in well under 7 years.

That was fun! Don't you feel smarter now?

READING ASSIGNMENTS

The outrage is mounting over a party in at a Texas college where students

marked Martin Luther King Day by dressing up as black stereotypes and eating fried chicken and drinking malt liquor. Other than being politically incorrect, what laws were broken here? Private party...free country.

A nun in New Orleans is calling the federal government's plan to tear down much of the public housing down there a sin. The government says the housing is unfit to live in and must be destroyed. But the sister says the buildings are in good condition and tearing them down will keep poor black people out of New Orleans. It never ends, does it?

One lawmaker says it's time to get rid of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Hispanic Caucus in the House of Representatives. His theory? They are segregated and if the goal is a colorblind society, they need to go.

Remember when John McCain was pushing campaign finance reform under a law that bore his name? Well, all eyes are now on the Arizona Senator. People want to see if he will abide by his own law when he runs for president next year.

Al Sharpton is threatening other Democrats who are running for president. He says if they don't address civil rights issues, then he'll be forced to run himself. Come on, Al...run anyway. We could use the entertainment!

The media is tripping all over itself to encourage Nebraska RINO Chuck Hagel to run for president. Remember, any Republican opposed to the Bush Administration is courageous and principled, and must be celebrated.

Charles Krauthammer was not impressed by President Bush's words on energy policy at the state of the union. He says that 24 out of the 34 state of the union addresses since the Arab oil embargo in the 1970's have been about energy independence. Since that time, the situation has only gotten worse.

So here's the question: will Scooter Libby be getting a presidential pardon? Judging by his actions so far in his trial, the answer is no. Josh Marshall says Libby's lawyers came out swinging against Karl Rove and the rest of the administration.

David Limbaugh says that since 9/11, Democrats have been looking for a politician that would restore their foreign policy credentials. They seem to think they have found that in Senator Jim Webb, but Limbaugh is not impressed.

In the Democratic response to the State of the Union, Webb talked about the supposedly successful end to the Korean War. Jonah Goldberg says that is precisely what we don't want to happen in Iraq. Either we fight to win or occupy the country forever.

Good luck ever getting your cat in a carrier again after a visit to the cat spa.

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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