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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (706806)	10/11/2005 1:56:39 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

How The Left Harmed America This Week (Dennis Prager On America's Cultural Barbarians Alert) Townhall.com ^ \| 10/11/05 \| Dennis Prager Not a week goes by that some part of the Left does not hurt America. But in the past two weeks, three examples stood out for the degree of such harm. The first example involved the ACLU, which has threatened Southwest Airlines with a lawsuit. Southwest ordered a passenger off a flight after she refused to cover her T-shirt on which was printed an expletive -- "Fu--ers" -- referring to President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The ACLU position is not surprising. That organization had once defended a high school student whose school had prohibited him from wearing to class a T-shirt that read "Big Pecker." I have previously noted in this column the widespread approval of foul language on the Left, such as the expletive-filled entertainment at a John Kerry fundraiser organized by MoveOn.org. Nor is it surprising that a high percentage of my e-mail from people on the Left contains obscenities. To most Americans, the huge increase in public cursing is a sign of a deteriorating civilization; to the Left it is a sign of a freer, less hypocritical one. The second example was a federal judge appointed by former President Bill Clinton ordering the Defense Department to release all remaining photos of prisoner abuse by Americans at Abu Ghraib prison. Though it is certain that the only effect of the photos will be to further endanger Americans at home and abroad and increase the danger to American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and though there is absolutely no need for the public to see these photos, the judge ordered their release. Thanks to this decision by one judge, we are in for another orgy of anti-Americanism in the foreign and domestic news media and another propaganda victory for those who murder people trying to vote, place bombs in tourist hotels and slaughter innocent human beings like sheep. To understand the destructive nature of this decision, imagine what would have happened during World War II if photos of similar (or more serious) abuse of alleged Nazis were available. Would any judge in America have ordered that they be published? Would such a lawsuit have ever been brought? Many on the Left regard the term "national security" as essentially a right-wing cover for conservatism, which they equate with a form of fascism. That explains the Left's contempt for the Patriot Act, and it helps explain the decision of U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. That Americans will be killed as a result of a judge's decision to release photos is of no consequence to the Left. Indeed, for the ACLU, release of the photos is a victory precisely because it does weaken American ability to fight Islamic terrorists. A third example is the Left's libel of Bill Bennett. I covered this issue in detail in my last column. Suffice it to say here that a prominent liberal writer, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, sees the larger issue raised by the nearly universal left-wing smear of Bennett as a racist who advocates the abortion of all black babies. In a courageous column, Cohen wrote that "The GOP was the party of Joe McCarthy. . . . Now, though, it is the Democrats who . . . stifle debate and smother thought." From the pointless judicial weakening of American security, to the fight to force airlines to allow passengers to display obscenities, to the ongoing libel of Bill Bennett -- a libel as far from truth as is the infamous "blood libel" that claims that Jews slaughter Gentile children to use their blood for baking matzo -- this was just another week of harm to a great civilization by barbarians inside the gates.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (706806)	10/11/2005 3:06:13 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Not that I completely object to the "Coulter wing" of the party attacking the Meirs and Roberts nominations. No one knows what ANYONE would do once handed a lifetime appointment to anything. But the same is true for all "known" conservatives. Bush says "Trust me." They already made THAT decision when they ran off the domestic enemy and gave him his second term. Now it's time to trust him on the Miers nomination. But to the "Coulter wing's" credit, consider: They can't HELP but understand that Miers is ALREADY confirmed, and the rest is formality. That makes bitching free, and the possibility of "I told you so" gaining political capital in the future. They also know that Bush is in his LAST term (something the domestic enemy can't seem to grasp), and far too many Republicans are talking about the Mad Cow or "RUDY!!! being "frontrunners". The only way to prevent a last, FATAL epidemic of BobDole's Disease is to stake out positions to oppose THEM, not Bush. The Miers objections begin the process of that NEXT fight. BUSH was NOT re-elected by millions of resurgent Christians because they are admirers of Mad Cow or "RUDY!!!" Quite the opposite, actually. AND they bring forth the numbers required to bury Satan Clinton in the ash heap of history forever. So the Miers noise serves the purpose of helping keep the party in the hands of those who SUPPORT the emerging New American Renaissance, while reminding Bush that a political dog fight over his third or fourth nominee is inevitable. Frying Schumer like a kielbasa is just too good a prospect to pass up...

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (706806)	10/11/2005 10:04:45 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

("I'm disappointed, depressed and demoralized." --William Kristol) Always look on the light side of life... ("Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on "The West Wing," let alone to be a real one." --Ann Coulter) If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing. When you're feeling in the dumps, don't be silly chumps Just purse your lips and whistle---that's the thing. And always look on the bright side of life... ("The Miers pick was another administration misstep... Momentum was lost. The quarterback looked foolish." --Peggy Noonan) Always look on the light side of life... ("Miers needs to be stopped! The Republican Party should be the party of the moral high card. It can't be with such blatant cronyism. SABOTAGE MIERS! SABOTAGE MIERS! SABOTAGE MIERS!" --Angry Conservative) For life is quite absurd, and death's the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow. Forget about your sin---give the audience a grin Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow. So always look on the bright side of death... ("I think...[Bush] has probably risked his legacy. But more important, he has risked what some of us have fought for 40 years since I was with Richard Nixon." --Pat Buchanan) Just before you draw your terminal breath... ("If Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States, her nomination to the Supreme Court would be a joke..." --Charles Krauthammer) Life's a piece of shit when you look at it Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true. You'll see it's all a show, keep 'em laughing as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you. And always look on the bright side of life... ("Well, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool conservative and I've had it with Du(m)bya, once and for all. He's personally hosed a lot of good people in local races next year..." --Angry Conservative) Always look on the right side of life... ("President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has performed the difficult task of dividing his most respectful supporters, among whom I count myself." --Scott at Powerline) EVERYBODY TOGETHER NOW!! Always look on the bright side of life... ("If this is President Bush's bright idea to buck up his sagging popularity--among conservatives as well as the nation at large--one wonders whom he would have picked in rosier times. Shudder." --Michelle Malkin) Always look on the bright side of life... ("I am done with President Bush: Harriet Miers? Are you freakin' kidding me?!" --Steve Dillard) dailykos.com