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Take a look at this Navy SEALS' interview. It's a bit long at 13 minutes, but it's riveting stuff. This is the sole survivor of an attack that claimed the lives of 19 Navy SEALS over the course of a day.





Travis
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The House voted today to cut off all foreign aid to Saudi Arabia.

"By cutting off aid and closing the loophole we send a clear message to the Saudi Arabian government that they must be a true ally in advancing peace in the Middle East," said Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat.

"Saudi Arabia propagates terrorism. We all know that 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi," said Rep. Shelley Berkley, a Nevada Democrat. She added that Saudi youths had entered Iraq to "wage jihad" against U.S. forces fighting there.

Lawmakers also complained that with Saudi Arabia's vast wealth from oil revenues, U.S. taxpayers do not need to subsidize training Saudis.

"With poor countries all over the globe begging us for help, why are we giving money to this oil-rich nation?" Berkley said.

These are DEMOCRATS making these statements. That's like me telling you how you should all vote for Hillary. It's simply a mind boggling event that I'm glad these two Democrats have come about to think. Saudi Arabia has been a flaky friend at best. At times, they can be very helpful and forthcoming about many things. But on the flip side, state sponsored schools teach violent jihad against Americans and Jews.

But they do have a valid point. If the Saudi's want to be true friends, then let them show it. And the American taxpayer shouldn't have to fund it either.

Travis
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You mean to tell me that because Michael Moore hand picks his statements and tries to manipulate the circumstances that Democrats might have a problem with his misleading, almost lying on camera?

Well, they didn't have a problem with it for Fahrenheit 9/11 because it attacked George W. Bush. But they do have a problem with it now when the subject is something that they are directly responsible for and can actually do something about. Now it's a totally different ballgame to Democrats. Now, where's my popcorn?

Travis
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A new report states that Iran had come up against Australian troops boarding a ship for inspections with heavily armed speedboats like they did with the British when they took the British sailors hostage a few months ago. The only difference was that the Australians took cover on the ship, aimed their weapons at the Iranians and "made "very overt gestures''.

Now, I'm not going to say that the British were wrong and the Australians were right. You never know how things were at the moment in time when each incident happened. But it does show you that the Iranian government is trying to pull some shenanigans against boat patrols to flex it's military muscle.

I do notice though that they don't pull this bullshit with US Navy boats. Perhaps they know we'd slaughter them in an instant and do it with overwhelming firepower? Perhaps they are too chicken to do so and think that Britain and Australia are easier targets? Or it could be blind luck. Maybe they've only come across British and Australian boats. Regardless of the circumstances, I am glad that the Australians let them know who's boss in that situation, because it let's the Iranians know that if they want a fight, they'll get one.

Travis
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It appears that North Korea's nuclear weapons program may shut down within three weeks if North Korea doesn't pull any shenanigans.

In his interview with CNN, Hill warned that there was still a "long process" ahead, but added that he believes North Korea will do what's needed to fully dismantle the facility.

"The actual disabling, where you break it and it can't be brought back online, we're talking about a few months to get that step done."

So within a few months, barring any underhanded bullshit from North Korea or their ally Iran, their nuclear program will be shut down completely, and permanently. This is all the while without having to fire a shot or kill anyone. Isn't this what Nancy Pelosi called hypocracy on the Bush administrations part for the proposed amendment to her traveling to terrorist supporting nations? Hmm...makes me wonder what's on the horizon for Iran.

Travis
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There's even reports of various things going right in Iraq. You'd think that the new way of thinking and the additional troops are starting to work. You'd start to think that Harry Reid was full of shit when he said "the war is lost".

Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of the Multinational Corps-Iraq, said on Friday that three developments suggest progress for U.S.-led troops in Iraq.

Hmm...I wonder if Democrats or the idiots at Daily Kos have anything to say about this? Good job guys, keep up the good work!

Travis
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There's an amendment put out by Republican Steve King that would prohibit Nancy Pelosi from using tax payer funds to go to terrorist nations such as Syria and Iran.

This amendment may not go anywhere, but it is important because the issue was raised in the Senate about Pelosi's inappropriate behavior in dealing with rogue nations.

Of course, she's trying to deflect blame:

A spokesman for Pelosi brushed off the amendment as a partisan attack.

“How can anyone take this amendment seriously, especially when it comes on the same day that Bush Administration officials are in North Korea? And why would anyone think it is responsible to restrict the ability of the Speaker of the House to bring the concerns of the American people to foreign leaders? It is part of the Speaker’s job,” said spokesman Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for Pelosi. “This amendment is a cheap political stunt that just won’t fly.”

Officials are in North Korea because they are finishing up the agreement between them and North Korea about their nuclear weapons program. IT'S THEIR JOB! Plus, people want to restrict your ability because A) it's not your job, and B) you screwed up messages that were sent from both sides of the fence between Israel and Syria. You're liable to fuck up more things and send mixed signals to nations that need to hear only one message.

It's not a "cheap political stunt" if you're fucking things up and it's not your job. Just like it wouldn't be right if I came into your office and started doing your job (although lately it seems like just about anyone could do your job since you've accomplished basically ZERO since the November 2006 elections)

Travis
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Nah, just kidding. After the whole "knighting Salman Rushie" bit, they decided to bestow Osama Bin Laden with the title of "Saifullah", which loosely translated means "cocksucker in the sights of the American government".

Here's the part that gets me:

The group, which says it is working for religious harmony, urged President Pervez Musharraf to call an emergency meeting of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference to press Britain to withdraw the Rushdie accolade.

Right....you're working for "religious harmony", yet you take something done to you and turn it into something you need to seek revenge for. I'm not saying you have to be all cozy up to people, but don't bullshit everyone and claim that you want "religious harmony" then bestow an award on someone who murdered 3,000 people.

Salman Rushdie insulted your prophet in your eyes (I don't know for sure as I've never read the book), so you think it's equal to insult the worlds citizens by honoring Bin Laden? Yeah good luck with that "religious harmony" bullshit you're trying to sell to everyone.


But there's an added twist:

A comment piece in Britain's Daily Telegraph said that if Pakistan was so angry about the issue, it should return the STG480 million ($A1.14 billion) in aid promised by Prime Minister Tony Blair last year.

“If this is tainted money, it can presumably be returned,” it said.

But in the Pakistani Parliament Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League party, said that Mr Blair was “personally and mentally against Muslims”.

They have a point. If they are so enraged by this, then they shouldn't take the money. But that won't happen because they're hypocrites who'll gladly take money from "infidels".

Travis
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Now, everyone here knows I support Bush and Cheney on many issues, however, I think Cheney needs to take a look at the Constitution before he makes dumb statements like this.

The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney told an agency within the National Archives that for purposes of securing classified information, the Vice President's office is not an 'entity within the executive branch' according to a letter released Thursday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Article II

Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows:

There ya go buddy, now you won't have to worry about making dumb statements like that again. But just for the record, so you know. There's three branches of the Federal Government. The executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Here's a picture in case you're confused by all the large words Cheney.

Sometimes the people you vote for say and do some of the dumbest things and then you wonder how the hell they managed to get up the ladder of government without having a basic understanding of how things work.

Travis
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This is the kind of military operation I can get behind. The Lebanese army is telling the militant leaders in a Palestinian camp that if they don't surrender, they'll continue to get bombarded until there's nothing but rubble left.

"It is foolish to fight a war without all your might". I might have butchered that last statement, but I don't want to look it up at the moment. :)

Travis
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Take a look at the story below. I am having a spirited debate with an anonymous person over my calling out Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich over their vote of "no" on the resolution to ask the UN to hold the Iranian President responsible for breaking international law for his "wipe Israel off the map" comment.

Travis
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So if a leader of a country calls for the destruction of another, that's against international law. The Senate voted yesterday to ask the UN to hold Iranian President Ahmadinejad responsible for his comments and charge him with a crime. The vote was 411-2-11-8.

Those who voted against? Kucinich and Paul. Two Presidential candidates. If they don't have the balls to stand up against someone calling for genocide against another country, they certainly shouldn't be the leader of this nation.

Think about that for a moment. If they won't hold someone responsible for their threats, who's to say how they'd react against threats to the United States? They aren't willing to hold a guy who has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel, who's actively seeking nuclear weapons, for his threats.

The US gets threats all the time. To be President, you have to have the trust of the American public. These two idiots have shown that they can't be trusted to protect the American public or it's allies.

Travis
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Wow. The latest Gallop poll shows Congress has an approval rating of just 14%. Bush's current approval rating is higher at around 29% or so.

I love how liberals cheered with glee when they won power in Congress in November. Now they are all slowly finding out that they were lied to about what Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha, and their ilk promised. Remember ending the "culture of corruption"? Remember Nancy claiming that she was going to run "the most open and honest Congress in history"?

In cases like this, it's always fun to say "I told you so".

Travis
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We're sorry you got offended by the Salman Rushdie knighting bit, but go fuck yourselves. You bombed our trains and we don't give a shit if you're pussy little feelings were hurt by it.

Earlier, Home Secretary John Reid said Britain would not apologise for making the writer Sir Salman, despite the protests.

"We have very strong laws about promoting racial intolerance. It isn't a free-for-all. We've thought very carefully about it," Reid said.

"But we have a right to express opinions and a tolerance of other people's point of view, and we don't apologise for that."

The interior minister said the government stood by the award, announced at the weekend in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours List.

"I think we have a set of values that accrues people honours for their contribution to literature even when they don't agree with our point of view," he said.

"That's our way and that's what we stand by."

Travis
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You can bet your sweet ass that this'll make gas prices rise like crazy. $29 BILLION in new taxes or tax cut removals won't be coming out of the pockets of oil companies, they'll be coming out of your pocket. However, I want some accountability on the part of Congress to actually take that money and use it towards alternative fuels. I want all electric cars to become more prevalent on the roads. I want hydrogen cars to be on the horizon, not just prototypes.

I want solar/wind power options on new or existing homes. I'm currently looking at solar for my home as it makes more sense then wind at my location. If politicians are serious about getting off of foreign energy sources, then we need to make a real, 100% effort, not just some sound bite, feel good legislation that only accomplishes to take more money out of your pocket because oil companies pass on the taxes onto you.

So let's roll up our collective sleeves, give new ideas a shot, even if they are off the wall ones. Rethink how we get around, how we heat and cool our homes, how we commute to work. This is the greatest nation on earth and we've adapted when faced with monumental problems, this one is no different.

Travis
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This is the one part of illegal immigration that I side with the immigrants with. If someone comes to this country and is willing to join the military and fight and possibly die for the US, I think that after the military service is up and they get an honorable discharge, they automatically get American citizenship for them and their immediate family (wife, children, etc.)

If that person serving is killed in action, then the family still gets the citizenship. That really says something loudly if someone is willing to come to a country and fight for that country. When was the last time that you heard Hollywood types when they said they would move to Canada if Bush won the election that they would join the Canadian military? Oh that's right, they didn't. They didn't even have the God damned nerve to actually move. It was all bullshit to drum up votes.

Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, who has been missing since his unit was attacked by insurgents in Iraq on May 12, had petitioned for a green card for his wife, Yaderlin, whom he married in 2004, Boston's WBZ-TV reported Tuesday.

If Mr. Jiminez's body is found or he's found alive and is honorably discharged, the most honorable thing to do would be to give citizenship to him and his wife. "We're sorry for everything you've gone through, but welcome to America".

When was the last time any of you actually did something to defend this country or to make it a better place to live? Tell me! Reply to my article below, tell me how you're making this place a better place to live for you and your family.

Travis
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I told you that Chinese civilians were starting to get pissed about the "Great Firewall of China". Now that CNN has finally gotten on the ball, you're starting to see articles about ordinary Chinese civilians getting pissed that they are being told what they can and can't see/read/do on the Internet.

Listen CNN, stop reading my site and taking my articles. At least have the common courtesy to link to my posts and give me credit. Of course, that's just my own ego talking. I'm sure they've got a crack team of reporters researching every topic in the world.......damn I almost said that with a straight face. :)

Travis
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Well at least they were kind enough to include the Taliban for hiding amongst them when they started placing blame. However, they aren't handing Taliban/Al-Qaeda members over as quickly as they should. If we have no reason to believe that they are hiding amongst the civilian population, then we have no reason to drop bombs or run a raid against them.

Perhaps they would have liked it more when a good portion of the American public wanted to drop nuclear weapons on Afghanistan right after 9/11 like I did. At least had I been President, I would have given the Taliban 12 hours to hand over Bin Laden and his thugs or point them out to us, or THEN they get a nuke dropped on them.

Sure it would have killed thousands of innocent people, but I was angry enough at the time where I didn't care. Had we done it, I don't know if I would have cared to this day. You can bet if we had, Iraq and Iran and North Korea would have a COMPLETELY different outlook towards the United States. In the back of their minds they would be thinking "America isn't fucking around anymore, maybe we should cut the bullshit".

But that was then and this is now. The United States does more to avoid civilian casualties then any other nation on earth. What do you suppose the reaction would be if we took a scorched earth policy?

I'm not saying that a civilian death doesn't mean anything. We take as much care as possible to insure that that doesn't happen, but unfortunately, this is war and in war, bad things happen.

Travis
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Michael Bloomberg announced today that he's leaving the Republican party after 6 years, and the previous years before that in the Democratic party. He's now an independent. He's made statements that lead everyone to believe that he's thinking of running for President.

However, it's an uphill battle as Ross Perot can attest to. Yes, you can become a world class Presidential candidate with enough money, but the question is, can he sway voters towards him? Or will he merely sway voters away from one political party over another?

Travis
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It appears that battle lines are being drawn up around the world in the Fatah/Hamas breakup, and Fatah is winning hands down.

He ruled out any talks with Hamas "traitors" who "conducted a coup against legitimacy."

"They do not deserve to be involved in any dialogue," Abbas said. "There will be no dialogue with Hamas no matter what."

That's what they all say at the beginning of a conflict. However, as time passes, we'll see if he actually adheres to those words. Granted, I'm no fan of Fatah, but if they can destroy Hamas, I'm all for it.

Travis
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If New Yorker's are going to start paying homeless people for things that you and I do on a regular basis, then I'm moving and saying I'm "homeless".

Take a gander at this:

Poor residents will be rewarded for good behavior - like $300 for doing well on school tests, $150 for holding a job and $200 for visiting the doctor - under an experimental anti-poverty program that city officials detailed Monday.

So for just HOLDING A JOB, a person would get $150 a month. Well I already have a job, does that mean I'm going to get that same $150 a month? Or does that just apply to people who didn't pay attention in school and won't get off their asses and better themselves? I did very well in school (Calculus by 10th grade...got an A), and you know what I got for it? I got to have a better job, make better wages, and live more comfortably then those who didn't.

This is what's wrong with America today. People love playing the victim and want to just give away funds that could go towards better things. If people don't like being poor, they get a Pell grant and go to college and get a better job. If they don't like being homeless, they go to a shelter and get fed. I'm sick and tired of people who have the "poor me" attitude when the only person who's responsible for their predicament is them.

I didn't always live well. I went to college with holes in my shoes and rode the city bus for 2 hours one way. I studied my ass off, got good grades, and got a career going. I saved my money, bought a condo, and lived under my means. I never begged for money. I never took out a loan that I never paid back.

If I can do it, anyone can. It has NOTHING to do with your race, religion, creed, or sexual orientation. This is America. You want to live a good life? You earn it. Work hard, pay attention in class, work well under pressure, work smarter then your peers, and you can have the largest house with the best cars and the finest women in the world. All it takes is initiative and drive. You don't have initiative and drive? You don't get jack.

Travis
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Well we should simply not take the side of Fatah over Hamas! So I guess that means that good old Jimmy would take the side of Hamas then? He even has the nerve to say that the Bush administration not accepting the Hamas led government as "criminal".

Would you like to talk about "criminal" Mr. Carter? How about allowing a hostage situation to go longer then a year? How about giving away the Panama canal that we owned? How about the dismal failure of your administration? You mean to tell me that if a country elected Al-Qaeda as their government it would be criminal to not recognize that group?

You're a fucking moron Carter.

Travis
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Hey thanks for vindicating my last several months of rallying against Democrats who promised everything but delivered nothing. Way to get on the ball CNN.

When Democrats regained control of Congress last fall, they promised to create the most honest, open Congress in history.

"We will bring transparency and openness to the budget process and to the use of earmarks," Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi said in December 2006, "and we will give the American people the leadership they deserve."

Democrats said that Republicans had corrupted the earmark process while they controlled Congress.

This is what I've been saying sine just after Democrats came to power. I've shown you all the hypocracy that Democrats have shown towards what they promised on the campaign trail, but failed to deliver. I wonder if I can yell at the CNN news people for stealing my thunder. :)

Travis
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Well at least Obama is taking my advice. He's ripping into other Democratic candidates over their stance on the Iraq war.

"We knew back then this war was a mistake," Obama said in a rousing speech frequently interrupted by applause. "We knew back then that it was dangerous diversion from the struggle against the terrorists who attacked us on September 11th."

Of course it's easy to say that now. Yes, there's evidence that he was against the Iraq war from the beginning, but he was lucky enough not to have been put into a position where he was made to make a choice for war or not.

But that doesn't matter. What matters is how he can portray that feeling of being against the war to votes from the most liberal of voters. With an 11% deficit to make up against Hillary, he surely needs anything he can get to get the Democratic Nomination.

Travis
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When you run away from a fire, man with a gun, or have a heart attack, special people come to your aid. You hope one day that you never have to meet these people while they are on the job. You hope you only meet them in a social setting.

I know I've had to meet these people "on the job" more than once and sometimes it's terrifying. You never think of these people because you don't hear about them in your regular, everyday life. However, there are times when you hear about them because they died doing things that others won't or can't do.

Unfortunately, this is one of those times. Nine firefighters were killed today after the roof of a warehouse collapsed upon them. Here are the names of the fallen:

Capt. William "Billy" Hutchinson

Capt. Mike Benke

Capt. Louis Mulkey

Engineer Mark Kelsey

Engineer Bradford "Brad" Baity

Assistant engineer Michael French

Firefighter James "Earl" Drayton

Firefighter Brandon Thompson

Firefighter Melven Champaign

So the next time you hear a siren, think about the men and women who are racing to save those in need. They will gladly race to save you, and it's only right to remember that for the society we live in to run smoothly, we need heroes.

Travis
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So I'm driving into work this morning and I'm noticing traffic is a bit heavier then normal. So I assume there's an accident or some people are rubber necking something on the other side of the freeway. Traffic is slow for about 5 or so miles, and when I get to the source of the problem, there's a US Army Hummer off to the side of the road broken down.

No one bothered to help these soldiers. No one pulled over to see if they needed assistance, nothing. So since no one else would, I pull over and hand them my cell phone and let them call their Commanding Officer. We exchange pleasantries and they thank me for my phone and I thank them for their service (nice bunch of folks really), but it irritates me that there was traffic for MILES and no one thought to pull over to help these people.

Granted I work in one of the most liberal city in the nation, but you'd think that if people would actually "support the troops", they'd actually do something when they can help someone in need. I guess not.

Travis
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Iran has complained to the UN over Israel's threat for military action if nothing is done about Iran's nuclear program.

"I wish to inform you that, emboldened by the absence of any action by the Security Council, various Israeli officials have unabatedly continued to publicly and contemptuously make unlawful and dangerous threats of resorting to force against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Zarif said in the letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, dated June 11. He also sent a copy to the president of the Security Council.

Sooooo....what about the whole "wipe Israel off the map" bit from your President? Is that not "unlawful and dangerous"? What about your support for Hezbollah, which in it's charter, calls for the destruction of Israel?

This is a classic example of redirection. They know they are in a corner over their nuclear program and they are trying to deflect attention away from their nuclear program and the inevitable sanctions that will follow.

Zarif faulted the council for not condemning the statements and "for pushing for statements against Iran based on various distortions and unsubstantiated allegations ... in a failed attempt and tired smokescreen to distract the international community's attention from the real and serious threats that the (Israeli) regime poses to international and regional peace and security."

See? I told you so. :) So what's the "real" issue? A country saying "hey, they have a covert nuclear weapons factory going and if you don't do something about it, we will" or the country that is covertly trying to make nuclear weapons?

Travis
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You'd think after the billions in aid and the massive reconstruction that's going on in Iraq, you wouldn't have stories like these. Our soldiers on patrol found an orphanage where the children were chained to cribs and left to wallow in their own filth and starve. All the while, the kitchen and offices were filled to the brim with clothes and food.

"I got extremely angry with the caretaker when I got there," Capt. Benjamin Morales said. "It took every muscle in my body to restrain myself from not going after that guy."

Feel free to go after him Captain Morales, no one here would blame you for giving him a beating. Hell, the Iraqi's wouldn't blame you for giving him a beating. But you're a better man then I am, I would have gone after him.

Travis
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I actually didn't believe it when I read that Email up until recently wasn't considered "reasonably private". The courts have ruled though that email users should "reasonably expect" emails to be private and that the government needs a warrant to read them.

I should hope so! When I write to a person, I expect that that person, and only that person will read it. Maybe share it with a spouse or someone in the house, but not have the government snoop on it without a warrant. It's one thing if the government has reason to believe that a terrorist attack or a crime is about to be committed. It's quite another for the government to break the law as the FBI is shown to have done almost 1,000 times since 9/11 according to their own internal audit.

If the people who's privacy was shown to be invaded and they were innocent of any crime sued, the FBI would be broke in no time flat. Say an average settlement is $1 million, then roughly 1/2 of the people who's privacy was invaded were innocent of any crime, that's $500 million dollars in FBI screwups.

That's a lot of money, I don't care who you are.

Travis
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Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Barack Obama into double digit territory 33-21%. That's an alarming lead for the Obama camp. They have got to come out with some real substance if they plan on overcoming a lead like that. It's not to say that it's impossible, it's just going to be very difficult.

Here's some things that Obama can do to raise his popularity.

Come out with a plan. People like someone who's personable. But they like someone more who's personable AND has an idea on how they want to run this country. Healthcare, War, Welfare state issues are all things that Democrats look for in a candidate (notice how I put a little zing in there? :) ) If Obama just makes grandiose speeches and doesn't back it up with real substance, he faces an uphill battle that will soon become straight up.

Work well with others. Obama needs to show that he's willing to work with rival Democrats AND Republicans. It can be small stuff, but it will show on the fence voters that he's willing to build bridges rather than play partisan politics.

Use the Internet better. The Internet is an invaluable communications medium that if harnessed right, can bring someone from relative obscurity, to the nations spotlight (See Ron Paul for an example). Recently, the Obama folks got a little heavy handed with a guy who was running a MySpace site dedicated to Obama. It was a very supportive website and if the Obama camp played it right, they could have had thousands of additional supporters. Instead, they got heavy handed and alienated the very people trying to help get him elected.

If these things are followed carefully, I'm willing to bet that Obama can actually beat Hillary for the nomination. He certainly speaks well, he just needs to add a bit more to put him over the top. It's not to say that people like him more then her. It's more that people like him a little but hate her more. Play those two characteristics together and you have a Democratic nomination.

Travis
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My wife has to deal with fuckers like this on a daily basis. It's a part of her job. So it's always heart warming to find out when police have nabbed hundreds of pedophiles and they face dozens of years in jail.

Of course these children's lives are forever altered, but they won't be harmed anymore. I don't know if any of you know about the hierarchy of the jail system, but child molesters are the lowest form of life. They are usually made to be the "bitch" and are assaulted and even killed while serving their jail sentences.

There's whole wings of the prison set aside for child molesters because of the danger they face. Many "normal" criminals have children of their own. Their child is usually the only light and happiness that inmate has on the outside world, and to have someone sitting next to them that is in there for harming a child, it's usually enough to make an inmate snap an assault the child molester. Enjoy your 20+ years in jail fucker, it's going to be like a lifetime in there for you.

Travis
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If they reneg on this deal, I say we cause way more than $25 million in damage that we forked over that was frozen in various bank accounts.

The North Koreans have had chance after chance to get aid for no nuclear weapons and they've renegged on deals before. They need to know that this is the carrot as opposed to the sanctions, bombing runs, and starvation sticks that they will face if they try to back out of the deal.

I'm not trying to sound like I'm saber rattling, but this deal could have been hammered out years ago. They could have come to us as friends and said "hey, we're running into some trouble here, can you help us out"? But they didn't. They tried to bully their way towards getting aid. They shared nuclear secrets with Iran. They basically went at it the wrong way. Now, if they do decide that a deal's a deal, then fine. But they need to know that this is their final chance.

Travis
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Hmm. Do we take the side of a militant group that is calling for the destruction of Israel, or do we take the more moderate militant group? Difficult to choose sides, but if we must back one to destroy the other, then we back the more moderate one until both sides are tired of fighting. Divide and conquer I always say. :)

Travis
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I normally don't report things like this, but I feel that it's important for people to know about. An airstrike was called in for a suspected Al-Qaeda safehouse. 7 children were killed along with several militants.

Now, most Islamic folks and liberals will point to this and call our men and women over there "baby killers", but here's a statement from the man on the ground: "We had surveillance on the compound all day and saw no indications there were children inside the building," said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, spokesman for the Coalition.

Here's why I believe him. In the years leading up to 9/11, we had several opportunities to kill Osama Bin Laden. We called off the strikes for various reasons, but one reason that was completely legitimate was the fact that on satellite photos of the area, a playground was discovered. We called off the airstrikes because we didn't want to kill children to get to Osama. If we're willing to call of airstrikes at Osama because children might be in the crossfire, then it's perfectly believable to think that they had every reason to believe that children weren't there if there were no signs of them all day long.

It's sad when children die. It's especially sad when they die because they happen to have relatives who are militants and they are within the vicinity of these children. Unfortunately, I don't think this will be the last time we hear of innocent people caught in the crossfire because of wrong place, wrong time.

The only way to solve this is for people to start turning in militants left and right. If they do that, they have a significantly less chance of getting hit by bombs or bullets.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Here's a good view of how these idiot think:

"If somebody has to attack by strapping bombs to his body to protect the honour of the Prophet, then it is justified," Pakistani Religious Affairs Minister Ijaz-ul-Haq told the national assembly.

So under that same logic, I have the right to plant a bomb inside a mosque if someone inside insults my religion? That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a while. NO ONE has the right to kill another person for the things they've said to offend you. That's called murder.

He said Pakistan should sever diplomatic ties with Britain if it did not withdraw the award, adding: "We demand an apology by the British government. Their action has hurt the sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims.

"We demand that Britain should refrain from such acts which hurt the sentiments of Muslims and take back the title of Sir given to Rushdie," parliamentary affairs minister Sher Afgan said.

Oh absolutely. Just as soon as Muslims, as a large minority, stop supporting suicide bombers, attacks on civilians, and oh yeah, beheading innocent people. If you want people to stop being "Islamaphobic", perhaps you should give people a reason to be nice to you instead of having a reason to be suspicious of you.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised because Washington DC is practically surrounded by water. With running water, any barrier put up is just another mineral it has to erode over time.

The important thing is to make sure that whatever fix that is needed is a permanent one. Jefferson is one of the founding fathers of this country and a memorial to him must be preserved just as much as the other "important" memorials such as the Lincoln and Washington Monument. Of course, with memorials and a tourist attraction that it is, you need to fix the problem permanently but also do it in a way that doesn't interfere with the day to day operations of the memorial.

It's similar to the problems faced by the transportation folks when they replace a bridge or expand a road. Those problems must be fixed without interrupting traffic too greatly.

I'm sure that other monuments across the nation have similar problems, but we have to make sure that those monuments are there for future generations to understand who we are as a people.

Monuments are just reinforced concrete and steel. It's the words, the meaning, and the ideas that make it worth something. When you are at a national monument, you get an up close and personal touch to the rich history this nation has and you start to understand that these memorials were to people who risked everything, including their homes and families, to bring forth a new nation that their children and grandchildren might grow up and live under a new freedom that was thought impossible in any other nation on earth.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today got himself a new cabinet and outlawed the Hamas militant militia as well as the executive part of that group.

Now, only a few hundred deaths, some disruptions to the Palestinian infrastructure and you'll start seeing world governments trying to step in to "solve" the crisis. Of course, since American's are involved in Iraq and there's violence there, world governments don't want to call for peace there.

Is this the end of the Hamas political government? I would certainly hope so, but only time will tell if it's really the end or just a violent bump in the road. There is something to be said though that throughout this nasty episode, Israel has said that with Hamas having problems with the Palestinian government, the road to peace is more likely to happen without them (Hamas).

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

This is the kind of program I can get behind. Australia has now said that almost 80,000 people who are on long term welfare (2 years out of work or longer), must now work for their benefits. Although I don't agree with the terms of the work program, 25 hours per week for 10 months out of the year, I can get behind the general idea of the program.

Why should hard working Australians tax money go towards able bodied people who haven't worked in more than 2 years? Sure, if someone's disabled they can't do a lot of jobs, but there's tons of work that can be done even if you have a disability.

There's no reason why people should be able to sponge off of the government. No one wakes up with me at 6 in the morning and drags their ass into my office and deal with the level of complexity I have to deal with in my job. So why should I pay for someone who sleeps in until noon and plays xbox all day? That's the common theme throughout the world, Australia included. People work for a living and it's not fair for them to pay towards someone who isn't pulling their own weight.

Now Bill Clinton did something similar in the 90's, but I think we can take it a step further here. Take a page from the Australian playbook and make it mandatory that ALL able bodied people must work for their benefits. There's literally a million things that need to be done that the government needs help with, so why not take the massive pool of people you have and put them to work doing what you need done?

I'm even willing to take it a step further and allow prison inmates to work for private companies. The companies get a break on minimum wage laws, they have an almost unlimited pool of workers, and the prisons can tax their wages to help offset the cost of housing these dangerous people. The additional benefit is that jobs aren't shipped off to a foreign land and inmates learn a job skill that will help them in the real world. It's win-win-win all the way around.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

For what you may ask? For knighting Salman Rushdie. You may remember him as the guy who wrote the book "The Satanic Verses" which many Islamic folks seem to think is blasphemy. This book lead the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a religious order for anyone to kill the guy.

So I guess England better shape up right? They certainly wouldn't want to offend the Iranians who are actively seeking nuclear weapons, who encourage jihad against Western countries, including England and who openly call for the mass extermination of Israel and all Jews.

But God forbid you actually throw some of their hypocracy bullshit back in their face. They might issue another fatwa asking for your death as well.

That being said, I've never read Rushdie's book. I don't care about his particular views about Islam or any other religion. I do care that powerful people who are actively seeking nuclear weapons want to kill people who have the nerve to insult their religion while it's ok for them to do the exact same thing that they are getting all uppity about.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com