The headline reads ‘Dems split over Iraq plan details.’ Why, how could that be? Since the election last November, democrat leaders claimed a mandate to end the war. Not win it, just end it. Well, it seems there is some concern for their political ass now, which should be indicative of which is more important to them; the security of our country or the security of their political party.
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Neo-cons Fear Us
Pushing real hard for the most ridiculous item of the day, yet another example of the so-called ‘progressive’ movements’ twisted logic. In a Feb. 1, 2007 interview, Air America radio co-host Mike Papantonio said “The truth is the neo-cons hate us and fear us and they rightly should.”
Papantonio does what all good progressives do. He prefers to shoot the messenger rather than to compete in the ideological marketplace by trying to silence anyone with whom he, apparently, fears and hates. It’s much easier than actually debating the issues. Take his February 27th show for example where he joins in an email and telephone campaign to CNN and ABC to get conservative talk radio show host and CNN TV show host Glenn Beck off the air. Like this . . .
One of our listeners, Christopher Achorn, has posted an online petition to CNN, asking them to remove Glenn Beck from their Network. We encourage all of our listeners to please visit his site and sign his petition.
Contact ABC’s Good Morning America and tell them to fire Glenn Beck! You can also call ABC (212-456-8200 or 212-456-7777) and CNN (404-827-1500) and tell them to get this man off the air.
Who hates and fears who here? It is instructive and educational to see just what these people are all about, which is why I hope they stay on the air, even if they have to continue to pay radio stations to take their rabid programming.
Dems Need Defeat, Cannot Survive Victory
Democrats’ ‘slow bleed’ policy isn’t neocon rhetoric. It is their plan that will insure defeat in Iraq. The Democrat party leaders are beyond the point of no return where Iraq is concerned. They are so invested in defeat now that they cannot politically survive a victory.
Determined to challenge President Bush, Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the broad authority Congress granted in 2002, officials said Thursday.
(AP) Senate Dems move to limit Iraq mission; (WaPo) Democrats Seek to Repeal 2002 War Authorization
Republicans Bucking Bush
 Below is the list of Republicans that voted with the majority to rebuke the President’s plan to win the Iraq war. Names to remember come election time.
Michael Castle (DE), Ric Keller (FL), Timothy Johnson (IL), Mark Kirk (IL), Fred Upton (MI), Jim Ramstad (MN), Wayne Gilchrest (MD), Howard Coble (NC), Walter Jones (NC), James Walsh (NY), Steven La Tourette (OH), Philip English (PA), Bob Inglis (SC), John Duncan (TN), Ron Paul (TX), Thomas Davis (VA), and Thomas Petri (WI).
GOP Bloggers calls them, appropriately, White Flag Republicans.
Dems’ Resolution, Forked Tongue, Forked Logic
The TV show ’24’ has raised the hairs on the backs of some libs. Their problem is they watch too much TV. Anyway, they claim that the show is a bad influence on our troops in the war on terror. They are claiming that the show will influence our troops to commit torture, like the lead character in the show, Jack Bauer. Yeah right.
At the same time, the left steadfastly and indignantly also claims that the ‘non-binding’ anti-surge resolution against the war effort, which is not a fictional TV show, is supporting our troops, and is not a negative influence on the morale and efforts of our volunteer military.
When Good Is Bad, And Bad Is Good
It’s hard to understand the thought processes of liberals because they often don’t make any sense. Take the news of Air America Radio for example. The quiet news of their bankruptcy and auctioning off of their assets doesn’t quite jibe with the splash news (Feb. 1st) that Air America is in their golden age, a shining star.
In their world, success is not rewarded or respected, failure is. Jimmy Carter, Madeline Albright, Al Gore, and Joe Wilson come to mind. I’m not praising them for being so clever as to, with the help of the MSM, be so successful at spinning the news of the day and influencing the unwashed. They really have a problem with calling a spade a spade.
Goodbye! (From Me, Eric)
by Eric Hananoki on February 13, 2007 – 4:07pm.
As all of you probably know by now, tomorrow is the last day of The Al Franken Show and, subsequently, the last day of employment for me with Al and Air America Radio. It’s been an absolute blast and dream working for the show the past two years.I want to thank those that emailed the show your suggestions, comments, and hate e-mails the past three years. I also especially want to thank all of you, even the users I banned, that contributed to the AlFrankenShow.com’s blog. It’s been great getting to know many of you, and seeing you at some of the Al Franken road shows.
If you ever need to contact me in the near future, please feel free to shoot me an email at halona@gmail.com. Take care, and keep fighting,
Eric
Gates Right-on, Putin!
In response to Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing the United States of undermining global security, Sec. of Defense Robert Gates said â€We all face many common problems and challenges that must be addressed in partnership with other countries, including Russia. One Cold War was quite enough.â€
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Putin At 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy
Russian President Vladimir (Pooty-poot) Putin has been seen by the 43rd Munich Conference Security Policy complaining about the United States. Putin says the US is undermining global security.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accused the United States on Saturday of provoking a new nuclear arms race by developing ballistic missile defenses, undermining international institutions and making the Middle East more unstable through its clumsy handling of the Iraq war.
He had a list of “complaints about American domination of global affairs, including many of the themes that have strained relations between the Kremlin and the United States during his seven-year administration.”
He whines about why Russia is not already part of NATO, when other former satellite countries of the former Soviet Union are? And if Russia can’t be part of NATO, “Against whom is this expansion directed?”
Well, NATO members agree to play by the rules, and do. Don’t have to look far for why a Putin’ized Russia cannot be trusted to play by the rules. Who was it that was accused, by the victim, of assassinating a member of the Russian news media? And, who is it that provides and builds Iran’s nuclear reactors? Who is supporting the Iranian regime in terms of nuclear technology, and defending other nations at odds with the US? Oil-For-Food Saddam bribery scandal participant. Who uses natural gas and oil as diplomatic weapons to Russia’s neighboring countries? For starters.
It seems to me that the “against whom” would be nations that refuse to play by the rules. Like Russia.
He resents monitoring of elections in the former Soviet sphere. He resents free elections period, and called those monitors “a vulgar instrument of ensuring the foreign policy interests of one country.†Free and fair elections should be the policy interests of every country, including Russia, don’t you think? Especially a country who wants to join NATO.
Putin criticised the US for developing a missile defense system. Right. Can you say Kim Jong Il? Defense Putin, the word is defense.
Putin said the US is making the Middle East more unstable through its clumsy handling of the Iraq war. How many years was Russia fighting a war in Afghanistan? Wasn’t it something like 10 years before they gave up and went home? Putin doesn’t know what clumsy is. Putin does know he was Saddam’s nuclear supplier. Putin did supply Saddam with missile jamming electronics and missiles. Only Putin knows for sure, the location of banned weapons and technologies that were spirited out of Iraq months prior to the start of the war in Iraq. I’m surprised he missed the fact that we still have not found Bin Laden. The unstable-ness of the war is caused by war. The objective is to make things stable by winning it. And he knows it.
I’ve seen this before in this country. It is a political tactic. Putin, aside from being a communist in democratic clothing, has followed the democratic’s (sic) playbook to a ‘T’ in this way; when what you are doing is screwing things up, blame the other guy for doing it and screwing things up.
One-Issue Voters Make Minority Parties
The next election will most certainly be determined by these ‘one-issue’ voters if they don’t wise up and look at the big picture. The main difference between the one-issue voters in both parties is that the democrats won’t chew off their own arm.
One-issue voters on the conservative side of the aisle is the so-called Christian coalition who make abortion their issue. Illegal immigration and border security represents another one-issue block. There are others but I don’t have the time.
The point is that no matter what a candidate may believe on this topic or that topic, the president does not rule like a king or a dictator. It’s the members of congress that make the laws. And for the one-issue voter to vote as though he were electing a king is just plain wrong, politically, and guarantees they remain in minority status.
New Orleans Crime Reaches New High
Or new low, depending on how you look at it. So your 17 yr old comes home boohooing that he got into a fight and lost. What do you do? Do you give him a pistol and tell him to go get revenge? That’s what one mother did in Mayor Nagin’s city, New Orleans.
A woman accused of giving her teenage son a handgun and telling him to take revenge after he lost a fight was arrested Thursday after another boy was killed, police said.
I think congress needs to step in and put an end to the skyrocketing crime rate. Per capita it’s safer in Iraq than in New Orleans. Here’s what they should do. Put Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Mayor Nagin on notice that they have 6 months to get the city under control or the federal government will start removing it’s assets out of New Orleans. This will send them the message that they need to act, positively, now.
There is just too much loss of innocent lives going on and ‘the American people’ are not going to support an inefficient and corrupt regime indefinitely. If they fail to take the necessary actions, then they can expect government funding to be cut off and the National Guard to be repositioned out-of-state. Some in Washington seem to think this method will work in Iraq. Hell, if it will work there, then its sure to work here. Maybe John Kerry will negotiate with France to help train police officers, in the French Quarter of course. But still, they only have 6 months.
MSNBC video
John Kerry on Iraq. . .
“The Congress should tell President Bush to end this open-ended commitment of American troops,” Kerry said. “The United States must get tough with Iraqi politicians – pressure them to meet tough benchmarks. … Congress must push this administration to find not just a new way forward in Iraq, but the right way forward.”