Revisionists to the Rescue!!!

It seems that the moonbat left is circling the wagons, and calling in the cavalry!

Historians urge ABC to scrap 9-11 TV movie

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Nine historians, headed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Arthur Schlesinger are calling on ABC to scrap a controversial mini-series about Sept. 11.

The script "distorts and even fabricates evidence," they wrote to Robert Iger, the chairman of Disney Corp., ABC's parent company. "Broadcasting these falsehoods, connected to the most traumatic historical event of our times, would be a gross disservice to the public... We strongly urge you to halt the show's broadcast."

Looks like the light of truth is being shone, and the roaches are scurrying for cover.

Brings me back to the old saying--"Me thinks thou dost protest too much!"

Where did the republicans dig up this dimwit?

They've shelved addressing illegal immigration, but they want to ban old horses from being used as dog food?

WASHINGTON — The House voted on Thursday to ban the slaughter of horses for meat, a practice that lawmakers thought they already had ended.

Instead of banning it outright, Congress last year yanked the salaries and expenses of federal inspectors. But the Bush administration simply started charging plants for inspections, and the slaughter has continued.

The House vote was 263-146 to outlaw the killing of horses for human consumption.

Opponents of the practice showed photographs of horses with bloodied and lacerated faces, the result of being crammed into trailers that would carry the animals to slaughterhouses.

"It is one of the most inhumane, brutal, shady practices going on in the U.S. today," said Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., a sponsor of the ban.

Lest you think that John Sweeney has all his faculties about him, dig this:

Sweeney argued that the slaughter of horses is different from the slaughter of cattle and chickens because horses are American icons.

"Everyone knows who Mr. Ed, Secretariat and Silver are. I dare anyone to name a list of famous cattle or chickens," Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., said in recent testimony to a House subcommittee.

"They are American icons that deserve to be treated as such. Would we ever think of slaughtering and serving a bald eagle in this country? The same should be true of the horse," Sweeney said.

So, Mr. Sweeney, should we stop the slaughter of pigs because of Porky or Arnold? What about Foghorn Leghorn, or Elsie the Cow?

What the hell have you been smoking, Mr. Sweeney?

I don't know, perhaps I'm being a bit hard on Mr. Sweeey--I'd expect such lamebrain reasoning from Barbara Boxer or even from Barbra Streisand.... but from a Republican?

Don't get me wrong--I'm for the humane treatment of animals, but humane treatment in the absence of common sense is altogether another story:

We have serious concerns that the welfare of these horses would be negatively impacted by a ban on slaughter," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in a letter released Thursday.

Defenders of horse slaughter said it offers a cheap and humane way to end a horse's life when the animal no longer is useful. They say many owners cannot afford to care for an unproductive horse.

"These unwanted horses are often sick, unfit or problem animals," said Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn. "Many of them are already living in pain or discomfort, and tens of thousands more could be neglected, starved or abandoned if their owners no longer have processing available as an end-of-life option."

American horse meat is sold mostly for people to eat in Europe and Asia; some goes to U.S. zoos.

If the slaughter ended in the U.S., plants in Canada and Mexico probably would take over some of the business, supporters say. Unlike other countries, U.S. law requires that horses and other livestock be unable to feel pain before they are killed.

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, GOP Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, said that for some horses, "these facilities provide a humane alternative to additional suffering or possible dangerous situations."

Like so many liberal "feelgood" initiatives, this bill, like the road to hell, is paved with good intentions with untold unintended consequences.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't there more pressing concerns for Congress to deal with?

Fear and self-loathing in Australia...

If you think that America has a monopoly on the self-loathing, blame-their-own first, leftist mentality, think again:

Greer continues Irwin attack

Thursday Sep 7 05:00 AEST

Steve Irwin had embarrassed millions of Australians, outspoken expatriate Australian academic Germaine Greer (an Australian ex-pat-ed) has said.

And those who had mourned him with their tributes at the Irwin family's Australia Zoo in what the British had labelled "a Princess Diana moment" were "idiots", she said.

Mr Irwin, 44, died on Monday when he was stabbed in the chest by a stingray barb while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland.

British-based Ms Greer wrote in The Guardian newspaper on Tuesday, following Mr Irwin's sudden death that the animal world had taken revenge on "self-deluded animal tormentor Steve Irwin".

On Wednesday, she went a step further.

She told A Current Affair in an interview with presenter Karl Stefanovic she did not understand Australians' sense of loss for Mr Irwin, who had exploited animals by telling the world how dangerous they were and then treating them with disrespect.

"I find the whole Steve Irwin phenomenon (embarrassing) — and I'm not the only person who did," Ms Greer said.

But when pushed, she was unable to name anyone who had publicly agreed with her. (Read the rest)

What a bitch it must be indeed to live such a joyless existence.

What Rush Limbaugh did to instill enthusiasm for the conservative movement, Steve Irwin, more than anyone else of our generation, instilled a love and appreciation for animals and nature. His contagious optimism and sense of awe grabbed the audience and made them an active participant in his passion for animals, and for life itself.

This is, of course, diametrically opposed to liberalism, which seeks to find fault and victimhood around every corner, and rather than to light a candle, perpetually curses the darkness.

This is more than apparent in the likes of Jesse Jackson, Jack Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and yes, Australia... Germaine Greer.

Luckily, in Australia, as in the United States, there are many more Steve Irwins than there are Germaine Greers.

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Are environmentalists sexists and homophobic?

One would think so after reading this article:

More 'intersex fish' found in Potomac

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer

McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- Some species of male fish in the Potomac River and its tributaries are developing female sexual traits at a frequency higher than scientists have seen before, raising concerns about pollutants in a waterway that provides drinking water for millions of people.

The so-called "intersex fish," which produce immature eggs in their testes, were discovered in the Potomac rivershed in 2003 and have also been found in other parts of the country.

But the frequency that the U.S. Geological Surveys found last year is much higher than what has been found elsewhere, said fish pathologist Vicki Blazer.

In some Potomac tributaries, nearly all of the male smallmouth bass caught in last year's survey were the abnormal fish. In the Potomac itself, seven of 13 largemouth bass exhibited female characteristics, including three that were producing eggs.

There is obviously gender identity confusion going on with these fish, and it would appear that the environmentalists need to be more careful in their rush to condemn their existence.

I mean, what would PFLAG say about this?

An Aussie's perspective...on Steve Irwin...

Kerry, an Australian from Tasmania, writes:

Steve's wife and children were about an hour (as the crow flies) away from here. I feel so sad for them as he loved his family deeply. As a matter of fact he loved everyone...and of course one of his deepest loves was for the environment and nature and wildlife. I guess it's easy for those who don't really know him to "have a go" at him. But if it was their own son would they be saying the same thing?

As for the baby/croc incident well I wouldn't have done it either but as he said his father did it with him....he grew up with the fearless respect of the wild.

I have also heard some of what has been said overseas. Even Germaine Greer said the same thing ("Nature taking revenge") and she has been hit by a backlash frrom Aussies as it's such a tactless and callous thing to say of someone who has just lost their life. What a lot of people don't know is what a great Ambassador Steve was for Australia. He has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for tourism for Australia and the millions he has earned he has parted with most of it....just about everything....he has ploughed it all back into Conservation and the Animal Hopsital and Australia Zoo etc. One of his best friends said he travelled with little or no money and lived quite humbly...that's how he was. He gave everything back to Australia... not many would do that or even knew that.

Australia is mourning a loving man who died doing something dear to his heart (no pun intended) he always said that when he died he would want to go doing what he loved best. The Prime Minister wanted to hold a State Funeral for him but his parents have said that Steve would not want that...that he would want a simple service/send-off so that is what they will give him.

I think i'ts just the minority (the knockers/cynics and ignorant) who are saying those things. Thousands of people have been leaving tributes, flowers and cards etc at Australia Zoo it's almost sureal here it reminds me of when Princess Diana died everyone has been walking around crying or in shock.I think most Aussies will remember where they were or what they were doing the moment they heard that Steve Irwin had died.One of the websites got jammed yesterday as there were millions of hits....it just crashed...that's how much he was loved and admired. He has a fan base of over 500 million that watched his shows from countries all over the world. I was at Gym yesterday and a lady was wheeled in her wheelchair crying she has a brain injury and she thought Steve was such a wonderfull and loving fellow...he was bigger than life and had a passion for life.She didn't have a lot in her life and it made me realise just how much he gave of himself to others and asked for very little in return. None of it was an act...that's just how he was; even as a kid.

I agree that it was a horrible freak accident. His death is only the second death in Australia from a Sting Ray. They are usually fairly harmless but their sting is very painfull. When I was 12 my best friend and I were at the beach with our families and Helen and I were paddling in the water under a jetty and jumping from rock to rock. Helen jumped on a rock and screamed out in agony she had accidently jumped on a sting-ray (it looked like one of the rocks) and it stung her on the foot. She was rushed to the nearest hospital in agony and was in terrible pain for a couple of days. But they usually only attack if they have been startled or disturbed. It never put me off from swimming- I often swam among them off our local jetties my mum was always yelling at me to get out of the water but I never feared them and was never stung.

Well that's enough of my take on this.... I will miss watching Steve's shows I always found him very entertaining and informative (and passionate about what he believe in) He was just a down-to earth Aussie larrakin who had an amazing passion for life.

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This could just as well have been a Kos kid following the 2004 elections...

Some good news...

I have had the distinct honor of being asked to "guest blog" at Blogs for Bush.

For those who may not know, Blogs for Bush was the "g0-to" blog for the latest during the 2004 Presidential race, and they continue to put out top rate opinions and information regarding the political landscape today.

The blog's founder, Matt Margolis and contributor Mark Noonan have recently signed a deal for a new book chronicling democrat shenanigans entitled, "The Caucus of Corruption," slated to come out in bookstores in February of 2007.

I have some mighty big shoes to fill--but I am indeed grateful and honored to have the challenge.

Oooh... I think they may have hit a nerve...

Apparently no one on the left got hot under the collar when wind came of a movie depicting the assassination of a sitting president. But watch all hell break loose among the moonbat brethren when a movie attempts to tell the truth regarding the events leading to 9/11; especially when the truth involves some not so savory tales regarding their Grand Poobah...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- An upcoming TV mini-series about the origins of the Sept. 11 plot is provoking angry complaints from Democrats about the portrayal of the Clinton administration's response to terrorism.

"The Path to 9/11," a five-hour dramatization laying out the history of the Sept. 11 plot from the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, will be aired over two nights on the anniversary of the attack next week by ABC Television.

The movie is billed as a dramatization based on the report of the U.S. commission that investigated the events of Sept. 11 and circumstances leading up to it. According to a disclaimer shown at the beginning of each episode, it "has composite and representative characters and incidents, and time compressions have been used for dramatic purposes."

But a portion of the film showing an aborted effort to capture al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa has aroused the ire of some of the officials portrayed.

A statement from Samuel "Sandy" Berger, who was national security adviser to President Bill Clinton at the time, calls the scenes involving him "complete fabrications."

And Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., called on ABC to show disclaimers throughout each episode, not just at the beginning. "ABC has a responsibility to make clear that this film is not a documentary, and does not represent an official account of the facts surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks," she said.

In one scene, CIA operatives working with Ahmed Shah Masud, the charismatic Afghan mujahedin leader who fought al-Qaida and their Taliban sponsors, are assembled on a hillside above bin Laden's residence at Tarnak Farms. "It's perfect for us," says "Kirk," a composite character representing several of the CIA operatives and analysts involved in the hunt for the terrorist leader.

But the team is forced to abort the mission when Berger hangs up on them in the middle of a conference call, after telling them he cannot give the go ahead for the action.

"I don't have that authority," he says. (Read the rest)

I can see why the dhimmicrats have their thongs in a bundle over this, given their hero's reluctance to act decisively or to ignore altogether several opportunities to "86" bin Laden:

Domestically and globally, Clinton National Security Council staffers Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon lamented recently, the missile attack came to be regarded -- wrongly, they argued -- "as the greatest foreign policy blunder of the Clinton presidency." Apart from the "public relations battering," Paul R. Pillar, the CIA's deputy counterterrorism chief at the time, wrote later, the episode inflicted a "broader blow . . . on the perceived integrity of U.S. intelligence and U.S. counterterrorist efforts generally."

Badly burned, Clinton and his national security cabinet turned their emphasis to detecting, disrupting and arresting members of terrorist cells in quiet cooperation with friendly foreign security services. This had been an ongoing project of the FBI and CIA since the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 (this whole article is a must read).

In the left's orgiastic willingness to wax fondly in blaming President George W. Bush for the events that happened on September 11, 2001, they invariably fail to look at themselves and their failed policies of the 1990s, most of which they still want to recycle to this very day. And when you have the dhimmicrats actually celebrate the fact that they made fighting terrorism more difficult to do, it is time to once again ask the question that bears repeating:

Is it safe yet to vote democrat?

You be the judge:



(Filed under The Fifth Column)

The Terrorists' best friends...

are undoubtely to be found in the democrat party...

...Insisting that current US policy "is neither working, nor making us more secure," Democratic leaders from both houses of Congress today wrote US President George W. Bush to urge the beginning of a withdrawal from Iraq, RAW STORY has learned.

House and Senate Minority Leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), joined by ranking members of several related committees and subcommittees have signed the call for a 4-part change of course in Iraq. The move follows up on a July 30 letter to the President, that called for a phased redeployment of U.S. troops beginning before the end of the year.

In addition to again urging the President to consider changing his Iraq policy, the new letter also urges the President to oust Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "We do not believe," Democrats write, "the current civilian leadership at the Department of Defense is suited to implement and oversee such a change in policy."

Despite their hiding behind the "Don't call me unpatriotic!" mantra, politically motivated moves like this, coupled with the daily rantings of the senile old windbag, Jack Murtha serve to make the job of allowing free Iraqi independence and the successful prosecution of the war in Iraq all the more difficult. CENTCOM Commander Gen. John Abizaid:

... How does American public opinion affect the way you do your job, the way you prosecute the war?

I struggle with it a lot. I'm always perplexed as to why in Washington there will be such lack of confidence in some quarters. It's difficult to see the broader picture of the progress that we've made because it's slow progress, but it's steady progress. It's difficult to think of us as winning because there's so much ambient violence. Sometimes the 24/7 news cycle drives people's opinion that it's only chaos and there's no hope for victory, but that's not true. Am I discouraged by bad publicity? Sometimes. Am I worried about the outcome? If day-to-day public opinion is so driven that people lose confidence in this enterprise that we can't ultimately be successful, then we fail. (emphasis added)

And the democrat party, in their unholy, unscrupulous thirst for power, continue to do everything they can to meet that end.

Some patriots.


(Filed under The Fifth Column, Murtha Must Go!)

IED explodes in Chicago area train station?

I couldn't find this anywhere else--

From Canada Free Press

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Detonates at Suburban Chicago Train Station

By Douglas J. Hagmann, Northeast Intelligence Network,

Saturday, September 2, 2006

Bomb was planted to detonate at commuter waiting area minutes before a train was scheduled to arrive.

Authorities: The device was more elaborate than some‹it had a timer that allowed a delayed detonation."

A pipe bomb constructed with a timing device exploded at the Metra train station in Hinsdale, a western suburb of Chicago during Friday morning's commute just minutes before a train was scheduled to arrive at the stop. The blast sent metal fragments and shrapnel flying and caused minimal property damage but no injuries, according to police. The bomb exploded inside a garbage can in the commuter waiting area of the station. Had it detonated near passengers, people would have definitely been injured. Remnants of the bomb are being transported to a lab in Maryland for analysis to see what components comprised the device.

At 6:53 a.m., a 911 call was received from a Metra employee who said someone had thrown a firecracker in the garbage of the main depot, 25 E. Hinsdale Ave., and shortly after that, the fire alarm for the depot activated, according to the release from Hinsdale police.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating, and agents remained at the scene in Hinsdale as of 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Local, county and federal authorities swept the station in search of other devices and notified other Metra stations to search their facilities, stated BATFE spokesman Tom Ahern. No other devices were found.

It appears that they found an initial suspect, who was later released:

According Hinsdale police, Metra police held a suspect at Union Station, after he was seen putting an item into the garbage can. The suspect then boarded the 6:56 a.m. or 7:04 a.m. train to Chicago. The suspect, who was later released, was described as a "tall, thin black male," appearing to be in his earliy twenties. Ahern, however, said there were no suspects, only a few "people of interest" who authorities want to interview. They include people who were seen either on the platform or in the depot immediately prior to the explosion, he said.

[b]Hinsdale Police Chief Bradley Bloom stated: "We're a little concerned, because it was a somewhat sophisticated device," referring to the timer. "And it was just inside the door" of the station, he said. Police handed out fliers with a description of the incident at train stations Friday afternoon, asking anyone with information to contact authorities, Bloom said.

I don't know... call me a little paranoid, but I'd be a bit more than "a little concerned."

The Wonderful World of Islam...

Rest in Peace, Mate...

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is dead... ironically, not from a croc bite, or from a fear snake's venom, but from a stingray's barb in the heart.

My kids grew up watching Crocodile Hunter, a great family show, and I always marvelled at his way with animals. I admired his ability to keep his cool while being bitten by animals ("oooohh--he's a naughty boy!"), all the while keeping in mind that animals will do what animals will do.

Not many would know, however, that Steve Irwin was not your run-of-the mill environmentalist whacko.


Steve Irwin was, in actuality, a conservative, with a great love of all animals, and was the epitome of what it means to be a true steward of the earth and its creatures. Unlike the socialist enviornmentalist movement, who advance the cause of socialism cloaked in environmentalism, Steve Irwin was one who truly advanced the notion that progress and protecting the environment could co-exist, and were far from being mutually-exclusive.

But I guess the thing that stood out for me the most, is the fact that as an Aussie (in the greatest sense of the word), Steve Irwin also knew, respected, and revered the great human cost of freedom. Steve filmed a two-hour special about WWII that I saw a few years ago, and his reverence for the battlefields he traversed, as well as the sacrifices that took place on those battlefields, are more than evident in his commentary.

In his deep respect for our armed forces, Steve Irwin went out of his way to film a number of "Crocodile Hunter" programs on American military bases.

The world did suffer a significant loss when it lost Steve Irwin. Mr. Irwin was about what environmentalism and conservationism was meant to be.

****UPDATE*****

A more detailed account of the tragedy can be found here.

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In memoriam....

From the DL Tribune:

A Dent man and a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard now serving in Iraq was killed by an improvised explosive device Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Joshua Hanson, 27, was one of four soldiers patrolling in a Humvee when the incident occurred.

Hanson was a member of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, and was assigned to the Detroit Lakes Armory. He was the team leader of the 3rd Squad.

Lt. Col. Paul Zimmerman, deputy commander of the 1/34th and speaking by telephone from Iraq to a hastily called press conference at the Detroit Lakes Armory Friday, praised Hanson as one of combat team’s best soldiers.

Lt. Col. Kevin Gutknecht, the 1/34th’s rear detachment commander, said funeral arrangements were pending.

According to Zimmerman, Hanson was killed instantly by the blast at around noon Iraq time (3 a.m. Minnesota time). Three other members of Alpha Company were in the Humvee with him and were able to get out with only minor injuries.

The heavily armored vehicle soon caught fire, and two of the soldiers tried to pull Hanson’s body from it, but were unable because of the fire. They suffered second- and third-degree burns on portions of their bodies.

Eventually, a commanding officer ordered the soldiers away from the Humvee because ammunition inside the vehicle was exploding due to the fire.

Four other soldiers were wounded during that incident, plus two more Alpha Company members by indirect mortar fire during a separate incident. Zimmerman said all eight soldiers were treated for their injuries and have returned to light duty.

Alpha Company is stationed at Camp Taqqudum, a U.S. Marines logistics base. The camp is in Al-Anbar Province and 65 miles west of Baghdad. The sector has long been a hot spot for insurgent activity, particularly at two cities, Ramidi and Fallujah.

The 1/34th is under tactical command of the U.S. Marines at Camp Taqqudum. Zimmerman said 1/34th soldiers and U.S. marines were jointly participating in a four-day offensive in the Ramidi area, with the intent of either capturing or killing insurgents.

“The offensive was going very well …. the Minnesota boys and marines were doing very well,” said Zimmerman.

Hanson’s platoon was on patrol when his vehicle struck the IED.

“It is a great tragedy for the Hanson family and I would like to express our condolences to them,” added Zimmerman.

The Hanson family issued a written statement through the Minnesota Army National Guard.

“Josh was a wonderful and loving son and a great friend. He was proud to serve his country as duty called. We can’t express how proud we are that he was willing to lay down his life for all of us.

“He and his comrades are real heroes. The United States of America is what it is today because of soldiers like Josh and those who have gone before him. Our solace is in knowing that Josh died doing what he felt he needed to do. God bless America, the land that Josh loved.”

In another prepared statement, Major General Larry Shellito, adjutant General of Minnesota, said, “It’s our priority to assist the Hanson family during this difficult time. I ask that all Minnesotans take time to reflect in a moment of silence to honor this young hero.”

Hanson, who graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1998 and was single, joined the Minnesota Army National Guard 10 years ago. He last spoke to his family a week ago.

Hanson had recently finished a portion of studies related to law enforcement at Minnesota State University, Moorhead.

This was Hanson’s second overseas deployment with the Minnesota Army National Guard. He was part of the 2nd Battalion 136th Infantry that spent a year (2003-04) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

“Hanson was a good soldier and he took care of his men,” praised Gutknecht. “He had a dry wit, but he had the knack to take tense situations and make them better.”

Hanson was a member of my son's platoon; my son was around 150 feet behind him when the IED detonated. Despite the best efforts on the part of his comrades, some of them sustaining second and third degree burns in their efforts, Hanson was burned alive.

I spoke with him earlier today, and Doug said, "We lost the funniest guy in our platoon when he stepped on an IED in July. Now we've lost our second-funniest guy."

Doug is understandably shaken, but he's back on patrol for the first time since the incident today.

GOD keep him, and GOD bless and keep Sgt. Hanson's family and friends, and his comrades who are still fighting the good fight in Iraq, who continue to know what is at stake.

Prayers will certainly be appreciated.

Man, I swear that I'm going to punch out the next buffoon who tells me they shouldn't be there.

(Filed under Heroes, Iraq)

On out-Murtha'ing Murtha...

The Star Diaper has a piece about sundry DFL candidates who are vying to see who can out-Murtha Murtha:

Fifth District candidates differ on how, not whether, to pull out of Iraq

Voters will have to decide whether to send a messenger or a negotiator to Congress, political analysts say.

Even before state Rep. Keith Ellison won the DFL endorsement last spring for the Fifth Congressional District seat, a defining issue for his campaign was his demand for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

Now Ellison's challengers in the Sept. 12 primary have generated their own withdrawal proposals, competing on an issue crucial to voters in the Minneapolis-based district.

That means the upshot for Democrats voting in the primary is not whether a candidate proposes to pull troops out of Iraq but of when and how.

A fundamental question is whether any candidate could deliver on a withdrawal pledge.

So it's a foregone conclusion that the democrat party has become the party of surrender. A pretty serious game of chicken in a post-9/11 world. The thing about it is, the DFL has no friggen idea who they're dealing with:

Minneapolis City Council Member Paul Ostrow said that Democrats have an obligation to craft an exit strategy that would shield Iraq from a bloodbath after a U.S. pullout. Ostrow proposed that the Iraqi government be decentralized into three, semi-autonomous Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite regions. After that, he said, U.S. troops could come home in a year.

What the hell has Ostrow been smoking lately? Give me a break!!

Not to mention this tidbit:

Erlandson also accused Ellison of appearing recently with a supporter of the Palestinian group Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization. Erlandson's aide said he was referring to Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington D.C., who attended an Ellison fundraiser last Friday in the Twin Cities sponsored by a group of Muslim businessmen.

Ibrahim Hooper, the council's spokesman, denounced Erlandson's remark: "It is unfortunate that a candidate for public office would stoop to anti-Muslim bigotry ... by using long-refuted smears. Neither the council nor Mr. Awad supports any terrorist group anywhere in the world."

O really, Ibrahim?

It still isn't safe to vote democrat.


(Filed under elections, moonbat adventures, the fifth column, Murtha Must Go!!)

You kinda knew this was coming...