Karaoke for the Deaf

Here's a very, very funny and creative clip by a British comedian David Armand who plays out a "mime-like" rendition of a song called "Torn" by an Australian singer Natalia Imbruglia. The comedy act is not in a very "ASL"-like repertoire performance. But nonetheless his performance is absolutely priceless. He doesn't perform the full lyrics but use about 1/2 of it for his performance. The lyrics are in blue while in parentheses I try include description of the signs to help you follow the lyrics and the music with his "mime-like" performance.

I thought I saw a man (man = shows a long weiner)

brought (both hands cupped comes up)

to life (makes a circle)

*

He was warm (fans himself)

He came around (cowboy lasso)

And he was dignified (imitates wearing a monacle - "sophisticated")

*

He showed me what it was to cry (he cries)

*

Well you couldn't be that man I adored (pumps heart)

*

You don't seem to know

Or seem to care

What your heart is for

*

I don't know him (him = weiner)

anymore

*

I don't care

I have no luck (checks pocket for cash)

I don't miss it all that much (bow and arrow -miss)

There's just so many things (points finger all over the place)

that I can't touch (touches his palm)

I'm torn (rips a paper)

*

I'm all out of faith (points finger down to hell)

This is how I feel (feels body)

I'm cold (shivers)

and

I am shamed (covers mouth)

Lying naked on the floor (covers anatomy, imitates with arms of legs spread on floor)

*

Illusion never changed (imitates a magician)

Into something real (reels in a fish)

I'm wide awake (imitates fish "awake")

and I can see the perfect sky (he see and makes a circle)

is torn (tears an invisible paper)

*

You're a little late (fake scolding talk, points to watch)

I'm already torn

*

(He ad libs from here on out)

For those of you who are frowning about this clip, lighten up! For those who are wearing cochlear implants, this is a good time to improve your hearing by watching this clip to try and listen and follow the lyrics. You'll really enjoy this comedy routine. I promise you that. For those who wears a hearing aid, it's funny and try and follow the lyrics as you watch. Now, for those who are Deaf/deaf it's still funny if you watch the performance since it follows the stanza ("breaks") in the lyrics.

Guess what the sign is for "man" ?

It's a comedy fer Pete's sake! Lighten up, dudes.

This guy a genius. He's going to go places and people love his performance "Torn." Already this is being circulated all over the internet passing around this very funny clip.

Enjoy.

Haven't You Heard? Iraq Constitution Passes Muster Among Iraqi Voters

Yes. Shocking news for Liberals out there in la-la land. They've been screaming quagmire for the past 2 and half years. And for the second successful time the Iraqis used their new found democracy to vote. And the recent vote for the constitution referendum passed muster:

The vote on the constitution was 78.59 percent in favor of ratification and 21.41 percent against, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq said. The charter required a simple majority nationwide with the provision that if two-thirds of the voters in any three provinces rejected it, the constitution would be defeated.

The referendum results, announced after a 10-day audit following allegations of fraud, confirmed previous indications that Sunni Arabs failed to produce the two-thirds "no" vote they would have needed in at least three of Iraq's 18 provinces to defeat the constitution.

The charter is considered a major step in Iraq's democratic reforms, clearing the way for the election of a new, full-term Iraqi parliament on Dec. 15. Such steps are important in any decision about the future withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from Iraq.

Congrats to the Iraqi people. Proof of concept that democracy does work whether if the referendum passed or failed. Of course, there will be naysayers, doomsayers and people who just drip with venom that'll come out of the woodwork everytime something successful happens.

I wonder if the Sheehan crowd will make a note of the successful Iraq constitutional referendum vote? For democracy to gain a foothold requires time, committment, faith and blood. As always, freedom is never free. Sacrifice is what it takes. Sheehan forgets that very readily just to make a buck and a shot at momentary fame and recognition defiling and embarrassing the memory of her dead son. She even has an excuse for that, too.

UPDATE: Sheehan, despite her pathetic excuse, smiled all the way to the police's paddy wagon along with other women sitting there, glumly and not looking too thrilled about getting arrested. See the video. Kudos to Sheehan on exploiting capitalism via politics and recognition.

More glummy article about the Iraq Constitution (before the successful passing of the referedum) by Sheehan and misses wildly the whole concept of freedom and democracy. Freedom is never free. We're there to help. Any step toward a more democratic and free country is always a success for the horribly oppressed people rather than be under the iron fist of tyranny and despotism and not have a voice.

Post Wilma Working Cam on Florida Keys and Elsewhere

Check out Live Duval Street for live streaming cam on the Florida Keys somewhere on Duval Street. I'm surprised it's working so well despite it getting hit and the flooding problem that's obvious in the streaming live cam. You can see waters about 1ft deep in the streets and may see an occassional person walking by wading through the waters. For an accurate map, click on the website's "Click for Map" on the left.

Here are some Ft. Myers cams. Some working, some not.

A 1,005 lb Monster Bench Press!

Gene Rychlak Jr. Heard of him? I've been watching him and he's come a long way to actually bench press over (barely) 1000 lbs. Here's a video (allow about 30 seconds to load if you have a fast line) of him benching, officially, for the books 1005 lbs. at the 2004 IPA Nationals. He became the 1st man to bench over 1000 lbs. That's 1/2 a ton, folks! Considering that he weighed 380lbs at 6 ft 1 inch which makes him a rather large and rotund man. And extremely strong, too. He makes my bench press (without a bench shirt that I never use or have) of 340 lbs seem puny. But hey, that guy weighs nearly twice as me and a few inches taller. Just to note the difference a bit more, Gene was able to bench press 2.64 times his body weight but that was with a bench shirt which can can give him an additional 10% extra lift. In my opinion, using a bench shirt is pretty much like cheating since it acts like a spring. Regardless, this would mean I would have to bench press 475 lbs. I know what 475lbs feels like since I do partial bench presses (about once every 3 weeks) upward to 550 lbs by pressing up and down (at least one time for the heaviest ones) of about 3 or 4 inches from the top position rather than from the top down to the chest and back upward which would be the stand bench press. BTW, partial bench presses is scheduled for tomorrow. I'd be lucky if I can even budge an inch or two upward for 600 lbs. I can't imagine the pressure of 1000 lbs on a human body. It's something you have to get use to after awhile. After 21 years of working out with the weights, plus a 3 year hiatus, it is certainly fun to get back in again and make gains once again, bigger gains this time.

If there is one sport that I find interesting it's the Strongman games. Try and pick up a round, heavy concrete/stone ball. If you thought a medicine ball was heavy, you haven't picked up a stone ball before. Tire flips and farmer's walk are usually standard fares in a strongman games. There are numerous other events, and the one who completes all of the events with the most points wins the competition. Each games are not the same and most events are usually standard with some additional ones added.

In the past these games were reserved only for the heaviest and strongest persons but now there are more of these strongman games in the lighter weight category with the lightest category being under 200 lbs for men. At least the under 200lbs is much more palatable to work up to than to getting up to 231 lbs just to take advantage of the extra weight and strength gains. Usually these strongman events have only just two weight categories such as 232 lbs and over, and under 231 lbs.

Whatever the weight category, I think it's a fun sport to watch or even more so to participate in one. And over the years these strongman events have become more popular (thanks to ESPN) just like poker tournaments have gotten popular over the years. In fact, there is one deaf person that I'm aware of that have participated in a strongman event. And that would be Andy Medak.

Are you a deaf or hh strongman, powerlifter, or an olympic lifter?

When Washington Post Gets Duped by Telegraph Daily on False Reporting

Now, the Washington Post must be seeing red for printing out an inaccurate report on the claim that one US civilian contractor was burned alive and killed while 3 others were shot in the head as reported by Britain's Daily Telegraph with the headline emblazoned:

U.S. Confirms Killing Of Contractors in Iraq - Four Were Slain by Angry Mob Last Month

"U.S. confirms killing"? And how exactly did the Washington Post ensured that it was confirmed? Because the Daily Telegraph says so? Didn't John Ward Anderson and Steve Fainaru from Washington Post Foreign Service who wrote that in yesterday's article ever tried calling a few military people just to double check on the Daily Telegraph's supposed "confirmation" ?

It is interesting, however, that the Daily Telegraph wrote that story on October 22, 2005, a few days after the burning of the Taliban dead bodies was reported by the media. Either they were careless in their reporting, or there is an agenda here to mislead others with disinformation. Either way, it was poor journalistic work. Even many of the bloggers can do better. This is little comfort coming from the MSM outlets on hoping that they follow a bit of proper journalism protocol seeing how big a boo boo they both made.

Here's the actual confirmation as reported by the Associated Press today:

BAGHDAD, Iraq The U-S military is denying a newspaper report that the bodies of four American contractors killed in Iraq were set on fire by a mob.

The military says all four were in their vehicles with bullet wounds and one of them was burned from a vehicle fire. It says another one was injured but later died of his wounds.

What will Washington Post (and the rest of the MSM) do to ensure that they follow through with the proper journalistic protocols on ensuring that the story they have is correct and not just hearsay?

Both WaPo and DT need to do some answering here.

Ok, how many of you bloggers out there were duped by this and ranted over the fake reporting by WaPo and Daily Telegraph?

Hurricane Wilma on the Fast Track to Florida

Hurricane Wilma is on a fast track now with speed of 12 mph (NE) and will probably go a little faster as the day wears on. Amy Kurz and her family, we're thinking of you. Batten down the hatches! Also, my mother and her husband live just 40 miles east of Fort Myers. They, too, have already put up the shutters on her windows. They have enough food and water, drinks to last a couple of weeks and expect the power to go out for a few days or so.

And, no, this isn't the result of "global warning," either. It's the same trend that we had 1950s and 1960s when we had a rash of hurricanes. Oh sure, we had more Cat. 5 hurricanes in one season in the past but the frequency of Class 3 or higher hurricanes is mimicking the trend back in the 1950s and 1960s. Must've been some serious global warming then. And then it got relatively "quiet" after that only to get cranked up again, from th e mid-1990s onward.

Oh, btw, Greenland's ice sheet has been thickening up (here and especially here) and if all of that ice melted, it would raise the sea water level about 15 to 20 feet. If we're in a "global warning" as so many chicken littles are saying, then why are the ice sheets of Greenland have been getting thicker every year?

*Since 1980, there has been an advance of more than 55% of the 625 mountain glaciers under observation by the World Glacier Monitoring group in Zurich. (From 1926 to 1960, some 70-95% of these glaciers were in retreat.)

• A comparison of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1965 and
1990 Plant Hardiness Zone Maps, shows a southward change of one zone, or 10°F, between 1965 and 1990.

• Careful measurements of the oxygen isotope ratios in German oaks, which are rigorously calibrated to temperature data, show a 1°C temperature decline from 1350 to 1800 (the lowpoint of the Little Ice Age). Temperature thereafter increased by 1°C from 1800 to 1930, and has been declining since then.

• From weather stations in the Alps, and in the Nordic countries, we find the temperature decline since 1930 is also 1°C.

• Satellite measurements have shown growth in the height and breadth of the huge Greenland ice sheet, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere.

Others (a great source of info!) have noted elsewhere that ice and snow are accumulating as well as changes in avg. temperature which in many places have gotten colder.

Go ahead and play the chicken little game while feigning ignorance my little chickadees.

Lady-Boys and Girlie-Men, Terrorists and Terrorist Sympathizers

Oh..oh....oh!....hand wringers over there....there, too....how about here? Don't get yourself in a tizzy, I'm talking about those Islamic terrorist dogs who would even eat their own brothers if it would serve a purpose. Those Islamic terrorists and extremists, and sympathizers, are needlessly being overly sensitive ignoring even the facts they have also mutilated US soldiers and American bodies time and time again. It's called..*gasp!...war.

Time Magazine reported yesterday that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan had to burn the bodies of dead Islamic terrorists because they were BLOATED and they STANK under the 90 degrees plus heat! Well, have you ever smelled dead but obviously bloated bodies rotting under the sun for a few days? It isn't air freshner that's for sure.

It was then that Lt. Nelson took the decision that could jeopardize his service career. "We decided to burn the bodies," one soldier recounts, "because they were bloated and they stank." News of this cremation may have remained on these scorching hills of southern Afghanistan, had the gruesome act not been recorded on film by an Australian photojournalist, Stephen Dupont. Instead, when the footage aired on Australian TV on Wednesday, it unleashed world outrage. A Pentagon spokesman described the incident as "repugnant" and said that the army was launching a criminal investigation into the alleged desecration of the corpses, which is in violation of the Geneva Convention on human rights.

Fueling the furor was the fact that the TV report showed that after the bodies were torched, a U.S. Psychological-Operations team descended on Gonbaz in Humvees with their loudspeakers booming: "Taliban, you are cowardly dogs. You are too scared to come down and retrieve the bodies. This just proves you are the lady-boys we always believed you to be."

Well, that's a new new insult, "Lady-boys." Must be a slight derivative of Arnold's smack, "Girlie-men." It's all part of the Psy-Ops on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq by American forces. Surely, more Hand Wringers of America will step forward and do some more analysis claiming that by taunting Islamic terrorists with such insults as "Lady-boys" will be damaging to their psyche and well-being. And giving an excuse to handle this war with kids gloves thus leading to a more "sensitive war." Pink bonnets and flowers for the terrorists.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Burn 'em, boys! Burn the Lady-boys.

Heh.

And, a Semper Fi, too!

U.N. Supports Despotism, Islamic Terrorism, and Tyranny

This goes from bad to worse for the U.N. now that more documents and evidence that seemingly ties the U.N. to the al Qaeda network. Another reason why the U.N. shouldn't be trusted. There are numerous dictators that are a member of U.N. One is Robert Mugabe who is a poster boy for the U.N. and a ruthless dictator of Zimbabwe who starves his own people for political purposes on World Food Day and compares President Bush to Hitler.

Most of the civilized world recognizes Robert Mugabe as a brutal tyrant responsible for transforming what was once the breadbasket of the African continent into a place of destitution, and dependence on the West.

The United States alone has donated nearly $300 million worth of food to Zimbabwe since 2002, and it's hard to see how a single penny of that aid did not go to waste.

This is a country where government-sanctioned theft of land from white farmers has led to black starvation, and where information about the regime's grain reserves are guarded from the U.N. and the Zimbabwean people in the way terrorist states keep secret their weapons of mass destruction programs.

Someone naive to the U.N.'s ways might expect to see sanctions imposed on Mugabe's regime. Instead, Mugabe was invited to speak to the 60th anniversary of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome — in spite of a European Union ban on Mugabe's travel.

If you support the U.N. you also support Islamic terrorism, despotism, tyranny and dictatorship. It's time to weed out the vile and corrupt U.N. once and for all.

Sensitive Liberals Lending a Hand to Sensitive Muslim Fanatics?

I heard about this yesterday and Michelle Malkins re-iterates this again at her site about the burning of corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan that Moonbats are making hay over this new allegation by the Australian "journalists" with a television footage that purportedly shows US soldiers burning the bodies. This time it's the "abuse" of corpses that took place in a battle field. Well, I can see how sensitive Liberal journalists beget a sensitive Liberal audience. Next time, we'll make sure US troops get permission from the enemy on what to do with a dead Islamic terrorist body and help them pick up the 1000 pieces, too.

Hey, I have no qualms about burning them up. It's no different than Taliban fighters getting caught in a burning hut caused by the Coalition weapons. Or a 500 lb bomb ripping through their "secret" headquarters blowing them up into several thousand pieces. How many of those Taliban fighters had to abandoned their brothers to rot under the sun? This is war. What do the Australian journalists want? A more sensitive war?

Haven't we forgotten what the evils of Islamic terrorists have done when they also multilate corpses?

Remember this one?


3000 dead. Burned. Crushed, Dismembered.
Many of them unaccounted for. We can't
account for them. Why should the Talibans?


Hey, I'm for burning up the bodies of Taliban fighters if it necessary on war against terrorism as part of their psychological warfare tactics. Now, if the Taliban fighters had enough sense to stop their 14th century backward thinking maybe they (and the women) would be better off in today's society by stopping this nonsense. Remember, we are at war and the battle field is not a playground. Many do go MIA. We're not playing Guatanamo Bay here handling the Koran with white kids gloves and give jailed Islamic terrorists the 5 star spa treatment at Club Gitmo. This is a battle field. A completely different scenario here. I'd say that once these Islamic terrorists get killed in action, bury them all in pig skins. Burn 'em. Let them rot under the sun for months. Or let the vultures eat the corpses and turn them into vulture droppings. If the Taliban fighters want to claim the bodies, they'd best surrender first. Simple as that.

One Year Anniversary of Kokonut Pundits

Well, well, well. It's been one year to this day that I started my blog called "Kokonut Pundits." People have cried over it. People have threatened me over it. People have laughed. People have cursed over it. People have found it to be an enjoyable read. People were intimidated by it. A few have decided to become a stalker where in one case I have earned one offical fan of"Kokonut Pundits" who is a bonafide Deaf stalker accessing multiple computers just to let me know that' he's a crackpot. And there were people who cannot read well went over into simpler territories by visiting other blogsites. A surprise did come when there were people who met me on the streets and talked about my blogsite. And so on. Always something interesting.

My first blog was called "Opening salvo against Kerry's grab."

It happened. Finally happened when a Democrat deaf and hard of hearing American group called "National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans for Kerry/Edwards Steering Committee" (a mouthful!) was officially endorsed by the Kerry/Edwards in their website as the lay claims to 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans as their own. Needless to say they do not represent me, nor to the million others deaf and hard of hearing Americans who support George W. Bush

Thus began my foray into the world of other people's ludicrousness by pointing out their inanities. Their creativity of it. Or simply because I found them interesting enough to blog the details on my blog site. Of course, you wouldn't want to forget my famous Bush rally pictures. That was some classic pictures I took.

My blogsite "Kokonut Pundits" was referred to a few times in Michelle Malkin, Iowa Voice. Blogs for Bush, and Captains Quarters, for example. Plus numerous other lesser known Conservatives (and Liberals) that have linked to my blogsite to reference my articles.

As for sizing up my blogsite with others, here they are:

On the Technorati scale, my blog is now ranked at #4,968 with 798 links from 202 sites. The number of blogs that Technorati covers stands at 19.9 million blogs.

My "Average Per Day" hits currently stands at 101.

My "Average Vist Length" has gone up remarkably over the last several months with average visit length of exactly at 4:00 (4 minutes).

So far, over 26,000 hits or the number of times people have visited my blogsite. Although two months went missing when I took the Site Meter button off but later I decided to put it back up again. I joined the Site Meter on December 11, 2004 versus starting my blog on October 22, 2004. So the number should be a little bit higher, probably close to 30,000 by now. But hey, 26,000 is fine.

Now, what will the 2nd year bode me in my continued blogging while I cover politics, deafness issues, Republicans, Liberals, sensitive Democrats, national security, technology and so on? Only time will tell. This blogging is a hobby (out of few others I do) of mine since I do enjoy writing like so many others out there.

Are you going to blog or what?

Hurricane Wilma's Eye Over Cozumel

Amazing radar photo of Hurricane Wilma's eye over the island of Cozumel. The length of the island is 30 miles long while the eye of the hurricane encompasses the whole island with the eye being about 40 miles along the oblong length of it. Constant windspeed of 145 mph has certainly battered the island and as of right now, it's calm blue skies where people are undoubtedly coming out of their shelters with many of them not knowing that the storm isn't over! The second phase of the storm is almost upon them. The eastern and northeastern quadrant of the storm is the worst part. Keep them in your prayers.


Now you people, get back into your shelters! This island is going to get destroyed and will feel the economic impact with destroyed infrastructures and no tourism for years to come. Cancel your 2006 spring break, folks.


Monster storm taken at 2 PM Mountain Time
(or 4 PM Eastern Time) October 21, 2005

Hey! No Fair! DeLay's Smiling!

Just as I thought this would happen. "Dems Complain About DeLay's Smiling Mug Shot"

The Texas Republican is smiling, dressed in a suit and wearing his House pin.
Unlike most mug shots, the photograph being circulated on the Internet does not include written information at the bottom, so it looks more like an ordinary snapshot than a mug shot.

That bothers many of the bloggers on the Democrat's "Kicking Ass" website.

Some complained that the official mug shot "doesn't look real -- no ID markings, no booking numbers, etc." Others wanted to see the profile shot."I want a copy of the warrent [sic] for the back of a t-shirt and his mug on the front," one Democrat wrote. Others indicated they'd like to wipe the smile off DeLay's face.

Ha ha! Outwitted. Ever see a movie called "Dumb and Dumber" ?

Curses, foiled again! So desperate are these Liberal nutballs they decided to produce fake mugshots instead for their own T-shirt. Even a sorry Liberal radio station tried their hands at photoshopping using Nick Nolte's own mugshot and his famous disheveled look with Tom DeLay's face.

Next, maybe they'll try and look for a Texas statute buried somewhere that specifically forbade any smiling (only if you want to leave the country) for those arrested and booked when they get photographed.


Free Democratic Party seal is now
available for sensitive Democrats.
Call me and get yours today!


Hat tip: Mizhko

Deaf Frappers!

The Frapper! is a Google mapping website for those who want to make their own locator map based on a group's affiliations or commonalities anywhere from deafness to politics. There are now several deaf and hard of hearing groups that are using the Frapper! website for their own fun and purpose.

Deafreedom is starting to have its members put their names on the map. Deaf America has one, too. Cochlear Implantees are making themselves known. There is even a Deaf Bloggers map that's starting. Then there's this "Deaf Gang" and "Deaf Climbers." And finally there is a "Gallaudet Alumni" map, apparently very new for those who graduated from Gallaudet University. Here's another one.

Check out the search result on "deaf" every so often and you may find more deaf groups that are added to the "deaf" Frapper! list.

Hey, if you have a particular interest, hobby or an affiliation and want to know where those people are? Create one! It's easy. So, start your Frapper! today.


UPDATE: Here's a weird one.

Thanks for the info Mizhko.

Smile, Tom DeLay! Smile!

Drats! Foiled Again. Now, Democrats can't use Tom DeLay's mugshot photo. It is just...too.. cheerful!

The horrors! How dare he, uh...smile! Next thing Liberals will say that his smiling is a sign of arrogance. Little do they know. He smiles cause he knows Liberals cannot do anything with that photograph except whine about it. And yet they still have him convicted. Remember kiddies, he stand indicted, not convicted. Very typical of them. Remember the old adage, innocent until proven guilty? Tom DeLay is innocent as of now. The very reason why we shouldn't trust people who have the "Guilty until proven innocent" mentality. You know who those people are.




Republican Tom DeLay took a big smile for his much touted and expected mugshot after being issued for an arrest warrant. Note the clean look. Sparkly smile. No creases in the suit. The House of Representatives security pin on his lapel meticuously positioned. Oh, double drats! The perfectly arranged tie. The well combed hair. And none of the dreary and humiliating photo shot seen elsewhere in other people's mugshots. How dare he smile for a mugshot!! Why, he, he, he was just indicted! And yet he was called into court for fingerprinting and a mugshot like a common criminal just as the Democrats had hoped for.

Note to kiddies once more, "indicted" does not mean guilty nor is it a conviction, either. It's the conviction charge that counts where the charged gets to wear that special orange prison jumpsuit. Although this is what the Democrats were hoping for by making Tom DeLay look like a common criminal who wasn't even convicted yet. If you're convicted of a crime(s), then certainly you'd have nothing to smile for. Heck, this is probably Tom Delay's best photo shot ever. So atypical is his mugshot it outshines the sleazy and CONVICTED (not indicted) Liberal Democrat James Traficant's own bland and dreary mugshot with an unkempt look to it.

James Traficant, the hairhat-wearing former Ohio congressman, was photographed at the Summit County, Ohio jail in July 2002. The disgraced Democrat was awaiting transfer to a federal prison where he will serve eight years after being found guilty of racketeering, bribery, and fraud charges.

And I'll bet with Tom DeLay's new mugshot photo he will use this photo for future political events or rallies. I'm sure he'll be signing his new glossy 11 x 13 copies of his mugshot for his political admirers soon enough.

Because the overly zealous Liberal D.A. Ronnie Earle continues to be the idiot, he probably did not realize that under Texas law Tom DeLay was allowed to be booked at a place of his choosing. And yet the MSM press dogs were salivating at the prospect of taking pictures of him taking the "perp walk" to Fort Bend county where he resides. Instead, he goes to Harris County Sheriff's Department in Houston. By surrendering in Houston, DeLay was able to avoid the now obviously gullible media press corps that were camped out in nearby Fort Bend County after being led to believe he would choose to be booked there so close to his home. You would think he'd be that stupid to let the press to take pictures of him going into the county Sherrif's office? DeLay flew into Texas on a private jet with two Capitol Hill police officers. And then promptly (I'm assuming here since he's not that stupid to stay around) flew back out while the media hounds ended up scratching their heads looking like jackasses. Well, they are mostly that.

What a smart Republican.

What dumb Liberals and MSM Liberal dogs.

Tom DeLay smartly avoided all of the paparazzi-like media photos, the frenzy, the whole mainstream media going agog over this rare opportunity only to get the slip. And the Liberals get foiled once more when he smiled for the camera making the photo look as good or even better as any standard Congressional photo.

Now, if you haven't figured it out, it was all a fabricated sham dreamt up by none other than the Travis county prosecutor, Ronnie Earle. The next step? Sue the living daylight out of Ronnie Earle for prosecutorial misconduct and the misuse of District Attorney's power for political purposes.

Joel Hinrichs and the Missing 51,000 lbs of Urea Nitrate Fertilizer

One of the reason that may have gotten the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force's intense scrutiny and secretive nature over Joel Hinrichs may be related to the 51,000 pounds of urea nitrate that went missing on May 25, 2005 in Little Rock, AK. And red flags were waving when Joel Hinrichs attempted to purchase a significant amount of ammonium nitrate fertilizer at a feed store in Norman, OK, two days earlier before his suicide (or attempted murder) near the Oklahoma University stadium packed with 84,000 people on Saturday, October 1, 2005.

Oklahoma University President, David Boren, attempted to brush this aside 48 hours after the incident as completely unrelated to terrorism. Jason Smith of Generation Why? has more on this questioning the FBI, JTTF, and David Boren.

According to Douglas J. Hagmann, Director of Homeland Security US website, and Randy Taylor, Senior Analyst, opinion about the OU President and FBI's response to the suicide, by saying the whole thing was "Baloney" in their October 13, 2005 article "Fibs, Fertilizer & the FBI." They explain with their own (conspiracy) theory about the extra hush hush work:

On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 51,000 pounds of urea fertilizer went missing in Little Rock, Arkansas. To date, that fertilizer has yet to be found. on Wednesday, June 1, 2005, Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a bulletin about the missing J & M Transport truck, the driver and cargo. The FBI became involved, at that time citing the potential for the cargo to be used as a critical component in a fertilizer-based explosive. BOLO's or "Be on the Lookout" bulletins were issued, and FBI agents searched the Arkansas area for the missing truck, its driver and contents.

On June 3, 2005, after the empty truck was found - but not the 51,000 pounds of fertilizer, the FBI called off their search for the missing fertilizer as they determined that the cargo "was not particularly dangerous." According to FBI spokesman Special Agent Steve Frazier, the Terrorism Task Force "determined that the missing fertilizer was urea-based and used primarily for grass and rice - not the more hazardous nitrate-based fertilizer." It should be noted that the latter is what "lone despondent O.U. bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs was shopping for 2 days before his death by explosion.

The explosion that killed Joel Hinrichs had enough explosives, a tiny amount but no info on the ounces it used that killed him. Or how spectactular it was whether body parts flew or not. But the Northeast Intelligence Network has a video of 3.53 ounces (100 grams) or almost 1/4 lb of urea nitrate fertilizer used in a explosion demo that was taken off of a jihad website. The amount of urea nitrate used weighed 3 times more than the average cell phone.

Now, we have 51,000 POUNDS! of urea nitrate missing. Looking at the video of urea nitrate that was ignited contained barely 1/4 pound of the stuff. Imagine 51,000 pounds of it going off. Or have 510 of these 100 pounds of urea nitrate being placed in various key areas to maim, destroy and murder innocent U.S. civilians.

Randy Taylor has this to say,

From the main component of the fertilizer bomb to the explanations of the Oklahoma office of the FBI and the President of O.U., their explanations are truly manure.

The mainstream media continues to be conspicuous by their absence in their coverage of the O.U. bombing story - and the 51,000 pounds of urea nitrate is conspicuously absent as well.

It does sound fishy. Even Mark Tapscott has this to say when found out yesterday that Joel Hinrichs shaved his beard before inquiring about the fertilizer at the Norman, OK feed store:

It should be noted that Islamic suicide bombers often shave just prior to carrying out their deadly acts. This is not "proof" that Hinrichs was on a similar suicide bombing mission, of course, but his beard was one of his most memorable features. His father has said that his son "looked like Abraham Lincoln since he was in high school."

If Joel's beard was his identity throughout high school and beyond, why the shaving of the beard? One of many questions in this FBI/JTTF investigation that goes unanswered.

Indeed.

Now, here's a tangent FYI. If you want to help, go visit the Google map site "Known Terrorist Activities or Attacks" and enter your own piece of linked information of terrorist actitivies around the U.S./Canada (or even the world). I decided to set this up for my own sake but would be nice for bloggers to help with the additional info of different activities. Watch out for duplicates. Might get interesting on seeing what pattern emerges from this. We need the bloggers help in on this.

Known Terrorist Activities or Attacks via Google Map

Folks, I created a Google Map via Frappr! to map Known Terrorist Activities or Attacks in the United States and Canada (or anywhere else in the world, it wouldn't hurt). It is very easy to use. Just provide the zip code of the location of a known Islamic terrorist activity (or attack) reported in the news (or by bloggers just when the MSM won't cover it), add a few words or explaination in the shout box and provide a link to the information you provided. Please, I cannot stress how important it is to provide a link so that verification can be done for the sake of veracity and relevancy. And make sure the information hasn't been provided just to keep the duplicity down to a minimum and less clutter on the map.

If you want to help in being a part of the mapping process just click on the link and follow the rest of instruction. Everybody can help. If the FBI won't give us the details of these locations, we can provide our own map for the readers to get their news sources and information off of the Google map.

Also, again, make sure you are not adding the same information that was already added to the map. We needn't any unnecessary clutter of redundant information. If it hasn't been mentioned and you have the required information then put it down on the Google map for the readers. Hopefully with the bloggers' help we just might be able to produce an interesting and informative map result! Bloggers and those concerned about terrorist activities in the United States can certainly be a big part of this mapping effort. There are bloggers who do and then there are bloggers who don't.

Nowadays, it is by no coincidence that well known Conservative or well minded bloggers such as Michelle Malkin, Mark Tapscott, or Jason Smith of Generation Why? are known to hold certain journalist integrity by providing important info because wanting to know the truth isn't a crime. But compare to the MSM, they continue to indulge in their own petty refusals to cover certain news that we may consider important and possibly life saving information where we are in the midst of a war against terrorism. Even if they do cover these news they usually have it buried on page A22 in their newspapers. Little justice does that do.

I am hoping that over time (in short order with the bloggers' help and their voracious appetite for information) we may able to quickly see a pattern emerge based on the locations of past terrorist activities or, God forbid, attacks. I started with the 9/11 attack as an example and a link to Wikipedia to get it going. You guys can help me with the rest. Now, go and dig as much information as far back as possible and provide any credible information of known Islamic terrorist activities or attacks that took place and put it on the map. Even prior to 9/11/2001 such as the bombing at the WTC in 1993 or earlier if there is enough information.

Start your digging and watch the transformation unfold.

And start passing around the "Known Terrorist Activities and Attacks" link and add it to your blog. Let your favorite blogger or friends know about this link.

Hey, this could get quite interesting if ya'll just jump in!


Semper Fi!

Deaf Bloggers Google Map

Got this message from somebody who gave me this new hyperlink address to a Google mapping site that contains the locations of "Deaf Bloggers." It's new and looks like only a few were added so far.

This is a Google map beta version called "Frapper!" Apparently it's very easy to use, of course. Just add your zip code, your blogsite name, any message to add in the shout box, and add your link address. Simple! A quick and easy visual look on where everybody is located at a glance. You can even make your own whether it's based on Deaf Chat Coffee locations or whatever. If there is a valid zip code in the United States and, apparently, in Canada (or anywhere else in the world) then you can put down your own location on the Frapper! map or if you're a deaf/hh blogger add it to the Deaf Bloggers Frapper! site.

Pass it around the Deaf Bloggers Frapper! address link and add it to your blog!
http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/deafbloggers

It's neat and fun. Google is really getting creative here.

UPDATE: Did some playing around in a different Google map and realized that while writing comments in the shout box, be sure to hit the return key often keeping the writing short in length rather than having one long uninterupted written length which will show up as a stretched out bubble on the Google map. Click on "Banjo" the very first Deaf blogger to put his name on the map and you'll see what I mean.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Says All Illegal Aliens Out!

Finally. Finally! Somebody in the administration has the gut to publicly announce that all illegal aliens in the United States need to be deported back to their country. Why? Well, they're here illegally you dimwits! Why do you need passports to visit other countries? And if you're caught there illegally without a passport or some other documents does it mean you get to stay there? There you go. That's using you're own noodles. That's what grey matters are for.

Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch and release' enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions.

"It should be possible to achieve significant and measurable progress to this end in less than a year," Chertoff told a Senate hearing. Thousands of "Mexicans who are caught entering the United States illegally are returned immediately to Mexico. But other parts of the system have nearly collapsed under the weight of numbers. The problem is especially severe for non-Mexicans apprehended at the southwest border," Chertoff explained.

"Today, a non-Mexican illegal immigrant caught trying to enter the United States across the southwest border has an 80 percent chance of being released immediately because we lack the holding facilities," he added.

"Through a comprehensive approach, we are moving to end this 'catch and release' style of border enforcement by reengineering our detention and removal process."

Chertoff's remarks in favor of returning "every illegal entrant, no exceptions" appeared to conflict directly with the US policy toward illegal Cuban migrants.

Read his lips..."No exceptions!" This whole illegal aliens and porous borders are considered a national security issue. Now, I'm sure Mexicathat are here illegally are planning ways to go into hidings. Now, I favor those who enter the U.S. legally whether to visit or to become a citizen someday. If you don't think so, then I'd suggest you leave your front door open all the time so anybody can come in as they wish.

We'll see how this one goes. That's the first step, announce that you're coming to get the illegal aliens and get them out for those who do not have the proper documents.

UPDATE: Check out Chris Kelly in the Immigration Blog for clarification.

Another Soldier Steps In for Clarification on the "Staged" Accusation

Like I said, interview the damn soldiers for clarifications about the so-called "staged" teleconference with President Bush last week! These MSM outlets are total idiots. They go out of their way to bash President Bush on the live teleconference saying everything was staged and that the soldiers' own words weren't their own. Now, we have another soldier stepping forward adding more to the old phrase about the MSM on catching them "red handed" for their deceitfulness. From the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

A Chattanooga soldier now in Iraq with the 278th Regimental Combat Team said soldiers used their own words during comments made last week in a satellite discussion with President Bush.

"We wanted to give President Bush a no-kidding assessment of what we have all been working 14- (to) 18-hour days on for the last 11 months," said Lt. Gregg Murphy, of Chattanooga. "We gave him the God’s honest truth as we know it."

The dialogue was among President Bush and 10 U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq last Thursday on the eve of Iraq’s constitutional referendum. Media outlets have called the event staged because the solders went through a rehearsal before talking live with President Bush.

"Staged infers that we were given scripts and that we followed those scripts," Lt. Murphy wrote in an e-mail to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. "This is not true. None of the members on the panel used any words that were not their own."

Lt. Murphy said he was chosen to travel to Tikrit, Iraq, for the interview because he had spent the last three months leading an Iraqi army training program at a 278th base near the Iranian border.

They can't even track them down for clarification but these soldiers had to step forward for the clarification. The MSM sure can track down some yahoo guy in Texas about the fakey Bush memo in a moment's notice but refuse to ask the soldiers for clarification about their wordings...was it their own or not? Of course they were. You a fool or what?


Hat tip: Michelle Malkin

"If you must judge, judge wisely"

The motto written in Arabic and emblazoned in gold on the wall of a newly refurbished Iraqi court was seen a few days ago in a special Foxnews special of the upcoming Saddam trial. The pithy and wise motto says "If you must judge, judge wisely." I had assumed that this was some quote found in the Koran but after some extensive searching I couldn't find it. Perhaps under a different wording? Can anybody provide a passage quote? It would make sense coming from the Koran to use such quotes as some of the U.S. courts do the same. Regardless, that pithy quote reminds me of a statue of a blindfolded lady holding up a gravity scale seen in U.S. courts which signifies a "balanced" judgement without bias.

Conspiracy Theories versus Questionings

It's really funny when Liberals attack conservative bloggers whenever they question certain loose ends found in an investigation and brand them as a practicing conspiracy theorist. One, uh, Libertarian, said in reponse to my blog on Joel Hinrichs' death by self inflicted bombing:

"...looney right wing bloggers think it's a planned terrorist attack and question why the "MSM" (in their translation - "liberal media") is not reporting about that suicide. Kokonutguy says, "You can tell whose side the MSM is on....the side of the terrorists and not inform the public at large......."

If anybody ever take the time to actually read my blog, or other well respected true journalistic style reporting bloggers that I have linked like Tapscott's (who is, btw, a real practicing professional journalist), you'll see that I and others do not subscribe to a conspiracy theory about Joel Hinrichs. We do not make arguments for a terrorist connecton but rather question the surrounding incidents when there were many suspcicious incidents to begin with.

Michelle Malkin who had lots of questions about the incident, rather than committing to a conspiracy theory, tried to explain to a Wall Street Journal "journalist" who contacted her by phone to ask questions about the bombing incident in Norman, Oklahoma, a place where known terrorist activities took place. Much to the "journalist's" dismay, he didn't find a rabid conservative conspiracy theorist.

It's funny when people already conclude even before the FBI make the final conclusion that:

Joel's a lonely boy who wanted to end his life. There's no evidence he is tied to any terrorist organizations.

No. Not quite. Mince words you must you people. The FBI never said that there's no proof of a terrorist connection.

On October 4, the FBI issued a statement saying:

"At this time, there is no known link between Hinrichs and any terrorist or extremist organization(s) or activities."

Note the words, "At this time," which means the investigation is ongoing until they can determine exactly whether or not that there is indeed a terrorist connection or ties to Islamic organization(s). Why else would there be the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force at work here when it could simply be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm (ATF) doing the investigation?

The string of incidents albeit suspicious in nature ought to be enough to force those to ask questions just as I have done with the Hinrichs' case. Michelle Malkin's reiterate once again to the reporter:

I explained that unlike the MSM, most of the blogs I have linked to were simply trying to find out the truth about the strange incident-and that meant keeping open the possibility that Hinrichs meant to commit murder and that he may have been swayed by extremist Islamic views.

Indeed. Next time, work on using that brain matter some more. I have never said there was a terrorist connection but simply asked questions that the FBI and JTTF have not answered so far. Until all possibilities are exhausted, the FBI and JTTF will provide the final conclusive report to the public.

New Mexico Spaceport, Where is That?

For those spacenuts or for those with a passing interest about space, here's my new blogsite about the upcoming New Mexico Spaceport where the next X-Prize Cup will take place in 2006. As the date gets closer, more details will be provided. Check out the cool photos of where the spaceport will be located.

Prepped, Staged, Scripted, Coached and Rehearsal.

The words used in the Newsbuster Part 2: Shocked, Just Shocked Net Reporters Hype “Staged” Bush Event with Troops were "prepped," "staged," "Scripted," and "Rehearsed." These is the classic MSM attempt to make this an issue rather than to cover the Iraq's successful voting for the constitution referendum.

Here are the key "shocking" words used to try and highlight this important non-issue coverage one day before the Iraq's historical referendum vote.

Staged, 8 times.
Scripted, 3 times.
Prepped, 1 time
Rehearsal, 3 times.
Coached, 11 times.

The MSM is going nuts over this in such an unprecendented disproportion compared to Gore and Clinton's obviously staged events, which was received with very little fanfare by the MSM.

All this preparation with the soldiers was done before news reporters covering the rehearsals which indicated that nothing was trying to be hidden from the public. How come the MSM don't take a note on that one?

And here's peppy Katie Couric's tongue-in-cheek commentary wondering if this had gone too far:

"Many White House photo-ops are staged events, but did the most recent one go too far? President Bush held a video conference on Thursday with U.S. troops in Iraq. But some eyebrows were raised by what came over the satellite beforehand: A Pentagon aide rehearsing the soldiers' answers."

Maybe bring up Clinton's Normandy beach where he suddenly "found" rocks on the glass smooth sandy beach and made them into a cross, and then he shed a tear or two? Here's one reporter O'Donnell telling Couric about what the White House said:

O'Donnell: "The White House had said the soldier's comments were not pre-screened, expressing only their opinions. The larger context of all this, President Bush has found the war's cost an increasingly tough sell at home. Here he called on soldiers to help make the case."

And why not? Ever wonder why the MSM do not report on anything good that has happened in Iraq? Where many, many, many! good things that were done in Iraq so far that the MSM refuse to touch with a 10ft pole. This is not balanced coverage and the MSM is doing their best to hide the actual going ons in Iraq. How conveniently the MSM ignored the facts of a great many things that took place. It's always a "quagmire." I guess January's vote was a "quagmire"? So was yesterday's historic vote with some 60 - 65% of the Iraqis voting. That's a "quagmire," too, according to the MSM outlets full with Liberals working hard at deceitfulness and half-truths to outright purposeful hiding of positive events.

Major General Rick Lynch in Iraq maintained that “those soldiers yesterday were giving their opinion" in a live interview with Miles O'Brien. O'Donnell makes a point here.

O'Donnell: "Master Sergeant Corine Lombardo said the soldiers had discussed their answers, but knew what they wanted to say, and practiced to appear articulate before the Commander-in-Chief. And a top spokesman for the Department of Defense also put out a statement trying to further clarify what happened. Saying in part [text on screen] 'No one intended to tell them what to think or how to express themselves. Going through likely questions in advance was meant solely to help the troops feel at ease. We certainly regret any perception that they were told what to say. It is not the case.'

And yet, again, nobody during the rehearsal hid their practices from the reporters covering this preparation for a live teleconference with the President. O'Brien continues to try (and sputters) in his feeble attempt to say that words were put into the soldiers' mouths:

Major General Rick Lynch, via satellite from Iraq: "We have absolutely no concern. I’ve got to tell you, yesterday was blown out of proportion. There are technical details that we battle every day here in Iraq. And all we were trying to do yesterday is work through the technical issues of young service members talking to their Commander-in-Chief. None of those service members were coached as to what to say."

O’Brien, talking over Lynch: "No, no, no, there was, but there was–"

Lynch: "None of those service members were coached as to what to say."

O’Brien: "–there was, there was more than technical. There was more than technical. There was editorial content in all of that. It wasn’t just, you know, can you hear me, I can hear you kind of stuff. It was actually, here’s what he’s going to say, here’s what you might want to say in response, right?"

Lynch: "Again, that’s blown out of proportion. Those young men and women were expressing their opinion. If you come over and talk to the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines we have on the ground her in Iraq today, they arevery proud of what they're doing. They're protecting freedom and our way of life and they're proud of that fact and they will express their opinion when asked. Every visitor that comes over that talks to our soldiers leaves with a positive assessment. And those soldiers yesterday were giving their opinion."

And finally, none of the MSM ever interviewed the soldiers who were a part of the teleconference with President Bush. And you know why the MSM won't interview the soldiers for clarification about their teleconference, or even just interview at random about the successes occuring in Iraq on their (the Iraqis) march to democracy and freedom? Because they are afraid of the actual truth and do not like losing. Just like what one clueless reporter hoped it get negative fodder to bash some more on President Bush from the evacuees of New Orleans.

Please, MSM outlets, go and interview those soldiers!!

Again, all this is a non-issue solely designed to take away or minimize the successes of the (then upcoming) Iraq's historical constitution referendum vote. A democracy in action that the MSM is careful not to provide with much fanfare. All throughout the war against terrorism, the MSM has consistently provided negative coverage that was designed to demoralize the troops, America and give aid and comfort to the enemy terrorists by providing them fodder and support for their own murderous agenda against America and freedom loving countries.

Now, that the voting was a smashing success, the MSM will use this "staged" story as a way to upstage the freedom-loving Iraqis who risked their lives to vote with the minds made possible only because America recognized the value of freedom.

How ironic. MSM values their own freedom but bash other countries that are trying to achieve their own freedom. Edward Daley has more on this ridiculousness. And here is a video of the Iraqis celebrating their freedom and democracy yesterday that the MSM refuse to cover (hat tip: Iraq the Model).

Tapscott on Oklahoma University Bombing Incident

Read Mark Tapscott's blog as he continues to delve into the suspicious nature of the Hinrichs' suicide (or accidental) bombing at Oklahomo University with more questions than there are answers. Also, he was on CNN yesterday discussing the case with a retired FBI agent who said:

Interesting day. I taped two sessions, the latter with host Aaron Brown and Pat Demuro (SP?), a former FBI agent who seemed almost as unconvinced as I am of the lone suicide scenario that has been the official explanation since only a few hours after Hinrichs died.

The thing is this, you have a suicide bombing (unless it was an accidental one but not likely if the bomb was strapped to his chest, kiddies) here in the United States, which is very, very rare. Even rarer if the bombing suicide took place in the venue of a public place only yards away from the OU football stadium where 84,000 fans were there. Plus surrounding incidents as wanting to buy a large quantity of ammonium nitrate fertilizer at a feed store. Has a Pakistani roommate. The quantity of bomb-making materials found in Hinrichs apartment with enough explosive power to jolt the city of Norman, Oklahoma. The city itself has a history of terrorists residing there. Mosques. And lots more.
One cannot simply say, oh, he was a loner and acted alone, and leave it at that. A dangerous follow through for anybody not concerned where this may lead to. Not acting on these questions could result more innocent Americans getting killed. Foolhardy for Liberals to even suggest letting this investigation go. We need to know the where, the how, and why he did this. Was he inspired by terrorists and acted alone? Are there other connections? Why near a public venue for this suicide? Etc...etc...

Even the FBI is not denying nor confirming that there are terrorist connections. It's too early to say. The investigation continues. Read Tapscott's blog to get the latest update. A good read.

Will the Moonbats Rise Up Again to Protest Iraq's Vote on the Constitution Referendum?

Remember this famous photo below after the hugely successful January 3o, 2005 Iraqi election? Even some of the Europeans were actually praising the successful election.




And also the sacrifices and dangers that the Iraqi people were willing to face to have this precious freedom that Americans take for granted to vote whomever they want.


Remember this one in the photo below when anti-freedom Liberals protested in March of 2005 about the successful, freedom loving Iraqis who voted willingly without coercion for the past 35 years?


I blogged this ugly detail back in March to recap on my January 2005 blog prediction that people will come out to protest the Iraqi vote in of all places, America. Lt. Smash has more on that Moonbatty day of anti-freedom Liberals that were out in force that day after Iraq's first successful vote in January 2005.



Numero uno! Viva la freedom! October 15, 2005. Iraq.

And now, the next victory photo seen above is from today's voting results in Iraq on the constitution referendum from Lt. Smash live-blogging on this historic event.

What will the anti-freedom Liberals say next after this election? It is expected to be just as a successful turnout as the one back in January 2005. More dour faced anti-freedom Liberals to protest this (a freedom they have here in America) successful voting process in Iraq? More purple middle-fingered anti-freedom Liberals hawking the street to protest this historic freedom loving event? What else?

They are certainly and hoping desperately to see Iraq fail rather than support this freedom for Iraqis from oppression, tyranny and despair when they have so much freedom here in the United States to protest such a concept over in Iraq. How ironic. Much of these Liberals would rather have Saddam Hussein back!

No. Freedom is what the Iraqis want. The Janaury 2005 election proved just that. And this election will prove it even more.


UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has more.

As polls closed at 5 p.m. (10 a.m. EDT), people in Baghdad fired guns into the air in celebration. Some Iraqis passed out sweets in the street, just ahead of the end of the day's Ramadan fast. Insurgents attacked five of Baghdad's 1,200 polling stations with shootings and bombs, wounding seven voters, but there were no major attacks reported as U.S. and Iraqi forces clamped down with major security measures around balloting sites. The United States hopes the constitution will be approved so Iraqis can form a permanent, representative government and secure the country so Washington can start withdrawing its 150,000 troops.

Indeed. Only 5 out 1200 polling stations were affected by attacks. No need to speak for the small minds of Islamic terrorists.

The Meaning of the Word "Staged"

Ah, the old stage trick in getting people to believe on what is going on but really isn't. Let's start off with the der Slickmeister stage trickster, Bill Clinton, whenever photographers are around.



From Rush Limbaugh:

But Bill Clinton with cameras up on the hill overlooking the beach decided to take a stroll as a lone man; out there on the horizon, a lone battleship. Bill Clinton strolling along in pensive, sensitive, deep-caring thought. All of a sudden Clinton stops. He looks down; he notices something. Why, it's a pile of rocks, on a beach where there are none! Bill Clinton, with tear now beginning to stream from his eye, kneels down and arranges, with the photographers and TV cameras all focused from atop the hill, overlooking the beach. Bill Clinton kneels down and places those stones, which had to be put there by somebody, into the shape of a cross. The battleship is in the background. He knew exactly where to stop. The battleship was told where to be, stones were placed so that he would be right in the line of fire for those cameras shooting the beach and the Clinton leaned down and placed those stones. This is the man who wrote once of having "loathing the military." It was an entirely, purely staged event.

Indeed. Uber staged.



Here's Al Gore in his oh-so-obvious staged attempt to look more "environmentally friendly" by getting the dam to release 4 billion gallons of water worth over $7 million dollars just so he could float his canoe for the photogs. All this was done during a drought, too. And all this just to provide Gore a photo-opportunity to highlight the $100,000 grant to the Connecticut River Joint Commission. This was dubbed as "Floodgate." You do the math. $7 million dollars just to highlight a $100,000 grant. What an absolute waste.





Here's Mr. and Mrs Clinton "dancing" to the music (in the minds) for a great "get together" photo op for the presses during their New Year's one-day vacation in the Caribbean made headlines. It was reported that the two were physically affectionate during several recent White House functions in 1998.

Mrs Clinton is said to be in "fighting mood" and the first round of her battle was fought outside a Washington church on Sunday. She was seen walking arm in arm with her husband. It was the first time the couple had appeared in public since allegations surfaced that he had an affair with the White House aide Monica Lewinsky and then asked her to lie about it.

Walking in arm in arm? Apparently staged without Hillary Clinton in on about his secret-secret love affair with Monica Lewinsky. A really sickening photo knowing that der Slickmeister knowingly had an affair when the photo was taken. Paparazzi it ain't.

If you want a classic staged event from President Clinton, then look no further when he shed miraculous crocodile tears in 7 short steps at the Ron Brown funeral as he got out of the limo. Clinton spotted the cameras pointing at him and realized suddenly that he was smiling as he got out of his limo. So, in 7 steps he was able to shed a tear or two with a pouty lip. Bad save of the day, I'd say.

And, oh, about the so-called "staged" event with President Bush and the soldiers? Well, one of the soldier who was a part of that gave a piece of his mind to the MSM outlets for their dishonest reportings.

Here's the blogsite belonging to that same soldier who was a part of the teleconference rebuts nicely in his own blog about the MSM's claim of a "staged" event.

If you want a real staged moment from a soldier asking questions then look no further than the time with Rumsfeld.

Edward Daley of Renew America has this to say:

Of course, what every one of these stories left out was the fact that ALL such media events are planned in advance, and that the people participating are always screened beforehand, no matter who the President is, or what party he happens to belong to. Furthermore, the "rehearsal" period amounted to Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary, Allison Barber, asking the troops simple questions concerning the order in which they would answer questions, and making sure that unsightly debris was cleared from camera shot.

This sort of activity is so routine in terms of arranging a television shoot, that to even mention it as part of the story being covered is patently ridiculous, and the only reason why the press has gone to the trouble to do so, is because most journalists HATE George W. Bush. There is no other logical explanation for it.

The fact of the matter is that none of the troops who appeared on camera were "coached" to say anything. They were only informed of the sort of questions that the President would be asking them, so that they could mentally prepare to give their responses. Their words were entirely their own, and the media parasites covering the event knew that, yet they have gone out of their way to give the American people the false impression that the whole thing was some sort of put-on.

Edward gives lots of examples of MSM dishonesty in his links. It is obvious how the MSM attempt at every turn to try and use certain political frame of event be used AGAINST President Bush. Why? Because they hate losing to President Bush and would do so even if it means demoralizing U.S. troops and America to the benefits and advatages of Islamic terrorists everywhere.

See where this is going kiddies? Do you understand what "staged" means now?

Good.

I hope so. Still confused? Check out Generation Why? blogging on the meaning of the word "staged."

A "Staged" Soldier Makes a Rebuttal Against the MSM

An addendum to my earlier post ("When MSM Ignores Its Own") where Michelle Malkin reports of a soldier that was part of the "staged" press conference in Iraq that the MSM are losing their heads over:

Yesterday, I (bottom right corner in the picture) was chosen to be among a small group of soldiers assigned to the 42ID's Task Force Liberty that would speak to President Bush, our Commander-in-Chief. The interview went well, but I would like to respond to what most of the mass-media has dubbed as, "A Staged Event."

First of all, we were told that we would be speaking with the President of the United States, our Commander-in-Chief, President Bush, so I believe that it would have been totally irresponsible for us NOT to prepare some ideas, facts or comments that we wanted to share with the President.

We were given an idea as to what topics he may discuss with us, but it's the President of the United States; He will choose which way his conversation with us may go.

We practiced passing the microphone around to one another, so we wouldn't choke someone on live TV. We had an idea as to who we thought should answer what types of questions, unless President Bush called on one of us specifically.

President Bush told us, during his closing, that the American people were behind us. I know that we are fighting here, not only to preserve our own freedoms, but to establish those same freedoms for the people of Iraq. It makes my stomach ache to think that we are helping to preserve free speech in the US, while the media uses that freedom to try to RIP DOWN the President and our morale, as US Soldiers. They seem to be enjoying the fact that they are tearing the country apart. Worthless!

Indeed! See how the MSM want to side with the terrorists and not the United States of America only because George W. Bush is the President of the United States? Read my earlier blog about one famously and well known Iraqi blogger's discussion on the preciousness of freedom in Iraq. And check out the many, many, many! good things that were done in Iraq so far that the MSM refuse to touch with a 10ft pole. And we know why. They don't like losing. Shame on you guys for supporting such irresponsible MSM outlets and not question their political motives or agendas.

When Iraq Takes a Step Closer to Freedom

Read what Mohammed, an Iraqi blogger in "Iraq the Model" blogsite, has to say. He lives in Bagdad and he wrote up a nice piece about the upcoming referendum vote in Iraq this coming Saturday.

Only hours separate us from a major historic day for our nation (too many historic days for Iraq in these two years!). Tomorrow will draw a line that would mark the beginning of a new era in Iraq; a constitutional Iraq will become reality.It’s only a beginning since there will be more steps to go but it’s the right beginning because it’s a transition from temporary laws to a permanent-though amendable-constitution on which the people will assume control through their elected representatives and through their own direct votes.

I suppose the MSM will cover this as lightly as possible and possibly eve less so should there be another earth shattering number of voters supporting the referendum on approving the draft constitution.

It is really amazing how things have changed in Iraq; three years ago Saddam “won” 100% of the votes in a pathetic referendum that he designed in order to give legitimacy to his reign while yesterday even security detainees were allowed to express their opinion on the constitution through voting and the government and parliament are almost begging the 15 million plus voters to say ‘yes’!And although many signs indicate that the document is on its way to be ratified, no one can say it is until the people decide which checkbox to tic tomorrow.Some people would say “Is that all you won, after more than two years of war and violence? That’s only one basic right” well, that is the point; we’ve secured one key right that can help us secure the rest.

And yet, freedom is never free without sacrifices.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has more on the historic Iraqi constitution vote.

When MSM Ignores Its Own

Michelle Malkin has the story about how the MSM are going nuts over President Bush' "staged" (ie. rehersed) meeting with his troops via satellite. This has been going on for years and years with the military and their troops whenever it involves the press or television. This is what the MSM do when it comes to undermining our national security in favor of news by supporting more on the terrorists side rather than to protect our own soley because many of the MSM presses do not like President Bush. Or for that matter, America.

If you want real staging, look no further than when President Clinton was on the smooth sandy beaches of Normandy in rememberance of D-Day. The beach was blocked off for several hours so both Clintons can walk idylicly on the beach and then to suddenly find large gravel-sized rocks [strike]and decided[/strike] and with his prepared planning arranged them into the shape of a cross, in view of a battleship sitting in the background for the photogs to snap up this obviously staged event. And lo and behold he looked at the cross he made and with a poignant look.....for the cameras... a la Ron Brown funeral fake-tears episode.... on his face goes to great effect as a photo-opportunity that smacks with sweet gagging.

If anybody knows anything about physics and geomorphology on how rocks and sand are transported by water, it's impossible to have cobbles on the beach. In short, the rocks were put there by somebody and Clinton knew about this ahead of time for a photo-op.

When Liberals Forget History on Presidential Ratings

Oh, now everybody screaming that President Bush' number on approval rating is so bad, he ranks as the all time lowest. Yet, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's low, but not the lowest. According to President Bush' average approval rating, it stands at 39.5% approval. But compare to past U.S. Presidents, President Bush 2 does not even get lower than President Clinton's lowest approval rating at 37%. Or his Dad at 29%. Or even Democrat Carter at a ball bustin' 28%. Or even Republican Nixon's criminal low of 24%.



Yes, that's right, kiddies. Every president since 1963 (after Kennedy) has had approval ratings, at one time or another during his administration, at least five points lower than Bush's current nadir. Now, if President Bush is a "failure" because of his approval rating of 39.5% (even hitting a low of 37% in only one poll recently in the CBS poll) and yet Clinton's lowest approval rating was at 37%, then what does that make President Clinton? An utter and disastorous failure? However you'll say it about President Bush on approval ratings, you'll drag President Clinton into it as well. Kind of a lose - lose proposition here.