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Saturday, October 11, 2003

Brent Bozell: The media gets recalled: "The media labored hard against the recall. First, it was a 'circus,' a freak show for pornographers, porn actresses, disgruntled child stars and thong-underwear-selling self-promoters. Then, it was Arnold, obviously too stupid even to form complete sentences in a debate. Then, it was so unfair that a dedicated longtime public servant should be overturned by an actor with zero administrative experience, as if Davis’ experience ruining the state wasn’t the issue."

I know, I know. It is time to move on re: California, and I will. But this is such a good article, once again showing irrefutable evidence that the major news media is nothing but an extension of the Democratic Party and continues to carry water for them. But then, who doesn't know that?

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From Thomas Sowell. More hypocrisy on the left exposed:

Thomas Sowell: Is California crazy?: "Out in the valleys to which those who are not as affluent have been forced to flee, in order to find something resembling affordable housing, the vote was just as solidly against Davis as it was for him among those further up the income scale. Out where ordinary people live, the vote against Governor Davis was 64 percent in Merced County, 72 percent in Tulare County and 75 percent in Lassen County.

The time is long overdue to get rid of the outdated notion that liberal Democrats represent ordinary people. They represent such special interests as trial lawyers who keep our courts clogged with frivolous lawsuits, busybody environmentalists who think the government should force other people to live the way the greens want them to live, and of course the teachers' unions who think schools exist to provide their members with jobs."

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Mark Alexander: Weapons of Mass Destruction -- and Obstruction...: "The U.S. inspection team has uncovered significant evidence of chemical- and biological-weapons programs, and even more extensive evidence of Iraq's missile program -- all banned under UN resolutions. Kay reported Saddam's Iraq to have been in violation of UN sanctions in at least nine separate covert programs. The inspectors also found evidence of chemical- and biological-weapons testing on humans. "

Why are liberals so blind? Does it have anything to do with desiring to discredit Bush and give the U.S. a defeat? Hmmm. The UN inspectors wandered around Irag and couldn't find the evidence, and now the American liberal media have been wandering around the Kay report and can't find it either. I guess if you don't have your eyes open, you can't see anything.

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Friday, October 10, 2003

Victor Davis Hanson on War on National Review Online: "In terms of American military history, this is a staggering paradox. Usually the initial attacks that have prompted past American wars were relatively mild, while the subsequent reaction was costly — in the manner that Fort Sumter paled in comparison with Shiloh, or Tonkin was not Hue, or Pearl Harbor was nothing like Iwo Jima. But 9/11 itself was much more deadly than all of the subsequent campaigns that have followed in the last two years."

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FOXNews.com - Politics - Experts Ponder U.S. Plan to Rebuild Iraq: "But a House panel Thursday approved a supplemental spending bill for Iraq that did not include any amendments to make billions of dollars available as loans. "

It should be a gift. An investment in the future freedom and stability of America. If there was ever a good reason for spending money, this is the time to spend it.

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What a difference reality makes.
Halting the California recall election: "Three weeks ago, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit unanimously told us that California couldn�t hold its constitutionally called Gubernatorial Recall Election on Tuesday, October 7, 2003, because 'forty-four percent of the electorate will be forced to use a voting system so flawed that the Secretary of State has officially deemed it 'unacceptable' and banned its use in all future elections.' The judges were objecting to California's continued regional use of punch card ballots and VotoMatic voting equipment because, according to their decision, such methods are so plagued with 'inherent defects ... that approximately 40,000 voters who travel to the polls and cast their ballot will not have their vote counted at all.' The judges went even further, stating that '[c]ompounding the problem is the fact that approximately a quarter of the state's polling places will not be operational because election officials have insufficient time to get them ready for the special election, and that the sheer number of gubernatorial candidates will make the antiquated voting system far more difficult to use.'
Fast forward to Wednesday, October 8, 2003 -- or nearly eight million votes later -- and exactly none of these judicial statements are true."

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Center Urges House Committee to Investigate Greenpeace: "What makes the practice illegal is the way in which Greenpeace collects money required by law to be applied toward 'educational' programs, and then shifts that money for use by groups that instead conduct 'advocacy' and 'direct action' programs. These other groups, known as 501(c)(4) organizations, are allowed to conduct such activities, but not using tax-deductible funds."

Non-profits have been doing this for years, the very thing that liberal prosecutors and groups have prosecuted churches for. It would be refreshing if liberal groups were held to the same standard. For years the liberal funds have had a de facto exemption from such standards.

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Excite News: "More than 380,000 ballots cast in the recall election did not have a valid vote on whether to recall Gov. Gray Davis, and most of them were made on punch card systems, according to two independent studies."

The whimpering continues. These guys cannot get over it. Bush won the election in Florida, and they can't quit crying about it.

The above is the lead on the "results" of two studies. But when you read down in the article, most of the invalid ballots were disqualified because people didn't vote on the recall question, or they voted both yes and no.

"It's inconceivable that one in 11 people in Los Angeles went to the polls and did not cast a vote on the recall," said Henry E. Brady, professor of political science and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, who conducted one study.

Inconceivable to whom? It is conceivable in a state that has over one hundred running for governer, including peverts like Larry Flynt and various other assorted members of the political menagerie, that some people might not vote on the subject, or vote both ways simply because they were protesting the whole thing. Polls before the election consistently showed that there was a significant number of people who didn't like Davis, but didn't like recall, either. They couldn't vote against the recall, for that would be a vote for Davis. They couldn't vote for the recall, because they didn't like the recall. So they simply didn't vote at all, or they punched both.

It isn't hard, except for the sore losers in November of 2000. They must continue the fiction that the punch cards are impossible for certain voters to figure out in order to maintain the fiction that Bush is an illegal President. In order to do this they compare apples with oranges. In Los Angeles County recall lost by a whisker out of almost two million votes; in Alameda county recall won by a better than two to one margin [70/30 percent]. In short, in the much more liberal Los Angeles there were far more people who didn't like Davis and didn't like recall. As I said before, "It ain't hard," unless you cannot forgive Bush for winning in 2000. So much for objective reporting and objective "science." Junk science for junk politicos. But let them misread the data, and they will continue to lose elections.

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Wednesday, October 08, 2003

Robert Novak: A Democratic debacle: "For weeks, California Democrats have been confiding to me that the recall of Gov. Gray Davis was inevitable and the election of the popular actor was probable. Yet, Davis's inner circle and the state party leadership could think only of personal attacks on Schwarzenegger to avoid a Democratic debacle."

This is a party without ideas, without vigor, without vision. It is a party of hatred and obstruction. In the Senate, they rotate their conservative votes so that those up for election can vote a few times for conservative causes, so they can go back home and pretend to be something other than they are.

They put their hope on defamation, slander, and scandal, while excusing the most egregious behavior by their own. They are supported by a wealthy and corrupt elite who do not want any law that will restrain their "liberty" to break every one of God's commands while weeping crocodile tears about whales, global warming, or endangered species. They want to go anywhere in the world, any state in the Union, and any village or wilderness, and not be troubled by local laws and magistrates.

They scoff at Christianity and moral behavior. The legal and psychiatric profession have been corrupted by their money and patronage so that evil is made normal and legal, while war is waged against Christianity and any who profess to believe in any concept of transcendent law.

They have no principles except one: I have the right to do anything I want at any time. They are a generation without law and without restraint.

Solomon described people like this years ago:

Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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Pope mooted for Nobel Peace Prize - http://www.theage.com.au: "Speculation is growing in Italy that this year's Nobel Peace Prize will go to Pope John Paul II in recognition of his steadfast opposition to the US-led war on Iraq."

Why not?? They gave it to Carter last year to slam Bush. The Nobel Committee is liberal, goofy and foolish. Their awards have nothing to do with peace, but only propaganda to further a political agenda. The recipient does not have to do anything to bring peace, but simply to "care" and negotiate. It is my suspicion that the Wolf that devours the flock might receive the prize, for there is certainly peace when he gets through. Look at my "cracked" parable about the wolf at the BasketofFigs.org site. Jesus would never have received it, because He brought a sword..

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The Australian: Arnie a bad omen for White House [October 09, 2003]: "Many experts think not. In fact, prominent pollster John Zogby believes the discontent in California is a sign the 'angry voter' is returning to US politics after a seven-year break - and that's a danger for anyone in power, including the President. "

The liberals, including Zogby, still don't get it, and I hope they continue to not get it. Sure, the voters are angry in California, but the liberals just don't understand that the voters are angry with them. They are not just angry in general. But as long as the liberals don't get it, they will continue to do the same stupid things--raise taxes and give money to the voting blocs that elected them. Tax and spend, tax and spend.

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FOXNews.com - California Recall - Arnold to California: 'I Will Not Fail You': "'We have tough choices ahead. The first choice that we must make is the one that will determine our success. Shall we rebuild our state together or shall we fight amongst ourselves, create even deeper divisions and fail the people of California? Well, let me tell you something: The answer is clear. For the people to win, politics as usual must lose,' he said. "

Arnold is right, of course. But I do not believe that the liberal Democrats who control the state legislature will want to see him have any success. They will oppose him at every juncture, raise rumors of his moral fitness, [the party of Bill Clinton], and obstruct any resolution of the state financial mess because they will not allow any of their pet spending projects that are payoffs to Democratic Supporters to be cut. They will insist on raising taxes so they can discredit the promises made by Arnold in the campaign. The chairman of the California Democratic party has already said that in 100 days they plan to initiate a campaign to recall Arnold, in revenge for the defeat of Davis. It is a mess out there, but if the new governor succeeds in spite of the bitterness and self-serving Democrats, it will be a major asset for Bush in the next election.

Remember, this is California, where Willie Brown ran the legislature for many years, perfecting the art of shaking down corporations for contributions to the Democratic Party, because of threats to investigate them for discrimination, environmental infractions, harrassment, or ??? Question? Will California become a third-world nation?

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Sure, we are the bad guys who shut off the sugar from the sweetheart oil for food program that you guys were using to rake in money from Saddam. The UN is dead, and the sooner it is buried, the better. It cannot be a peace organization when it is filled with dictators, crooks, and fascist states. You don't put the fox to watch the chickens.

FOXNews.com - Top Stories - U.S. May Put Off Iraq U.N. Resolution Vote: "Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search) all but ruled out any U.N. political role in Iraq while the United States and Britain are still the occupying powers."

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Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Newsday.com: Gorbachev calls Bush decision to invade Iraq `mistake': "'I do believe there is some other agenda, other than weapons and Saddam Hussein,' Gorbachev told a news conference Tuesday at an environmental meeting held at the City University of New York. 'What kind of hidden agenda, well, that needs to be understood.' "

So where is your Soviet Union, Mr. Gobachev? You are a lying communist, always have been a lying communist, and I suppose will always be a lying communist. Have you called for trials for the war criminals and those butchers who committed crimes against the people of the Soviet Union during the rule of communism? Until you do, you are not to be believed.

Of course, this is the kind of thing that the socialists who run the nations major elite media love to print. They still cannot forgive Reagan for bringing down the Soviet Union, just as their fathers could not forgive Nixon for putting Alger Hiss behind bars.

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Monday, October 06, 2003

Is Hillary running?

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NewsMax.com: Liners Archive: "And Gray Davis today, God bless him, said he had nothing to do with these stories coming out about Arnold. And if this doesn't hurt Arnold in the polls, he'll have nothing to do with the next two stories coming out either." --Jay Leno

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FOXNews.com - The O'Reilly Factor - Bruce Willis Pledges Cash to Capture Saddam: "I don't think that's what it's about [i.e WMD]. I think this is about a war on terrorism. And it's about trying to stabilize Iraq. Stabilize the Middle East, which, God knows, could use some stabilization. And it is about a war on terror. I don't -- I don't know. Maybe people have a short memory, but the memory of those people forced to jump out of the World Trade Center will forever be etched in my memory. "

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So what's new??? The media is as objective in a political campaign as a fox is in a henhouse. Why do they keep pretending. FOXNews.com - The O'Reilly Factor - Talking Points - The Culture and Political Wars Rage On...: "Also it was obvious from the get go that The L.A.Times wanted to keep Gray Davis in power. Do you think The Times has sent squads of reporters rooting around the past lives of the governor or Cruz Bustamante? Selective reporting is what this is. "

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California Recall Stack: Schwarzenegger Smear May Be Backfiring: "Note that when Bill Clinton faced charges of assault and rape far worse than anything these faceless women accuse Arnold of, this sort of stand was mocked as puritanical intruding into his private life. Can you imagine the LA Times or NY Times publishing accusations by Juanita Broaddrick about Clinton or on Chappaquiddick about Ted Kennedy on the eve of an election

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Rich Lowry on Democrats on National Review Online: "A presidential primary is a way for a political party to make up its mind. Through the process of nominating a candidate, a party figures out its stances on the new issues and what adjustments, if any, it will make in its positions on the old. So with that, through their collective rhetoric and actions, the ten Democratic candidates have arrived at the outlines of a rough philosophy — the credo of the Democrats of '04. "

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October surprises should surprise no one nowadays. L.A. Daily News - Their Opinion: "It's nothing short of journalistic malpractice when a paper mounts a last-minute attack that can make or break one of the most important elections in California history. The Times looked even more biased by giving two different reasons for publishing its gruesome article at the last minute."

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Those are my sentiments exactly, Arnold. McClintock Calls on Schwarzenegger to Resign If Charges Prove True: "State Senator Tom McClintock called on Arnold Schwarzenegger to withdraw from the race for governor if allegations of improper sexual advances prove to be true."

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Sunday, October 05, 2003

This is a much better article than the one by Gergen that follows. Read this first to build up your spirits before you read the bilge from Gergen. OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "'That should be a model for the rest of the country, Mr. Secretary. I mean, I was so impressed with the level of detail and involvement and interaction that the 101st is having with all these people in those three provinces. I think that that should be the model. If we follow that, and if we can give those generals the resources necessary to keep up their effort, I think this--I think we can do this.' "

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U.S. News: David Gergen: Why quitting isn't an option(10/13/03): " With the number of dead and wounded American soldiers now above 2,000--and no end in sight--evidence that the administration underestimated the challenges after the war is also accumulating. Now the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether one or more top administration officials leaked the name of a covert CIA officer in order to discredit her husband and silence other critics of the war. Someday, soon, there must be a day of reckoning. "

I used to like you. This time, sorry, Mr. Gergen, you are dead wrong on every count. The average American citizen has a much greater sense of what is going on that the Washington press and the elite American press do. We didn't exptect a short trial in Iraq. All the doomsayers were telling us about all the awful things that would happen if we sent in troops, predicting thousands and thousands of casulties. It didn't happen. Your doom and gloom won't happen either. You guys are part of the problem, not the cure. "Her husband" was not a serious investigator but a Democratic radical and loyalist. The whole things smells of a set up in the State Department to sabatoge the Commander in Chief, so that Democrats can win elections. You are smart enough to know this, so we wonder who is paying you off: whose water you are carrying. This is not Viet Nam over again, and we whipped the Red Empire in spite of guys like you; and we ill whip the Islamic radicals, too. Which side are you on?

You talk learnedly, but after that first paragraph, all the rest of the article is rubbish. You have bought in to the worst negative politicking of the current presidential campaign, and we are on to you and the rest of your cadre of people who want American power to be downgraded to make way for world government, with the French and Germans in power, I suppose, with input from Somalia and The United Arab Imirates, I suppose. No way.

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This is an important article on how subversion takes place over many years and even generations. It is called conversion, and Islam is working very hard at it. The church must also evangelize in a biblical fashion. WorldNetDaily: Al-Qaida's operational approaches: "Any actions taken to peer into the actions of such groups will, of course, be met with howls of resentment, accusations of racism and intolerance aided and abetted by the now tenured radicals of yore. "

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Hey! Governor Davis. Does that apply to President, too? Then I assume that you opposed the election of Bill Clinton and have rejected any support from him or Ted Kennedy. Huh?? I don't like Arnold, but beware the hypocrisy. FOXNews.com - Politics - Arnold Goes on the Offensive: "'Electing a governor who might have committed a crime is going to distract the state from the work it has to do,' he said. "

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