LET'S TAX THOSE OIL COMPANIES

Nancy Pelosi is pushing a proposal through the congress to seize an additional $18 billion dollars in oil company revenues for the government. One of the things this sickening leftist wants to spend that money on is "alternative energy sources."

Let me just take a moment out of your busy day here to tell you how this "government spending oil company money on alternative energy sources" thing works.

Instead of the oil companies – who actually have some expertise in these matters – spending their profits on research and development of alternative energy, the money will be placed into the hands of politicians. This money will then be handed out on the basis of political considerations. Congressman X is in trouble next year, so let's spend some money in his district on some alternative energy plan. Congressman Y cooperated with Congressman Z on some legislation last year, so let's reward Congressman Y with a nice little earmark for some energy company in his district.

In short .. the money will be passed out based on political considerations rather than being spent by those businesses most able to accomplish the desired goals.

MCCAIN AND OBAMA ON IRAQ

Ok so let's set the stage. Barack Obama and John McCain had a little back and forth yesterday over al Qaeda's presence in Iraq. Here's how it went:

Obama made this statement during the debate two nights ago: "Now, I always reserve the right for the president -- as commander in chief, I will always reserve the right to make sure that we are looking out for American interests. And if al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a way that secures the American homeland and our interests abroad."

John McCain fired back with this comment: "I have some news. Al Qaeda is in Iraq. It's called Al Qaeda in Iraq. My friends, if we left, they wouldn't be establishing a base. They'd be taking a country, and I'm not going to allow that to happen, my friends."

Then Obama decided to respond to McCain's comments: "I have some news for John McCain ... There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq."

Say what you will about your beliefs of al Qaeda in Iraq before the war. Dick Cheney asserts that al Qaeda was operating in Iraq before March 2003 and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was leading the branch. But the fact of the matter is ... in Obama's statement during the debate, he seemed completely unaware that not only has al Qaeda "formed a base" in Iraq, but it is responsible for much of the unfortunate bloodshed in Iraq and in many other countries. That will make for a great commander and chief.

One of the more ridiculous rhetorical gimmicks the left likes to use to slam Bush's attempts to protect our country from Islamic terrorism is this "The war in Afghanistan was OK, but not in Iraq." The premise there is that we're fighting countries. We're not. We're fighting Islamists. In this war against Islamic fanaticism you fight where you find the fanatics. Clearly they were in Afghanistan. Just as clearly they were in Iraq. Somehow the MoveOn Democrats want us to believe that fighting Islamic terrorists is only OK if they're in Afghanistan. If they're found somewhere else ... you have to leave them alone.

CLIMATE CHANGE VS. GLOBAL WARMING

Apparently I am not hip to the lingo that the moonbats are using these days. The words "global warming" have become too politically incorrect ... at least according to Al. Here's his email:

Subject: Climate Change
Name: Al Russ

Message:
Neal,

You ignorant prick. Listen to the studies and news media talking about what Man is doing to the envirenment. You keep complaining about people talking about global warming. Well, no one is talking about global warming anymore. The correct termonology is "climate change". Climate change covers everything. Whether the earth warms or cools, its is all covered by "climate change". Also, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, droughts; all caused by climate change. Get with the times Neal, no one is talking about global warming anymore. The left has found other termonologhy that covers more of the bases.

Al, folks, is government educated. That's why we didn't correct his spelling errors. I'm trying to figure out which side he's on here. He's not all that good at communicating, so I don't know if he recognizes global warming to be the complete scam that it is, or if he's fully bought into this nonsense. At any rate, Al wants to use the term "climate change" because it is a cover-all-basis term that he can use with which he can blame all of the world's problems. The fact is that Al can't believe in global warming anymore because he has been proven wrong. But rather than admitting he was wrong, he would rather call it "climate change" and go right back to his whining and complaining.

Now I rarely do this, but I am actually going to respond to Al's ill-educated remarks. Al says "tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, droughts" are all caused by climate change. That is simply incorrect. Let's stick with hurricanes. The NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami says, "There is nothing in the U.S. hurricane damage record that indicates global warming has caused a significant increase in destruction along our coasts." Now I'm sure that they meant "climate change" ... but you get the point. Global warming has not caused more intense hurricanes. In fact, a team of scientists have found that economic damages caused by hurricanes have increased in the United States NOT because of global warming but because of greater population, infrastructure and wealth that has piled up along U.S. coastlines. There has been no increase in hurricane intensity, only the number of people that could be affected by them.

Here's a way to look at it. If the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane hit during this upcoming hurricane season ... it would cause $140 billion to $157 billion worth of damage. To put that into perspective, Hurricane Katrina caused $81 billion worth of damage. It would be so "devastating" because rich people have decided to come to these vulnerable coastal towns and build mansions and tennis courts, keep yachts and private jets. Now I know that Al wouldn't be too upset about that ... after all, those evil rich people didn't deserve to have all of those goodies to begin with.

So Al, you and your liberal buddies can go and call it whatever you like ... use "climate change" to justify the weakening of our economy with policies to redistribute the wealth to "less fortunate" nations. But hey, I'm the ignorant one ... right?!

BANNING GUNS

Yesterday on the program I got to talking about a John Stossel column about gun laws ... and how they don't work. Then I get the emails, "Boortz – you're wrong! How can you believe that more guns equals more protection ...". In fact, researchers can find no instance in history where banning handguns has led to less violence involving handguns. It just isn't the case.

Now some of you may not have seen this information in a while, if not at all. But here's what happened in Australia just one year after gun owners were forced to surrender their means of protection. By the way, "disarming" Australia cost the taxpayers $500 million.

A dramatic increase in criminal activity has been experienced.

OBSERVABLE FACTS, AFTER 12 MONTHS OF DATA:

• Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2%
• Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6%
• Australia-wide, armed-robberies are up 44% (yes, FORTY-FOUR PERCENT)
• In the state of Victoria, homicides-with-firearms are up 300%
• Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in homicides-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months)
• Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in armed-robbery-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months)
• There has been a dramatic increase in breakins-and-assaults-of- the-elderly
• At the time of the ban, the Prime Minister said "self-defense is not a reason for owning a firearm"

Are you starting to get the picture, folks? Now here is some good news you don't see every day. A bill is being proposed in Oklahoma that would allow college students to carry concealed weapons on campus. It's headed to the House floor as we speak. It would allow students to carry firearms if they are at least 21-years-old and are licensed to carry a concealed weapon. The bill would only apply to government colleges and universities. Rep. Jason Murphey, who proposed the bill, says that the greater value of this law would be that potential shooters would be hesitant to come onto college campuses.

WHEW ... AFTER ALL OF THAT, I NEED AN EGO BOOSTER

Subject: Thanks, I needed that.
Name: Jason

Message:
Neal,

Thanks for working so hard to do such a great job on your show and on Nealz News. I just spent too much time this morning arguing with some friends I have in California about their liberal "problems" with our nation. I was exhausted and upset at their ignorance, stupidity, laziness, etc. I felt drained and saddened by this and by the fact that their isn't one good candidate to vote for in this Presidential race coming up. I went to Nealz Nuze and BOOM... there was more ammunition, and hope. Your work is truly noble and I just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work you put into telling us the truth and making us mad.

Jason "Mad Boy" Parrish

Jacksonville, FL

PS - The Fair Tax book is awesome... great job!

Thanks, I needed that.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Now that's one fancy house! More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

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As I reported yesterday on the program, Bill Buckley has gone Tango Uniform.

Apparently if you are a Democrat, you are required to have a plan for universal healthcare. At least according to Hillary Clinton. By the way .. ."universal health care" is just another way for Democrats to say "nationalized health care."

House Minority Leader John Boehner has given the Republicans the proverbial kick in the butt and told them to start raising money for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

The President of Sudan has decided that the Danes are no longer welcome in his country after publishing the "blasphemous" cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Here's an example of the United Nations and its handling of business deals. The UN seems to think that this business man had $50 million to spare for a project in Iraq.

I've received many emails asking me to post this video from a man in Great Britain talking about Muslim accommodations in his country.

Fark had a great line for this story: If your lawyer opens your defense by claiming that 9/11 was an inside job, you might want to re-think your choice of counsel.

A wheelchair ramp in San Francisco City Hall is going to cost $100,000 per foot ... the ramp in 10 feet long. Can you do the math? That's $1 million for a wheelchair ramp. Thanks to a listener for bringing this to our attention.

For your daily Muslim outrage ... a university professor in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 180 lashes and eight months in prison for having coffee with a female student.

You'll be delighted to know that al Qaeda has issued a death sentence against the Dutch politician Geert Wilders ... whose film about the Koran has yet to be released. But they have already determined that it is bad enough for him to be killed.

How much taxpayer money are we going to spend to replace 84,000 brand new bulletproof vests that the Marines say are too heavy and impractical?

If you are the mayor of an American town (or any town for that matter) it is probably not a good idea to be found by the police in a public place, passed out in a puddle of what was your dinner.

Massachusetts refused to pay $20,000 for an inmate to have a sex change operation to change him back into a man ... instead it would rather pay $52,000 to fight his lawsuit.

I can't decide which part of this story is worse ... the fact that this mother gave her child a Mohawk or the fact that she is sending him to government school. I think I'm going to go with the government school.

A ninth grader in Tennessee has been charged with theft and sent before a judge for taking a 40-cent lunch at his government school. The school has a no tolerance policy against theft.

Apparently the British can't get enough of American pick-up trucks. One of their main appeals has to do with taxes.

Yesterday on the program we were talking about that FOX show "The Moment of Truth." Well the woman who ruined her marriage says that she did it for fame and fortune.

Here's the story about the father that shot a motorcyclist that followed his teenage daughters home.

Here's a pretty cool short (3 min) video of British people aged 1 to 100 presented in order of age. Is it just me or do the Brits from their 20s to 40s look a little rough?

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