Watch the First Ever Koko TV

Yes my friends. It's finally here. After many, many months it is finally ready. You can now watch the famous Koko TV and see the excellent signing fluency that will boggle your minds. Kokonut Pundits proudly presents Koko TV! Enjoy.

Mecca Collapses

Well, almost. But a building in Mecca collapsed killing at least 76 Muslims right at the start of the annual gathering of millions of Muslims in preparation for the hajj pilgrimage. Perhaps, allah willed it?

UPDATE: Apparently people do not read closely on the article in my link to it above but get their own panties in a wad about my "allah willed it" comment:

"What happened was a matter of fate and divine decree," Turkestani said.

Read the article in the link the next time, folks. There is a reason why I add links to my blogging. Some may require your brain to add two plus two to get my joke on where I got the "allah willed it" comment to the article's "divine decree" quote by a Muslim believer at Mecca. Boy, talk about being a pea-brain. Always have to spoon feed some of these guys who read my blog who just don't get it at times and give them the answers. Either that or retake English 90 again.

Congrats to Texas Longhorns...Hook 'em Horns!

Remember Wheaties? The "Breakfast of Champions"? Now, the Texas Longhorns team will grace the front box of Wheaties.

General Mills has announced plans to sell a commemorative Wheaties box featuring the Texas Longhorns.

The front of the box will feature a photo of coach Mack Brown and a Longhorns' helmet.

Texas beat Southern California in the Rose Bowl to win the national championship. The last time a college football team graced the front of a Wheaties box was 1997, when Nebraska won a share of the national title.

The Bush's send their regards to the Texas Longhorns.


Hook 'em Horns!

Jobless Claims Plunge to Five-Year Low

Jobless claims are better now than at one time when president Clinton was in office.

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in more than five years last week, providing strong evidence that the labor market is shaking off the effects of a string of devastating hurricanes.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits dropped by 35,000 to 291,000, the smallest number since Sept. 23, 2000, when the economy was in the concluding months of the longest economic expansion in history.

Remember, it's the economy stupid. And we keep bouncing right back with the econmy roaring ahead despite numerous disasters.

Dirty Hillary

Thanks for the hat tip Michelle. I've been watching this, too.

The report by Peter Paul came out yesterday regarding Hillary Clinton's falsely signed reports to the FEC in the attempt to hide his identity as her largest contributor of more than $1.2 million cash in-kind contributions to her 2000 Senate campaign. Peter Paul tells why she did this.

Why did the Clintons behave like this? Because they think they can get away with it. Now, Bill and Hillary must answer any upcoming depositions.

Hillary must now be compelled to explain why, as a candidate who was notified that false reports had been filed by her campaign relating to the largest contribution to her campaign and the identity of her largest donor, she refused to cause the false reports to be amended or footnoted, and why she allowed yet a third false report to be filed by Grossman weeks after she received various sworn pleadings and statements accompanied by checks and invoices.

This third false report, made in direct response to an inquiry by the FEC regarding earlier reports on Event 39- the Hollywood Farewell Gala Salute to President Clinton - was clearly an intentional false statement made with wanton disregard for its truthfulness, with the full knowledge, complicity and collusion of Hillary Clinton and her counsel, David Kendall. (This fact is confirmed by the affidavit of service of process of the civil suit Paul v Hillary R Clinton et al filed on June 18, 2001 and served on David Kendall on July 11, 2001).

Hillary will attempt to spin the finding by the FEC as an exoneration of her other Senate campaign committee and herself, because she was not found to be liable under FEC law. She will not refer to the fact that the FEC has no jurisdiction over Title 18 of the US Code. Her potential criminal liability based on Title 18, for aiding and abetting, conspiring, colluding with and misprisoning Mr Grossman's filing of material false statements to the FEC and the IRS, and then obstructing the federal investigation of those actions that led to the indictment and prosecution of her finance director, is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Justice Department.

Considering the accountability of others like Lewis Libby for misleading government investigators about a non-crime, the voters of New York should demand a further investigation into Hillary's own conduct in hiding the identity and the amount donated by her largest contributor from the voters before her election, and then from the government agencies after the election..

When the FEC publishes all the documents supporting their findings within 45 days, and when NY Senate 2000 is forced to finally amend its false FEC reports as provided in the Conciliation Agreement, the truth will be there for even the blind to see.

The landmark civil suit Paul v Clinton et al begins the discovery phase in early 2006, after the California Supreme Court denied David Kendall's appeals to dismiss the case against both Clintons. The testimony under oath by the multitude of witnesses to Hillary's misconduct wil challenge Hillary and Bill totell the truth in their own depositions or face the prospect of new perjury charges even more serious than those that emanated from Paula Jones' deposition of Bill.

This is going to get interesting. Isn't this all about accountability?

The Clintons' saga continues.

Shirley MacLain's Astrology Explains Michelle's Agreement with Daily Kos

According to Shirley MacLain's website on her daily astrology report, the alignment of Michelle Malkin, Kos and National Review coming together where all agree on one thing was probably due to "positive link of the Sun to Jupiter" where it "will assist you to feel and find your inner vision and be restored."

Wednesday, January 4, 2006
This is a powerful day. The Moon remains in Pisces with very good aspects to other planets, and the Sun forms a very beneficial angle to Jupiter.

The Earth is at perihelion today and so the Sun is closer to us. The planets life force as well as your own is linked to the Sun. You may want to utilize the good lunar energies with this perihelion to focus on how much you are feeling about life itself. Attune to your own energy and see if you need sustenance. The day is one in which you may be renewed. If you are low in energy or lack enthusiasm you may seek the Suns massive force to infuse you. If you are moving too fast and feel on over-load, then seek the energy of the Sun to help you to also bring balance by dissipating and burning off the excess. The positive link of the Sun to Jupiter will assist you to feel and find your inner vision and be restored. Replenishment of vitality is a flowing energy to you from these two aligned celestial bodies.

Maybe Shirely is onto something? Michelle, what do you think?

Schwarzenegger Says "No" to Deaf and Blind Death Row Inmate on Clemecy Hearing

Ok. I got your attention. Good. The guy wasn't born deaf and blind. Just late deafened and blind. Now, a death row inmate at 75 years old who is deaf, blind, uses a wheelchair and suffers from other medical conditions is a reason to get out from under an execution set for January 17, 2006? I don't think so.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he will not hold a clemency hearing for death row inmate Clarence Allen, who is scheduled to be exeucted by lethal injection January 17 for three 1980 killings.

Last week, Schwarzenegger said he would not hold any public clemency hearings for Allen, then followed that decision Wednesday with word there would be no private hearing either.

Why should Arnold hold public clemecy hearings for a death row inmate who killed three innocent people back in 1980? This would be the 4th refusal for clemecy hearings for a total of four death row prisoners who have sought clemency since he took office two years ago. If this death row prisoner is suffering so much why put it off any longer the execution? That's 25 years of money down the drain.

Meet thy Maker, and join Tookie.

Ann Coulter Makes a Point on MSM Twisting of Facts on FISA

It's nothing new under the sun with those liberal over-reaching MSM reporting on NSA and FISA when it comes to getting warrants for request on searches by omitting several well meaning key facts:

The Treason Times reported FISA virtually rubber-stamps warrant requests all the time. As proof, the Times added this irrelevant statistic: In 2004, "1,754 warrants were approved." No one thought to ask how many requests were rejected.

Over and over we heard how the FISA court never turns down an application for a warrant. USA Today quoted liberal darling and author James Bamford saying: "The FISA court is as big a rubber stamp as you can possibly get within the federal judiciary." He "wondered why Bush sought the warrantless searches, since the FISA court rarely rejects search requests," said USA Today.

Put aside the question of why it's so vitally important to get a warrant from a rubber-stamp court if it's nothing but an empty formality anyway. After all the ballyhoo about how it was duck soup to get a warrant from FISA, I thought it was pretty big news when it later turned out that the FISA court had been denying warrant requests from the Bush administration like never before.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the FISA court "modified more wiretap requests from the Bush administration than from the four previous presidential administrations combined."

In the 20 years preceding the attack of 9/11, the FISA court did not modify -- much less reject -- one single warrant request. But starting in 2001, the judges "modified 179 of the 5,645
requests for court ordered surveillance by the Bush administration." In the years 2003 and 2004, the court issued 173 "substantive modifications" to warrant requests and rejected or "deferred" six warrant requests outright.

What would a Democrat president have done at that point? Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack. Also, perhaps as a gesture of inclusion and tolerance, hold an Oval Office reception for the suspected al Qaeda operatives. After another terrorist attack, I'm sure a New York Times reporter could explain to the victims' families that, after all, the killer's
ties to al Qaeda were merely "dubious" and the FISA court had a very good reason for denying the warrant request.

Every once in a while the nation needs little reminder of why the Democrats can't be trusted with national security. This is today's lesson.

That's exactly what it sounds like on what Liberals would do. Sit back and wait for the next attack. And the next. And the next. Oh, wait. Clinton did do that and that he did nothing.

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Promises. Promises. Promises. What a sitting Liberal would do? At least al Qaeda terrorists made promises to attack America as much as possible. Get them on the Liberal team. Oh, I think they have already. They are with this NSA thing by agreeing to let terrorists make phone calls to other terrorists back home.

When Democrats Ride the Same Sinking Boat

List of Democrats who have taken Abrhamoff money
Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions to Democrats, per FEC Records

*Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500
* Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500
* Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250
* Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250
* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765
* Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950
* Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000
* Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792
* Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300
* Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000
* Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250
* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750
* Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000
* Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250
* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300
* Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550
* Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000
* Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000
* Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000
* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830
* Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891
* Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550
* Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991
* Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168
* Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200
* Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300
* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500
* Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941
* Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000
* Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500
* Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300
* Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550
* Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250
* Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) - Received At Least – $6,250

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700
Democratic National Cmte $65,720

Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000
Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500
Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000
Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000
Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500
Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000
Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000
Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523
Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250
Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000
David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000
Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000
Democratic Party of Montana $5,000
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000
Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000
Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000
Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500
Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000
Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000
Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000
Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000
Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000
George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000
Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500
James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500
Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000
Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000
John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000
David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000
Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000 - "Culture of Corruption"

Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000
Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000
Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000
Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500
Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500
Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500
Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250
Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000
Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000
Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000
Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000
Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000
Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000
Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000
John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000
Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000
Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000
Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000
Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000
Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000
Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000
Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000
David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000
Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000
Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000
Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000
Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000
Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000
Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000
Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500
Democratic Party of Washington $500
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500
Grand Total $1,541,673


Hardly makes it moot to attack Republicans when Democrats are in the same boat on taking money from Abramoff. Why the long list? Just to make a point here.

“It’s very odd that Democrats at the national and state levels have sought to exploit the Abramoff matter for political gain, while in the process throwing countless congressional Democrats under the bus,’ said Brian Nick, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).” (Charles Hurt, “Dorgan Returns Abramoff Money,” The Washington Times, December 14, 2005)

And of course, this one:

An NRSC Report Shows That Nearly 90 Percent Of Senate “Democrats Have Taken Abramoff-Related Money.” “The NRSC has begun circulating among fellow Republicans new reports showing that all but five of the chamber’s 44 Democrats have taken Abramoff-related money. In addition, the Democratic National Committee (or DEAN COUNTRY), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have taken more than $1.2 million, according to records provided to The Washington Times.” (Charles Hurt, “Dorgan Returns Abramoff Money,” The Washington Times, December 14, 2005)

See also Campaing Finance Analysis Project

See what happens when Democrats shout "QUAGMIRE!!" and end up shooting their own feet? And in the process shoot numerous holes at the bottom floor of the boat.

If you're the sensitive liberal type do not click on this link.

Thanks, Chris Muir.

Thank you Chris Muir for linking my blog, Kokonut Pundits, to your list of conservative bloggers on your website. Check it folks and the cartoons, too. It's easy to install the Day by Day script cartoon on your blogsite. Try it and spice up your blogsite.

Rob McGovern and Chris Muir

*Read my recent UPDATEs to this story at bottom of page.

I'm repeating the story here about Rob McGovern since you might of come here through a Google or Technorati search on Rob McGovern. My story about him is seen below. But first a hearty thank you to Chris Muir of Day by Day. Thank you Chris for mentioning Rob McGovern in your strip today. Maybe people will finally look him up and see the things he has done.

Chris Muir of Day by Day cartoon seen above contacted me after I explained to him about Rob McGovern, one of the many deserving unsung heros on the war against terrorism, in one of my blog. It was nearly a week ago when Chris responded to my email and loved the story, and agreed to put Rob McGovern's name in the one of the cartoon's panel. I mentioned this hint yesterday and on December 31, 2005.

Here's my story:

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 four 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: Chris informed me that the Dan Rather cartoon inclusion in his Day by Day cartoon panel was a result of my yesterday's blog where I mentioned Dan Rather in "Roll over, Dan. Roll over" (scroll down near bottom of page). He thought I'd get a big kick out of it. I sure did after finding out why he put Dan Rather after reading his email. That cartoon panel is now preserved at the top of my blog.

And now, you know the rest of the story.

BTW, be sure to check Day by Day's links on conservative bloggers seen on the left column of his website. Something new will be added very, very soon.

Thanks Chris!

UPDATE II: Thanks for adding Kokonut Pundits to your links, Chris!

Conservative Political Cartoons

Conservative political cartoons. Love them or hate them. I love 'em. Rather than shrilly nonsense most of these conservative political cartoonists make lots of sense that address the, what else, shrilly liberal and MSM crowds of today. People don’t read the comics to get banged over the head with their conspiracy theories and racist stereotypes much like Pat Oliphant's.

In the world of political conservative cartoons we have Jim Huber of Conservative Cartoons, the ever so famous Cox and Forkum, the intrepid and funny up and coming Chris Muir's Day by Day 3-panel political cartoon that never misses and skewers the issues pointedly dead on, and perhaps Mallard Fillmore by Bruce Tinsley which has been around for awhile.

But Chris Muir's strategy to get more people to notice his Day by Day cartoon drawings by allowing bloggers to link to the Day by Day script/code was a brilliant tactical move. I have done just that as seen near the top of my blogsite and readers of Kokonut Pundits will see a new panel everyday day that is changed automatically.

People hitting Chris Muir's site has steadly grown from 180,000 hits on January 2005 to 280,000 hits on December 2005, and gets over 8,000 hits a day. But the number of people downloading the script/code to their blogsites has grown considerably. Many of the major, well known conservative bloggers carry Day by Day cartoon panel on their blogsites. We all have our favorites. I started to carry Day by Day one year ago.

One of my favorite happens to be by Cox and Forkum. No conspiracy theories. No shrilling. Just pure common sense approach on educating the masses. But liberals might be a harder species to reach out to. Kind of like trying to educate an old dog new tricks. Roll over, Dan Rather. Roll over!

Now, the Day by Day cartoon is becoming another favorite among the conservative circles. It is one of my favorites as well.

Why am I bringing this up? Well, just wait and you'll find out soon.

What would we do without these conservative political cartoonists? Life would be dull and drab.

Self Serving Blanco?

Check out Rhymes with Right on Democratic Governor Blanco of Louisana and her self-serving interest and not about the victims impacted by hurricane Katrina that wrecked Lousiana.

A new law was passed in Louisana starting on New Year where

The legislation requires that any "cooperative agreement" between the state and a private entity that exceeds $1 million must get the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

But it was interesting on what was admitted prior to this new law:

Such agreements were not reviewed previously unless they dealt with bond issues, and then they had to win approval from the State Bond Commission, Brandt said.

Perhaps, they need to lower the $1 million dollar requirement to, oh, say, $500,000? Or even $250,000 since Gov. Blanco is trying to reign in spending for the state of Louisana because of the cost of Hurricane Katrina is impacting their bottom line?

Michelle Malkin has Blanco on her radar, too.

My Year End Thought for 2005

It was a great year for me, my family and my friends who are hearing, hard of hearing and deaf both in the internet and real world. The year 2005 was my first full year as a blogger as I intrepidly moved into the world of blogging where my blogsite is slowly becoming a growing and nationally known premier blogsite maintained by a hard of hearing owner.

People from around the world, even from the depths of a tyrannical and theological country, Iran, came to read my blog. Numerous well known bloggers that generate tens of thousands of hits a day such as Michelle Malkin (here, here and here), Blogs for Bush, Iowa Voice, Captain's Quarters, and Betsy's Page have linked to my blogging as an additional resource of information that I have reported on. Plus numerous other lesser known blogsites such as the up and coming common sense political bloggers Rhymes with Right and Generation Why? who have linked to my blogged articles. Even getting a call from a reporter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (scroll down a ways, Blogger.com is experiencing a software glitch offsetting some of my blogs by moving it towards the bottom) about Simich Jr. was a surprise for me where the reporter wanted my opinion for her paper about the double homicides that shook the Deaf community. Maybe someday my blogsite will get mentioned in a conservative cartoon? Wouldn't that make my day. The list of bloggers that connect to my site will hopefully continue to grow in 2006.

My goal and aim, as always, are to reach both hearing and deaf readers and bloggers from around the world regarding different aspects of what a deaf/hh person can do such as wildland fire fighting, strongman competition, deaf aikido on martial art, or even keeping an interest on a newly soon-to-be-developed-one-of-a-kind commercial spaceport in New Mexico because of my interest on space and technology, and being so close to it, too, counts alot. Even when hurricane Katrina hit the deaf/hh community hard I was there to try and help them, and many responded to me in emails of their appreciations when I set up my Deaf Survivors blog. Michelle Malkin promptly recognized my new blog to help deaf and hard of hearing survivors of killer hurricane Katrina that have killed several hundred people and stranded millions. Even then I got criticized by a few in the Deaf community for trying to help. Incredible.

I consider my Kokonut Pundits blog to be one of the most unique blog among all other deaf/hh bloggers and it should only get better with time, barring unforeseen events. My realm isn't limited to things only about deaf people or the community but about what deaf/hh people can do and that they can, too, be just as successful as the next hearing person such as Jason Curry of sComm.

Bloggers of political "savvyness" and knowledge value my blogsite where my opinion is worthy of a link. I am humbled. Honored. And get ecstatic when that happens. This is my badge of honor. My reward. A recognizance from outside of the "deaf bubble." A rare feat indeed it seems to be the case here among all other deaf/hh bloggers. Even getting a nod from Michelle Malkin one day did in fact help generate my best traffic ever of over 1300+ hits in a day on my blogsite. Probably the best response ever among deaf/hh bloggers. No lie.


For those who are not familiar with Michelle Malkin's blogsite, her blogsite generates on average almost 70,000 hits a day. A nod from her in her blog article to somebody else's blogsite will generate a tsunami in that direction. This is true from any reputable blogger that has an extremely large reader base. But the question is, how big will a nod get you? That depends on the subject or topic of discussion being thrown your way. Mine was a small one but enough to help generate 1300+ hits in a day. And that was just from a simple nod from Michelle Malkin's direction! Boy, talk about blogging power. A nod there. Poof! Instant traffic spike.

I have earned my place through legitimate, dedicated hard work in the blogging community where other bloggers, deaf and hearing, will continue to read, recognize and link my bloggings or my blogsite. Calling me a liar in that respect about my blogging connections or traffic hits is a sign of utter jealousy with a defeatist attitude. Deaf militancy is not a place in this world. If you can't stand my talking about politics and religion (or anything else I discuss) then don't read my blogsite! Attack the arguments rather than the person by calling him every name in the book. Not a very productive move. Is this is what the deaf community famous for? I hope not. And, oh, please, stop with the incessant whining about my blogsite or tell me how to do my bloggings or how I handle commenters who won't abide by my rules by keeping the comments clean here. It is just embarrassing to see such mindless rants. I certainly do not do those things about your blogsites or tell you what you should write or not write. Why should I? It's your blogsite and you're entitled to say whatever you want. But if you continue to remain clueless and whine some more about the person doing the blogging, I'll make sure I get my jollies knowing that this is the case.

Having said that, it's also sad to witness others in the Deaf/deaf community react violently to my bloggings (see here and here for explanations) and how many of them choose to bash me (rather than challenge my arguments which I would rather see) for making my political opinions or arguments known about mostly liberal (ie. extreme leftwing Democrats rather than the moderate Democrats) and RINO politicians for the most part, and even some comments on issues within the Deaf/deaf community. I bash about these politicians rather than some specific bloggers. I do not call these bloggers names and attack them with such hate, vigor and vile. It simply goes against my style, taste, sense of humour and common sense. Sure, between the line comments I'll make but that's for you to find out. That isn't bashing, that's being subtle.

Outright bashing of bloggers is the typical mindset of how some people behave when they cannot come up with a definitive argument to counter my arguments thinking a swear word or two will surely make the case. Hardly so. I truly hope that bloggers within the deaf community (and those in the hearing community, too) are much more sophisticated than that when it comes to debating in 2006. Just keeping my fingers crossed here that somebody will learn something this time, especially in politics and the rule of engagement.

The year 2006 will yield lots of surprises for readers of Kokonut Pundits. I've only just begun. Love it or hate it, I cannot possibly please everybody with my blogging. If you're trying to change my style of blogging just to accomdate or please your taste, you're out of luck. Don't even bother. But at least readers keep coming back, even from Iran of all places. That's a sign of progress in my book.

Thank you all for visiting, linking and commenting on my blogsite. I hope your 2006 will be an even better year than 2005. Prosperity and health to all. A happy New Year.

When A Communist Country Tried to Ban Christmas

Despite the continual ban (or the attempts) on Christmas in many places in the United States (such as here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here) on the good news about Jesus Christ's birth, Christmas will never go away. This was true during the darkest days of communist Russia where Christmas of any kind was banned. It was an attempt to secularize Christmas and sanitize any reference to Jesus Christ's birth or the life, death and life of our Savior.

As we head into 2006, people will continue to try and ban any references to Christmas, even to the ridiculous point of banning colors (red and green) from schools during the Christmas season.

As always, Jesus is the reason for the season and not about pagan rituals whenever December 25 arrives each year. That's the reality.

Happy New Year! 2006

Well, it's 6 hours away but I might as well ring in the new year right now. I just might not make it to midnight tonight. Whatever for? Anyways, ever wonder what other people's New Year's resolution are for 2006? Or mine? Perhaps make a New Year's resolution on abstinence? Weight loss? A New Year's resolution to exercise more? Gain weight? Become more flexible where you can bend over and touch your toes to the delight of others in a bar? Or will your New Year's resolution be not to make any resolutions at all which is probably the easiest thing to do and continue on your path to destruction?

Can anybody name some of the weirdest resolutions made? What are your resolutions for 2006?

Rob McGovern - spread the word of good deeds

Once again, for those who are not familiar with Rob McGovern, former NFL player, has done a tireless job in prosecuting Sgt. Akbar for the fragging deaths of two officers in Kuwait just days before the Iraq war and hard work done in Iraq on prosecuting terrorists. Read more about this amazing story of Rob McGovern. Spread the word and let the Nation know about one of the many unsung heros on the war on terrorism.

Bill and Hillary, Together Again.

Here's a story about how history textbooks are being skimpy in details about President Clinton's impeachment and why it took place. But that's not what I'm blogging about, although, not a surprise that history textbooks are like that. What I want to get your attention is the before and after when the "before" screencapture of Hillary's face in the story while the "after" does not even though it was through a Google ad that changes. Kind of funny seeing the article story and have a big smiling picture of Hillary right in the middle of it but hours later after going back several times the picture disappears in a different ad and hasn't been seen since, so far. Let me know if you see a picture of Hillary again in the same article story about Clinton's impeachment and the saucy details with Monica Lewinsky.

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History of Kwanzaa - anti-white holiday, anti-God, anti-American

Let's revisit Kwanzaa and see what it's really about. It's nothing religious or hardly even cultural but many people are trying to do just that. Last year I wrote a piece on Kwanzaa where I questioned it's legitimacy. It's not what you think and you'd be surprised on the history of this so-called "holiday," a political correctness run amok. Of course, whenever you have pure hate and disdain for other people by making your own "holiday." Pretty much in the same vein of a certain Deaf fellow who is trying to do the same thing on weblog awards. Michelle Malkin makes a friendly reminder not to say "Happy Kwanzaa" to La Shawn Barber. La Shawn isn't exactly white.

Map of America's Liberal and Conservative Connections to Canada

UPDATE: Captain's Quarters, please go here for my blog update on the Canadian election, and what President Bush said in his Radio Address TWO DAYS BEFORE the election. Coincidence? Check it out.

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Michelle Malkin has the story of how tolerant some of the Canadian liberals are when one high-ranking official within the Liberal Party of Canada made disparaging comments on his blog about NDP Leader Jack Layton and his wife, NDP candidate Olivia Chow.

Now, remember the blue and red state political map consisting of Democrat and Republican strongholds? Canada has a similar one except there are 4 different political leanings throughout on the Canada map.



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The colors are different in Canada where the colors are opposite than that of the United States. That is, blue is red, red is blue when it comes to Liberals/Democrats and Conservatives/Republicans in Canada in relation to the United States political map makeup. The orange colors are the NDP folks equivalent to "pinko socialists" in American terms. Now, look at the New England area or the "blue" people that sits next to Quebec. The color is neither "blue" nor "red", but French Blue (light blue color on the Canadian map). This is probably due to the historical and political connection they had ever since America was discovered.

Quebec politics--even radical independentism--is marked by liberal social democracy rooted originally in Christian humanity and social justice. As one historian observed recently, "The apple has not fallen far from the tree."

However, in and around the city of Vancouver, you can see a small patch of red in Canada and blue in the USA. Once you cross the Fraser River through Vancouver, things turn Canadian Blue (American Red - Conservative/Republican values). Once you get beyond that point it's all blue in Canada (American red).

Now, do you notice the seemingly seemless border connections between the two countries in terms of political similarities? From looking at the two maps we can actually see the physical connections with our Canadian political kin such as between Minnesota and Washington states with our northern Conservative friends seen as blue (or the equivalent of the American red for us) and the American blue with Canada's red around the Great Lakes area. Also, beyond that there seem to be a thin connection between NY and Ontario and one between Detroit and Windsor where the a thin connection seems to exist via bridges.

So, in terms of influencing our neighbors with our ideology, borders do not stop the flow of ideas and political persuasions. There's a strong tie between the two countries based on our historical and political connections.

Hat tip: Harry from British Columbia, Canada.

UPDATE: Welcome Daily Kos readers. Don't be gun shy. And please, please. show a measure of decorum around here if you plan to post a comment. It's not totally impossible, ya know?

UPDATE II: With the latest Canadian election (Jan 23, 2006), looks like the map will have to be redrawn to include more "blue" Conservatives this time. A great victory for Canada!