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Howdy It has been a constant source of amazement to me, the seeming impenetrable intransigence of political adversaries, the discourse in our society, gridlock in Washington, the so called "culture wars." If all anybody wants is enlightened debate producing functional public policy, then every time there is a debate, it should end with consensus. But objective facts do not resolve debates, they are opportunities to spin reality into endless permutations of rhetorical conflict. It's almost as if conflict is the purpose, not the process. Well, not almost, it is precisely that conflict is the purpose. We have among us a...

Howdy Folks I have heard of Republican delegates assaulted bodily, I have heard about kerry supporters trying to destroy the horses of mounted policemen, of property damage, bonfires being ignited in the streets of New York, of seriously injured policemen being hospitalized.... Is anybody keeping track? The fascists for kerry must be held accountable, that the left should be known for the evil works they do, so, where is the hall of democrat shame?

PARIS, April 15 -- An American backlash against French products and businesses has started to bite, dashing hopes here that appeals in the United States to punish France economically for opposing the war in Iraq would go unheeded. American importers of French wine are reporting sharp drops in sales in the past two months, and other French products also have been affected. The Federation of Wine Exporters has called a meeting Thursday to discuss how to respond.

By Jerry Kammer COPLEY NEWS SERVICE March 15, 2003 WASHINGTON – As Mexico faces up to heavy U.S. pressure to vote its way in the Iraq crisis, it also confronts the possibility of a widespread U.S. backlash. "If the perception of the average American is that his neighbor abandoned him at this crucial time, the stigma would last for generations and be made manifest in a multitude of individual actions," Mexican analyst and historian Enrique Krauze warned this month in a Mexico City newspaper. Krauze cited danger of commercial boycotts, restrictions on trade and widespread resentment at the White House,...

March 3, 2003 Screen Actors Guild Releases Statement Regarding Free Speech Los Angeles–Screen Actors Guild released the following statement today: As our country again considers the possibility of war, it is the fundamental right of citizens to express their support or their fears and concerns. While passionate disagreement is to be expected in such a debate, a disturbing trend has arisen in the dialogue. Some have recently suggested that well-known individuals who express 'unacceptable' views should be punished by losing their right to work. This shocking development suggests that the lessons of history have, for some, fallen on deaf ears....

Covering the Horse's Mouth By Al Kamen Wednesday, April 10, 2002; Page A21 Top government officials often prefer to talk to reporters on background as "senior administration officials." This gives them a chance to get their spin out without being identified -- or held accountable. Reporters don't like the game, but if they want the quotes and a better sense of administration strategy, they have to play along, even though at times calling some of those characters a "senior official" can be a bit of a stretch. Despite the cover, it's not too hard sometimes to figure out who's doing...

Judiciary committee (socialist) democrats are all on record clearly stipulating, correctly, that the advise and consent clause of the US Constitution requires that nominees to the federal bench be voted on by the full senate. Each of these barbarians swore an oath to uphold that constitution, and each, like a brazen sociopath, chose to test the law by breaking their oath and usurping the Constitutionally defined power of the executive branch by politicizing the confirmation process and presuming to reject a nominee in Judge Pickering who is not only a fine jurist with a remarkably low reversal rate, but a...

In the wake of last week's contentious senate confirmation hearings, the American public and the Bush administration are left to ponder the political implications and the long term impact of the actions of the socialists who voted down an eminently qualified hero of the civil rights movement. Under the Constitution, the President of the United States of America has the authority to nominate jurists to the federal bench. The President is, as a practial matter, expected to nominate judges with whose politics he finds affinity, which is to say, the the President has the discretion to choose his nominess. If...

Of course we could have won, we could have paved the place if we mobilized the nation. If we had simply occupied the Ia Drang that alone would have delivered us the central highlands, and according to Vietnamese military doctrine going back centuries, all of Vietnam. Of course that would have required mobilization, which in turn would have hampered LBJ's plans to socialize the USA. Couldn't have won my arse, were it not for the emergence of a heavily propagandized "anti war" movement nurtured by the same collectivist totalitarian leftovers from the American Communist Party that we call "liberals" today...