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Bouf, (how do you pronounce that?) you're obviously not a dog owner. Sure, it's not a person, but it's your friend, and I don't know about you, but I would not do that to a friend. And whether or not you love dogs, presumably as a dog owner, Romney did or at least thought he did. Now, apparently, he loves American voters. Yeesh.
Also, "you liberals and others" - ? I hope you don't mean "yew libruls, 'n' socialists, 'n' green par-ti-sans, 'n all the rest o' you freaks," i.e. "all you non-conservatives." Talk about divisive.

I can't believe the uproar over the dog and romney. Getting a clue people. You have canidates who indulge in all types of filth but yet you nit pick things that happened years ago. Give me a break. You liberals and others need to get a life.

And FYI, "truly" is spelled without an "e." "T-R-U-L-Y." Fortunately, it's a word you won't often need to remember when describing the Mittster.

Points for effort, Fred, but you ignore each of the facts I cited in detail. Yes, I "heard" them (and read them) - on/in the news. Plus, remember, I live in Massachusetts.

Another case of facts from "I heard this and so-and-so said that." It's unfortunate that so many liberals have so much hatred towards anything good.

"Liberals are grasping for negatives on Mitt cause they can't find any."

-Well, he has no experience on the national level and only 3 years as MA governor on the state level.
-He claimed to have balanced the MA budget, but left it $1.5 billion in the red.
-He conveniently changed his positions on choice and gay marriage just in time to kiss up to the ChristoFascists.
-He vetoed universal health coverage in MA, then took credit for it when the Democrats overrode his veto.
-He tied his dog - man's best friend! - to the roof of his car for a 15 hour car trip.

Yup, sounds like a good Republican to me. Others would say a world-class @$$hole, but I guess to each his own.

Laughable - not at the story but at the writer; Liberals are grasping for negatives on Mitt cause they can't find any. Truely laughable. Ha. Ha.

Golgi,

I was not advocating censorship - except perhaps self-censorship on the part of the annoying posters.

I also agree that the picture the Globe articles paint of Romney is a bit weird.

Man, from some of the stuff I see here about Romney, this is one weird and creepy guy. Yuck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtgFp01l49E

That Romney has a shred of credibility as a "leader" is an indictment of our shallow politics.

Golgi, the problem comes when most of the posts are worthless. I started posting here because there seemed to be some interesting discussions. But if the discussions are drowned out by news posts and meaningless personal attacks, there's nothing to attract new posters. I've seen good sites ruined by spam before, and I'd prefer if it didn't happen here.

I'm not asking for censorship. What I'd really like is a registration system, so each poster has a unique name. But that's not likely. I'd settle for some moderation, and enforcement of the rules that appear in the "Post a Comment" section. But the Post doesn't seem willing to enforce their own rules. So now I'm just asking the people who flood the site with crap to give it a rest. I know that won't work either, but I'm out of ideas.

I often agree with Blarg, Mark in Austin and JimD in Florida but don't here. I'd rather have a wholly open page with all the garbage that it necessarily entails. Just scroll past worthless posts if you don't like them.

If the WP starts controlling who can and can't post, the users you don't like would just find different types of garbage that will still get through. Don't worry, everyone else can tell which posts are dumb vs. not dumb.

Mr. Animal Cruelty is still just a fluke. He has no stable support.
http://political-buzz.com/

As is very often the case, I totally agree with Mark in Austin concerning annoying posters - of which there are far too many.

I simply cannot see Romney winning the GOP nomination. His recent rightward shift is totally transparent and, I suspect, will not seem very sincere to the true believers. Furthermore, he is trying to appeal directly to that segement of the Republican party most likely to be prejudiced against Mormons - conservative evangelical Christians.

Now, if he had tried to run as a moderate, pragmatic, problem-solving, Republican governor from a heavily Democratic state...

For what it's worth, eminent literary critic Harold Bloom would cast a vote for Bloomberg over Obama: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/07/02/070702ta_talk_mead

The interview itself is amusing because Bloom has all these catty things to say as he compares Obama's undergrad poetry to the poetry of Jimmy Carter and of Secretary of Defense William Cohen.

The U.S. government has committed to spend a record-high $1.1 trillion with companies holding government contracts "plagued by waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement," according to a new report by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The report blames the rise in bad spending on a sharp increase in noncompetitive contracting and a general increase in the use of private companies to perform government functions.

More than $200 billion in taxpayer money was spent on projects for which only one or a handful of companies submitted bids, the committee found.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/report-wasteful.html

Blarg,

I agree with you about the anonymous poster of snippets and about KOZ. They are enjoying themselves too much, like hs kids tweaking adults.

Also annoying is the posting of very long snippets where a two sentence description and citation would suffice. I believe the poster called "che" is the worst offender.

I hope your call to reason at least gets some citations posted. In fairness, one of the anonymous regulars sometimes posts source, as does KOZ, sometimes.
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On point, the dog story is disturbing.

This is interesting:

'Bruce Fein, Deputy Attorney General under President Reagan, and a card carrying member of the American Enterprise Institute makes a case that can only be described as astonishing given his background. From Slate: The vice president has run utterly amuck and must be stopped.'

http://www.slate.com/id/2169292/

Federal spending reaches new heights under Bush

'Federal procurement spending soared to $412.1 billion in 2006, setting a new record in government contracting, according to a report released by the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

The assessment, released Wednesday and entitled "More Dollars, Less Sense," said more than half the procurement spending was allotted to contracts not subject to full and open competition.

The study is a follow-up to one the congressman conducted last year of government contracting under the Bush administration between 2000 and 2005.

The new study calls attention to a 51 percent increase in procurement spending from 2005 to 2006 in the Department of Homeland Security. For the first time, 40 cents of every discretionary dollar spent by the federal government has gone to a contract with a private company.'

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/federal-spending-reaches-new-heights-under-bush-2007-06-27.html

Privatization and profits to cronies was the entire goal of this administration and it is nearly all achieved now, at vast taxpayer expense and debt that our children will be paying off for generations to come.

Here's the link

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/

fyi about romney--

'Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries

As the Vietnam War raged in the 1960s, Mitt Romney received a deferment from the draft as a Mormon "minister of religion" for the duration of his missionary work in France, which lasted two and a half years.

Before and after his missionary deferment, Romney also received nearly three years of deferments for his academic studies. When his deferments ended and he became eligible for military service in 1970, he drew a high number in the annual lottery that determined which young men were drafted. His high number ensured he was not drafted into the military.

The deferments for Mormon missionaries became increasingly controversial in the late 1960s, especially in Utah, leading the Mormon Church and the government to limit the number of church missionaries who could put off their military service. '

His church helped him dodge the draft to be a minister in France.

Obama Reaches Out To Baby Boomers in Cyberspace

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is looking to connect with the politically potent and volatile baby boom generation with an online presence with an over-50 Internet community.

http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/obama-reaches-out-to-baby-boomers-in.html

BAGHDAD -- Twenty beheaded bodies were discovered Thursday on the banks of the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad and a car bomb killed another 20 people in one of the capital's busy outdoor bus stations, police said.

The beheaded remains were found in the Sunni Muslim village of Um al-Abeed, near the city of Salman Pak, which lies 14 miles southeast of Baghdad.

The bodies _ all men aged 20 to 40 _ had their hands and legs bound, and some of the heads were found next to the bodies.

Wow. Two new polls show that first-term Senator John Sununu of New Hampshire is extremely vulnerable to a challenge in 2008 -- particularly one from former governor Jeanne Shaneen, whom he narrowly defeated back in 2002.

The first poll, from the American Research Group, shows Shaheen beating Sununu by an astonishing 57%-29% margin.

Meanwhile, the new poll from Suffolk University finds that Sununu's numbers are in truly awful shape. Only 31% of respondents said he deserves re-election, versus 47% who said they would be for someone else.

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jun/28/two_new_polls_show_sununu_extremely_vulnerable_in_new_hampshire

|, what do you think you're accomplishing here? You're posting snippets of articles with absolutely no context. Half of your posts say "I spoke to..." or "it occurs to me...", which is completely useless without knowing the author. And as always there's no link; you could be making these polls up, or quoting disreputable sources, and nobody would know.

Do you think you're informing people? Do you think that other readers on this, the Washington Post website, are incapable of reading Washington Post articles on their own? How is what you're doing any less annoying than what you whine about Zouk doing in the afternoon? At least when the conservatives post, they include links and author names.

Get a username, stop plagiarizing, and come up with something original to say. Otherwise you're useless.

A source for that "large nationwide poll" would give the above post more credibility.

A large nationwide poll of Republican voters shows that though an increasing number consider themselves 'conservative', more than half favor universal healthcare and allowing gays in the military, and that the vast majority say spreading democracy shouldn't be a United States' foreign policy goal.

Fifty-five percent of the GOPers said universal healthcare coverage should be a right of every American, and 50 percent favored allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.

Most outrageous is Cheney's recent claim that his office is not in the Executive Branch and is not an agency of government that fits within the matrix of checks and balances that affect the presidency.

If that absurd assertion is allowed to stand, then the Office of Vice President must be de-funded by Congress immediately, and all powers related to the Vice President immediately made null.

If the Vice President thinks that there is no authority to which he reports, then he has committed a high crime against this nation and its democracy.

Bow wow. I am surprised that Mitt Romney would treat a pet dog in this way. There must have been a more decent way to arrange passengers, pet dog and luggage on this drive. Oops.

But this is a very telling little nugget from the ARG poll about how the senate looks in 2008 and particularly the striking and on-going transformation of New Hampshire politics.

According to the just-released ARG poll, Jeanne Shaheen -- who I don't think is even an announced candidate yet -- is beating Sen. Sununu by 57% to 29%. Tellingly, Shaheen is pulling 30% of the self-identified Republican vote.

'But what is the proper response of laissez-faire advocates to this sudden wave of foreign government investment in non-security-related companies? It's okay if the Chinese government owns a slice of our economy but not okay if our own government does? We trust every other government more than we trust our own?

I posed this question to William Niskanen, chairman of the libertarian Cato Institute and among the most principled ideologues on our political landscape. Foreign government ownership, he argued, shouldn't pose a problem unless that government obtains a controlling interest. When I then asked whether it would be a problem for the U.S. government to buy into such a company, he answered immediately, "I don't think I would want to be a shareholder in a company in which the U.S. government owned a good bit of the shares," and then, pausing, continued, "I haven't thought about this" -- "this" being the distinction between U.S. ownership and, say, Chinese.

Niskanen is hardly alone. None of us have thought sufficiently about how the belief in untrammeled capitalism could lead to foreign governments, whatever their agendas, controlling more and more of the American economy.

Upset that Rupert Murdoch, who kowtows to China, will buy the Wall Street Journal? What if China itself buys the Journal? Would the Journal's hypercapitalist editorial board oppose that free-market transaction? Globalization, as I said, scrambles everything.'

Why is it okay with 'free marketers' for the governments of foriegn companies like China and Russia, who don't have our interests at heart, to buy our industries, when it's not okay for our own government to invest in industries vital to our survival? Because they are not patriotic, they are treasonous.

Consider, for instance, the agency's April 2006 statement opposing Nevada's efforts to import Canadian drugs: "There are weaknesses in the oversight of the drug distribution system by foreign governments for drugs that are imported into the U.S." Which doubtless is true. The question is: Are they any worse than the weaknesses in the FDA's oversight of the drugs it permits to be sold at inflated prices to American consumers? Despite the flood of Indian and Chinese drug ingredients, FDA records show that the agency conducted just 32 factory inspections in India last year and 15 in China, even as it conducted 1,222 in the United States. The U.S. inspections were surprise visits; in China and India, the FDA phoned ahead in every case.

'Costs Skyrocket As DHS Runs Up No-Bid Contracts
$2 Million Security Project Balloons to $124 Million'

This is what the Bush Administration is all about. This sums up everything. Their goal is to privatize, and hugely profit from, all aspects of government. To turn the Treasury into a slush fund for friends and family.

And the funniest part of it, is how the suckers who support them are the ones that sqeal the loudest about paying taxes! Yes, the republican base lines up like marks at a carny to hand over their wallets to Halliburton and Blackwater, to willingly let the contractors bleed them dry like so many leeches.

Is there a stupider group of people anywhere?

As this Coulter madness continues, it occurs to me that a tremendous problem is that most of our media folks are, in fact, the most clueless losers in the world, imagining they're cutting edge hipsters.

All of these people essentially came of age during the Clinton years, when Matt Drudge first started to Rule Their World. They've operated in an era of Republican dominance and Ann Coulter journalism for that entire time.

The country wasn't ever really there to begin with, but to the extent it was it's long past moved on. And the DC Bubbleheads have no idea why they are losing their audiences.

'On 22 June the US military announced that its attack helicopters, armed with missiles, engaged and killed 17 al-Qaeda gunmen who had been trying to infiltrate the village of al-Khalis, north of Baquba, where operation "Arrowhead Ripper" had been under way for the previous three days.

The item was duly carried by international news agencies and received widespread coverage, including on the BBC News website.

But villagers in largely-Shia al-Khalis say that those who died had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. They say they were local village guards trying to protect the township.'

What's the truth? Who knows. But the bigger point is that US military has no idea if these guys were "al Qaeda," or, more specifically, "al Qaeda in Iraq," which isn't really "al Qaeda" in the sense of being "the bad guys who attacked on 9/11." They may have thought they were "bad guys," and they may in fact have been "bad guys," but most likely all they know is that they're dead Iraqis and we have a stenographic press.

When you're playing all sides in multiple civil wars the bad guys are anyone you point a gun at.

In his most bizarre misstatement of the past three months -- including the Battlefield Earth shout-out! -- Romney used the occasion of a commencement address at Regents University to condemn a non-existent French marriage policy. The line was picked up, without comment, by the Washington Post; when reporters tried to suss out what the candidate could possibly be referring to, a spokesman referred them to France's civil union agreements...which have no set end date, either. One possible source for the impressively specific legalese ups the odd quotient even further: Seven-year marriage contracts are a plot point in the "Memories of Earth" science fiction series by Mormon author Orson Scott Card, itself a retelling of the Mormon theology in which the limited marriages stand in for the other non-traditional marriage practices of that faith. What's Romney really trying to say here? That the French are Mormons? That they're from outer space?

"Her positions are not terribly relevant to my campaign."
(May 10, 2007)

Anne Romney's $150 donation to Planned Parenthood years ago is, in itself, not that surprising or scandalous. After all, the Governor was pro-choice back then -- he's gone out of his way to say he isn't any more. What is surprising is that the man who's tried to superglue himself to "family values" would throw his wife under the bus to reporters with nary a second thought.

"Liquefied coal, gosh. Hitler during the Second World War -- I guess because he was concerned about losing his oil -- liquefied coal. That technology is still there."
(April 19, 2007)

Romney ruminated on Hitler's scientific achievements unprompted, in a Q & A about energy policy. As the New York Sun's Ryan Sager said at the time, you wouldn't think that anyone running for president would have to be told, "Don't mention Hitler in a positive light."

It's remarkable enough for a serious Presidential contender to name a book of genre fiction as his -- or her -- favorite novel. (The primary season reading list tends toward the classics and more serious contemporary literary fare.) But naming Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" on Fox News raised a host of questions Romney could have avoided if he'd named something by Ray Bradbury. First of all, many Americans already view Romney's own faith as suspiciously cultlike in some respects -- so why draw personal attention to Hubbard's religion, Scientology, which has a more sinister reputation? Putting religion aside, "Battlefield Earth" is almost universally regarded as a terrible book, even by the standards of science fiction junkies. Turgid, repetitive and at times nonsensical, it became a bestseller largely through the efforts of Scientologists who bought bulk shipments. Romney managed to compound the error by later saying that the book wasn't even really his favorite, rather, that it was "one of" them and that he also enjoyed "Huck Finn." Yeah, I get those two confused all the time.

A "leaked" playbook for the Romney campaign gives insight into what staffers think his weaknesses are. Among them? Too perfect hair. But what critics pounced on aren't the perceived weakness so much as his oddly earnest appeal to make France the boogeyman of the campaign, going so far as to envision the weirdly non-referential "First, Not France" and "Hillary=France" bumper stickers. First in the world, not France in the world? Sure.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is sending his top aide on national security affairs to Capitol Hill on Thursday to confront what has become a tough crowd on the Iraq war.

A majority of senators believe troops should start coming home within the next few months. A new House investigation concluded this week that the Iraqis have little control over an ailing security force. And House Republicans are calling to revive the independent Iraq Study Group to give the nation options.

While the White House thought they had until September to deal with political fallout on the unpopular war, officials may have forgotten another critical date: the upcoming 2008 elections.

'The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier -- with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it -- to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.'

I found this on CNN this morning. I hadn't realized that the mitt family had left their poor dog strapped to the roof of the car for TWELVE HOURS, in the sun and wind. After trturing the dog this way, it got sick. And so they tell this to a reporter, as a 'humorous' family anecdote.

What kind of monstrous people are these, anyway? This is sick and tells me more about mitty than I really wanted to know.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With the election season and a key Iraq war progress report perched on the horizon, more Republicans will start to distance themselves from President Bush's Iraq policy, analysts say.

Two respected senior GOP senators this week publicly asked the president to look for a way out of Iraq. One of them -- Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana -- is the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

"When Dick Lugar comes out against your foreign policy, it means your dam is breaking, and it means we're far more likely as a country to move from Plan A to Plan B this fall, when it comes to Iraq," said David Gergen, who has advised both Republican and Democratic presidents.

"The Fairness Doctrine was a regulation of the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which required broadcast licensees to present controversial issues of public importance, and to present such issues in what was deemed an honest, equal and balanced manner. It has since been repealed by the FCC and aspects of it have been questioned by courts.[1]"

Not saying this will get them off the air. But something will. I pray it's their "Jimmeny Cricket" :) I know you hear/see their fear.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITHOUT YOUR AVATARS?

You are a coward and a propogandist. Your GOP will have no seat at the political table. I know your scaed zouk. Rightfully so. Theres always austraila if you hate this country that much.

A fraction of our war budget ends hunger worldwide. Truth or lie?

Oh, I could post away the hours
the spam would fall in showers
(In Zouk we call it rain.)
My words are thinking-free
Because I'm from the GOP
and thus I lack a brain

Oh I can spend a lot of work time
inventing jokes that don't rhyme
pretending that they're art
If the boss looks o'er my shoulder
I know how to make him go, sir
I just let loose a stinky fart

Mitt Romney turned around what he said was a substantial surplus and ended up leaving the state with a $1.5 Billion Deficit, WOW What a LEADER, That's the one that I want to lead his family straight back to their home in Belmont, MA, that will not create more problems and allow others to lead who actually give a $h1t about the state's economic security. Go Back (to the polygamous hole you crawled out of), you Mr. Romney!

Mitt Romney turned around what he said was a substantial surplus and ended up leaving the state with a $1.5 Billion Deficit, WOW What a LEADER, That's the one that I want to lead his family straight back to their home in Belmont, MA, that will not create more problems and allow others to lead who actually give a $h1t about the state's economic security. Go Back (to the polygamous hole you crawled out of), you Mr. Romney!

"So far the stories have been largely positive for Romney..." if you're into scaring the c*ap out of a poor family dog.

12 hours strapped to the roof of a speeding station wagon. Mitt, you're such a caring guy!

You should read the story in the new york post about judith giuliani killing dogs by doing demonstrations of a surgical stapler on them. The demonstrations were done just to boost sales. That must be why she is always hiding.

mONEY/ECONMOY IS NOT THE END ALL SAY ALL. Look at bush. I know i is to the right but not to the rest of us. Is trading the blood of my brother worth $100 million? What about $1? That is why the right is done is this country. YOu have sold this country out for just that. $$$$$$$

Mitt Romney turned around a possible $379 Million Loss at the Winter Olympics to a $100 Million gain, WOW What a LEADER, That's the one that I want to lead my country, that will create more jobs and economic security. God Bless you Mr. Romney!

Mitt Romney turned around a possible 379 Million Loss at the Winter Olympics to a 100 Million gain, WOW What a LEADER, That's the one that I want to lead my country, that will create more jobs and economic security. God Bless you Mr. Romney!

that quote was from my boy Glen Greenwald of salon.com. He has a new book out, and is an amazon best seller. He is on point. The book is titled: "Tragic legacy: How a good vs evil battle destroyed the bush presidency". I recommnd him to everybody. He is on point, like me. Play time is over.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/?last_story=/opinion/greenwald/2007/06/27/nsa_eavesdropping/

did you ever notice that all the stuff i post is either:

1. an exact copy of something clever someone else wrote. do any of you notice that I do this. I like credit for others' words. do I seem smart to you?

2. a cut and paste from some rightwing blog or news site.

3. a randy insult to shield myself from criticism I can't take.

Zouk is scared. He probably lives in Wyoming or Soth Dakota where things havn't changed in 80 years. He doesnt' know there is a big world out there. He only knows what he sees. You can't hate him for that. His parents might have raised him wrong. It's not his fault. In a capitalist soceity who can you trust? Zouk can and has trusted nobody. It is a sad place Zouk is in. DON'T HATE HIM, HELP HIM :)

"One can debate the true influence of blogs and whether they will continue to grow in size and influence. But what seems beyond reasonable dispute is the fact that nothing can match bloggers and their readers in terms of political interest, intensity and energy. And, most importantly, the ability of blogs to be self-sustaining is growing rapidly. "

hE'S MAD Fox news is not longer the center of the universe. Or kansas. It shouldn't be. The year is 2007. John wayne is dead

pEACE TO YOU

Romney is the perfect candidate for a wind-up doll.... he is a wind-up person, always on the pose.... bloodless.

I find the story about his dog disturbing. There's a real disconnect there, not only an "I'll do it my way because I know best" (shades of The Decider), but a lack of plain old humanity toward a terrorized and helpless animal.

This incident is what'll I'll remember when I think of Romney. Oh yes, the article hurt him. Romney?... yuck!

http://whathappenedtomycountry.blogspot.com

No one here thinks I am an idiot zouk. they know you are. Tell him rufas.

did you ever notice that all the stuff i post is either:

1. an exact copy of something clever someone else wrote. do any of you notice that I do this. I like credit for others' words. do I seem smart to you?

2. a cut and paste from some lefty blog or news site.

3. a randy insult to shield myself from criticism I can't take.

how do you other guys come up with stuff to post? certainly you don't make it up as you go. tell me your trick? I also like to use profanity disguised with *s. this makes me look extra smart. who needs all those big words?

Violence claimed more lives in Iraq Wednesday, including 14 people killed in a late night car bombing near a Shiite shrine in the capital.

In all, at least 60 Iraqis were killed or found dead across the country, most of them in the Baghdad area, according to police reports. Also Wednesday, one American soldier was killed and four were wounded in a roadside bombing in east Baghdad, the U.S. command said.

Republicans are fascists. They are nazi's 2.0. don't hate them. help them please. We don't want them getting angry. They have the corporations. They have the thugs. They have the guns. Beware of the American fascists. But don't hate them. Try and help them. Point them out for what they are. YOu can only combat lies with truth. Hate with love. And intolerance with understanding. Don't hate zouk. It's all he knows. It's not his fault. But we can point him out as a fascist. WE MUST DO THAT. Just as a christian must point out false prohets using God's name for their own needs. I call them traitors and fascists. I don't hate them though. I can't. I AM A CHRISTIAN

i have to keep cutting and pasting, faster and faster, it's the only thing i have... the only life i have...

The clock hands continue to move closer to midnight for Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA).

Earlier this week, his former chief of staff revealed that he was turning over documents to federal investigators.

Today, a second former aide says he's been contacted by investigators and will talk.

After four years of war and acrimony, things are starting to reach a point of resolution. Both the resources of the United States and its enemies are becoming strained, but so far they are rioting in oil-exporting Iran over gasoline, not we in the U.S. Europe has gravitated more in the last four years to our views than we to theirs, especially in regard to the dangers of radical Islam. Israel lost some of its precious capital of deterrence in the last war, but ultimately the real loser was a bankrupt Iran who lost far more materially than did a far wealthier Israel. Iran unleashed terror in the region, but found its own terrorist credentials no exemption from what it wrought.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDNhNGQ4MzBlMzk3ZWMzNzRkZDY2ZjkxNGE3NzI0NGM=

'Think about New York City 20 years ago and New York City today and then decide whether you want as president the man responsible for that breathtaking difference'

It wasn't guiliani, that's for sure. he cut the budgets to the bone and chief bratton had to fight to keep every officer he could. rudy is just another corporate wh*re.

am hoping to post every other entry on this blog. Please respect my priorities and wait your turn. I am doing my best with limited resources.

I remember standing in the darkness at a protest rally near Lincoln Center in 1995 during the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. We were crowded together with Sudanese refugees towering over us, voicing our revulsion at the collection of murderers, liars and thieves and their official representatives who were being honored that night.

Most of all, we were there to protest the presence of Yasir Arafat. President Clinton was behind Arafat. The Jewish leadership was behind Arafat. The world was behind Arafat. And while we waited in the darkness, looking toward the glittering hall housing the festivities, Giuliani was having Arafat tossed to the street.

"That was profoundly satisfying," Giuliani has said of his decision to expel Arafat. "Some of my aides said, 'You can't do it, because it will cause an international incident.' But I believe there is a certain level of civilization that a person has to reach in order to be treated the same way other people are treated. You may have to deal with these people, but you don't have to put them on the same level as decent people."

The world fumed and protested, but Giuliani stood his ground. He knew his action would infuriate the liberal Jews of New York, who were falling all over themselves to kiss the greasy terrorist's ring. But he did it anyway, because it was the right thing to do and because he could not tolerate criminals and killers being treated as saints.

At Lincoln Center, Arafat tried pulling what had worked for him for so long, only this time he ran into a man who called his bluff, a man who would not treat a murderous thug like a statesman.

Twelve years later, terrorists and America's other enemies around the world still need someone to call their bluff. Giuliani is just the man to do it

Doesn't O'REilly/Hannity/Rush do enough SILENCING of liberals for everybody. We don't need you here also. Free speech and all. First amendment :)

Think about New York City 20 years ago and New York City today and then decide whether you want as president the man responsible for that breathtaking difference - or yet another politician who will promise you the moon and then sell out everything the moment he gets into office and bend with the polls.

http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/21971/Rudy's_The_One.html

'OK, Rufas, you can post. but no cons. If any cons are found, you will be called zouk and promptly insulted. I will continue to post every two minutes just in case. If you doubt I can do it, just take a look at the other threads.'

how you give yourself away, you silly juvenile fool.

That's my first post of the day. Give me a break. I'm trying to help you, brave black poster, see the light. Don't hate me cause I'm good-looking :)

OK, Rufas, you can post. but no cons. If any cons are found, you will be called zouk and promptly insulted. I will continue to post every two minutes just in case. If you doubt I can do it, just take a look at the other threads.

'I have read that Barack Obama's father is still a polygamist today, having three wives in different locales. '

WASHINGTON Sen. Richard Lugar, a senior Republican and a reliable vote for President Bush on the war, said Monday that Bush's Iraq strategy was not working -- and that the U.S. should downsize the military's role. Other key GOP senators joined him today.

"I hail what he did," said Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.), former chairman of the Armed Services Committee. "It shows the strength that each of us individually must bring to this debate." Warner said that he too feels the September reporting date is too long to wait to revise U.S. war policy.

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) sent a letter to Bush on Tuesday asserting that the president should adopt a policy of "responsible military disengagement with a corresponding increase [in] non-military support" to help the United States achieve a stable and democratic Iraq. Voinovich warned that the window of opportunity for enacting such a plan is limited, but added: "However, I am also concerned that we are running out of time."

"I think September is absolutely the endpoint of decision, whether individuals will come to a conclusion before that, I think is likely," said Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina. "What you're beginning to see is a natural process of people evaluating the events on the ground in Iraq."

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said troops levels should be reduced "as soon as it is possible to do it."

The unusually blunt assessment deals a political blow to Bush, who has relied heavily on GOP support to stave off anti-war legislation.

Polls have long shown that the public backs such a move by roughly 2 to 1, and that about 70% give President Bush a negative rating on his handling of the war.

"Oh that slippery slope of civil liberties lost just got a little steeper.

The phrase doesn't make any sense, and it wasn't supposed to. 18 year old high school senior Joseph Frederick unfurled the 14 foot banner on a public sidewalk across the street from the high school during a non-school event. High school administrator Deborah Morse confiscated the banner and suspended Frederick for "advocating drug use" evidently in view of other high school students.

And yesterday, the Supreme Court backed her up and said that Frederick's right to free speech did not include reasonably interpreted discussion of drug use in a high school setting.

As was the other decisions that came down yesterday, the Court was divided 5-4 with the conservative gang of Roberts, Alito, Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy in the majority. What's more interesting is the opinions of the minority and they attest to a court that doesn't even agree with what they are entrusted:

"The message on Frederick's banner is cryptic," Chief Justice John Roberts said. But the school principal who suspended him "thought the banner would be interpreted by those viewing it as promoting illegal drug use, and that interpretation is plainly a reasonable one," Roberts said in the majority opinion.[..]

In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said the ruling "does serious violence to the First Amendment."[..]

Former independent counsel Ken Starr, whose law firm represented the school principal, called it a narrow ruling that "should not be read more broadly."[..]

Justice Stephen Breyer said the court should not have decided the First Amendment issue, but should have simply held that Frederick's claim for monetary damages because school officials have qualified immunity in carrying out their duties.

You know that there's a problem when a Justice openly asks, "Why are we even hearing this case?"

I am hoping to post every other entry on this blog. Please respect my priorities and wait your turn. I am doing my best with limited resources.

I fail to see how the polygamous lifestyle of Mitt's great-grandfather has any bearing whatsoever upon him. Any candidate should be judged by their own actions, not those of others for which they have no control of.

I have read that Barack Obama's father is still a polygamist today, having three wives in different locales. Does this, or should this affect the way we look at Barack? I should hope not, but my question is this: Will the same people who make a stink about this subject with Mitt give Barack a free pass? If so, why?

Elizabeth Edwards Shames Ann Coulter
June 27, 2007
Yesterday, Ann Coulter was outgunned and outclassed on Chris Matthews' Hardball. Before a live audience, Elizabeth Edwards (wife of presidential candidate John), called into the show and hammered the poison-pundit on her hate rhetoric. A surprised Coulter - predictably outfitted in her stale trademark short, black cocktail dress (does she have dozens hanging in her closet?) - looked like a cornered animal. She ran a hand nervously through her long blond hair and crossed and re-crossed her bare legs.

Edwards pleaded with Coulter to "stop the personal attacks" a day after Coulter said on Good Morning America that she wished Edwards had been "killed in a terrorist assassination plot." Coulter's debate technique is to simply trample the opponent with interruptions. She tried to override Edwards with a stream of invective and, astonishingly, even denied making the GMA and other remarks.

"I didn't say anything about him either time." said Coulter in a panic. Matthews admonished her to let Edwards speak.

That's when Edwards, clearly stinging from Coulter's toxic remarks about their deceased son, shredded Coulter.

"These attacks lower our political dialog precisely at the time we need to raise it.... in a column a number of years ago, you made fun of Charlie Deans' death and suggested that my husband had a bumper sicker on the back of his car that said 'ask me about my dead son.'" said Elizabeth, "it debases political dialog. It drives people away from the process. We can't have a debate on the issues if you're using this kind of language."

"Yeah, why isn't John making this call?" sniped Coulter, desperate to change the subject.

"I'm making a call as a mother, " Elizabeth shot back, "I'm the mother of that boy who died. These young people behind you are the age of my children. You're asking them to participate in a dialog that's based on hatefulness and ugliness instead of on the issues, and I don't think that's serving them or this country very well."

And the crowd burst into applause.

Unfortunately, the media rewards Coulter for her culture poisoning, trotting her out and parading her around like a circus act. Cable news can help raise the level of discourse in this country. They should stop giving Coulter a hate platform from which to launch her venom. In the race for short term ratings bursts, the media keeps rewarding Coulter's behavior with more air time and, like the child she is, she responds just like a two-year old by throwing even more tantrums. But the damage done and the divisions created in this country are incalculable.

Just wait until they get to Romney's tenure as MA governor. A no-show for most of his final year, and taking credit for the accomplishments of the Democratic Legislature - incl. health care, but only after vetoing it once.

And lest anyone forget, he was elected governor of MA as someone who was MODERATE on abortion and PRO-GUN CONTROL. I'm sure you've all seen the YouTube clips.... if not, look for them. He has no goal other than his own success, AND HE HAS LESS EXPERIENCE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE OF EITHER PARTY.

There is NO reason to interpret his stewardship of the Olympics and his short, disinterested governorship of MA as evidence of presidential material. His recent statements on foreign policy are calculated only to win over GOP righties, and are scary in what they reveal about how little he understands a big, messy world.

Also, how about a mention of what is shaping up to be a less than impressive 2nd quarter fundraising performance? He loaned himself moneby, apparently - AGAIN. And he's still not making much of a splash in national polls...

It turns out that strapping your dog to the roof of your car might actually be against Massachusetts state law, which says anyone who carries [an animal] or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon...shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 1/2 years or by a fine of not moe than $2,500, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

I can't be the only one who finds, in this anecdote, something else entirely besides, "emotion-free crisis management":

'Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack.

A while later, the oldest son, Tagg Romney yelled, ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.

As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management."

Unless by "emotion-free" you mean, "the kind of cold fish who could feel no emotion about strapping his dog to the roof of his car." As for a preview to his "crisis management." Well, wow: Hosing down the dog and the car! Friggin' genius! The kind of out-of-the-box solution only a genius could come up with, really. No wonder he saved the Olympics!

The media's pathetic propping up this disgusting phony is really stomach churning....