REVOLUTION: Glenn Beck's Call To Action

WSJ: 'The Path Forward for Honduras' by Roberto Micheletti

aux.link.: The Path Forward for Honduras - WSJ.com

"One of America’s most loyal Latin American allies—Honduras—has been in the midst of a constitutional crisis that threatens its democracy. Sadly, key undisputed facts regarding the crisis have often been ignored by America’s leaders, at least during the earliest days of the crisis.

In recent days, the rhetoric from allies of former President Manuel Zelaya has also dominated media reporting in the U.S. The worst distortion is the repetition of the false statement that Mr. Zelaya was removed from office by the military and for being a “reformer.” The truth is that he was removed by a democratically elected civilian government because the independent judicial and legislative branches of our government found that he had violated our laws and constitution.

Let’s review some fundamental facts that cannot be disputed..."

Buchanan: Socialist America Sinking

aux.link.: Socialist America sinking

"Coming to America to feast on this cornucopia of freebies is the world. One million to 2 million immigrants, legal and illegal, arrive every year. They come with fewer skills and less education than Americans, and consume more tax dollars than they contribute by three to one.

Wise Latina women have more babies north of the border than they do in Mexico and twice as many here as American women.

As almost all immigrants are now Third World people of color, they qualify for ethnic preferences in hiring and promotions and admissions to college over the children of Americans.

All of this would have astounded and appalled the Founding Fathers, who after all, created America – as they declared loud and clear in the Constitution – "for ourselves and our posterity."

China saves, invests and grows at 8 percent. America, awash in debt, has a shrinking economy, a huge trade deficit, a gutted industrial base, an unemployment rate surging toward 10 percent and a money supply that's swollen to double its size in a year. The 20th century may have been the American Century. The 21st shows another pattern.

"The United States is declining as a nation and a world power with mostly sighs and shrugs to mark this seismic event," writes Les Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, in CFR's Foreign Affairs magazine. "Astonishingly, some people do not appear to realize that the situation is all that serious." "

It Was Legal: Why Everyone Should Back Honduras' Micheletti

aux.link.: Why Honduras Sent Zelaya Away - WSJ.com

"In a perfect world former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya would be in jail in his own country right now, awaiting trial. The Honduran attorney general has charged him with deliberately violating Honduran law and the Supreme Court ordered his arrest in Tegucigalpa on June 28.

But the Honduran military whisked him out of the country, to Costa Rica, when it executed the court's order.

His expulsion has given his supporters ammunition to allege that he was treated unlawfully. Now he is an international hero of the left. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez are all insisting that he be restored to power. This demand is baseless. Mr. Zelaya's detention was legal, as was his official removal from office by Congress.

If there is anything debatable about the crisis it is the question of whether the government can defend the expulsion of the president. In fact it had good reasons for that move and they are worth Mrs. Clinton's attention if she is interested in defending democracy."

The Zombie Apocolapse Is Already Here

aux.link.: “Night Of The Living Govt!” (When Zombie Tax) : Glenn Beck – The 912 Project

What If Israel Strikes Iran? - WSJ.com

aux.link.: What If Israel Strikes Iran? - WSJ.com

Leon Panetta Sticks-Up For Staff, Speaks Great Common Sense

aux.link.: Panetta to CIA employees: We told Pelosi the truth - Glenn Thrush: Hill Intrigue - POLITICO.com

"Message from the Director: Turning Down the Volume

There is a long tradition in Washington of making political hay out of our business. It predates my service with this great institution, and it will be around long after I’m gone. But the political debates about interrogation reached a new decibel level yesterday when the CIA was accused of misleading Congress. Let me be clear: It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values. As the Agency indicated previously in response to Congressional inquiries, our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing “the enhanced techniques that had been employed.” Ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate all the evidence and reach its own conclusions about what happened.

My advice — indeed, my direction — to you is straightforward: ignore the noise and stay focused on your mission. We have too much work to do to be distracted from our job of protecting this country.

We are an Agency of high integrity, professionalism, and dedication. Our task is to tell it like it is — even if that’s not what people always want to hear. Keep it up. Our national security depends on it."

Gingrich Straight Calls Pelosi Out For Being The Fool She Is

aux.link.: Gingrich: Pelosi 'Lied,' 'Despicable,' 'Dishonest,' 'Vicious,' 'Trivial' - The Note

Lose-Lose situation for Pelosi here... hey, who wants some popcorn? OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!

Buchanan Nails It: "The Pendulum Will Swing Back In 2010"

aux.link.: Wanted: A fighting party

Read this brief article and then ask yourself... is there any way the big, undoable stuff like Obamacare can be staved off for another year and a half while the GOP brings a majority back into the House and Senate to defeat it?

If yes, there is hope. If no, well, @#$&.

Outstanding! Notre Dame Student Group Responds, Condemns Obama

aux.links.: YouTube - ND Response - Official Video - ND Response - Some Notre Dame Seniors Say No to Graduation

On World Stage, Obama Uses Podium To Express Regret

aux.link.: On World Stage, Obama Uses Podium to Express Regret - FOXNews.com

My turn this term: What an embarassment our President is! Unacceptable. Stand up for us! Be proud of America's accomplishments! The world's sole superpower, greatest supporter of charity, freedom and democracy - which has risen from nothing in less than 250 years - and whose President is seen as the leader of the free world, should not be bowing down and apologizing for any mistakes we've made along the way.

Blah blah blah? You're right- because that's common sense. Most others around the world even accept and understand this with at least some degree of respect. Our own POTUS does not. Other heads of state can't believe his remarks and are laughing on the inside at him, and us for being foolish enough to have elected such a noob. Going forward, it's all about Obama 'repairing our image' and 'remaking America'. We as citizens shudder at the thought. Except the Obamabots still lusting after his image, still too incompetent to realize they've been tricked into bad policies for America by a smooth talker with a teleprompter.

The Wussification Of America- Manly Image Lost?

aux.link.: Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » The Wussification of America

Sticking it to the Man - Another Adventure Into Government Overreaching

aux.link.: Sticking it to the Man - Patrick Bedard - Car And Driver

The article showcased is a great example of why yours truly owns a Valentine One radar locator to protest against The Man's interference and inept judgement in how I should operate my vehicle.

"Back in Arizona’s analog days of sweaty horses and dusty trails, men with guns would hide behind rocks, and when the stagecoach came along, they jumped out and demanded money. This was called highway robbery.

Now the state installs robots with radar guns along roads. In this digital era, no horses are abused and no men jump out. The demand for $165 plus costs comes in the mail. And it’s no longer called highway robbery. Now it’s “balancing the budget.” "

GND: Mexico Cartels Don't Buy Assault Weapons from U.S.

aux.link.: Mexico Cartels Don't Buy Assault Weapons from U.S.

Club Gitmo! Smarts Apparently No Requirement For Miss Universe

aux.link.: Miss Universe says had lot of fun in Guantanamo

LA Times Op-Ed Piece Calls Out Liberals On Ignorance Toward Rush

aux.link.: Take the Limbaugh Challenge - Los Angeles Times

Reformed Taliban Mullah Uses iPhone, Encourages High Tech Afghans

aux.link.: FOXNews.com - Mullah Embraces iPhone in Afghan Tech Boom

Mexican Army Swarms Ciudad Juarez To Curb Drug Cartel Violence

aux.link.: Thousands of Mexican soldiers pour into the country's most violent city in crackdown on drug gangs

Petition For Pope To Excommunicate Pelosi

aux.link.: CNSNews.com - Catholic Group Petitions Pope to Excommunicate Nancy Pelosi

Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please...

Wilders To Challenge Entry Ban, Visit 'Cowardly' Britain

aux.link.: FOXNews.com - Despite Ban, Dutch Lawmaker Vows to Visit 'Cowardly' Britain

Stirring The Pot: Spiegel Interviews Holocaust-Denying Bishop

aux.link.: SPIEGEL Interview with Bishop Richard Williamson: 'I Will Not Travel to Auschwitz'

I think this guy, who also thinks the Jewish people are our enemies, has been couped up in South America with poor information sources for too long. He is doing nothing to help the Church and should be excommunicated again as an individual.

Outrage: 1,000 People Missing In Baja California Drug Wars

aux.link.: Families want answers from man who says he dissolved 300 people - Los Angeles Times

Why are investigating and disolving corrupt police, battling drug cartels with national force, and really pushing a 'War On Drugs' not Priority #1 for the Mexican government? There is absolutely no excuse.

'Shivering' Algore Ice Sculpture in Alaska!

aux.link.: KTUU.com Gore ice sculpture unveiled in Fairbanks

Mickey Rourke: Smartest Actor In Hollywood

aux.link.: Daily Express Showbiz :: Rourke: 'Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time'

Must read. Welcome back, Mickey.

Disappearing Investor Saga Needs To Be A Movie

aux.link.: Authorities: Pilot stashed motorcycle in Ala. - USATODAY.com

This has Harrison Ford written all over it- 'The Fugitive 2'! Actually, Ford is a fairly standup guy- this Schrenker fellow here is an idiot for trying to evade federal prosecution by faking his own death... and risking the lives of others... by letting his own plane fall out of the sky... near a residential area... after he jumped out. I know!

Perhaps something more like 'U.S. Marshals 2' with Wesley Snipes again. C'mon, folks- the plot is simply writing itself here. Easy money.

Bad Ass: David Spade Arms-Up Phoenix PD

aux.link.: FOXNews.com - David Spade Buys High-Powered Rifles for Local Police Department

Sheriff Baits Fugitives With Holiday Ruse

aux.link.: My Way News - Chicago sheriff baits fugitives with holiday ruse

This is just brilliant. Now, if only more jurisdictions would concentrate on capturing bad guys with fantastic ideas like this and patrolling for real crime instead of just setting up speed traps to catch yours truly - and others who think that 100mph can be a reasonable and prudent velocity in the right conditions - America would be a better place for citizen and driver alike. Kudos, Sheriff.

NASCAR Should Die With Any Auto Bailout

aux.link.: If automakers get a bailout, should NASCAR die? - Autoblog



I'm actually agreeing with Slate on this one, care of Autoblog:

"A columnist over at Slate.com is recommending -- and not lightly, he wants you to know -- that with the domestic automakers enduring "Detroit's version of The Troubles," now would be a good time to "euthanize" NASCAR. He makes a long argument, but the crux of it is simple: if the domestics get a heap of money from the government, should that money really be used to sponsor a specialized race series that arguably doesn't have the national pull or the return it once did? His supporting arguments are sometimes disingenuous and occasionally slightly off-base, but the question is worth considering. If the public loans money to the automakers, who decides where that money is spent? Yet, if Ford, GM, and Chrysler were to do the same thing to NASCAR that Honda, Suzuki, Audi, and Subaru have been doing, well... that would leave NASCAR as a one-make series featuring, ta-da, Toyota. And wouldn't that be something to see?"

Obama: Let's Wait For Iran To Nuke Israel First

aux.link.: Report: Obama to Offer Israel 'Nuclear Umbrella' Against Iran - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker

This... is scary as hell. Israelies have good reason to question the true support of the USA starting next year. This, coupled with the tripling of Iranian long-range missiles and thousands of centrifuges coming online outside Tehran, only means one thing clearly to me. Israel has no choice but to bomb Iran before January 20th, 2009. That's little more than one month away. Get on it.

Bush Wants History To Show Him As A Liberator

aux.link.: Bush wants history to see him as a liberator of millions

"George W. Bush hopes history will see him as a president who liberated millions of Iraqis and Afghans, who worked towards peace and who never sold his soul for political ends.

"I'd like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace," Bush said in excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday. "I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values." "

Global Climate Change Propaganda Failing

aux.link.: Efforts to support global climate-change falls: Poll

PARIS - There is both growing public reluctance to make personal sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the major international efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada.

Results of the poll were released this week in advance of the start of a major international conference in Poland where delegates are considering steps toward a new international climate-change treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

There already are reports emerging that some countries, such as coal-dependent Poland, are pushing for special treatment to avoid making major commitments to slash carbon emissions during a global economic downturn. Less than half of those surveyed, or 47 per cent, said they were prepared to make personal lifestyle changes to reduce carbon emissions, down from 58 per cent last year.

Only 37 per cent said they were willing to spend "extra time" on the effort, an eight-point drop. And only one in five respondents - or 20 per cent - said they'd spend extra money to reduce climate change. That's down from 28 per cent a year ago.

Geert Wilders: 'Our Culture Is Better'

aux.link.: Geert Wilders: 'Our Culture Is Better' - WSJ.com

"As he sees it, the West suffers from an excess of toleration for those who do not share its tradition of tolerance. "We believe that -- 'we' means the political elite -- that all cultures are equal," he says. "I believe this is the biggest disease today facing Europe. . . . We should wake up and tell ourselves: You're not a xenophobe, you're not a racist, you're not a crazy guy if you say, 'My culture is better than yours.' A culture based on Christianity, Judaism, humanism is better. Look at how we treat women, look at how we treat apostates, look at how we go with the separation of church and state. I can give you 500 examples why our culture is better." "

Team Obama Silent After Mumbai Attacks

Make that 96+ hours silent. Could 'The Office Of The President-Elect' be scared shitless and not know how to respond to such real evil and threats abroad? What about the two Americans killed at least? Are they shocked that the War On Terror actually meant something, and that terrorism in general is still the greatest threat to all societies? Time will tell, but silence is not something that's going to comfort Americans who are now wondering how 'The One' is planning to address, handle and save the situation...

SC Priest: No Communion For Obama Voters

aux.link.: SC priest: No communion for Obama supporters

Edited: Catholics Can Now Inherit British Throne

aux.link.: Catholics and first-born daughters to be allowed on throne in massive reform to constitution

Qaddafi Says Barack Obama Is A Muslim

aux.link.: Qaddafi Says Barack Obama Is A Muslim Sweetness & Light

I wasn't one of the uninformed masses forwarding E-mails to 11 other people last year relating something similar here, but I wasn't totally convinced otherwise either. I'll give him a pass on his interview slip last weekend, even. "Once a muslim, always a muslim," said an intelligent and wise Indian co-worker of mine recently... good point I believe.

There is one thing we know for sure, however- 'Black Liberation Theology' sure as hell is not the same as Christianity. I'm curious as to why nobody has ever made that challenge. And to compound things after Wright, this guy really isn't helping his case either...

Archbishops Smack Down Biden, Pelosi

aux.link.: Washington Times - Archbishop scolds pro-choice Biden
aux.link.: Washington archbishop rips Pelosi on abortion - TheHill.com
aux.link.: Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology

Alongside John Kerry, mark these masquerading Catholics for excommunication! Meanwhile, over at the AllInAHuff-ington Post, a severely out-of-touch Scott Swenson is calling groups of pro-life Catholics against the pick of Biden, 'extremist social conservative Catholic organizations'. What?

Extremists, as we all know, are at the fringe of a group- they don't make up the whole core of it. So if I decided to go out and bomb an abortion clinic overnight (why only pray/protest outside of one, when a few cases of strategically-placed C4 could eradicate a devil's paradise in seconds, whilst helping city council pave the way for a new mall?), what would my reference be noted as? Scotty here is an idiot who knows nothing about one of the bedrock foundations of the Church. Quality piece, Ariana.

Obama's Elephant In The Room For Catholics

aux.link.: A Catholic Case Against Barack - HUMAN EVENTS

How 'Old' Europe Let Georgia Down

aux.link.: Michael Williams: How 'old' Europe let Georgia down guardian.co.uk

I can't believe I'm posting and recommending an article from a left-leaning author from an even more liberal commie rag. It's brief, and all so true. Oh... and die, you rotten, scumbag, commie Ruskies. Nuke Moscow.

Going 'Green' Found Lame, Crowd Goes Mild

aux.link.: Suddenly being green is not cool any more - Times Online

Weather Channel Founder's Warming Rebuttal

aux.link: John Coleman's Comments Before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce

French Judge Caves To Muslim Annulment Request

aux.link: Outrage as French judge annuls Muslim marriage over bride's virginity lie - Times Online

Appeasement: Bush's Speech Of The Year In Israel

aux.link: Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement

Excellence- well done, Mr. President. These are some of the defining words that will mark your legacy.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush on Thursday of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing terrorists and radicals. The Illinois senator interpreted the remark as a slam against him but the White House denied that Bush's words were in any way directed at Obama, who has said as president he would be willing to personally meet with Iran's leaders and those of other regimes the United States has deemed rogue.

In a speech to Israel's Knesset, Bush said: "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. "We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is—the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

Also see this follow-up article from The Wall Street Journal.

Muslim Runs Off Student With Service Dog

aux.link: SCSU student leaves training at Technical High School

Polygamists Erred When They Messed With Texas

aux.link: Polygamists erred when they messed with Texas

Crackdown: Less Cash Heading Back To Mexico

aux.link: Fewer Latino immigrants in U.S. sending money home - International Herald Tribune

'Expelled' Asks The Root Of All Science Inquiries

aux.link: Ben Stein is EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed

Principally, where the hell did the cellular infrastructure of life come from? How did DNA come to be? Some Darwinists will tell you from molecules bonding and mutating on the backs of crystals, or perhaps it was all just seeded here from alien lifeforms who decided to drop-by millions of years ago. But it definitely was NOT a god. Ok, failing that, there's a better chance in a trillion-trillion that this all happened to come together one magical day and work well enough to produce you reading this... WTF?

'Expelled' exposes Darwinists for the close-minded elitest loons they are, and shows that Intelligent Design isn't mutually exclusive from 'Big Science'. They coexist and both have something to bring to the table. If you think this is a film for the Religious Right, you're only kidding yourself and missing the point you have been all the while. Ben Stein is brilliant in this piece, and has pulled off one of the most important documentaries of our time. You must see it.

RUSH: Cubans Granted Mobile Phone Sales, Use

aux.link: FOXNews.com - Cubans Mob Cell Phone Stores as Service Becomes Available

This is great, though a very small start. I hope there are plenty of old Chevy and Trabant body shop mechanics ready for a swell in business...

Muslims Always Innocent, Infidels Always Guilty

aux.link: FOXNews.com - Report: Non-Muslims Deserve to Be Punished

"A report posted on Islam Watch, a site run by Muslims who oppose intolerant teachings and hatred for unbelievers, exposes a prominent Islamic cleric and lawyer who support extreme punishment for non-Muslims — including killing and rape.

A question-and-answer session with Imam Abdul Makin in an East London mosque asks why Allah would tell Muslims to kill and rape innocent non-Muslims, including their wives and daughters, according to Islam Watch. 'Because non-Muslims are never innocent, they are guilty of denying Allah and his prophet,' the Imam says, according to the report. 'If you don't believe me, here is the legal authority, the top Muslim lawyer of Britain.'

The lawyer, Anjem Choudary, backs up the Imam's position, saying that all Muslims are innocent. Click here to watch the interview with Islamic lawyer Anjem Choudary.
'You are innocent if you are a Muslim,' Choudary tells the BBC. 'Then you are innocent in the eyes of God. If you are not a Muslim, then you are guilty of not believing in God.'

Choudary said he would not condemn a Muslim for any action. 'As a Muslim, I must support my Muslim brothers and sisters,' Choudary said. 'I must have hatred to everything that is not Muslim.' "

ICE Raids Latino Nightclubs In Dallas

aux.link: ICE raids Latino night clubs in Dallas Dallas Morning News

Why don't the Feds do this more often? It happens regularly here in Dallas, but nowhere else I've seen. You'd think this would be a top domestic priority, but it's not for some reason. I'm sure global warming causes still get more funding.

"Authorities recovered four pistols. Federal law prohibits illegal immigrants from possessing firearms. Those arrested also face charges of being in the country illegally.

“Hopefully, this operation will help us send a message that we will not tolerate the falsification of documents for undocumented aliens under the guise of providing security,” said Craig Watkins, Dallas County District Attorney, in a statement Sunday."

'Fitna' Film Getting Banned Across The Web!

aux.link: Video: Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran (English) - Google Video

Except from Google Video, though they won't recognize it in their 'Movers and Shakers' rankings.



But even highly-credited LiveLink.com, four days early than the anticipated launch date, gives this in return:

"Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature, and some ill informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, Liveleak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove Fitna from our servers. This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else. We would like to thank the thousands of people, from all backgrounds and religions, who gave us their support. They realised LiveLeak.com is a vehicle for many opinions and not just for the support of one. Perhaps there is still hope that this situation may produce a discussion that could benefit and educate all of us as to how we can accept one anothers culture.We stood for what we believe in, the ability to be heard, but in the end the price was too high."

Proves the point- I hope this catches on like wildfire this weekend.

Facts Against Man-Made Warming Surface More

aux.link: Climate facts to warm to The Australian

An ABC Radio debate host in this article thinks these facts coming to light more, about temperatures cooling in the last decade (going plateau and negative since 1998) despite rising natural and man-made CO2 emissions, is "extraordinary". Indeed...

"If Marohasy is anywhere near right about the impending collapse of the global warming paradigm, life will suddenly become a whole lot more interesting. A great many founts of authority, from the Royal Society to the UN, most heads of government along with countless captains of industry, learned professors, commentators and journalists will be profoundly embarrassed. Let us hope it is a prolonged and chastening experience.

With catastrophe off the agenda, for most people the fog of millennial gloom will lift, at least until attention turns to the prospect of the next ice age. Among the better educated, the sceptical cast of mind that is the basis of empiricism will once again be back in fashion. The delusion that by recycling and catching public transport we can help save the planet will quickly come to be seen for the childish nonsense it was all along.

The poorest Indians and Chinese will be left in peace to work their way towards prosperity, without being badgered about the size of their carbon footprint, a concept that for most of us will soon be one with Nineveh and Tyre, clean forgotten in six months."

More more more more more more more.

Dutch Politician Soon To Launch Anti-Islam Film?

aux.link: A Dutch Antagonist of Islam Waits for His Premiere

"Mr. Wilders, 44, is in the news here these days for a 10-to-15-minute film he says he has made depicting the Koran as the inspiration for terrorist attacks and other violence. Having failed to persuade a single Dutch television network to broadcast the film in its entirety, he said he planned to release it on the Internet by the end of this month."

Showwww iiiiiit!!! Hype during the last year of this thing is about to drive me over the edge! If it's credible and any good, I really hope Wilders releases this soon in an easily-distributed form so it can spread as far and wide as quickly as possible. I will watch this in the YHPS control room with a Heineken mini-keg to celebrate when it debuts.

UPDATE 3/23/08: The film's website has been taken down by US host Network Solutions... boycott?

"The site formerly showed the film's title, "Fitna" ("Coming Soon"), and an image of a gilded Koran. Now it shows a note that the U.S. company, Network Solutions, is investigating whether the site violates its terms of service.

"Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation," the note said.The company could not immediately be reached for comment. Its terms of service contain a sweeping prohibition against objectionable material of any kind or nature."

UPDATE2: Network Solutions also hosts the English version site for Hezbollah. Boycott indeed. Found that off Digg, which had a great post from someone else regarding Fitna: "And you retards thought Scientology was a problem." Yep- this is why this film needs to come out March 31.

Security Concerns Halt 3com + Huawei Deal

aux.link: Bain ends 3Com deal

Thank God- this was quite unsettling news that I caught wind of in January. Glad some folks a little higher on the food chain thought so as well.

"Bain said on Thursday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) had said it would block the $2.2 billion deal that would also have given Huawei, China's biggest network equipment maker, a minority stake of up to 21.5 percent in 3Com. Several U.S. lawmakers have complained that the deal threatened national security due to Huawei's alleged ties to the Chinese military. 3Com sells security technology and network equipment to government agencies and large businesses.

Huawei had maintained that it is a private company owned by employees, but founder Ren Zhengfei was a former People's Liberation Army soldier. Huawei and 3Com representatives were not immediately available for comment."

Bain was trying to make it happen even after the security concerns were raised! I can't stand companies that don't consider ethics and security like this. Romney, go slap 'em up.

Cooling: Welcome To The New Ice Age

aux.link: Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age

"...remember the Arctic Sea ice? The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its "lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts in the past.

The ice is back."

Neil Young: Messages In Music Don't Work

aux.link: Music cannot change the world, says Neil Young

Perhaps the reaction from my last post below would have been more appropriate here. Thanks, Neil. Now STFU about politics and get crankin' on that guitar like we pay you to do.

Solar Activity Quieting, Now Warns Of Cooling!

aux.link: IBDeditorials.com: The Sun Also Sets

Told you so. More proof that real science > algore and environmentaljihadist scaremongering. Imagine that.

And the warming deniers all go, "doot-de-doot. doot. doot. de-do, doot. de-doot. de-doot. doot. do-do-doot. do-doot. do-doot. do-de-doot, doot. de-doot. de-doot. do, do-do..."
"doot. de-doot. de-doot. doot. do-doot, doot! de-doot! de-doot! doot-de-doot-doot. de-doot. de-doot. doot. do-doot, doot! de-doot!, de-doot! doot-doot-doot-ahhhhhh....!"

Horses Make A Comeback: Illegal Alien Herding

aux.link: U.S. turns to horses to secure borders

Giddyup.

"Once they have apprehended a group, agents often have to lead detainees for a mile or more to reach ranch roads where they can hand them over to colleagues with a vehicle. It is there that the horses' stock management skills come into their own, agents say.

'It's what we call cow sense. It's a herding instinct,' Schad told Reuters, as she trailed a group of 18 Mexican migrants out of the desert on her horse, Freckles.

'They gather people up ... and if they run, they have the ability and desire to chase them down,' she added."

Texas' Castle Law Gives Residents More Power

aux.link: 'Castle law' arms Texas homeowners with right to shoot

OR, 'Why I Love Texas'.

RIGHTS UNDER NEW LAW - Major provisions of Texas' Castle Law:
• Presumes you are reasonable in using force if someone – illegally and with force – enters or is attempting to enter your occupied home, car or workplace. You are not given this presumption if you provoked the person or are engaged in a crime.
• Removes your obligation to retreat if possible before using deadly force if you are anywhere you have a right to be. The previous law obliged you to retreat if a "reasonable person" would have, except in a situation where someone unlawfully entered your home.
• Gives you added protection from lawsuits by injured attackers or their families. Previous law granted this protection if someone illegally entered your home, but not in other situations.

Hard Working, Married Republicans: "Life Is Good"

aux.link: Gallup: Most Americans “Very Satisfied” With Their Personal Lives

Indeed- 2007 was the best year of my life and this year looks to hit par for the course.

PRINCETON, NJ -- As Americans look ahead to the new year and reflect on the year past, a recent Gallup Poll finds the public generally content with their own lives. Most Americans say they are generally happy, with a slim majority saying they are "very happy." More than 8 in 10 Americans say they are satisfied with their personal lives at this time, including a solid majority who say they are "very satisfied." This personal satisfaction level contrasts sharply with the low level of satisfaction Americans express with the way things are going "in the United States at this time." Republicans, married adults, those residing in higher income households, parents of young children, those attending church weekly, and whites are most likely to say they are satisfied and happy at this time.

Israel Now Controlling Middle Eastern Airspace

pwn3d. A great case study of United States technology trumping Russian technology (that the Iranians and Syrians are dependent upon) as usual. These articles make me giddy inside.

Report: Israel 'blinded' Syrian radar

Israeli raid caused electronic disruption over wide areas of Syria

Journalist Actually Takes Action, Nabs Fugitive

Now if only the Reuters asshats assigned to Taliban coverage duty in Afghanistan would take note...

Photographer Tackles, Apprehends Fugitive on the Loose

Aussies Bomb North Korean Drug Ship

Credit LiveLeak.com: After being caught trying to smuggle drugs into Australia, the Pong Su was sunk by two 2000-pound (900 kg) laser-guided bombs dropped from an RAAF F-111 aircraft. The deliberate destruction of the freighter was said to deliver a strong message to international drug smuggling rings that the Australian Federal Government would take all measures necessary to stop illegal drug importation.

The Great Global Warming Swindle

Best. Documentary. Ever... from the BBC? It's true.

“The only way to remain anti-establishment was to adopt ever more extreme positions. The other reason that environmental extremism emerged was because world communism failed, the wall came down, and a lot of peaceniks and political activists moved into the environmental movement bringing their neo-Marxism with them and learned to use ‘green’ language in a very cleaver way to cloak agendas that have actually more to do with anti-capitalism and anti-globalization than anything they do with ecology or science.” – Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace, ret.

Sit down for an hour with your dinner tonight and start here. Bon appétit.

This Is Perfect!

Iranian nazi leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be planning a special apperance in Germany, of all places. If Iran's team succeeds in the World Cup, he could be staying in Berlin for a few nights. Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking to take advantage of this unique opportunity?

"Munich II- Revenge For Slumbering Apologists"



US Jewish group urges tough German stance on Ahmadinejad's World Cup plans

Sin City TV Star Backs Bush

Kudos to the few Hollywood stars that come out in favor of common sense and conservative ideals. The Yuppie Horror Picture Show grants major props to Mickey Rourke and access to the short 'cool list' of folks from the left coast.

"MICKEY ROURKE has pledged his support for US President GEORGE W BUSH's controversial foreign policy in Iraq. The SIN CITY actor, who is famed for being for being outspoken, has come forward as one of the few stars to support the war on terror. The former boxer says, "George is doing a hell of a job during very difficult times, more power to him. Screw all them people who don't like him." "

MICKEY ROURKE - ROURKE PLEDGES SUPPORT TO BUSH

Ozone Hole Actually Shrinking

Cheers to a team of Japanese researchers for publically stating their findings that a big aspect of 'global warming' is on the decrease, the ozone hole over Antarctica.

LiveScience.com - Ozone Hole Might Heal by 2050



But I've got a couple questions here. This article states at the end that most of the harm is being caused by "emissions of chlorofluorocarbons and other gases" from mainly old air conditioning units and refrigerators in North America. Not only "why would only antiquated A/C units and fridges in Canada and the U.S. be holding up faster ozone hole shrinkage", but "why isn't the ozone hole over North America and other holes over other developed countries around the world?"

Furthermore, why haven't the Emperor Penguins fried to death yet?