Senators That Voted To Protect Terrorists

A bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.

NAYs ---34

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)

These Senators are more interested in protecting terrorists than protecting Americans. They should all be sent home in November. That's all I have to say about that.

SeeBS Sucks !

Ever since I moved down here I rarely get to see the Colts so I was excited to see they were on CBS this afternoon. So I'm sitting there watching the Colts kick ass when all of a sudden CBS decides to switch to a "more competitive" game. Miami against Buffalo where it's a shut-out in progress ! WTF. Can't CBS do anything right besides NCIS ?

The Presidential Address

Unfortunately the President still won't tell it like it is. Probably because even five years later Americans still aren't ready for the truth.

Since the horror of 9/11, we've learned a great deal about the enemy. We have learned that they are evil and kill without mercy -- but not without purpose. We have learned that they form a global network of extremists who are driven by a perverted vision of Islam -- a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. And we have learned that their goal is to build a radical Islamic empire where women are prisoners in their homes, men are beaten for missing prayer meetings, and terrorists have a safe haven to plan and launch attacks on America and other civilized nations. The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century, and the calling of our generation.

They are evil. They do kill without mercy. But they are not the extremists of Islam. Show me one country where the majority of the population is Muslim that is tolerant. Show me one country where the majority of the population is Muslim that does not despise all dissent. Show me one country where the majority of the population is Muslim that does not make women prisoners in their homes. This is not Muslim extremism, this is Islam. You might argue Turkey or Pakistan but they are fragile, easily tipped into the true ways of Islam. In both countries when you get away from the major cities they are the same as any other Muslim country.

Our nation is being tested in a way that we have not been since the start of the Cold War. We saw what a handful of our enemies can do with box-cutters and plane tickets. We hear their threats to launch even more terrible attacks on our people. And we know that if they were able to get their hands on weapons of mass destruction, they would use them against us. We face an enemy determined to bring death and suffering into our homes. America did not ask for this war, and every American wishes it were over. So do I. But the war is not over -- and it will not be over until either we or the extremists emerge victorious. If we do not defeat these enemies now, we will leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons. We are in a war that will set the course for this new century -- and determine the destiny of millions across the world.

There is no doubt that they would use WMDs against us. They openly say they will. It will not be just the middle east overrun, Europe is fast becoming overrun today ! Burkas for medical personnel in England ? Come on ! This is Dhimmitude ! This is indeed a clash that will determine the destiny of millions across the world. Actually, the destiny of billions.

I'm often asked why we're in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The answer is that the regime of Saddam Hussein was a clear threat. My administration, the Congress, and the United Nations saw the threat -- and after 9/11, Saddam's regime posed a risk that the world could not afford to take. The world is safer because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. And now the challenge is to help the Iraqi people build a democracy that fulfills the dreams of the nearly 12 million Iraqis who came out to vote in free elections last December.

The left openly state that the world and the Iraqis would be better off if we left Saddam in power. Wow. What a bunch of sickos. Saddam was a threat. He used WMDs in the past against Iran and his own people. He led us to believe he still had WMDs and refused to let UN inspectors prove he didn't have them. He funded terrorist organizations. Can the Iraqis build a successful Republic (not a democracy... there is a freaking difference) ? I don't see how. Their own religion tells them that such a thing is a sin. As for us pulling out ? We're still in Germany, Japan and Korea... WTF is so unacceptable about us staying in Iraq ?

We're training Iraqi troops so they can defend their nation. We're helping Iraq's unity government grow in strength and serve its people. We will not leave until this work is done. Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone. They will not leave us alone. They will follow us. The safety of America depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad. Osama bin Laden calls this fight "the Third World War" -- and he says that victory for the terrorists in Iraq will mean America's "defeat and disgrace forever." If we yield Iraq to men like bin Laden, our enemies will be emboldened; they will gain a new safe haven; they will use Iraq's resources to fuel their extremist movement. We will not allow this to happen. America will stay in the fight. Iraq will be a free nation, and a strong ally in the war on terror.

So the Liberals and the Democratic Party say that Iraq has nothing to do with fighting terrorism, but bin Lameass urges his terrorists to fight in Iraq. Huh.

I'm tired and have to go to work tomorrow. I'll finish this up tomorrow evening.

I Will Not Surrender. I Will Not Submit

I will Not Surrender. I Will Not Submit.

"Remembrance is worthless without resolve. And resolve is useless without recognition. You can't know our enemies, let alone defeat them, with your head buried in the sand hiding from the 'Islamophobia' brigade."

Anyone that believes the myth of moderate Islam or that Islam is a religion of peace has obviously never read the Koran. Until people understand what Islam is and what it's teachings are they will never understand the nature of the enemy and therefore never understand what it will take to defeat them.

From Conservative Dialysis, Why Do We Have to Continue to Explain Ourselves?

"It is amazing to me that after five years of reflection on the events of September 11, 2001 President Bush finds himself in the position of having to explain to members of Congress and other World Leaders why we are fighting the War on Terror. It puzzles me that 5 years later members of Congress and the press think it is more important to publicize the classified workings of our National Defense rather than to keep it secret. Finally, I have no words to describe the lack of understanding I have for members of Congress who are actually running on the platform of pulling our troops out of Iraq according to a well-publicized time-table, thereby allowing the terrorists to plan to their future attacks."

It is indeed beyond comprehension.

911 changed me, my whole world view. I always respected and admired firemen, but after that day I hold them in awe. I was always leery of police. Now I hold them in the highest regard and thank them whenever I can for watching out for us. The military... I had what I thought was a healthy distrust in them. Being raised during the Vietnam War, all the crap they taught in school, fed us through the MSM and Hollywood... more often than not I was frightened of the military. I held them in distrust and sometimes in disdain. These days I can't thank them enough. 911 made me reevaluate everything. Before that I was ignorant for the most part about Islam. I thought they worshipped the same God as us. I was somewhat sympathetic to some of their grievances. 911 made me want to understand what was in Islam that made it so easy for them to become "radical". Why did they hate us so much ? Why after the hijackers lived with us for so many months did they still want to kill, and did kill thousands of men women and children they didn't know ? Why kill people that had never done anything to them ? I could understand the pentagon being a target, but office buildings ? So I read the Koran, I studied their history. I learned what Islam is really about and why they hate us. I'm not tolerant of Muslims or their false religion or their false prophet anymore. They speak openly of their intentions, of their beliefs but if we non-believers dare repeat what they say we're Islamophobes. The five years since 911, well I was convinced after Jimmy Carter's administration that liberalism was the wrong path. I was still open to voting for a Democrat if he/she seemed like a good person and had good ideas. After 911 and the years that have followed Liberals have shown just how morally and intellectually bankrupt they are. They keep getting worse. Liberals disgust me almost as much as Muslims do. The MSM, I used to watch them, listen to them, read them. Thank God for Fox News, talk radio and the internet. Now I can get the facts. When it's opinion or editorializing, I know it they say it. It's not presented as "news". The MSM disgust me almost as much at Liberals do... but usually the MSM are liberals so I'm just as disgusted. I learned that a once great news organization, CBS had become SeeBS. Then there's the New York Times. SeeBS was merely fabricating stories. NYT was printing on the front page state secrets. Traitors outright. 911 changed the way I see the world. The years that have followed have changed the way I see the world even more. I no longer trust those I did and I now trust with my life those I didn't trust before and those I didn't know of before.

As If I Needed Another Reason To Vote Against Claire McCaskill

"George Bush let people die on rooftops in New Orleans because they were poor and because they were black."

What an ugly woman.

Read more at RedState: McCaskill and the DSCC Race Bait and Politicize Katrina

More at Wizbang: Missouri Senate - McCaskill: "Bush let blacks die"

All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us

Video: All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us

Another great remake of the original "All Your Base Are Belong To Us"

Caution: Strong Muthaf%&*n Language.

CNN Live From The Lady's Room

This was too funny not to post.
Where was the director during all this ?


Hat Tip: News Busters.

All Your Fakes Are Belong to US

Video: All Your Fakes Are Belong to US (Bloggers)

A great remake of the original "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" from The Jawa Report.

Vogue Cleaners

So I'm driving down Sunshine Street on my way to work and I see this sign that reads "Vogue Cleaners" and I think, "Wow ! What a great niche ! Finally a place for people to take their dirty magazines."

Oak Tree Waters Itself

Lucille Pope's red oak tree has baffled tree experts, water specialists and nursery professionals.

The knotted, towering tree, more than 100 years old, has become the root of scrutiny in her East Side neighborhood. The tree has gurgled water from its trunk for the past three months.

"I got a mystery tree," Pope said. "What kind of mystery do I have where water comes out of a tree?"

"I ain't with that superstitious stuff," Lloyd Pope said, sitting on the hood of the Cadillac, catching water spurting out of the tree in a plastic gallon jug. "There's no crying Mary here."

Rice watched the water gurgling about 2 feet up from the roots, estimating the flow at a 10th or 20th of a gallon every minute.

Huh.

Bush Was Right

I heard Tammy Bruce play this when she was guest-hosting the Laura Ingrahm Show today. Pretty catchy. It's by The Right Brothers. You'll notice they never said he was right about illegal immigration, but hey ! Nobody's perfect !

When I hear the guitar rift I hear "Neener-neener-neener !" ;-)

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I don't understand Chineese, but I like it.

It turns out to be by a guy named

Xu Wei. I'd like to know the name of the song and the album as well as the lyrics... I found a flash done to the song in the meantime.

Been a while

I can't believe it's been two months since I last posted. A lot's been going on in my personal life, left my job, my mom's been in the hospital, yadda yadda yadda. I think things have settled down a bit so I'll be back to posting soon.

Caution Entering Bird Dropping Area

Signs warning of bird droppings were posted along a stretch in downtown Orlando this week after cars, benches, sidewalks, plants and even people are hit and covered by the white bird waste.
The problem began when city workers removed cypress trees on "bird island" at Lake Eola in Orlando.
The trees had to be removed because the bird
droppings were polluting the water, according to the report.
Now, the birds have moved into the city and are covering anything and anyone between Lake Eola and Central Avenue with droppings.
"You have to brace yourself for the smell," downtown resident James Taylor said. "It is a really bad stench. It is disgusting, absolutely disgusting. It smells amost as bad as those hippie war protesters."
"I was walking the other day and got pooed on walking under these trees," Orlando resident Lisa Valentine said. "Somebody told me it was good luck."
"The white film cakes the light posts along Lake Eloa," Local 6 reporter Todd Jurkowski said. "It is on the sidewalks and on the plants."
Officials said Orlando city workers pressure wash a stretch of the sidewalk at least twice a week.
Signs with the warning, "Caution -- Entering Bird Dropping Area" were posted Tuesday.
"Don't sit on the benches, unless you are very brave," resident Jeff Miller said.
Some people don't let the bird droppings bother them and continue to eat lunch around the droppings.
"Based on what I saw on that car, I got to believe there is no (expletive) left in them," resident Alex Hartley said.

Federal law prohibits the bird nests in Orlando from being disturbed.

This is much more of a threat than the bird flue !
The birds have declared a Jihad against us !
Death to the birds and their nests !

Global Warming Plumets Temperatures Across The Country

A storm system barreled across the Plains states on the last day of winter, dumping more than a foot of snow that stalled highway travelers Monday in South Dakota and Nebraska and causing flooding in Texas.

Hundreds of schools were closed Monday in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and South Dakota, and at least two deaths were blamed on the storm. Six-foot snowdrifts were reported in western South Dakota.

What If They Held A Protest And No One Showed Up ?

On the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, the US capital's historic protest venues were surprisingly serene on Sunday. Outside the White House tourists had their pictures taken next to a cardboard cut-out of the president, families enjoyed the sun on the Mall and several bored-looking policemen stood guard outside the vice-president's DC home. Not a placard in sight or a chant to be heard.

Anti-war protesters lament apathy
But no one cares what the smelly hippies lament anyway.

We can all look forward to a media barrage of garbage this week explaining to the stupid American public that the war is a failure, Iraq is a quagmire and civil war in Iraq is already underway. They started up that nonsense on the Sunday morning talk circuit. The Demoncrats are foaming at the mouth eager to get their message out. I think they should get their message out. Nothing turns off voters more the pessimism.

Dutch Consider Burqa Ban

If the Netherlands becomes the first European country to ban the burqa and other Muslim face veils this month, Hope says she'll resort to wearing a surgical mask to dress in accordance with her religious beliefs.

Someone should tell Hope there is nothing in the Koran requiring females to cover their faces.

"I'll wear one of those things they wore during the SARS epidemic if I have to," said the Dutch-born Muslim, one of about 50 women in the Netherlands who wear the head-to-toe burqa or the niqab, a face veil that conceals everything but the eyes.
Last December, parliament voted to forbid women from wearing the burqa or any Muslim face coverings in public, justifying the move in part as a security measure.

The burqa is very convenient for terrorists that wish to wear a disguise but want the disguise to be unquestioned.

"This is an enormous victory for traditional Dutch decency," said Geert Wilders, the populist member of parliament who first proposed the burqa ban, after hearing parliament had backed it.

"The burqa is hostile to women, and medieval. For a woman to walk around on the streets completely covered is an insult to everyone who believes in equal rights."

The burqa is also hostile towards western culture. The Muslims moved to the Netherlands but insist the Netherlands succumb to the Muslim culture. Good for the Netherlands for saying it doesn't work that way.

South Dakota Bans Most Abortions

Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday that would ban most abortions in South Dakota, a law he acknowledged would be tied up in court for years while the state challenges the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman's life. It would make no exception for cases of rape or incest.

The governor issued a written statement saying he expected a lengthy legal battle over the law, which, he said, would not take effect unless the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it.

"In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society. The sponsors and supporters of this bill believe that abortion is wrong because unborn children are the most vulnerable and most helpless persons in our society. I agree with them," Rounds said in the statement.

Under the new law, doctors could get up to five years in prison for performing an illegal abortion.

Rounds noted that it was written to make sure existing restrictions would still be enforced during the legal battle. Current state law sets increasingly stringent restrictions on abortions as pregnancy progresses; after the 24th week, the procedure is allowed only to protect the woman's health and safety.

Five years for cold-blooded murder seems pretty light, but it's better than the Government sanctioned free-for-all slaughter we have now. Odd though that there doesn't seem to be any punishment for the "mother" that seeks out the murder of her own child... they're just punishing the "doctor".

Police To Protect Vandalized Home Of Fallen Soldier

Police posted an around-the-clock security watch at the home of an Indiana soldier killed last week in Iraq after it was vandalized and his family received disturbing phone calls.
The home of Sgt. Rickey Jones was egged Saturday, three days after Jones’ family learned the 21-year-old and three other soldiers had been killed by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. His family also received phone calls in which the caller said: “I’m glad your son is dead.”

Scum. Pure scum.
Last Wednesday Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed legislation banning protests at funerals for service members.

State Sen. Charlie Shields, of St. Joseph, sponsored the Spc. Edward Lee Myers' bill after protesters disrupted his funeral in December. Myers was killed in Iraq.
"The despicable protest at the funeral of Spc. Edward Myers clarified the need for this legislation. This law is named for Spc. Myers," Blunt said.
The law prohibits protests for one hour before and one hour after funerals.

Indiana should do the same. There is no reason to allow this kind of behavior.

Hat Tip: Irate Nate at The Irate Nation.

83º !

Global warming rocks ! It was 83º and sunny today ! We had to turn the air on ! :-)