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On the thread 'Middle-class Misery Index Hits Record Under George Bush', I left a comment concerning JFK's immigration policies. It was posted; I checked after having posted it. It's no longer there. Not only that, when I tried to repost it, I was forced to go through their verification again, after which I was confronted with a message telling me "You are not allowed to post comments." My comment was not abusive, libelous, etc. in any way, I simply pointed out major problems with JFK's immigration policies. See my comment on this thread for an example (search for 'TheLonewackoBlog'). I...

My new site www.goodnewsamerica.us provides the latest and fastest news we can provide. Not only will you find liks to the stories you most want to hear about from a conservative perspective, we try to focus on the good news that's out there ( good news isn't always pleasant). Additionally as a site member (free) you will be offered the following features: Personal Blog Private Messaging to other site members Personal Links Comment on news links Participate in forum discussions including posting your own polls. Submit links, news stories, reviews, and articles for approval. Participate in polls and surveys Sound...

A pro-US liberal Iraqi blogger, HealingIraq, longs for the days of the dictator. A COUP d'etat is taking place in Iraq. Al-Shula, Al-Hurria, Thawra (Sadr City) and Kadhimiya (all Shi'ite neighbourhoods in Baghdad) have been declared liberated from occupation. Looting has started at some places downtown. News from other cities in the south indicates that [Shi'ite radical Moqtada al-Sadr's] followers have taken over [police] stations and [government] buildings in Kufa, Nasiriyah, Ammara, Kut and Basra. No one knows what is happening in the capital right now. Power has been cut off in my neighbourhood since the afternoon, and I can...

Liberals reveal true colors in blog wars: censorshipLiberals are attacking the anti-terrorist blog www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog: Strike Back: Target #1 - LGFThis is likely in retaliation for criticism of the blogger at www.dailyKOS.com who said of the civilians mutilated in Iraq recently, "screw them:" "That said, I feel nothing over the death of mercenaries. They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them." See http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=10442Little green football's webmaster has been threatened, his ISP Hosting Matters is being flooded with...

Since it looks like John Kerry has a lock on the Democrat nomination, being the uber-partisan I am (hell, I'd vote for a retarded mule if it had an 'R' next to its name and said it would cut my taxes) I've set my crack research staff out to find the dirt on the haughty, French-looking Senator who - by the way - served in Vietnam. Here's what they got: FUN FACTS ABOUT JOHN KERRY * In his campaign, Kerry is planning on relying on his wife's ketchup money. That's a lot like blood money, but more tomato based. *...

I need a little help going through this and finding the BS in it. Apparently they are implying W was receiving military discipline at the time he was "missing" from his Alabama unit, receiving his points while in a Military discipline paper unit. I want to believe this is total crap so I need a little help working this out. I don't understand the total workings of the Guard, units, etc. Any help is wanted.

OK, if anybody is going to be able to give me information on this, Freepers will... I would like to start my own blog, largely about politics but also about computers, and general other stuff. I've set one up at moosebytes.blogspot.com, but only after I did it did I realize that blogspot does not do user comments. It's just a one-way thing--I post, people (maybe) read it. I'd like to find somewhere that could handle a small blog allowing people to comment back, sort of like a cut-down version of a "real" blog like LGF. Is there anything like that...

Murshed Zaheed is a 29 year old attorney from Washington, DC. He is one of the main individuals who regulates what visitors to Howard Dean’s web site can or cannot post. This is in addition to the other job titles he allegedly holds within the Dean campaign, according to one Dean staffer we spoke with. Through his conduct he has demonstrated that the Dean campaign feels they should decide what content may or may not appear on their web site in areas "supposedly" open for public posting and review. They hide behind a broad terms of service disclaimer that basically...

A RIGHT TO KNOW As a lifelong consumer of the written word displayed on paper, the prospect of talking to readers by way of a "blog" is a little unnerving. I've decided to tip toe into these electronic waters because I recognize that to ignore change is to be consumed by it. At The Plain Dealer we communicate with our readers a number of ways, the pages of the paper being the most obvious. But the "how to reach us" box on 2A lists e-mail addresses and phone numbers for senior editors and similar information appears at the bottom of...

Josh Marshall Has Serious Chutzpah Josh Marshall, author of the Talking Points Memo, has just gone a step too far, even for him. He is accusing Matt Drudge of coordinating his website postings on the DrudgeReport with the RNC...because Drudge's posts were similar to a speech on the same day given by the RNC's Chairman, Ed Gillespie. Gasp! Seriously, that's pretty sleazy, even for "Pope Josh I". He knows just as well as everyone else that during the news cycle, political actors and bloggers jump on the issues that are hot. He also knows that Drudge gets millions of readers...

<p>On a modest street in the flats of Berkeley there's a little yellow bungalow behind a shabby fence. It's one of those places you expect to find a pit bull, but instead you find a bright young mayor of a city of about 70,000 liberal activists, writers, kibitzers, kidders and some folks who clearly have a lot of time on their hands.</p>

Politics & Punditry On The InternetCan the blogosphere really alter the tides of political campaigns? After Howard Dean's meteoric rise from the bottom of the Democratic presidential hopeful pack to its undisputed front-runner, the blogging community supporting his campaign was given a significant amount of credit for Dean's success. Alexis Rice of Johns Hopkins states in his White Paper, The Use of Blogs in The 2004 Presidential Election that "Blogs have already become a power tool in the Democratic presidential nomination battle." Rice goes on to say that "the leading candidate in the blogging revolution is former Vermont Gov. Howard...

Glenn Beck FansJust letting everyone know about our new Glenn Beck fan site. Stop by for Beck related discussion or other discussion of a conservative nature.

The Blogs of Freedom Our family's menorah rests on the mantle next to a beautiful noble fir draped with Christmas ornaments. The big holiday dinner will include the Hanukkah staple of potato latkes with sour cream, and a succulent ham from Hempler's of Bellingham. I know — not kosher. My late fraternal grandfather Jacob would not approve. Grandpa fled to Brooklyn from Ukraine in the early 1900s to escape the periodic pogroms against Jews, under Russian czarist rule. He worked his way up from house painter and wallpaper hanger to a building contractor, earning for his two sons access to...

Vote for Tasty Manatees, Don't Let Anti-War.com win! Please take ten seconds to click on this link to the 2003 Weblog Awards and vote for Tasty Manatees. Apparently, Tasty Manatees is listed in the "Crawly Amphibians" category for some reason. I would really feel discouraged if more people voted for Anti-war.com over Tasty Manatees! [2nd Update- Anti-war.com has more votes for best blog than Tasty Manatees. Currently, about 1 in 15 of you are actually hitting the link and voting. Understandable, but please take ten seconds to make a statement that you do not agree with the rants of the...

John Hawkins at Right Wing News has just released the 2003 Warblogger Awards, and I am flattered that his panel of voters selected me for top spot in the category "The Best Original Content For A Blog". I don't think I should have won. Quite frankly, I think that Wretchard at Belmont Club is producing better material than I am. He is writing as consistently as I have (perhaps more so, given that I've been less consistent lately) and his material is more focused and more cogent. I'm a bit surprised that Wretchard didn't show up as one of the...

http://iraqataglance.blogspot.com/ Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Saving Grace I read this article in one of the newspapers published in Baghdad named (Baghdad Now), and I found it worthy to be republished in the blog. Here it goes: “The st. Catherine de Siena orphanage is a Catholic orphanage in eastern part of Baghdad, the orphanage is home to 30 children ranging in age from 7 to 17, the children were homeless, and taken in by the sisters of The st.Catherine de Siena orphanage. The children rescued by the sisters of The st.Catherine de Siena were saved from a life of abject poverty...

http://www.messopotamian.blogspot.com/ Greetings all, You probably know that we are in Ramdhan. It is some few hours to breaking the fast at sunset. This fasting is so interesting. Food suddenly aquires new attraction. Today is Friday our weekend holiday. So, in general expect my postings mostly thursday and friday. The rest of the week I am quite busy trying to make a living. So now we hear another Helicopter is brought down. Serious, yes. Disaster ? not necessarily. It only shows the enemy is not to be underestimated. I note that most of my visitors are american. This is natural and...

There has been talk at LittleGreenFootballs about denial of service attacks on pro-Israel websites. Does anyone know anything about this, or any other internet Jihadi activities lately?

Carnival of the Capitalists Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists. Modeled after the Carnival of the Vanities, this weekly roundup is intended to be a "Best Of the Blogosphere" for posts covering business, economics, stocks, accounting, taxes, business law, and related topics. More info can be found in my first post on the subject. There are some excellent posts here from some very intelligent people. I hope this eventually gets recognized by the major business news sources because, while bloggers may not always write as well as the pros, I think we can provide a...