Democrats and Corruption; a Game of Hide not Seek
Dec 31, 2006 Political
During the last couple of years the Democrats have focused on the Republican Culture of Corruption and have highlighted every instance where some Republican has done something unethical or illegal. I welcome these so that we can weed out the bad people and replace them with folks who have higher standards. The problem is, Democrats routinely ignore or dismiss their own corruption. Nancy Pelosi has vowed to clean up the Congress.
The Democrats have largely ignored the troubles of William Jefferson of Louisiana and were reluctant to remove him from his committee. Pelosi backed Jack Murtha who is corrupt and has a long history of back room deals. The fact that he was caught on a 57 minute tape trying to figure out how to take a bribe did not stop Pelosi from endorsing him as the Majority Leader, which he thankfully did not get. Now there is news that John Conyers has admitted to some wrong doing.
Conyers, who openly stated that he would seek the impeachment of the President, has admitted to using his staff illegally during the last campaign.
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has “accepted responsibility” for possibly violating House rules by requiring his official staff to perform campaign-related work, according to a statement quietly released by the House ethics committee late Friday evening. [emphasis mine] The Hill
Notice how the statement was released quietly, in order to avoid much press? Additionally, the release of the information will surely be overshadowed by news of Ford’s Funeral and Hussein’s Execution. This is how the Democrats clean up corruption; they ignore it or they release it quietly on a Friday and when it can be overshadowed by other events. Conyers, rather than being punished or indicted, has agreed to take additional steps to ensure this does not happen again. I do not know if the “it” is committing the crime or getting caught.
I have stated a number of times that there is corruption on both sides of the aisle and that whoever commits these crimes should be punished, regardless of political party. It would appear though, that the way Democrats will end corruption is to ensure they hide the corruption of the left rather than prosecuting it as they have called for in the case of Republicans.
If we want to put an end to this we need to call for term limits for members of Congress. They get into power and all have good intentions but after while the power and money go to their heads and we end up with corruption. Term limits will get them out before they can succumb to the lure of money and power.
Until we get term limits, it will be fun exposing the corruption of the left, at least, for the next two years.
Tags: Political
The Mighty One Has Fallen
Dec 31, 2006 Political
Hillary Clinton has been the anointed one of the Democratic party for the past few years with speculation running wild over whether or not she would run for the presidency. People with a brain knew all along that she was going to run despite her protestations about not thinking past her reelection to the Senate. Days after she won handily, she was already making plans to become the next president. Not too bad for a person who was not thinking about it. Her staffers indicated she was following the timetable she had long ago worked out so that pretty much dispelled the idea of “not thinking about it.”
Hillary was doing well until an upstart named Obama showed up and garnered a lot of attention. Then, ambulance chaser John Edwards joined the fray from New Orleans where he decided that after such a long time of government inaction, he needed to get there and shovel some dirt. Edwards played his two Americas theme using the backdrop of the battered city of New Orleans, a city he did not lift a finger to help prior to his announcement. Edwards could not pick any or the places in Florida that have been waiting for years to rebuild because that would not fit his theme. Seems that even well off white people can be devastated by a natural disaster and end up waiting to rebuild. Edwards instead, chose a place where the inhabitants are mostly poor to push home his idea of two Americas.
Hillary can not like all the attention her rivals are getting and the latest polls from Iowa can not be too comforting either. Hillary has slipped to fourth place in a poll of likely Democratic voters and her 23 point lead in New Hampshire has dwindled down to a mere 1 point over Obama and Clinton is baffled as to how she should handle it:
Several Democratic strategists last week urged Clinton to unleash a “charisma offensive†in the new year to counter the saturated media coverage that has helped propel Obama up the polls. Times UK
Hillary Clinton is nothing like her husband who, if nothing else, is a charismatic man and a good speaker. Hillary is shrill and robotic and comes off as a calculating manipulative drone. Asking Hillary to be charismatic is like asking a Great White not to eat meat. It just can not happen and if a candidate has to force charm on people then it says little for that candidate’s ability to persuade people effectively.
Like them or not Obama and Edwards have more charm and appeal than Hillary can ever muster and she is going to have to go dirty in order to beat these two out for the top billing. That is more likely what her team is working on in the dark, dank bowels of the Queens dungeon. Look for some low shots to come out in the near future. Hillary should make it interesting because her opponents will have plenty of ammunition to shoot back should the cold one decide to go dirty.
Tags: Political
Liberals Will Dismiss This Information About WMD and Syria
Dec 28, 2006 Political
D J McGuire at The Right Wing Liberal brings our attention to an interesting article that indicates Syria is close to having nuclear capability (read weapons) and it is because of the items shipped to Syria by Saddam Hussein’s sons prior to and just after the beginning of the war. The article from the Washington DC Examiner reports:
But what really broke the camel’s back was a recent report from the well-informed Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al Seyassah. It quoted European intelligence sources as saying that “Syria has an advanced nuclear program†in a secret site located in the province of Al Hassaka, close to the Turkish and Iraqi borders. British sources quoted by the paper believe that “it is President Assad’s brother, Colonel Maher Assad and his cousin Rami Makhlouf, who supervise the program.â€
This nuclear weapons program is based on material that Saddam Hussein’s two sons shipped to Syria before — and during — the U.S. war against Iraq. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper, this explains why international investigative teams found no proof of Hussein’s nuclear program. [my emphasis]
It would seem that earlier assertions by many people including yours truly, that Hussein sent WMD to Syria were right on target. Now those items are being used to develop nuclear weapons that can, in turn, be used to cause havoc int he region and in this country. Given the alliance between Iran and Syria and the hatred of Israel by all people Muslim it is not hard to imagine these items being used to carry out Ahmadinejad’s desire to wipe Israel off the map.
The next time some liberal, especially some liberal politician, tells you there were no WMD you tell them that they will know for sure when one detonates int heir neighborhood. Of course, now that the Democrats are in charge we will hear talk about certain countries and how dangerous they are. There is only real danger when a Democrat is in control as it was when Clinton was asleep at the helm.
Tags: Political
Ethiopia Demonstrates How to Defeat Islam
Dec 28, 2006 Political
The war on terror in Iraq is more than a war on terror. It is also a war of ideologies pitting the values of the West against the evil of Islam. The United States has the greatest military in the world and can defeat anyone. The problem is, despite contradictions from the left, our country does not go out and arbitrarily kill people. We go to great pains to eliminate or minimize collateral damage. The Islamic fighters, on the other hand, kill indiscriminately in their quest to make the world one big happy Islamic family.
The Islamic religion of peace recently took over the country of Somalia and imposed its Draconian laws on the inhabitants of that hell hole. Somalia was no great place before the Islamic devils moved in and was ruled by warlords and relative anarchy, but it was free of the Islamic vermin that chokes off all things that are not Islam. I am no fan of Somalia and feel that we should have leveled the place after the Blackhawk down incident but the cowardice of Clinton prevented that from happening and so were infiltrated by the followers of Islam. These “peaceful” folks imposed their brand of life and threatened to kill people who broke their twisted laws. Last week the Islamic folks in Somalia declared that the country was open to any other terror mongers of Islam who wanted to come in and “wage a holy war against Christian-led Ethiopia.” That was a mistake.
Ethiopia did not take too kindly to that declaration and decided that it was time to do something about the people who they have been weary about since they began infiltrating Somalia.
In the past few days, Ethiopian-backed forces, with tacit approval from the United States, have unleashed tanks, helicopter gunships and jet fighters on the Islamists, decimating their military and paving the way for the internationally recognized transitional government of Somalia to assert control.
The report indicates that the Islamists have disappeared and there is speculation they have gone underground to start an insurgency. I wonder if our left will agree with the position of Ethiopia. The left has sided with the terrorists in Iraq saying we did not belong so Ethiopia should get a great deal of support for killing the Islamic invaders. Don’t hold your breath waiting for that one; Ethiopia is Christian so they have to be opposed by any decent leftist. I doubt the author meant decimated since that indicates reduced by one tenth. It is probably more accurate to say that they had obliterated the Islamists who were seen running away form the fight like cockroaches suddenly caught in a lighted room. Many of the young Islamic fighters were no match for a well trained, well skilled, professional Army:
The once feared Shebab, the devout young Islamic fighters, began deserting in droves. (Shebab is the Arabic word for youth.) “We can’t resist,†said Musa Abdullahi, an 18-year-old Shebab who quit his unit after half his comrades were cut down by Ethiopian helicopter gunships. “We thought this fighting would be like the others. It’s not.â€
Herein lies the truth about Islam. They are afraid when they encounter resistance that is not throttled down to avoid collateral damage. They thought the fighting would be like the others but they were wrong because the Ethiopian backed fighters shot everything that looked like a bad guy and made them soil in their towel diapers. We in America can learn a lot about how far Islam is willing to go in order to spread its philosophy of hatred and death across the world. Ethiopia might have problems with these animals in the form of an insurgency but I think Ethiopia will not think twice before attacking them and any place they decide to hide.
The United States of America has a much better equipped and better trained military than Ethiopia and yet Ethiopia made short work of the Islamists. The US would do well to learn from this lesson and go balls to the walls in Iraq. We need to level Sadr City and any other hotspot that has given us trouble. We can pull our forces out and level the place. If civilians die then they die but the bad guys will be obliterated. Perhaps this will give others incentive to start fighting the bad guys themselves instead of standing passively by as they commit acts of terror. The world might not like this but we can thumb our noses at them. The terrorist countries have been getting away with that attitude for years and it is time we adopted a bit of it ourselves.
It is a mistake to assume that we can actually build a democracy in Iraq or any other Muslim country. They are a backwards people who live in centuries past. They have not, nor will they, posses the intelligence to leave their hate and violence filled religion and move into the modern world with the rest of us. But we are there and whether or not the place ends up with a Democracy is a backburner issue. The first thing we need to do is beat the Islamists and we need to do it very convincingly and in a fashion that will make every other Islamic terror monger think twice before screwing with us.
Islam will never be at peace. They have such a convoluted religion that they must use fear and intimidation in order to get people to follow it. Mohammad was a false prophet who brought death and destruction to the world. He founded a religion based on fear and intimidation because that was the only way he could get followers. If here were alive today he would be viewed as another bomb vest wearing fanatical terrorist. Compare that idea with the way Jesus would be viewed if here were on Earth today and you will se why Christianity is superior to Islam and why we will defeat these less than human animals who are a blemish on this planet.
Wake up America and go balls to the walls in the defeat of the Islamic ideology of terror and world dominance.
Source:
The New York Times
Edwards Shovels More than Dirt
Dec 27, 2006 Political
John Edwards is in New Orleans where he will use the backdrop of destruction from a natural disaster to announce he is running for President of the United States. Edwards was John Kerry’s running mate after failing to win the Democratic nomination in 2004. His two Americas theme, one of rich people and one of the poor working class, is sure to be revived and the setting of a poor New Orleans is a perfect place for the revival. Edwards, the RICH elitist who makes millions of dollars chasing ambulances, will play to the poor in this country and will start by using the poor in NO. Edwards also voiced his concern at the rate of recovery in New Orleans as if the place could be built overnight. People in Florida are still waiting to rebuild and have been waiting for years prior to the disaster in Louisiana.
But Florida has a wealthier population that is not predominantly black so that would not suit Edwards’ theme about the two Americas. In addition, the retired people in Florida are not likely to listen to Edwards’ message about evil corporations like Wal Mart (who pay more than the minimum wage and offer good benefits). Edwards needs to continue his help the little guy crusade against Wal Mart so that he can garner the support of labor unions who are salivating over the prospects of hooking the one million Wal Mart workers into the corrupt mob that poses as a union. Edwards did not let his crusade stop him from trying to use his position to obtain a Play Station 3, from Wal Mart, ahead of the working guy. Edwards is part of the rich America who wants to have power over the poor America.
John Edwards had to show that he was a regular guy so he stepped in to help shovel some dirt from a property that was nearly destroyed by Katrina (and that the article indicates is nearly rebuilt). That rebuilt part does not square with Edwards’ idea that it is taking to long to rebuild. Here is what the article said about Edwards the handyman:
Taking turns with about 30 young people shoveling loads of dirt in Tyler’s backyard, Edwards declined to discuss the campaign, focusing instead on the slow recovery in New Orleans, where whole neighborhoods remain a wasteland. Breitbart
If Edwards is so concerned about the rebuilding of New Orleans why didn’t he go there sooner and shovel dirt? How come he is there to help when he wants to announce his candidacy but has not been there since the disaster struck? Perhaps those two Americas prevent a rich guy like Edwards from working for the poor folks.
Keep you eyes and ears open and be sure to wear hip boots because dirt is not the only thing John Edwards shovels, and he shovels a lot of the other stuff.
Tags: Political