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Looks like we upset our lousy neighbors to the South by having the audacity to try to keep their citizens from illegally entering our country with a wall: “Mexico says it may go to the United Nations to challenge US plans to build hundreds of kilometres of fences on its southern border. The Foreign Secretary, […]

One of the downsides to the internet age is that sometimes things that are better left private, end up splashed all over the blogosphere and the Drudge Report. Just to give you one example, the mainstream media may guard the name of any women involved in a high profile rape case, but these days their […]

Fred Phelps and the rest of his God Hates F*gs lunatics have cancelled their plans to protest at the funeral of those Amish children killed by a deranged gunman: “A Kansas church group that planned to demonstrate at the funerals of five Amish girls killed in an attack on their one-room schoolhouse has dropped the […]

Check out Larry Elder’s latest column, “Virginia’s Senator Allen suffers from double standard on racism,” mentions some N-bomb quotes from Webb’s books. So, it looks like the post I did on the topic finally broke out of the blogosphere to a wider audience.

How long will it be before our tax dollars here in the states end up being spent on “art” of this sort? “The Melbourne-based Snuff Puppets company – which receives up to $50,000 in public funding – will put on a charity performance of The Twin Towers Show on Friday. Snuff Puppet artistic director Andy […]

“But now, the same Democrats who are incensed that Bush’s National Security Agency was listening in on al-Qaida phone calls are incensed that Republicans were not reading a gay congressman’s instant messages. Let’s run this past the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: The suspect sent an inappropriately friendly e-mail to a teenager — oh also, […]

Domestic US Border Fence Signed Into Law Dow Hits 2nd Straight Record-High Close Pennsylvania Man Charged Al Qaeda Plot Attempt Court Says Eavesdropping Program Can Continue Libs Rush The Stage To Prevent The Minutemen From Speaking Brent Scowcroft: Bob Woodward Made Up Quotes Attributed To Me Foley Scandal Ex-Aide To Foley Says He Alerted Hastert’s […]

— Right now, Robert Novak is projecting that the Democrats will pick up 12 seats in House, 3 seats in the Senate, and 3 Governorships. If that were the case, the GOP would keep control of Congress. — Speaking of which my current projections have the GOP losing 5 seats in the Senate, 9-14 in […]

One of the many differences between the Republican and Democratic parties is the way that they deal with scandals. The Democrats’ first instinct is always to circle the wagons and lash out furiously at anyone who attacks “their guy.” On the other hand, Republicans have a much different approach. Although, in all fairness, we do […]

The Smirking Chimp is an extremely popular liberal weblog. Just to give you an idea of how popular it is, it pulls roughly 4 times as much traffic as Right Wing News does. So, it’s very fair to call it a mainstream liberal weblog. So, what sort of “mainstream” ideas does this “mainstream” liberal blog […]

It’s time to reevaluate the Senate races again, although it’s still early and these rankings will change between now and the election. The higher the rating is, the greater the chance is that the seat might change parties. Dark Horse Races: (These are real long shot races) 15) Jon Kyl* (R) vs. Jim Pederson (D) […]

Last night, I got together with Lorie Byrd , Betsy Newmark , and Ed Morrisey for a GOP USA Northeast Conservatives With Attitude Podcast roundtable on the Mark Foley scandal. The podcast runs about 35-40 minutes and it wasn’t bad for a blogger podcast, especially since I managed to drop the term, “naked piggy pile,” […]

According to the Times Online…. “THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe that the US invaded Iraq to prevent the return to Earth of their sect’s messiah-like figure, the Mahdi, or 12th imam. Hojatoleslam al-Sadr claims that his militia is preparing for the day when the Mahdi, the last direct descendent of the revered Shia figure […]

“IT’S important we remember not just the big ideological struggles but also the individuals who took up the cause of cultural freedom and the defence of liberal democracy against its enemies. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Soviet communism, it became all too easy to pretend that the outcome of […]

Domestic New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote Bush In Favor Of Foley Investigation Attorney: Clergyman Molested Foley As Teen Gingrich Says Hastert Shouldn’t Resign Over Handling Of Page Scandal Top 10 Democrat Sex Scandals in Congress Miami Herald Publisher Resigns; Journalists Paid For Promoting Cuban Democracy Elections Public Opinion Strategies: […]

“The (Washington) Times just lost its human resources manager because he tried to seduce a 13-year-old girl online. Using the logic of the Times, there is only one thing to do: Wesley Pruden, editor in chief, must resign.” — Don Surber Update #1: Here’s part of the description of the Daily Kos’s dkosopedia on Gerry […]

John Ashcroft has a new book out called, Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice. As part of his promotional efforts, he did a teleconference with some bloggers, myself included. Here are the notes that I took on Ashcroft’s comments (These are not quotes). Enjoy! — The idea that wartime detainees must be charged as […]

The Republican National Committee has sent out the email for Rightroots that they promised us when we met our goals in the 15 days challenge. It went out this afternoon and we were at roughly $130,800 when they sent it out. At the moment, we’re at $144,826 and rising. It’ll be interesting to see where […]

Maybe the Washington Times thinks the Democratic Party is going to take over in November and they want to get on their good side or maybe they just want to hold their heads high for once when they go to DC cocktail parties with their liberal pals. But, whatever the motivation behind it may be, […]

Over at the Weekly Standard, Ross Douthat & Reihan Salam acknowledge that conservatives are deeply unhappy with George Bush’s reckless spending, but, yet and still, they seem to be trying to make the argument that Republicans should embrace big government policies and deficit spending: “Rather than target the “supply-side” of government, or the amount of […]

Over at the WAPO, Susan E. Rice, Anthony Lake and Donald M. Payne argue that the United States should bomb Sudan into submission if need be in order to stop government sponsored massacres in that country: “After swift diplomatic consultations, the United States should press for a U.N. resolution that issues Sudan an ultimatum: accept […]

“Majority Watch has already taken a post-resignation poll in Foley’s district — on Sunday, Oct 1…The result is: Mahoney (D)–50% Foley (R) — 43% True, Sunday was maybe a bit early for the anti-Foley voter reaction to have peaked. On the other hand, the GOPs have a whole month for Republican voters to drift back […]

“But in today’s politically correct culture, it’s easy to understand how senior Republicans might well have decided they had no grounds to doubt Mr. Foley merely because he was gay and a little too friendly in emails. Some of those liberals now shouting the loudest for Mr. Hastert’s head are the same voices who tell […]

Domestic Hastert Defends Handling of Page Scandal FBI Knew In July About The “Overly Friendly” Foley E-Mails To Teen But Didn’t Investigate Because, The Emails “Did Not Rise To The Level Of Criminal Activity.” E-Mails Show Foley Sought To Rendezvous With Page Foley: The Democratic Playbook Page Disputes Warning About Rep. Foley Bush To Sign […]

Over at the WAPO, Sebastian Mallaby has blasted the Democratic Party from the left for having no principles: “After years of single-party government, the prospect of a Democratic majority in the House ought to feel refreshing. But even with Republicans collapsing in a pile of sexual sleaze, I just can’t get excited. Most Democrats in […]

Given the proximity of the election, it’s not surprising that the Republican House Leadership has been smeared for how they handled the Mark Foley situation, but it is unfair. Let’s delve into this a bit. Back in 2005, the House Leadership is alerted that Mark Foley has written some “overly friendly” emails to a page, […]

There are a lot of privacy zealots on the net — and that’s fine to a point. People shouldn’t have spyware on their computers telling ad companies where they go. They shouldn’t have search engines keeping a running tally of what their account or IP is looking for. People should be able to buy things […]

Over at Cato, Kos is making one of the most ridiculous arguments ever: “The Case for the Libertarian Democrat.“ “(T)here’s a whole swath of Americans who are uncomfortable with Republican/conservative efforts to erode our civil liberties while intruding into our bedrooms and churches; they don’t like unaccountable corporations invading their privacy, holding undue control over […]

Is it wrong to root for a Fatah/Hamas Civil War in the disputed territories? Well, if it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right. Let’s face it: there will never be peace between the Israelis and Palestinians until the government has a monopoly on violence in the territories. That means, at a minimum, that Hamas […]

“Robert Redeker, 52, is receiving round-the-clock police protection and changing addresses every two days, after publishing an article describing the Koran as a “book of extraordinary violence” and Islam as “a religion which… exalts violence and hate”. He told i-TV television he had received several e-mail threats targeting himself and his wife and three children, […]