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."

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!!!

KRISTOL: Don't Wince. Fight! Dick Cheney, Most Valuable Republican

aux.link.: Don't Wince. Fight!

" "As Cheney Seizes Spotlight, Many Republicans Wince," was the front-page headline in Thursday's Washington Post. Two Republican "strategists" spoke "on the condition of anonymity in order to be candid." Profiles in courage! One of them opined that Cheney is "entirely unhelpful." The other elaborated, "Even if he's right, he's absolutely the wrong messenger.  .  .  .  We want Bush to be a distant memory in the next election."

To have such a juvenile understanding of political dynamics, you'd have to be a prominent "Republican strategist." You might actually have both the Dole and McCain campaigns under your belt. Or perhaps you were one of those who encouraged the Bush White House to assume a fetal position on most issues in its second term and not fight back against slanders or defend their people, because to do so would spotlight the "wrong" issues or people."

DIRE: Cheney Exclaims That Obama 'Endangers The Nation'

aux.link.: Cheney: Obama endangers the nation - Washington Times

It's not funny because it's true.

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.” "

Three Reasons Why Obama's BlackBerry Is A National Security THREAT

aux.link.: Three reasons why Obama's BlackBerry is a national security THREAT

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

Behind The Scenes: Welcome Aboard Air Force One

aux.link.: Photographers » Blog Archive » Welcome aboard Air Force One Blogs

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

Wilders To Challenge Entry Ban, Visit 'Cowardly' Britain

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

BIG D: Bushes Purchase North Dallas Home

aux.link.: Bushes confirm purchase of Dallas home in Preston Hollow

I drove by and checked the new digs out for myself this afternoon. Local media with a rare and actually interesting story on their hands along with several curious onlookers and neighbors have the end of the cul-de-sac saturated. As confirmed from Google Earth, while just hundreds of feet away from the Dallas North Tollway, this is a very fortifiable enclave and backs up to a friend with more land for helicopter access possibilities. Just a few miles away from SMU, where the library will be built as well. Excellent area, excellent choice- modest looks, but a large and very nice pad. Funded by a Midland bank!

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." "

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...

COVERUP: 60% Of Americans Conservative- Poll

aux.link.: American Thinker: The Biggest Missing Story in Politics

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.

Shock Video: Obama's Plan To Pussify America

aux.link: YouTube - Obama-Caucus4Priorities (UPDATE: now Shit Listed!)

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.

Are We Secure? China's Counterfeit Cisco Routers

aux.link: World Tribune — FBI: China may use counterfeit Cisco routers to penetrate U.S. networks

The Common Sense Of Domestic O&G Exploration

aux.link: Saudi oil output hike would not solve US problems: Bush

I hope this trip to Saudi Arabia was just a P.R. move by President Bush, because what he says next is the common sense most of us have known all along. But the visit was worth it alone for him to shine some light on this while in the region to make a point. He's really on a roll this week.

"Our problem in America gets solved when we aggressively go for domestic exploration. Our problem in America gets solved if we expand our refining capacity, promote nuclear energy and continue our strategy for the advancing of alternative energies as well as conservation," he said.

"One interesting thing about American politics these days is those who are screaming the loudest for increased production from Saudi Arabia are the very same people who are fighting the fiercest against domestic exploration, against the development of nuclear power and against expanding refining capacity."

Immigrant Litter Costing Taxpayers $1M Annually

aux.link: FOXNews.com - Groups Struggle to Clean Up Mess Illegal Immigrants Leave Behind

Benedict's Men: The Swiss Guards Of Vatican City

aux.link: FOXNews.com - Stripes and Solids: Protecting the Pope

"On first look, the uniform worn by Pope Benedict XVI’s bodyguards — the colorful yellow and blue stripey uniforms, the red ostrich feather-plumed helmets, the tights and bloomers — might lead you to think your grandmother could take them on.

You would be gravely mistaken.

Armed only with Renaissance weaponry, this minuscule army successfully kept Nazi soldiers out of Vatican City during World War II as Germany occupied Rome.

While they still wear armor and carry antique weapons, it’s not all medieval warfare for the Swiss Guards. They must maintain a high degree of physical fitness and master modern weaponry, such as the H&K submachine gun and the SIG Sauer 9 mm pistol. To best protect the Pope, they also train at close-quarters fighting and tactical movement, as well as security and counter-terrorism techniques."

Hamas Cleric Sees Rome Bastardized By Islam

aux.link: FOXNews.com - Hamas Cleric Predicts 'Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam'

Or at least, that's how I saw his comments. Perhaps The Vatican's security force, the Swiss Guards, need more defensive measures. Since we know we can't count on the EU or UN for having already caved.

"A sermon last Friday by a prominent Muslim cleric and Hamas member of the Palestinian parliament openly declared that "the capital of the Catholics, or the Crusader capital," would soon be conquered by Islam.

The fiery sermon, delivered by Yunis al-Astal and aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV, predicted that Rome would become "an advanced post for the Islamic conquests, which will spread though Europe in its entirety, and then will turn to the two Americas, even Eastern Europe."

"Allah has chosen you for Himself and for His religion," al-Astal preached, "so that you will serve as the engine pulling this nation to the phase of succession, security and consolidation of power, and even to conquests through da'wa and military conquests of the capitals of the entire world."

"Very soon, Allah willing, Rome will be conquered, just like Constantinople was, as was prophesized by our prophet Muhammad," he added."

Young, Stupid Liberals Think Iraq Still An Enemy

aux.link: Poll: Iran, Iraq, China Top US Enemies

Well this is pretty telling even if it's of no real surprise to you and I... excellent.

"Gallup first asked the question in early 2001, before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. At the time, Iraq was seen as the biggest foe, followed by China and Iran.

Iraq has remained one of the most frequently named ever since, even though Saddam Hussein was overthrown and the current Baghdad government is backed by the U.S.

Republicans are more than twice as likely as Democrats to see Iran as the top U.S. enemy, while Democrats are likelier to name Iraq. Older people and those who say they closely follow world news are less likely to cite Iraq than the younger and less informed."

US Intel Agencies Using Google Appliances

aux.link: CIA enlists Google's help for spy work - Times Online

Recon: The Nightmare World Of North Korea

aux.link: Strict rules for visitors - The Sun

Interesting read- I love 'behind enemy lines' North Korean recon stories like this with footage.

US Stability Offset By Gun-Toting Citizens?

aux.link: If you think it’s bad here, don’t try Switzerland

That's what Jane's finds here, though the ambiguous and highly-questionable data can't be taken seriously. I should add a new post tag called 'incompetence', but I'd end up labeling damn near every post with it.

"Mr Le Mière said that the US had fallen down the scale, although it still scored an average of 93 out of 100, partly because of the proliferation of small arms owned by Americans and the threat to the population posed by the flow of drugs from across the Mexican border."

False. The credit crisis and taxpayer-supported welfare programs propping up the latter argument would have been more-believable answers. Must have been a slow newsday in the UK and the underdeveloped intern yops were getting a bit antsy to speak, now that Heather Mills has apparently shut up and disappeared. As usual, half-wit biased European zealots don't understand the Second Amendment here in America, and will continue not until they study more history than their elementary educations demanded for 'foreign affairs'. This is just another gun rights and the effectiveness thereof debate in the making, but its cleaver angle here is worth putting on notice.

US Olympic Tourists Warned About Monitoring

aux.link: US Olympic tourists warned about monitoring in hotels

"Americans traveling to China for the Olympic Games in August can expect their hotel rooms there to be monitored, the State Department warned on its website. "All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations," according to the State Department site. "All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times. Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without the occupant's consent or knowledge," it said. It added that many hotels and apartment buildings may be poorly built, lack emergency exits, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide monitors and basic security like locks, alarms, and personnel."

Good point- don't expect any rights to security, privacy or otherwise while travelling in China. It's not our jurisdiction, and of no concern to them how you feel. One has to wonder how well this is going to go over with American tourists once they realize this. Personally, along with our eyes on the Tibeten chaos, I'm hoping for a full-on boycott to the point of cancellation so the free global community can give its vote of no confidence to the idiots at the IOC who chose Beijing for 2008. Sorry, athletes- nothing personal.

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.

Middle Eastern Investors Eyeing US Telcos

aux.link: Kuwait's Investment Dar eyes U.S. telecom firm Reuters

This is the kind of stuff that scares me. Not that Kuwait is an enemy - as they're actually one of the friendliest countries in that region - but they're still not the country I'd chose if we had a foriegn buyout of any section of our country's telecommunications infrastructure. Why not Canada? I think I'm going to be ill.