The Justice Department issued a report on its investigation on hiring practices at the Justice Department. This was the end result of an investigation into firing practices of former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzalez and seven U.S. attorneys.

The report cites misconduct in some cases for trying to determine the political leanings of applicants. You see, it is wrong to vet applicants with political leanings or connections opposite to the administration, in order keep people from using their position to thwart the administration because of their political leanings.

related link: Report Faults Aides in Hiring at Justice Dept.

Thank you Senator Obama for clearing up any misunderstanding about your intentions regarding our national security and the future of Iraq, and the Iraqi people who have put it all on the line.

I was a little puzzled by the frenzy that I set off by what I thought was a pretty innocuous statement,” he said. “I am absolutely committed to ending the war.

He promised to summon the Joint Chiefs of Staff on his first day in office . . .

‘and I will give them a new mission and that is to end this war, responsibly and deliberately, but decisively.’

The new mission, to end the war. As opposed to the old mission, which is to win it.

Any questions?

related link: Iraqis Prefer McCain

This has nothing to do with politics, but it will make your web surfing more enjoyable than Internet Explorer. The new version 3 of Firefox is available for download. Free. They made a Guinness world record for most software downloads in a 24 hour period. There are over 28 million as of this writing.

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period.

The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries.

Monica Crowley examines this ‘let’s talk’ kind of foreign policy as regarding terrorists and rouge nations that support terrorists. She calls it Chit Chat diplomacy, and what it means for the 2008 election.

And yet more good news. Try this headline, ‘A strike by actors may be in the wings.’ One can only hope.

And this is encouraging. Disclaimer: it is from the New York Times which explains why it is buried in the Arts section instead of the front page above the fold. On Campus, Liberal Professors Retire

Got a news flash that I’m only happy to pass along. It pertains to Florida residents only.

DATE: July 1, 2008
TO: USF & NRA Member and Friends
FROM: Marion P. Hammer
USF Executive Director
NRA Past President

Today, House Bill 503 by Representative Greg Evers and Senator Durell Peaden takes effect.

Officially, HB 503 is known as the “Preservation & Protection of the Right to Keep & Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008,” even though elements of the business community continue to call it the “Guns at Work Law.”  Continue reading Guns In Parking Lot Law Takes Effect Today →

Within hours, eager to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) wants an investigation into Iraq’s decision to run their own country by seeking bids from the best oil companies in the industry. Schumer is so vested in defeat that his arrogance knows no boundaries.

‘This is a head fake by the Iraqi government,’ Schumer said just hours after the Iraqis announced their plan. ‘The Iraqis have shown they will pursue these contracts at all costs, their nation’s political stability be damned.’

Investigating every move of the Bush administration is one thing. Now you want to investigate our ally, a sovereign state, into how they decide to run their country? What an embarrassment for a Senator.

related links: Schumer calls for probe of Iraqi oil deal | Another Corner Turned In Iraq

Its military moniker is a Sensor Fuzed Weapon, and as this demo will show, its pretty cool too! By ‘cool’ I mean accurate and deadly. This new SFW makes a nice compliment to the MOAB, both of which I’d like to apply in Iran should it become necessary.

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When you give up your freedoms, government gets the freedoms that you had. Rush Limbaugh said this in the midst of a discussion on global warming and the motivations of the global environmentalist movement.

NYC keeps the cannoli but drops the trans fats

New York’s biggest maker of fried dough shells for the classic Italian dessert reports that after four months of sometimes frustrating experimentation, cooks finally produced a trans-fat-free replacement that is just as crisp and delicious as the original.

As if by accident comes this USA Today headline, ‘Roadside bombs decline in Iraq.’ It is darn hard to find any good news coming out of Iraq even when they ‘report’ it.

Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs

Even for an industry awash in bad news, the newspaper business went through one of its most severe retrenchments in recent memory last week. Half a dozen newspapers said they would slash payrolls, one said it would outsource all its printing, and Tribune Co., one of the biggest publishers in the country, said it might sell its iconic headquarters tower in Chicago and the building that houses the Los Angeles Times.

Do you want to know what freedom hanging by a thread looks like? That would be the SCOTUS decision to overturn the gun ban in Washington D.C.. Finally, we have a Supreme Court decision to lay the Brady bunch to rest, even though they don’t intend to rest. Ted Nugent has a good piece on this, part of which is his . . .

disbelief that there are four “justices” on the “supreme” court that do not believe Americans have individual rights.

The Court upholds your ‘right’ to own a firearm. They had no problem constitutionally, with laws that would serve to put certain restrictions as to the type of weapon and places that it may not be carried. They recognized however, by a 5/4 decision, that there can be no law that flatly prohibits a law-abiding citizen to ‘keep’ and ‘bear’ arms for lawful purposes like protection and sporting.

For supporters of this decision, don’t let this victory go to your head. The people wishing to take your weapons away or keep you from buying one are not going away simply because of this decision by the supremes. That’s good news for lawyers. Bad news for everyone else. It means we need to stay alert to what they are up to, and stay active to stop them in their tracks. Politically speaking of course.

related links: DC Gun Ban Blown Away | Legal Concealed Weapon Saves The Day