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State and local tax burden hits all time high.

Michigan Democrats push plan to provide every school-child with an iPod.

Spiegel claims IPCC report confirms climate change is a fact. If you define climate change as 0.4 degree temperature change, then that's true, and our climate changes every century. This claim is meaningless. Report claims billions at risk from climate change. The proposed solution is to make the poor poorer so they will have fewer options for survival. This propaganda is a joke. There is no evidence of human-caused global warming, and solid evidence of solar activity driven global warming. Africa will be hardest hit, but environmentalists refuse to allow Africa to have cheap energy so people can cope, meaning more will die. Unusual cold across the US. It's snowing and the snow is sticking right now.

Iraq's oil contracts will likely go to Asia first. That really sucks. We pay the price to free Iraq, and they deal with Asia first? I doubt this will stand.

Full testament of captured British servicemen. Slate on how Blair mishandled the hostage situation. Hostages pressured by Iran.

America tries to reassure Russia that missile shield won't undermine Russian security. We finally have a potential defense against nuclear missiles, Russia's or anybody else's, and we're stuck coddling a tyrant who doesn't? Russia can adopt political and economic freedom and get the missile shield if it wants, but it chose dictatorship. We better be prepared to use that shield against Putin and his successors. What an abject failure of both the Clinton and Bush administrations to assist Russia on the path of freedom after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Once again, the US claims it found a way to transfer $25 million in North Korean funds frozen because of counterfeiting US money. How is that good for us?

China systematically developing new technologies. Espionage against the US is a major development tool for China.

Homeland Security Chief Chertoff identifies radical Britons as threat to US.

Ex-UN ambassador John Bolton responds to Saudi king explaining US involvement in Iraq is legal. I like this guy more and more.

Cheney reminds public of Iraqi-al Qaeda ties before the invasion of Iraq. World Net Daily lists numerous ties. Liberals like to claim there were no ties, but the evidence is overwhelming.

Israel attacks Gaza militants with missiles.

Reason compares the mythical scientific consensus on global warming with the actual scientific consensus on genetically modified food, and finds the environmentalism hysterics on the wrong side of both.

The high prices of education and health care continued to drive down unemployment to 4.4%.

Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria is a felony, but nobody would prosecute a Democrat. After her bumbling, can she look like any more of a poseur? If Republican Speaker of the House undermined a Democratic President like this, he'd be flayed by the press and likely forced to resign his leadership position.

13 year old girl arrested for writing on desk. This is another example of how government has gutted the system of discipline in schools. Teachers and principals have no recourse for discipline, so they're forced to call the cops in ridiculous situations. If this girl refused to stop after being assigned detention, she should have been sent to the VP's office for a swat and a second detention. Teacher permanently suspended for putting clothespins on students' lips. That's how you handle irresponsible corporal punishment by teachers.

Boortz explains why nearly 50% of Americans, 20% of Democrats, fear corruption if Hillary wins the White House. It's a well founded fear, and it's why Hillary is unelectable.

Newt Gingrich to debate John Kerry about global warming. I sure hope Newt is a skeptic. He'll crush Kerry in any debate.

The Magic Mushroom Moment.

Religious fanatics have themselves nailed to cross for Easter. That's far better than suicide bombing.

Japan writes rules for advanced robots, but these aren't Asimov's 3 laws of robotics.

Charles Krauthammer says international institutions proved worse than useless against Iran in the British hostage crisis, but the US pulled strings to free the hostages.

The choice in Iran may be military strikes or allowing them to obtain the bomb.

Ralph Peters once again blasts the British servicemen who responded to the spectacle in Tehran like "surrender monkeys". Having lived through Vietnam and talked with WWII vets, it's hard to imagine British troops responding to capture this way.

There is a natural timetable for the surge - all support will erode after summer without results.

How liberals get it wrong every time.

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Defensive Blair claims Britain made no deal with Iran for the release of the hostages. No wonder Blair is relieved. That's because Iran was in control of the spectacle the entire time, and Britain was impotent. Iran didn't want anything from Britain but the propaganda of holding their servicemen, and they got all they could from it. Britain's reaction to Iran's dog and pony show. US Admiral thinks Americans would have fought instead of allowing themselves to be taken prisoner. Expect more assaults from Iran.

IPCC to claim global warming already changing the world. I'm sure even tiny temperature fluctuations like we've seen 3 times in the last century, up and down, will change climate slightly, but that doesn't excuse the irresponsible and self-serving alarmist propaganda from the human-caused climate change con-men. Cato says there's nothing new in this report. It's more of the same propaganda. Canadians heckle Gore about his pools and hypocritical energy use. Exposing the global warming con.

Gunmen kill nearly 20 coalition troops in Iraq. Another US helicopter shot down.

Activists claim US interrogating al Qaeda detainees in Ethiopia.

3 men charged in London suicide bombings.

It's not just Nancy Pelosi - Republican Congressman meets with President Assad of Syria. Says he's opening dialog because the President won't. That's a direct assault on the President's constitutional power to conduct foreign policy. More evidence that neither party respects the Constitution. At least it wasn't a Republican leader. Even liberals recognize Pelosi's screw-up from undermining the Constitution. Violates Logan Act.

Boortz points out that Europe surpassing the US in stock valuation is at least partly do to our income tax penalty on businesses. Adopt the FairTax, and this will reverse.

Man arrested for shooting car thief because defending your car against thieves is illegal.

Monica Goodling, the Justice Dept aid who intends to take the 5th in Congressional hearings, compares Democrats to Joseph McCarthy. The difference is McCarthy was right about all the spies, and was working in the best interests of the United States.

Bush challenges Congress on earmarks by posting them on website. Cato says that won't stop the pork.

Reason on negotiating with North Korea.

Universal health care problems include long waits - even the LA Times is reporting the problems.

Cato says fears about oil supply are exaggerated, and our resources would be better spent finding and drilling for more oil than in trying to influence politics in unstable, oil producing countries.

Gingrich apologizes for using the word ghetto. It was a poor choice of words, but the argument was correct.

Victor Davis Hanson says we still shouldn't bomb Iran. True. But we missed a perfect opportunity to blockade them and force regime change.

Bush and Olmert are reluctant to pursue the Israeli-Arab peace process.

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Nancy Pelosi disrespects the Constitution by carrying out foreign policy, and disrespects her culture by covering her head in Syria. She disrespected all of America at once. This isn't a "when in Rome" thing. Muslims cover their heads here.

Iran to free hostages as a gift to the British people, mocks Britain. The Mullahs gained the nationalistic popularity they were after. The weakness of Britain and the west were exposed for the whole world to see. Iran again made the smart move, and appears powerful, generous and reasonable. This is no face-saving compromise - it stole any opportunity by Britain to save face. Iran was in control the entire time. Expect to see a repeat of this debacle whenever Iran wants a PR boost at the west's expense.

It looks like North Korea will fail to meet it's obligations under the new 6 party agreement. Who would have ever thought that?

NYC mayor Bloomberg is leading the way in government intrusion in your diet.

3 states allow organ procurers to override your living will.

Dems ban phrase "global war on terror." Maybe that will help us win.

Because of the hysteria, Bush is forced to take global warming seriously. Making policy based on hysteria is serious problem for America. CEO says Gore is more dangerous than global warming, and he's right. Gore promotes a policy of impoverishment except for him and his cronies. Snow in April.

It's tough for Bush being a lame duck and having just lost an election.

Bush's timing in submitting Pentagon funding keeps Congress from debating.

Bush to use recess appointment to staff office of regulatory affairs. The Democrats will attempt to turn this perfectly normal and legal appointment into another scandal. At some point, and probably soon, the Democrats' scandal a week strategy is going to backfire on them.

Democrats claim aid can't invoke 5th amendment privilege. That's because Democrats don't respect the Constitution. She would have to appear and invoke it on a question by question basis.

Cato explains why Sarbanes-Oxley is bad for American businesses and ineffective. That may sound silly given the record market, but the European markets have surpassed American markets.

Teen charged with terrorism. What's the matter with charging assault and attempted kidnapping? This is an abusive application of the law.

Woman on horseback charged with DUI. What was the matter with charging public intoxication and resisting arrest? This is an abusive application of the law.

Another example of bad government in action.

The silly fight against marijuana flavored candy. Yuck!

Water projects in the west.

The scramble for Africa's oil.

Peace-loving, mainstream liberals throw things at Karl Rove.

Pope claims rich nations have plundered the 3rd world despite all evidence to the contrary.

Castro criticizes US biofuels initiative. Reports of his impending demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Surveillance cameras talk back.

If you send Elizabeth Edwards a sympathy email, John Edwards replies with a campaign donation solicitation. I'm speechless.

Obama raised $25 million to challenge Hillary for the lead.

Split between Democrat presidential candidates foreshadows split in Democrat party after Bush vetoes retreat and defeat bill.

DARPA planning liquid robots.

John Stossel continues to report on how consumer reporters scare us with alarmist reporting.

Michelle Malkin reports on terrorist drills in school, but the terrorists are crazed Christians.

Walter Williams points out how intolerant and nasty college campuses have become.

Austin Bay discusses videos from Iraq.

10 questions for proponents of man made global warming.

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Man locked up because he has drug resistant strain of TB, and failed to carry out doctor's orders to limit the public's exposure.

Europe stock markets valued higher than US markets.

Pelosi's trip to Syria undermines US policy. The Constitution grants the power to carry out foreign policy to the President, not Congress. Thomas Sowell agrees with me.

Bush warns that US troops will be affected if they don't get funds soon. Has votes to sustain veto. Dick Morris says Democrats will lose this battle and suffer a split that may allow Republicans to keep the White House.

Our government officials do get power from the people, but Bush's firings didn't abuse that power. We elected him to carry out his crime fighting policies, and he can replace US Attorneys to better address his priorities. If the people don't like his decisions, they have a mechanism for replacing him - elections.

Reason on campaign financing via Foxnews.

China threatens India at Summit.

Iran still holds the 15 British hostages.

Belgium to impose tax on grilling to fight global warming. Pretty soon they'll tax us for breathing. The real goal of the global warming con-men is taking power from people. Soon they'll regulate our breathing. Background on Supreme Court's ruling forcing EPA to consider CO2 a pollutant. We're all polluters with every breath we take.

African aids patients refuse medical treatment in favor of holy water. I guess you can't expect people who believe in holy water cures to use condoms.

40,000 year old human remains found in China.

Herman Cain says that Democrats are lying about repealing the alternative minimum tax.

Ralph Peters takes on not only the weakness of the British government, but the weakness of the captured servicemen themselves.

Reformed terrorist attempting to liberalize Islam is stymied by liberal moral relativism.

Ian Bremmer says that no new Cold War is on the horizon, but he defines Cold Was so narrowly that his claim is meaningless. China and Russia together are waging a new Cold War against the west and the US right now, different from the last, but a Cold War nevertheless.

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Iran claims to have obtained confessions from all 15 British hostages. Can the UK be any weaker? Have they got on their knees and begged for forgiveness from the almighty Iranians yet? Claims that Iranian actions were in retaliation for US capture of Iranians in Iraq. We already knew that, but we didn't know the actual targets.

Russian news is reporting that the US will attack Iran this month, maybe this week.

Monty Python's Terry Jones exhibits the cultural self-loathing that makes us easy targets for Iran and Muslim extremists.

FairTax rally in Atlanta tomorrow. Go if you can.

Democrats finally show some guts - If Bush vetoes the current retreat and defeat bill, Harry Reid will introduce a bill to totally defund the Iraq war. That bill will never pass, and Democrats are going to take a beating.

Bush has threatened to veto 16 bills after vetoing only 1 in 6 years.

Boortz explains how Democrats are shifting taxes from the poor to buy more votes. The wealth envy this exploits is why we can't get the FairTax passed. This is what we get for Republicans' failures when in power. They didn't pass the FairTax. They couldn't even pass permanent tax cuts when they controlled both houses and the Presidency. How incompetent is that?

Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo case, allowing tribunals with no civil court appeal.

EU tries to force absurd global warming hysteria on the US and Australia. It's the sun.

Supreme Court rules EPA must consider CO2 emissions and global warming.

How government destroys people.

Hillary, thanks to Bill, leads candidates in fund raising.

Gingrich comes out in favor of English only government documents.

Fred Thompson appears to be for real.

Russia to censor political websites.

Bombers are much cheaper and just as effective at ground assault as fighters, but the Pentagon loves the sexy fighters.

Being polite is one thing, but self-censorship totally alien to me. Why does Target choose to accommodate individuals who won't ring up pork? If they refuse to ring up pork, they can't be cashiers. End of story. This has nothing to do with religion - it's about individual decisions and the requirements of businesses.

More evidence we're reliving the 70s. George Will says we're seeing the repeat of the equal rights amendment. We're also seeing nasty partisanship the likes of which we haven't seen since Nixon. We're in an unpopular war we can win, but anti-war activists and the Democrats they own want us to lose. We're seeing similar cultural self-loathing and defeatism. Very similar.

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Iranian mob attacks British embassy while Britons reject the use of force, even as a last resort. Pathetic and self-destructive. Bush takes harder stance than Blair. Iran says Britain is mishandling captives issue. That's an understatement. Finally an article that really grasps the motivation for the kidnapping - using nationalism to improve public support for the embattled Iranian government.

Britain expresses "continuing regret" over deaths in Falklands conflict. This pathetic anglo guilt will bring down western civilization if it doesn't stop. Britain should be proud of ejecting the Falklands invaders, and it should aggressively defend its territory and military personnel all over the world.

Iraqi death toll rises in March.

The army is broken, but the signs are just beginning to show. Only history will be able to tell.

Israeli intelligence warns that Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah are preparing to attack the US. Nancy Pelosi visits Syria anyway.

US nuclear security agency missing 20 computers. Our security procedures are abominable.

UK regional anti-terror teams remind me of Rainbow-6.

Google supports old-style mail with Gmail Paper.

Mark Steyn blasts the Brits, the EU, the UN, and western transnationalism regarding the Iranian kidnapping of British servicemen.

Overcoming the unthinking, liberal zealotry that lies about the benefits of the free market.

Saudi Arabia is not moderate.

Pastafarian denied right to wear pirate costume.

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Iran's mixed signals on British hostages might reflect internal divisions. The British response is becoming weaker, not stronger, empowering Iran. EU discussion. Tactical situation. The British need to take the lead. EU claims it will "do everything possible." That's bull. Iranian dissidents claim kidnapping was ordered in advance. British captives may be tried. British attempt to find way for Iran to save face. Save face? It's called appeasement.

400 dead in 3 days in Iraq. Al Qaeda is working overtime to reignite sectarian violence because the Mahdi army has stopped fighting. Gen. Petraeus has to stamp out Al Qaeda in Diyala province too. Ex-Iraqi PM Allawi claims that current PM Maliki's government is too sectarian to succeed, and he's trying to build a secular, moderate coalition to challenge Maliki.

US places tariff on one Chinese import, could apply to more. This policy is backwards. China was subsidizing a product for sale in America. That means that Chinese taxpayers were paying part of the cost of a product so that Americans wouldn't have to pay as much. This is a great deal for Americans. Placing a tariff on the product means Americans have to pay more for it. How is that good for us?

The way to deal with the Chinese trade imbalance is to adopt the FairTax, which will allow American made products to compete on a level playing field with imports in America and with all other goods on the world market.

How US funds Hamas university.

Zimbabwe opposition members once again captured and beaten.

More casualties in Somalia.

Bush calls Democrats record tax increase and spending programs irresponsible. He's right, but after 6 years of record, irresponsible Republican spending, who would listen to Bush?

Bush attacks pork in Iraq spending bill.

What federal control of our schools has wrought - 5th graders have sex in classroom while teacher discusses the stabbing death of one student by another. We have to abolish the Department of Education and get the federal government out of our schools so our kids can have a chance to get an education.

Because of outsourcing, the US government is loosing leading edge expertise. I don't see why this is a problem. Government is supposed to govern, not be a high-tech company, and contracting to bring in the best and brightest free market operators to meet specific demands is more efficient and cheaper than trying to keep top people in all fields in the government at all times. More government means even more cost overruns and failed projects. If the government is too incompetent to administer a contractor, it can't possibly hope to do the project itself.

Democrats claim Rove Power Point project targeting Democrats made with taxpayer money. This is a new high in hypocrisy for Democrats. Bill Clinton illegally sold access at his morning coffees and the Lincoln bedroom, raising millions of dollars for the Democratic party, but Democrats complain about a Power Point presentation.

48% of Americans don't accept evolution. Yikes!

Why globalization is good.

Technology is making it possible to tell when we will die. Instead of working on that technology, researchers should work on technology to stop us from dying.

The wave of future - Spiderman 3 opens in China before it opens in the US.

Indictment of Bernard Kerik could hurt Giuliani campaign.

Scientists uncover more evidence for my theory that our brains and minds are layered based on evolution - reptile, mammal, primate, and human layers, which are often in conflict.

Cheerleaders suffer more injuries than athletes in all other sports combined.

Operation Praying Mantis - US ships destroyed a significant part of the Iranian navy. How prescient is this analysis just after Iran released British hostages in 2004?

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Iran airs "confession" of British hostage. Britain talks. Britain wonders were Ahmadinejad is. UN expresses "grave concern." I bet that'll help. We can only hope that while all this talk is going on, rescue and assault plans are being finalized.

Israeli PM Olmert praises Arab peace plan. Israel confident it can shoot down ballistic missiles.

Japan deploys Patriot anti-missile missile batteries.

Bangladesh executes Islamic militants.

Democrats plan to pass the largest tax increase in history.

Combat readiness is strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - the 82 airborne has surrendered it's first responder status.

No matter what Bush does with Guantanamo, he can't win with liberals. First they want us to release all those terrorists. Then, when we release some, liberals complain their home countries tortured them. Liberals want us to rule the world, but they want us to be impotent too. But no matter what they want, the reality is somewhere in the middle.

The war on drugs has made the drug trade so lucrative, and drugs so ubiquitous, that people grow pot in suburban homes.

San Diego prosecutor was fired for failing to prosecute smugglers of illegal immigrants.

Bill Richardson, probably the best Democrat in the presidential race (that's why nobody's talking about him), says the US needs to lead an effort to secure nuclear material world-wide.

Charles Krauthammer points out that Iraq is the central front in the war on terror. Everybody knows that, including the Democrats who are trying to defeat us in Iraq anyway. They just lie about it because they want to defeat Bush more than defeat terrorists, but they don't want to be held responsible.

Bringing health care into the information age. Government interference is what allowed the health care industry to get so far behind.

Virginia won't celebrate founding of Jamestown.

Boortz explains that Democrats are hiding their pork expenditures.

Victor Davis Hanson says the war in Iraq is not the cause of terrorism. Once again, everybody knows this, but liberals lie about it so they can defeat Bush.

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Great Britain looks impotent dealing with Iran. Maybe because they are. Iran is playing Britain, and through them the US, for fools. Ahmadinejad won't be satisfied until we send him to his grave. The sooner the better. The longer we sit idly by, the more likely we lose the moral high ground.

Myths about Congress' timetables on Iraq. This article intends to expose Republican spin doctors, but all it does is expose Democrat hypocrisy. If "not one more drop" of American blood should be shed in Iraq, how come the Democrats won't pull all troops out now? Their rhetoric is almost as destructive as their plan.

Helicopters bomb Mogadishu in attempt to root out insurgents.

Secretary of Defense Gates urges Guantanamo closure.

Reason describes our new UN ambassador.

Gonzales' aid contradicts him, but we already had documents that contradicted him. Even if Gonzales' cover story, that he wasn't aware of the firings, was true, then the department would be out of his control. Any way you cut it, out of control, lying, and/or incompetent, take your pick, Gonzales should be fired.

Government, via the Supreme Court, uses the iron fist to hurt the free market.

Students sue anti-plagiarism website for copy-write infringement.

GSK, a European drug company, plans to sell African vaccine and make no money on it. We'll see if the good PR is worth it.

I have spoken out against the school bully more than anybody I know. The epidemic of school violence is due to the lack of discipline in schools that leaves victims with no choice but to defend themselves. But blaming cyber-bullies for making school-girls strip online is ridiculous. The girls are at home. They can bring their parents into the room to expose the bullies and get help. These girls have to take responsibility for their own decisions.

Bush makes fun of himself, and is pretty funny.

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Satellite data shows British sailors and marines were in Iraqi waters when captured by Iran. Iran to parade hostages on TV. Russian's claim US military buildup on Iranian border. We should be overflying their ships if we're not already. Iran says it will release female soldier. Why is she special? This is exactly why women should not be in dangerous roles. When it's safe, everybody wants women to be treated just like men. When they're in danger, all the sudden the women have to be treated differently. That's hardwired into our genes, and therefore unnecessarily complicates dangerous missions.

Austin Bay also thinks the Iranian action is an act of desperation. We're seeing the death throws, either from internal strife or allied attack, of the Iranian Revolution.

Dick Morris identifies pending legislation to deal with Iran. I figured that we were already doing all this stuff, but of course we're not. This is an eye-opener.

Bush steps up rhetoric over Iraq pullout bills.

EU and Turkey to resume negotiations.

Zimbabwe opposition leader, recently captured and beaten by police, is arrested again.

Uranium supply problems could cripple nuclear plant development.

Filters and good parenting are far better than laws at protecting children from porn.

New Democrat Sen. Webb's aid caught with gun. Webb doesn't want to explain where he got it, but it seems like it was from Webb's car. I bet he votes for gun control anyway.

Ban Alert: San Fransisco to ban plastic grocery bags.

Harold Meyerson says the Bush administration is acting like Republicans still controlled Congress, and that's why they keep stepping in these [so-called] scandals. No doubt it's incompetence. The administration has never bothered to dot the 'i's and cross the 't's, and they're paying for it now.

Dinesh D'Souza debunks the liberal myths about why radical Islam is attacking us.

Did we need John Stossel to tell us that the media blows the threat of children being kidnapped way out of proportion?

Elizabeth Edwards is a class act.

Falling space junk narrowly misses airliner.

The Pope has to claim hell and damnation are real, or else heaven couldn't be real either, and he'd be just a guy in a funny hat.

Hexagon feature at Saturn's north pole.

Bush should go on the offensive and take back Washington

This is the moment Bush should take back Washington, using Monica Goodling as the catalyst. Fitzgerald's manufactured crime against Libby, embraced by Democrats, has made it inadvisable for anybody in the Bush administration to testify under oath because, having learned the technique from Fitzgerald, Democrats are threatening to criminalize the testimony of political adversaries because of the natural, inevitable contradictions between the recollections of different people. They're criminalizing human nature for political gain, that has to be stopped.

Bush can take the initiative on this by using his bully pulpit and Presidential powers. Bush should come out in a prime time TV address and explain and denounce Fitzgerald's manufactured crime against Libby, say he demands higher ethics from his prosecutors, fire Fitzgerald for his witch-hunt, and pardon Libby.

At the same time he should explain to the American people how Democrats are trying to criminalize oversight using Fitzgerald's same underhanded technique, and warn that until Democrats return to civility, he will recommend every executive branch employee take the 5th if put under oath.

At the same time Bush should acknowledge that Gonzales screwed up, lied to Congress, and fire him.

Bush can claim the moral high ground and stand up for principle with Libby and Fitzgerald, take all the heat off of his people, put the Democrats on the defensive, and show that he's willing to clean his own house. Democrats will scream bloody murder because Bush stole their thunder, called them out, and put them on the defensive, but they won't be able to continue to threaten criminal charges to intimidate political rivals.

ETA: Now that Democrats have passed pork laden bills that bought enough votes to undermine our troops in Iraq, Bush is more empowered than ever to take on the Democrats. He should arrange a prime time address to beat the Democrats up for their retreat and defeat stance, their attempt to undermine the troops and increase casualties, and include all the above.

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Emergency Senate bill for war funding includes $2 billion in pork, $100 million for both party's conventions. Democrat wants to force troop withdrawal, but keep date secret between the President, Congress, and the Iraqi government. I can't make this stuff up. Senate passes bill.

Reason points out the two parties are almost exactly alike. We already knew that. Democrats hate Bush because he stole their big-government, big-spending, boondoggle agenda. He also stole the Democrats' policy for regime change in Iraq. Democrats don't own anything anymore except defeat in Iraq, socialized medicine, and putting people out of work by raising the minimum wage.

Reason thinks the bigger story about the Justice Dept. is Bush's priorities and secrecy. Slate discusses the competing interests of Congress and the executive branch concerning Presidential privilege.

UK is negotiating with Iran. The reason Iran kidnapped the British is they knew there would be no repercussions, just negotiation. That has to change.

Arab leaders meet in Saudi summit to reinvigorate Middle East peace plan.

Because of Baghdad crackdown, Iraqi bombers target new regions in Iraq.

Russia still does not like nations being able to defend against their nuclear missiles. Too bad.

Obama makes clear stance for socialism. 50% of Americans would not vote for Hillary. I bet it's more. She's so hated, people who have never considered voting in their entire lives would come out of the woodwork to vote against Hillary. Or course, she'll get the 43% koolaid vote, but I doubt she'll get any more. The real danger with Hillary running is that the Republican will win in a landslide and claim a mandate.

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Russian and China call on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment. More evidence that Bush's plan of constantly ratcheting up the pressure is working. Iran further restricts IAEA in response to sanctions. There had to be a reason Russia and China turned on their proxy, and here it is: US banking policy has cut off funds to Tehran.

It turns out that Iran did indeed kidnap the British sailors and marines in retaliation for defections. They'll probably kidnap 100 next time. 1000 after that. We'll do nothing.


Oil price nears $67 a barrel.

Christopher Hitchens discusses a plan for protecting Kurds in Iraq.

Survey estimates 655,000 Iraqis killed since invasion.

North Ireland government formed.

Palestinian President Abbas calls for US to pressure Israel back to peace talks. This is backwards. Hamas just released a video glorifying a mother who was a suicide bomber, and her young daughter who is proud of her. That sickness has to be stopped before there can be any peace.

China and Russia tighten their alliance in the new Cold War of Terror. China's government is walking a tightrope with internal policy. Human rights abuses are increasing in old Soviet states, including Russia. Maybe that's because they're returning to Cold War era totalitarianism because of the failure of both Clinton and Bush.

Spurned Turkey looks east.

Smugglers drown Ethiopian and Somali migrants in rough seas.

Boortz discusses who pays what and receives what from government.

US loses track of 600,000 fugitive aliens.

No criminal charges in Pat Tillman's friendly fire death.

Gonzales has blown his credibility with Republicans too. It seems everybody has decided the Bush administration is incompetent- Robert Novak says Bush is more isolated than even Nixon. I can't believe it took 6 years. The sad part is that Democrats are even worse, and that's why Bush won 2 elections.

Newspaper revenue drops sharply in February.

Sheep has human organs. This is just the first step for genetic manipulation.

Christopher Tolkien finishes father's book from notes.

Man kills himself on live web-cam for chat-room crowd.

Woman crossing border into Gaza has crocodiles strapped to body.

Clip of UN director denouncing the UN human rights group, and the response.

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Terror watch-list has quadrupled in 4 years. We'll all be on it soon.

Iran claims it will try British soldiers for spying. Iran offers prisoner swap for Iranian spys captured in Iraq. It was just days ago that Iran threatened to kidnap American soldiers. I wonder if this is the implementation of that threat. Ahmadinejad wants us to attack him. He's tried so hard, threatening to destroy Israel, Great Britain, and the US, and he's frustrated we haven't fulfilled his martyr complex yet.

Ahmaninejad is unhappy about new sanctions, threatens world again.

Gaza rally for kidnapped BBC reporter.

Putin acknowledges the 50 year anniversary of the EU.

Brain Doherty thinks libertarian ideals are gaining in the US. There's optimism, then there's delusion. We've won a few battles, but we're losing the war. Maybe he hasn't noticed the explosive growth in the size and scope of government, and the rejection of libertarian principles by conservatives.

How the left savaged Reagan much like they savage Bush today, but now they consider Reagan a great President. And for all Bush's mistakes and hubris, his legacy will be defined by Iraq. If Iraq turns out a failure, Bush will be considered one of the worst Presidents in history. If Iraq turns out a success, Bush will end up better than average. If Iraq turns out a tremendous success that turns the tide in the War on Terror, Bush will considered a great President. That's why the left is so determined to defeat America.

Mark Steyn says Pakistani President Musharraf is in a pickle, and so is Great Britain.

We're seeing the opening skirmishes between the American way of life and Sharia law, but WSJ has it exactly wrong on the taxi drivers. This is America, and if a taxi driver doesn't want to take a certain fare for any reason, that's his business. As for the 6 imams, who obviously went out of their way to make a threatening spectacle of themselves, they should lose in the courts every time. A more subtle issue is the issue of prayer itself. Anybody can pray without making a spectacle of themselves. Praying is just fine. Doing it loudly and obnoxiously is making a spectacle, and that has to be stopped.

Caldwell Banker to sell housing tracks in Second Life.

Why the GOP plan on health care is still wrong

The GOP has a health care plan, but it shows GOP statism. Because it enables free market forces to lower health insurance costs, it's an improvement on what we have today (which is superior to the Democrats' socialized medicine schemes).

But this GOP plan illustrates what's so wrong with Republicans and government. First off, the plan depends on the manipulation of the tax code. Our income tax is a terrible burden in itself, so any plan that depends on it accepts the statist position that the income tax is acceptable. Worse, our income tax code is outrageously convoluted, and it's the game board for all the corporate lobbying that goes on in Washington. Another modification just makes it worse. Any plan that relies on the income tax by necessity further embeds the income tax in government and strengthens all the corruption of politics that goes with it.

I have a far simpler solution.

Part 1: adopt the FairTax. This will get rid of one of the main drivers of health care costs - the health care exemption for businesses who supply health plans to employees. It's this third party health care that creates an overabundance of demand, driving up prices. When citizens get to keep their own paychecks and become direct health care costumers, competition thrives, and prices drop.

Part 2: remove every government restriction and mandate on health care. As I've pointed out elsewhere, every time the government interferes in the free market, it hurts competition. Health care restrictions and mandates work for the big providers, hurt the small providers who have smaller incomes to use to comply, and raises the barrier to entry for new competition. The result is that both workers and consumers suffer from the restricted competition.

This is a simple, one-two punch that will knock out health care costs by truly empowering the free market. This is far superior to some government controlled attempt to direct the free market by manipulating the income tax.

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During the 20th century, often called the American century, mankind experienced unprecedented growth in health, wealth, and freedom worldwide. That's what American leadership and the American values of family, personal freedom, personal responsibility, and severely restricted government have done for the world. Now we want to throw it all away for socialism and government control of our lives. Europe has prospered in the American century.

The roots of modern libertarianism from Cato and Brian Doherty.

Iran claims British sailors confessed to being in Iranian waters. They're supposed to say whatever their captors want.

UN confirms new sanctions against Iran.

Iraqi vice-President warns against premature withdrawal of US troops. Terrorist bombs kill Iraqis. There sure are a lot fewer reports like this lately.

Bloateded on pork, House Democrats try to force timetable for Iraq withdrawal on Bush. Bush vows to veto. This is a huge mistake by Democrats. They've been exposed for egregious vote-buying through pork projects, and they've unequivocally assumed the mantle of undermining the troops, giving Bush the high ground to use from his bully pulpit. And Bush won't hesitate, like he normally does, to use his bully pulpit on this issue.

Illegal immigrants allowed at least 5 strikes before prosecution. You have got to be kidding me. Boortz says we treat Mexican immigrants differently.

How hypocritical eco-conmen kill people and restrict developing nations.

Harry Reid threatens Gonzales and calls Rove untrustworthy. Speaking of untrustworthy, I wonder how many more shady land deals Reid is pursuing. New Attorneys hired to pursue the President's agenda on voter fraud more aggressively. Records show Gonzales knew about firings, but he had claimed otherwise. What an idiot. Bush should dump him for incompetence. He never should have hired him. Charles Krauthammer agrees.

Pat Buchanan says Congress' subpoenas are an attack on the office of the Presidency that Bush must fight.

Russian police beat protesters. It's just another day in totalitarian Russia.

Pope says that Europe is disappearing from history, and it is, by its own choice. But it's not individualism that's killing it - it's the welfare mentality.

School orders students to take down MySpace accounts. How do they think they're going to get away with that?

Pentagon accuses officers of covering up Pat Tillman's friendly fire death.

Marine group expelled from Afghanistan because of response to ambush.

Reason breaks down the cost of gasoline and shows that the government is to blame, not the oil companies.

It's just unbelievable to me that people still claim that Plame was a covert agent. It doesn't matter what Plame said, even if she said she was a covert angel of God. It doesn't matter what Waxman said. No amount of wishing, lying, repeating and trying to take advantage of the situation will make it so.

Texas Youth Commission official arrested for lying to police about sexual abuse.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana won't run for a second term. Maybe in Louisiana they know how badly she screwed up during Katrina. You won't hear about it anywhere else because that would mute the blame Bush agenda.

Deadly pet food was tainted by rat poison.

French UFO website crashed by load.

County commissioners ignore results of referendum. Something tells me those commissioners won't have their jobs after the next election.

Oil from oil shale is closer to reality.

Fred Thompson's resume from an obvious admirer.

Canadian socialized medicine tragedy.

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Iranian navy kidnaps 15 British sailors carrying out inspections in Iraqi waters. I guess Ahmadinejad is upset that we haven't attacked and killed him yet, so he's declaring war.

Security Council agrees on new sanctions for Iran - vote Saturday.

There's a shortage of medical personnel in Iraq because they've been targeted by terrorists.

Truce in Somalia.

Turks demand US stop Kurdish terrorists.

China tries to tighten ties with Russia, guarantee fuel.

Nancy Pelosi still hasn't bought enough votes to pass her Iraq deadline bill, but she's close. As much as Americans distrust Bush, they won't accept defeat in Iraq. Pelosi got the bill passed.

Reason decries Iraq war spending.

More evidence Bush was out of touch on Attorney firings may impact claims of executive privilege. David Iglesias did not leave the Justice Dept. quietly.

All charges against the Duke lacrosse players will be dropped. Nifong needs to pay a steep price for his abuse of power. And prosecutors all over the country need to be scrutinized just as closely to stop an epidemic of abuse of power.

Tourism drives global warming. If true, it would be a serious blow to multi-culturalism if nobody could travel. But the elite on their private planes, of course. Or could it be the sun? Reason injected into the global warming debate.

Australia considers allowing new uranium mines. Demand for nuclear fuel is exploding.

Gates supported closing Guantanamo.

Army revises up number of desertions.

Privacy of female soldiers.

European minister informs that political correctness is killing freedom. If only everybody saw that.

Millionaire allows homeless to live in his mansions rent free.

France opens its UFO files for the public. Maybe they can explain Chirac.

How western civilization is killing itself by the death of 1000 cuts.

Oversight is great - but Democratic partisanship is not oversight.

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Ron Paul hopes to reinstate the Constitution. It's about time we heard from him again. When is the last time you heard a candidate talk about restoring the country to constitutional government?

Reason highlights 4 Congressmen in the battle between reformers and statists in the Republican party.

Obama linked to anti-Clinton ad. So what? It wasn't an attack ad. It didn't drag her through the mud. This is another media created issue. The creator was fired anyway.

Anti-free speech champion John McCain hypocritically warns against socialism as if he supports freedom.

John Edward's wife still has cancer, but Edwards will continue his run for President.

Bill offers temporary legal status to illegal aliens, but they would have to leave the country and come back to get permanent legal status. Why would they leave?

Democrats divided three ways over Iraq war plan. That's why the bill is stuffed full of pork to buy votes.

Report criticizes US efforts at reconstruction of Iraq.

Gore performs well in Washington show hearings.

New Hampshire passes $250 fine for balloon releases.

Iraqi PM Maliki reaches out to Mahdi Army leader in attempt to quell violence.

6 party talks with North Korea break down over frozen money.

Pakistani violence may insure that President Musharraf is a lame duck.

Rebuttal witness in Plame's show hearing threatened with perjury charge. Fitzgerald taught the Democrats a new trick. Democrats invent an issue out of thin air; the mainstream media trumpets it far and wide even though it's really a non-issue; the Democrats get Republicans under oath and beat them up until the inevitable contradiction appears; then they charge them with perjury. Now they want to do the same to Rove and Miers over the Attorneys. President Bush and Republicans have to fight back.

Senate authorizes subpoenas for Bush aids as the battle escalates.

Creature survives 100 million years without sex. Why would it want to?

Astronomers observe "impossible" events on the sun. You would think that scientists, having been wrong since the dawn of time, would figure out they're always wrong and forget this "impossible" stuff. They may be getting closer to right, but they're certainly not there.

Observations from Thomas Sowell. Did you know that the government makes more money on a gallon of gas than Big Oil?

George Will opines about Western states becoming Big Government. This essay about interior designers needing certification may seem silly, but it's a perfect example of how government interference in the free market stifles competition and hurts workers and consumers.

Mark Davis says Democrats are trying to kill Bush with 1000 cuts, and he tells us why it's so dangerous:

Along the way, someone may issue a criticism of Mr. Bush on an issue that will have potential merit and deserve rational consideration. Good luck. The ascendancy of the Democratic majority has sent its warriors into the streets with torches and pitchforks. Measured discourse is rare when there is a castle to storm.

"Bush Lied" is the Big Lie. Bush didn't lie at all, but Democrats have screamed it so much it's become so-called common knowledge.

Bush's optimism each anniversary of the Iraq war has been unwarranted, and unsupported by honest reports from Iraq. Despite what this essay proclaims, this year is different because the evidence of our eyes is different.

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House Democrats to boost spending. It'll never be enough. Unless we stop them, the government will take everything from us.

Bush and Congress stand firm in battle over aids testifying under oath. Bush doesn't want to allow Congress to go on a witch-hunt and use inevitable contradictory testimony to charge perjury like Fitzgerald did to Libby. Congress wants to do just that. Democrats are going to push this non-issue into a constitutional crisis. The only reason they're doing it is Bush is so unpopular, that they can. But Democrats have repeatedly overreached when dealing with Bush, and he has thumped them every time, but this time Bush is more unpopular than ever. House panel authorizes subpoenas.

David Iglesias, a recently fired U.S. Attorney, was fired for dragging his heals on prosecuting voter fraud. Even he knows it. Of course he's upset - he just got fired, so he's blaming politics as if it was a bad thing. But aggressively pursuing voter fraud is a crime fighting priority for Bush's Department of Justice, and Bush wanted another Attorney to pick up the investigation. It is politics because the President, a political figure, sets the agenda. That's how it's supposed to work. Maybe it will turn out that Iglesias was right about the evidence. That's fine. Maybe he was doing a good job, but Bush wanted another Attorney to take over, and that's his prerogative. Unfortunately, Bush and Gonzales are incompetent, and failed to accurately address the issue. That's what cronyism gets you.

Dick Morris says Bush should turn the tables using his bully pulpit to make voter fraud the issue. No kidding. The power of C0ngress to subpoena and hold in contempt.

White House threatens veto over allowing D.C. a vote in Congress. There's a reason D.C. isn't a state and doesn't get a vote. By it's very nature, it's too tied in the federal government. Democrats don't care about what's good for the country, they just know that D.C. is a Democrats stronghold, so they're playing politics. I'm sure if D.C. was a Republican stronghold, the Republicans would be pushing for allowing them a vote, and Democrats would be resisting. But this issue should never be about politics. We need to oust both parties now. The 2 century long wait bias is nonsense. Everybody who choses to live in D.C. understands they don't get a voting representative in Congress, which is how it should be. If they want a voting Representative, they can move to a state.

Attacks on freedom on speech in the name of the War on Drugs. "Just say no" to the War on Drugs.

Gore given special treatment by Congress so his testimony couldn't be analyzed by news channels as usual. Inhofe/Gore exchange should make great theater.

Taliban and al Qaeda still killing each other in Pakistan. It's funny how today's article declines to mention those names, unlike yesterday's.

Heavy fighting in Mogadishu.

Indonesian Muslims jailed for beheading Christian girls. 20 and 14 years. That hardly seems long enough.

Ban Alert: Bangor Maine has outlawed smoking in a car with a person under the age of 18 inside. It's official - you can't even smoke in your own car.

Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha's anti-war buddies vandalized Congressman's office sign about supporting the troops and burned a soldier in effigy. This is how liberals support the troops.

Muslim group has volunteered to defend for free the citizens who reported the 6 imams. That's excellent news.

Demonizing Hillary. Give me a break. Hillary demonized herself decades ago, and we all saw it during her first Clinton co-Presidency. It's downright scary that a bunch of Democrats want to reelect the most corrupt administration in history.

Gingrich, who's private life has always been his political problem, says private lives should not be an issue. Wishful thinking. I'm sure Giulianni, Hillary, and McCain all hope the same.

John Stossel says consumer reporters are fear-mongers.

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1/3 of citizens of Washington D.C. are illiterate. 1/5 nationwide. We've tried more government. We've tried more spending. We've tried feel good measures. We've tried every liberal tactic in the book. It's time to take back control of our schools from the failing federal government. Abolish the Department of Education, so our children can get a good education.

If we give the federal government more control over health care, they'll destroy our health just as fast. We'll be reading that 1/3 of D.C. residents are too unhealthy to work, 1/5 nationwide.

Drugs could remove painful memories. Wow.

Democrats are loading pork barrel projects into emergency spending bill for Iraq. The only way to end the pork is by kicking out all the incumbents, something we've needed to do every election for a very long time.

Libertarians, greens, livestock producers and hippies team up to fight ethanol subsidies.

White House threatens to veto bill requiring troops to pull out of Iraq.

Russia threatens to withhold nuclear fuel from Iran unless it suspends uranium enrichment. Looks like an ugly divorce, and it's all about the money now. Russia denies ultimatum.

Al Qaeda and Taliban fighting each other in north-west Pakistan. Why don't we kill both?

Iraqi terrorists are using children in car bombs. Interview with Gen. Petraeus, who is cautiously optimistic, and for good reason.

Petraeus has his troops applying a similar formula in Baghdad's Sadr City: "We're clearing it neighborhood by neighborhood." Troops move in - mainly U.S. soldiers and Marines supported by Iraqi forces, although that ratio is reversed in some areas - and stay. They are not transiting back to large, remote bases but are now living with the people they have come to protect. The results, Petraeus says, have been "dramatic."

Are the policies paying off? "King David" as Petraeus is known from his previous tour of duty up near the Syrian border, is cautiously optimistic. "Less than half the al Qaeda leaders who were in Baghdad when this [surge] campaign began are still in the city," he said. "They have fled or are being killed or captured. We are attriting them at a fearsome rate."

US diplomat meets with Palestinian minister.

Anne Applebaum thinks 9/11 mastermind's confession was muted because of extra-legal conditions. She's wrong. Guantanamo is a prisoner of war camp. Information gathered there is like information gathered from Germans, Japanese, Koreans, and Vietnamese in those prisoner of war camps - valid and hopefully timely. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad's confession was muted because we've known he was the mastermind for years.

Comparing the war in Iraq to taking the Philippines in 1899.

Scientist who claims Bush muzzled him over global warming in fact did 1,400 on the job interviews. That's some muzzling. The truth about the climate con-men is getting out. Scientists claim the global temperature measurement itself has no meaning. That explains why it's not as hot now as it was in the 30s, despite these so-called record global temperatures.

Email shows US attorney removed for failing to meet deadlines and follow national policy set by the President. For some reason Democrats and the press want us to think firing on those grounds is a bad thing. It's not. It looks like the Department of Justice uploaded 3000 emails on the Attorney firings to the internet. This is a huge mistake by the administration. That gives the Democrats 3000 bullets to fire at the administration in their political game to make something out of nothing. The Daily Kos knows this, and calls the emails "pure gold." It shows fantastic incompetence that Bush has allowed Democrats to take a perfectly normal and legitimate act by the White House and turn it against them, and the Bush administration just keeps making it worse.

Taking a play from Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald's playbook, Charles Schumer wants administration officials to testify under oath so that they can use the inevitable contradictions as evidence of perjury, further trying to criminalize politics. Bush just got burned by this game, and won't allow his staff to testify under oath.

Senate votes to remove power of President, granted by the Patriot Act, to appoint US Attorneys unilaterally. This is an excellent move despite the absurdity of the situation. Congress should also remove the unconstitutional provisions of the Patriot Act right away.

Reason remembers Newt. Newt still has the best ideas of any conservative out there.

Obama is the most liberal (read socialist) member of Congress running for President. He's just the same as the rest, we just haven't heard about his socialist policies for decades like the rest.

McCain claims to reconsider his position on immigration after visiting Iowa. He's sticking his finger in the wind. McCain's from Arizona. If he doesn't know how bad the immigration problem is already, he's a complete idiot. I think it's more likely he doesn't give a damn about immigration, just getting elected.

Scientists create a tougher mosquito, but it doesn't carry malaria. The law of unintended consequences is going to rear it's ugly head.

The Toyota Prius takes more resources to produce than the Hummer.

Thomas Sowell explains why talk shows are boring - except for Boortz and Cunningham.

David Limbaugh complains that Republicans never fight back against the Big Lies of the Democrat smear machine.

Rich Lowry points out that just as Bush was wrong to hold on the mantra that all was well in Iraq, Democrats are wrong to hold onto the mantra that we've already lost. Both ignored the very real evidence.

Speech that puts the War on Terror in the context of 1400 years of Christian/Muslim conflict.