| QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN ANN |
| July 25, 2008, 1:37 AM |
| The Ultimate Resource for the Armed Citizen! - U.S. CONCEALED CARRY |
| July 24, 2008, 3:53 PM |
| More Good News For McCain's Amnesty Plan! - Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law |
| July 24, 2008, 3:32 PM |
| So Much for McCain's Amnesty Plan Winning the Hispanic Vote - GET DRUNK: Two-Thirds Of US Hispanics Back Obama |
| July 24, 2008, 1:50 PM |
| Muslim "Bugs Bunny" Vows to "kill and eat" Danish, Jews - Islamic 'Bugs Bunny' programme 'spreads extremism' |
| July 24, 2008, 1:48 PM |
| America's Leading Hate Group Wins $550K In Math Error - ‘Million Man Math’ Cost NYC $550,000 |
| July 23, 2008, 9:22 PM |
| Obama's friends - Crooks Shouldn’t Lecture Whistleblowers |
| July 23, 2008, 5:51 PM |
| Edwards Explains Why He Hid in Hotel Bathroom - ‘TABLOID TRASH’: EDWARDS SLAMS ENQUIRER ACCOUNT OF RENDEZVOUS WITH MISTRESS, LOVE CHILD |
| July 23, 2008, 5:50 PM |
| National Enquirer Gets the Real News - SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD! |
| July 23, 2008, 5:35 PM |
| MAYBE HE IS SENILE - McCain Respects Chuck Hagel’s Iraq Views |
| July 23, 2008, 5:33 PM |
| OBAMA'S PATRIOTISM - Obama: U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Must Do More Than Kill Civilians |
| July 23, 2008, 5:29 PM |
| Bush's Successful Iraq War Strategy Helps Obama Not Look Crazy - NYT's Freidman: All Hail ‘McBama’ |
| July 23, 2008, 1:43 PM |
| More good news from Pajamas Media! - The Rapid Decline of the New York Times |
| July 23, 2008, 1:40 PM |
| Did he really find support for his withdrawal plan? - WAPO: Mr. Obama In Iraq
Excerpts: "Yesterday he denied being 'so rigid and stubborn that I ignore anything that happens during the course of the 16 months,' though this would be more reassuring if Mr. Obama were not rigidly and stubbornly maintaining his opposition to the successful "surge" of the past 16 months." "Yet Mr. Obama's account of his strategic vision remains eccentric." |
| July 23, 2008, 2:56 AM |
| Ann's Recommended Beach Reading! - The latest thriller by the great George Duncan: |
| July 23, 2008, 12:42 AM |
| Ann's Recommended Music -- Watch the Videos! - Jude |
| July 21, 2008, 3:17 PM |
| Australian Global Warming Proponent Changes Mind - No smoking hot spot |
| July 19, 2008, 2:42 PM |
| American Physical Society Repudiates Belief in Global Warming - Myth of Consensus Explodes: APS Opens Global Warming Debate |
| July 19, 2008, 2:33 PM |
| Proof the Economy Is On the Brink of Collapse! - Teenagers barely able to scrape together $150 for new Batman movie. Just A Movie? Fans Paying $150 For 'Dark Knight' |
| July 17, 2008, 7:15 PM |
| Will The EEOC Investigate Jesse Jackson? - Forbidden Words |
| July 16, 2008, 8:22 PM |
| At Least He Didn't Call Obama a "Hymie" - Fox: Jackson Used N-Word In Off-Air Remarks |
| July 16, 2008, 8:21 PM |
| Campaign insiders say if Michelle were there it might be awkward for Obama’s other wives - Drudge: Michelle To Stay Home |
| July 16, 2008, 7:49 PM |
| Ann's Interview with a Foodie! - With a Recipe! Fave Foods of the Famous |
| July 16, 2008, 2:46 PM |
| John McCain Endorses Obama At The NAACP - Read about it on my new emergency website: GetDrunkAndVote4McCain.com If only he ever said anything this nice about a Republican . . . |
| July 16, 2008, 12:53 PM |
| The Smartest U.S. Senator Says: - Drill! Drill! Drill! |
| July 16, 2008, 12:51 PM |
| Christian Leader Colson: Drill! Drill! Drill! - Oil and the Poor |
| July 16, 2008, 12:46 PM |
| ANWAR ARRESTED FOR DRILLING! - Sweetness & Light |
| July 16, 2008, 12:21 PM |
| Finally! Liberals Who Support the War on Terrorism! - WAPO Editorial: The Iron Timetable
Whether the war in Iraq is being lost or won, Barack Obama's strategy remains unchanged.
Excerpt: "After hinting earlier this month that he might "refine" his Iraq strategy after visiting the country and listening to commanders, Mr. Obama appears to have decided that sticking to his arbitrary, 16-month timetable is more important than adjusting to the dramatic changes in Iraq." "At the time he first proposed his timetable, Mr. Obama argued -- wrongly, as it turned out -- that U.S. troops could not stop a sectarian civil war." |
| July 16, 2008, 3:01 AM |
| Her friends tell her she looks like Nicole Kidman - Muslima.com International Muslim Matrimonials |
| July 15, 2008, 7:32 PM |
| How Liberals Wish Tony Snow Goodbye - L.A. Times Commenters Joyously Revel in Tony Snow’s Death Compare that to what conservatives said when Sen. Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor on a right-wing posting site, freerepublic.com: CBS NEWS Sen Kennedy's doctors say he has a malignant brain tumor Lovely people, liberals . . . |
| July 15, 2008, 12:53 PM |
| Now there actually is a fashion police. - ACLU to Flint: Lay Off Saggy Pants |
| July 14, 2008, 7:54 PM |
| Schwarzenegger Won’t Rule Out Serving as Pres. Obama’s Energy Fuhrer - Schwarzenegger Suggests He’s Open to Post Under Obama |
| July 14, 2008, 4:04 PM |
| Religiously Offensive Cartoon Enrages Muslim - Obama campaign says New Yorker cartoon goes too far |
| July 14, 2008, 3:33 PM |
| Jonathan Hoenig on the Govt-Created Banking Disaster - Smartmoney.com: The Fannie-Freddie Fiasco
"Every hearing in which I see the blatantly anti-capitalist Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) rattling off collectivism and wealth redistribution as sound ways to strengthen the economy, well I don't know whether to weep or throw up. "After losing roughly 50% on the week, Bill Miller and other investors are welcome to keep betting on Fannie and Freddie with their own money. But for the government to pump more tax dollars into these Ponzi schemes is criminal. Like the stimulus checks, Hope Now Alliance and other efforts to "fix" self-created problems, government intervention is only making matters worse." |
| July 11, 2008, 1:45 PM |
| Pompous Vietnam-protesting "theologian" suspected of thievery - Embroiled in a prayer-theft scandal, liberal "theologian" Reinhold Niebuhr is quickly converted by The New York Times from a war-protesting, liberal theologian to "one of modern Christianity's towering figures." NYT: Serenity Prayer Stirs Up Doubt: Who Wrote It? On google, there are nearly as many entries for "Reinhold Niebuhr and Marxism" as there are for "Reinhold Niebuhr and God" But now that he's a thief (I guess he really didn't believe in property rights!), the Barry Lynn of his day is described as merely a "Protestant theologian." |
| July 11, 2008, 12:31 AM |
| How Will Liberals Blame This on the Iraq War? - Militant Gains in Pakistan Said to Draw Fighters |
| July 10, 2008, 2:45 PM |
| Jesse Helms on Women and Minorities - The Authenic Jesse Helms (The one I knew and loved) |
| July 9, 2008, 5:00 PM |
| VISIT MY NEW WEBSITE! - getdrunkandvote4mccain.com
Not only the most effective pro-McCain website, but the only pro-McCain website! |
| July 9, 2008, 4:52 PM |
| OBAMA FRETS: Europeans Look Down on Us! - Obama: Your Child Needs To Speak Spanish |
| July 9, 2008, 1:55 PM |
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| July 9, 2008, 1:25 AM |
| A Great Republican Running for the Texas Senate . . . - my friend, AUSTEN FURSE |
| July 8, 2008, 8:36 PM |
| What Election Night Looks Like When We Run a Right-Winger - You Tube: Nov 6 1984 The 84 Vote Part 1 |
| July 8, 2008, 5:51 PM |
| Chemist Seeks New Word - NYT: Kennth Chang: I Hate Organic |
| July 8, 2008, 5:45 PM |
| The World Has Lost a Great Presbyterian - Sir John M. Templeton, Philanthropist, Dies at 95 |
| July 8, 2008, 5:31 PM |
| Paul Weyrich on Helms - "When Presidents Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush were correct on issues, they had no better ally than Helms." A Tribute to Jesse Helms |
| July 8, 2008, 4:47 PM |
| JOHN FUND ON THE GREAT JESSE HELMS - "Indeed, the mainstream media rarely put Helms's career in context the way they did, for example, with Sam Ervin, a Democrat who served with Helms in the Senate from North Carolina before retiring in 1975. Ervin was the leading legal strategist against Civil Rights legislation, and he largely crafted the Southern Manifesto against Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court case that ruled school segregation unconstitutional. But Ervin was the man who chaired the Watergate hearings that helped bring down Richard Nixon, and his views on civil rights were almost never mentioned. Both Helms and Ervin were courtly, principled conservatives. Only one became a cartoon media villain." How Jesse Helms Made a Difference |
| July 7, 2008, 5:59 PM |
| MESSAGE FROM THE POLISH TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN TO THE U.S. TROOPS - Subject: 4th of July Greeting Dear Friends Two hundred and thirty two years ago, when your forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence, they changed the history of the world. Thanks to their sacrifices the world realized the true meaning of freedom. Independence and freedom are powerful words in your country as they are in Poland. When the United States gained independence, Poland was in the process of slowly loosing portions of its borders to its neighbors. We appreciate your efforts towards a unified and independent United States of America because we know how difficult it is to regain freedom and independence. Today we can be very happy with living in independent countries. Today we fight together for freedom for people in other countries, like here in Afghanistan. 4th of July and Independence Day are identified in our country with aspiring to freedom and that is why we are so happy that we can celebrate this day with American soldiers signifying our common goals for peace and freedom. Today we wish you and your nation a peaceful and happy day. Polish Soldiers Polish Military Contingent Afghanistan Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE |
| July 7, 2008, 5:32 PM |
| Democratic Party Official Involved in Satanic Cult Kidnap, Rape - Prosecutor: Couple's crimes related to cult |
| July 7, 2008, 5:25 PM |
| Muslims Demand Police Pups Wear Pumps - Sniffer dogs to wear ‘Muslim’ bootees |
| July 7, 2008, 5:24 PM |
| Eat Your Kimchee, You Little Racist! - Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist' |
| July 4, 2008, 2:44 PM |
| RIP JESSE HELMS - Joining other great patriots John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in passing away on Independence Day,Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies. (WSJ) See also: The Heritage Foundation Helms Obit By way of comparison, here's the NYT obit: Jesse Helms Dies at 86 (NYT) Right-wingers: Make it your goal to earn this nasty an obituary from the NYT someday. |
| July 4, 2008, 2:43 AM |
| This is normal - MUSLIM OUTRAGE AT POLICE ADVERT FEATURING CUTE PUPPY |
| July 4, 2008, 2:40 AM |
| Here's a Muslim We Like! - Dr. Wafa Sultan on ISLAM @ UCLA - Mohamed was a PEDOPHILE! |
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BUT WILL THEY RESPECT HIM IN THE MORNING?
July 23, 2008
Back before the Republican Party was saddled with John McCain as its nominee, The New York Times called him "the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe." The paper praised him for "working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation" and predicted that he would appeal to "a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field."
At the same time, the Times denounced "the real" Rudy Giuliani as "a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man" and Mitt Romney as "shape-shifting," claiming it's "hard to find an issue on which he has not repositioned himself to the right since he was governor of Massachusetts."
Here are a few issues I found that Romney hadn't switched positions on, and it wasn't "hard": tax cuts, health care, same-sex marriage, illegal immigration and the surge in Iraq. The only issue on which Romney had changed his position was abortion, irritating people who would prefer for Republicans to refuse to run in places like Massachusetts and New York City in order to preserve their perfect pro-life credentials.
Times columnist Nicholas Kristof echoed the editorial page in early February with a column titled: "Who Is More Electable?" In the very first sentence, Kristof concluded that McCain is "the Republican most likely to win the November election." Kristof touted McCain's "unusual appeal among swing voters" and cited polls that showed McCain would do "stunningly well" in a general election.
Also in February, CNN produced polls showing McCain doing better than "generic Republican" in a general election, which Jeffrey Toobin said was a tribute to how "well respected" McCain is. Hey, is it too late for us to nominate "generic Republican"?
And on MSNBC's "Hardball," from the way Chris Matthews carried on about McCain, you'd think he had caught a glimpse of Obama's ankle. Matthews said that McCain was "the real straight talker ... a profile in courage ... more seasoned than the current president, a patriot, of course ... honest and respected in the media. He has all the pluses in the world of a sort of a, you know, an Audie Murphy, if you will, a real war hero."
I guess the party's over.
Now the Times won't even publish McCain's op-ed. I wouldn't have published it either -- I've read it twice and I still can't remember what it says -- but I also wouldn't have published McCain's seven op-eds in The New York Times since 1996.
Since McCain has gone from being a Republican "maverick" who attacks Republicans and promotes liberal causes to the Republican nominee for president, he's also gone from being one of the Times' most frequent op-ed guest columnists to being an unpublishable illiterate.
I looked up McCain's oeuvre for the Times, and if you want unpublishable, that's unpublishable. In one column, McCain assailed Republicans for their lack of commitment to the environment, noting that polls -- probably the same ones showing him to be the most "electable" Republican -- indicated that "the environment is the voters' number-one concern about continued Republican leadership of Congress."
McCain concluded with this ringing peroration: "(O)ur nation's continued prosperity hinges on our ability to solve environmental problems and sustain the natural resources on which we all depend." That's good writing -- I mean assuming you're writing hack press releases for an irrelevant environmentalist think tank.
The rest of McCain's op-eds in the Times bravely took on -- I quote -- "unnecessary regulation" and "pork-barrel spending." It's that sort of courage and clear-headedness that tells me we're going to be OK this fall.
In coming out four-square against "unnecessary regulation" and "pork-barrel spending," McCain threw down the gauntlet to those who favor "unnecessary regulation" and "pork-barrel spending." Actually, I think there's a rule that says you're not being brave if there is not a single person in the world who would publicly disagree with you.
While the media are busy telling McCain that "It's not you, it's us," Al Gore, a recent Democratic candidate for president, has become certifiably nuts. Gore's increasingly bizarre public statements are a reminder of the dangers of going off carbs cold turkey.
On "Meet the Press" last weekend, Gore called on America to be carbon dioxide-free within 10 years. In the same spirit of pointlessness and futility, I call on America to be 100 percent oxygen-free within 10 years.
Say, how do "hot lap dances" affect global warming? Last week, a Gore supporter, Louis Posner, enraged over the result of the 2000 presidential election and founder of the Democratic voter organization Voter March, was arrested in New York on charges of prostitution and money laundering.
According to the police, in addition to sponsoring events with Vincent Bugliosi about Bush stealing the 2000 election, Posner ran a prostitution ring out of his club, the Hot Lap Dance Club, where employees say they were required to have sex with Posner in order to work there. No wonder Posner was so testy about the 2000 election -- he wanted to preserve the glory of the Clinton years.
Imagine the important reporting we could have gotten on the Hot Lap Dance Club story if only the entire American media weren't with the Messiah on his "Ich Bin Ein Berlitzer" Tour!
But a two-week vacation in Europe is just what B. Hussein Obama needs to polish up his speech about how all our geopolitical challenges are due to American boorishness and stupidity. That ought to make for a boffo op-ed in The New York Times.
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