Bush Approval Rating at 56%

In the latest poll, President Bush's approval rating made a dramatic recovery from what has been reported by the media...

Senator John Kerry was overheard saying "Boy, if only I could tap into his energy...it seems the more that I lie about him, the more his popularity rises..."

DR

Editor's note: The Mary Mapes Standard was used.

The Mary Mapes Standard

I have been giving some thought to what Mary Mapes recently told ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross:

She tells Ross that she had no journalistic obligation to prove the authenticity of the documents before including them in the "60 Minutes II" report. "I don't think that's the standard," she said....

NO OBLIGATION TO PROVE THE AUTHENTICITY OF SOMETHING YOU ARE REPORTING IS THE STANDARD???

Oh-Ho!

Well, yippie-kay-ya and Hallalujah!

You just WAIT...listen and read on this blog...

Because, now...NOW...THE STANDARD, as described...and more importantly...REVEALED by Mary Mapes is going to be used over, and over, and over again...

And I am going to use THE STANDARD whenever I am posting something about liberals...

Let the games begin...

DR

Dead Woman Walking

She's dead either way...

Jordan will execute her...for being a part of the what is being called "bombs designed for maximum kill"

BUT...if Jordan does not kill her - for whatever reason...

You can be sure that al Zarqawi will...

...for failing as a suicide bomber...

DR

al-Qaeda Calls Queen Elizabeth "Top Enemy"...Wonder What Prince-I-Am-Fond-of-Islam-Charles Has To Say About THAT??

Al-Qaeda has named Queen Elizabeth “one of the severest enemies of Islam,” the British Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing a video message allegedly obtained by Britain's security...

If you remember, earlier this month Prince Charles "scolded" Americans for our position on terrorists...

"Prince Charles. . .wants Americans - including Mr. Bush - to share his fondness for Islam," according to the Telegraphs’ Andrew Anderson.

Um, Yeah...

Okay, Prince C...guess it wasn't devastating enough to you when YOUR OWN PEOPLE were bombed...ON YOUR SOIL!

But...but...whatt're you gonna do when they attack your MUM?

Shut up already with the criticism, Charles...go back to your polo game...

We are handling things our way...we're NOT attacking Islam...we're dealing with the terrorists...on THEIR terms...and that's exactly the way it has to be addressed...

DR

He's Back...

George W. Bush laid it out today...finally

His biggest critics are claiming "victory"...but we all know better...

Welcome back, GW!

DR

In VIOLATION OF ARTICLE II OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS, San Francisco Votes To Ban Guns - NRA Is Going To Sue - Where Do I Send My Check To NRA?

OMIGOD...Not to mention the FIRST thing that comes to mind: Article II of the BILL OF RIGHTS - The Right...THE RIGHT...TO BEAR ARMS...

All citizens have the right to keep and bear arms....

If you think that banning guns in San Francisco is going to cut the crime rate...I have a bridge I want to sell you!

The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep handguns in their homes or businesses....current handgun owners would have to surrender their firearms by April....

The voters in San Francisco, concerned about the rising crime rate...and no one can fault them for that...

But...BUT!

Voting in a BAN on ALL guns...

DO YOU THINK THE CRIMINALS ARE GOING TO COMPLY???

Let's get reasonable people...

The ONLY ones that are going to have guns are going to be the criminals if this thing is implemented...

The Left-Logic at it's best, huh...

The NRA is going to file a lawsuit to block this...

And...HERE is where you can donate to the NRA...

I already made my contribution...and if this gets any crazier...I will probably send them more...

DR

Rioting Spreads to 300 Towns in France

Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight and a man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday.

As urban unrest spread to neighboring Belgium and possibly Germany, the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm....


"Bad Moon Rising" by CoxandForkum says it all...

DR

Hollywood Only WISHES It Were True...

Oh ya...first we hear about a British director's view of the Marines in "Jarhead"...

Of course, I'm running to see that one...Right!

NOW we have THIS 'GAY COWBOY' MOVIE BECOMES AN OSCAR FRONTRUNNER

As Drudge quoted someone from Wyoming: ...she has never encountered a gay cowboy, and doesn't think it's right for Hollywood to portray Wyoming as a state with gay cowboys...

Ya, Hollywood...so desperate to cast in a bad light - Marines, cowboys, or anything that even seems like they come from the conservative side of things...

They can try...but none of it will take root...at least not where I come from...and I suspect not in most of the places where the rest of us live...

You know where I am talking about...

What Hollywood calls...

FLY-OVER COUNTRY...

DR

AARON BROWN OUT AT CNN

Words cannot express how...ELATED...I am...!

I personally cannot STAND Aaron Brown...

His sneer is lewd...Jon Klein talks about Brown's "wicked" sense of humor...I think it is demented...

But...!

Such is life...

Drudge is reporting this memo:

To: All CNN Staff

From: Jon Klein

We have made some programming decisions which will impact our prime time schedule as well as our colleague Aaron Brown. Aaron will be leaving CNN and is very much looking forward to some well-deserved time off with his family.

Aaron has made enormous contributions to CNN since his groundbreaking anchoring of Sept. 11th through the war in Iraq to the Tsunami to the recent hurricanes. Outside of the big stories, on a nightly basis, Aaron has provided our audiences with insight into the events of the United States and the world with eloquence and the highest journalist integrity.

Besides his stellar work as an anchor, Aaron stands as an absolutely brilliant writer, evident by the thoughtful perspective he injects into every story he touches.

Personally, I will miss Aaron and his wicked sense of humor. We cannot thank Aaron enough for the skills and professionalism he brought to CNN. Given his respect throughout the industry, there is no question that he will be missed.

Heh...not here...he won't be missed...~grin~

DR

Democrats...Liberals...Have Gone Mad

If you just take a moment to look at the headlines around the country, you will realize that the liberals have gone 'round the bend...

The reason?

They have NO platform...

They have NO morals...

They have NO principals...

The party that makes the most noise about race-hating...hates minorities the most, it appears...

Oh, you say to me...that CAN'T BE...it's the Liberals that are the touchy-feely-bleeding-hearts...

and I say to you...it's all an act...

Yep...a sad, phony, sick act...

Here's your proof:

Michael Steele, Lt. Governor for Maryland, announced that he is running for the Senate...last week, after Mr. Steele announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, we were unsurprised to hear about a doctored photo posted to Steve Gilliard's "News Blog," a liberal Web site, depicting Mr. Steele as a minstrel and describing him with racially stereotyped slurs.

Oh, an old liberal tactic...ESPECIALLY if a black politician is a Republican...!!!

"That just can't be...no, no, no, no, no, NO!"

"Why, if they are black and they aren't a Democrat...then...WE MUST DESTROY!"

The Captain gets it: That shows the leadership of the Democrats as they truly are -- a hate-based faith system that takes any means necessary to win elections. Cheating, violence, smears, and now racism are all acceptable as long as Republicans are the targets. If the Republicans happen to be members of minority communities, so much the better.
After all, it's not discrimination when you hate someone more because of the color of their skin or their ethnic background, is it?

Not if you're a leftist Democrat, it isn't....

Oh, this isn't the only thing that is going on...no...that is just the tip of the iceberg...

Let's take a look for a moment at what is going on with the nomination of Samuel Alito, Jr. to the Supreme Court...

Democratic Senators are outdoing themselves with this one...

After yesterday's publicity stunt of forcing a closed session in the Senate, Human Events asks: Are Reid and Other Democratic Demagogues Lying or Stupid?

Why is it nobody ever mentions these 128 words?

The United Nations concluded in 1999 that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons materials sufficient to produce over 25,000 liters of anthrax; enough doses to kill several million people. He hasn’t accounted for that material. He has given no evidence that he has destroyed it….

…Before September the 11th, many in the world believed that Saddam Hussein could be contained. But chemical agents, lethal viruses and shadowy terrorist networks are not easily contained. Imagine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans -- this time armed by Saddam Hussein. It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known. We will do everything in our power to make sure that that day never comes....

So why is it that the libs are getting away with these crybaby, pouting, temper tantrums?

Because their friends in the media are only covering what THEY want to cover...still trying to brainwash the citizens of this country...

Liberals have been on the edge for a long time...

But you can always tell when someone REALLY gets under their skin...

Like Mike Steele...he obviously is a GREAT candidate if the libs are resorting to their oh-so-predictable-hysterical-racial attacks...

Like Sam Alito...he obviously is a FABULOUS candidate if the libs are resorting to hijacking the Senate...

Like petulant children the libs have only one thing to fall back on...crying and temper tantrums...

And, like always, the conservatives...the ADULTS in this whole scenario...must step over them and go about the business of running the country...

DR

MICHAEL MOORE OWNS HALIBURTON!!!

"I don't own a single share of stock!" filmmaker Michael Moore proudly proclaimed....

He's right. He doesn't own a single share. He owns tens of thousands of shares – including nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One and more than 2,000 of Halliburton, the company most vilified by Moore in "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Oh, YA, it's true ...they just don't want us to know how seriously INSINCERE THEY ALL ARE!

Here's more on the phony-LYING-LIBERAL-LEFT:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who proclaims her support for unions, yet the luxury resort, the vineyard and the restaurants she partly owns are strictly non-union. While she advocates tough new laws enforcing environmental regulations on the private sector, the exclusive country club she partly owns failed to comply with existing environmental regulations for the past eight years – including a failure to protect endangered species.

Noam Chomsky has made a reputation for calling America a police state and branding the Pentagon "the most hideous institution on earth," yet his entire academic career, writes Schweizer, has been subsidized by the U.S. military.

Barbra Streisand is another proponent of environmentalism, yet she drives an SUV, lives in a mansion and has a $22,000 annual water bill. In the past, she has driven to appointments in Beverly Hills in a motor home because of her aversion to using public bathrooms....

Oh, I could write a book on my disgust for good ole, phony, fakey, Babs...

Listen...don't believe those LIARS for ONE SECOND!!!!

Oprah has been the latest mouthpiece for the DON'T-DO-AS-I-DO.....DO-AS-I-SAY crowd with her telling everyone recently "...if only everyone in the United States (the EVIL UNITED STATES...)...would drive economical, hybrid cars...."

uh, yea...um-hmm...and I am SURE that Oprah left her show in a Prius...

Oh YES, Oprah...and that child actor, Leonardo DiCaprio...telling everyone ELSE to drive fuel efficient cars, while they are chauffered in their SUVs and Limos...

SHUT UP ALREADY, LIBERALS...PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH HOLLYWOOD!!

...AND THEN...maybe...we will be able to take you seriously...

disgusting phonies...

DR

Morons that Spam the Microphones (MSM) Attack Again: This Time - Judge Samuel Alito

Well...it didn't take long, did it...

Smear WHOEVER President Bush nominates for the Supreme Court...

CBS "CRACKED" reporter, John Roberts, made the following insulting attack this morning according to Drudge:

CBSNEWS Chief White House correspondent John Roberts described the President’s selection of Judge Samuel Alito as “sloppy seconds” during today’s press gaggle with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.

John Roberts: “So, Scott, you said that -- or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean that Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?”

Scott McClellan: “Not at all, John.”

Sloppy seconds” is described in the United Kingdom’s A Dictionary of Slang as:

Noun: “A subsequent indulgence in an activity by a second person involving an exchange of bodily fluids. This may involve the sharing of drink, or more often it applies to a sexual nature. E.g. ‘I’m not having sloppy seconds, I want to shag her first.’”

Now, the egotistical John Roberts (CBS) wants us to think he looks like THIS:


this is his picture on the CBS website - OBVIOUSLY he is wearing makeup...and they had to airbrush the HELL out of his face....

In reality, John Roberts (CBS) looks like THIS:


(is that Grecian formula, John?)

why do I mention this?

Because I am sick and tired of the Morons that Spam the Microphones! (MSM)

I am sick and tired of the media, the left-wing loudmouths, the "it's all about me" idiots, the people that think that if they write it; if they say it; if they tell us long enough, we are going to believe them!

I am sick and tired of the self-absorbed, "I-am-better-than-you" extremists that think that just because THEY think should be a certain way, that any of THE REST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS COUNTRY - WHICH, BY THE WAY, MAKE UP THE MAJORITY THAT ELECTED THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE WE WANT A CONSTITUTIONALIST ON THE SUPREME COURT...just because they DON'T, then they cast the rest of us as morons...

How DARE such a moronic CBS reporter...a reporter that is so vain he has to post an ancient, photoshopped picture of himself on the web...

How DARE he make such a disgusting attack on a sitting judge!!

Hopefully I am not alone here...

DR

CAUTION: Price Caps Is Only a TEMPORARY Solution...

...what really needs to happen is finding a long-term solution to our oil sources and prices...

And there are many options that need to be considered...but I caution anyone that thinks that putting permanent price caps in place is the only solution...

If you are in doubt, one only needs to look at the energy crisis that was created in California when price caps were instituted...

Yes, the consumers fared better...FOR A WHILE...

When you have price caps in place eventually you will find government subsidizing necessary if the companies are going to remain operational...which is exactly what happened in California:

As a result of the 1996 restructuring, the privately owned (non-municipal) utilities were subject to provisions that made it uneconomical for them to enter into long-term contracts. Public Utilities Commission rules created strong incentives for them to buy electricity only from the state-run Power Exchange on the short term, making the utilities subject to spikes in wholesale markets. On the Power Exchange, the longest term market for purchase was one day in advance; the short term was 10 minutes in advance....

“So there was no long-term protection for the investor-owned utilities..(snip)...If you are selling to retail customers who don’t want price fluctuations, the way to operate is through long-term contracts to have that security.”

The situation resulted in the draining of all financial assets of the investor-owned utilities, the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas & Electric, and the near-bankruptcy of Southern California Edison.

And there is another wrinkle when considering what is happening to our gas prices....the competition is getting smaller and smaller...

What do I mean?

Well, think about it...companies are merging...companies are being bought out...which leaves fewer companies competing against each other...which eventually leads - or COULD LEAD - to higher prices...

Is that what is happening right now? Who knows for sure?

Are the gas companies raising prices in line with what they are paying for the crude oil?

A lot to consider...hopefully our legislators won't move to put price caps in place...at least not permanent ones...with the speed that they raced to the cameras after Exxon announced a profit...

Obviously companies are in business to make money for not only themselves but their investors as well...

Let's slow down and take a good look at what really is going on before making a knee-jerk decision that will give good face time on the news channels...

It might buy you votes today...but it also might create a worse crisis in the future...

Long-term solutions...that's what we need...

DR

Ward Churchill Is At It Again - Tell Students 'Hitler should have exterminated “your American grandparents instead of the Jews"'

Well, OF COURSE HE'S DENYING IT!!

Ward Churchill, speaking at DePaul University, also is quoted as having said THIS:

He said that Madeline Albright admitted that 500,000 Iraqi children were killed in Iraq because of the UN sanctions imposed by the US, and that it was justified in order to fight Sadam Hussein. (Albright never said any such thing, of course). After watching our stunned reaction, he added: “Hitler exterminated the wrong people. He should have exterminated your American grandparents instead of the Jews,” because of the evil deeds the Americans have done for generations, exploiting and oppressing people all over the world, killing 500,000 Iraqi children who are not less valuable than any American, and perhaps more valuable.

This anti-American professor ALWAYS denies saying what he says...accusing people of misquoting him...yet he always refuses to allow tape recorders into his sessions...

Why? Why ban tape recorders?

Well, that just makes it so much easier for Churchill to play the 'victim', doesn't it...

Say whatever lies he wants to throw out there...then deny them...

One of these days...all those lies...all those smears...all those false accusations...they're gonna catch up to that Injun wanna-be...

You just watch...

Ward Churchill is going to get his just desserts...

Some people call it karma...

My grandpa called it...

JUSTICE...

DR
PirateBallerina is on to him...so are Marathon Pundit with some audio and American Thinker

Follow The Money...

I said it in July and I will say it again:

Joe Wilson is...laughing all the way to the bank

it isn't about protecting his wife at all ...

DR

Still Think the MSM is On The Up and UP??

Better think twice, then...

Take a look at this animated version of what USA Today did to a picture of Condi Rice... it is so obvious that the intent was to make Condi look evil by emphasizing her eyes...


Bucktowndusty is responsible for this animation...and guess he was the first one to bring it to everyone's attention...

If you don't think that the anti-Rice-pro-Hillary group aren't already hard at work to smear Condi...ANYWAY THEY CAN...including photoshopping a picture of her to make Condi look evil...

...then...you don't deserve to vote, brother...

I mean it!

At least be aware of your surroundings...and what the enemy is already working on...

USA Today's weak-assed retraction..."...Photos published online are routinely cropped for size and adjusted for brightness and sharpness to optimize their appearance. In this case, after sharpening the photo for clarity, the editor brightened a portion of Rice's face, giving her eyes an unnatural appearance. This resulted in a distortion of the original not in keeping with our editorial standards...."

Yea, RIGHT!...HA!...you got caught!

editorial standards my ass!

DR

I AM SICK OF THE MSM SPECULATION AND ANTICIPATION...GET THIS STRAIGHT...THE ONLY GUILTY PARTY IS JOE WILSON

oh brother...

the breath taking suspense!!!!

can you believe what a huge deal the MSM is making out of what they DON'T know about what is going on behind closed doors???

If Joe Wilson didn't have a book to sell...

...If Joe Wilson didn't have an axe to grind...

...IF joe wilson was anything more than a minutiae on the stage of life...

give me a break!!

If you are even a teensy...TINY...bit interested in the Joe Wilson/Valerie "Flame" saga...

...then you MUST READ THIS.....

Stephen Hayes does an excellent job of recanting the details...giving us a credible timeline...and writing the TRUTH about what has actually happened...

NOT what the MSM has reported...and what the MSM continues to spin into something that they want us to believe....

Read Hayes article...all of it...and I think you will finally realize that it is the TRUTH that the MSM is trying to KEEP FROM US......

speculate...speculate...worry and fret...

THE MSM SPINMEISTERS...AND ANTI-BUSH JOE WILSON...

...or you could substitute...anti-Bush Cindy Sheehan...

...or...anti-Bush Howard Dean...anti-Bush Dan Rather...anti-Bush Lawrence Wilkerson...

...same OLD story...

...DIFFERENT day...

DR

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? Kamau Kambon: "Exterminate White People Off The Face of The Planet"

Unbelievable!! You can hear it for yourself.....listen for yourself to this...

...this "professor"



...and all of this was recorded on C-SPAN!!!!!!!

WTF???!!!

Just a couple of weeks ago...Bill Bennett was quoting someone else's work and the MSM practically turned themselves inside out trying to be the first one to report it...

Now...this white-hating-negro-professor calls for the extermination of white people and where is it on the MSM?????!!!

This idiot...this JERK...this HATE MONGER...he also called white men and white women the only niggers on theplanet

I am OUTRAGED!!!!!!

DR
ht: Bruce Jacobs

DOGPILE ON JUDY MILLER!

Well, well, well....

When Judy Miller went to jail for not revealing her source, she was the media's darling...

...but NOW...Now that she hasn't performed...Now that she hasn't crucified Bush...NOW that she has NOT turned out to be the smoking gun...well...

NOW it's time for the long knives...

Greg Mitchell over at Editor and Publisher...

Greg Mitchell again...

AND...of course...(drum roll)...the snarky-biotch over at the Grey Lady...none other than...Maureen Dowd...

People have been clucking their tongues, wondering why Maureen hasn't found the time to stick it to Judy...Newsbusters recognize that Dowd's rag is nothing more than the pot calling the kettle black...

BUT...perhaps the reason that Dowd finally broke her unusual silence is because of THIS...

hmmm...

makes me wonder...those that criticize the "money-making-machines" always seem to be the ones that are working it the hardest...

Ya...those Libs...

Hit a man (or woman) when they are down...not only that...kick 'em...HARD...

...that'll show 'em

Maybe next time...if there IS a next time...maybe next time Judy Miller will perform for the Libs...

...like a monkey on a leash for the organ grinder...

DR

Sheriff Joe Is Raising The Bar...Bad Drivers Face Fingerprinting

Here in Arizona we don't take kindly to identity thieves...

So, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is going the extra mile...

Get stopped for criminal driving behavior and get your fingerprints taken...No IF's, AND's or BUT's...IT'S THE LAW...

This is a modified version of a program that is already in place...but THAT ONE was voluntary...

Now... it is mandatory for drivers that are cited for criminal violations:

...drivers cited for criminal violations, such as driving more than 20 mph over the speed limit, must ink their thumbs or be jailed....

...And the program is being expanded to the entire county....

Sheriff Joe is SERIOUS!

SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO: "To be frank with you, the stupid people gave their prints. You think anybody else would give their prints if they had a problem? No."

Criminal violations for which people will be fingerprinted include:

• Driving more than 20 mph over speed limit
• Reckless driving
• DUI
• Hit and run
• Drag racing
• Driving with suspended/canceled/ revoked license or plates
• Failure to stop for school bus stop signal

DR