Trey Jackson

< href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/">Dhimmicrats Out of Touch, Out of Power, Out of It

Bush Confident Warrantless Wiretaps Legal, btw me too. The New York Times, not the Bush administration, has broken the law protecting our nation's security, violating U.S. Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 37, Section 798, pertaining to the illegal release of national-security information.

The Times' revelation of the NSA surveillance program was, to be sure, an obvious attempt to stymie renewal of the USA Patriot Act in the Senate and to heighten interest in Times reporter James Risen's soon-to-be-released book And the Democrats were all over it like sharks on chum.

"Lemmings have unity -- right over the cliff." -- Rep. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, responding to criticism that his lampooning of Congressional pork-barrel earmarks could hurt Republicans at the polls in 2006 but frankly I think it's the perfect quote for the Democrat's position on everything - Alito, al qaida wiretapping, the war on terror, taxes...............

image: surrealart.com , cliffjumper

UPDATE: Further proof of buffoonery; CNN reported late this afternoon that Sen. John Kerry said he supports a filibuster against Judge Alito. Kerry however was not able to grace the Senate with his presence during today’s hearings, as he is in Switzerland. Just for knowing, Alito's got enough votes for confirmation but what does that matter or that Alito is eminently qualified. Oh, it gets better, "Splash" Kennedy is his partner in crime. You can't make this stuff up.

Read the details of Kerry’s outrageous proposal here

Democrats are stranger than fiction. Another case in point? Pelosi's pre buttal (huh?) here. Sounds like Pelosi needs a proctologist.
 

How about the Democrats (the party of CAIR) obstructing the renewal of the Patriot act. Here's a clip s howing Sen. Harry Reid bragging “we killed the PATRIOT Act.” here

 

The Truth about what's Happeining in Iraq

A quick update on the continued attacks of the anti-war movement from Grassfire

On Friday our team was in contact with Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's office to talk about an anti-war protest taking place in Boston today. Cindy Sheehan and her crew are taking thei ranti-war campaign to the state governors now. Today, Grassfire is mobilizing our Massachusetts team members to contact thegovernor's office and let him know where they stand.

The anti-war activists continue to ignore the truth of the good work our U.S. military is doing in Iraq. As I'm sure you know, just yesterday the Iraqi people voted overwhelmingly to approve
a new constitution -- a very positive step in the rebuilding of that nation.

I also found it fascinating to read a report on the thriving Baghdad economy and a real estate boom taking place since Saddam's totalitarian regime was defeated. Even with continued
terrorist violence, Baghdad is bustling. Here's a newspapernreport printed today in my local paper:

"Baghdad's economy is also surprisingly strong. Streets are jammed with traffic. Cell phones    are everywhere. The bare shelves of retail stores from the Saddam Hussein era are now piled high with imported goods."

+ + Media helps promote cloud of pessimism

Of course, this good news will not stop the anti-war activists from calling our President a liar and undermining our nation's efforts. Unfortunately, the mainstream media continues to help
their cause.

Our partners at the Media Research Center just released a studythat clearly shows the media's bias against our troops in thereporting of the Iraq war. The report found that the coverage
by ABC, NBC, and CBS has been "defeatist," "overly pessimistic,"and "increasingly negative." Their coverage focuses primarilyon the terrorist attacks and not the good work of our troops.

+ + Petition demanding the media "Tell the Truth!"

Grassfire is teaming with the Media Research Center for a nationwide petition effort demanding that the media "Tell the Truth!" on the Iraq war. Click here to read the report and also join our petition demanding that the media tell the truth:

http://www.grassfire.net/400/petition.asp?rid=3756554

+ + Troops families suffer the most

I am convinced that the troops and especially their family members suffer the most from such pessimistic reports and the continued barrage of the anti-war movement. Grassfire
is getting ready to launch a special effort that will allow our team members to show support for the troops and their families in a very practical way. Stay tuned.

Finally, I continue to receive positive feedback regarding the Grassfire-sponsored Support Our Troops rally that took place in our nation's capital a few weeks ago.

As a service to our team members who were not able to watch my presentation of your petitions at that rally as covered by C-SPAN, we have posted the video for you to see.

        CLICK HERE TO WATCH CSPAN VIDEO:
        (not recommended for dial-up)

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=531

       CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AUDIO ONLY:

http://www.audioacrobat.com/note/WMs7vYYQ/

Soros Want$ America. Hit List Target Tom Delay

No surprise here, but more proof of how diabolical George Soros is. He is contemptuous of the will of the American people, what counts is what he wants. And he wants America.

Richard Poe of FrontPageMag.com reports the money trail tells all;

THREE SEPARATE FORCES are attacking Congressman Tom DeLay. Outwardly, these forces seem independent. On closer inspection, however, we find that all three have something in common. All have significant links to leftwing billionaire, Democrat kingmaker and convicted insider trader George Soros. (1)

The first of these attackers is Texas prosecutor Ronald Earle, who has indicted DeLay for alleged violations of state campaign finance laws. The second attacker is Republican Senator John McCain, whose Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is probing certain of DeLay's associates for their dealings with Indian casino interests. (2) The third attacker is a network of bogus "ethics watchdog" groups, activist organizations, fundraising groups and paid media hatchet-men, all working together in tight coordination to fan the flames of anti-DeLay hysteria. DeLay calls this network a "leftwing syndicate", but the term "Soros Noise Machine" may describe it more precisely.(3)

All three of DeLay's leading foes have ties to Soros and to his political machine — ties of sufficient strength as to cast doubt on their motivations.

Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle has a long history of abusing prosecutorial power in the service of political patrons. (4) His best-known patron is former Texas governor Ann Richards. (5) The Richards family is tightly bound to the Soros machine. Governor Richards was an early champion of Soros' campaign finance reform movement. Her daughter, Cecile Richards, heads America Votes, an umbrella group of leftwing get-out-the-vote organizations which the Soros machine launched and funded in 2003.

This is not new for SOROS. This is his  MO. He always targets the Republican party's  leaders and best me.  Senator Rick Santorum is on his hit list. He has been dropping dumpsters of cash (limitless) and barraging Santorum's state with his mendacious  message.
I met Santorum and let me tell you he is a winner. A voice of reason, clear, unambiguous and on the side of America. Don't know who is out there that can be helpful but this is one race we must win (and he is behind 10 points - oy). There is more on the assault on Santorum form the Deaniacs at GrassRootsPa.com as well as a great site dedicated to just this one issue, Santorumaniacs (ha!).

Here's a good take of the race from Renew America:

Consider the Pennsylvania Senate race as an example. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is the most conservative Republican to have served in the U.S. Senate from that State since the 1920s. He was narrowly elected in a three-way race in 1994 and was convincingly re-elected in 2000 by over 200,000 votes. He is running for re-election in 2006 — against an empty suit. Senator Santorum has been the one person in leadership willing to take courageous stands. At times he is controversial, but whether you agree or disagree with Rick Santorum, you know he believes what he says and is a man of integrity. Senator Santorum likes to legislate. He has been involved in negotiation about the so-called "constitutional option" to return the Senate rules to their traditional norm and guarantee that Federal Circuit and Supreme Court nominees are not filibustered

George Soros according to the Washington Post, called defeating President Bush "the central focus of my life" and a "matter of life and death". Well he didn't get his way in the Presidential election but he remains undeterred. No touchdown? How about end run?

This  guy is a scary meglo. And his ties to those thugs at the UN are well known.
Soros, his funding of U.N. causes, in addition to underwriting UNCA's [United Nations Correspondents Awards- ha - more like propaganda -Atlas] awards, has been underway for many years. Those receiving Open Society Institute funding include:

 

• Coalition for an International Criminal Court ($50,000).
• United Nations Association ($65,000).
• World Federation of United Nations Associations ($10,000).

In 2003, when Kofi Annan couldn't preside over the UNCA media awards ceremony at U.N. headquarters, UNCA said that the "renowned philanthropist" George Soros took his place.

More here from Accuracy in Media.

Keep your eye on Soros, this man wants your country

 

Friday Night: Walter Read Hospital - Code Pink

My wife and I were honored to be a part of the group that confronted Code Pink this past Friday evening. We met up with LGFers Ciaospirit & Geepers who drove together from Colombus, Ohio. The counter to Code Pink is organized by FreeRepublic in the D.C. area, and there were many from ProtestWarrior there as well.

We salute them all, for they carry the yeoman's task each Friday night of confronting these idiots; not for the sake of publicity, but for the honor, morale and dignity of our wounded warriors. Our only regret is that living in N.J., we cannot be with them regularly.

We were appalled at what we saw; the Code Pink loon fringe, complete with their anti-American signs and sick slogans standing within spitting distance of Walter Read's guard gate, waiting for the wounded to arrive by bus. You see, Friday night is the wounded soldier's night "on the town"; and the hospital transports them via bus. The members of Code Pink stand there ready, willing, and very able to deliver a single message to the convalescing soldiers - you're a sucker!

Any caring human being cannot comprehend this behavior. Protesting in front of a military hospital goes way beyond any shred of decency; and their lack of respect only proves what Code Pink will not admit, that they are anti-military(not just anti-war); and anti- military means pro-terrorist.

We respect anyone's right to an opinion and to protest, but we have no respect for those attempting to demoralize our fighting men & women.

Anytime we're in D.C., we will be with the Freepers on Friday night.

This is an account from Madahar, one of the Liberal Hawks who went down to DC Fridsy night. G-d bless you for going.........I wish I could have been there.

Hitchen Galloway............Mice and Men

Intellectual battle with one side missing - a vaudevillan in it's place, a poor one at that. And the Brown Shirts were out in full, spewing their hate. Galloway is vile.

Judith, the wonder, has her impressions of the debate at Keshertalk

The only thing I might add to all the detailed well thought out  posts on the debate was Hitchen's very vocal support and advocation of the Kurds to which I went wild. He spoke of it numerous times.
Yes, he sees the gross injustice of their oppression, and strongly believes as I do, that we must back them, we must save these great people and ally.

Mary at EXIT ZERO has an excellent report from where she was sitting. She can write, and has a rare sagacity. Mary's is the best account I've seen so far, SHE IS A MUST READ.

The subject of the debate was supposed to be about whether the March 2003 war against Iraq was "necessary and just". Despite that, it was mostly about establishing Leftist cred. Much of Galloway's time was spent accusing Hitchens of being an apostate, and much of Hitchens time was spent wondering why Galloway and his supporters refused to condemn the nihilists and jihadists who target working-class civilians.
Galloway got the most cheers from the non-rightwing infiltrator crowd when he condemned President Bush or mentioned his "victory" in Washington. They cheered when he demanded that we "rid the world" of George Bush and Anthony Blair. He also got cheers when he called the U.S. and Britain the biggest rougue states in the world today, that no tinpot dictatorship in the Middle East could cause more damage than an invading imperialist superpower. People were cheering for the idea that genocidal, oppressive tinpot dictatorships could never be as bad as our democracy.

We rightwing infiltrators were scattered througout the crowd. Judith, Irwin sat on the first floor on the left side. Mara sat near the press, including the BBC. I sat with Rona, Bruce W. and Pamela, a very enthusiastic Hitch supporter. Judging from the stern looks the people in front of us threw our way, they were mild-mannered Galloway supporters. The guys behind us, greying, rumpled academic types, were definitely Galloway dittoheads. Some were downright rabid. When Hitchens requested a moment of silence for the Iraqis who were sadistically murdered by the insurgency, they were among those shouting "NO! NO!" When Hitch praised the US for making life better for the Afghan people, they shouted "Who Cares?" When Galloway said that the 9/11 hijackers emerged out of a swamp created by us, their cheers didn't turn to boos.

One of them hurled the worst epithet he could think of at Pamela - he called her a zionist..........................

Read it all.............

Fascist ideals don't appeal to the poor or the oppressed, but they do appeal to the members of the wealthy and middle class who feel that they should (or must) have more power than they already do. Wealth and prosperity don't discourage fascism - as we've seen in the Middle East, wealth causes fascism to thrive.

Abracadabrah's hysterical observation;

My two favorites Hitchenisms from the night. He referred to the A.Q. Khan nuclear network as "a kind of Walmart for WMDs." And his reference to young Assad as the slobbering daupin, son of his slobbering father.

 

CNN coaching Katrina Victims

Posted at LGF, SaneInMN:

CNN got busted coaching interviewers and interviewees on how to respond to hurricane Katrina.
Can you imagine if FOX had attempted this?

via www.powerlineblog.co...

No analysis dammit, we're the MSM

Michael Kinsley has blown the whistle on his former employer, CNN. As reported by Drudge, Kinsley says that the network is coaching guests to "get angry" when they go on the air to discuss Hurricane Katrina. Kinsley bases this accusation on the experience of a colleague at the Los Angeles Times who appeared on CNN.

The Washington Times notes that one CNNer, Anderson Cooper, has been getting particularly angry, to rave reviews from the New York Times. Thus, when Senator Landrieu, appearing with Cooper, thanked federal rescue workers, Cooper snapped at Landrieu for patting other politicians on the back after he had seen a dead body in the street. Elizabeth Jensen of the NYT has gushed that this interview "marked a turning point in the tone of hurricane coverage."

Cooper and his employer embody the bias, ignorance, and opportunism that is sinking the MSM. Like the authors of a fancy advertising campaign (and Curly in the movie "City Slickers"), they want the hurricane coverage to be about one thing -- in this case, anger at the Bush administration's response. The fact that Cooper has seen dead bodies during the biggest natural disaster to hit this country in decades becomes the pretext for ruling out any attempt to analyze, or in Landrieu's case even mention in a positive light, the massive federal relief effort. Outsiders brought in by CNN to discuss the matter are instructed to stay on message.

Without experiencing the death of a loved-one, Cooper has managed to become the Cindy Sheehan of Hurricane Katrina. Because he saw dead bodies, he asserts the "moral authority" to dish out blame without analysis and without rejoinder. He cannot (or does not wish to) distinguish between his anger and the story. Nor, given the attitude of his network, would it be in Cooper's interest to make that distinction.

Read it again and tell me there is no Fifth Column at Work

Blaming Bush for the Largest Natural Disaster in Our Nation's History

Without question Woody over at nodnc gates to heart of the matter, and frankly I think he's right. Read it all........

The constant media drumbeats about the failures that caused these deaths are carefully designed to distract from the DISASTER CAUSED BY GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO (D) of Louisiana.  With the exception of Fox News, all of the other media stations are parading out their democrat shills to shriek propaganda to hide the real failures, the failures of power hungry politicians like Blanco, Pelosi, Clinton, Reid, and others who will do anything to regain power.  They will stoop to any level, no matter how deceptive, no matter how vile, no matter how trashy, no matter what.  Because to a National SOCIALIST, POWER is all that matters!

Wake up folks, we're talking about some of the same folks who have aided in possible TREASON!  If the people of this country don't wake up to the sickness that is the "democratic party," America's destruction won't come from a natural disaster, America's destruction will come from within.  For those who don't know, fascism is centralized government power and control.  Fascism is the main ingredient in National Socialism (Nazi-ism), Communism, and Socialism.  The media and the democrats are COMPLAINING BECAUSE BUSH DID NOT ACT LIKE A FASCIST!

While it is too far-fetched for me to accept, I must note that some have speculated that the Governor's delay and the anarchy and chaos that came about were designed to cause Bush to intervene, even without proper authority, so that the democrats could demand his impeachment.  Could the democrat's lust for power drive them to sacrifice thousands for a chance at regaining power?  And why are most of the major networks INTENTIONALLY DECEIVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?  Are they all that insane for power and control?  History has shown repeatedly that those who want strong centralized forms of government routinely slaughter those who get in their way to gain power.  I would certainly hope that the socialists in America that call themselves "democrats" haven't gone that far yet.

Howard Dean's Constructive Solution: Even Killing Field

Howard Dean's Constructive Solution: Even Killing Field

By Propaganda Department 9/8/2005, 4:31 pm Dr. Dean: "To rectify the situation, all those whites who evacuated submerged homes must be returned to those homes and drowned immediately." While Senator Clinton has proposed a commission to determine just how racist the hurricane and Government have been, Howard Dean seeks to cut out the middleman. "We don't need a commission to know that this is really about race," chairman of the Democratic Party said in a speech to the National Baptist Convention of America, one of the nation's largest black church groups. "Natural disasters never kill this many white people. Well, if the natural disasters don't want to play fair, we will." Tired of hearing that the Democrats are a party of baseless finger-pointing without constructive solutions, the former presidential candidate Howard Dean offered an undeniably constructive solution in his Wednesday speech in Miami, Fla. "I suppose rescue operations do serve a purpose, but they do not address the main question of what to do about the racial makeup of the dead. We owe the answer to the victims, to the world at large, and to our children who will judge us by how we treat the old, the young, and the poor." ~   Rep. Nancy Pelosi: The outpouring of donations to the Red Cross and religious relief organizations, offers of housing for those displaced, and other relief efforts are nothing but a partisan smoke screen created by the Republicans to cover up their racist attitudes towards the victims." Ray Nagin: "It's a dirty job, but I've never shunned my duties as a Democratic mayor." Dr. Dean then put on his Doctor's cap and sketched equations on a board:   Jesse Jackson: "We all mourn loss of life, especially when it is racially uneven. The sacrifice of 6,000 whiteys would lessen the blow immensely, I think." Democratic Governor Blanco of Louisiana: "We have a moral responsibility to not ignore the damage that our inaction or indecisiveness in this issue may cause to the nation's self-image." "The first step is to calculate how many are dead, and the racial makeup of the dead. As a sample problem, lets say 8000 people of color died (excluding people from India, of course) and 2000 white people died, and let's further assume a one-to-one value for people of color and whites (although people of color may be valued above whites in the final formula): 8000 POC - 2000 M = 6000 POC (where POC = people of color and M = miscellaneous) "Obviously there is an inequality of 6000 people of color. To rectify the situation, all those whites who evacuated submerged homes must be returned to those homes and drowned immediately," Dr. Dean said. "Since skin color played a deadly role in who survived and who did not, the solution to this must be as ugly as the truth itself. We must do it if we want to replace bureaucracy and entitlement with hope and opportunity for our constituents. So instead of considering estate tax breaks, I say the Senate should start busing the whites back to New Orleans!" While the proposal may seem radical, several authorities agree that this is the only option. Jesse Jackson stated, "We all mourn loss of life, especially when it is racially uneven. The sacrifice of 6,000 whiteys would lessen the blow immensely, I think." Democratic Mayor Nagin of New Orleans has been furiously mobilizing buses for a "Busing in" program to return the 6000 hapless whites to their rightful place in the murky depths. "It's a dirty job, but I've never shunned my responsibilities as a Democratic mayor and this would be a bad time to break away from that tradition."

hat tip:People's Cube
and the alway lovely wonderful Busy Bee

Bush Video Re: Katrina and the Effects of the Welfare State on Natural Disaster(s)

President Meets with Representatives from National Voluntary Organizations,

FULL STREAMING VIDEO, Roosevelt Room, 12:02 P.M. EDT

The President is a mensch and in light of the disaster both naturally, sociological, and economically, he is doing an excellent job (whist we not forget we are at war for our very lives from the Radical Islamists and the Fifth Column.

But I have to agree with Robert Tracinski of the Intellectual Activist

There were many decent, innocent people trapped in New Orleans when the deluge hit—but they were trapped alongside large numbers of people from two groups: criminals—and wards of the welfare state, people selected, over decades, for their lack of initiative and self-induced helplessness. The welfare wards were a mass of sheep—on whom the incompetent administration of New Orleans unleashed a pack of wolves.

All of this is related, incidentally, to the incompetence of the city government, which failed to plan for a total evacuation of the city, despite the knowledge that this might be necessary. In a city corrupted by the welfare state, the job of city officials is to ensure the flow of handouts to welfare recipients and patronage to political supporters—not to ensure a lawful, orderly evacuation in case of emergency.

No one has really reported this story, as far as I can tell. In fact, some are already actively distorting it, blaming President Bush, for example, for failing to personally ensure that the Mayor of New Orleans had drafted an adequate evacuation plan. The worst example is an execrable piece from the Toronto Globe and Mail, by a supercilious Canadian who blames the chaos on American "individualism." But the truth is precisely the opposite: the chaos was caused by a system that was the exact opposite of individualism.

What Hurricane Katrina exposed was the psychological consequences of the welfare state. What we consider "normal" behavior in an emergency is behavior that is normal for people who have values and take the responsibility to pursue and protect them. People with values respond to a disaster by fighting against it and doing whatever it takes to overcome the difficulties they face. They don't sit around and complain that the government hasn't taken care of them. And they don't use the chaos of a disaster as an opportunity to prey on their fellow men.

I still say Blame and Nagin ought to resign a/s/a/p......they can't even agree on evacuation. Evacuate or not to evacuate - that is the question............oyish

There is of course good news to which I thank Fausta, blogeditrix of the Bad Hair Blog whose post's title is shamelessly stolen from in homage of Chrenkoff, but the good news is plentiful

FIRE THEM ALL AND START OVER!

I'm fired up today!  When I read a headline like, "Boeing's Machinists Vote to Strike," I get fired up.  They should all be fired if they strike.  Everyone of them.  Those machinists are killing that company and have been doing so for the last 15 years.  There is a reason Boeing has lost so much business to Airbus, and it is because they feel they can't cut prices because of their bloated union contracts.  The union will never help out.  It is useless to continue talking.  Fire them all and start over.  Airbus would be finished!

 

Boeing's Machinists Vote to Strike

Union Rejects 3-Year Pact
By Overwhelming Margin;
Standoff Could Last Weeks

By J. LYNN LUNSFORD
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
September 2, 2005; Page A3

SEATTLE -- Boeing Co.'s largest labor union voted overwhelmingly to strike late last night in a move that will shut down its jetliner production for the first time in 10 years.

By a margin of 86%, the 18,300 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers rejected a proposed three-year contract that would have given members cash bonuses of as much as $9,000 and up to 15 days of incentive pay each year. Union leaders opposed the contract because Boeing failed to meet their demands for much higher pensions, greater job-security language and lower out-of-pocket health-care costs.

The union needed a two-thirds majority to strike or the contract would have gone into effect by default. Buoyed by the victory, union President Mark Blondin told a crowd gathered at the union headquarters that the strike would begin immediately.

"We're willing to bargain but the ante just went up on our return," Mr. Blondin said. "This strike is not about economics but a corporate strategy to break the workers who have built this company."

In a statement, Boeing said it was "disappointed with the outcome of the IAM vote today. No one ever benefits from a strike."

Officials on both sides of the dispute declined to speculate how long the strike might last, but the company and the union indicated they were prepared for a standoff that could last for weeks. The last time the union went on strike, in 1995, workers walked the picket lines for 69 days.

Boeing has said it will make no attempt to keep its production lines open, in part because airlines are wary of airplanes that aren't built by experienced workers. If the strike wears on for more than a couple of months, Boeing might consider trying to persuade some of the several thousand workers who are still on layoff to cross the picket lines, people familiar with the company's thinking said. "There are no plans to do anything now except begin an orderly shutdown," a spokesman said.

This strike couldn't come at a worse time for Boeing, which only recently began to recover from the deep aviation slump following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The manufacturer had started to turn the tables in world-wide sales campaigns against European archrival Airbus, and it had planned to deliver as many as 320 airplanes this year. As of the end of July, the most recent figures available, Boeing had delivered 179 planes.

HAT TIP: TimMcD