Today's Nuze: July 26, 2007

Thursday, July 26, 2007

MURTHA'S IRAQ PLAN

The House Democrats have drafted new legislation to withdraw troops from Iraq starting in two months. The catch ... leave it up to Bush as to when the final date of withdrawal will be. Nice touch. That way they can say "Well, it was George Bush who set the date (for surrender), not us!"

The hoopla may be for nothing, seeing as the House has passed similar legislation before that has gone on to fail in the Senate. The last failure being troop withdrawal starting in November and ending in April 2008.

Murtha's plan (if he could have it his way) would be to have all troops out by November 2008. He would also require troops to meet certain standards - whatever those may be. And cut the budget for Guantanamo Bay in half. He also claims that extended troop tours would be inevitable.

September is set to be the big debate on the 2008 military spending bill. If the Democrats are so determined to initiate surrender in Iraq, let them simply vote to end the funding for the war! That's all there is to it. Bingo! One vote and the lunatic, peace-at-any-price-including-surrender crowd is placated.

Problem is, the Democrats don't have the guts to pull the trigger. They are well aware of the certainty of a bloodbath in Iraq as soon as American troops are gone. Their tactic is clear. Keep hammering, keep tearing down George Bush. Keep the drumbeat going until even more weak-kneed Republicans join with the surrender brigade. So what if there's an Iraqi bloodbath? No problem! At least you have enough Republicans in the mix to sidestep blame for the carnage that will surely follow our surrender.. and the corresponding lack of respect for America that will surely follow.

TONY SNOW AND THE 'PATHETIC' DEMOCRATS

Congressional Democrats are pushing a contempt of Congress citation against two White House staffers. Tony Snow called the move "pathetic."

Snow says: "We've had more than 600 oversight hearings, 87,000-plus hours spent responding to oversight requests and 430,000 pages made available to Congress for oversight." And yet nothing has come from these hearings except a waste of time and lack of legislation.

Princess Nancy is suddenly focused on her role in re-defining what the term "checks and balances" means to the new democratic majority. She said, "The contempt proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee today are part of a broader effort by House Democrats to restore our nation's fundamental system of checks and balances."

Translation: As long as a Republican is in the White House, Democrats favor a weak presidency and a strong legislative branch. When a Democrat is in the White House, different rules apply.

Note, please, that Clinton used executive privilege to avoid scrutiny far more often than has Bush. In fact, Clinton claimed executive privilege to protect his own wife! Let Bush try that stunt and the dead will hear the screams in their graves.

THE MOONBAT SUES

Ward Churchill, the barking moonbat professor at the University of Colorado was fired on Tuesday ... two years after making his hideous remarks about 9/11. That, however, is not why they fired him. Seems there was something about plagiarism .......

Anyway, now Churchill is suing the university (aka. your tax dollars!) for an undisclosed amount of money. His lawyer says that if he wins, reinstatement is definitely on the table.

Churchill claims that his rights to free speech were violated. Wonderful. Now free speech means the right to plagiarize in an academic setting. I'll alert the student body.

OBESE? JUST BLAME YOUR FRIEND

Researchers have come up with a new way to play the blame game. Now, if you are obese it is not your fault. Nope. It is your friend's fault; not the skinny one ... the lard-ass you've been hanging with.

These researchers (no doubt working from a government taxpayer-funded grant) say that if your best buddy becomes obese, your chances of becoming obese increase by more than half. And if you are an obese person's emergency contact, you are 171% more likely to become obese.

The New England Journal of Medicine says that "obesity is contagious." Maybe that's why we see so many blubber-butts with blubber-butts.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

They just released a little study about government schools. They found that rural school children perform better in science and in math. Could it be something called real-world application? Here are some of the findings:

Rural students did better on national science tests than urban children in every grade level
In math, rural kids did better than urban children at every grade level
Rural fourth- and eighth-graders read better than urban students. In high school, rural kids read about the same as children in cities.
When it comes to teachers, rural teachers were more likely to be satisfied with teaching conditions in their schools. But they get paid less.
Rural schools are smaller and have lower student-teacher ratios
As for parents in rural communities, they were more likely than urban or suburban parents to attend an event at their child's school during the year.

Not that you asked, but I think I understand some of the factors at work here. First, rural kids probably aren't exposed all that much to the urban anti-achievement culture. Good thing. Secondly, rural rug-rats probably do a lot more physical work than do urban brats, and have more responsibilities around the home.

This from a kid who did a lot of growing up on a farm in Texas.

Speaking of government schools, you absolutely cannot miss this video: Public School House Rock - Nouns. If you can't watch it at work, email yourself a reminder to watch it at home. You won't be sorry.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Well I think this proves that rednecks can certainly benefit from higher education. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

The House voted to prevent the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq. Republican leader John Boehner says the vote was just a political stunt because that is already the policy in Iraq.

A Washington cab driver was sentenced to 15 years in jail after admitting he attended terrorist training camps in Pakistan. Where else would you learn to drive a cab in Washington?

We must have really stuck it to Iran ... the country says it will never abandon its nuclear program. Well ... as long as there's an Iran anyway.

Here's an excellent article about the wussification of America and how children shouldn't be protected from competition.

Taxi drivers in New York City are upset because the Taxi and Limousine Commission want to put GPS systems in their cabs. The drivers' solution, of course, is to go on strike.

Where is the debate on Social Security for the upcoming election? Dick Army has some thoughts.

Here are Tony Blankley's thoughts on the Democratic YouTube debate Monday night. His favorite part seemed to be the same as Royal's favorite ...

A new study says that all of that girl chat about boys could lead to depression and anxiety. Boy chat about girls just leads to horniness.

Meanwhile, men are suing clubs that host "Ladies Night" because it is "discrimination and unconstitutional."

Disney decided to nix smoking from its movies. If a movie does have smoking (for adult-related themes), they will show a public service announcement.

A man in a Florida jail was convicted for firing the surgeon general in his jail cell. They sentenced him to 60 days in custody, which basically means nothing because his original sentence is for much longer. Apparently toying with Waldo the one-eyed wonder worm in the privacy of your prison cell is a no-no. Better to wait for the morning shower.

Here is the World's Smallest Political Quiz that Neal gave a caller today to determine which party he should belong to.

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