Audacity of Truth
"Change" You Can Believe In:
"Nixon didn’t try to do that. They couldn't control (the media). They didn’t try. [...] What the hell do they think we are, puppets?"
- Liberal opinion writer Helen Thomas, describing the Obama admin's penchant for heavily scripting public appearances & press conferences - 7/1/09
The good, the bad, and the in-between (WEDS OPEN THREAD)
The good news regarding milblogging:
Michael Yon has a new dispatch posted. Make sure to check it out here. As always, he does a wonderful job telling his story with a mixture of commentary and pictures sure. He sends word that reader support of his missions is vital in order for to him being able to bring us these stories, so any extra help is definitely appreciated.
Speaking of Yon, Kevin at Pundit Review has the details of an upcoming reality TV show involving Yon and his dispatches about our troops. This will be must-see TV.
The bad news: Hugh Hewitt blogs that the Pentagon has “has issued new regulations effectively shutting down all active duty military blogs.” Unreal. Read more via Mary Katharine Ham.
The US military has a hard enough time getting the word out about the good our troops are doing in Iraq. Doing this will only make it tougher, and maybe even – dare I say impossible for people like Yon to inform the American people on the day to day things that happen there that we hear so little of in the MSM.
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The good news in Charlotte:
Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods teamed up today for a round of golf in the Wachovia Championship pro-am. The Observer has kindly put on their website video snippets of the two of them playing today. The PGA has a blog (yes, even they have a blog!) and a liveblogging of their round of golf at the beautiful Quail Hollow golf course has been posted, along with other video snips and images. These are two of the most competitive guys out there, so I’m sure behind all the jokes and smiles there was some competition going on.
The bad news: At the pro-illegal immigration rally yesterday here in Charlotte, heated words were exchanged at one point with a group of counter-protestors who want the border sealed. One of the border guys said loudly “seal the border” and a pro-illegal immigration supporter looked at him and said (paraphrasing), “one day, you will go and we’ll be staying” to the applause of several in the crowd.
Like hell, witch. Like hell.
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The in-between:
—— Dale Franks tries to find a clue for the hopeless lefty bloggers who are crying “hypocrisy!!!!” over Sec. of State Condi Rice’s upcoming visit to Syria in contrast to the criticism the wannabe CIC received when she went to Syria last month. Dale, my friend, don’t waste your precious time on trying to find their clues for ‘em. There isn’t enough time in the world …
—— Don Imus is suing CBS to try to get them to pay out the $40 million remainder of his contract. While he’s at it, I think he should sue the esteemed “Reverands” for blatant hypocrisy.
Yes, I know you can’t really sue anyone for that, but still …
—— Dan Riehl takes down the leftosphere’s most infamous and beloved sock puppet. Must-read.
—— Thomas Sowell has come under fire from certain left AND right quarters for wondering, among other things, in his most recent opinion piece if one day a military coup would be what the US needed to save itself. Relax, people. He didn’t say he wanted one.
—— The Boston Herald reports on yet another Mitt Romney gaffe. He’s starting to remind me of another Massachusetts politician who has a history of not being able to get his stories straight. Sigh …
—— Speaking of Romney, don’t forget that tomorrow night MSNBC will be hosting/airing the first Republican presidential candidates’ debate of the campaign season. Showtime is 8 pm ET.
—— Tomorrow is National Day of Prayer. So pray. Especially for our men and women in uniform as they continue to do battle while our Democrat-controlled Congress plays games with their funding.
Two Degrees to Al Gore:
—— Gag alert: Speaking of prayer – or in this case, a lack thereof, a “green” hotel in San Francisco isn’t placing bibles in the nightstands of their guests’ rooms but instead copies of Al Gore’s book “An Inconvenient Truth.” I kid you not.
—— Did you hear about Virgin Airlines showing the 9-11 conspiracy film “Loose Change” (pwned here) as one of their in-flight movies? Coincidentally, the Chairman of the Virgin Group is none other than billionaire Richard Branson, a close pal of the Bush-hating Gore.
No word yet on whether or not Virgin Airlines has any plans to show this upcoming blockbuster rockumentary in-flight:
Kinda doubt they’d go for that one …
Update:
—– Last but not least, make sure to read about a nine year-old Jack Russell terrier named George who gave his little life to save five kids from two pit bulls. Have some tissues handy. (Hat tip: ST reader NC Cop)
RIP, little George.
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With respect to military coups, I’ve thought for a while now that the US is dangerously close to needing a dictator in the classic Roman use of the term. For those educated in government schools for who a “classical” education means you read Phyllis Schaffley and Karl Marx, I’ll elaborate. In ancient Republican Rome, they understood that a democracy could not only not respond quickly and decisively enough to a serious external threat, but that that they could screw up the system enough that it was impossible to unscrew it with the same people that messed it up in the first place. Therefore, in times of crisis, they could elect a dictator who would wield absolute power for a period of time of 6 months, after which they would return to being a republic. The most famous person who was appointed dictator was Cinncinatus, a wealthy farmer and senator who, during an invasion, roused the troops, defeated the invading army, and relinquished power after 6 weeks, and returned to his plow. Cinncinatus was the model for the original Founding Fathers, a person who doesn’t make government a career, but who performs their service to the state and then retires to private life again. Washington is often depicted as Cinncinatus in paintings of the time.
Well, guess what? Liberals, Democrats, and others (including idiot Republicans who’ve lost touch with their roots) have just about screwed the pooch in this country to the point where we will never recover without a dictator to step in, and straighten things out. We have an ongoing war against a murderous ideology and enemy who wants our total destruction and at the same time have a significant number of politicians content to fiddle while the empire burns, and sacrifice blood and treasure and security on the alter of partisan political power and ambition. And no apparent way out.
The problem, of course, is that not only were we not bright enough to realize that this would eventually happen, and make arrangements for it ala the Romans, but we also are seriously short of Cinncinatus’s these days. Honestly, can you imagine ANY politician or person being willing to turn around and surrender absolute power at the end of the tenure? I don’t think we breed men or women of such stature anymore.
Not to mention the fact that we are screwed up enough that 6 months would be nowhere near enough time to correct the problems.
Sadly Sev, I have been feeling that way myself for the last 6 months. The liberal people of this country are going to ruin this country, and then act stupid as it is destroyed.
I once read a joke about a Dem woman who was lost while flying a ballon. When she hails a man who was fishing. The man pulls out his GPS and tells her exactly where she is in latatude and longitude. The women proceeds to tell the man that he must be a Republican, as he has given her all sorts of info, that she can’t possibly use, and she is still lost. The man then says to her “You must be a Democrat. You come down here disrupt my peaceful time, ask me for information about where you are, and after I give you that information proceed to tell me it is my fault you are still lost.” Most Libs are that way. It is always the Conservatives fault that the stupid plans they make don’t create anything but havoc. How these door bells continue to get elected is amazing. – Lorica
P.S. Rest in Peace little George. There is a special place in doggie Heaven for you. You are a very precious puppy.
There was an excellent movie made by HBO a few years ago about a military coup in America. It starred Sam Waterston, Jason Robards, and Forest Whitaker. It was a very good movie.
I couldn’t help in reading that article about the dog that the owners may have fed it amphetamines. What is wrong with people? Angry dogs aren’t killing enough innocent people, you have to feed them amphetamines?!?!
You know, the guys in the gang unit here say that they frequently talk to gang members from Mexico and the gang members are constantly laughing in their face telling them that they are invading this country and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
This country better wake up, quick.
“Most Libs are that way. It is always the Conservatives fault that the stupid plans they make don’t create anything but havoc”
Uh Lorica what liberal plan that turns out to create havoc are you talking about?
Is it the Bush “guest worker” program? Or his failed “no child left behind”? Or his even bigger failure abstinence only sex education program?
By the way i’ve read the same joke too only the woman was a republican in that joke.
The story about George, the Jack Russell terrier just tore me up. What a brave little dog.
Kinda reminds me of our troops. I can only imagine the number of them that have jumped in front on kids in Iraq to get them out of harm’s way.
To bad the dems don’t appreciate them.
There was an excellent movie made by HBO a few years ago about a military coup in America. It starred Sam Waterston, Jason Robards, and Forest Whitaker. It was a very good movie.
I remember that, wasn’t it called “By Dawn’s Early Light” or something similar? Actually, it wasn’t a military coup, but the exercising of a little known part of the Constitution where, if the President’s cabinet lost confidence in him, they could vote for his removal, followed by Congressional actions and hearings. I can’t recall the exact method at present. The military was gearing up for martial law as they thought there would be unrest.
I always thought in that scenario that it was legal and Whitaker’s character should have shut up and gone along with it.
Gas prices are now 3.07 and rising by me here in Michigan.
Has anyone heard what is driving this price up?
I have not seen an increase in tension between Iran and the US to drive prices up – so what is doing it?
What? You mean the Dems are in charge of both houses of Congress, and the price is still going up?
Sanity,
some of the fuel terminals are running out of gas. We had 2 go dry in Iowa and the price went up about 40 cents/gallon.
Build more refineries, NOW!!! Shoot any environmentalist that gets in the way.
Several things are happening, including the switch to the “summer” boutique blends that all the different regions and states require for summer (when air pollution and inversion layers are often worse), and maintenance and changeovers at refineries to switch from distilling fuel oil for winter to gas for summer.
At least one major refinery was down for maintenance, the octane booster used previously is illegal, and the ethanol often used in it’s place is in short supply, which makes it harder to make enough gas, and there are just flat out too many boutique blends required. There needs to be some common sense, there should be at most 5 or 6 custom blends, not the 50 or so there are now, required.
But the Democrats said it was all the Republican’s fault, how can gas prices be going up now that Pelosi and Reid are in power?
That’s the one Sev. The name was something else. Dawn’s Early Light was with Rebecca Demornay and Powers Booth and was about nuclear war, it was pretty good also.
Can you tell I watch too much TV????
Sanity, here in South Jersey gas prices are in the 2.88 range. Just be glad you don’t have to deal with California prices. I just got back from San Diego, and a gallon of regular goes for 3.97. And that was the BEST price I could find.
But that’s to be expected, I guess, given the layers of blending regulations CA demands.
Yeah, can’t recall the name, Dawn’s Early Light involved a nutcase sending a B52 to bomb Russia, similar to Dr. Strangelove (a personal favorite).
TV, ahhhhh…..(Homer Simpson voice)
No Lee, since the guest worker program isn’t a program, that part of your statement is just stupid. As far as “no child left behind”, I do believe that Teddy Kennedy had a hand in drafting NCLB. I do believe that the only reason it isn’t working is because many in the teaching profession don’t want it to work. If it were left to me, I say we should go with a voucher program, that is what George Bush wanted before NCLB was created. SO that part of your statement is pretty un-informed.
Lee what I am talking about is the years of the New Deal programs that have transferred trillions?? Into non-productive hands, only to have that money wasted by people that have no clue as to the value of a dollar. Let’s talk about squandering billions in extra taxes on things like loans to the world bank that were forgiven later. You all complain about the 40 million wasted on the Starr investigation. How about the 800,000,000.00 wasted when Bill fired 400 tomahawks at our enemies and didn’t hit a frickin thing. How about squandering the great economy that started under Ronald Reagan, and almost losing it at the end of Bill’s reign of stupidity. Hell, speaking of RR, how about the assnine programs of that idiot Jimmy Carter. Need I really go on, or can you start to think for yourself for a moment Lee?? Instead of just reguritating the garbage you hear from the completely unbiased drive by media. – Lorica
Ohhh and as far as the joke goes, I would seriously doubt at Republican could be lost, and I seriously doubt that a Dem could help a lost person, well not without a huge committee, and a few billion dollars.
Conservatives sick of bias of Youtube create own video sharing site!
Link
Here is the information on the new Conservative Video Hosting site:
QubeTV
No more conservative videos getting banned and unable to be shown.
This should have been done a LONG time ago.
I loved the “in-depth” reporting ABC did on the “alleged” bias at YouTube. They only listed one video that had been banned, Michele Malkin’s on the PBS Islamic video scandal, and then never interviewed Malkin or asked any of her compatriots about it. No, they just said someone says they ban videos and YouTube says they don’t, so that settles it. It’s like someone interviewing Pol Pot about mass genocide in Cambodia, some people say Pol Pot has killed millions, but he says he hasn’t, so that’s that!
Repulsive, but hardly surprising. Gotta love that focused, in depth reporting though. Surprised they didn’t manage to get Abu Graib or Gitmo or Bush Lied in there somewhere.