Saturday, February 03, 2007

Top Ten "Answers" they don't want you to hear...

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The guys over at Strategypage.com posted a very good list of the 10 most common claims made by the “Vast-Left Wing-Conspiracy” regarding the War in Iraq and the truth regarding these claims.

They also have some really cool photos in their database…

January 28, 2007: Top 10 Myths of the Iraq War. In no particular order. There are more, but ten is a manageable number.

1-No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
2-The 2003 Invasion was Illegal.
3-Sanctions were working.
4-Overthrowing Saddam Only Helped Iran.
5-The Invasion Was a Failure.
6-The Invasion Helped Al Qaeda.
7-Iraq Is In A State of Civil War.
8-Iraqis Were Better Off Under Saddam.
9-The Iraq War Caused Islamic Terrorism to Increase in Europe.
10- The War in Iraq is Lost.

Click on link to find out what is really happening:
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/topten/articles/20070128.aspx

Friday, February 02, 2007

"Are movies included with this flight"?...

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Seems that the new Speaker of the House is taking full advantage of her position and has demanded that she have routine access to military aircraft for domestic flights... After 11 September 2001 this also became practice for then Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to ensure proper security and reliable communications, but seems Speaker Pelosi wants to go a bit further with her privledges... "A former Hastert aide said the congressman did not use military planes for political trips or regularly transport his family".


"The sources, who include those in Congress and in the administration, said the Democrat is seeking regular military flights not only for herself and her staff, but also for relatives and for other members of the California delegation. A knowledgeable source called the request "carte blanche for an aircraft any time."

Yeah but how good can it be on a military flight? Do they at least give you an extra package of peanuts?


"U.S. Air Force travel for VIPs such as members of Congress is first-rate. The planes are staffed with stewards who serve meals and tend an open bar."

She did promise to replace the "Culuture of Corruption" with a "More transparent, ethical" Congress...


http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070201-122225-1157r.htm


Speaker of the House Pelosi must remain constantly in touch with her Constituents in San Fransicko and a with the reliable military transport fleet she will be able to attend the weekly "Progressives against Global Warming" meetings...

Thursday, February 01, 2007

State of the "other" union...

This appeared in the Washington Times this week...

Spiritual Side of the Nation

A Gallup Poll released yesterday found that Americans pay close attention to spiritual aspects of work, society and daily life…

82% believe in God; 13% in a “higher power”…

65% say they are spiritually committed…

79% believe there are clear guidelines about what is good and evil…

63% say the overall health of the nation largely depends on the spiritual health of the nation…

77% say the health of the nations economy depends on it’s spiritual health…

58% say success in life is largely determined by religious and spiritual forces in life…

64% say religious expressions would be tolerated or encouraged at work…

85% say that being ethical will pay off economically…

20% say spirituality influences the news sources on which they rely…

49% say they are “religious”; 40% say they are “spiritual”…

Washington Times 31 January 2007 Page A3

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

"Drain the Whole Swamp"?...

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“Democratic” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made it her motto and desire to “Drain the Swamp of corruption” once her party took control of Congress.


It turns out now that maybe she did not mean her “Little corner of the swamp” and maybe her ambitions did not include her and some of her “Democratic Party” playmates… And this just weeks after it was discovered that a large corporation, that is headquartered in Pelosi's district of San Fransicko, is exempt of the minimum wage increase that the Democrats have promised to their voters.


The USAToday paper has an article about Pelosi and “Democratic” friends have failed to report their non-profit leadership positions in charities as required by law. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-01-28-pelosi_x.htm


It seems the Democratic Speaker of the House has failed to report her leadership position in a charity since 1992, fourteen years running…
“The oldest and most prominent of the three is the Paul and Nancy Pelosi Charitable Foundation. Created in 1992, the non-profit has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years. The charity reported having about $576,000 on hand at the end of 2005 after donating $316,000 to other charities that year.”


Another interesting factor is that these people in leadership roles are able to direct donations towards people and organizations that may have helped them in their election campaigns. “Democratic” Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana is in a leadership role with a charity where “Nearly all of the foundation's funding came from money left over from Bayh's gubernatorial campaigns. Bayh served two terms as Indiana governor, leaving office in 1997.”


Now what does it say about “Leaders” who state that they will “Drain the Swamp of Corruption” but yet direct leftover campaign contributions to the “Charity’s” of their choice?


What if your donation goes to a charity as a “Thank You” for support received during the election campaign that you do not agree with?

More swamp land to drain?…

Monday, January 29, 2007

Weather-babe with an agenda???

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Looks like Heidi over at the Weather Channel has been busy with being a "Star" in the new "Everything's Cool" documentary that "accuses the U.S. government of "criminal neglect" and blames "right-wing think tanks" for helping to "defeat climate-friendly legislation." The film premiered last week at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival.

"The political message in the film, which prominently features the Weather Channel's Heidi Cullen, appears to conflict with the network and Miss Cullen's recently stated goal of not taking "a political position on global warming," http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm

Just the other day:

http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2007/01/follow-bird-follow-money.html

"Today there was much coverage of how a well known meteorologist has called for all American Meteorological Society (AMS) certified meteorologist that deny Global Warming is caused by humans, have their credentials revoked…"

After some more checking it was found that Heidi has been busy in the past when she hosted a sneak preview of the Al Gore documentary about Global Warming...


Stated goal of not taking "a political position on global warming," ???