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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (15090)	9/18/2007 2:27:03 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224742

Greenspan on 60 minutes said he will probably vote for a republican during the next election.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (15090)	9/18/2007 3:02:01 PM
From: DizzyG	Respond to of 224742

Here is the real reason for the Global Warming screed, Kenneth: Calif. suit on car greenhouse gases dismissed Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:36pm EDT By Adam Tanner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by California's attorney general on Monday seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from six automakers for damaging the state with climate-changing greenhouse gases. reuters.com It's all about lining the pockets of lawyers. Diz-

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (15090)	9/18/2007 5:54:56 PM
From: jim-thompson	Respond to of 224742

are you saying the american people are smarter than we give them credit for? i did my best pulling for Rev Al Sharpton. however, the people who could have helped him were all wetting their pants over the fabricated elitist john forbes kerry, so called war hero..... even had one ole gal by the name of american spirit who attempted to tell us how handsome this hideous looking person was......

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (15090)	9/18/2007 6:56:24 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224742

Message 23892248

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (15090)	9/18/2007 7:07:41 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224742

The Osama Disconnect By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY \| Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 4:20 PM PT War On Terror: A respected security think tank warns that al-Qaida's high command has retained the ability to plan and carry out another 9/11. The White House says the terror group is "impotent." Which is it? While the U.S. and its allies are kicking al-Qaida's offspring in Iraq, they've "failed to deal a death blow to al-Qaida" central, concludes the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies in a new report. "The organization's ideology appears to have taken root to such a degree that it will require decades to eradicate." The findings echo those contained in the latest National Intelligence Estimate, cobbled together by 16 U.S. intelligence agencies. "Al-Qaida is and will remain the most serious terrorist threat to the homeland, as its leadership continues to plan high-impact plots," they said in the NIE's key judgments. "We assess the group has regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability, including a safe haven in the Pakistan tribal areas, operational lieutenants and its top leadership." That sobering judgment hit the president's desk before Osama bin Laden's latest video hit the airwaves, putting rumors of his death to rest. The tape, the first in three years, shows the terror kingpin in relative good health and comfortable surroundings. The White House downplayed his comeback. "This is a man on the run, from a cave, who's virtually impotent other than these tapes," said White House terror czar Fran Townsend. She may be right. But these tapes are powerful recruiting tools, and any one of them could translate into a bombing somewhere in the West. Jihadists around the world already revere bin Laden as the "lion sheik." Now they think he has divine protection from Allah. How else could he evade capture by the strongest military on the planet six years after ordering a direct strike on its headquarters? How else could he taunt the Great Satan in tape after tape? Bin Laden's latest diatribe was the 75th terror tape Al-Qaida central produced from Pakistan so far this year — up from 58 in 2006 and 16 in 2005. Its messages are posted on some 4,500 jihadist Web sites, inspiring thousands of potential terrorists in a kind of virtual global jihad. Bin Laden may merely be a "symbolic" leader of al-Qaida, as the White House maintains, but he remains a serious threat. While the war on terror isn't against one person, we can't afford to underestimate this evil man after what he pulled off in our backyard. The White House points out that he issued no overt threats against the U.S. in his latest message, and in fact made a seemingly desperate plea for Americans to convert to Islam to end the war. But experts say his invitation is not rhetorical bluster. They say he's following Islamic rules of jihad that require non-believers be given a chance before they're attacked. Bin Laden has kept a low profile for fear of being caught. Why would he potentially blow his cover now? This could be a final warning. Writing him off and shrugging off his threats smacks of bravado. Hideki Tojo was a figurehead, but we would not have stood for Japan's wartime prime minister coming into our living rooms, lecturing and threatening us after he ordered the bombing of Hawaii. Now that bin Laden has reared his ugly head again — cockily calling for an "escalation" of violence from his safe haven inside Pakistan — taking him out outweighs the concern for the stability of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's regime. Placating this Muslim general has too long dominated U.S. strategy for dealing with tribal Pakistan. As we've seen with al-Qaida's resurgence there, it has only thwarted U.S. counterterrorism efforts. It may also be hurting our efforts in Iraq. The Pentagon says al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri is receiving messages from bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri holed up in Pakistan. "There is a clear connection between al-Qaida in Iraq and al-Qaida senior leadership outside Iraq," said U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner. If so, it makes just as much sense to focus on cutting off the head of the snake in Pakistan as it does crushing its body in Iraq. Now that the surge is working against al-Qaida in Anbar province, it's time for a surge in Pakistan's tribal areas to get bin Laden and his deputies and — once and for all — decapitate al-Qaida's leadership.