who would osama vote for? and even forrest wouldn't go this far.

well, osama definitely isn't pulling for bush. you can read the transcript of his entire tirade over here. he's all for retaliation in kind... unless, of course, he's not the one doing the retaliating. sounds like the democrats version of free speech: apparently, it only applies to them.

and while to the best of my knowledge forrest disagrees with the reasons for the war and the war itself, and really doesn't like bush, even he wouldn't go this far. here's a brief summary of the article, thanks to wizbang:

Jimmy Walters, the man behind the campaign that has placed commercials showing the collapsing buildings at the World Trade Center and a computer-generated image of the plane that hit the Pentagon on television in New York, and full-page print ads in newspapers across the country, said he has a definite political aim.

"If George W. Bush is re-elected, I don't think we'll get anything done," he said...

"We were terrorized and it wasn't 19 screw-ups with box cutters from Saudi Arabia," he said. "It had to be somebody bigger, better organized."

His conspiracy theory involves secret U.S. government operatives boarding the four hijacked planes, which he said were then secretly landed and replaced in the skies by remote-controlled drones that were then crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, all to create a pretext for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

if that's not way out there, i don't know what is. liberals are crazy people.

why does stuff like this not get shown on major news networks?

get your salt shakers out, ladies and gentlemen. i don't think you'll need to use the whole thing, but i would recommend taking at least a few grains before watching a preview of a report over here. apparently, we've discovered somewhere in the area of 30 kg (about 65 or 66 pounds) of weapons grade anthrax in iraq.

"Kind of an embarrassing moment at this year's traditional Easter egg hunt on the White House lawn. Of all the people invited, Hans Blix was the only one who couldn't find a single egg." --Jay Leno

propping up dictators

and no, believe it or not, it wasn't us right-wingers. it was actually our (by "our", i mean communists and french people) good friend john kerry. read this article. realize what kerry really is. vote for bush.

more power to you

wow. this photo-essay over at american digest is incredibly powerful. i would recommend all of my readers (all 5 or 6 of you that i know of, and however many that i don't) go check it out. also, i would like to once again recommend powerline to everybody. like myself, they are a conservative-leaning blog; unlike me, they put a lot more time and research into their posts, and are able to cover more topics more accurately than i can. with election day looming large, its important to know not just who you're voting for, but why. and if you don't have a better reason than "george bush sucks" or "john kerry sucks", you should just stay home.

winter is on the way

cool. we definitely had a nice little hail storm earlier today, and a bit of it is still sticking on the grass. i'm sure it will be gone by tomorrow, but it's still kinda cool. forecast says it's gonna be down in the mid-20s tonight, with a slight chance of actual snow.

and now, a totally random thought:

"It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut rates now. The experience of a number of European countries has borne this out. This country's own experience with tax reduction has borne this out. The reason is that only full employment can balance the budget and tax reduction can pave the way to full employment. The purpose of cutting taxes is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which will bring a budget surplus." --John F. Kennedy, December 1962

sounds like my kind of guy

in a totally heterosexual sense, of course. martin drabek is my new hero. the son of polish immigrants who learned english when they moved to america (what a crazy idea...), drabek believes that voting ballots shouldn't be in any language other than english.

unfortunately, he was fired for this statement. for whatever it's worth, martin, i support you and your pro-english-language beliefs.

wow. just... wow.

this is hilarious.

i'm sure they're very scared, john

the following is a completely ridiculous statement by presidential wannabe john kerry: "With the same energy...I put into going after the Viet Cong and trying to win for our country, I pledge to you I will hunt down and capture or kill the terrorists before they harm us."

does that mean you're gonna quit the war on terror after 4 months, john? get a few scratches and decide it's time to come home again? and then maybe protest against the whole thing, throw your medals (or the presidential seal, or whatever) away, and yammer on about how horrible our troops are? the same troops, by the way, that helped establish a democratic republic (or something along those lines... i'm not sure what the official name for it is) in afghanistan, and are working to do the same in iraq. the same ones that you voted against funding for, and then had the gall to say to them that "help is on the way." if you were a real man, mr. kerry, you would realize that you are bad for the country, and drop out of politics altogether.

"John Kerry in New York Monday accused President Bush of creating a crisis of historic proportion in Iraq. He called for a national debate on Iraq and the war on terrorism. Then he voted to cut funding for podiums, moderators and water glasses." --Argus Hamilton

the glare on my glasses is unfortunate, but here i am with my new friend, george nethercutt.

george nethercutt

is a pretty cool guy. i had the opportunity to meet him this morning at a pancake breakfast. it was pretty low key... he gave a short speech, and spent the rest of the time talking with the people there, many of whom he already knew. yay for people who really care about their constituents. i was able to get his autograph in my "american political parties" textbook, as well as a picture with him (see above). the only downside was that the breakfast started at 7, which means i had to be up at 6 to get ready and get downtown. christine, i realize you'll probably never read this, but thanks again for the ride. it was a great experience.

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." --Sir Winston Churchill

gwot

here's a good write-up of where we stand in the global war on terror.

apparently kerry-itis is contagious

when it comes to flip-floppery, at least. in reference to the missing explosives in iraq, which may or may not actually have been there in the first place, kerry's running mate had this to say: "These are exactly the kind of explosives terrorists want. They're the dangerous weapons we wanted to keep from falling in the hands of terrorists. And now these explosives are out there, and we have no idea who's got them." thanks to powerline for the heads up, and the following quote: "So Edwards is now acknowledging that when we invaded Iraq Saddam Hussein possessed 'exactly' the kind of 'dangerous weapons' that 'terrorists want.' Does Edwards still believe that this was 'the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time?'"

on another note, lets assume that the ordnance in question was actually there at one point. at captain's quarters there is a writeup by a retired army logistics officer, on just what it would take to steal 380 tons of explosives. i recommend reading the whole thing, but here is his conclusion: "Bottom line this operation would take the resources of AN ENTIRE COMPANY (approx. 100 men) OVER TWO WEEKS, good Intel to know exactly where the 'right' explosives were hidden and a means of breaching huge steel doors and concrete of an ASP." all this while avoiding coalition surveillance... sound impossible to anyone else?

and now, a great quote from yesterday's federalist, on a slightly different topic: "History shows the grotesqueries that can happen when medicine becomes unhinged from ethics. This is why the Hippocratic Oath admonishes doctors, 'First do no harm.' We may never harm others for our own benefit. Embryonic-destructive research must be resisted." --George J. Marlin

and here is a totally random hyperlink.

not looking good for the wanna-be's

remember that group of people across the atlantic that think they're better than we are? remember when they got their countries together and called it the "european union"? apparently, they thought they could be an economic rival to the US. they had planned to "[overtake] the US economy by 2010," according to this article by the bbc. unfortunately for them, they failed miserably... according to a report they commissioned, they are now farther behind the US than they were 4 years ago when they set their goal. which, to me, seems to indicate one of three things: a) bush is doing really good with our economy; b) liberal/socialist economies don't actually work; or c) some combination thereof.

on a totally different note, here is a really funny john kerry parody ad. somebody actually took the trouble to record his flip-flopping, and turn it into a radio commercial... i was impressed. and entertained. you should check it out.

and since i'm not on my computer (in the lab, which is way too hot), i'm just going to have to make up a quote again.

this one isn't actually made up... it happened on friday.
--Crissy: "Dr. Yoder, do you want our papers on Monday or Wednesday?"
--Dr. Yoder: "I really don't care."

the full body shot. had i been really brave, i would have found some way to do my lips white too. oh well.

Chilling w/ some salsa, watching some Stargate: SG-1. Good show, by the way.

shakespeare performance

yes, believe it or not, i'm taking a shakespeare class this semester. and even though it's an english class--as opposed to theater--we "got" to act for our midterm. i'm going to be asking around to see if anybody got some pics during the performance, but for now, here's a few of me (as "moonshine" from a midsummer night's dream) from afterwards. during the performance, i was also wearing a black tie and black gloves. it was an interesting experience.

i lied, they're too big for the program i use to host pictures. so they'll either be above or below this post, depending on how "hello" is feeling today.


"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." --Frederick the Great

bush's tax cuts are unfair... to the rich

such is the title of a very interesting article over at slate. thanks to wizbang for the heads up.

"We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in." --Thomas Paine

disclaimer

with the election looming ever closer, and with my readership slowly but surely increasing, i think it's time for me to give fair warning to all my readers. this is an OPINION blog. this is me trying to have fun. while it will OCCASIONALLY CONTAIN real NEWS, it is not an objective site. to get some good, balanced news, i would recommend watching a comination of fox news and nbc/abc/pbs news, and reading things like the new york times (on the liberal side) and some conservative blogs, like powerline, wizbang, and michelle malkin.

on that note, i had a performance for my shakespeare class this afternoon. in my opinion, it went really well. i'll have some pictures up as soon as i get them. have a good night all.

excommunication is bad, right?

jonh kerry should be wondering that right about now. according to this article from catholic world news, "If a Catholic publicly and obstinately supports the civil right to abortion, knowing that the Church teaches officially against that legislation, he or she commits that heresy envisioned by Can. 751 of the Code [of Canon Law]. Provided that the presumptions of knowledge of the law and penalty and imputability are not rebutted in the external forum, one is automatically excommunicated ...." hmm... sound vaguely like kerry to anyone but me? apparently some people at the vatican think so.

and yet another possible problem for mr. kerry. the BBC reports: "The Brazilian UN general, Augusto Heleno, said Mr Kerry's comments had offered "hope" to Aristide supporters. Much of the recent unrest has centred on areas loyal to Mr Aristide." when the bbc, a fairly liberal organization, and the un, a very liberal attempt at organization, both have bad things to say about kerry, you know he's in for some bad times.

in other news, kerry has lost the support of one of those foreign leaders he so dearly loves, as president vladimir putin of russia endorsed bush.

it can't be a good day if you're a kerry supporter. which, by default, makes it a great day for me.

a quick reminder

while out campaigning--well, really just doing lit-drops--for republican candidate john serben, i have encountered a surprising number (5 or 6 now) of "veterans for kerry" posters. i really didn't think that was possible. i respect their service to our country... i just wonder why they now seem willing to throw in the towel, as it were, and support kerry? you served our country honorably in the past, why give up now?

but there is still hope. it's nice to know that some people can still look at the bigger picture. i have several friends currently in the military--3 in the army, 1 marine, 1 navy--who are all voting for bush. my father, a veteran himself, is voting for bush. the father of a good friend of mine, who's heading over to iraq in december, is also voting for bush. could it be that they're all crazy, that they've been brainwashed? or could it be that they realize that conservative republicans, like president bush, care more about our men and women in uniform than leftist "democrats" like senator kerry could ever even pretend to?

two quotes tonight... one from the quote board, and one i recently discovered.

from the board: "[O]ne of the problems with our Party is people will say anything to get to be president of the United States...." --Howard Dean (a liberal democrat, by the way)

and my new favorite: "If you don't leave liberals in a sputtering impotent rage, you're not doing it right." --Ann Coulter

any of you liberals out there reading this... please let me know if i'm doing it right.