John Edwards’ Two Americas
Nov 17, 2006 Political
During the 2004 election John Kerry’s running mate, John Edwards, gave passionate talks about the “Two Americas.” Edwards, a millionaire ambulance chaser, talked about the America where some kids go to private schools (like his kids) and then there is public school for the rest of us. Edwards wanted people to believe that he was one of the people in the second America and that he wanted to get all of us into one, better America. The truth is, Edwards is in the elitist America he tried to use to divide the country. His passionate discussion showed how he is able to claim, in court, to have dead kids speak to him and actually have jurors believe him.
It looks like John is still content in living in the elite America while screwing the people in the rest of America. He also shows a great deal of hypocrisy at the same time. Edwards has been a vocal critic of Wal Mart. That is nothing new because almost all Democrats are critics of Wal Mart because the retail giant has not bowed down to the left’s might union thugs. While John Edwards was at a conference of union backed activists criticizing Wal Mart, one of his staffers was calling Wal Mart to obtain a Playstation 3 for the former Senator. From a Wal Mart press release:
Wal-Mart had noted in a news release Thursday that on the same day Edwards was criticizing the company in a conference call with union- backed activists, the volunteer staff member had asked a Raleigh, N.C., electronics department manager to obtain a PS3 for the ex- senator’s family.
From Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., company spokesman David Tovar said the person who called left a voicemail at the Raleigh store and identified himself as an Edwards staff member. When the manager returned the call, the staff member again identified himself as working for Edwards, and Wal-Mart said it confirmed that with Edwards’ office.
The retailer’s news release accused Edwards of not wanting to wait his turn.
“While the rest of America’s working families are waiting patiently in line, Senator Edwards wants to cut to the front,” the Wal-Mart statement said. Breitbart
Edwards says that he and his wife did not know that the staffer was doing this and that his wife feels terrible about this. It seems a bit strange to me that a staffer would be using Wal Mart knowing that the boss is critical of the company. It is also amazing that the staffer would use Edwards’ name to obtain the item. While I believe that Edwards is not above trying to use his status to get something (the other America) I do not think he is dumb enough to have a staffer use his name at a Wal Mart.
Interestingly, his staffer was too stupid to realize the ramifications of his actions. Regardless of what the reason, the fact that the staffer used Edward’s name to get something shows that this is probably a pattern and that Edwards likes being on the elite side of the Two Americas.
This man wants to run for the Presidency in 2008. Keep things like this in mind when you are sizing up the candidates.
Democrats Tackle Corruption
Nov 16, 2006 Political
For a very long time, what seems like decades, the Democrats have been trumping up the story of the Republican culture of corruption. That became a battle cry and of course, some Republicans helped them out by being corrupt. Every time a Republican was caught with his hands in the cookie jar it was front page news and the emails from the DNC blasted away. When Democrats did something illegal, nary a word was uttered. William Jefferson gets caught with tens of thousands of dollars he obtained illegally and all the Democrats (and some Republicans) could talk about was an imagined protection in the Constitution. The Speech and Debate clause does not apply to criminal activity, or any activity that is not part of their work. Many courts have ruled that the clause does not protect criminal behavior but then again, the behavior was ignored anyway.
I have often stated that corruption runs across both aisles and that people from both parties are involved. I have stated that we need to get rid of anyone involved in criminal activity, preferably by sending them to jail. But the Democrats seem not to notice their corruption. They have ignored the obvious illegal dealings of Harry Reid and the MSM is an accomplice in that they do not pursue those types of allegations until their candidates are safely in office. Word now has it that Reid had dealings (more than we are aware of) with Jack Abramoff. Anyone taking bets he is one of the 6 or so Abramoff was talking about?
So now the Democrats are going to be in charge. They have promised to get the Congress in order and to ensure that it is the most ethical place in the world. That is not going to happen because absolute power corrupts, absolutely. Today they voted for the House Majority leader. Steny Hoyer of Maryland beat out Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania. It was actually a rout and handed Nancy Pelosi her first defeat because she was pushing hard for Murtha to win.
Here is how they have managed to make it a more ethical place. Murtha, the one Pelosi preferred, was involved in ABSCAM 26 years ago and escaped indictment by turning on the others involved. He lied in an interview with Chris Matthews and said that he did not know about others and that he was only interested in bringing business to his district. In the film of the incident he clearly mentions two of the others by name and tells the undercover agent that they are no good for this and that if they want things done Murtha is their man. He is also seen trying to figure out how to take a bribe. Hoyer has taken a little over 5 million dollars from lobbyists and special interest groups. I wonder if he was one of Jack Abramoff’s clients? Alcee Hastings is set to be in charge of the Intelligence Committee. Hastings was a federal judge and in 1989 was impeached and removed from the bench because of corruption and taking bribes. These are just three of the stellar performers that the Democrats will trot out to run things.
It appears that Pelosi has handled the culture of corruption and reformed things. Instead of the corrupt members of the Republican Party being in charge, the corrupt members of the Democratic Party are. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Source:
UPI
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Democrats Cut (Money) and Run
Nov 16, 2006 Political
I mentioned on my radio program and have written before that the only power Congress has over the military is the power of the purse. They have no authority to move troops or to have those troops engage in battle but they do have the power to stop paying for the troops. Dennis Kucinich has now proposed this very act. It should come as no surprise that the Democrats would cut funding for the troops. They claim to support the troops but by cutting the money they are showing a lack of support.
“I want to say that there’s one solution here, and it’s not to engage in a debate with the President, who has taken us down a path of disaster in Iraq, but it’s for Congress to assume the full power that it has under the Constitution to cut off funds. We don’t need to keep indulging in this debate about what to do, because as long as we keep temporizing, the situation gets worse in Iraq.
“We have to determine that the time has come to cut off funds. There’s enough money in the pipeline to achieve the orderly withdrawal that Senator McGovern is talking about. But cut off funds, we must. That’s the ultimate power of the Congress, the power of the purse. That’s how we’ll end this war, and that’s the only way we’re going to end this war. Kucinich website
Kucinich does not believe it is time to engage in debate. What he is saying is “We are in charge now so do what we tell you.” Fortunately, the President has the veto pen and can veto any budget that does not provide for the troops. The President can also veto budgetary items for many things that are not war related so the Democrats should be careful about not engaging in debate. There will be no debate if the President vetoes anything because the Democrats do not have enough power to override any veto.
This all comes as Senator Carl Levin, the man slated to take over the Armed Services Committee, stated that it was time to tell Iraqis that we were pulling out and that they needed to fend for themselves. That should surprise no one given that pulling out is a Democratic delight (If Bill Clinton had not “pulled out” he might have never been caught). The Democrats are always in favor of an act but when it gets tough they want to cut and run. Now, Kucinich wants to cut money and Levin wants to run. If they slap our troops in the face now like they did to the men and women who served in Vietnam, there will be another period of poor recruitment and low morale just as their was after that war. At this time in history a weakened and dispirited military is the last thing we need.
All of this comes at a time when the senior military commander in the middle East, General John Abizaid, went before Congress to tell them that a time table for withdraw would be a disaster. The Democrats have acknowledged this in their meetings with Jalal Talibani prior to the elections. Of course, it is likely they were telling him whatever he wanted to hear so as not to make it an election issue. The Democrats to not really give a flip if they screw over the Iraqis. Hell, they don’t care about screwing over our troops.
Democrats have been coalescing around a call for beginning a U.S. withdrawal in coming months. In arguing against a timetable for troop withdrawals, Abizaid told the committee that he and other commanders need flexibility in managing U.S. forces and determining how and when to pass on responsibility to Iraqi forces.
“Specific timetables limit that flexibility,” Abizaid said.
Asked directly what effect he foresaw on sectarian violence if Congress legislated a phased U.S. withdrawal starting in four to six months, Abizaid replied, “I believe it would increase.”
“It seems to me that the prudent course ahead is to keep the troop levels about where they are,” Abizaid said, while placing larger teams of U.S. military advisers inside Iraqi army and police units. He said that increased emphasis on advising Iraqi units might be accomplished without significantly increasing the total U.S. force in the country. Breitbart
The problem is, Congress can not let the military run the military. Civilian oversight is important but oversight does not mean making decisions that affect the prosecution of the war. For months leading up to the elections I have heard Democrats say that the President is not listening to the commanders. They often said to just ask the commanders on the ground and you will get a different story than what the President is telling us. Now that we can all hear what the commander is saying it is the Democrats who are not listening. Amazingly, (or maybe not) the Democrats asked us to just listen to the commanders and yet when one mentions that the description of things on the ground is vastly different between what the MSM says and what the troops say, a difference that is widely ignored. What the troops have to say has little bearing on the Democrats unless they say what they Democrats want to hear. An anti-war troops is paraded all over by the Dems as a representative of all troops (as if a new John Kerry is born) and those who support their mission are ignored.
Perhaps when the Democrats are done ruining our military again, there will be so few true patriots willing to enlist and fight that Congress will have to introduce legislation to reinstitute the draft. This will especially be true if soldiers come home and say the hell with it and then we are attacked again. Then, all the protestors and activists who were so enamored with the results of the last election will have an opportunity to serve their masters in Congress.
If we cut and run from Iraq I will no longer be able to talk to men and women about the benefits of military service. I am a huge supporter of the men and women in the military but if the Democrats screw them again, my advice to young people would be to pick another line of work. To those on active duty, I would say serve your time and get out. There is no honor in serving a country with leaders who do not want you around and who will dishonor you when they get the chance.
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More Democratic Infighting
Nov 16, 2006 Political
James “Gollum” Carville is now calling for the Democratic Party to dump Howard Dean. Gollum is still out there screaming about what a historic win this Democratic takeover is but that Dean was incompetent or they would have taken 50 seats. This win is so historic that it has happened this way for every two term President since around WW II. In any event, Gollum wants Dean to be dumped.
One of Gollum’s complaints is that Dean did not spend enough money to get the third tier races. It is inconsequential that the Democrats had no money left and had to borrow 10 million dollars to finish up. You folks who voted for them better hope they handle the country’s money a bit better than they handled their campaign money. Of course the big difference is, during the campaign they send out mailers and emails begging for money. Now that they are in office they do not need your generosity because they can just raise taxes.
James Carville is a consultant and nothing else, though I understand he is quite successful all around the world in with his business. He is however, not employed as part of the Democratic establishment so who is he to call for Dean’s head? If we do not all get killed by the terrorists overseas or the terrorists in Congress, this will be a fun two years. I have always liked watching things implode.
Source:
statesman
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Iran Says End Near For Israel
Nov 15, 2006 Political
Israel is a mighty nation and they showed how destructive they can be when Hezbollah attacked them. Contrary to the lies told by the Muzzies over there, Lebanon and its puppet masters Hezbollah got the worst end of that fight. If it had not been for the anti-Semites in the UN calling for an end to action there might not be anything left over there. The only mistake Israel made was that they were not fierce enough. This is an enemy who is willing to die to take others out. In order to combat that one must fight with even greater ferocity. Israel should have gone balls to the walls in order to wipe them out before they could pass any more dead babies around and wail in the streets. They had to stop because the terrorist supporting UN got involved.
Now, Iran is saying that the end is near. Of course they are full of lies, as is the custom of the Muslims. Iran claims that 50% of Israel was destroyed by Hezbollah and it will not be long before the other 50% is taken care of. The Muzzies over there are getting ready to mess with Israel again. I said this would happen. I pointed out last year when Israel gave up even more land that they would be fighting again in a year, they were. I said at the end of the last conflict that the terrorists would rearm and attack again, they will and this time they will have Iran and others. This could be bad news for the Israelis because the Democrats are not as supportive of Israel and they might just let them perish. At least the Israelis know Bill Clinton will pick up a rifle and defend them (NOT!).
“The great war is ahead of us, (and will break out) perhaps tomorrow, or in another few days, or in a few months, or even in a few Years… Israel must collapse,” the newspaper said.
It added: “For the first time in the 60 years of its disgraceful life, the Zionist regime – the West’s beloved in the Middle East – tasted the taste of defeat, and the citizens of this regime trembled at the menace of Hizbullah’s missiles… The nation of Muslims must prepare for the great war, so as to completely wipe out the Zionist regime, and remove this cancerous growth. Like the Imam (Ayatollah) Khomeini said: ‘Israel must collapse.'” ynet
It is time for people to start listening. The Donks want to cut and run and we have seen time and again what that gets in return. The Israelis were perceived as weak for following a UN resolution. If they had wiped out every living thing, this would not be an issue. If they are attacked again the Israelis need to unleash the complete fury of its military. They need to put every naval vessel to bear, bring every piece of armor, every aircraft and ground troop and they need to attack, attack, attack. They need to kill everything so there will be no more threat. President Bush needs to make it clear to Congress that we will defend Israel and they had better not try to say otherwise. They can’t mess with the troops but they sure can mess with the money for the effort. If they do, we should take them out early, by whatever means is available.
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