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Mission Creep: The expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial success... Scooted out to the west to go fishing this morning. It's kind of broken country out that way, some ups and downs, not a whole lot of choices in your radio listening pleasure. Wound up listening to a whole lot of political radio. Actually, what we listened to, was a whole lot of people running their yaps regarding what their chosen variety of poison presidential candidate was "going to do for America". About the third time someone mentioned "Obama", "Clinton", McCain", "service" and...

The mainstream media might try like hell to avoid mentioning the OBVIOUS effect of Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos on prolonging the Democrat primary but the HUffington Post HUffies sure know who to blame. Come to think of it, both John Kerry and the Obama campaign have credited Operation Chaos with giving Hillary her slim win in Indiana. Of course, some people like Pied Piper Pitt think an extended and bloody Democrat primary is a BLESSING but that observation can be chalked up to both grandstanding and an excess of Bukowski's brew. The HUffies themselves are somewhat more rational than...

In today's updated Electoral Projection Map and Chart, both John McCain and Barack Obama have an additional state in their column: * Nevada moved into McCain's column as a good-Obama poll moved off the 50-day average. * Colorado moved into Obama's column because a strong McCain poll moved off the 50-day average.

Let's say you're a young person working for a large, well respected corporation with a very pronounced global presence and an acute need for an increased workforce. Your job is difficult, but also very personally fulfilling. Despite the fact that you love your job, you find yourself thinking about moving on. Sensing this, your boss comes to you and says: "I hear you're thinking about quitting. We really value your work and we need you to stay. It's hard to find qualified employees like yourself so we'd definitely like it if you stayed on. But, just so you're aware, if...

'ODE TO OBAMA'Written by: Publius IIRecitation: MineThere once was a man named Obama His life began with drama An African Muslim father An eccentric white mama Obama's white grandparents They gave him a charmed life Raised on the beaches of Hawaii Far from ghetto strife He went to private schools Fourteen thousand dollars a year Working-class white folks They were nowhere near He attended Columbia Then Harvard Law A very soft and liberal upbringing Something Americans eventually saw He then went to Chicago Nation of Islam, Farrakhan, Black Panthers and Jackson The only friends he made All from the extreme...

From: MidwayUSA Web Management Team Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:45 AM To: Everyone; Battenfeld Everyone Subject: Scholastic Shooting Trust May 5, 2008 Dear MidwayUSA and Battenfeld Employees: Today I’m pleased to announce the official launch of the Scholastic Shooting Trust Fund, a mission of the newly-created MidwayUSA Foundation. The Scholastic Shooting Trust (SST) Fund is a web-based fundraising program designed to help support shooting education at every high school, college and university in America. Alumni who would like to see shooting programs offered at the school or schools they attended can help make that a reality by contributing to...

Which words below best describe Obama: Trojan Horse Megalomaniac Racist Fraud Crybaby Coward False Prophet Dangerous Demagogue Snob That guy who should be running for Evanston mayor

Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has a few choice words for your hometown newspaper. In an editorial Thursday, the Star-Telegram called the Republican land commissioner's position on the Christmas Mountains untenable, and said that "his obstinate invocation of the gun issue in the discussion borders on obsession." In a response Thursday, Patterson cites the oath he took years ago as an officer of the United States Marine Corps. He also notes in his 400-plus word letter that the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram may consider my position 'untenable' and my zeal for the Bill of Rights 'obstinate' and an 'obsession,' but I...

One of the more conspicuous silences during the whole Bernie Ward saga has been coming from KGO-Radio (810 AM), his longtime employer. Long the Bay Area's ratings king, the news-talk station has -- on the advice of its corporate parent Citadel Broadcasting says KGO president and general manager Mickey Luckoff -- suggested that its on-air talent not talk about Bernie. Not yet. "It wasn't an edict," Luckoff said Thursday, moments after Ward changed his plea to guilty to distributing child porn. "We have never, ever put restrictions on anybody here. We have never put an embargo on what people could...

I live in an area which is not served by cable TV companies. That has limited the Internet access choices to either dial-up or sattelite. I currently have both, using dial-up on my MacOS9 and Hughesnet on the PCs. I have learned that DSL has suddenly been extended to my area by Verizon. Hughesnet is costing roughly $90.00/month for less than satisfactory service because of their "Fair Access Policy" and because towering thunderheads frequently block the sattelite signal. I could get Verizon DSL for about $30.00/month--and if the in-house networking goes right, I might even be able to ditch the...

Two contract security guards at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport were suspended in the wake of Wednesday's security breach in which a man slipped past a vehicle checkpoint and was found sleeping on a plane.

A man awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing Benton County, Arkansas, complaining that the “skimpy rations” he has been fed in the county jail caused him to lose more than 100 pounds during eight months in jail. “I used to be a sturdy 400-plus pounds,” Laswell boasted. “Now, I’m practically skin and bones. It’s cruel and unusual punishment.” Laswell is being assisted in his suit by the ACLU. “This is but another sorry example of the pattern of torture and abuse that has overtaken the U.S. penal system under the Bush Administration,” said ACLU spokesman, Bertram Petty. “Starving...

Congress won't allow us to drill our own oil so these intellegent public servants thus allow other countries to do so and then we buy it from them. This is a blog from April 2006 but it needs to be read again. In case the link doesn't work here's the address: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/05/its-official-cuba-hires-china-to-drill.html

In the wake of Obama’s struggle with securing white blue-collar voters of the Democratic Party, many left wing commentators as well as some mainstream media journalists, have found particular solace in explaining his lack of appeal to certain segments of what was once the bedrock coalition of the party, as a result of either explicit or implicit racism. We have all heard the conspiratorial and hidden message refrains: any attempt to get out and secure the blue-collar white vote is blowing the “race” dog-whistle; arguments about Obama’s “electability” are, at root, code words for the country is not ready to...

The underlying cause of World War II was the effort by Japan and Germany to take by force of arms resources they decided they needed to fuel their economies. Both countries were dictatorships; this is important because, under modern standards of conduct, democracies probably could not go to war for this reason. Yet it is also clear that we would not be in Iraq if it were not for the fact that oil is the source of funds for the Islamic terrorists to carry out their atrocities on westerners, nor would they, without oil riches, be dreaming of restoring their...

The chickens are coming home to roost. Hillary Clinton’s honesty is questioned, again. Now that Clinton is running for President and the MSM has her in their cross hairs with Obama as their Nominee. Years late, new memos have been discovered in the Library Of Congress donated by a former federal prosecutor. Hillary’s house of cards is beginning to collapse.

While Conservatives see education as a tool to empower the individual, Liberals see it as a method of maintaining control of the individual by the state—the opposite of empowerment. It's been said that if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, but if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. But Liberals have discovered that if you convince him that all fish are poisonous that don't come from you, then you make him a slave forever. That, in a nutshell, is how Liberals use education.

Pop quiz question: Who are the victims of the recent housing crisis? A. Borrowers who signed mortgages they couldn't afford B. Owners who have seen the values of their homes plummet C. Local governments who are dealing with neighborhoods of vacant, foreclosed housing and a shrinking tax base If you chose any of the above, you are wrong. According to the latest legislation getting ready to pass the House, the answer is: D. Plaintiffs' trial lawyers.

The Many Faces of Hillary Rodham Clinton Happy Trails to the Clintons.... Goodbye in over 450 languages