Navy Chaplain Fired for Praying in Jesus' Name,

This is incredible. Does President Bush know about this? What will he do? Now, this is not in Iraq but in the United States and on the properties of the United States.

"I am a Navy chaplain being fired because I pray in Jesus' name," said Navy Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt, who will be holding 6 p.m. prayer vigils daily in Lafayette Park.

The hunger strike is intended to persuade President Bush to issue an executive order allowing military chaplains to pray according to their individual faith traditions. The American Center for Law and Justice has gathered 173,000 signatures on a petition seeking an executive order.

How silly is this? Most troops are religious in one way or another.

Seventy-three members of Congress have joined the request, saying in an Oct. 25 letter to the president, "In all branches of the military, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Christian chaplains to use the name of Jesus when praying."

About 80 percent of U.S. troops are Christian, the legislators wrote, adding that military "censorship" of chaplains' prayers disenfranchises "hundreds of thousands of Christian soldiers in the military who look to their chaplains for comfort, inspiration and support."

In time of war, soldiers with religious beliefs will want some comfort from their chaplains before going into battle not knowing if one will live or die that day. It's all about supporting the troops moral as well. But not only are Christian chaplains told not to utter the name of, of all political correctness here in the Armed Forces, Jesus Christ. But supposedly this wrongful ban also extends to Muslim, Jewish and Roman Catholic chaplains who are also told not to pray in the name of Allah, in Hebrew or in the name of the Trinity, however.

"No Islamic chaplain has been refused to pray in the name of Allah, as far as we know. Neither has a rabbi been rebuked for making references to Hanukkah, and no Catholic priest has been rebuked for referring to the Blessed Virgin Mary."

Talk about double standards, hypocrisy, political correctness, and the miracle attempt to try and walk on fractured egg shells so no one would get offended with the words, "Jesus Christ." It's not just about Christianity but the fight for other military soldiers' religious rights.

Lt. Klingenschmitt also has fought at other times for the religious rights of non-Christians, having backed a Jewish sailor's bid to get kosher meals and sought to include a Muslim seaman in the rotation of sailors offering the ship's nightly closing prayer.

And there's more.

Mr. Baugham said the 350 chaplains he oversees are concerned about a new set of guidelines issued in August after complaints about Christian evangelism at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The Air Force guidelines allow "a brief, nonsectarian prayer" during military ceremonies "to add a heightened sense of seriousness or solemnity, not to advance specific religious beliefs."

"So, to what deity do you address your prayer to?" Mr. Baugham asked. "No one knows. And who gets to write the prayers? Once the government becomes the approving authority, the poor chaplain is forced to be an agent of the state."

And in Iraq, we're hearing the same thing.

Mr. Baugham said he had "just got a call from an Army chaplain in Iraq who says he'd be hammered if he used Jesus' name. Chaplains are scared to death. They must clear their prayers with their commanders, they can mention Jesus' name at chapel services, but not outside that context.

Don't want to upset the Iraqi natives over there.

Nice to hear all of this right before Christmas, too. Will the Navy accept a "Have a merry Christmas" from me? Political correctness gone wild.

Pass this one around folks.

Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in 1 1/2 Years

Oh, woe is the economy! Disastorous and expensive hurricanes! Raging gas prices! The impending housing bubble burst! The expensive war on Iraq! I tell ya. A quagmire! A quagmire! Do you hear me! A quagmire of an economy where everything is going to shot!

The U.S. economy turned in a remarkably strong performance in the summer despite surging energy prices and the battering the Gulf Coast states took from hurricanes, although business growth was slightly lower than the government previously estimated. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the gross domestic product, the nation's total output of goods and services, rose at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the July-September quarter. It was the fastest pace of growth in 1 1/2 years.

No. Don't you dare read that news. It's the evil creation of Karl Rove. Eeeeeeeeeeeeevil Karl Rove, I tell ya! The economy's broken just like last year. A quagmire! Don't you see? Look, look here, see how my finger turns purple? (shows finger to photogs, and smiles for his 2006 preparation) It's a personal barometer for the U.S. economy. Purple is bad! Purple means circulation is cut off. Bad! Purple is bad! We don't want purple. We want pink!! Pink fingers everybody! Stretch out your pink fingers up to the Kyoto blue, clean sky!

Galactic Virgin and New Mexico Spaceport - an historic event

Check out Virgin Galactic newsletter of how Richard Branson describes the new $225 million dollars spaceport within the 27 square miles of New Mexico desert.

New Mexico’s proposed Spaceport will offer potential astronauts pre-flight training, g-force acclimatization and a truly positive and dynamic experience. Plans are also in place to create a 5 star resort/destination to accommodate not only the pre-flight astronauts but their families and other space enthusiasts.

An historic day was ushered in with that announcement for the first ever commercial spaceport for the space tourism industry in the United States. Check out the New Mexico Spaceport blogsite and see pictures of the desert of where this historic spaceport will be built starting in 2006. If you live in New Mexico or nearby and need directions to get to the location of the New Mexico spaceport click here.

Anybody interested in coming with me to witness this historic occasion on the building of the spaceport?

Democrats' Secret Weapon on the ANWR Alaskan Oil Drilling Debate - The Environmental Impact Statement

Michelle Malkin has the update on the continuing battle on the ANWR drilling. There is this possibility that this drilling bill, after it is passed, could go on for years using a little known not-so-secret weapon, the Environmental Impact Statement or EIS. This is something I'm familiar with in my line of work. If the bill gets passed and the go ahead for oil drilling is given the ok, the next step Democrats would take is to challenge the last EIS that was done in 1987. This old EIS would undoubtedly require another EIS study, and not to mention a host of other possible roadblocks that Democrats will try to the detriment and security of our nation who is at war.

Now, how bad could another EIS study be? EIS is labor-intensive. And, for one, it'll take years to get it done. For a typical highway EIS study it typically takes about 4 years to get it done. But this ANWR is not your average highway project, nor is it a highway project at all. In any EIS, which is a major large scale study, it provides alternatives on how work to be done. But this is subject to appeals and lawsuits to no end.

Other NEPA critics point to prolonged disputes over EISs as hampering the act's effectiveness. H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis, says that groups or individuals displeased with a NEPA environmental impact analysis can challenge it in court indefinitely. "The law ... makes it almost impossible for projects to go forward," he says.

George Albright, chief of the Environmental Analysis and Liaison Section of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, agrees with this assertion. "It is an element of the decision-making process that is ripe for misuse," he says.

Also, there is another problem. Courts do not like science and they are not environmental experts. That's one of the biggest problems in NEPA EIS court cases. Courts are not willing to say an agency is making the wrong scientific judgment.

An EIS study really studies just about everything under the sun. Not just a biological study but economic and social impacts as well. If a particular study is missing that's pertinent, back to square one to include that study, too. Therein lies the problem of an EIS getting dragged on for years in this unique battle over the ANWR drilling.

And then we have the timeline criterion for getting an EIS completed where it shouldn't take longer than 5 years. There are horror stories where an EIS seems to drag on and waste time, energy, money and resources just to comply.

Study determined that frequently NEPA takes too long and costs too much,
agencies make decisions before hearing from the public, documents are too long and technical for many people to use, and training for agency officials, particulary senior leadership, is inadequate.

According to many federal agency NEPA liaisons, the EIS process is still frequently viewed as merely a compliance requirement rather than as a tool to effect better decision-making. Because of this, millions of dollars, years of time, and tons of paper have been spent on documents that have little effect on decision-making

This is why a NEPA-EIS would be the Democrats' next "secret" weapon. They can still win the game even if the ANWR drilling bill gets passed. So, don't get smug when this legislature gets passed before Congress. Even if it does allow oil companies to skirt some existing environmental safeguards, EIS is still numero uno when it comes to delaying oil drilling for years on end. If you thought getting through Congress was hard, wait til the Democrats and Enviros get their hands on the EIS legal process.

A Free Pass on Kokonut Pundits

Ok. Folks on the right, left and innnn the middle, I thought we have a little fun here. I'm granting ya'll a one time free pass to make a "no holds barred" comment on this post on any subject, even if its about me, my blog, other people, your new years resolution, talk about the presidents, questions about me, other people, or what-have-yous. Anything positive. Any negative. No holds barred. This includes profanities.

But remember the words, "You are what you eat."

Warning. This free pass is only good for in "A Free Pass on Kokonut Pundits" blog. Profanities found elsewhere in another comment section will get deleted. Simple. If you want to make your case known, do it here. Anybody who is currently banned (only a couple of Deaf people are currently banned) will have to somehow pass their comments to my blog comment through their friends or whatever.

This will be good til the end of the year.

Anything after December 31, 2005 will get deleted. The year 2006 may require some cleaning. So, don't do any crying afterwards if I have done something to your comments.

Tis fair to y'all.

Specialized High Explosive Bombs Taken from Storage Facility in New Mexico

Be on the lookout for these stolen highly energetic, military-style explosives that are not commonly used in commercial industry that was recently stolen this Sunday. Especially notable are the "plastic explosive sheets" which means exactly what they are. Sheets. Sheets that can be inserted between pages of a book or in a letter and are undetectable by metal detectors.

Albuquerque police and state police in the hunt for hundreds of pounds of plastic explosives stolen Sunday at a secure Albuquerque storage facility.

Also missing are 2,500 blasting caps, 250 pounds of deta sheets and an undetermined length of explosive detonation cords.

Deta sheets are especially dangerous. They can be hidden in books or letters and cannot be spotted by a metal detector.

Engineers use them for detonation.

The director of the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency in New Mexico, Wayne Dixie, said the materials are highly explosive.

In the hands of those who know how to use it, there is enough explosive material to level a building, Dixie said.

Authorities are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information that helps them recover the stolen goods, which burglars cut through steel bars to get to.

What's especially worrisome is the plastic explosive sheets. That's 250 lbs of them, in sheets. What a terrorist wouldn't love to have that.

Maybe It's Time for Mexico to Stop the Illegal Entrances into the U.S.?

Oh, please! Mexico is throwing a hissy fit because the United States is making plans to extend a wall along the Mexico-US border to keep out illegal entrances into the United States.

The House bill, passed on a 239-182 vote, would also enlist military and local law enforcement to help stop illegal entrants and require employers to verify the legal status of their workers.

Mexicans are outraged by the proposed measures, especially the extension of the border wall, which many liken to the Berlin Wall. Some are urging their government to fight it fiercely.

"Our president should oppose that wall and make them stop it, at all costs," said Martin Vazquez, 26, at the Mexico City airport as he returned from his job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas. "More than just insulting, it's terrible."

Berlin Wall? Oh, please. Mexicans are free to come into the United States. Just do so legally. Why is that concept so hard when they do the same thing to us entering their country?

It's about time. This is a national security issue. If Mexico has a problem with that then tough guano. Just enter the gates like every other immigrants who want to take a chance in the United States. After, it is the American dream.

Papers and ID, please.

A New Daily High Hit

Thank you Michelle Malkin, The Dusty Attic, and Betsy's Page for the links. Yesterday's hit was a KP's record of 1300+ hits in one day. I believe this may be a high record among deaf/hh bloggers in our neck of the woods. Thank you all for stopping by. Come back again, y'all.

UPDATE: Again, thanks for visiting!

UPDATE II: I never got around to it but I finally added a Site Meter graphic result of that day's high hit with a screen capture this morning. Each month I continue to improve on the number of hits. Just a record proof of my high hit where others just talk about it and no proof. Just click on it to expand.



Again, thank you all for visiting my blog and linking it my blogsite.

Merry Christmas! And a happy holy day.

Gov. Bill Richardson - Tourette Syndrome?

I read Betsy's piece about Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson (New Mexico) and his odd habits of touching, poking, pinching, rubbing, and general touching (on odd areas) of people whenever he meets them, or so it seems according to the article Betsy referred to. If that's the case, then it certainly sounds like a type of Tourette Syndrome where Bill Richardson seems he cannot help himself doing those things. Here are some of the symptoms of Tourette Syndrome:

Transient tic disorders often begin during the early school years and can occur in up to 18% of all children. Common tics include eye blinking, nose puckering, grimacing and squinting. Transient vocalizations are less common and include various throat sounds, humming or other noises. Childhood tics may be bizarre - palm licking, poking and/or pinching the genitals are examples. Transient tics last only a few weeks or months and are usually not associated with specific behavioral or school problems. They are especially noticeable during times of heightened excitement or fatigue. As with all tic syndromes, boys are three to four times more often affected than girls. While transient tics by definition do not persist for more than a year, it is not uncommon for a child to have recurrent episodes of transient tics over the course of several years.

Complex motor tics can be virtually any type of movement that the body can produce including gyrating, hopping, clapping, tensing arm or neck muscles, touching people or things and obscene gesturing.

At some point in the continuum of complex motor tics, the term "compulsion" seems appropriate for capturing the organized, ritualistic character of the actions. The need to do and then redo or undo the same action a certain number of times (e.g., to stretch out an arm ten times before writing, to "even up," or to stand up and push a chair into "just the right position") is compulsive in quality and accompanied by considerable internal discomfort. Complex motor tics may greatly impair school work, e.g., when a child must stab at a workbook with a pencil or must go over the same letter so many times that the paper is worn thin. Self-destructive behaviors, such as head banging, eye poking and lip biting also may occur. The distinction between complex tics and compulsions may be a difficult one for the physician to make and some "complex tics" may be alleviated by medications used for obsessive-compulsive
disorder.

The symptoms of TS can be characterized as mild, moderate or severe by their frequency, their complexity and the degree to which they cause impairment or disruption of the patient's ongoing activities and daily life. For example, extremely frequent tics that occur 20-30 times a minute, such as blinking, nodding or arm flexion, may be less disruptive than an infrequent tic that occurs several times an hour, such as loud barking, coprolalic utterance or touching tics. The premonitory sensory urges tend to be present by 9 to 10 years of age. They are most commonly reported in the shoulder girdle, hands, throat and abdomen.

Although some of the symptoms were described for children but it can persist into adulthood. It does describes "touching people" as one of the symptoms. But perhaps Gov. Bill Richardson has a mild enough form of Tourette Syndrome that comes and goes to the point that's barely manageable, much to the staff's irritation? If his behaviors of touching, licking his fingers to smear his glasses lens, poking people and such are enough to irratate his own staff to no end, then it's a sort of compulsion rather than the "I'm just joking." Perhaps a cover-up to disquise Gov. Richardson's unique kind of "tic" that manifest itself as constantly touching people but calls it "joking" or "joshing" around. What sane governor would do this?

Makes you think, doesn't it. I'm no doctor but if it's this bad and its being reported in the news media. Well, it certainly sounds like a type of "tic" which is an uncontrolled obsessive-compulsive behavior and he's trying to deal with it secretly. It may not be the Tourette Syndrome but it does sound like a barely controlled obsessive-compulsive behavior.

I live in New Mexico and so I'll be especially alert to observe Gov. Bill Richardson's behaviors around people whenever the local news makes a story about him on television.

But if he does have a condition or a "tic" then he should just acknowledge it publicly. Can't imagine him being the president of the United States and meet world leaders by pinching and touching them on odd places. The old "Aw, I'm just joking" won't work over there.

Thank You Rob McGovern for Prosecuting Akbar and Terrorists in Iraq

I was incredulous when my mother called me one day saying that a cousin of mine that I never knew I had who was a few years older than me was killed in Kuwait by Sgt. Hasan Akbar in a planned fragging attack at Camp Pennsylvania. I never knew I had a cousin who was going to be a part of the war in Iraq and was from Idaho. But sadly, I had to learn such gross violation that day that marked the first Idaho casulty of the Iraq war whose enemy fired the first shot of the war that came from a traitorous convert from within.

My family has a solid tradition of having relatives and siblings who are a part of the Armed Forces history and they all have the firm belief that freedom comes with a cost. Everyone of them knows that when signing up they knew the risks and wanting, even more, to give something back to the United States because so much was given to them that no other country ever experienced or understood the true value of...freedom. Even when my great uncle while in the Army during WWII was killed by a Japanese sniper on one of the small Pacific islands while his small band of men scouted ahead on the island before the arrival of an Army battalion.

Sgt. Akbar changed his allegiance back in 1993 that directly and ultimately led to the fragging deaths of two officers at Camp Pennsylvania according to Rob McGovern who was interviewed by the Kansas City Star in a newspaper last week for his tireless prosecution work that all started with 9/11.

His time in Afghanistan ended. He came home and thought about going back to the Manhattan office. And that’s when he was given the case of his life.

On March 22, 2003, in the middle of the night, Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar rolled grenades into tents and fired at fellow soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division. His stunning attack killed two and injured 14, and Akbar became the first American soldier since Vietnam to be prosecuted for killing Americans.

Rob McGovern was one of the three prosecutors.

“I know more about Hasan Akbar than I want to know,” he says.

McGovern interviewed people who had known Akbar going back to grammar school. He read 13 years of diary entries and said that was what sealed his fate.

In a 1993 entry, Akbar wrote about wanting to destroy America. “That’s fairly damning,” McGovern says.

He worked on the case for almost two years. He says he hardly slept, lost a lot of weight, obsessed over Akbar. In the courtroom, in his closing argument, McGovern cocked the M-4 rifle Akbar had used in the attack.

“Sgt. Akbar executed that attack with a cool mind,” he told the jury. “He sought maximum carnage.”

In April, Akbar was found guilty and sentenced to death.

“This was the ultimate opportunity to contribute to the war,” McGovern says. “This is a man who killed his fellow soldiers on the eve of battle. I can’t think of anything more damaging. I got a chance to stand up for the guys. I could not imagine doing anything bigger for my country.”

Yet, Rob McGovern did not stop after getting Hasan Akbar convicted but went to Iraq to convict many more terrrorists using old Iraqi laws against them that was signed in 1969 by, ironically so, Saddam Hussein.

Few people know that every day, American JAG officers work in Iraqi courtrooms with Iraqi judges. They prosecute insurgents. McGovern did not know. But after the Akbar case, he was sent to Iraq to do just that. He would charge insurgents with murder and attempted murder. If he did not have quite enough evidence to get them on those charges, he would bring them up on illegal border crossings.

He would argue his case using Iraqi laws signed in 1969 by Saddam Hussein.

In five months, he worked with more than 400 cases and had a 90 percent conviction rate. He often sat close to those insurgents everyone hears about on the evening news.

Rob McGovern, thank you for your tireless work to see that justice gets done and see that terrorists get convicted. Thank you for seeing that the death sentence get passed on to Hasan Akbar for his murderous role at Camp Pennsylvania murdering two officers and wounding so many others that night.

Rob McGovern was recently recognized and honored two weeks ago on December 4th before the Chiefs-Broncos game because he used to play in the NFL.


Other past blogs on Majory Gregory Stone:

Trial for Murder of Maj. Gregory Stone
The Plannned Murder of AF Maj. Gregory Stone and His Troop
Justice for Maj. Gregory Stone
Please visit Hero Bracelet
The Murder of Maj. Gregory Stone
In tribute of Maj. Gregory Stone

UPDATE: Welcome Betsy's Page readers. Take your time and read my blogs. Be sure to pass this around and let people know about Rob McGovern. He deserve our praise and respect. For those who don't know Betsy, she blogs for Michelle Malkin from time to time when she is in absentia (e.g. vacation time). Those two gals think alike, you'd swear they're sisters.

UPDATE II: Welcome The Dusty Attic readers. Thank you Dusty for helping spread the word to say "Thank you, Rob McGovern."

UPDATE III: Thank you Random Jottings for spreading the word to say "Thank you" to Rob McGovern.

President Bush Live News Conference with "Stuck on Stupids"

Still going on but I must say that President Bush is really hammering those reporters and their questions. Even a few instances of really dejecting a reporter's question when he said the no-no words..."Unchecked powers.." President Bush was forceful in telling that reporter to hold on and to tell him he resented the implication that powers go unchecked. The camera pans to the reporter as he sat down, you could almost see the blood drain from his face. What utter embarrassment for the reporter to ask such a "stuck on stupid" question.

It's unbelievable. There are a whole roomfull of "Stuck on Stupid" reporters where the media continue to ask sensitive information thinking President Bush will give an answer. He actually cuts off one woman reporter before she could complete her question by saying that he's not going to answer her question because such an answer will aid the enemy by giving out sensitive information. The media still doesn't get it. We are at war.

I'm still watching it. President Bush is red hot now, to the point of pratically shaking his finger at the media sitting in front of him with a strong and forceful voice almost if he's saying that you, the MSM kooks, are responsible for making this war on terror harder to fight by increasing the danger to America and her people by helping the enemy with important information.

Can't wait to see the full transcript afte the live show.

UPDATE: Ankle Biting Pundit live blogged the president news conference. Close enough for a full transcript. Lots of interesting commentaries by the blogger. Check out Michelle Malkin, too.

UPDATE II: Welcome Michelle Malkin readers! Peruse and take your time reading here. Be sure to visit the Ankle Biting Pundit. Lots of good commentaries.

UPDATE III: Here's the transcript. Read below the "Stuck on Stupid" reporter asking (more like insulting) president Bush about "uncheck power."

Q Thank you, Mr. President. I wonder if you can tell us today, sir, what, if any, limits you believe there are or should be on the powers of a President during a war, at wartime? And if the global war on terror is going to last for decades, as has been forecast, does that mean that we're going to see, therefore, a more or less permanent expansion of the unchecked power of the executive in American society?

THE PRESIDENT: First of all, I disagree with your assertion of "unchecked power."

Q Well --

THE PRESIDENT: Hold on a second, please. There is the check of people being sworn to uphold the law, for starters. There is oversight. We're talking to Congress all the time, and on this program, to suggest there's unchecked power is not listening to what I'm telling you. I'm telling you, we have briefed the United States Congress on this program a dozen times. This is an awesome responsibility to make decisions on behalf of the American people, and I understand that, Peter. And we'll continue to work with the Congress, as well as people within our own administration, to constantly monitor programs such as the one I described to you, to make sure that we're protecting the civil liberties of the United States. To say "unchecked power" basically is ascribing some kind of dictatorial position to the President, which I strongly reject.

Q What limits do you --

THE PRESIDENT: I just described limits on this particular program, Peter. And that's what's important for the American people to understand. I am doing what you expect me to do, and at the same time, safeguarding the civil liberties of the country.

For a courteous president, president Bush laid it on rather thick that dunderhead reporter's question. If only you could've seen the reporter's face with the camera panned over to him when he sat down after the question with the look of a kid whose hand got caught in the kookie jar.

Way to go president Bush!

President Bush Speech on the War in Iraq

Check out Captain's Quarters live blogging of President Bush' speech on the war in Iraq. A very good speech, indeed. We shouldn't have to listen to these defeatist attitudes of the Democrats while in the midst of a war that we're already winning.

Ok, you naysayers and defeatists, leave your comments here.

When Crab Theory Runs Amok

Now, what is this "Crab Theory"? According to the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center they describe it in an analogy as a:

...bucket of live crabs: whenever one crab attempts to escape the bucket by climbing out of it, the others reach up and pull it back down. The result, of course, is that no crab succeeds in escaping the bucket. Crab theory is more widespread in the deaf communities than any other minority groups.

Why is it that?

Now, I applaud any person, Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing who have successfully worked hard to get where he or she is today. Whenever hard work, discipline, and sweat equity pays off, then that person has every right to feel good about him or herself. Whether it's exercising to lose weight and eat more healthier foods, studying hard to get good grades and go to college or graduate school, successfully work in a dangerous occupation, running a blogsite or website, or even a discussion forum, to become skilled and adept with musical instruments, or to work hard to help the less fortunate people. The list goes on and on. Successes are yours and yours alone. But with "Crab Theory" these people simply try and drag you down simply because of either who you are, what you do or how you do things.

Right now, there are a few blogsites where "Crab Theory" is running amok. And it's sad to see these things happen. It is disheartening to see how some Deaf/deaf people who are willing to give deaf communities a bad name by constantly and continously perpetuate the myths that they do not want to see successes in other deaf or hard of hearing people. Hence, the "Crab Theory" problem.

Now, I applaud creativity, hard work, discipline and successes of deaf and hard of hearing people. I would like nothing more than to see deaf people succeed. It's not about Deaf culture but about overcoming adversity and become more independent than ever. Successes are harder to come by for those who must deal with their hearing losses while going head to head with the hearing world. It ain't easy. It's a dog eat dog world. Technology has given us so much to overcome these barriers allowing us great accomplishments. We will still see much more accomplishments in the future while at the same time deaf people gain greater and greater independence requiring no human intervention. Accomplishments should be noted rather than disparaged and mocked, especially within the deaf communities. But unfortunately it still all goes back to this "Crab Theory" problem. Seems like there are people who simply do not like achievers and yet refuse to see all the hard work or the long hours they had to do in order to get where they are today and make a few extra notches in this world. Those who practice "Crab Theory" would rather succumb or fall into a trap by following the leads of others who make snide and cruel remarks than to publicly acknowledge those who have worked hard to get where they are, and applaud them for that effort.

Now, recently I have found out that my blogsite, Kokonut Pundits, was nominated for this so-called "Deaf Weblog Awards" in the politics category that was recently set up. I am flattered by those who choose to nominate my blogsite for best politics blog. I have not nominated myself but people who read my blogs have nominated my blogsite on their own iniatives. It was their decision to nominate me. Not mine. However, I seriously question the legitimacy of this "Deaf Weblog Awards" blogsite simply because of how the author conducts himself by continuing to disparage and hurl names at those who nominates their favorite blogsites. This is not keeping up with the spirit weblog awards. There is no neutral or unbiased setting of a Weblog Award if the author is free to bash those he disagrees with and uses such language and attitude towards those he despises in their attempt to nominate their favorite deaf/hh blogsites. The author failed to hold any sense of professional decorum in the attempt to pass off a Weblog Awards blogsite as a legitimate one. In my opinion, it is not a legitimat weblog awards blogsite. If an author cannot keep his/her own politics and hate out of his/her own Weblog Awards, then how can you expect an honest result? Something akin in letting a fox in a hen house to count the chickens. Only time will tell. Honesty is in the balance here.

I sincerely hope great success to those who do set up these types of weblog awards. However, if any authors of Weblog Awards who attempt to interject their own harsh and uncalled for opinions against people who nominate their favorite blogs will seriously jeopardize the legitimacy and sincerity of his/her own Weblog Awards blogsite/website.

It doesn't matter whether I get this "award" or not. I enjoy what I do here and that's to blog. I enjoy the fact that there are people out there, Deaf, deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people, who appreciate and enjoy reading my blogs. This is what counts the most. However, I do appreciate those who have nominated my blogsite but considering what I have seen so far I wish to have no affiliation with any awards coming from this author's blogsite. If I win, I win which is like winning an award from Scientology and not feeling very Tom Cruise-like. If not, then so be it. "Crab Theory" is an ugly process to observe even when it comes down to awarding best deaf weblogs, unfortunately.

Whether I get the award or not is not my concern here. People can continue to nominate my blogsite if they wish. But my only concern is how I can continue to do my blogging and enjoy it. And how other people recognizes my blogs by linking to them. Such a case like Michelle Malkin's who linked to my blogsite, again, netting over 600 hits in one day. Things like that offer proof that people do value and enjoy my blogs. No need for a weblog award to tell me this. Especially coming from that is not a legitimate one. But if deaf people want to run Deaf Weblog Awards, they are more than welcomed to do so. Just need to be careful how to go about it.

Thank you Kevin McCaul for being the first person to nominate my blogsite in the politics category. Thank you to the many others who have stopped by to nominate my blogsite. It is clear that the people have spoken.

A Jib Jab on President Bush

Finally, they are adding caption to the Jib Jab songs. I've emailed them a few times saying that there are 28 million people with various types and amount of hearing loss and that many of them would have a hard time understanding the words in the animated comedy musical skit. While others cannot hear the words at all but at least they get to read the scrolling caption and see the funny Jib Jib action on President Bush. At least they got my emails this time.

Take a look at the newest Jib Jab on President Bush year in 2005. A FYI, if you don't have high speed connection, don't bother.

Jib Jab is an equal opportunity jabbing on presidents or political officials.

Smiling Senator Joe Biden and His Purple Ink-Stained Finger in Iraq

Well, what do you know? Senator Joe Biden went to Iraq to see the historical election process and, like every Iraqi who voted, got his finger stained and smiled for photogs. Michelle Malkins makes a note of Gateway Pundit about Senator Joe Biden's surprise visit. However, Sen. Joe Biden in his attempt to decide things for President Bush for 2006 in a transcript on World News Tonight:

ELIZABETH VARGAS: You came here, you observed some polling sites in Hilla. What were your impressions?

SEN. JOE BIDEN: Very well organized. People voting, people anxious to vote, and I thought it was extremely well run.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: I saw a lot of people who were excited about the opportunity to pick your own leaders, but we asked enough questions to know that this election is not the end of it for the American presence here. It's really just beginning for the Iraqi people, but today is a good day. We witnessed a well run election. People were very brave to go vote, and every American should appreciate the opportunity to vote because people here do.

VARGAS: In fact, at great risk.

GRAHAM: Joe and I started the morning as a Republican and Democrat with a rocket going off about 300 meters from where we were being housed. So to vote here, you really got to want to vote.

VARGAS: How does what you saw today affect your idea of the time table? Does it make you more optimistic or less optimistic that Americans could be coming home soon?

GRAHAM: We could stay here a 100 years and not solve the problem without a political solution — where the Iraqi people chart their own destiny. But if we leave anytime soon, that political solution will fail because they don't have the infrastructure or the capacity yet to govern themselves. There's no banking system. Can you imagine living in a country without a banking system? The mail doesn't work. Less than three to four years ago, people lived under the iron fist of a dictator. The police force has a long way to go before it really is able to protect people and their property.

BIDEN: But the bottom line is we're going to have a significant draw down of American troops in '06 no matter what happens. We're either going to be leaving here with Iraq having traded a dictator for chaos, or leaving here having traded a dictator for some stability. And that will be done in the next six months.

VARGAS: I know Gen. [George] Casey [the highest-ranking military commander in Iraq] told me last night that leaving prematurely would be in his words "catastrophic."

BIDEN: Well I'm not talking about leaving prematurely. They either are going to get a political solution through their constitution by this June … If they get it, we're going to be well on our way to drawing down. If they don't get it, in my view, all the king's horses and all the king's men will not be able to hold Iraq together in the midst of a civil war.

So, Joe Biden is telling Bush what to do by stating that in 06 we'll have significant drawdown in Iraq no matter what we happens? I think that is a bit premature. Even Rumsfeld on Foxnews with O'Reilly last night think a drawdown from 160,000 to around 137, 000 in 06 would be significant enough to begin with. But coming from Biden he's still the naysayer.

What's more, I think Biden has just set a precedence in his sudden surprise visit in Iraq, and throughout all the past two years have never supported President Bush with all the disparagement he lobbed at him and the troops will Biden take the opportunity to claim victory in Iraq once victory is complete. I think there will be a significant shift from Democrats to claim victory in Iraq once they realize just how victorious it has become. Biden sounds like the first one with his smiling face while holding up a purple ink-stained finger for photogs.

Believe me. Victory won't belong to anybody who have never supported the troops, President Bush, the Iraqis and/or the coalition troops. Just watch. Victory is concept, not a trick here. They'll soon claim victory as their own doing when it was the opposite by trying to undermine the war effort all the way through.

It's not a far-fetched thought here. Something Democrats will want to have for their 2006 dinner plate, as well as for 2008 should Iraq become stupendously successful and victorious.

Taum Sauk Lake Dam Breach - not your typical dam.

Look at the shocking photo of Taum Sauk lake of southeast Missouri. It is not your typical dam which is currently breached because of the recent heavy rains. The earthened hydrolectric dam's water breached walls is now flooding Black River. This is a rare breaching of any large earthened dam. But it is not the typical lake or dam you'd expect.

Taum Sauk lake is a 200-acre reservoir located on the East Fork of the Black River north of Lesterville in Reynolds County. This reservoir is owned by AmerenUE. This is a two lake pump-storage hydroelectric plant with the upper reservoir located on Proffit Mountain, approximately 800 feet higher than the lower reservoir. When electrical demands peak the water's energy is collected from the upper reservoir as it flows to the lower reservoir. During low electrical demands the water is pumped to the upper reservoir for gravity energy storage.

Read more about how this dam was created. It's not your typical dam as you would expect but a dam where the top of Proffit Mountain was lopped off to create a single above ground earthened dam. Besides Profitt and Church Mountains, there are at least five other nearby sites that might house a hydroelectric plant modeled after the existing Taum Sauk plant. And now, it's already breached.

Welcome Michelle Malkin readers. Shocking, isn't it? Enough to do a double take on the picture. Never expected to see a different type of dam like that. Live and learn as they say.

UPDATE: Thank you readers. Yesterday's visits netted 600+ hits. Ya'll come back.

UPDATE II: Gateway Pundit has much more details, updates and pictures of the dam break. I wonder how Church Mountain is fairing since it's similar to Profitt mountain that contained Taum Sauk lake?

UPDATE III: A reader brought to my attention that the reservoir size is less than 200 acres. The reservoir actually covers an area of 55 acres, is 90 feet deep and holds 1.5 billion gallons of water. The 200 acres is, I believe, the size of the park and not the reservoir itself alone. Check out the cached page (orginal page is no longer) of how part of the Taum Sauk reservoir was built. Some interesting info of how a geosynthetic linings were laid out inside the reservoir in 2004 because

"Since it's construction in the 1960's, cracks had formed in the 1.3 to 1 side slopes, resulting in two feet of water loss from the upper reservoir every day."

Interesting.

Democracy Success in Iraq Means Success for America

A poll was taken in Iraq that shows 9 out 10 Iraqis want to vote in the upcoming December 15 national election.

The intent to vote is strong across ethnic and religious lines. The Kurds have the highest percentage, with 95 percent telling pollsters that they want to vote. Sunni Arabs have the lowest percentage, but that is still pegged at 87 percent. A total of 91 percent of Shiite Arabs, the largest religious group in the country, said they will vote.

The ideology on the spread of democracy can help produce more stable countries as evidenced from the many countries after World War II who have embraced the ideals of democracy.

230,000 Iraqi Soldiers and Police to Provide Election Security

Check it out. 230, 000 Iraqi soldiers and police are to provide security for the upcoming December 15th election where voters will choose members of the first permanent democratic government in Iraq's history. It has been more than 50 years since the last free election in Iraq. More than 3,800 people are running for office. The expectation is that more voters will come out to vote than the Constitutional Referendum vote that was held recently in October. This whole democracy process is the surest sign of victory and success in Iraq. A sign of U.S. success on the war in Iraq to help Iraqi gain their freedom from tyranny.

Once the Iraqi soldiers and police are able to take greater and greater role in protecting and serving their country and ensure stable democratic process, then certainly there will be less and less U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Until they can stand up, we stand down.

Quagmire it is not. Are you listening liberals? Keep talking Howard Dean.

Michelle Malkin has more.

When Liberals Support the DNC's "Retreat and Defeat" Policy

Well, if Howard Dean is the DNC party chairman and he's up there touting all kinds of defeatist messages about Iraq, then I guess the Democratic party is mostly the "Retreat and Defeat" kind of party. No? Check out the video.

Check out Michelle Malkins on Howard Dean's proud display of his "retreatism" and "defeatism" attitudes.

So easily do many Liberals lose their backbones when they try to do the talk but never the walk. They're not the chickenhawks but more like the chickensh*ts they are. They would love nothing better than to forget President Clinton's (fake) marching orders. Remember these famous quotes about Iraq before President Bush?

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."- President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998"

Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."- Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."- Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI), Tom Daschle (D-SD), John Kerry ( D - MA), and others Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

Michelle, hoping you get better from that hacking cough. Cough up a phlegm or two for Howard Dean.

When Liberals Flip-Flop on the Up/Down Vote for Judgeship

It's amazing, isn't it? Liberals like Edward Kennedy, Charles Schumer, Patrick Leahy, Richard Durbin, Joseph Biden, Russell Feingold, Ken Salazar , Joseph Lieberman, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, and Dianne Feinstein who were for the simple Up and Down vote for judgeship are now putting their full weight on filibustering against a nominee, such as in this case of whomever President Bush nominates.

Hat tip: Dale

Die Santa, Die!

Is this a "bah-humbug" spirit about Christmas or did somebody recognized that Santa Claus isn't what the real Christmas is all about? Now, neighbors are upset saying that their kids are upset, supposedly so, with the bondage and blindfold of a near life-size Santa figure hung in a noose up in a tree as a display reminscent of a public hanging. Now, certainly this Santa hanging is not the same kind of hanging as this one where an effigy of a soldier actually disrespect US soldiers everywhere and a show of anti-American and unpatriotric show of support.




Check out Channel 6's story on this.

You do know that Santa Claus isn't real folks? Right?

A Day That Will Live in Infamy

A day that will live in infamy. On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese that sealed the Japanese and German's fate by forcing the United States into war with two different countries at the same time. The Herald Tribune has a good article on the "Two dates which will live in infamy."

Never forget December 7, 1941.

Never forget September 11, 2001.

Foxy Rapper Has Hearing Loss

Rapper Foxy Brown is almost totally deaf, her lawyer said Monday. Tsk. Tsk. I wonder why? Maybe the loud music was just too much for her ears to bear? Perhaps she'll be the first rapper to have a cochlear implant?

Maybe her next song will be "Read My Lips."

Don't care for rap songs. Bleh.

Say "You Suck!" and Get Arrested by the Clinton's SS Troop

Yeah, it really happened back in 1996. But let's recap on today's news when Senator Hillary Clinton was in Chicago speaking at a crowd where several profesional liberal hecklers tried to interrupt her speech by shouting her down. See the video and my own transcript below of that video.

HILLARY: You know, I have to say that I appreciate the passion --

PROTESTORS: Troops out now!

HILLARY -- and the intensity that you feel about Iraq.

PROTESTORS: Troops out now!

HILLARY: I share it, and you're here expressing your opinion, but let's make sure that people have a chance to be part of a dialogue, and I do not believe that they want to hear from you at this moment.

Oh, such a demand from her! She says that people don't want to hear those hecklers at the moment. But remember this one that took place on April 28th, 2003, in the Southington, Connecticut, where Hillary spoke at the Democrats' annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey dinner?

HILLARY (screaming): I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, "We are Americans, and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!"

Of course, as James Taranto said, "...no one has actually called Democrats unpatriotic for simply disagreeing with the president."

But if you ever, ever diss the Clintons while in their presence you'll get arrested. On July 1996, in the public record, Patricia Mendoza was arrested in Chicago for shouting "You suck, and those boys died!" (in reference to the bombing of the Khobar Towers in June 1996) at Bill Clinton in July, 1996. Probably a premonition of things to come (ie "You suck"). But the Clinton's SS troops claimed it was a death threat. Yeah, right. Can't even express a dislike in front of the president's face. This was reported by NewsMax.com (Carl Limbacher, "Letterman Secret Service `Threat' Not a First for Hillary," January 13, 2000) and the Daily Republican.

After their arrest, the Mendozas spent 14 hours in a Cook County lock-up. Though the Secret Service eventually dropped all charges, the couple, who ran a small electronics business, was soon audited by the Clinton IRS.

But the funny thing is how the Secret Service responded about the arrest:

Ralph Grayson, special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Chicago office, said his agency has an "ongoing investigation" into the matter.The Secret Service said Mrs. Mendoza made a "threatening statement" to the president.

If they said that Mrs. Mendoza made a "threatening statement" does that mean what she said was true since a statement means it is a fact? Which ones? The "You suck" or the "those boys died"?

And now, Senator Hillary Clinton is telling those liberal anti-freedom hecklers that nobody want to hear them? Don't you dare diss Senator Hillary Clinton, even if it means if you end up losing your freedom of speech to her. People are not allowed to disagree with her publicly. Now, whoever allowed these anti-war people in are probably fired by now. These things are not suppose to happen at a Clinton event. No dissent. No disagreements allowed. People with opposing views at a public speaking engagement ever get into these things. Normally you would get arrested but since this was supposed to be a Hillary Clinton friendly crowd, she was forced to let this one go, I suppose.

Is she practicing her loving der Schlick's stealthy tactics in the attempt to silence critics, even from her own brood?

National Iranian Oil Company Pays a Visit to Kokonut Pundits

Why did somebody from the National Iranian Oil Company in Iran visit my Kokonut Pundits blogsite just a few hours ago?



Site Meter Records Visit of NIOC.

Isn't Iran under an internet tyranny restricting nearly everybody from accessing the internet through brute force censorships? Or perhaps somebody was smart enough to go around banned websites and access other blog sites for political news and information like mine?

Iranian filtering currently uses the “smart filter” technology developed by the US company Secure Comuting, which claims the Iranian authorities never paid to license this software. Iranian Internet censorship is not homogenous and varies according to the ISP used, of which Iran has several hundred. So a website may be accessible in one city and blocked in another.

Access to at least four websites that include coverage of Iranian women’s issues - www.womeniniran.org, http://irwomen.com, www.iftribune.com and www.womeniw.com - has been blocked since the start of September. Those in charge of these sites have reacted by launching an online petition at : www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?womeno.

Whoever visited my archived site stayed around long enough to peruse many of my blogs, including one blog where I discussed about Iranian and Iraqi bloggers and how Juan Cole have called for a flashmob to protest the Iranian government's jailing of dissident bloggers. This was in response to the popularity of a Website calling for a day of blog action concerning the dissidents.

If the visit was an innocent one. Welcome. But if not, down with Iran's tyranny and their destruction of freedom and democracy!! You are being watched, too.

Signews and More

Go check out Signews to get the latest stories, updates and news regarding the deaf/hh community when you subscribe to their service. Thomsen Young, one of the staff writers of Signews, interviewed several deaf/hh bloggers to get their side of the story on why they write. One of the interviewee was me which will be seen by subscribers of Signews.

McConnell, who lives in New Mexico, believes that deaf blogs brings the deaf community together. "The Internet is a powerful communication medium, whatever the source of information that is passed on whether its e-mail, instant messenger, video-phone, blogging, or personal web pages, both deaf and hearing communities benefit greatly. It actually brings people a little closer enabling them to understand each other better." McConnell uses Blogger.com, a free hosting internet website that give step-by-step instructions that makes it simpler to self-publish on the Web.

Check out their website and catch up on news. If you want the full news and stories you will have to subscribe to their paid subscription service. At least this deaf-oriented online magazine fared much better than the now defunct Deaf Success magazine of which I was the last one interviewed by Trudy Suggs for their Fall 2003 magazine (see here and here containg my interview with pictures). Deaf Success magazine barely lasted a year.

Another recent interview by a political blogger who asked me about recent political events and my opinions. Also, be sure to check out my exclusive report of sComm, Inc that will hit deaf/hh expos across the nation in 2006.

sComm, Inc Set to Debut Unique Communication Device for the Deaf at Expos Nationwide

An exclusive first time announcement to Kokonut Pundits from the CEO of sComm, Inc. whose company will soon debut their unique communication device for the deaf and hard of hearing at expos and conferences nationwide. A word from the CEO, Jason Curry:

Currently sComm is developing the software, electrical, and hardware for our communications device. We are working around the clock with the engineers to get the first prototypes ready by January. These prototypes should be available the second week of January for testing, and we're looking for volunteers to test them for 1 to 2 weeks. If any of you are interested, please email Jason Curry, CEO of sComm, Inc at jason_scomm@sbcglobal.net.

sComm, Inc. should be ready to take pre-orders on January 18 on the new website. We're revising it right now and adding a shopping cart feature so you can submit your pre-orders next month! This date corresponds with our first trade show appearance!! We'll be at the Assistive Technology Industry Association conference in Orlando, FL from January 18-21. If you live in that area, please contact me by email (see above), and maybe we can meet! I can give you a sneak peek at the device I'll be demonstrating at the conference.

The second round of prototypes should be ready in early March, and the final prototypes should be manufactured by April 2006!! We will be manufacturing 500 communication devices in the first order.

We hope to show the device at about 20 trade shows in 2006. Here is a tentative schedule so far:

January 18, 2006 Assistive Technology Industry Association conference - Orlando, Florida

February 11, 2006 DeafNation Expo - Phoenix, AZ

March 22-25 CSUN Technology/Persons with Disabilities - Los Angeles, California

April 22 DeafNation Expo - St. Louis, Missouri

May 13 DeafNation Expo - Atlanta, Georgia

June 23-27 Alexander Graham Bell Association - Pittsburgh, PA

June 29-July 3 National Association for the Deaf - Palm Springs, CA

Sept 16 DeafNation Expo - Seattle, WA

Sept 23 DeafNation Expo - Denver, CO

Oct 7 DeafNation Expo - Chicago, IL

Keep an eye out on the Internet. We are preparing for a marketing launch campaign across deaf-related websites. You will see a lot of us very soon!!

The most exciting communication device for people who are deaf and people with other speech-related challenges is coming! We're going to change the world!

We are coming soon!!!!

Jason Curry
sComm, Inc
CEO
4224 S. Hocker Drive, Suite 260
Independence, MO 64055
Jason_scomm@sbcglobal.net
www.speakcommunicator.com
Yahoo IM: jason_curry_r
816-350-7001 (TTY)
816-350-7008 (VOICE)
816-350-7009 (FAX)

FREEDOM THROUGH COMMUNICATION FOR THE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, AND OTHERS WITH COMMUNICATION BARRIERS

Be sure to mark you calendar to attend one of these expos and have the chance to meet Jason Curry, CEO of sComm, Inc. It's an opportunity where you will get an up close and on hand experience of this company's unique communication device for deaf and hard of hearing people. Don't miss this opportunity. It could very well change your life for the better!

Other blog pieces on sComm, Inc.
sComm, Inc Received Their $1.3 Million NIH Award
sComm, Inc Wins $1.3 Million NIH Award

Look here on Kokonut Pundits for exclusive news coming January 17, 2006 from the CEO, Jason Curry, where there will be lots of pictures and an animated video of this unique communication device set to debut in 2006!

Murtha...Murtha...Murtha..

Check out the "The Dusty Attic" where he talks about Rep. John Murtha and his losing grasp on reality. Old soldiers don't die, they just fade away. Rep. John Murtha is a former decorated Marine who served in Vietnam is fading fast with his lack of support through his talks. Also, read The Dusty Attic blog where he quotes me as the "typical man on the Internet" for my views of all this Murtha talk.

When MoveOn.org Lies - as they always do.

Check out Michelle Malkin and other bloggers who caught MoveOn.org's deceitful move both in words and in pictures about one photo showing soldiers and complained about how they couldn't celebrate Thanksgiving, etc...blah, blah, blah. Oh, btw, those soldiers in the picture at the outdoor chow line? They are British. Even MoveOn.org cannot tell what a U.S. soldier looks like. We also have incidents when attorneys falsely bring charges against Republicans, too, namely Michelle Malkin.

RINO Sleeper Cells

RINO Sleeper Cells' goal is to befuddle Americans at large when they are called upon by liberals their sacred duty to not vote and support important Republican bills or nominations important to the health and security of America. They pretend to be Republicans (Republican In Name Only - RINO) when most of them side with the Democrats, thusly fooling many Americans (ie their constituents) into thinking that they are really Republicans when their actions say otherwise. They are really nothing more than RINO Sleeper Cells. They all live in each of the 50 states.

Exactly what is a "sleeper cell"? John Pistole, deputy director of the FBI, has the answer to that.

"By definition a sleeper is somebody we don't know about. That's the daily concern. Are there individuals we have not identified who have not been in contact with or financed by those who we know of? .....how do we prevent that? That's the challenge."

Who are these RINO Sleeper Cells when they attack? Are you suppose to feed RINOs? Are RINOs becoming endangered species or are they on the rise? What are your options when Republicans are attacked by a herd of liberal RINOs but Park Rangers will say that you're at fault even though you've observed all of the RINO park rules to the letter? Are Republicans supposed to roll over and let a RINO stampede take place? Will a herd of RINOs be impacted by the oil drillings at ANWR?

Keep an eye out for these RINO Sleeper Cells. When they attack, they attack America's soul first when called upon by liberals everywhere.

Gallaudet University and JKF- a storm brewing.

Something is brewing on the campus of Gallaudet University. Apparently many students at Gallaudet University do not like the Provost of Gallaudet University, Jane K. Fernandes "JKF." The DEFCON GUY has the scoop.



Hat tip: Mizhko

Google and Archive Links Still Show Soros' Donation on MSIF Website

Scroll down for updates....

Michelle Malkin has the update on a 527 organization's attempt (Main Street Individual Fund) to hide the George Soros' $50,000 donation to moderate Republicans (Republican in name only - RINOs) who are essentially against President Bush. This organization funds "Main Street" moderate Republicans.

Even if the Google cache is supposedly gone (Soros) you can always try the Internet Archive site to find the cache where it would look like this. Click on any of the three that were archived in 2004 and see that Soros' name is still there.

This'll add a bit more legitimacy on what Malkin pointed out on Free Republic's text copy of the website with Soros name.

Also, just because the cache in Google on the 527 organization MSIF erased Soros' name from the donation list doesn't mean it's gone. Even in the deepest bowels of Google you could possibly still find the cache if you look around more deeply. Simply "repeat the search with the omitted results included" and you'll see more links. Click on the "cache" link on the last result shown and you'll see the cache history of Soros' donation amount of $50,000. But if you click on the link above it "527s: , 2004 Election Cycle" you'll see that the Soros' name is gone. The cache itself betrays the "original" link.

MSIF can't get away from this embarassment. Both Google and Archive.org will make sure of it.

UPDATE: The Center for Responsive Politics aka Open Secrets.org (scroll down to see the "Contact" address) visited my blogsite regarding alternate Google and Archive.org caches mentioned above. Apparently they clicked on the link that I put in Michelle Malkin's trackback . Apparently also they now know about the other Google and Archive.org caches that do contain Soros' name on their (Open Secrets.org) captured website thusly putting their legal letter to Michelle Malkin an utterly embarrassing one by now.

If they try and contact Google and Archive.org to get them to delete any references to their website regarding Soros' $50,000 contribution, then you readers out there better do a screen capture of those links I mentioned.

The Center for Response Politics visited my site via Michelle Malkin's trackback on Nov 28 2005 4:49:59 pm, Eastern Time. I have a screen capture detailing the visit and put it up soon. I will add this as part of the update.

Yoohoo...Open Secrets. Better scramble about that threatening legal letter you sent to Michelle Malkin!

BTW, guess who else is already aware of this? See the CC: sent to in the legal letter?

Heh heh...

UPDATE 2: Got an email from Generation Why? about another source detailing Soros' $50,000 donation. Look for the 17th entry or the date on April 29, 2004 to see Soros' donation. It appears that the $50,000 was kicked back (see the (minus) -$50,000 link to FEC image of the form when you click on it). Jason of Generation Why? also notified Michelle about it. Yes, this should get interesting. Again, more embarrassments for the attorneys of Caplin and Drysdale who filed the threatening letter to Michelle Malkin without doing enough research as all professional attorneys ought to do before sending out such nonsense of a threatening letter.

Thanks Jason.


UPDATE 3: Here's the screen capture of that visit by Center for Response Politics aka Open Secrets.org to my blogsite:




UPDATE 4: The Dusty Attic and Generation Why? notice something else about the whole soon-to-be debacle.


UPDATE 5: Got word from Jason's "Generation Why?" that he, too, was visited by The Center for Responsive Politics aka "OpenSecrets.org" this morning and sent me a screenshot of the visit just like mine. Don't know if he'll post it on his blogsite. Keep your ears open on this.

UPDATE 6: Got word from Jason of Generation Why? in his email to me that he included the screen capture of CRP's snooping around his blogsite this morning. Somebody is getting a bit paranoid and it's certainly not Michelle Malkin.

Sindy Sheehan..."Why Nobody Want My Autograph?"

This is what the Leftists do? Find somebody they think might make the right amount of noise against President Bush and when things do not pan out, abandon the poor person? This is another recycled Leftists' anger that went nowhere and were willing to do anything, even at the expense of troops' security in Iraq by not supporting them. Anti-freedom activist Cindy Sheehan,

“America has been killing people on this continent since it was started. This country is not worth dying for.”

waited for people (see picture) to show up at her book signing near President Bush's ranch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 in Crawford, Texas. But none came as best as I could tell. Perhaps a few al Qaeda or Islamic terrorists, or terrorist sympathizers wouldn't mind having her autographed book? She earned it since, according to her, America isn't worth dying for.

Just leave Cindy.

Leave. Go to Canada. Go to Aruba. Go to Iran. Anywhere. You need a vacation break. A long one.

Purple Fingers

Read Michael Yon's excellent blogging series called "Purple Fingers" about his detail in Iraq before and after the October 15, 2005 Iraq voting referendum on their Constitution. A reminder of how democracy and freedom have progressed well so far and that the next Iraq's vote coming this December 15, 2005 elections will be for a constitutionally elected government by the people of Iraq...and not Saddam. The elected government shall assume office no later than December 31, 2005. Democracy is working in Iraq. All you have to do is scroll down and you'll see a picture of building that houses the "Iraqi Communist Party."

Dow Jones to Hit 11,000 Points, President Applauds Rising Stocks

Here's what the President has to say about the economy in light of the rising Dow Jones points and a good U.S. economy:

I do believe in the new economy. I think that technology is rifling through every sector of economic activity, in ways that have given us dramatic increase in productivity and potential for growth without inflation.

Indeed. Here's come's 11,000 points after so many years when the Dow Jones first hit 11,000 points back on May 4, 1999 (actually it last hit 11,000 back in March 2005).

I wonder what President Bush will say when we finally hit 11,000 points again?

When the USPS Turns the Other Cheek and Become Politically Correct

Amazing and sad at the same time.

As has been her custom for as long as I can remember, my mom prepares her Christmas cards over the Thanksgiving weekend in order to have them ready to mail the first week of December. She enjoys purchasing beautiful cards, writing notes, addressing them by hand and affixing whatever Christmas stamp the USPS issues that year. So she stops by her local US Post Office a few days ago then asks the man behind the counter for this year's Christmas stamps. He pulls out a sheet of something called Holiday Cookies. To know my mom is to know that she has never indulged in cutesy stuff. Every year she always selects the Christmas stamp that features a classic painting of Madonna and Child. She asks if they have any classic Christmas stamps and the man pulls out a couple of sheets of last year's Madonna and Child. Mom notices he doesn't seem happy and he says to her, "These are all I have and they'll be the last you ever see." Mom asks, "What do you mean?" He explains the USPS will not be issuing any more "religious" stamps.

Ever.

Mom is momentarily stunned. She then raises her eyebrows a bit and asks, "Are you allowed to say 'Merry Christmas' to us?"

The man's face falls and he lowers his voice in answer, "No. We can only say 'Happy Holidays,'" he tries to smile at her, "But if you say 'Merry Christmas' to me directly I will respond in kind."

I'll say "Merry Christmas" to anybody I meet and if they get offended, too bad. Maybe they prefer "Allah Akbar" instead?

When MSM Focus Only on the Negatives and Rely on Disinformation to Increase Readerships

Nuff said.

Check out Camp Katrina and Major K (military bloggers) regarding MSM's continued disinformation, and, as well, see how really low these troops morale are.

Myers: Morale, Commitment High in Armed Forces

After visiting 18 bases and meeting with more than 15,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, plus Defense Department civilians and contractors, Myers said Americans should be assured that their military is "the finest organization on the planet." But just as importantly, he said, its members recognize the role they're playing in maintaining security around the world and see firsthand the difference they're making, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. "They particularly want to finish the job at hand," he said, noting that they see the progress they're helping
bring about.

But despite his upbeat assessment, Myers said he's concerned about what he called "the growing gap between what people are hearing back here in the United States and with what we saw on this trip." While not pointing his finger at the news media, Myers acknowledged that news coverage of activities in Iraq could be "fuller," and that news, by its nature, often focuses on negatives rather than positives. "It's human nature that we tend to go where the fire trucks...or the police cars ...or ambulance are going," he said.

Ya don't think the MSM are not the enemy by making things hard for our troops in Iraq? Nice way of showing how they "support the troop." Really, they don't with the attitudes they have about Iraq.

No? Give me a list of positive reports that the MSM have printed over the last 2 years?