Showing posts with label Reid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reid. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Axis of Idiots

 
Now that the Democratic primary is heating up, J. D. Pendry's post from 2006 is worth revisiting (hat tips: Sgt. Kirk and Larwyn).

Jimmy Carter, you’re the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You’re the runner-in-chief.

Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia, and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately they grew bolder, until 9/11.

John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam. Your military service, like your life, is more fiction than fact. You’ve accused our Soldiers of terrorizing women and children in Iraq. You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, the same words you used to describe Vietnam. You’re a fake. You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did the Vietnamese. Iraq, like Vietnam is another war that you were for, before you were against it.

John Murtha, you said our military was broken. You said we can’t win militarily in Iraq. You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof. And said we should redeploy to Okinawa. Okinawa John? And the Democrats call you their military expert. Are you sure you didn’t suffer a traumatic brain injury while you were off building your war hero resume? You’re a sad, pitiable, corrupt and washed up politician. You’re not a Marine sir. You wouldn’t amount to a pimple on a real Marines butt. You’re a phony and a disgrace. Run away John.

Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanimo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned South East Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? See Dick run.

Ted Kennedy, for days on end you held poster sized pictures from Abu Grhaib in front of any available television camera. Al Jazeera quoted you saying that Iraq’s torture chambers were open under new management. Did you see the news this week Teddy? The Islamic Nazis demonstrated real torture for you again. If you truly supported our troops, you’d show the world poster-sized pictures of that atrocity and demand the annihilation of the perpetrators of it. Your legislation stripping support from the South Vietnamese led to a communist victory there. You’re a bloated fool bent on repeating the same historical blunder that turned freedom-seeking people over to homicidal, genocidal maniacs. To paraphrase John Murtha, all while sitting on your wide, gin-soaked rear-end in Washington.

Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Pat Leahy, Chuck Schumer et al ad nauseam. Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied. That the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers. That we should leave Iraq, you give the Islamic butchers – the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers - cause to think that we’ll run away again and all they have to do is hang on a little longer.

American news media, the New York Times particularly. Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one with the sub-human pieces of camel dung that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can’t strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually, you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer.

You are America’s axis of idiots. Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing. There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of murdering terrorists. Don’t ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam. If you want our Soldiers home, as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies. Yes, I’m questioning your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. I’m also questioning why you’re stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don’t deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war – this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it.

No Commander in Chief, you don’t get off the hook either. Our country has two enemies. Those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within. Your Soldiers are dealing with the outside force. It’s your obligation to support them by confronting the axis of idiots. America must hear it from you that these people are harming our country, abetting the enemy and endangering our safety. Well up a little anger please, and channel it toward the appropriate target. You must prosecute those who leak national security secrets to the media. You must prosecute those in the media who knowingly publish those secrets. Our Soldiers need you to confront the enemy that they cannot.

They need you to do it now.

J.D., apologies for quoting the whole thing, but it's too good to cut into soundbites.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Reid goes Commando on the troops

 
Whether it's trying to cut off funding for the troops... or declaring the "war is lost" just weeks before the war was won... or simply demoralizing the U.S. military, Harry Reid's mission is clear:

Fortunately, today's Democratic leadership is so unpopular and so incompetent that their chances of achieving defeat are roughly equivalent to the odds that Reid will be hit by an asteroid while accepting an Oscar.

Friday, October 19, 2007

My Three Sons, starring Harry Reid

 
Harry Reid has "three sons and a son-in-law who are lobbyists in charge of lobbying him."

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress."

Mark Twain

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Unintended Consequences

 
These are the switches once used to wiretap terrorists living in the Middle East who called into America.

These are the politicians that stopped international terrorist wiretaps in a play for political power.

This is the terrorist who received the call in Newark, New Jersey from a handler in Damascus.

These are the home-made explosives that were manufactured by the New Jersey terrorist cell using instructions found on a Syrian website.

This is the cell phone, wired for use as an igniter.

This is a cancer therapy machine, which uses a radioactive source called Cesium-137.

This is some of the Cesium-137 stolen from a facility that houses cancer therapy machines.

This is the van that carried the dirty bomb built using home-made explosives and Cesium-137.

This is the van parked on Wall Street several blocks away from the New York Stock Exchange.

This is the van after it detonated, scattering radioactive material over several square miles during a windy day.

This is one of the innocents killed by the explosion, who happened to be standing nearby.

This is one of the Hazmat teams, decontaminating after hours of cleanup.

These are Manhattan workers, leaving the city after being told to evacuate by emergency personnel.

This is a portion of Manhattan rendered uninhabitable for two to four years by the dirty bomb.

These are the politicians that stopped international terrorist wiretaps in a play for political power.

Peter D. Zimmerman, New York Times: Seize the Cesium

Update: Linked by Instapundit and Atlas Shrugs. Thanks!

Update II: Linked by Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, DANEgerus, Fausta's Blog, Pajamas Media, Riehl World View and Right on the Left Coast. Thanks!

Update III: Linked by Gateway Pundit. Thanks! Also linked by liberal progressive blog Sadly, No, who provides a truthfully entertaining vision of the evils of Bushitler-Halliburton-Blackwater-Corp. Who's got the battery cables so we can begin torturing the lefty bloggers? As for our progressive commenters, I think you missed the New York Times article linked at the bottom entitled "Seize the Cesium." Click and learn, my friends, click and learn.

Update IV: 24th State transformed this post into a commercial. Thanks!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Democrats Lied. Earmark Reform Died.

 
Democrats squeaked into the majority in 2006 based -- in great part -- upon a vow to clean up Congress. Their winning sound-bites included promises to "drain the swamp" and eradicate "the culture of corruption."

Instead, the 2007 Water Projects Bill demonstrates just how thoroughly corrupt the Democratic-led Congress has become.

...When Congress got around to authorizing the $4.9 billion in [spending that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested], here is what happened: The Senate passed a bill that cost roughly $14 billion, and the House a different bill at $15 billion. Then they got together in conference and compromised -- at $23.2 billion.

Congress's core mission was apparently not only to leave no pork-barrel project on the cutting-room floor, but to destroy the idea of a cutting room. Just about every Member gets his earmark(s). Thus the Water Resources Development Act contains more than 900 special-interest boondoggles like:

• At least $1.8 billion to build seven unnecessary navigation locks on the Upper Mississippi River, a project embroiled for years by corruption and budget overruns.

• Billions for cross-country "environmental infrastructure," which usually means building a marina or waterfront shopping center.

• $105 million to Louisiana's Port of Iberia, which the Corps estimated to generate 30 cents for every $1 spent before Senator Mary Landrieu demanded a highly dubious recount.

• A multimillion-dollar subsidyfest for wastewater treatment facilities, sewer projects, mine reclamation, beach maintenance and surface transport, none of which fall under the Corps' jurisdiction.

Even all that wasn't enough. The conference committee "airdropped" 19 earmarks that were not in the original House or Senate bills. Their appearance added $750 million to the tab, with $685 million of the new pork going to the Santa Ana River Mainstem (total cost: $1.8 billion and counting) in Southern California. The last-minute request was made by California Senator Barbara Boxer, who as chairman of the Environmental and Public Works Committee was responsible for crafting the legislation in the first place.

This airdropping clearly violates the transparency provisions of the Democrats' recent ethics "reform." Majority Leader Harry Reid, however, ruled that an "and/or" clause meant that the rules applied only to appropriations, not "authorizations," so Ms. Boxer got her wish... The Corps has a $38 billion project backlog, so those backed by the most politically powerful Members bob to the top. Congress twice rejected amendments to prioritize the most urgent works...

When the next bridge collapse or levy failure occurs, voters would do well to recall that Democrats lied... and earmark reform died. One hopes that innocent lives aren't also lost, precipitated by the greed of Boxer, Reid, and the rest of the real culture of corruption.

This simply reinforces the fact that we do need a fairness doctrine... for the American taxpayer.

Wall Street Journal: Water Carriers

Sunday, October 07, 2007

The real problem for America: Phony Democrats

 
Congressional Democrats have offered covering fire for MorOn.org's gaffes by attacking Rush Limbaugh. Rush's "phony soldiers" remark should be of little concern to Democratic centrists worried about reclaiming the party from the Soros-funded left. Instead, they should worry about phony Democrats. Consider...

John F. Kennedy:

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty... This much we pledge—and more.

Harry S. Truman:

Let there be no mistake... we shall completely destroy [the enemy]'s power to make war. If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. With confidence in our armed forces -- with the unbounded determination of our people -- we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God.

* * *

Compare and contrast with the Soros-funded MorOn.org Democrats:

* “I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything…” -- Senator Harry Reid

* “If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans [Soldiers] had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings.” -- Senator Dick Durbin

* “There was no firefight, there was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops [Haditha Marines] overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood. They actually went into the houses and killed women and children. ” -- Representative John Murtha

* “Shamefully we now learn that Saddam’s torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.” -- Senator Ted Kennedy

* "And there is no reason… that young American Soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the – of – the historical customs, religious customs.” -- Senator John Kerry (in a manner reminiscent of Genghis Kahn)

* “The War on Terror is a slogan designed only for politics, not a strategy to make America safe. It’s a bumper sticker, not a plan.” – Former Senator, Former Vice Presidential candidate, Presidential Candidate John Edwards

It's safe to say that FDR, Truman, and JFK wouldn't even recognize their party in its current state. You can thank the puppet-master -- foreign billionaire George Soros -- for that.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The Democratic Earmark Reform Charade

 
Mark Tapscott describes the Democrats' latest efforts to protect their precious earmarks.

Some of my Senate sources have gotten a copy of the 107 page "ethics and earmark reform" bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi... [they] are for the most gutting concrete earmark and ethics reform while preserving just enough of the appearance of reform to be able to claim to have fulfilled their 2006 campaign promises... Put another way - it's all a charade.

...Sen. Tom Coburn's staff has gone through the Reid/Pelosi text and compared it to the previously approved earmark reform bill adopted unanimously by the Senate in January. They put the results of their examination in a handy chart:

ProvisionSenate-passed BillNew Bill
Prohibits Senators from trading earmarks for votesYesNo
Prohibits Senators and staff from promoting earmarks from which they or their families would receive a direct financial benefitYesNo
Allows the Senate parliamentarian, not the Majority Leader, to determine if a bill complies with earmark disclosure rulesYesNo
Prohibits consideration of bills, joint resolutions, or conference reports if earmarks are not disclosedYesNo
Requires earmarks attached to a conference report to be publicly available on the Internet in a searchable format 48 hours before considerationYesNo
Requires 67 votes to suspend the earmark disclosure ruleYesNo
Requires a full day's notice prior to attempting to suspend the earmark disclosure ruleYesNo
Requires all earmark certifications from Senators to be posted on the Internet within 48 hoursYesNo


It's a good thing the Democrats have eradicated the "culture of corruption". Problem is, they've only eradicated the phrase from their lexicon. In the mean time, Alan 'Instant Millionaire' Mollohan, Jack 'The Earmark King' Murtha, and William 'Freezer Burn' Jefferson continue to serve in the oh-so-proud Democratic Congress.

If their culture gets any more corrupt, the Democrats will be wearing sandwich boards with the going prices for votes listed.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Pelosi drains swamp, finds more Democrats

 
Robert Novak, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, informs us of more stunning chicanery in Congress:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid picked up his ball and went home following his staged all-night session last week, he saved from possible embarrassment one of the least regular members of his Democratic caucus: Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Reform Republican Sen. Tom Coburn had ready a defense authorization bill amendment to remove Nelson's earmark funding a Nebraska-based company whose officials include Nelson's son. Such an effort became impossible when Reid pulled down the bill...

...Reid... is working behind the scenes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to undermine transparency of earmarks and prevent open debate on spending proposals such as Nelson's...

Reid is plotting to strip anti-earmark transparency from the final version of ethics legislation... it would bar earmarks benefitting a senator's family members such as Reid's four lobbyist sons and son-in-law. Nelson's current $7.5 million earmark for software helps 21st Century Systems Inc. (21 CSI), which employs the senator's son, Patrick Nelson, as its marketing director. 21 CSI gets 80 percent of its funds from federal grants, mostly from earmarks...

I'm certainly glad that Nancy drained the swamp. The problem is, as it drains, we keeps discovering more Democrats like Reid, Nelson, William Jefferson and Allan Mollohan at the bottom of the septic tank.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

New way to probe terrorists' subconscious minds

 
Government Security News reports that a new technology may help in the war on terror. While interrogators frequently use lie detectors to verify the truthfulness of suspected terrorists, a new technology called SSRM Tek may help probe unconscious thoughts.

I'm not sure why Harry Reid was chosen as an element of the collage, but I've got some suspicions.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Harry Reid's Greatest Hits

 
For the first time ever -- and only available through this television commercial -- Ronbo is proud to present Harry Reid!! This offer is not available in any stores, so act now! You'll get all of the pasty-faced crooner's biggest hits, including:

The classic This War is Lost!...

The all-time favorite Dick Cheney ain't nothin' but the administration's attack dog...

Abu Graib Rock...

You'll also receive slow-rock mega-hit No one wants us to succeed in Iraq more than Democrats...

...controversial ballad Clarence Thomas is an embarrassment to the Supreme Court...

...and acoustic medley Alan Greenspan is one of the biggest hacks in Washington...

...cult classic George W. Bush is a loser...

...plus platinum blockbuster We're not going to do anything to limit funding for the war

And if you call now, we'll throw in Nancy (Pelosi) and Dianne (Feinstein) singing "Culture of Corruption"! Remember, this offer is not available in any store, so act today!

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Reid and Pelosi plan the Democrats' next move

 

Did you see the latest LA Times poll?


Yep. We're down to a 27% approval rating. And you're at 18%, which is exactly half of Chimpy's rating!


Yes, I know, thanks! So what do we do about it, Miss Smarty Pants? If we don't take some action soon, Hillary will have a better shot at winning the Miss America pageant than the Presidency.


Well, maybe we should do something... something important. Pass some laws n' stuff.


Laws? S**t, you're talking work, consensus-building, listening to our constituents... how 'bout just issuing some press releases instead?


Oh, you mean like a no-confidence vote on the Attorney General? That worked out real well, didn't it, Sparky?


No, no, NO! Nothing controversial! How about a statement that says we'll do everything in our power to fight earmarks and pork-barrel politics?


Boehner's already on to us! That idiot Obey tried to slip the earmarks into our spending bills after they've been agreed to and signed, when it's too late to do anything about them!


You know, I'm sitting right here next to you! I can hear you both!


Ooops. Sorry. How about a statement that recommends banning the employment of Congressional family members as lobbyists?


WHATTT??!?! Hand me that glass, I want some of what you're drinking! You trying to send my whole family to the unemployment line?


Hey, brainiac, I'm talking about a statement condemning the practice, not a law! It'll be as meaningless as everything else we've tried to do this term, but it'll look like we're actually doing something.


I don't know... hey, how about a statement regarding the ill-fated immigration bill. Say, that we support building a fence? You know, 72% of all Americans support that... wouldn't that make sense?


We already passed that bill, Mr. Memory. We authorized the construction of 700 miles of fencing on the border in October, remember? But we don't really want any such thing - it would jeopardize our projected majority...


But what if we issue a strongly-worded statement condemning the president for not building the fence... and we get Dowd, Rich, Cohen, and company to hammer Bush for not getting anything done?


Harry, you really are a genius! You know, if you were twenty years younger, four inches taller, a lot more manly, and had a full head of hair, I think I could fall for you.


Seriously?


No, idiot, of course not! I'll see you tomorrow. And don't forget to call Dowd to get the ball rolling.


Will do, sweet-cheeks. *Sigh*. I really do dig her.