The Confused 81%

According to a FOXNews/Opinion Dynamics poll, two in 10 Democrats (19%) believe the world would be better off if the U.S. lost the war. You may want to read that again. I guess this confirms what we all already knew, but I am not interested in that 19%, it's the 81% that believe we will be better off if we win the war I'm concerned about. If these Democrats really believe this then why are they so headstrong on leaving the job undone? How can they say the world will be better and at the same time call for an immediate withdrawal of the troops?

This would explain Hillary's back peddling on the issue of a timetable for the war, if elected. First, she voted to authorize the war, then in 2005 she said her vote to authorize the war was a mistake, by 2007 she is sounding hawkish again stating that she is "not for imposing a . . . certain withdrawal date". Could it be that Hillary actually thought the situation through a little better than 81% of the Democrats? Probably not, but she foresees the disaster that would be Iraq if we leave any time soon and has even hinted that Iraq could be used as a base from which the U.S. can threaten Iran. Can you say passive-aggressive?

This is not a popular war with the Democrats and whether or not there were WMD's will be debated from now till the end of never, but the fact remains we are there, and I hope we're in it to win it (no pun). So these 81% need to decide what it is they really want to see happen, because you can't have it both ways, you have to let our troops finish the job and have the world, as they themselves say, be a better place or withdraw and have a vacuum in the middle east that will no doubt be filled by the Islamo-fascists. At least we know where the traitorous other 19% stand.

Where Did the Democrats Go Wrong?

Where did the democrats go wrong? I am a southerner born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Both my parents were from the south, my father from Pollock, Louisiana and my mother from Athens, Georgia. Almost needless to say they were southern democrats. My father passed away over twenty years ago and I sometimes wonder if he would still be a democrat today, because this is not the same party it was twenty years ago.

Somewhere along the way the democrats let the far-left extremists take control of their party, the compassion once demonstrated by the democrats has been replaced with a pseudo-compassion expressed by a movement toward socialism. Take a look at the policies and the mindset of the democrats to decide, a few examples include free health care (which, of course, isn't free at all), political correctness which is a form of self-imposed censorship and an anti-war stance that is blindly followed even by more moderate democrats to the eventual detriment of the country.

True compassion does not manifest itself in the form of socailism, to tax all for the benefit of the few is as wrong as ignoring the plight of the needy in the first place. Compassion involves recognizing the poorest among us and giving them a hand up, yes here it comes, not a hand-out. America is built on hard work and self-sufficiency, not standing in a line with your hand held out. Charity and compassion are wonderful things, but you can't tax social equality into being.

Compassion includes seeing things as they really are, not using veiled words and meanings to hide the uncomfortable truth. The far-left seems poised at every turn to be shocked and outraged at the heartless conservatives for calling a spade a spade. The democrats have a built-in victim list and those on the list whether they be Female, Black, Hispanic or Gay must never be called to task for their actions no matter how outrageous. The injustices imposed on them in past more than make up for any prejudice or bigotry they may show toward others.

The anti-war faction of the far-left will not tolerate any dissent in their ranks, the more moderate democrats can't be seen as supporting the war for fear they'll be seen as hawkish by the "peace at any price" crowd that now has its voice in their party, they occasionally stick their head out of the bunker chanting "we support the troops" while waving an American flag, as soon as the first volley is fired their way they quickly retreat into the safety of their wormhole.

No, this is not my fathers democratic party nor is it JFK's or even FDR's party, that's why I proudly call myself a republican and I think my father would understand.

Colorado Students Walk Out During Pledge, Recite Own Version

From FOXNews.com

BOULDER, Colo. — About 50 Boulder High School students walked out of class Thursday to protest the daily reading of the Pledge of Allegiance and recited their own version, omitting "one nation, under God."

The students say the phrase violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Maybe if their teacher would teach the constitution they would know that is just bulls**t. -Robert

They also say the daily reading of the pledge over the school public address system at the start of the second class takes away from education time and is ignored or mocked by some students.

If the little snot-nosed punks mocked it while I'm around it would be the last thing they mocked.-Robert

A state law passed in 2004 requires schools to offer the opportunity to recite the pledge each day but does not require students to participate. Right. So sit there and shut your pimpled face, you third generation love child!-Robert

The protesting students, members of the Student Worker Club, want administrators to hold the pledge reading in the auditorium during each of the school's two lunch periods for any students who want to participate. The Student Worker Club? Is that like The Workers Party? Is this the Junior Communists of America Club?-Robert

Otherwise, they said, they plan to walk out each Thursday when the pledge is read and recite their version, which omits the reference to God and adds allegiance to constitutional rights, diversity and freedom, among other things.

"Boulder High has a highly diverse population, not all of whom believe in God, or one God," said Emma Martens, a senior and president of the club, which has about a dozen members.

"We didn't think it was fair for the whole school to have to listen to it. It's almost religious oppression," she said. These kids know nothing about oppression.-Robert

Principal Bud Jenkins told the Camera newspaper on its Web site Thursday the pledge will not be moved, but added he was proud of the students for standing up for their beliefs.

It was not immediately clear what discipline, if any, the protesting students would face.

MoveOn Gravy Train Makes and Breaks Political Fortunes

From Foxnews.com
By Major Garrett

WASHINGTON — Here's a pop quiz on money in politics: Who gives more money to federal candidates, the National Rifle Association or MoveOn.org?

Answer: MoveOn.

And it isn't even close.

In the last two election cycles, MoveOn.org Political Action Committee spent more than $58 million in pro-Democrat political advocacy, according to Federal Election Commission records.

In just the 2006 election cycle, MoveOn.org spent $27 million in advocacy to elect a Democratic majority in Congress and used its formidable fund-raising clout to propel numerous Democratic challengers to House and Senate victories. By comparison, the NRA PAC donated $11 million in 2006.

"They give away and raise about three times as much as the National Rifle Association," said Massie Ritsch, communications director for the Center for Responsive Politics. "A tremendous amount of money, especially when you consider how quickly they came on the scene."

Brief History, Lasting Impact

Founded in 1998 by Wes Boyd and Joan Blades (pictured above), MoveOn.org started as an online petition to stop the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in the aftermath of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. Boyd and Blades, software engineers from Berkeley, Calif., posted a petition on the Internet seeking signatures for Congress to censure Clinton and "move on" to other domestic issues.

The online petition attracted like-minded liberals and MoveOn began a near-continuous dialogue with its members about what it should do to influence American politics. It created its PAC in 1999 and began attracting money for the 2000 campaign, raising, according to reports, $250,000 in the first five days and $2 million for the entire cycle. Though impressive for its first cycle, MoveOn did not find its true voice or tap into deep-seated anti-war angst until after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

"To combat terrorism, we must act in accordance with a high standard that does not disregard the lives of people in other countries," reads a petition drawn up by the organization after the attacks. "If we retaliate by bombing Kabul and kill people oppressed by the Taliban dictatorship who have no part in deciding whether terrorists are harbored, we become like the terrorists we oppose."

That dovish advocacy flowed seamlessly into MoveOn's campaign against the Iraq war, leading to a wider Internet following, bigger membership and larger contributions. MoveOn continued its anti-war campaign after the invasion of Iraq and mobilized money and members in the 2004 presidential election, rallying around Howard Dean's campaign and helping propel him to front-runner status in the polls and shattering all previous online fund-raising records.

A Funnel of Funding

The 2006 election cycle thrust MoveOn into the ranks of potent pro-Democrat organizations. Never before had the group's ability to identify candidates and collect small donations on their behalf yield bigger results.

"MoveOn has grown into one of the biggest political action committees in the country," Ritsch said. "MoveOn collects money and says to its members 'We're going to pass that money along.' They're a conduit. They are aggregating and assembling all the money and pooling their resources so it adds up to big influence."

MoveOn backs candidates and asks members to send contributions on their behalf. They pass the donations on directly and handle all the paperwork.

"They're speaking for the grassroots," Ritsch said. "This is a form of bundling."

A quick tally of MoveOn-directed contributions in the 2006 election cycle, according to records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, offers a sample of the impressive size of its donations:

— Sen. Robert Byrd, West Virginia = $834,211

— Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri = $382,531

— Sen. Jon Tester, Montana = $301,788

— Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio = $287,622

— Sen. Bob Casey, Pennsylvania = $160,780

Those contributions helped build a Senate Democratic majority as four of the five entered the Senate for the first time. McCaskill and Tester won razor-thin victories over well-funded GOP incumbents Jim Talent and Conrad Burns.

MoveOn-directed contributions also propelled several Democratic challengers to House victories, among them: Nick Lampson, Texas' 22nd District, $156,883; Tim Mahoney, Florida's 16th District, $145,334; Zack Space, Ohio's 18th District, $141,298; Michael Arcuri, New York's 24th District, $129,685; Joe Donnelly, Indiana's 2nd District, $123,035, and Tim Walz, Minnesota's 1st District, $102,657.

"They can help you a lot if you're a (MoveOn) candidate," said Byron York, White House correspondent for the conservative National Review magazine and author of "The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy," a book on powerful liberal groups and their organizing practices.

"They live by the $25, $50 and $100 contributions. They have become a real powerhouse in Democratic circles. The smaller the contributions, the more people it takes to come up with a big amount of money. They can legitimately say they represent a large segment of the Democratic primary electorate," York said.

MoveOn's clout was visible most recently in the muted and belated response from prominent Democrats in the aftermath of the organization's full-page New York Times advertisement last week questioning whether congressional testimony by Army Gen. David Petraeus, head of Multinational Forces in Iraq, would "Betray Us?"

On Capitol Hill, Democrats avoided the issue for days as did the party's top presidential candidates. Only after days and days of coverage did prominent Democrats declare the advertisement out of bounds.
These two should be tried for treason and punished accordingly.-R.Y.


Tale of Torment

MoveOn directs no contributions to Republican candidates or incumbents, instead avidly spending money against the GOP. It spent more than $2.5 million in 2006 in independent expenditures against Republicans.

House GOP incumbents who lost in 2006 and saw significant MoveOn independent expenditures against them can testify. Among those hardest hit: Charlie Bass, New Hampshire's 2nd District, $143,266; Chris Chocola, Indiana's 2nd District, $245,603; Melissa Hart, Pennsylvania's 4th District, $297,603; and Nancy Johnson, Connecticut's 5th District, $444,424.

Two House Republicans survived the MoveOn independent expenditure onslaught in '06, Rep. Deborah Pryce, who represents Ohio's 15th District, absorbed $417,623 in MoveOn wrath but won a narrow victory nevertheless. Pryce recently announced she will not seek re-election to a ninth term. Rep. Thelma Drake of Virginia's 2nd District won a second term with 51 percent of the vote after withstanding $529,535 in MoveOn independent expenditure torment, giving her the distinction among House Repubicans of taking the most expensive independent expenditure punch MoveOn threw in the 2006 campaign and living to tell the tale.

MoveOn also punishes Democrats who stray from their liberal, anti-war world view. MoveOn ran a radio ad against Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell when he announced his opposition to higher fuel economy standards for automobiles and light trucks.

The script of the brief radio campaign portrayed a conversation between a father and son about something called a Dingellsaurus. The child asks his father what that is. The script reads in part:

"Someone who's been in Congress so long, he forgets about the people who sent him there," says the father.

"Are there any around today?" asks son, Billy, to which the father replies: "Our own Congressman John Dingell. He's standing in the way of the first energy bill ever that would really combat global warming. It would also help the auto companies in the long run and that means more jobs."

"Is a Dingellsaurus dangerous?" Billy asks. The father replies: "Very, because if the Dingellsaurus gets his way, we could all be extinct."

Earlier this month, MoveOn ran a brief television campaign against Washington Democratic Rep. Brian Baird after he returned from a trip to Iraq and announced the Bush troop surge may be achieving important military gains. The ad featured an anti-war Iraq veteran. The script reads in part: "Keeping American soldiers in Iraq for an indefinite period of time being attacked by an unidentifiable enemy is immoral and irresponsible." It asked viewers to "Tell Rep. Baird: Support Our Troops. Bring Them Home."

"Just because MoveOn only supports Democrats doesn't mean it supports all Democrats," Ritsch said.

NEVER FORGET

Jack McClellan Alert

FromTexasFred

OK folks, Sue at Warriors for Innocence has done it again, she has located Jack McClellan and we need to get this on as many websites as possible, he’s out there and he’s stalking, whether he’s REAL or just an attention whore, makes no difference, it’s his WORDS that matter, and he says he IS a pedophile and as such, he IS a DANGER to little kids…

If anyone in the Portland area reads this and spots the monster, send us an email and let us know, a picture and a short story would be great too, turn his tactics around on him, take his picture and we’ll put it on websites all over the USA, lets see how he likes that… Fred

Jack just posted again on his favorite pedophile message board. He’s announced that he’s decided to live in Portland, Oregon because it’s “the biggest media market in Oregon” and he would feel safer there.

Jack originally wanted to live in Gold Beach. Kudos go to the Gold Beach Police who warned Jack that they’d be keeping a close eye on him. Jack immediately ran off crying and complaining about his “safety”.

Jack’s already up to his old tricks and bragging about it as well. He says he “already attended a big GL event in the area (The Oregon State Fair in Salem), and had a great time with no problems. There are several more GL events coming up this weekend that look promising, and I doubt I’ll be bored living here.”

It is painfully obvious that Jack loves the attention. He never would have made this announcement otherwise. So, Jack, don’t whine about how everyone is going to follow you all around Portland. Because they will, now that I’ve emailed a good portion of them.

Let me make this clear. If you are living in Portland, keep an eye out for Jack because he’s stalking little girls. He’s sexually attracted to girls as young as 3 years old. He’s determined to boast about this and rub it in your faces. Don’t let him do this. Don’t give him power over you. Don’t live in fear, instead, live with awareness. Be aware of not only Jack, but all the other Jacks out there that we don’t know about.

There are several events planned for this weekend in the Portland area. WFI has notified these events along with the local police department to keep an eye out for Jack.

Just keep looking over your shoulder Jack…

Cross posted with:
Warriors For Innocence

Dems Dirty Donor Norman Hsu Fails to Show for Bail Reduction Hearing Leading to Speculation He's On the Run

From Foxnews.com

DEVELOPING STORY: California businessman Norman Hsu, a former New York apparel executive and major contributor to Democratic candidates and causes, failed to appear for a bail reduction hearing Wednesday, leading to speculation that he again is a fugitive from the law, FOX News has learned.

Hsu's attorneys say they do not know his whereabouts, and that their client did not surrender his passport.

Hsu turned himself in to authorities last week after more than 15 years on the run from a felony conviction of grand theft. He admitted to defrauding investors of $1 million in a bogus investment scam.

He failed to appear in court for sentencing on that 1991 conviction, a revelation that prompted high profile Democrats -- including presidential candidate Hillary Clinton -- to return thousands of dollars donated by Hsu.

Nothing new here, Hillary and Bill surround themselves with criminals and shady characters, politics as usual for the Clintons.-R.Y.

Germany: Plot Targeted U.S. Facilities

By DAVID McHUGH

From AP

BERLIN - Three suspected Islamic terrorists from an al-Qaida-influenced group nursing "profound hatred of U.S. citizens" were arrested on suspicious of plotting imminent, massive bomb attacks on U.S. facilities in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday.

German Federal Prosecutor Monika Harms said the three, two of whom were German converts to Islam, had trained at camps in Pakistan run by the Islamic Jihad Union, a group based in Central Asia. They had obtained some 1,500 pounds of hydrogen peroxide for making explosives.

It seems like the converts are the most militant at times-R.Y.

"We were able to succeed in recognizing and preventing the most serious and massive bombings," Harms told reporters.

Harms declined to name specific targets, but said the suspects had an eye on institutions and establishments frequented by Americans in Germany, including discos, pubs and airports.

Sudwestfunk televison, citing unnamed security sources in Berlin, reported that Frankfurt international airport and U.S. Ramstein Air Base were among the targets.

Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, appearing on a morning ARD television show, was asked if the airport and U.S. base were targeted.

"I ask you to understand that I cannot say anything about the details. But I will say again, our security forces were very active here and in my view did very good work," Jung said.

He also said: "I can only say that our security forces did very good work in that this action tonight was possible, it also shows how direct the threat situation was."

Later, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was asked about the reports and said that "we don't know exactly what the targets of the attacks were."

The suspects, delivered by helicopter, made a first appearance at a closed hearing at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe.

Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for the National Security Council, said that President Bush had been briefed on the arrests and that he's "pleased a potential attack was thwarted and appreciates the work of the German authorities and the cooperation by international law enforcement."

Officials said the solution of hydrogen peroxide, stored in a hideout, could have been mixed easily with other additives to produce a bomb with the explosive power of 1,200 pounds of TNT.

"This would have enabled them to make bombs with more explosive power than the ones used in the London and Madrid bombings," Joerg Ziercke, the head of the Federal Crime Office _ Germany's equivalent of the FBI _ said at a joint news conference with Harms.

The three suspects _ two Germans, ages 22 and 28, and a 29-year-old Turk _ first came to the attention of authorities because they had been caught observing a U.S. military facility in Hanau, near Frankfurt, at the end of 2006, officials said.

Thank God whoever reported them didn't have to worry about being sued by the terrorist.

All three had undergone training at camps in Pakistan run by the Islamic Jihad Union, and had formed a German cell of the group, which officials said was influenced by al-Qaida.

The Islamic Jihad Union was described as a Sunni Muslim group based in Central Asia that was an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an extremist group with origins in that country.

"The group, which is influenced by al-Qaida, set up a German cell in winter of 2006 with the goal of finding recruits here to carry out attacks," Harms said.

The three had no steady work and were drawing unemployment benefits while their main occupation was the plot, officials said. "This group distinguishes itself through its profound hatred of U.S. citizens," Ziercke said.

Hey, they've got all day to sit around and plot our downfall. Remember a few years ago when our enemies stated they only hated our government and had no problem with the American people? These Islamics hate me and you and everything we stand for, it's time we wake up and realize that!

Full story here

Socialism at its Worst

From foxnews.com -TIPTON, Iowa - — Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care.

"It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care," he told a crowd sitting in lawn chairs in front of the Cedar County Courthouse. "If you are going to be in the system, you can't choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK."

He noted, for example, that women would be required to have regular mammograms in an effort to find and treat "the first trace of problem."

The slippery slope the democrats are heading down and trying to take us all with them. It starts here where does it end?-Robert

The Cult of Liberalism Part III

It's not fair....the calling card of The Cult. All things must be equal, everyone should share the pie, no matter whether they helped bake it or even supplied the recipe. It's not fair.....the mantra of the democrat's who believe equity is a state that can be attained.

All things are not equal, some have more because they work harder, men have more upper body strength than women, some people are smarter than you or I (or is it me and you?). Is that fair? Maybe, maybe not, but it IS a fact of life. Equity is not an option, that's not to say we shouldn't help the poor or the less fortunate, but to think that we all someday will be equal is a socialist ideology.

The 2000 Presidential election is a good example of the "it's not fair" manifesto, the democrats cry foul and beg the courts for a "do-over". Some going so far as to not recognize a duly elected President, they count and recount like some cargo cult money changer until, hopefully, the numbers somehow will fall their way. When this doesn't happen we get four years of whining and crying like a toddler who just had his pacifier taken away.

Speaking of whining and crying, anywhere you see a group of people holding signs and singing songs in a public location, you can safely bet that The Cult is involved. The Cult believes that chanting while holding signs magically evokes the "Protest Spirits" to look favorably on their chosen cause and grant them Nirvana. Whether they desire organically grown tofu or smoke free cigar clubs the protest seems to be The Cults favorite course of action. Don't worry about planning, implementing and hard work to make changes, just cause enough commotion and someone will take notice and do the work for you.

Work seems to be a four letter word to The Cult, I'm not implying that there aren't hard workers in The Cult, but it seems they happily allow some to sit at home and suckle at the government teat as long as they remain Cult members for generations and school their children in the ways of The Cult. All the while breaking down the family unit by discouraging marriage lest they lose Cult benefits and favor.

Don't be deceived the far-left is a cult and their numbers are growing.