WELL --- HERE WE ARE ...

It's already Tuesday, and we haven't received word of this week's new entitlement program or tax on the rich from Hillary Clinton yet. Is this a sign that her campaign is floundering?

'VICTORY' FOR MUSLIM COMMUNITY

Yesterday marked the end of the trial of the Holy Land Foundation. For those of you that may not remember, this Islamic "charity" and several members were accused of illegally funneling $12 million to Hamas.

And now the three month trial has ended ... in a mistrial. The case involved 200 counts and six accused, including the Foundation itself. Apparently this was too complicated for the jurors to handle ... or the prosecutors just didn't do their job.

The charges in the case were as follows: conspiracy to support a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy to deal in the property of a designated terrorist group, money laundering and filing a false return for a tax-exempt organization.

The complex charges would have put the men on trial in jail for life. Now ... nada. Nothing. Except for Ghassan Elashi, the Holy Land's former CEO and chairman, who was already serving time for convictions on federal terrorism charges for falsifying documents and making illegal shipments of computer equipment to countries that sponsor terrorism.

The five men on trial were Shukri Abu Baker, Mohammad El-Mezain, Ghassan Elashi, Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh. There were also two others who are believed to be in the Middle East and considered fugitives. El-Mezain was acquitted of most of his changes, and a mistrial was declared on only one count. However a mistrial was declared for all of his co-defendants.

The jurors deliberated for 19 days and were sent back for more deliberations after three jurors said they disagreed with the verdicts read aloud in the courtroom. A judge initially read a not guilty verdict for all 32 counts against one of the defendants, but at least one juror made it clear that he did not agree. When all but one juror agreed that further deliberations would be a waste of time, the judge declared a mistrial.

The prosecution has already said that it would seek a retrial. The disheartening part is that the few verdicts that were actually read in the courtroom were not guilty.

OK ... an intemperate thought here. I wonder how many of these jurors were educated in government schools. Now come on ... just bear with me for a second. Take a look at those charges again. This isn't the same thing as proving that someone walked into a convenience store with a gun and shot the clerk. Money laundering, false tax returns, conspiracy. All of these charges take some thought, some reasoning ability. You don't have to have 12 jurors with real educations, but it would help. If you want to screw up the whole deal, just get one or two government educated souls who couldn't find their way out of a corn maze. One or two .. that's it. One or two who can't balance their own check books, and we're expecting them to figure out a money laundering deal or a tax return?

There are so many ways our government education system has contributed to the decline of this country. Perhaps we've just seen another.

POLAND'S NEW LEADERSHIP

... may have an effect on America's war against Islamic extremism. An election this past weekend shifted the balance in Poland's government, giving Poland's liberal opposition Civic Platform the victory.

Ok, great. Who cares? Well maybe we should ... just a little, because the Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk (cue Fleetwood Mac) ran on a campaign to bring home 900 Polish troops that are serving in Iraq. He has also "voiced reservations" about the 1,200 Polish forces serving in Afghanistan.

And you may remember the recent controversy over the US plans to build a missile shield system in Eastern Europe? Well one of the nations that was committed to helping the US with those plans included Poland. And these plans would aid in the preventing potential attacks from Iran. Now Donald Tusk wants to push for more rewards for Poland, before he will allow the US missile defense base to be built.

NYTIMES ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

"The country needs to have a working immigration policy, one that corresponds to economic realities and is based on good sense and fairness. But it doesn't. It has federal inertia and a rising immigrant tide, and a national mood of frustration and anxiety that is slipping, as it has so many times before, into hatred and fear."

Yeah .. that's it. The people of this country are beyond concerned .. into furious .. that our politicians have completely ignored the Mexican invasion for political reasons. We're angry that the elected class has refused to enforce our laws. We know that the solutions are out there. We know that businesses who hire illegals could be hit with huge fines, or even the loss of their business licenses, and much of the problem would be solved. We know that the feds could withhold all federal grants from colleges and universities who admit illegals, much less give them in-state tuition breaks. We know that closed military bases could be turned into detention centers to house illegals until they can be sent back home. We know the problem could be handled ... but it isn't. This, in the minds of the leftists at the Times, means that we're slipping into hatred and fear.

This is always the way it is with the left. It's always "hate." Joe Citizens asks why our federal government can't take some simple steps to stem the illegal tide, and the left say "Oh, you hate Latinos."

Childish ... and tiring.

SOUTH FLORIDA MEDICAL FRAUD

Medical fraud in south Florida is rearing its ugly, expensive head ... again. Let's start with this. A Miami-area medical equipment supplier somehow managed to bill the U.S. taxpayers so often for one wheelchair that it ended up costing taxpayers $5 million.

Here's another example. A south Florida company billed Medicare for millions of dollars worth of special asthma medication. The owner claimed it was for his local pharmacy. The only problem was the man was not a pharmacist, he was an air conditioner repairman.

It gets even better. Last year south Florida accounted for 80 percent of the drugs billed for Medicare beneficiaries with HIV/AIDS. That figure again? Eighty percent. That's 80 percent of the total money spent on HIV drugs across the entire country. And yet south Florida only has one in ten of eligible HIV/AIDS patients.

South Florida is known for its narcotics trafficking, but people are starting to figure out that the government is inept. They have capitalized on the fact that you can make millions of dollars from health-care fraud ... and the penalties are far less severe than being caught for narcotics trafficking.

The Department of Health and Human Services has also noticed the unusually high number of people in south Florida that require infusion drug therapy - that would be medicine delivered intravenously outside of hospitals or nursing homes.

In just the second half of last year, three south Florida counties - Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach - accounted for half of all drug infusion drug therapy charges nationwide. In many cases, south Florida Medicare providers billed for HIV/AIDS services totaled more than $1 million per patient.

Alex Acosta, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, has a team of 60 people set to combat Medicare fraud in south Florida. Unlike these HIV/AIDS recipients, Acosta's budget in less than $1 million per year.

We understand though. Why pour money into South Florida to fight Medicaid fraud when that money could be spent to buy votes in New York with a museum for Woodstock.

Remember ... it's ALWAYS about votes.

THE USPS (DIS) HONORS SOLDIERS

A government post office in California has chosen to take down photographs of local soldiers after someone called to complain.

Since 2001, the Paso Robles Post Office has collected pictures of men and women serving in the military and placed them on a board in the post office. The board was meant to support local troops. But before opening its door Friday morning, the pictures had to be taken down after some idiot complained to the Consumer Affairs Department.

First of all ... who knew that the government even tried to provide customer service by providing a complaint department? And since when has the government ever been pro-active in responding to citizens' complaints. Ten bucks says that if a customer had called to complain about a missing package, nobody would have done a darn thing. No one would have cared. But photos of our heroes being posted on the walls ... that's blasphemy! That requires immediate action.

A spokesperson for the US Post Office says that its regulations specify that "only official postal announcements and other government notices can be put up on the walls."

Well .. .that's a nice excuse .. a nice government excuse. Meanwhile, I hope the person who complained is happy with the outcome.

Apparently a local politician (a Republican) got involved and the photos will now be restored.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

This seems like something child protective services might be interested in. At the very least, this incident is going to be described to a therapist one day. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

First the Armenian genocide vote. Now this: the Turkish prime minister warned that the US would lose Turkey as an ally if it refused to help the nation with its fight against Kurdish rebels. In other words ... pay us to be your ally.

Novel laureate Doris Lessing said that the attacks on September 11th were "not that terrible" compared to attacks by the IRA in the UK. She called the American people "na 1/2 ve" and said that 9/11 was not as "terrible nor as extraordinary as they think."

There are seven things you need to know about the Clintons. Here they are.

Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70% since the end of June ... yeah, like you'll hear that in the lamestream media.

Osama bin Laden apparently released another tape, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV. Bin Laden says that insurgents must unite but urges them to avoid extremism among men and groups.

Now the Republican National Committee may also strip votes from five states that refuse to change the date of their primary election. Smart move. Fall in line with the Democrats on this one. Like it's going to make a difference. The RNC should worry more about the complete lack of an agenda and less about primary dates.

Governor Eliot Spitzer is being sued by a county clerk who refuses to enact the new policy permitting illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses.

Just a good story from Mike Adams. Read it. You need a lift today.

You don't really think that Senate Republicans want to do anything about pork spending, do you? Well, this ought to cure you.

In honor of Islamofascism week, here is some insight into the origin of the word, and why it is entirely appropriate to associate "Islam" with "fascism."

CAIR has now resorted to calling Robert Spencer a "neo-Nazi" in this press release. Remember, CAIR is run by people who have professed their desire to see the United States under Islamic Law.

The House is considering the Celebrating America's Heritage Act, which would expand the cost and scope of federally sanctioned and financed economic development projects. This would cost taxpayers an additional $135 million. And it turns out there isn't even a law that defines or authorizes the existence of these 'projects.' Votes ... look for votes.

This outrage comes from North Carolina where they are also experiencing a drought. There is currently an all outdoor watering ban but Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill insist on watering their synthetic turfs so their teams can play field hockey.

Apparently some members of the White House staff have taken up blogging ...

I know you were just waiting to hear this one ... Chuck Norris has endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.

While riding in the car, an 8-year-old boy called 911 multiple times to report his mother's erratic driving to police. The mom is now being investigated for drunk driving.

Marie Osmond passes out on live TV. When she recovers her first words where what?

Remember the classic Chevy that Neal donated to Care-A-Thon last year? It has been donated again and is up for raffle. Find out more here.

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