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george galloway is a loon…and other obvious truths

fun fun fun. lefty loon and brit MP george galloway defends his radical foreign policy prescriptions and general lunacy against christopher hitchens. there is no question whose side i’m on. not only is galloway a radical nut-case, he’s also a hypocrite on the oil-for-food situation.

the complete transcript is linked below. i’ll just post a few comments here from each combatant and add my own view of them.

galloway:

“You may very well ask, why so many people wanted to come in here and watch and listen to two British guys debating in the United States of America about a war far away. I think the reason is this: our two countries are the biggest rogue states in the world today. And it is therefore vitally important that those who oppose the crimes of our governments, on both sides of the Atlantic, link hands, link arms, stand shoulder to shoulder, until we’ve rid the world of George W. Bush and Anthony Blair, once and for all…”

i think that both sides of the iraq debate want reassurance that they are in fact correct. that’s part of the reason for the curiosity in this debate. he says that the US and the UK are the biggest rogue states in the world today. i guess if you don’t count north korea, syria, or iran, we are in the team picture. there’s a long list of oppressive governments and countries before you get to the US and the UK. he doesn’t take it upon himself to criticize any of these countries.

he considers the war in iraq a crime. if you consider removing saddam from power, freeing iraqis from oppressive baathist rule, moving them toward a stable pro-democracy government, and helping them write a new future in their constitution to be a crime….slap the cuffs on. i don’t feel guilty about this. neither should bush and blair. just to be clear on mr. galloway’s statement…would he be ok with assassinating either of these gentlemen? it sounds suspiciously like that.

more galloway:

“Unless we stop invading and occupying Arab and Muslim countries, then we will be forced to endure the atrocities that took place in New York on 9-11 and in London on 7-7, over and over again. So if I can’t reach your hearts, let me at least reach your heads in your own interests..”

“…in America’s own interests. Revert your policy towards Israel and Palestine, reverse your policy towards dictators in the Muslim world. Reverse your policy towards war and occupation and we can all be safer! ”

it’s all our fault. we did this to ourselves. 9/11 and 7/7 were the result of american imperialism and occupation. what country were we occupying before september 11th? didn’t the US save kuwait from saddam??? i see no evidence of occupation here, yet the terrorists still struck new york.

so the answer, as galloway sees it, is for us to allow rogue governments to remain unchecked? right. that will work. thank God HE’s not PM. but this isn’t about iraq. this is about israel and palestine. the US is a friend of israel…the UK is to a lesser degree. (although it must be noted that the roadmap is blair’s pet project)

more comments will be analyzed in future posts.

read the complete galloway vs. hitchens transcript, courtesy of seixon.

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porkbusters!

this is such a great idea. get rid of all the wasteful government spending projects now. instapundit has further details on how we can help.

check out the appalling waste at the truth laid bear blog.

citizens against government waste has a database where you can search by state for these pork projects. they suggest $232 billion worth of spending cuts (sorry, tom delay) that can be made to help offset the katrina recovery costs.

let’s hold some feet to the fire here. we should not allow our money to be wasted any longer. it’s time to speak up.

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my take on the emmys last night

while i was waiting for my official copy of the snoop dogg translation guide, i got distracted by several things on tv…

the producers of the emmys should be given a ton of credit for not politicizing the event, for keeping the speeches short, and for putting a lid on jon stewart. oh wait…nevermind. ellen’s usually funny…but tonight her writers were out to lunch. they totally fell down on the job. i wanted to laugh at her, but i couldn’t. she must have stolen john kerry’s writers. they weren’t funny either. is it too much to ask that these people slam bush and iraq on their own time?

“emmy idol” was an interesting concept. there is never a bad time to break out old tv theme songs and sing them. i have to say that i enjoyed the “green acres” theme by donald trump and megan mullally. donald trump in overalls is must-see tv. i would have to agree with the style guru who opined that overalls are never a good look for anybody. in all seriousness, i would like to thank the academy for not allowing william shatner to sing. he was much more interesting before he got fat and started doing priceline commercials.

speaking of commercials, that burger king “king” really creeps me out.

conan still has the same bad haircut after all these years. he must have the same stylist as the situation’s willie geist. horrifying. conan got some deserved laughs for his comedy bit during the show. if he was this funny on his own show, perhaps more people would watch. even so, he probably destroys craig ferguson’s show in the ratings.

i hate j.j. abrams, who happens to be the creator of lost and my personal favorite drama alias. the reasons will be explained later. he’s a talented guy, but he has obviously made some bad casting moves with alias. i will have much more on this as the alias season unfolds. jeers to abc for moving it to thursdays.

switching to pro football —

raiders fans are quite scary looking. if you want a society that encourages excessive drinking, possible drug use, and really strange attire choices as a result — these people would be examples of what that society would look like.

in theory, i agree with the idea that the NFL should do something to support the victims of hurricane katrina, but haven’t they suffered enough already? why must we punish them with a bad football game between the saints and the underwhelming new york giants captained by peyton’s brother? just wondering. i also think i would rather give money to the red cross or habitat than to funnel it through former heads of state. but that’s just me.

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Posted on Democrats, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans

the president’s speech and the needed revolution

there are those who saw the president’s speech as an air-kiss to the liberal solution of throwing money at problems to cure them. i don’t think this is entirely incorrect. i think that the president will be better off when he realizes that some groups of people are never going to like him. trying to appease the kanye wests, the al sharptons, and the farrikans of the world is misguided and a waste of time. african-americans died in new orleans not because of racism, but because of mismanagement on all levels of government. we saw a lot of video with african-americans as victims of katrina. why was that? it was because there were a disproportionate number of them in that area. racism in this case was a myth and the president should have called out the race-baiters last night. he missed that opportunity.

one opportunity the president and our elected leaders should not miss is the opportunity to explode the concept of the welfare state. its flaws are obvious and glaring in new orleans. we need to encourage people to take personal responsibility for their own future by allowing them to be part of creating something they can take pride in. just re-creating new orleans the way it was before doesn’t fix the problem. we don’t want to keep people struggling and on welfare. if my tax money is going toward this reconstruction, then i want some accountability on where it’s going. we should all demand this.

also, repealing the pork projects in existing bills should be done immediately. we should bring the pressure to bear on our elected officials to do this. this country belongs to us, and it’s about time washington acknowledged this and listened to us for once.

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Posted on George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina

president bush was wrong!

george w. bush was wrong. he was completely and totally wrong. he didn’t fully understand the implications of not implementing needed change in the system. there is no need to share blame in this case. sure, others voiced similar opinions…but no one with his political clout ever made a wrong decision like this one before.

if he had thought far enough ahead, he would have seen the positive results of doing something out of the box for once. being resistant to change is a characteristic a lot of conservatives have, so it’s not surprising that bush would have this approach as well. now, because his view was ignored, we can see the effects of ignoring bush’s advice in this case.

side note:
I’m quite amused at the liberals (who can’t find anything that president bush has done right as the head of the US government) who still want the federal government to have increased control and involvement in New Orleans. if bush has screwed everything up so completely, why do you still want him to control clean-up and recovery efforts? interesting position.

as I was saying, we should hold our president accountable for the past mistakes he has made. liberals and conservatives should agree on this.

after all, it is obvious to all baseball fans that george w. bush was wrong about not adding the wild card round to MLB’s playoffs. he should apologize right away for this…and trading sammy sosa to the cubs.

what did you think I was talking about? 🙂

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Posted on Conservatives, George W. Bush, Republicans

the deconstruction of john roberts (part II)

people for the american way lists some conservative supporters. these groups generally do their homework on nominees, because abortion is an important issue to them. ann coulter disagrees with their endorsement. i generally don’t pay much attention to ann, but she makes a valid point about wanting to know more about john roberts.

the republicans have the majority and we have a president with the ability to elect a strong conservative to the court. we should be taking more advantage of being the party in power, instead of kow-towing to the democrats. this also goes for advocacy of conservative policies and programs. why are we so afraid to stand up for what we believe in? why are we considering candidates for ’08 who bear no resemblance to the reformers in the gingrich revolution?

this drives me nuts. i have yet to see an ’08 republican presidential contender committed to the issues that we believe in as strong conservatives. i mentioned gingrich before. newt’s a smart guy, with a lot of baggage. that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have good ideas on how to move this country in the right direction.

the problem with our hard-core conservatives right now is that they have recently done or said stupid things that have gotten them bad press. hopefully they can repair their images before they try to run for president. that’s the kind of president we need in the future — a proponent of all conservative values. we elected reagan, didn’t we? so it can be done. the future of our country is at stake.

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” –Dante

previous:

the deconstruction of john roberts (part I)

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why the pledge of allegiance doesn’t matter

in the news not related to katrina or SCOTUS —

Federal Judge Rules Pledge Unconstitutional — U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton says that the pledge’s reference to one nation “under God” violates school children’s right to be “free from a coercive requirement to affirm God.”

i disagree with this decision, but not for the reason you would think. my faith in God is important to me, and i don’t think encouraging kids to believe in God is wrong. that’s not what the pledge does. i believe the pledge has absolutely no effect on kids. perhaps you could burn the words into a kid’s head but at that point it’s just words.

saying the pledge sounds good, but what the kids are taught totally undermines its message. the values that the pledge promotes are short-circuited by schools that teach them how bad america is, how damaging religion is, and why we should be ashamed of being the world’s greatest country. that, my friends, is the danger to our children, not the pledge of allegiance.

the pledge of allegiance is irrelevant and meaningless under these conditions. for these reasons, i see no reason to regulate its use at all.

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the deconstruction of john roberts (part I)

women’s rights groups, gay rights groups, and leftists of all special interest persuasions oppose this nomination. according to one article in the washington post, his involvement in romer vs. evans did little to convince gay rights groups that he would rule with their side on the supreme court. the general consensus is that his role was minimal.

also worthy of note in that article is a little blurb at the end mentioning groups in the african-american community who support this nomination. why is that important? it is important because some of his critics accuse roberts, among other scathing indictments, of being racist. those who oppose the nomination are convinced that he will return women’s rights (as defined by naral, people for the american way, human rights campaign, et al.) and civil rights to the dark ages. that’s a rather outrageous allegation. i strongly disagree with that view, based on what i’ve read about him.

here’s the truth of the matter. those opposed to the nomination want to scare the heck out of their supporters about him, so they make up these crazy allegations to mobilize their little armies of fanatics. they are fanatics not because they disagree with me, but because they disagree with the views of the majority of americans in this country. i can’t say i blame them for trying this. both sides use this tactic. republicans have used this tactic for years, and most of the time it works.

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you won’t see these books on amazon.com

this amusing list courtesy of the usenet comedians at alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves.coffeeshop (abridged version)

the world’s thinnest books:

FRENCH WAR HEROES
by Jacques Chirac

HOW I SERVED MY COUNTRY
by Jane Fonda

MY SUPER BOWL HIGHLIGHTS
by Dan Marino

THINGS I CANNOT AFFORD
by Bill Gates

THINGS I WOULD NOT DO FOR MONEY
by Dennis Rodman

MY WILD YEARS
by Al Gore

A COLLECTION of MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES
by Dr . J . Kevorkian

SPOTTED OWL RECIPES
by the EPA

THE AMISH PHONE DIRECTORY

MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS
by O . J . Simpson

Posted on Iraq, Moonbats

cindy sheehan — head moonbat

the moonbats in codepink had a busy weekend, according to little green footballs. i’m tired of reading about cindy sheehan and her small band of agitators, but i have to address some things she wrote at huffington post.

cindy sheehan is still recruiting political support for her own little war. i don’t know what she hopes to achieve by continuing this campaign. bush is not going to resign or pull the troops out of iraq. his poll numbers continue to plummet, but it can’t get much worse for him than it is now. some peripheral administration flunkies may be thrown under the bus because of katrina. in fact, the aftermath of hurricane katrina may end up doing more damage to bush than sheehan’s anti-war rants could have. bush isn’t going anywhere.

sheehan doesn’t seem to know what she’s talking about when it comes to iraq. as far as the iraqi constitution is concerned, she recycles the same drivel the MSM is trying to sell. i have previously posted on this. the iraqi constitution includes rights for a number of groups, including women, at least according to the draft i read. having a different set of rules than they had under saddam will make the country more stable, not less.

to the argument that iraq needs leadership, she says that the existing leadership is a puppet government with the neo-cons pulling the strings. her point about chalabi may be valid. however, to say this would strongly imply that the election was a fraud, that all the people with the purple fingers participated in this conspiracy. if the neo-cons could pull strings, they could force agreement on the iraqi constitution and have a administration lackey whispering in the PM’s ear. that’s not what we have. like it or not, iraq is going to run itself. that’s our plan.

she goes on to make other points that i don’t have any definite opinion about either way. her solution to all of this is wrong, though.

enough about sheehan… take a break and check this out. it’s really cool… an different version of rock, paper, scissors

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