DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THIS DANGEROUS MAN ..... HE'S BLUFFING

I know that the left will urge us to ignore this Islamic goon, but Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the H.T.H.W.I.C. of Iran, has told a crowd of "theological students" in Iran that Islam must prepare to rule the world.  His exact words?  Well, according to a former Iran analyst for coalition forces in Baghdad, Ahmandinejad said "We must believe in the fact that Islam is not confined to geographical borders, ethnic groups and nations. It's a universal ideology that leads the world to justice,"

Well, let's put this Islamo-idiot's thoughts on world domination together with some other pronouncements.  The Holocaust is a myth, Israel must be wiped off the face of the Earth, and Iran is going to become a nuclear power no matter what the Western world thinks about it.

Here's an idea.  Let's ignore him.  Let's pull our troops out of the Middle East and allow Iraq to immediately fall under the control of Al Qaeda and other Islamo-fascist groups.  Let's show Muslims around the world that we do not have the moral strength to stand up to Islamic despots.  Let's take all of that money we've been spending trying to liberate Iraq and spend it on making life all comfy for Katrina deadbeats and on our hideous and beyond-salvaging government school system.  While we're at it, let's engage in a year of self-flagellation over the treatment of Islamic prisoners and detainees.  Let's work hard to strip the president of any executive powers he may have to fight Islamic terrorism.  And while we're accomplishing all of these worthy goals, let's sit back and see just how much oomph Ahmadinejad can put into his dream of world domination.

Oh ... and one more thing.  While we're at it, let's make sure we never identify the religion of Islam as the violent entity that it most assuredly is.  Wouldn't want to offend someone, would we?

HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE FOR US TO IGNORE

Saddam Hussein was training Islamic terrorists before we removed him from power. 

According to Stephen Hayes of The Weekly Standard, new documents captured from Iraq and newly-translated have shown that Saddam Hussein was, indeed, training Iraqi terrorists in Iraq, thousands of them.  The training took place at training camps inside Iraq in the four years immediately preceding the invasion. 

Now, don't look for any coverage of this revelation in the mainstream press.  You have to go to The Weekly Standard website to get this information.  Why?  Because the news if favorable to Bush and supports his decision to get rid of Saddam Hussein.  That makes the news simply unfit to print.  So, you want more information?  Good for you!  Here's your link!

TEDDY IS TROUBLED

When all is said and done come January 20, 2009 and George W. Bush leaves office, the biggest mark he leaves may well be determined by whom he appoints to the Supreme Court.  With so many aging liberals on the court, he may yet have another nomination to make.  So far, there hasn't been much of a shift.  Replacing William Rehnquist with John Roberts...that's a wash.

But what we have going on now....the nomination of the conservative Samuel Alito to replace the leftist Sandra Day O'Connor....that's going to change things.  Democrats are starting to realize that if they lose their grip on the Supreme Court, then they'll really be out of power.  The left relies on activist judges to implement their agenda.  And with the Alito confirmation hearings underway this week, we're starting to see liberals realize this.

Teddy Kennedy said yesterday that Alito's record troubles him.  Democrats say they'll oppose Alito's nomination if he doesn't tell them how he'll vote on certain cases.  But wait...that's a standard that they haven't held past liberal nominees to the court to.  Doesn't matter.

Alito says good judges stick to the law...and that's not what liberals want to hear.  We should have some good fireworks this week.

IT'S ALL ABOUT ABORTION

Which of these issues is the most important to you? abortion rule of law property rights privacy other

Here's my chance to stir the puddin' and generate an outpouring of hate-mail for my ever-growing collection.  There is really only one issue in the confirmation hearings for Samuel Alito.  Abortion. Will Alito vote to overturn  Roe v. Wade, or won't he?  Here's some bad news for those of you who are obsessed with controlling women's reproductive lives.  Once again, repeat after me:  Abortion will never be illegal throughout the United States, even if Roe v. Wade is overturned.  The majority of the people in this country are in favor of a woman's right to chose whether or not she will have a child.  Overturn Roe v. Wade and all you accomplish is placing the issue back with the states and state legislatures.  Oh, to be sure, there will be a few states that will outlaw abortion.  Others may put some additional restrictions on the procedure.  All that will be accomplished there would be to make it difficult for poor women to travel to another state to get the procedure done.  This will result in more children being born to woman who (a) don't want them, and (b) can't raise them properly.  For the rest, it will simply be a matter of getting in a car or on an airplane and traveling to the neighboring state where the procedure remains legal.

Give it up, folks.  There are issues we face in this country that are far, far more important than abortion ... and all of your protests aren't going to make a difference anyway.  Let's concentrate on things such as the rule-of-law, property rights, and lessening the grasp that big government has on our lives.  Kelo vs. New London is far more important to Americans than Roe v. Wade.

FREEDOM IS DOOMED

There was news this week that another big corporation...IBM...was going to be discontinuing their pension plan.  In its place would be a 401K retirement plan instead...one that employees would manage themselves.  This continues the trend away from companies providing a fixed retirement benefit along the lines of Social Security and moving more to a market-based system where people control their own destiny.

People are alarmed.  They expect government or some company to take care of them when they retire.  After all, a poorly managed 401K could lose money.  People could retire with nothing!  Looks like a little personal responsibility might be called for here and we can't have that. No way, no how!

But even more alarming are the results of a survey out yesterday from something called the Consumer Federation of America and the Financial Planning Association.  When asked what the most practical way was to accumulate several hundred thousand dollars, respondents answered:

--21 percent said winning the lottery was the way to do it.  Government loves that answer.  The answer also gives us a read on just what percentage of the American public is stupid beyond fixing.

--3 percent said a big insurance settlement was how you got rich.  The trial lawyers are happy about that one, but 3 percent is a bit low.

--11 percent said inheriting money was how you accumulated wealth.

--And thankfully, 55 percent said saving money each month was the answer.

NOW HERE'S ONE OF MY MORE BRILLIANT IDEAS

I don't know how many 37-cent stamps I have sitting around the home and office.  Too many.  Two-cent stamps?  None!  And I'm not likely to have to suffer the frustration of actually visiting a post office to get any.  One, you have the lines, and two, you have postal counter employees.  It's just not worth it, so this morning I put two 37-cent stamps on a letter.  Thirty-nine cents to mail the letter, and 35-cents to avoid the hassle.  Now, here's an idea.  Why doesn't the USPS create a rule, a temporary rule, allowing people to take scissors and cut up their 37-cent stamps?  Cut each stamp into thirds .. and then we can use those one-third stamps with a whole 37-cent stamp until our supply is exhausted!  The Postal Service is still getting extra postage on first class mail, and their customers are saved the agony of a trip to the post office to buy two-cent stamps!  Now, I'm one to experiment.  This morning I took an envelope and addressed it to myself.  I put one and one-third 37-cent stamps on the envelope.  I then wrote "excess postage" on the envelope right under the stamps.  I'll report.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Put that vehicle on blocks in your yard to good use! More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

According to National Review's Michael Ledeen, Osama Bin Laden died from kidney failure last month and is buried in Iran.  I guess the only way to know for sure is to dig him up and do a little DNA testing.

We haven't had a candidate for Senate who has this much chance of winning since Alan Keyes ran against Barack Obama.  John Spencer, who is running against Shrillary, criticized The Hildabeast for being weak on national security.

Paul Bremer, who used to be in charge in Iraq, now says the biggest problem in Iraq was....not enough troops.  Of course, he's pushing a book...a motive the mainstream media never seems to recognize.

How does government lift a million people a month out of poverty?  Thomas Sowell says you won't believe what country is doing it: China.  This one should really make the left wet its pants.

The Republican Congress is increasingly bought and paid for, sending pork home to their constituents and wallowing in the pleasures of power.  George Will reports.

Ted Kennedy quoted a study in his opening statement at yesterday's confirmation hearings for Samuel Alito.  The accusation: defendants don't get a fair hearing in Alito's court room.  Byron York takes a look at this so-called "study."

The left is continuing their effort to demonize Samuel Alito...but David Limbaugh says it all comes down to the fact that Alito is just not enough of a right-wing extremist for liberals.

Gas prices are going up again....and while the left will jump up and down and blame George Bush, they will do nothing to actually bring the prices down.  You know, like drill for more oil in the United States and build more gasoline refineries.

Senator John Kyl says Congress should make some New Years' resolutions of their own....and one of those includes border enforcement.  Good luck...doesn't seem to be much political will on either side of the aisle to do anything about the problem of illegal aliens.

Speaking of illegal immigration, Mort Kondracke opines that the president needs to talk some sense into his fellow Republicans when it comes to immigration.

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