Saturday, October 27, 2007

The ACLU's new video: Bed-wetters Among Us

 
Lefty blogger Right Wing Snarkle likes to refer to my site as Paranoid Bedwetter. The impetus for this half-hearted attempt at satire was the recent post Unintended Consequences, a tale of a dirty bomb inspired by, of all things, a New York Times op-ed.

No, John Stephenson at STACLU has identified the real bedwetters: the ACLU's video production company. The evidence? Their recent propaganda rap Monster among us.

The tune isn't quite as fetching as the Chronicles of Narnia rap, but what it lacks in melody it makes up for in sheer, mind-numbing paranoia. My advice to the ACLU: change the sheets and have Mommy tuck you in tonight.

AP throws a curveball in 'Name that Party'

 
Don Surber has a game he likes to call "Name that Party." It's simple to play.

Pick out an AP article that references some disgraced political figure and count how many paragraphs it takes for the crack AP pro journalist author to name the political affiliation of the culprit.

Today's entry is submitted by the AP's Mike Robinson. Entitled, Ex-Gov. Ryan Ordered to Prison by Nov. 7, it begins:

Former Gov. George Ryan was ordered Friday to start serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence in less than two weeks, but his lawyers held out hope they could keep him out of prison pending a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.

U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer set a Nov. 7 surrender date for Ryan and co-defendant Larry Warner to report to prison.

Within hours, his attorneys asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an extension of his bond that would keep him free while they take the case to the nation's highest court....

Sixteen paragraphs. No mention of political affiliation, despite the fact that Ryan "was convicted in April 2006 of steering state contracts to friends, using tax dollars to run his campaigns and covering up drivers license bribery... [his] conviction capped one of Illinois' biggest political scandals ever, bringing with it nine years of investigations and trials that wrecked Ryan's career and sent dozens of others to jail."

What's interesting is that Ryan was a Republican and not a Democrat. Well, in truth, he was a RINO, because most of his positions were to the left of his Democratic opponents. He made national headlines in 2000 for his moratorium on executions. He subsequently commuted the sentences of all convicts on the Illinois death row to life in prison. In addition, his position on gun control was the exact opposite of most Republicans -- he believed in limiting the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.

In short, I'm not sure what to make of the AP's curveball in the "Name that Party" game. Are they trying to level the playing field? Or do they just consider Ryan a kindred spirit? Either way, it's a trend we should monitor.

Line o' the Day: Dead on Arrival

 
Mitch McConnell finally starts to show some GOP spine. Click on over to Macsmind and watch the video.

Friday, October 26, 2007

The Heat's on Hillary. And, no, it's not Global Warming.

 
My Google News Alerts went nuts this evening, spilling out a series of messages on Hillary Clinton's ill-fated fundraising techniques. The alerts relate to what some experts call "the largest election law fraud in history."

Douglas Cogan, a businessman-turned-associate producer and researcher for the film, said he's made it his mission to expose what he calls "the greatest campaign finance fraud that ever has been committed... the Clintons think they are truly above the law," Cogan said. "My country has never seen anyone like Hillary Rodham Clinton."

..."My interest in supporting Hillary Clinton was specifically to hire Bill Clinton," Paul told FOXNews.com in a telephone interview, noting that Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign "concocted" the whole idea of [a gala] fundraiser.

Paul said he believed that in exchange for organizing the gala, "I had accomplished the hiring of the president of the United States to work with me when he left the White House."

The gala cost $1.2 million, which was under-reported to the Federal Election Commission and led to the arrest of Clinton's then-Senate campaign fundraising chief, David Rosen..."

The Cleveland Leader.

Fox News.

MMD Newswire.

All are pointing to the new video evidence of Hillary's fund-raising "prowess." The video that's getting all of the attention is called Hillary Uncensored. The trailer has been viewed over one million times:


Put simply, Hillary's in deep, deep trouble.

Line o' the Day: the Frivolous Party

 
Paul Mirengoff, writing at Powerline:

[Democratic] debate centers around a resolution [that labels] the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization. There's no genuine dispute that the IRGC fits this description, and none of the serious Democratic candidates denies it. Moreover, unlike the question of whether Turkey committed genocide 90 years ago, the status of the IRGC is relevant to today's world. Finally, unlike Turkey, Iran is an enemy of the U.S., not its ally.

Accordingly, Hillary Clinton voted for the resolution. That vote has produced harsh criticism from Barack Obama (even though he skipped the vote), John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, and Bill Richardson. They argue that the designation of the IRGC as terrorists could embolden Bush to take unilateral military action against Iran.

...Even so, it's difficult to blame Obama and the others from seizing upon Hillary's vote. The Democratic base is so stridently pacifist and so paranoid about Bush that even a non-issue like this one has the potential to generate heat. Clinton certainly sees this danger. According to the Post, she has "flooded Iowa with a mailer that included a lengthy letter from the candidate explaining why she supported [the IRGC] measure."

It's not easy being a semi-serious figure seeking the nomination of a frivolous party.

USA Today's Favorite Viral Videos

 
USA Today's Technology Guide offers their favorite viral videos.




Based on recent traffic patterns, the trailer for Hillary Uncensored has to be moving up in the standings.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Google Trends: Hillary Clinton versus the World

 
Google Trends is a tool that can rank the popularity of various search terms. For example, I wanted to compare the number of times that folks searched for Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama. The results show that Hillary truly is separating herself from B. Hussein Obama (Obama in blue, Hillary in red):



Hillary versus Mitt Romney shows a clear win for the cattle futures trader from Arkansas:



Hillary versus the Devil -- the Devil has had a traditional advantage over the Chappaqua Chipmunk; however, in recent days, Hillary's made quite a run at demon status:



Hillary versus Rush Limbaugh -- Rush makes a startling comeback and edges Hillary in October:



Hillary versus Spiderman -- Spidey kicks the crap out of Puff Mommy:



Finally, when Hillary goes up against American Idol, she gets absolutely destroyed.



I wonder if Simon Cowell ever thought about running for President?

A marriage of convenience

 
Newsbusters' Noel Sheppard describes a WOR interview with author Sally Bedell Smith. Smith's recent book on the Clintons -- "For Love of Politics" -- paints a startling picture of a relationship that is less a marriage than it is a business partnership.

On Bill's extra-marital affairs: ...[Hillary's reaction] was that he couldn't be that insane... if she heard that he sort of gone out and had a fling on the road, she could have believed that in a heartbeat. But it was the fact that it was in the Oval Office, you know, adjacent to the Oval Office that it lasted for, as it turned out, eighteen months, which is an astonishing length of time...

On Hillary staying with Bill after the affair and the lies: ...After he'd appeared before the Grand Jury... he did admit that he had lied to the American public for seven months. And, at that moment, it was worldwide humiliation. [One of their good friends said,] "Look, she was not about to divorce him for doing something that he had been doing for their whole married life, the only difference being the magnitude..."

On Hillary's calculations in staying with Bill: ...it was far more to Hillary Clinton's advantage to stay with Bill Clinton because she was already thinking about her own political ambitions. One of her top advisors [said]... that she fought the impeachment so hard and was such a chief strategist during that whole period [because she] saw her own presidential ambitions go down the drain...

On Hillary's reluctance to divorce Bill: ...if they'd gotten a divorce then, she wouldn't have had a, really, a chance in the Senate...

Good thing she's not a cold, calculating, carpet-bagging opportunist. I might get the wrong impression of her.

'Iran to give crushing response to possible attacks'

 
The Islamic Republic News Agency:

Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi here on Wednesday warned against any possible military attack against Iran, promising that Iran's response would be crushing.

"Any country or power which invades Iran will face a crushing response. We will defend our security and our country in the strongest way in case of any possible military attack," he added... "US is well aware that it might be easy to start such an action against Iran but ending that would not be then in the hands of US officials. Such action will definitely end up in US collapse..."

In related news, the "Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution" Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameini stated:

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces said at a graduation ceremony at Shahid Sattari Air Force Academy that feeling security and peace of mind is pre-requisite for material and spiritual progress of every nation and thanks God the Iranian nation enjoys such a feeling owing to the vigilant and powerful military power.

The Supreme Leader paid tribute to late Commander of Air Force Major General Sattari who died in an air crash and martyred commanders of the armed forces who sacrificed their lives during eight-year imposed war (1980-1988)... Ayatollah Khamenei recommended the army personnel to follow the martyrs as their own model... [he] advised the army personnel to develop faith and piety...

If the U.S. military attacks Iran, there will be no shortage of martyrs in the Iranian armed forces.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Real Men of Congress

 
Pork Lite presents... Real Men of Congress.

Real men of Con-gress...

Today we salute you, Senator Immigration Reform... Reformer...

Senator Immigration Reform... er... Reform-er...

Your DREAM Act rewards illegal immigrants and their kids with amnesty and in-state tuition if they can evade the police for five years...

Never mind that the rest of us will have to pay for their healthcare, social security, and government services 'til 2070...

It's only sixty-three years...

You casually ignore massively underfunded social security and Medicare programs...

While berating your opponents for failing to fund illegal immigrants' education, healthcare, and retirement...

It's for the children...

You passed a border fence law a year ago that authorized 900 miles of fencing...

...and your crack construction team has only managed to build a mile a month.

It'll be done in 2070, too...

Yet you can't figure out why your office phone lines are jammed when you try to sneak a 4,000 page shamnesty bill into law over a long weekend...

Or why protesters line the Thanksgiving Day parade route and hurl turkey bones and stuffing at you.

How about you build the damn fence...?

So crack open an ice-cold box of Pork Lite wine, oh Senator Open Borders. We know that no matter what we say, you'll vote the way the lobbyists tell you.

Senator Immigration Reform... er... Reform-er...

Real Men of Congress, Washington DC, 20001.

Line o' the Day: Terrorists are Cruel, Thoughtless

 
Amnesty International:

Arbitrary detentions and torture or other ill treatment of detainees by Hamas forces are now widespread and the initial improvements in the security situation which followed Hamas’ takeover are fast being eroded.

Terrorists don't respect human rights? I'll alert the media, you call Geraldo.

Big trouble in little Chinatown

 
Commenter jpm100 offers his take on Hillary's bogus Chinatown donors:

I guess Bill's new Bowflex has really made a difference on his physique!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Suicidal Mystics with Nukes

 
According to 'Twelver' Shi'a Mulims, Imam Hujjat al-Mahdī ( المهدى) is the twelfth Imam and the Mahdi, the ultimate savior of mankind. Twelver Shi'as believe that Muhammad was born in 868 and has been hidden by God (referred to as occultation) to later emerge to fulfill his mission.

Twelver Shi'as cite various references from the Qur'an and reports (Hadith) from Muhammad and the twelve Shi'a Imams. These texts predict the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi which would, in accordance with God's command, bring justice and peace to the world by establishing Islam throughout the world.

Shi'as believe that Muhammad al-Mahdi will reappear when the world has fallen into chaos and civil war emerges between the human race for no reason. At this time, it is believed, half of the true believers will ride from Yemen carrying white flags to Mecca, while the other half will ride from Karbala, in Iraq, carrying black flags to Mecca. At this time, Muhammad al-Mahdi will come wielding God's Sword, the Blade of Evil's Bane, Zulfiqar (Arabic: ذو الفقار, ðū l-fiqār), the Double-Bladed Sword.

As mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reported to have ordered the city council to build a boulevard to prepare for the Mahdi. A year later, as Iran's president, he budgeted $17 million for a blue-tiled mosque in Jamkaran that is directly tied to the Mahdi.

Last year, the Washington Post reported:

The expansion [of the city of Qom] is driven by an apocalyptic vision: that Shiite Islam's long-hidden 12th Imam, or Mahdi, will soon emerge -- possibly at the mosque of Jamkaran -- to inaugurate the end of the world. The man who provided $20 million to prepare the shrine for that moment, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has reportedly told his cabinet that he expects the Mahdi to arrive within the next two years.


In a speech two years ago, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated, "Our revolution's main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi. Therefore, Iran should become a powerful, developed and model Islamic society. Today, we should define our economic, cultural and political policies based on the policy of Imam Mahdi's return. We should avoid copying the West's policies and systems."

Anton La Guardia, writing in London's Daily Telegraph: "Iran's president actually relishes a clash with the West in the conviction that it would rekindle the spirit of the Islamic revolution and - who knows - speed up the arrival of the Hidden Imam."

Two weeks ago, after more UN sanctions were threatened, Ahmadinejad stated:

As God promised, the oppressors will have their noses rubbed in the dirt. Now they are fulfilling this promise by themselves... Let it be known that in whatever we do, I see the hand of God and the hidden imam at every moment.


Princeton professor Bernard Lewis: “There is a radical difference between the Islamic Republic of Iran and other governments with nuclear weapons. This difference is expressed in what can only be described as the apocalyptic worldview of Iran’s present rulers.”

On the holy topic of suicide bombing (martyrdom), Ahmadinejad said last year: "Is there art that is more beautiful, more divine, and more eternal than the art of martyrdom? A nation with martyrdom knows no captivity."

Iran doesn’t fear retaliation if they attack Israel or the United States because a final global struggle against an evil enemy will present them with the privileges of martyrdom as taught in Islam, Lewis wrote. Death is not a deterrent.

The most dangerous leaders in history are those like Hitler and Ahmadinejad, fueled by a totalitarian ideology and a mystical belief system. Ahmadinejad believes in the imminent return of 12th Imam, which he anticipates will happen in the next two years. He also believes that he has a personal responsibility to expedite the return of the Mahdi and is therefore preparing Iran for the apocalypse.

Given the willful incompetence of the UN and the IAEA, Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons has continued unchecked. They are very close now to achieving their goal.

It is long past time to stop this madman.