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While under certain circumstances such as classified operations, the way that a soldier died is very important information that the family may want to hear. If it is not known at the time, a simple, "we're investigating it and will let you know when we know more" is more then fair.

What I want to know is: would this have gotten the attention that it did had it not been Pat Tillman? A good looking young man who gave up the easy life to fight terrorism and defend his country is cut down in a sad case of friendly fire isn't the way that anyone should go. The family deserved the truth on how he died, why he died, and what mistakes, if any, were made.

I'm quite certain that those who did the firing have been devastated by their tragic mistake. However, anything that did go wrong should be corrected and if punishment is warranted, should be laid out. Sometimes accidents do happen, and there's nothing you could have done differently that would have changed the outcome.

However, if you are lying to the families about their loved ones death, you deserve whatever punishment the military dishes out. It's a simple matter of tact, honor, and honesty.

Travis
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The housing bubble has finally started to burst, but everyone knows that's not the only way to judge the economy. Thus, the economy roars on. What that means is that if you're in the market to purchase some real estate (such as I am), now or in a few months would be a nice time to get in.

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But, but, this is an outrage! They have the right to protest right? Certainly a liberal Democrat wouldn't have a problem with protesters right? Democrats are practically protesting every day. But then again, the rules on protesting only apply to when they are protesting against Republicans or the war in Iraq. You never heard of Nancy Pelosi wanting to have people removed and arrested for the recent protests over the Iraq war in Washington DC earlier this month.

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"A narrow majority in the House of Representatives abdicated its responsibility by passing a war spending bill that has no chance of becoming law and brings us no closer to getting the troops the resoures they need to do their job," the president said. "These Democrats believe that the longer they can delay funding for our troops, the more likely they are to force me to accept restrictions on our commanders, an artificial timetable for withdrawal and their pet spending projects. This is not going to happen."

Oh how I love a good fight. I especially love one where one side won't budge and the other has a reputation for throwing in the towel when things get rough. Let's see how well this bill holds up under fire.

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Now all Al-Qaeda and Insurgents need to do is wait it out, claim victory, and get more entrenched in Iraq. So the vote was 218-212. Of course, the President is threatening a veto, and rightfully so.

"The American people have lost faith in the president's conduct of this war," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "The American people see the reality of the war, the president does not."

The reality of war is that you defeat the enemy Nancy, regardless of how long it takes. You don't say "if we aren't done by this time, we quit." That amounts to surrender and terrorist propagandists will have a field day with it.

"You see! I told you the Americans would run. I told you they were a paper tiger. I told you that God is on our side." That's what you can expect. You can expect Iran to be emboldened that we won't have the stomach for a fight when it comes down to brass tacks. You can expect to be called cowards and spineless.

While most American's polled are indeed against this war, most also see the need to keep the troops there until Iraq can get on it's feet. If they are not able to do so and we pull out, there will be a massacre on a much larger scale then when we encouraged people to rise up against Saddam and we didn't back them.

Democrats love to talk about how we "weren't there" for various allies and how that "if only we had done this" things would be different. Well, we are there now and we are doing things, but they want to yank the rug out from underneath the troops and all the progress that they've made so far.

What about those who've died and were wounded? Were their sacrifices made for nothing? It is our moral responsibility to help Iraq get back on it's feet and if we don't, we'll leave it very vulnerable to those who wish to fill the power vacuum.

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And it isn't good for China. China's President Hu Jintao is going to Russia to try to get an energy deal with them. China has a bustling economy right now, and they need energy to feed that. There are many problems though that I don't think China has thought through.

First, China wants to lower the prices of energy. Russia isn't having any of that. Recent examples of Russia putting pressure on eastern European countries to increase the prices are what gives me this way of thinking.

Secondly, and more importantly, Russia has already shown that they will shut things down if things don't go their way. China can't have that. If prices to extract and refine oil go up, Russia isn't going to let that eat into their profits. They will want to pass that price increase down to China. China won't budge, and Russia will shut off the supply.

You can see where this is all going. You don't need a crystal ball to see that once China becomes reliant on Russia, there's a whole can of worms that will be opened up and one side is going to blink.

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Wow, I think I just had a brain aneurysm trying to follow the logic of Bill Clinton in this article. He's claiming "it's just not fair" that his wife is being shown in a particular light over her voting in 2002 to authorize force against Saddam.

So Bill, let me ask you something, how is it "not fair" that she's being criticized by people over the vote that she cast? The politicians voting record is the single biggest yard stick that you can use to judge how well of a job they are doing.

Would it "just not fair" to judge you for allowing Osama Bin Laden to be hit because you made a decision to let him go over an upcoming financial deal? That decision ultimately lead Osama and his henchmen to plan and carry out an attack that lead to the deaths of 3,000 innocent civilians. Would that be "not fair"?

Her vote authorized force, and force was used. Her vote wasn't "hijacked". Her vote was made, and now she has to be an adult and stand by her decision. She made numerous quotes about the threat that Saddam posed and she knew that with her vote, war was a real possibility.

She's a big girl who's very intelligent who now needs to act like an adult and you need to stop blaming others for yours and her track records.

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Rightfully so. They traded 5 Taliban prisoners for a journalist? Good going Italy, you've now shown Al-Qaeda and the Taliban that you're willing to free their people if they kidnap one of your own. How far up does a Taliban or Al-Qaeda prisoner have to be before you say no? Would you free Osama Bin Laden if they captured another Italian journalist?

What are you going to tell the families of any victims if these 5 people build a bomb and kill someone? "Sorry, we had to have this guy back, he was a really good journalist". Don't bother using intelligence and special forces to get your guy back either. That doesn't make sense at all.

Let's say that hostage swaps actually work. How about some simple math? 5 guys for 1? How is that fair in the least? 1 for 1 is fair. You guys got screwed in a major way. You let them know you're weak, you let them have more then what's fair, and you pissed off a major ally. Good going.

I still love you though. Don't think that just because you screwed up, that means I'll turn my back on you when the chips are down. You do that for friends. You rack them on the knuckles when they screw up, then you go get a beer.

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While information is a bit hard to come by, 15 British sailors have been arrested by Iranian naval vessels in Iraqi waters.

Hopefully, it's just a misunderstanding that will be cleared up shortly. However, if it is not, you can bet your ass that Iran's in for a rude awakening. I'm not going to saber rattle right yet, but hopefully, someone within Iran is going to say "uh, guys, this could get ugly". Stay tuned.

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While yes, technically we could, I wouldn't recommend it. Most countries who fought on two fronts lost miserably (Germany in WW2 comes to mind). What most people don't seem to understand is, is that Iraq is now coming into it's own, and we can start ratcheting down the troop levels as soon as they are ready. We're already starting to see progress from the troop increase earlier this year.

However, what most people also don't understand, is depending on the enemy, we may not have to fight that war. For example, if Iran decides it wants to get a bit uppity, I'm QUITE certain that the Israeli's would be more then happy to step up to the plate.

So yes, we COULD fight on a third front if need be, but I think that it would mean that we would fight a real war instead of a "bomb the shit out of them, then help them rebuild" kind of thing like we're doing in Afghanistan and Iraq right now.

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House Democrats pulled a bill to grant voting rights to Washington, D.C., after Republicans offered a motion that would repeal the gun ban for the District.

So, let me get this straight. Democrats want Washington DC residents to have voting rights within the Senate, (good), but don't want them to have gun rights (bad)? This goes to show you that Democrats truly want to ban your rights to own guns, not just Washington DC residents.

Why else would they pull this bill? There's no other reason. The NRA has warned against this for years and they've been derided as gun toting loony tune types. Now they've been proven right.

Democrats that I work with have noticed in a big way that their party is letting them down. They seem to resent it when I back up my beliefs with facts and quotes from their favorite politician.

Some people like to golf, this is my hobby. :)

Travis
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This is a double edged sword here and I am on the fence on it for a few reasons.

First off, you should be able to subpoena anyone in the country for any legal reason. That's just the rule of law. No one should be above that.

However, on the flip side, there's Executive Privilege. What that means is that the President needs to be able to keep things from others because of various reasons. The President needs to have frank, candid, and honest conversations with those in his staff to make decisions about things that effect the nation. If he has someone under subpoena, he may think twice about conversations with that person, even if those conversations were legal.

However, the issue is over the recent firings of 8 US attorneys. While I don't like it when anyone is out of work, there's nothing illegal about the firings.

Democrats are trying to find anything they can to try to discredit or impeach the President, Vice President, or any members of his staff. The problem is, they've done nothing illegal, so instead of running the country and helping unite people like they said they would, they just want to do a fishing expedition that wastes time and taxpayer money.

Travis
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You gotta be shitting me. Check this out.

The gun ban left the District with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, restricting ownership of most guns that were not registered before 1977. Privately owned rifles and shotguns were required to be kept at home and stored unloaded, disassembled or bound by a trigger lock or a similar device.

What the hell's the point of owning a gun for defense if it's disassembled? The point of having weapons available is so that if you need to defend yourself or a loved one, that it's easily available to you. My guns are locked away, but are easily available within 2 seconds. However, it's my CHOICE to lock these weapons away. It's my home, I decide how things are ran.

It amazes me that Washington DC even has this problem. A federal appeals court recently stated that the Second Amendment applies to individuals as well as "well regulated militias".

Council member Mary Cheh, Ward 3 Democrat, called the proposal to allow guns for self-protection a "dangerous, nutty experiment" that would only increase violence.

Really? Another Democrat trying to take away your Constitutional right to own a weapon? Big shocker, I know, but give me an example of how allowing people to exercise their rights would be "nutty."

Washington DC has one of the highest murder rates in the country, so allowing law abiding citizens will make that rate go even higher? It's a ridiculous notion and this person needs to be voted out of office.

If you don't want to be around guns, fine. Don't buy one. But don't infringe on the rights of others and expect them to roll over and play dead.

Travis
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In Texas. Now only if we can get that law passed across the US we'd be in business. Criminals don't like armed victims. Plus, it's WAY easier to capture someone who's escaped when they go into the hospital for a gunshot wound. :) I shouldn't be second guessed by a prosecutor or anyone else for actions I take when I reasonably believe that my life or the lives of others is in jeopardy.

I always say: it's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. If I shoot someone defending myself or anyone else, you can bet your ass that the prosecutor who decides to put charges against me will be facing a massive lawsuit.

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So, the guy would rather bolt and live out his life in America then Iraq? Well DUH. Who wouldn't want to live here? Everyone loves to complain about how America is becoming a "police state" and how everything is going to the shitter. But, obviously given the choice, this guy decides he wants to stay here, or maybe bolt for Mexico.

Yes, the guy does need to return and help his fellow Iraqi's, but who wouldn't want to live in the land that gave the world:

Carmen Electra

Elvis Presley

Pepsi

Google

Scooby Doo

Family Guy

Air Travel

High End Medical Technology

And ME!

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Well, they can't seem to keep a campaign promise. I must have done something in a previous life to earn such easy targets as Democrats. I can't imagine what that could be though. :)

Now Democrats are breaking YET ANOTHER campaign promise of not seeking to extend voting to solicit more support for a particular bill. Usually, it's 15 minutes, but:

Now in the majority and facing their first close vote with the $124 billion wartime spending bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) is leaving open the possibility that Democrats might extend the vote beyond the usual 15 minutes.

Asked Wednesday night whether Democrats would keep to the time limit, Hoyer paused, then pointed out that many votes can run a few minutes longer for various reasons. Pressed further by a reporter who pointed out that Democrats themselves had often criticized Republicans on this very point, Hoyer said, "It won't be open three hours. How about that?"

"How about 30 minutes?" the reporter asked.

"I won't guarantee it," Hoyer replied.

On their first day in the majority in January, Democrats amended the House rules to mandate that a vote "shall not be held open for the sole purpose of reversing the outcome of such vote."

But of course, Mr Hoyer doesn't seem to remember just a few short years ago when he did the exact opposite.

In a July 8, 2004, news release, Hoyer railed against GOP leaders for extending a 15-minute vote to 38 minutes in order to defeat a spending amendment offered by former Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

"House Republican leaders proved once again today that they will stop at virtually nothing to win a vote, even if that means running roughshod over the most basic principles of democracy such as letting members vote their conscience and calling the vote after the allotted time has elapsed," Hoyer said.

"They ought to be ashamed of themselves, but when it comes to holding votes open and twisting the arms of their own members they clearly have no shame,’’ he went on. “These back-alley tactics have no place in the greatest deliberative body in the world. They might be the lifeblood of the tin-horn dictator, but not a world leader. It's an embarrassment.”

The REAL embarrassment Mr. Hoyer, is your complete hypocracy when it comes to meeting your own needs. You either don't extend the vote or you do. You can't have it both ways. When you're not in power, you want a quick vote, when you are in power, you don't.

Democrats such as yourself are the reason why people's opinion of Congress is still low, even though the balance of power has shifted. The American public has seen through your bullshit campaign promises and are pissed that they've been lied to from your party.

Travis
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you pass a law that tells me how much food I can eat, or whether or not I can listen to my ipod while crossing the street, I, as an American, have every right to tell you to "go fuck yourself".

I have the right to do what I want, when I want, and say what I want, as long as I'm not infringing on the rights of others. That means if I want to eat every day at Krispy Kreme and get fat, I can. That means if I want to blow out my ears listening to Metallica, I can.

Politicians need to understand that Americans are used to having freedom to make choices about the way they live and will get pissed and vote them out of office if they try to take those freedoms from us.

For example:

New York's City Council recently called on residents to voluntarily stop using the n-word and approved a ban on metal baseball bats in high school games, because of fears that youngsters will get killed by balls rocketing off the bats. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has yet to take action on the bat ban.


Metal baseball bats have been used for decades and they are no more dangerous then wood ones. If someone wants to use the word "nigger", that's their choice. I disagree vigorously with them using that term, but that's their right as an American. You'll notice that the City Council didn't ask residents to stop using other terms like: Honky, Cracker, White Devil, Chink, Gook, Fag, or other racist or derogatory terms. People have the right to be assholes, eat fatty foods, and do unhealthy things to themselves, because we have a right to privacy and the right to be free. "Nanny" laws restrict that freedom.

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He was working for a firm that had contacts with the Obama camp. While I do believe that it was something that was done by a lone employee without the employers knowledge, I still think it was well done and funny. I don't agree with a lot of issues that Barack stands for, but you got to admit that the ad is pretty good.

Travis
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I can see why he'd want to continue, but it just doesn't feel right to me. A political campaign of this magnitude takes a huge amount of time and energy, and if it were me personally, I think I might step aside for other Democrats to try to win the Presidency.

Cancer is a nasty thing. A friend of mine just got over it and it was hell on him. You never know if it is going to kill you or not. So, therefore, time is very precious. If I were in his spot, I would want to spend every moment I could with my wife to make sure she was comfortable and healthy. But that's just me. I love my wife more then a simple political position of power.

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This is the one of those stories that pissed me off to the core. Insurgents got together, and came up with a plan, and killed 5 US troops by using disguises and SUV's commonly used by US contractors.

But today we arrested one of the guys directly tied to this attack and we're slowly, but surely dismantling the insurgent groups. This is one of those times that I'd be willing to look the other way if our guys wanted to get a few licks in. They kidnapped and murdered their buddies in cold blood. Far be it from me to tell them what to do with the guy that was directly involved.

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, if that's the case, here's 2,000 words:





Pakistan? Iraq? Iran? Nope, these little bits of truth are from Portland, Oregon. They were taken a short while ago and show the true feelings of liberals and the anti-war crowd. They don't give a shit about troops like they say they do. They don't care about the rights that they enjoy to be able to say the things they are saying being protected by the very people they are condemning.

They don't even have the balls to uncover their faces so we know who's behind these atrocious images. I've said in the past that liberals are cowards who don't support the troops, and now, without question, I have been proven correct. They are short sighted, idiotic people who have no concept of national defense. They say that they are against the war but for the troops. Bullshit, these images prove beyond a shadow of a doubt what liberals really think of our troops.

Think it's just a "small minority"? Take a look at the "fuck the troops" image. Take a look at how many people are in the background marching in this fucked up parade.

This is what you can expect from the anti-war crowd. No support, effigies, and a cowardly despicable person hiding behind a mask.

John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and others are cut from the same cloth these morons are and you can bet that they share the same feelings that these protesters showed today.

Travis
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Good job idiot. Are they all really that stupid over there in the Iranian leadership? Do they not see that they are painting themselves and their allies into a corner?

Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Wednesday the country will pursue nuclear activities outside international regulations if the U.N. Security Council insists it stop uranium enrichment.

If you do that, you can virtually guarantee that the Israeli's are going to have a say in the matter.

And of course, down the article list, Russian officials are denying that the nuclear plant they are building and the UN sanctions are linked. So it begs the question of who is right in the Russian leadership? Are they linking the nuclear plant fuel to the UN sanctions or not? Only time will tell, but you really begin to wonder who's side Russia is really on sometimes.

Travis
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When you're quoted as saying something, don't go pointing fingers because a shitstorm erupts because of your comments. It makes you look petty and weak. That goes for everyone from John Kerry, to Al Franken, to you and me. Take your lumps like an adult for things you've said and be done with it. Don't be a coward and point a finger because you said something that pissed someone off. Stand by your comments or explain what you meant by them if they came our wrong.

Travis
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Here's something you don't read about every day. An outgoing CEO of Delta Airlines is refusing a bonus and stock options because it wouldn't serve any good and would be better spent on the employees.

That's the kind of leadership that you should look for in a CEO. The kind that can look out for the employees rather then themselves. Sure, CEO's have no personal lives to speak of much and they are working constantly, so they do deserve a higher salary, but there does come a time when a person should say "enough is enough".

CEO salaries have gotten WAY out of hand lately and it's time to reign them in. Salaries for top executives should be based upon performance, length of service, and leadership. Good CEO's should be making millions if their company does well and they should be making significantly less when they are doing poorly.

A perfect example is former HP CEO Carly Fiorina. She took bonuses in the millions of dollars when HP was performing very poorly. She fired 39,000 people, and created a minor disaster when she convinced everyone to purchase Compaq. It was then found out that she had a contract that stated that she would get a bonus if the merger went through. That's sneaky and underhanded and she should have been penalized for it. However, she wasn't and when she was fired, she was given bonuses that exceeded a lifetime's worth of salary for even top engineers at her company.

If your company doubles or triples in value during your tenure, there's no problem at all for you getting a $10 million dollar bonus. If your company loses extreme amounts of money during that time, you should get no bonus and only a small yearly salary.

Travis
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America, I'm going to give you some sound advice that was given to me in my earlier years. DON'T LIVE ABOVE WHAT UNEMPLOYMENT PAYS.

If you can't truly afford a particular home, don't buy it. Look at a different home. Look in an area further away from the city. Get a room mate. My wife and I make comfortable livings doing our respective careers, and if one of us loses our jobs, we'd be fine.

Lenders: Stop financing homes to people who can't afford it. Sure, it's tempting to squeeze every dollar you can out of someone if you're a scumbag, but you're only hurting yourself and the economy if you continue to do so.

Travis
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So let me get this straight. When Islamic extremists see us doing anything even remotely wrong, they like to riot, picket, and call for the deaths of everyone around them. When they drag the bodies of dead soldiers through the streets, that's ok?

This is a typical pattern of the "poor me" crowd. They love to spout off death threats and drag people through the streets in celebration, but if you fight fire with fire, they get all uppity about it. Funny, it sounds like the same thing Democrats like to pull, admittedly not as extreme, but that's just my own observations. :)

Travis
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Normally, I wouldn't report on celebrity news, but Woody Harrelson's father passed away in the Supermax Federal prison today. He was a hitman who was hired by a drug dealer to kill a Federal judge. There was even rumors that he was somehow involved in the JFK assassination. Either way, good riddance to a man who lived longer then he should have.

Travis
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Ha! This is the best news I've heard all day. When Democrats won power in Congress, they did it with campaign promises that they had no intention of keeping. Now, only a few months in, their job approval rating is back to levels when Republicans were in control.

Let's see what Democrats have done in those two months shall we? Undermine the troops? Check. Hypocracy about changing the "culture of corruption" especially in regards to William Jefferson? Check. Exact opposite of campaign promises to remove pork barrel spending? Check. Bi-partisan promises with exact opposite actions? Check. Democrats are learning the hard way that they simply can't live up to the promises that they made before the November election.

They lied to you, now their job approval shows that people are now finding that out.

Travis
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Well it's about time the government decided to rope in those who do business with the them and try to squeeze every dollar they can out of taxpayers. This bill, would significantly restructure how business is conducted between private contractors and the government. Now, if passed, we should hear less and less about government waste when it comes to private contractors. At least, in theory.

Travis
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Tell me something, if you do a "martyr" operation, you go right to heaven right? Shedding innocent blood is strictly forbidden in the Islamic religion correct? That gets you a ticket straight to hell. I think we can all agree though, that if you put children in the back of your suicide bomb car and then get out of the car and detonate it with the children still inside, you're going right to hell.

This is the kind of monster's Muslims have had their religion hijacked by. So tell me Islamic leaders, where's the justification for murdering children? Tell me some bullshit lie about how this is all Allah's will. Some may point out Timothy McVeigh and his killing of 19 children in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building. Well he was universally condemned and he was executed for his crimes.

So let's hear it Islamic clerics. Condemn these monsters who murdered innocent children or prove me right that you're not true Muslims and you're only just a bunch of thugs.

Travis
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To tell you the truth, I don't really care if the Navy's use of sonar kills or injures wildlife. Sure, it makes me sound a bit cruel, but any tool that the Navy needs to help keep our nation and our allies safe, I'm all for.

Do you honestly think that China, Russia, or any other major military power would have a court case like this? We do more to make warfare more "humane" then anyone else on the planet. Other world powers would tell these environmental groups to "go fuck themselves", yet we give these people a voice, regardless of their cause.

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And these two idiot are prime examples. They let a toddler put a replica gun in her mouth. Regardless that the gun was a replica, do you think the child will know that when she comes across a real gun? This is exactly why some children are killed by guns in their own home. They don't understand what a gun is at that age.

My guns are locked away heavily because the children in my life aren't old enough to understand guns. When they are old enough, I will teach them about guns and especially gun safety. That way you don't have to come home from work and find your child with a bullet hole in their head and be devastated for the rest of your life.

It's because of idiots like this that we have people who want gun control to "think of the children."

Travis
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Well no shit?? You mean they aren't all rainbows and sunshine? You mean they aren't all "the victims of American propaganda and are simple, peace loving people" like they like to claim? I am shocked, SHOCKED that this is true.

It does surprise me that they would behead one captive and not the other. At least he had the common courtesy to thank his rescuers.

This is the kind of enemy we are facing here people. These people can't be reasoned with, they can't be appeased. They only understand force. When you are dealing with people who only understand force, the only way to remove that threat and truly live in peace is to capture or kill them. It's as simple as that. Regardless of what you think, the American government and military isn't "out to get Muslims" like most liberals would like you to think. This guy was kidnapped and he wasn't anything but a journalist. He was doing an interview, he wasn't threatening them or anything such as that. So don't go thinking that if we "leave them alone" things will be all peachy.

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Now if we can get "Chemical Ali", I can sleep a lot better at night. Saddam's former deputy was hanged this morning for his role in the 1982 massacre of 148 people in "retaliation" for the attempted assassination of Saddam.

He appeared frightened when he was about to be hanged. Good, I'm pretty sure that his victims were terrified during their final moments. Knowing death is a mere moment away, a million things are going through your mind. His final words: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet.” Maybe so, but the bottom line is that you won't be around to terrify anyone else and being hung for the deaths of 148 people is a pretty fair deal. Under Saddam's regime, you would have been tortured to death.

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So they are stomping their feet and not joining talks over the fact they don't have their $25 million in their account fast enough. What's to prevent them to get the $25 million and then refuse to dismantle their nuclear program? This shows you the kind of two faced people we're dealing with here.

North Korea is upset at Japan's insistence that the two nations settle issues related to Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s before taking steps to improve relations.

On Tuesday, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said Japan should drop the abduction issue and instead apologize and compensate North Korea for its 1910-45 colonial rule over Korea.

So North Korea wants Japan to drop their issue and North Korea should get an apology? They don't even have the nerve to offer apology for apology? Plus they want compensation for the colonial rule but they want to do nothing over the abductions? That's some balls the North Koreans have there. I say let the North Koreans starve it out. If they won't be reasonable about things, then they need to learn to lie in the bed they've made for themselves.

Travis
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Well it's the same as when my mother would give me a new privilege. If I abused it, she took it away. Unfortunately for the FBI, they are abusing powers that they have to track bad guys by the actions of a few.

If the FBI doesn't move swiftly to correct the mistakes and problems revealed in the report, "you probably won't have NSL authority," said Rep. Dan Lungren, R-California, a supporter of the power, referring to the data requests by their initials.

"From the attorney general on down, you should be ashamed of yourself," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California. "We stretched to try to give you the tools necessary to make America safe, and it is very, very clear that you've abused that trust."

An internal investigation showed that the FBI abused these new powers frequently. While I agree the the FBI and all law enforcement personnel need tools such as these to fight a tough battle against crime and terrorism, abusing the privacy rights of innocent American's cannot be tolerated and should be prosecuted if criminal activity upon the FBI's part is found. It's a simple matter of making this country continue along the path that was set out over 200 years ago. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Travis
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Wow, I didn't think the Democratic party could sink much lower, but I've been proven wrong yet again. During the election, they promised to cut out pork barrel spending for pet projects. Now, with the Iraq spending bill, they've added tons of new pork spending to it, including $500 million for wildfire suppression. They even managed to put in an extra $15 million for a Republican's constituents even though he didn't ask for it to be put into this bill.

It reeks of them trying to get Republicans to either vote for the bill in full, or be labeled that they voted "against the troops".

Live up to your campaign promises Democrats, or you'll find that your position as majority power holder in Congress will be short lived.

Travis
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Afraid of heights? Don't go to this little place at the Grand Canyon. A glass bottom walkway will allow visitors to see 4,000 below their feet. If you've got that kind of phobia, be prepared to piss yourself if you go there. :)

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While I agree in principle with the need for the US to reduce it's dependency on foreign oil, I think that moving from one non-renewable source of fuel to another is just pushing back the deadline for when we have to find another energy source.

Personally, I am really digging the new car that runs on compressed air. Yes, it's ugly as sin, but the concept is very neat. Now some people might claim that all you're doing is moving the pollution from the cars to the power plants. Well, first off, power plants are much easier to control pollution as you only have to worry about one source instead of thousands or millions. Plus, you can easily throw a solar panel on your rooftop relatively inexpensively that will offset your increased energy usage if you so desire. Apparently, this air run car is going on sale for around $7,500 and has a bunch of luxuries such as GPS navigation, voice recognition, keyless entry and more.

Put one of those on the market, at roughly that price, and I'll buy one off the lot today.

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Yeah...Good luck with that. The Constitution overrides all laws and there's no HOA on the planet that can tell me that I can't have guns on my own private property. When I owned a condo a few years back, I had an HOA try to tell me what I could and couldn't do, all the while trying to charge me a monthly fee. I promptly told them to go fuck themselves. Personal property and what goes on inside a home are the most sacred of privacy issues, so you can bet you'll have a fight on your hands if you want to tell a person they can't defend themselves.

Besides, if someone follows that rule and they don't have a gun when they are attacked, is the HOA liable for the attack? They left the person defenseless, so therefore, they must be held liable for any incidentals. :)

Travis
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There's rumors going around that the White House is seeking a replacement for Alberto Gonzales. Granted, it would appear that most people want his ouster for the wrong reasons: the recent firings of US attorney's. While he should have been fired on the spot for questioning the rights of heabus corpus.

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Granted it's a viral video made by internet users for Barack Obama, it's clearly creative, funny, and quite true about Hillary's beliefs.

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Get the fuck outta here! Check this little tidbit out:

Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran’s nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council, European, American and Iranian officials said.

This is the LAST thing I would have expected the Russians to do. Lately, they seem to value money over responsibility. It appears that the recent spat over payment of the nuclear plant is a driving point with the Russians. But we'll see if Russia actually follows through with their demand. If so, it seriously puts a damper on Iran's nuclear prospects.

I don't know about you, but if my trade partner called me an "extortionist" and said that I was never and will never be a reliable partner, I'd be pretty pissed about it.

Travis
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For his role in the 1982 killings of 148 people. Say what you want about the Iraq war, but the bottom line is that we're removing people who were threats to us, themselves, and their citizens. No doubt about it.

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Nope, nothing to hide here. Everything's perfectly A-OK. Does anyone on planet Earth even remotely believe that this is purely for "peaceful purposes" anymore? Even Russia and China are having difficulty in being their main trade partners when Iran keeps pushing back any doubt that they aren't making nuclear weapons.

Travis
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Sorry folks. Today got really hectic and I didn't get a chance to post a much as I would have liked today. However, I will post a few articles just so that I can feel like I accomplished something. :)

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This ought to piss off failure wishing Democrats. MOST Iraqi's believe that they are living in better conditions now than when Saddam was in power (49% to 26%). A little more then 1/4 of Iraqi's have had a family member murdered, yet they prefer life after the US invasion then under Saddam.


This is the largest poll of Iraqi's since the war began. It's the best cross section of public opinion in Iraq and yet, it shows what Democrats don't want to believe: That things in Iraq are better then they would have us believe.

Travis
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Let me ask you all something: If this guy was white, do you think this story wouldn't be on the front page of CNN? Why does he get a pass simply because he's black? He's spouting off racist thoughts and conspiracy theories that would make even the most hard core liberal think twice. The simple fact is that, yes, New Orleans is a majority black city. There's no "conspiracy" to keep black folks out of New Orleans. If there was any problem, it's with the finger pointing and conspiracy theorizing that their mayor likes to do.

Grow up Nagin, stop blaming others for your failures to rebuild the city you're in charge of. Did it ever occur to you that some people, white or black, may think twice about moving back to a city that's 20 feet below sea level after unprecedented flooding? Maybe they don't want to come back to a city where the police force illegally confiscated guns from law abiding citizens during hurricane katrina? Maybe they're tired of living in a city where the mayor likes to point fingers instead of rebuilding a city devastated by a level 5 hurricane.

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What this is is just smoke and mirrors. They want to get the money flowing again from international aid. Hamas is a terrorist organization that was voted into power by the Palestinian people.

They need to be shown that when you vote a terrorist into power, your government is treated like a terrorist nation. That means no international aid, no peace talks, no nothing. Your way of life shuts down because you thought the best person for the job was someone who supported or planted bombs on buses, school yards, and night clubs to kill as many people as possible. When you vote someone like that into power, you have no right to complain when you're treated like a pariah.

Travis
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Certainly. I would think that leaking of a CIA operatives identity would hurt morale and make others question their motives if they believed that they would be exposed. That's why Libby was prosecuted and if anyone else was found to have leaked it, they should be prosecuted as well.

Intelligence gathering is a very sensitive operation and morale has to be as high as possible at all times. They need to know that they are working for a greater good and that those in power won't reveal state secrets or their identities. Libby was found guilty for his portion of this crime and he needs to be severely punished for his role. If Bush, Cheney, Pelosi, or any other person in power knew of this and did nothing or, worse, they need to be thrown in prison for a very long time.

Travis
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A funny little article about how a zinc mine lined the pockets of Al Gore all the while polluting the environment. Ever since Al Gore came out with his movie "An Inconvenient Truth", there have been attempts to discredit him left and right. While I do agree that we should be reducing our dependence on foreign oil and reducing our pollution of the environment, Al Gore's hard push has made him a big target by people who want to expose him as a hypocrite.

Travis
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Certainly the stuff of conspiracy theories, but did Robert Kennedy have something to do with Marilyn Monroe's death? An FBI document certainly adds to the air of conspiracy that he did.

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A husband of a teacher who slept with her student has been charged with murdering that student in a blind rage. What I don't understand is why he chose to kill the boy rather than his wife? You would think that he would kill her first instead of the boy or along with the boy. Either way, it's a warning to all married teachers out there, you never know who you're married to and even normal, everyday people, under extreme circumstances, can snap and murder someone.

I'm certainly not condoning what this man allegedly did, but it does happen.

Travis
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I bet there's a ton of men who's sweating like Michael Jackson in a daycare right now because their names, addresses, and phone numbers are in this woman's little black book.

This is the core problem with prostitution. You have men, who just want sex, who go to illegal means to get it, and now they have to deal with the repercussions of that decision. You can bet there'll be some fights, breakups of families, and even some trips to the doctor to check for various diseases.

Personally, I don't see a problem with prostitution. It's sex between two consenting adults, but there's a financial transaction also in place. I don't visit prostitutes because of fear of disease and fear because my wife owns a gun. :) I also don't visit prostitutes because it's illegal. Let's see if this becomes the media circus like the trial of Heidi Fleiss did.

Travis
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This idiot has been spouting off for quite some time, so