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Kellogg is rationing its Eggo products due to flooding and equipment problems at two bakeries. The shortfall could last through mid-2010. Better hoard your Eggos! Grocery stores will be experiencing a shortage of the waffles until mid-2010 due to problems at two bakeries, a Kellogg's spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Flooding at an Atlanta bakery during heavy rains in October forced Kellogg, which makes Eggo products, to shut down production temporarily, said company spokesman Kris Charles. Plus, equipment at Kellogg's largest waffle facility, based in Rossville, Tenn., needs extensive repairs.

They laughed at Bush for calling himself the "decider." At least he could. At least he could look at a situation, weigh varying recommendations, and make a decision. That's something his successor seems incapable of doing. He can't decide if he wants the public option, he can't decide if he supports Van Jones, he can't decide if the Cambridge police are stupid. And most importantly, he can't decide what to do in Afghanistan. The problem with that is that it costs lives. Like the eight soldiers lost in combat on Saturday. Obama's dithering, and the asinine public debate his administration...

Waffle Bike is a fully weaponized waffle making device complete with call to prayer public address system. It’s also the name of a short film—documenting the bike’s maiden voyage in search of chickens, naturally, to lay the eggs for the batter. In Waffle Bike, a perfectly clipped narrator chirps out Waffle Bike’s features, which include a Honda Harmony en2500 generator, a 9-inch Norweigan waffle maker, a small refrigerator up front, a tape deck (which plays through three 8-inch, 25-watt, all-weather trumpet horn speakers made in China), and two 12-gauge homemade shotguns. The film is charming and disturbing and funny—and the...

... It was during this breakfast that a reporter kept hounding Obama for his reaction to President Jimmy Carter’s "positive" meeting with Hamas. Obama, who was obviously hungry at the time, responded by asking a question of his own. "Why can't I just eat my waffle?" Obama asked. Fast forward a year and Obama is now getting all the "waffles" he can handle. What’s the latest steaming stack giving his nascent administration heartburn? It’s Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ongoing two-step on what she knew and when regarding the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) use of enhanced interrogation techniques. According to...

The guests at Sunday evening's black tie White House dinner for the nation's governors feasted on servings of Chesapeake crab agnolottis, wagyu beef, Nantucket scallops and huckleberry cobbler for dessert. But thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama, a bit more of the day-to-day eating habits of the new family living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave has been learned. "There are some mean waffles and grits that are made in the morning that have become a regular staple for some of us," Obama said. But she didn't reveal exactly for who that breakfast pairing has become a morning favorite. Though she was...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday the size of a residual U.S. force left in Iraq after the withdrawal of combat troops would be "entirely conditions-based."

Put on the defensive by charges of “elitism,” Democratic presidential contender Senator Barack Obama (Ill) insisted that he can appeal to people in all walks of life. “Those who say I can’t connect with the diverse peoples of this country don’t know the real me,” Obama said. “To say that I don’t understand the point of view of the blue-collar man is absurd. I, myself, have often worn a shirt with a blue collar. There are pictures of me in a blue shirt at campaign rallies. So, don’t tell me I don’t know what it is like to wear a...

SCRANTON, Pa. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama kicked off a day of campaigning in Pennsylvania by dropping by a Scranton diner for a breakfast of waffles, sausage and orange juice. But the press corps went hungry — hungry for an answer that is. The Illinois senator brushed aside a question from one reporter on his reaction to former President Jimmy Carter’s description of a positive meeting with leaders of the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas. “Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” Obama replied. Reporters traveling with the Illinois senator, fighting with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over Pennsylvania ahead...

New Iowa Leader Criticized by for Indecision on Federal Student Aid. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who backed in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, hedged Sunday on whether illegal immigrants who have gone to school in the United States should become eligible for federal student aid such as Pell grants and subsidized federal student loans. "I'm not sure that I would support that," Huckabee told ABC News, "it was a different program in Arkansas." Huckabee's failure to take a clear position on federal student aid while appearing on ABC News' "This Week with George...

Norm Coleman was talking about the war this week on the Senate floor: "Our current path isn't working," he said. "You have to be flexible and you have to shift, you have to make change." The Minnesota Republican could just as well have been talking about his own political life. After a career marked by nimbleness, Coleman is again switching gears, putting distance between himself and President Bush and vowing to work with Democrats who control Congress. And he's gaining plenty of attention for doing it. On Friday, for example, the New York Times saluted Coleman with its "quotation of...

Pushes 2007 deadline in proposal to remove US soldiers from Iraq WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry is pushing back by six months the deadline he wants to set for removing combat troops from Iraq, as he seeks to build support in the Senate for his plan for troop withdrawal. The proposal to be offered by Kerry today would require President Bush to remove nearly all US troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007. The Massachusetts Democrat's initial plan -- to remove troops by the end of 2006 -- received just six votes in the Senate last week, and the...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry has decided to support a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, CNN's Congressional Correspondent Ed Henry reported Thursday. Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, was marshaling support in phone calls during the day, Henry said.</p>

WASHINGTON – In accusations about American troops reminiscent of what the young John Kerry said to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971, the senator and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer there was no reason for U.S. soldiers to continue "terrorizing" Iraqi children. "And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the – of – the historical customs, religious customs," Kerry said Sunday. "Whether...

Having declared last Wednesday that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a "big mistake," former President Bill Clinton now thinks the Bush Administration policy may succeed. Speaking to Arab students in Dubai, the capital of United Arab Emirates, Clinton said "Saddam is gone. It's a good thing, but I don't agree with what was done." Last night however, he told an audience of 700 in Valhalla, New York that the recent vote on an Iraqi constitution went well, and the next test will be whether the once-dominant Sunni Arabs participate in the Dec. 15 elections, according to Westchester County's News...

This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," Oct. 26, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. COLMES: Democrats are addressing more serious issues, like the war in Iraq. Earlier today Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) spoke at Georgetown University in Washington. I caught up with him for an exclusive interview after the speech. COLMES: Do you expect indictments to come down toward the White House? SEN. JOHN KERRY: I don't have a clue. I read what everybody else reads. Honestly, I don't know. COLMES: Do you think there should be resignations, with or without indictments? KERRY: Well, I...

A new poll showing that Catholics are backing off support for the death penalty was no surprise to U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, an outspoken conservative Catholic, who says he has been re-examining his own view. He has not become an abolitionist, and he believes church teaching against the death penalty carries less weight than its longer-standing opposition to abortion. But he questions what he once unquestioningly supported. "I felt very troubled about cases where someone may have been convicted wrongly. DNA evidence definitely should be used when possible," he said. "I agree with the pope that in the civilized world...

Monday, Feb. 7, 2005 10:13 a.m. EST Sen. John Kerry reiterated his pledge on Monday to sign the form that would allow the government to release all his military records, but said he wanted to know exactly what was in his file before doing so. "I have a stack of different material they sent me," Kerry told radio host Don Imus. "Every time they send me something I want to know what they sent me." "I'll get it done," Kerry insisted in the next breath. Last week the 2008 presidential hopeful suggested he wanted to review his full Navy file...

Two days ago it was Tom Daschle's birthday; today is the birthday of John Kerry who was born on December 11, 1943. Birthday wishes, comments, and gloating are welcome.

As I understand it... John Edwards has announced that he will personally insure that every vote will be conted. He has also announced that he and John Kerry have worked tirelessly to guarantee that the sun WILL rise this morning, and that table vinegar will continue to leave a sour taste in every American's mouth. And speaking of George Soros, the Democrats are puzzled as to how they went wrong with their campaign to take big money out of politics. We sent our reporters in to question them, but no little people are allowed on the Kerry estate. Their spokesman...

Just heard Kerry concedes defeat, but still maintains that he won. But he reminds us it is important to keep in mind that he was the clear winner, though in reality what he really did was to graciously congratulate Bush on winning the election, which Bush has actually failed to win.

LOS LUNAS, N.M. - Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) said Sunday that Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites)'s first response to Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s new videotape was to take a poll to find out what he should say about it. AP Photo AP Photo Slideshow: Dick Cheney Latest Headlines: · Security Dominates Last-Minute Stumping AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago · $600 Million Spent on Presidential Ads AP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago · Kerry Makes Pitch to Undecided, Black Voters Reuters - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All...

LOS LUNAS, N.M. - Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) said Sunday that Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites)'s first response to Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s new videotape was to take a poll to find out what he should say about it. A spokesman for Kerry's campaign did not deny polling on the bin Laden videotape, but suggested President Bush (news - web sites) has done so. Bush's campaign strategist denied asking any poll questions about the al-Qaida terrorist. "The thing that I find amazing about it is that John Kerry's first response was...

Here's an update on Project Longface. Notice that the swift boat proudly flys the French flag at the pointy end. Next to that is a flag of surrender. Here's a story and pictures of it on our local NBC news website.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Sen. John Kerry's first response to Osama bin Laden's new videotape was to take a poll to find out what he should say about it. A spokesman for Kerry's campaign did not deny polling on the bin Laden videotape, but suggested President Bush has done so. Bush's campaign strategist denied asking any poll questions about the al-Qaida terrorist. "The thing that I find amazing about it is that John Kerry's first response was to go conduct a poll," Cheney told supporters in Iowa. "He went into the field...

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Hunt gives voters... Well... AN image of Kerry. Really Unbiased Media Program (Filed by pool reporter... special to RUMP News) BOARDMAN, Ohio Oct 21, 2:01 PM (ET) Democratic presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry went goose hunting today in an effort to connect with the common voter. Kerry adviser Mike McCurry said it's important in the final days of the campaign that voters "get a better sense of John Kerry, the guy. We only have 12 days to get the message across that even though the Senator may LOOK like an effete elitist Massachusetts Liberal snob, he can be just as...

CLICK HERE NRA Endorses President Bush National Rifle Association Oct 2004: John Kerry Wants to Ban Guns in America! "John Kerry`s two-decade long U.S. Senate record of opposing Second Amendment rights makes him the most anti-gun presidential nominee in history! Click Here for the proof!" That Dog Don`t Hunt

'Airplane' Director David Zucker Lampoons Kerry's Waffling with New Ad; Noted Filmmaker Injects Humor into Issues DebateWASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Club for Growth.Net, one of the nation's leading political advocacy organizations, today unveiled a new national television ad, which ridicules John Kerry's indecisiveness on many policy issues. "John Kerry's indecisiveness and flip-flopping are no laughing matter-that is until we teamed up with Hollywood hit maker David Zucker," said Club for Growth.Net president Stephen Moore. "David, whose credits include the blockbuster comedies "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun," has found a way to work his movie magic to create the...

John Kerry Longface Project Update -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From hundreds of entries, we’ve selected project managers in three cities to lead the effort in creating a John Kerry Waffle Head. In order to get this done, we need your help! If you’d like to participate in the creation of the John Kerry Waffle Head, please contact the project manager responsible for your city. Columbus, OH Carol Lynne Bosshole3@yahoo.com Pittsburg, PA We're looking for a new project manager, please email longface@glennbeck.com if you're interested in this position. Updated - October 18th Here is the latest update from Carol in Columbus... The first photo...

In an interview with the nation's largest homosexual magazine just weeks before the election, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry leaves open the possibility that he will change his position on same-sex "marriage" and says he will nominate judges who will fight for homosexual causes. The interview is part of the Oct. 26 edition of The Advocate, which features Kerry on the cover. The Massachusetts senator has drawn praise from activists for his opposition to the Marriage Protection Amendment but consternation from some for his stated opposition to same-sex "marriage." Asked directly by The Advocate if he "would ever change" his...

I'm wondering how Senator Kerry has thus far avoided having his flip-flopping, weasely, calculating, and morphing statements during this political campaign labelled "KERRYMANDERING". If this catches on credit my wise father in Atlanta. If Kerry's campaing had a mascot, it would be a weasel wearing flip-flops sitting on a fence near a hedge eating a waffle.

I've been waiting to hear more about the first exchange in the last debate. Cheryl: Senator, are you wishy washy? Kerry: I have always said that Saddam was a threat. Then, minutes later... Kerry: And Mr. President, you invaded Iraq even though Saddam posed no threat. Is he wishy washy or just stone-cold stupid?

Making a Dent in Liberal Disinformation: Senator Kerry Doesn't Flip-Flop Written by Lester Dent Sunday, October 10, 2004 Senator Kerry dropped a bombshell in the second debate when he mentioned that his faith had gotten him through a war. I hadn't realized he had been in combat. It took some research, but I discovered that he had served in Vietnam. Things suddenly became clear. While his critics point to shifting stances on a whole gamut of issues as ''flip-flopping'' or ''waffling,'' I realized that they were tactics developed by a combat veteran. He doesn't flip-flop, he surrounds an issue and...

PHILADELPHIA -- Watching John Kerry fumble around trying to find himself and his positions was at one point an utterly entertaining phenomenon. Now it's escalated to the point where, even for someone like me, it's just frustrating. Now, in all fairness, I've been pretty tame toward Sen. Kerry since his coronation as unofficial-cum-official Democratic nominee. I haven't launched personal attacks, in spite of the fact that jokes seem to create themselves these days, I haven't called him a pinko-commie for his tax proposals and post-Vietnam behavior and I've abstained, with tremendous exertion, from pointing out how weak the Left deems...

If the Iraq war is going to be the big issue in the presidential election, then it's probably worth knowing where the candidates stand. As for George W. Bush, he's for the war, and he thinks we need to do even more, maybe militarily, to extend the blessings of democracy to Arabs. That's clear enough. But for John Kerry, the answer is murkier. The White House counts eight different positions Kerry has held, and he added more nuance in Thursday's debate by saying that the war was a "profound diversion" from the right war on terror, which should focus on...

A critical reason that John Kerry's once-assured election is going up in Deweyesque smoke is Kerry's inability to pass the Commander-in-Chief test: Can this candidate be trusted to ensure our security in a manifestly insecure world? In the three previous presidential contests, voters could ignore that question. But they can't now, not after 9/11. Yet Kerry comes across as though he thinks he can deal with mortal, major foreign policy issues by senatorial fudging and "nuancing." • Iran. The mullahs will soon have nuclear weapons. What should the U.S. do? Europe has tried its ineffective diplomacy and has, predictably,...

WINDSURFER WATERLOOwhy the surfboard--not the snowboard--is Kerry's Achilles' heel by Mia T, 9.26.04 THE HOT DEBATE OVER THE WINDSURFING AD [09/23 11:54 AM] There is apparently much debate about the windsurfing ad over at the Corner. Here's the CNN summary of the charges and countercharges so far: Underscoring the Bush attacks was a new television ad showing Kerry windsurfing to the strains of the "Blue Danube" waltz. A narrator reads a list of what the Bush campaign contends are the senator's vacillating positions on the Iraq war, education and Medicare. The ad ends with the tag line: "John Kerry. Whichever...

John "One Position on Iraq" Kerry's 1971 Replay WHY JOHN KERRY IS LETHALLY DANGEROUS FOR AMERICAWHY THE LEFT IS GONNA GET US KILLED   by Mia T, 9.23.04     (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com    KERRY DOESN'T HAVE THE JUDGMENT TO BE PRESIDENT Senator Kerry's contradictions on Iraq are the wrong signal to send to our troops on the ground, to our coalition partners, to the Iraqi people and to the terrorists seeking our destruction. On the eve of Prime Minister Allawi's visit to the United States, Senator Kerry today said that America and the...

On Monday, December 8, 2003, President Bush signed into law a Medicare prescription drug benefits package designed to help American seniors pay for their medications. This month, the Kerry campaign released a TV ad attacking President Bush’s Medicare record stating, “The very next day George Bush imposes the biggest Medicare premium increase in history while prescription drug costs still skyrocket.” There are several problems with this ad, namely that fact that 1) Kerry skipped the December 8 vote and 2) Kerry voted to support the increase in Medicare premiums that he now criticizes. The Kerry campaign offers no specifics on...

Lord ! GOP quotes Don Imus on Kerry's muddled statement on Iraq. It reads, "I asked him a number of questions about Iraq and I can't tell you what he said." -- Don Imus, Radio Host LOLOLOLOL Right below Giuliani's statement at the top of the page...

WASHINGTON – Every time John Kerry brings up the Iraq debate, another debate ensues between his aides and Republicans – whether he has changed positions. This time, however, even Kerry supporter Don Imus expressed confusion. When the radio talk-show host asked the Democratic presidential candidate Wednesday if there were any circumstances under which "we should have gone to war in Iraq," Mr. Kerry said no. "Not under the current circumstances, no, there are none that I see," Mr. Kerry said, though he continued to defend his 2002 vote to authorize possible military action. Republicans pounced, calling it another shift. "Senator...

Poll Results Are In: Kerry's Position on Iraq Continues to Confuse; Interview on Imus This Morning Deepens Confusion To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Christine Iverson of the Republican National Committee Communications Staff, 202-863-8614 WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Over 7 million people have watched the Kerry On Iraq documentary at KerryOnIraq.com and according to the results of a new online poll, many are still confused after Senator Kerry's major policy speech on Iraq. After watching Senator Kerry's speech the results are in: 40 percent of people thought Kerry took a NEW position on Iraq 33 percent thought he...

It's a remarkable feat, but teeter-tottering John Kerry is even managing to land on both sides of the ambition issue. For his entire life, he was seen as so ambitious to be president, as so eager to consort with heiresses, that it was off-putting; his St. Paul's classmates played Hail to the Chief on kazoos when he walked by, and in the Senate, Bob Dole mocked the Massachusetts senator's love of cameras by nicknaming him Live Shot. But this summer, when that lust for power should have been coursing through his veins, Kerry grew timid and logy. He let the...

THE AGONIZING difficulties in Iraq give rise to two legitimate questions: Was the war a mistake, and what is to be done now? The second is the more vital, but both are important subjects for the campaign. President Bush has unambiguous answers. He believes the war was right and necessary, and he maintains that his plan of training Iraqi forces while facilitating elections will help Iraq move toward stability and democracy. Both positions are subject to challenge, and we will be returning to them in future editorials. But it isn't clear where Sen. John F. Kerry stands on either point.

Protestors demonstrate outside U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's Town Hall meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 2004. The protestor dressed up as a waffle (L), represents the Republicans view of Kerry's stance on the war in Iraq

"Everybody told me, 'God, if you're coming to Canonsburg, you've got to find time to go to Toy's, and he'll take care of you,'" Mr. Kerry said, dropping the name of a restaurant his motorcade had passed on the way in. "I understand it's my kind of place, because you don't have to - you know, when they give you the menu, I'm always struggling: Ah, what do you want? "He just gives you what he's got, right?" Mr. Kerry added, continuing steadily off a gangplank of his own making: "And you don't have to worry, it's whatever he's cooked...

The Labor Department reported this morning that the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% in August, down from 5.5% in July, and that our economy created 144,000 new jobs in August. July job creation was revised upward to 73,000 from the 32,000 initially reported. 78,000 new jobs were added in June. Looks like the July numbers were a blip and we’re getting back to the torrid pace of job creation of May (248,000), April (346,000), and March (353,000). After President Bush’s stirring speech last night and the good economic news, just how will Senator Franken-Kerry put a negative spin on...

Will John Kerry issue in an age of a “stronger America” as his campaign bumper stickers state? I have found quite the contrary, and have provided documentation. In the mid 1960’s he tried to avoid military service for 12 months so he could continue his studies in Paris, according to Britain’s Telegraph. [1] Then he served 4 ½ months in Vietnam. Though he claimed a Purple Heart for his first “injury,” his own diary for that day states, “we hadn't been shot at yet.” [2] According to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, you have to be wounded to...