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Climate Change Data Was Destroyed

The global warming advocates lost their homework. Ooops. No raw data exists anymore. YOU JUST GOTTA BELIEEEEEEVE! Er. Ya. Um, no. This lib lady trots out her best ad hominem attacks. Barely amusing, and not at all convincing. Hat Tip NNN .

Obama Orders 1 mill U.S. Troops to Prepare For Civil War - E.U. Times

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Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued orders to his Northern Command’s (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to “begin immediately” increasing his military forces to 1 million troops by January 30, 2010, in what these reports warn is an expected outbreak of civil war within the United States before the end of winter. According to these reports, Obama has had over these past weeks “numerous” meetings with his war council about how best to manage the expected implosion of his Nations banking system while at the same time attempting to keep the United States military hegemony over the World in what Russian Military Analysts state is a “last ditch gambit” whose success is “far from certain”. And to Obama’s “last ditch gambit”, these reports continue, he is to announce in a nationwide address to his people this coming week that he is going to expand the level of US Military Forces in Afghanistan by ten...

She Regrets Voting for Obama

Simone talks about why she regrets drinking the Obama Kool Aid and has created a public confession. She is sorry she voted for Barack Obama. I especially like the part around 8:20 where she explains how she, as a black woman, felt to see a successful black family portrayed in the media. She wanted that to be true so badly that she ignored the warning signs about Obama.

Ho Hum. It's Only the New World Order (Yawn)

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Damon Vickers says: Wage disparities may lead to a global currency crisis, then you get an alignment under a global world government, a new global currency and a new world order . It assumes that the dollar will get utterly destroyed and be virtually worthless. We have a 65 trillion dollar negative net worth. Is it me or is it odd to hear the collapse of the dollar and a New World Order talked about so calmly on CNBC.

Britney Spears and Jason Trawick walking through the Botanical Gardens

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Britney Spears and Jason Trawick walking through the Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia Despite OK! magazine claiming the exact opposite, Britney Spears supposedly proposed to her boyfriend Jason Trawick, and was rejected. Cue meltdown number two in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . From Sydney's Daily Telegraph:\ The boyfriend of pop princess Britney Spears has knocked back a marriage proposal from the world-famous singer she made on her tour here. Just as it worked its magic on megastars Elton John and Michael Jackson, Sydney apparently brought Spears to her knees on Friday when she is said to have proposed marriage to her manager-boyfriend of some three years, Jason Trawick. Perhaps feeling emotionally open after a difficult Australian tour, the serial bride with two failed marriages at age 27 is said to have been devastated by the rejection. The knockback may have caused ripples - on Friday night, for what is said to be the first time in the month-long tour, she gave an impromptu add...

What's Wrong With CA, and What's Right With Texas?

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Why are the top 5 job-creating cities all in Texas? Will CA continue to lose jobs to Nevada? Will Texas continue to be a magnet for new business? Will other states adopt tort reform measures pioneered in Texas? What can the country learn from this dichotomy? First, Texans on average believe in laissez-faire markets with an emphasis on individual responsibility. Since the ’80s, California’s policy-makers have favored central planning solutions and a reliance on a government social safety net. This unrelenting commitment to big government has led to a huge tax burden and triggered a mass exodus of jobs. The Trends Editors examined the resulting migration in “Voting with Our Feet,” in the April 2008 issue of Trends. Second, Californians have largely treated environmentalism as a “religious sacrament” rather than as one component among many in maximizing people’s quality of life. As we explained in “The Road Ahead for Housing,” in the June 2009 issue of Trends, environmentally-based la...

For Those Who Can't Be Thankful

This vid made me cry. My mind turns to the people who can't be thankful this year. Lives lost in the womb. Babies so young that nobody can hear them scream. This lady quit as a director of Planned Parenthood after assisting an abortion via ultrasound on a 13-week-old fetus. Hat Tip NiceDeb .

Sexy Smile From Halle Berry

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Halle Berry hosts “An Evening of Awareness” in New York City

You Have Been PWNED!

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Thanksgiving is upon us. You may find yourselves among family this weekend, and I want you to be up on the newest lingo of the younger generation. My 10-y-o boy and I were playing a rather competitive game of catch the other day and he told me that I'd been "powned". I sort of remembered hearing that word before and asked him what it meant. He wasn't sure, so I googled it and found this on Urban Dictionary : A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned." Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned." It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force. So there it is. I don't recommend that you use the word yourself. Sometimes it is best to let the young ones have their langu...

Citizen Questions Jim Himes About Pelosicare Vote

This lady asks good questions about the constitutionality of requiring folks to buy insurance and punishing them with $25K fines or 5 years imprisonment. Congressman Himes (D-CT) repeats Democrat talking points. He claims to have read the 2000-page bill line by line.

Obama's Fundamental Transformation of America

When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter. When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists, sent Obama's mother to a socialist school, introduced Frank Marshall Davis to young Obama, people said it didn't matter. When people found out that he was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and step father were both Muslims, people said it didn't matter. When he wrote in another book he authored "I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." people said it didn't matter. When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college, people said it didn't matter. When he traveled to Pakistan, after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn't matter. When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois ...

I have always loved Linus

And this is another reason. He says the most profound things.I was going to find a vid with the Charlie Brown theme music, which I love.But listening to Linus's Thanksgiving prayer makes me feel more holiday-ish.Enjoy :-)

Mammograms: American Cancer Society Guidelines

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The review of the various clinical trials as reported by OHSU showed that mammography reduced deaths from breast cancer by about 15% in women ages 40-49. They also found that 1904 (range 929-6378) women had to be screened over 10 years to save one life. For women ages 50-59 years, the reduction in deaths was about the same (14%). The number that needed to be screened was 1339 (range 322-7455). In women ages 60-69, the reduction in deaths was 32%, and the number who needed to be screened over 10 years was 377. What this means is that mammograms are indeed successful in reducing deaths from breast cancer in all age groups, especially women between 60 and 69 years old. But since the actual incidence of breast cancer is less in women ages 40-49, the absolute/actual numbers of lives saved is also less. So you have to screen more women to get the same benefit. Stated another way, the Task Force agrees that mammography reduces deaths in women ages 40-49. It just doesn’t save enough ...

Several Hurdles Remain to Health Care Legislation

I have to tell you, the wind really came out of my sails yesterday. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. I saw on Twitter someone said that of the bills opened up for debate in the senate such as the Reidcare bill, over 97% end up being approved by the Senate. Can that be TRUE? Oh no. And this is such a DOG of a bill. So much intrusion into our personal lives. I am hoping that this bill is different, because it is such a high profile case. Here are the final hurdles it must pass before going into law. Eventually, Harry Reid will bring the Bill to “cloture” — the critical step where the Senate will vote to end the debate. Mr Obama needs 60 votes here to defeat a Republican filibuster. This will be the most important vote of the entire process. If he manages to defeat a Republican filibuster with 60 votes, the Senate votes on final passage of the Bill. Only a simple majority — 51 votes — is needed. The House and Senate must then appoint members to a “conference committee” from each chambe...

SNL Rips Obama Re: Overspending

Edited to add: NBC has deleted the video. :-( "I'm curious. How many jobs has it created. I see... How exactly is extending health care coverage to 30 million people going to save you money." "I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involve spending more money..." I found another vid. See if this one works.

Warm Welcome for Britney in Brisbane

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Anna Caldwell November 22, 2009 09:30pm THEY all knew the miming would be shameless. But with a hefty roar of welcome from Brisbane fans tonight, the message from almost 10,000 fans to starlet Britney Spears was clear - they didn't mind. If the "leave Britney alone'' and "save Britney" T-shirts were any indication, the Spears army was poised to defend their lip-synching heroine on the back of successive bad reviews. Lip-synching aside (which was never a surprise), Spears doesn't move as well as she used to. If you remember the blonde teen who busted moves in Hit Me Baby One More Time, you would have been sorely disappointed by the woman who strutted more than anything else and was carried (literally, at times) by her breath-taking back up cast. But the fact is this - as far as comebacks go, the Spears Circus is spectacular. Far from the images of the popstar-turned-trainwreck that have been beamed around the world in recent years, tonight Spears appeared ...

Dear Employees, Tax Increases Are Coming to YOU.

Subject: The Employee Meeting THIS IS WELL WORTH READING The Employee Meeting: I would like to start by thanking you for attending this meeting, though it's not like you had much of a choice. After all, attendance was mandatory. I'm also glad many of you accepted my invitation to your family members to be here as well. I have a few remarks to make to all of you, and then we'll retire to the ballroom for a great lunch and some employee awards. I felt that this meeting was important enough to close all 12 of our tire and automotive shops today so that you could be here. To reassure you, everybody is being paid for the day --- except me. Since our stores are closed we're making no money. That economic loss is mine to sustain. Carrington Automotive has 157 full time employees and around 30 additional part-timers. All of you are here. I thank you for that. When you walked into this auditorium you were handed a rather thick 78-page document. Many of you have a...

SIEU Voter Fraud. Where is the Investigation?

Here are some whistleblowers complaining that SEIU members came to their house, marked their ballots FOR them, and took the ballots away. This MUST be investigated. Of course, ACORN is not under Federal investigation yet, either. I really don't know what an organization has to DO to get investigated nowadays. Any ideas? Hat Tip Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom .

Free Fax Service to Contact Senators Re Healthcare

I saw this link on twitter just now. Great time to discover it, really. I hear the phones are jammed into Washington, so faxes are a good idea, as they can be sent in the middle of the night. The other fax service I know of has a fee, and this does not. Please. Today of all days. Click this link, type in your zip code and send those faxes! We must remind our Senators that we are WATCHING! http://ciafax.ning.com/

Politically Correct Prosecution Puts U S in Danger

Senator Kit Bond (R) Missouri details how prior criminal trials of terrorists have compromised our national security. Osama Bin Laden changed the way Al Quaeda communicates due to cell phone disclosures in a prior trial, for example. Hat Tip NNN .

Obama Tells Truth to Troops in South Korea

Obama spoke from the heart to our men in uniform: " You guys make a pretty good photo op ," the president said. Standing on a riser wearing a blue suit and red tie, with a cluster of troops and a large American flag behind him, Obama expressed "the gratitude of the American public" and said his meetings in four countries over eight days in Asia will help deliver a "safer, more prosperous world for all of us." He got a huge cheer when he told them he was increasing military pay. " That's what you call an applause line ," he said, before boarding his jet and taking off at 4:11 p.m. He said these things to troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea before boarding Air Force One after his trip to Asia this past week. This, after aides explained that any decision on troop levels in Afghanistan would not be coming before Thanksgiving.

32% Tuition Hike Causes Near-Riot at UCLA

It gives me a bad feeling to see pseudo-rioting at my Alma Mater. My daughter still attends there, though this is her last year. I am saddened by this story. :-( According to the Daily Bruin: A crowd of more than 500 demonstrators rushed Covel Commons on Wednesday to protest a proposed 32 percent student fee increase. They were met by dozens of university police, some of whom were outfitted in riot gear. At one point, protesters broke through police barricades that surrounded the main entrance to Covel. Officers responded to the stampede of students and union workers by extending the metal barricades around the entrance and using nightsticks and Taser guns to force the crowd back. There were some excellent comments at BreitbartTV. RW said: The contradictions of California are ‘coming home to roost’ in the immortal words of Obama’s spiritual mentor. California has taxed and spent and taxed and spent and regulated the state to fiscal death. Now the rich have fled, manufacturing has fled...

Sen Lieberman's Home is Under Siege by the Left

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In an event held by the "Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care" a "prayer vigil" was held outside of Joe Lieberman's Strawberry Hill Ave. apartment building in Stamford, Connecticut on November 15, 2009. Their people estimate about 475 in attendance. They marched from the Stamford High School to pray and chant outside of Joe Lieberman's home. The protestors are angry because Sen. Lieberman has stated that he plans to join Republicans in a filibuster of the Obamacare bill. Lieberman does not want to put the debt this bill would cause onto his children and grandchildren. Lieberman said he won’t block efforts to begin the debate, but he will filibuster a public option to end the debate. Please click this link and send letters/faxes/emails of support to Sen. Lieberman. We can't allow intimidation tactics by the left to be the only voice he hears. More here .

Reid Lobbying Senators For H C Vote This Weekend--Politico

With an assist from Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scrambled Wednesday to pull together 60 votes for his health reform bill, awaiting all-important cost estimates in hopes of getting the bill to the floor by the weekend. At around 2:15 p.m., the three moderate Democratic holdouts - Blanche Lincoln, Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson - entered Reid's office for a briefing.... As expected, moderates were the focal point. Salazar ate lunch with Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) in the Senate dining room. Lincoln (D-Ark.) hustled into the Senate reception room for a sitdown with Biden, but she emerged without making any public commitments.... Reid said Tuesday that he is "cautiously optimistic" he can secure the 60 votes he needs to move forward on the bill by this weekend. Reid's bill is expected to include a national government insurance plan with a provision for states to opt out. Reid is also expected to adjust a 40 percent excise tax on high-value insurance plans by r...

Even Socialists are Against Obamacare

Politics are odd. Here are legions of conservatives, fighting daily proposals for more government intrusion in our lives. And you would think at least somebody would be happy about these developments. Like maybe avowed Socialists or Communists. But no. The Socialists at Socialist Web Zine are urging their members to protests Obamacare as it stands. Still not Socialist enough, in their minds. And it is instructive to see their reasoning. There is education to be had for us "mom and pop" type Americans who are not exposed to pure Socialist thought in our daily lives. This is what the Socialists are decrying about the Pelosicare bill: The primary problem with HR 3962 and the Senate proposals is that all of the changes they propose are made within a for-profit system. The House Bill strips the insurance companies of the right to deny coverage based on a pre-existing condition. Yet, it de-links the public option from Medicare reimbursement rates, thereby surrendering pr...

Hotel Offers Guests Night as Hamster

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Posted Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:00pm AEDT For 99 euros ($158) a night, you can eat hamster grain, run in a giant wheel and sleep in hay stacks. (Reuters: Stephane Mahe ) A hotel in the French town of Nantes is offering the chance for people to become a hamster. For 99 euros ($158) a night, you can eat hamster grain, run in a giant wheel, sleep in hay stacks in what is called the Hamster Villa. Maud and Sebastien are the first ones to experience how hamsters live, not afraid at the thought of sleeping in hay or feeding on a hamster fountain and special grain. It is a unique experience and, the guests say, just something different. "To become a hamster, eat seeds, change our way of life... come out of our daily routine," Maud and Sebastien said. More here . I have to say, this got my attention. A night as a hamster. Are there accommodations for couples? Families? Should there be wood shavings on the floor?

The Silver Lining of the Left in Power

Dennis Prager wrote an interesting article for Front Page Magazine this morning. Now Americans see the left’s policies for what they are: 1. The left wants America to abandon its defining commitment to individualism and replace it with a European-style nanny, or welfare, state. At most Americans’ core is an abiding belief that we are supposed to take care of ourselves, our families and our neighbors, and not rely on the state to do so. 2. The left is naive about evil. Most Americans deemed Communism evil; the left ridiculed President Ronald Reagan for calling the Soviet Union an “evil empire” and often undermined the fight against the Communist world. So, too, the left is naive about Islamic terror and undermines the fight against it. The smoking gun was the nearly universal denial by the left that his Islamic beliefs had anything to do with Maj. Nidal Hasan’s mass murder of fellow servicemen at Fort Hood. One of many examples was this reaction to the shootings by Evan Thomas, Editor ...

A Little Help Here

There is a new topic on Twitter that I'm having fun with. Please finish this sentence: If Obama had bowed any lower... I have already come up with a few: IfObamaHadBowedAnyLower he would have pulled a hamstring. IfObamaHadBowedAnyLower he could have curled up on a doggie bed. IfObamaHadBowedAnyLower he could have painted his toenails. Any others?

Could Health Care Get Bogged Down in the Senate?

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Consider this. The Senate and the House have been devising entirely separate bills on healthcare reform. Although the House has approved a bill, the Senate has not. With sharp differences of opinion among top Democrats in the Senate hampering the approval of a specific bill, the Senate has been tied up in committee sessions, closed-door meetings, and endless consultations with special interests, in order to somehow come up with a bill that will at least partially satisfy everyone involved. Reid believes that he finally has a bill that will satisfy most Democratic Senators, but no one has seen it, and top Republicans are complaining that they have been totally shut out of the process. It is this mysterious bill that will be placed on the Senate floor for debate this week. But remember, even if such a bill passes, which is highly doubtful, healthcare reform will still not yet become law. More here from Anthony G. Martin at the Columbia Conservative Examiner.

Conservatives Vastly Out-Pacing Liberals on Twitter

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Overall, Conservatives out-tweet Democrats, progressives and liberals more than 3.5 to 1! That is an astounding difference, and if I were a Democratic leader, I would be worried. The GOP establishment may not be winning the social media war, but the Conservatives certainly are. Research data available at Drunk On Politics .

Independents More Unhappy With Congress Than Republicans

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Far too soon for DOOMWATCH , but one year in you don’t want to see this kind of reaction if you’re a Democrat: Short version: both Democratic and Republican voters are happier with Congress these days, and Independents are not . The uptick for the first two is easy enough to explain: both side’s partisans are happy that their respective sides are slugging it out. The question is, which side are the folks in the middle supporting? Well… The new 2009 low in approval from independents comes at a time when a majority of registered independents say they would likely vote Republican rather than Democratic, 52% to 30%, if elections for Congress were held today . With Republicans and Democrats exhibiting the same degree of loyalty to their parties’ candidates, independents’ preference for Republicans gives that party a 48% to 44% edge over Democrats among registered voters overall. More here from Moe Lane at Red State.

Hannah Giles Speaks at Reagan Ranch

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Hey, I like her, too. I'll admit it. Not just because of her beauty. In fact, there are a lot of physically beautiful people in the world who don't capture my attention. I am enthralled by her bravery and patriotism. For a girl at such a young age to do what she did. Breathtaking. She stepped, virtually unprotected, onto the front lines of our "cold civil war". And came out with a bold victory. Amazing. She points out that there are more corrupt organizations to look at as well, like the Apollo Alliance and SEIU. You GO, girl! Hopefully there are plenty of people willing to help you in your work. i suspect that there are. Reporting from Santa Barbara - Hannah Giles was in the middle of her guerrilla warfare lecture this weekend at the young conservatives leadership conference when a man in the audience interrupted her. "We love you!" he cried out. The crowd erupted in applause and whistles. "Aw," Giles said into the microphone. "I...

Lip syncing Spears' tour tickets on sale for 55 pence

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The lip-syncing backlash against pop princess Britney Spears has caused the prices of her Australian tour tickets to plummet from a whopping 800 pounds to as little as 55 pence. Hundreds of tickets for the 'Womanizer' hitmaker's Australian tour have gone up for sale on eBay following complaints about her miming, reported Daily Mail online. The American pop star has faced a backlash from Australian fans who had walked out of her two-hour 'Circus' shows and demanded their money back after discovering that she was miming the songs. Dozens more tickets went on sale on Thursday after the pop princess failed to wow fans with her first Melbourne show on Wednesday evening. The starting price for some tickets has been as low as 55p. Most fans are offering tickets in pairs or multiples, creating a buyers' market with tickets being sold well under their face value of 90 pounds. The 27-year-old performer is reportedly hurt by the "cruel" critical reviews of her op...

Saturday Night Meet-Up With The Gonzo Mama

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Gonzo is as fun in person as she is on her blog, for those familiar with her writing. She happened to be in San Diego on business, and it was the perfect opportunity to meet in person. She has a lovely family and well-behaved kids. My boys were a little wound up, and barely stood still for this picture. ###

Weekend Surprises

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This is getting old fast. Pelosi pushes her government healthcare takeover through the house in the dead of the night on a Saturday night. The Obama Administration announces the Worms are Headed to the Big Apple (see PJTV vid) on a Friday. Communist Czar Van Jones resigns in the dead of night on the weekend. I suspect the Senate will address Health Care in the dead of night on a weekend. Probably the night before Christmas. Nothing is sacred to them except promoting their radical agenda. Edited to add This Weekend's Surprise. Obama BOWS again. This time to Emperor of Japan. A gal on Twitter suspects that Obama is trying to desensitize us to servitude with all this bowing.

Aberration? Or Same Old, Same Old.

There have been "lone wolf" mass murderers in which angry radical Muslims sought to channel their frustrations and failures into violence against their perceived enemies of Islam [in addition to the larger terror plots]. Since Sept. 11, several Muslim men have run over innocent bystanders or shot random people at or near military bases, synagogues and shopping malls. After the initial hysteria died down, we were usually told that such acts were isolated incidents, involving personal "issues" rather than radical Islamic hatred of the U.S. Yet a few examples show that was not quite the case. The just-executed sniper John Allan Muhammad, who, along with an accomplice, killed 10, voiced approval of Osama bin Laden and radical Islamic violence. Naveed Afzal Haq is currently on trial for going on a murderous rampage at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building. A survivor said Haq stated his attack was a "personal statement against Jews." Mohammed Reza T...

9/11 Terrorists to Have Constitutional Rights in NYC

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Hat Tip NNN . "This is an asinine decision, a political decision, in my view."

Obama Will Bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed to NYC For Trial

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It’s Friday. The president is flying off to Asia. Congress is not in session. Perfect time to drop a bombshell on the American people: The Obama administration is bringing 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed to New York City for a civilian trial. No, it’s not a joke. Via Michelle Malkin . Sgt. Tim Sumner, brother-in-law of FDNY Joseph G. Leavey, 45, Ladder 15, WTC received a letter from Obama advising him of this plan. Here is Mr. Sumner's response to Obama: We have an announcement as well: we will fight with every remaining breath in our bodies both their bringing KSM and the rest of the 9/11 conspirators to federal courtrooms within walking distance of where they slaughtered our loved ones. And whomever finds Manhattan’s federal courthouse near Ground Zero a “sentimental favorite” for the 9/11 trials is a damn fool and they ALL ought to be fired. Pass that message on, far, wide, and up and down the chain-of-command.

Poll Numbers, Radical Agenda, Drive War Decisions

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Yesterday Chris Bowers made the interesting point that Obama’s decision on Afghanistan is likely to most heavily impact his standing among Democrats — and that if he damages his standing among the base it risks imperiling the rest of his agenda. Comes now some new Gallup polling that seems to confirm this: It finds that Obama’s decision is likely to have its greatest impact among fellow Dems, and may not change his standing much with Republicans and independents. Though nothing has been decided, Obama’s advisers are said to be leaning towards sending around 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, and most of the various scenarios Obama is considering entail a troop increase. The rub, from Gallup, is that a huge percentage of Dems don’t want any increase: If Obama decides to increase U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, he will be going against the wishes of the vast majority of rank-and-file Democrats. In fact, 60% of Democrats would like the president to begin to reduce troop levels in Afg...