GORE WINS THE PEACE PRIZE

No surprise there. With few exceptions, the Nobel Peace Prize has always been awarded to someone with both feet firmly planted in the world of liberalism. I know a lot of leftists and anti-capitalists around this country and the world will be celebrating, but when you consider that this prize was once awarded to that murderous Muslim Yassir Arafat, it's hard to be impressed.

For you warmers out there ... Oops! Sorry, I forgot! You not longer talk about global "warming!" Now it's all about "climate change!" Get real, people .. the climate is always changing. Anyway .. back to my thought here, for you warmers out there, don't you find it just a bit curious that Gore absolutely refuses to debate the issue of global warming? He simply says that the issue is settled and there's no sense debating it. Isn't that the coward's way out?

Now we sit back and see of Little Lord Fauntleroy will take a second shot at the presidency, and if this time he can manage to carry his own home state.

NOW COMES NOW

The National Organization for Women has weighed in on the Don Imus situation. They've called for an end to all talks to bring Imus back to the air.

What they're really doing here is simply trying to get some publicity. The membership of NOW couldn't fill up a decent college basketball arena. At its peak NOW maybe had a membership of around 200,000. Now the dues can barely pay for the parking for the headquarters staff.

But .. here I am! Giving them publicity!

Guess it worked.

US SLAPS TURKEY (GEOPOLITICALLY)

A House committee voted to label the death of Armenians during WWI as genocide. Because these deaths were at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, the nation of Turkey is all but pleased with the vote.

In fact, now the nation has ordered its ambassador in Washington to return to Turkey for "consultations." While they claim to not be withdrawing the ambassador permanently, it definitely has not helped relations with Turkey.

Now you may wonder why in the world the U.S. House of Representatives, which can't even pass the budget bills that are needed to fund our federal operations, would vote to condemn Turkey for something that happened to Armenians nearly 100 years ago. Would it help you to understand why they have done this, and why they have angered a strong ally in our war against Islamic terrorism, because the district of the Speaker of the House (that would be Nancy Pelosi) happens to have a large Armenian population?

Whether the House, or any members of Congress, wants to admit it or not, Turkey is vital to our war on terror. 70% of our air cargo that is headed to Iraq goes through Turkey. So does one-third of our fuel used by the military in Iraq. The US bases there are vital to supply water and other supplies to the troops, which are taken by Turkish truckers into the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Despite all of this, the Democrats in Congress decide that now – during war time – is the appropriate time to pass this resolution. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that she has been in Congress for 20 years and they have been trying to pass this for 20 years. She says that the excuse is always "bad timing." Well, Nancy, maybe you should have thought harder about this particular timing ... just because you have the power doesn't mean that you need to ruin relations with nations that are essential to our war on terror. Oh wait, that's right. You don't support our troops OR the war, so what do you care anyway.

The Bush administration is clearly upset over the vote, and it said that Congress could "better spend their time passing legislation attending to today's problems at home." But it all comes down to this, folks. This vote was a "triumph" for an extremely well-organized Armenian-American interest group who has lobbied Congress for decades. And there you have it. The special interest groups. The lobbyists. These are the people that are, apparently, running the show.

YOUR DAILY DOSE OF HILLARY

... not like that should be a good thing. But Hillary Clinton has now clued us in to her strategy to preserve the Social Security system. Apparently she told an Iowa voter that she likes the idea of raising Social Security taxes on high-income earners. Just like her buddy John Edwards, she wants remove the earnings cap on high-achievers so that they can pour even more money into this absurd income redistribution scheme.

Now ... do you think that these increased Social Security taxes will bring any additional or enhanced benefits for those who are paying the added tab? Come on people! You've got to be kidding me, right?

Golly, am I shocked? Not really. That seems to be her strategy on everything: government is the solution and the rich should pay for those who are "less fortunate." Hillary says that she has so many ideas that are worthy of discussion but we need to focus on fiscal responsibility. Imagine that!

While Hillary is so intent on giving more power, she claims that if she were president that she would roll back the expansion of executive authority. She thinks that Bush has gotten too powerful and she wants to "reign in the presidency" for the sake of checks and balances.

And while we are on the subject of power and government, take a look at these figures again. Hillary Clinton says that 18,000 people die each year because they don't have health insurance. But I am sure that her limited-fiscally conservative-government will find a way to make it mandatory for all of these "dying" people.

SMOKING WITH THE KIDDIES

California is just banning smoking left and right. Restaurants, outdoor patios, apartments and condominiums. And now they have moved on to your vehicles. It is now an offense in the state of California to smoke in a car carrying children under the age of 18.

First of all, "children" under the age of 18? But don't we allow these "children" to drive at 15 and 16-years-old? Oh, so now that we want to ban smoking ... they are considered "children." Okay, now that I have that out of my system.

You would be fined $100 for violating this law. However, you cannot be pulled over simply for smoking with a child in the car but be cited for the offense if it is in conjunction with another traffic offense.

Now two other states do have this "no smoking with children in the car" law – but they do not extend the age of the child to 18.

HALAL FOOD ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH

Here we go with another "offending Muslims" story. Muslim students at the University of Toronto demanded halal food on their campus. Fine. The school gave in and gave them a long-awaited halal option at an on-campus restaurant. The new menu started May 29th and made all chicken and beef certifiably halal.

Despite these accommodations, Muslim students are still upset and refuse to eat at the restaurant. They are upset because the establishment also serves alcohol and plays dance music. This is, according to the Muslim Students Association, an unsuitable environment for their dietary needs.

In fact, some Muslims are saying that they would have preferred that they not given the option at all, because it is seen as a negative gesture.

Ahmad Jaballah, a former executive of the Muslim Student Association says, "It's kind of offensive in giving us the food in a manner unsuitable to us." Do you hear that folks? Offensive!

Two words. Screw them.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Now we know why that truck is up on blocks in the front yard. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that Iran is lying about its nuclear program, and that there is no doubt that Iran wants nuclear weapons. Let's all listen for the sound of Jimmy Carter and Vladimir Putin saying it just ain't so!

Between 2003 and 2005 more than 2,000 people died while being arrested by state or local police officers. Now we have to figure out how many of them deserved it.

Jaime Dupree brought us the news yesterday that the word "God" will now be allowed on flag certificates from the Capitol.

The Democrats are unveiling their government education plans ... to ensure the continuation of mediocre education and the indoctrination of our youth. Remember .. the most powerful unions in Washington are the teacher's unions.

The Germans have now suspended the Iranian-born soccer player who refused to play a game in Israel. Let's see how long that lasts.

Google has now banned any ads that are critical of MoveOn.org ... meanwhile they seem perfectly comfortable running anti-war ads. Hmmm. Google, as good as they are at what they do, is a simmering cauldron of moonbat leftism.

The Swiss are afraid that their country is becoming too intolerant of Muslims. So what do they do?? Have a conference about it! Excuse me, but is it really possible to be too intolerant of Muslims? Just asking.

The state of New Jersey is afraid that terrorists might poison gumball machines. Right now they are in the process of surveying the machines. No ... we're not kidding.

Here's more of the fallout from the GWU fake Islamaphobia posters. The Young American's Foundation is asking that the students responsible (including an officer of the Progressive Student Union) be expelled. A leftist student expelled? Not in this galaxy.

Not that our government is much better, but how much is it going to take to clean up all of the corruption within the United Nations?

Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the first attack on the World Trade Center has now converted from Islam to Christianity. Let's see how quick some weird-beard issues a fatwa.

New York City has a "creative" new slogan: "This is New York."

Remember the classic Chevy that Neal donated to Care-A-Thon last year? It has been donated again and is up for raffle. Find out more here.

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