Hillary Campaign: Senator is no Ségolène...

...Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed... Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US Founding Father
Eco-Extremist Wants World Population to Drop below 1 Billion
Sea Shepherd founder says mankind is a 'virus' and we need to 're-wild the planet.'
Apparently, saving the whales is more important than saving 5.5 billion people.
Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and
famous for militant intervention to stop whalers, now warns mankind is “acting
like a virus” and is harming Mother Earth.
Watson’s May 4 editorial asked the question “The Beginning of the End
for Life as We Know it on Planet Earth?” Then he left no doubt about the answer.
“We are killing our host the planet Earth,” he claimed and called for a
population drop to less than 1 billion.
The commentary reminded readers that Watson had called humans a disease before and he wasn’t sorry. “I was once severely criticized for describing human beings
as being the ‘AIDS of the Earth.’ I make no apologies for that statement,” the
column continued.
Watson was invoking the worst of Robert Malthus, an English political economist who claimed that mankind was overpopulating the earth. That claimed first appeared in the late 1700s.Watson urged some solutions for mankind as part of a process to “need to re-wild
the planet”:
· “No human community should be larger than 20,000 people and separated from other communities by wilderness areas.” New York, London, Paris, Moscow are all too big. Then again, so are Moose Jaw, Timbuktu and even Annapolis, Md.
· “We need vast areas of the planet where humans do not live at all and where other species are free to evolve without human interference.”
· “We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion.”
· “Sea transportation should be by sail. The big clippers were the finest ships ever built and sufficient to our needs. Air transportation should be by solar powered blimps when air transportation is necessary.”
· At least Watson was generous and said people could still talk with one another across great distances. “Communication systems can link the communities,” he proclaimed from on high.
The Watson rant kept on going calling for everything from cutting down on the population of domesticated dogs and cats to cutting down on everything else in what he called “simplify, simplify, simplify.”
Watson essentially called for humans to return to primitive lifestyles. “We need to stop flying, stop driving cars, and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles. The
Mennonites survive without cars and so can the rest of us.”
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican Whip Trent Lott said Monday that
President Bush's new strategy in Iraq has until about fall before GOP members
will need to see results.
Lott's comment put a fine point on what Senate Republican stalwarts
have been discussing quietly for weeks. It also echoed remarks made this weekend by House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, indicating the GOP's limited patience on the war.
"I do think this fall we have to see some significant changes on the
ground, in Baghdad and other surrounding areas," Lott, R-Miss., told reporters.
Lott declined to say what he thinks should happen if Congress does not
see improvement in the security situation by then. But he said lawmakers have
time before they must decide.

Special Victims Have to Wait in Line with the Rest of Us
This is a cynical piece of work. The Dems can use it to campaign on their
tough attitude toward hate crimes — hmm… are there any love crimes? — and the
Republicans can use it to taunt the Dems for trying to blow the federal balloon
just that much bigger.

· Dems need to take the lead (0 / 0)
Conservatives are on the roll around the world. This is partly due
to the "race to the bottom." Conservatives now win a fourth consecutive term in
France. Blair is just another New Democrat type politician in Britain, and
conservatives now rule in Mexico and Canada. Even countries such as China,
Russia and Japan have conservative governments.
The Democrats have the chance to stop this world wide conservative trend and start a new trend. When the world sees that conservatism has failed in the US and progressive policy can succeed, we can start a new world wide progressive trend.
***BlueTide***
by BlueTide on Sun May 06,
2007 at 10:46:48 AM PDT
The man who might save Iraq
He is a former Sunni Arab mujahid from Ramadi who until recently was
fighting the US occupation. He has only a secondary education and
is married with two wives. Now he is praised even by urban, secular, highly
educated Shi'ites as a "conscious man", or "the kind of man we need now in
Iraq". Sheikh Abdul Satter Abu Risha is the leader of the Anbar Sovereignty
Council, a powerful coalition of Anbar tribes, including at least 200 sheikhs,
that is fighting the Salafi jihadis of al-Qaeda in Iraq/the Islamic
Emirate of Iraq in the volatile province.
Abu Risha set up the council after his father and two brothers were killed
by al-Qaeda's extreme methods last autumn. In an exclusive telephone interview
with Asia Times Online, he stated, unambiguously, that al-Qaeda "has abused our
traditions and generosity" and, he alleged, they even "take drugs" - a mortal
sin in conservative Islam.
Sheikh Ali Hattan al-Suleiman, also from the council, was even more direct:
"I'd like to see an al-Qaeda bomber e-mail me or telephone me and talk about his
education. They just came here with money. They gave money to the unemployed.
They are not Iraqis - only Arabs. They are bastards. And the people who follow
them are also bastards."
Abu Risha totally dismissed rumors that the Anbar council is forcing
families in the region to give their sons to the cause, or is engaged in summary
execution of captured jihadis. "We only accept volunteers. And we work by
ourselves, like a team, by shifts. When we arrest people from al-Qaeda or Iraqis
working for al-Qaeda, we take them to the Iraqi Army or the Ministry of
Interior."
Qaeda's Zawahri says Iraq bill shows U.S. defeatTalk of quagmire: [ check ]
"This bill reflects American failure and frustration," Zawahri said. "But this bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American forces which we have caught in a historic trap."
"We ask Allah that they only get out after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, so
that we give the blood spillers in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson
to motivate them to review their entire doctrinal and moral system," Zawahri
said on the video, posted on Web sites used by Islamists.
"The ones who have stirred up strife in Iraq are those who today are begging the
Americans not to leave," said the white-turbaned Zawahri, sitting next to
bookshelves and an assault rifle.
"The success is only for his pocket and Halliburton," he said, referring to theThe Iraq War is only about oil and cronies making money: [ check ]
company once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Zawahri also called on African-American soldiers to refuse to fight inPlay the race card whenever possible: [ check ]
Iraq and Afghanistan, saying America had only changed the "appearance of the
shackles and chains" of their slave forefathers.
Ragin Cajin Calvin Borel bided his time for first half and smokes the field from 19th to win the Kentucky Derby.
Democrats' Momentum Is Stalling
In the heady opening weeks of the 110th Congress, the Democrats' domestic agenda appeared to be flying through the Capitol: Homeland security upgrades, a higher minimum wage and student loan interest rate cuts all passed with
overwhelming bipartisan support.
But now that initial progress has foundered as Washington
policymakers have been consumed with the debate over the Iraq war. Not a single priority on the Democrats' agenda has been enacted, and some in the party are growing nervous that the "do nothing" tag they slapped on Republicans last year could come back to haunt them.
"We cannot be a one-trick pony," said House Democratic Caucus Chairman
Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), who helped engineer his party's takeover of Congress as
head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "People voted for
change, but Iraq, the economy and Washington, D.C., [corruption] all tied for
first place. We need to do them all."
House GOP hits shift of spy funds to study climate
Intelligence panel Chairman Silvestre Reyes, Texas Democrat, said the
climate-change study is one of several shifts his party has made to intelligence
policy.
"We're concerned that global warming might impact our ability to maintain
national security," he told The Times, describing the idea as "cutting edge."
"We want to get feedback from the intelligence community to understand if
there are possible global issues," Mr. Reyes said, noting the change was on the
advice of "several former military commanders."
The panel voted 11-9 to keep the provision that directs a National
Intelligence Estimate "on the anticipated geopolitical effects of global climate
change and the implications of such effects on the national security of the
United States," according to a Republican staffer familiar with the bill.
As the ex-Chief Patrol Agent of the El Paso Border Patrol Sector, Reyes might plan to reassign the Patrol to studying anorexia because the lack of food has historically been a major cause of undocumented immigration.
UPDATE: Conservative Culture thinks this might be a Liberal plan.


Police: Bugs Found In Bottles Of Alcohol
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As Columbus health officials monitor local restaurants
for code violations, Columbus vice detectives search restaurants and bars for
unsanitary conditions of alcohol.Detectives said they see insects in alcohol far too often, NBC 4's
Elizabeth Scarborough reported.
"Typically every day we go, we find it," an undercover detective said.
The insects usually found are fruit flies that are attracted to alcohol for its sugars. Police said the insects can be kept out by proper cleaning and checking. Most patrons have no idea it's even a problem.
Detectives walk into a bar unannounced and check each bottle of liquor with a flashlight.
If they find insects, the detectives send a report to the liquor commission, which issues a violation in the form of a fine of a few hundred dollars or a license suspension.
Out of four locations checked on Wednesday, three of them had bugs in their liquor.
On Sullivant Avenue, Vern's had two bottles and Rocky Top had one bottle.
On High Street, Blue Danube Bar and Restaurant had three bottles and O'Reilley's
Pub was clean.Detectives said the only way to be sure alcohol is clean is to drink out of a previously unopened bottle.
Columbus police vice squad officers said that in 2006, there were about 40 establishments where bugs were found in bottles of alcohol.
Democrats Weigh in on 'Mission Accomplished'
Today, the president is vetoing a war funding bill that sets timetables for
withdrawing U.S. troops. For some Democratic presidential candidates, the
anniversary was a time to emphasize their opposition to the war. “Four years
after President Bush landed on an aircraft carrier and declared ‘Mission
Accomplished,’ we are still in a war where more than one hundred American
service members have died in just the month of April,” Sen. Barack Obama said in
a statement. “We grieve for them today and urge the President to avoid making
another tragic mistake by signing the bill that will end this war and bring our
troops home.”Sen. Hillary Clinton called the speech “one of the most shameful episodes in American history. Never before in our history has a President said ‘mission accomplished’ when the mission had barely begun. Never before has a president pulled a political stunt when so many American lives were and remain in harm’s way.”
And former Sen. John Edwards said that Bush’s “disastrous mismanagement of the war has left our troops in harm’s way and made Iraq a breeding ground for terrorists.”
In the 2004 speech, Bush never actually uttered the words “mission
accomplished,” but did say the broader war on terrorism was not yet
over “but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will
change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is
lost. Free nations will press on to victory.” (emphasis mine)
Maybe Bruce is just looking for cheap healthcare. He sure as hell isn't looking to the health of the RepublicGet Ready for Hillary
If I am right, conservatives are going to have to make an important decision at some point. Do they go down with the sinking Republican ship, or do they try to have some meaningful influence on the next president by becoming involved in the Democratic race?
And now comes Tenet, the man who got everything wrong and who ran the
agency that couldn't think straight, to ask us to sympathize with his moanings
about "Iraq—who, me?"
A highly irritating expression in Washington has it that "hindsight is
always 20-20." Would that it were so. History is not a matter of hindsight and
is not, in fact, always written by the victors. In this case, a bogus history is
being offered by a real loser whose hindsight is cockeyed and who had no
foresight at all.
Ritual-washing area for Muslims at MCTC may be only the beginning
Last week, I wrote about Minneapolis Community and Technical College, which
is planning to install facilities to help Muslim students perform ritual washing
before daily prayers. It's a simple matter of extending "hospitality" to
newcomers, says President Phil Davis -- no different than providing a fish
option in the college cafeteria for Christian students during Lent.
Dianna Cusick, MCTC's director of legal affairs, is overseeing the project.
She referred me to the Muslim Accommodations Task Force, whose website she is
using as a primary resource (www.startribune.com/2617). "They've
done all the research," she said.
The task force's eventual objectives on American campuses include the
following, according to the website: permanent Muslim prayer spaces, ritual
washing facilities, separate food and housing for Muslim students, separate
hours at athletic facilities for Muslim women, paid imams or religious
counselors, and campus observance of Muslim holidays.
...
The task force isn't operated by overly enthusiastic college students. Its
professional staff, based in the Washington, D.C., area, includes coordinators
who provide legal advice, teach students to lobby, write letters on their
behalf, and help them overcome "obstacles" such as college administrators'
concerns about violating the separation of church and state.
The Muslim Accommodations Task Force is a project of the Muslim Student
Association of the U.S. and Canada. MSA's mission is to enable Muslims here "to
practice Islam as a complete way of life," and its "main goal" is "spreading
Islam," according to its website. The association calls itself the "landmark
Muslim organization in North America," and says it has chapters on 600
campuses.

Deseret Morning News, Sunday, April 29, 2007
Lincoln, RFK were anti-war 'traitors,' too
By Lee BensonDeseret Morning News
Amid all the protests, anti-protests and anti-protest protests accompanying
Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Provo this week, Utah Attorney General
Mark Shurtleff got so caught up with microphone fever that he forgot his manners and lost his sense of history all at the same time.
In a speech at a pro-Cheney rally, the A.G. compared the anti-war rants of Rocky Anderson and Harry Reid to fabled war propagandists Tokyo Rose and Hanoi Hannah, calling the mayor of Salt Lake and the majority leader of the U.S. Senate "Iraqi Rocky" and "Hezbollah Harry," respectively.
He said they are aiding the enemy by suggesting we are losing the
war.
OK, forget that we are losing the war and forget that we're not even
real sure who the enemy is and even forget Shurtleff's lapsing into trash talk,
an art form I've always, where appropriate, rather enjoyed.
But what's with calling American politician war protesters traitors?
Disagreeing with this country's warfaring is as American as changing
your own oil.
Here are five names for Shurtleff: William Franklin, Abraham Lincoln,
Thomas Brackett Reid, Woodrow Wilson and Bobby Kennedy.
The thing they all have in common: All were war protesters.
William Franklin was governor of New Jersey when he protested the
Revolutionary War (and lost his job) in 1776 — much to the chagrin of his
father, Benjamin Franklin.
Abraham Lincoln was a U.S. congressman from Illinois in 1846 when heLincoln called Polk's justification of the war unconstitutional, unnecessary and expensive, calling Polk "a bewildered, confounded and miserably perplexed man." Long way, even by Internet standards, from aiding and abetting the enemy. Lee, tell us just how anti-war Lincoln was after the "unprovoked" attack on Fort Sumter. This anti-war hero of yours didn't even have box cutter murderers slitting the throats of passengers and using the high jacked vehicles to murder more than 3,000 innocent civilians to blame for declaring war. Maybe he should have talked them to death, because there surely wasn't a military solution. Which was Lincoln Lee, anti war or craven war monger just looking for an excuse to wage war?
protested President James K. Polk's Mexican-American war, calling Polk "a
bewildered, confounded and miserably perplexed man."
Thomas Brackett Reid of Maine was speaker of the U.S. House of RepresentativesResigned in protest? Don't get my hopes up Lee. Do you think Harry has that much moral conviction? Nah, neither do I.
in 1898 when he resigned in protest of the Spanish-American war.
Woodrow Wilson won the presidency in 1916 on the strength of an anti-warAnd after Wilson entered the US into the war the effort became a bi-partisan effort to win with the Republicans winning control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1918. Bi-partisan Lee. When the troops were in the field. Are you seeing a difference here Lee.
campaign to keep America out of World War I (and a year later sent us into it
anyway).
Bobby Kennedy was a U.S. senator from New York in 1968 when he called for aRFK in most of his campaign speeches in 1968 called for “peace” in Vietnam, offering a “negotiated settlement, but did not as belittle our troops or our effort. How ironic that you use RFK in your argument when it was Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian terrorist who assassinated Bobby Kennedy.
return of troops from Vietnam and declared his candidacy for the presidency
occupied by Vietnam supporter and fellow Democrat, Lyndon Johnson.
These men are not alone. American politicians have been protesting wars
since America started fighting in them. Even entering World War II wasn't
unanimous. When Congress voted on Dec. 8, 1941, 388 voted yes to one no from
avowed pacifist Jeannette Rankin of Montana.
She might have been unpopular, but she sure wasn't Tokyo Rose.
Clinton Denounces 'Mission Accomplished'
Her voice raspy from days of campaigning, Clinton brought delegates to
their feet when she said she wished she could turn the clock back to a different
time.
"Somebody said to me that he wished we could just rewind the 21st century and just eliminate the Bush-Cheney administration, with all their mistakes and
misjudgments," she said to cheers. "People are ready for leaders who understand
it is our votes who put them in power, our tax dollars that pay the bills."
She lambasted the "Mission Accomplished" speech nearly four years ago,
in which Bush declared an end to major military actions in Iraq. He made the
comment while on the deck of an aircraft carrier off the California coast.
That speech, Clinton said, was "one of the most shameful episodes in
American history. ... The only mission he accomplished was the re-election of
Republicans."
April 27, 2007
Sen. Reid's Fine Leadership
The Senate Democratic Caucus sent a letter to the Washington Post to
contest the attack on Senator Harry Reid's Leadership by David S. Broder in his
April 26 column, "The Democrat's Gonzalez."
The letter was signed by Sen. Reid's 50 colleagues in the caucus:
Sen. Reid's Fine Leadership
Washington Post
Letter to the Editor
Friday, April 27, 2007; A22
We, the members of the Senate Democratic Caucus, contest the attack on
Sen. Harry Reid's leadership by David S. Broder in his April 26 column, "The
Democrats' Gonzales."
In contrast to Mr. Broder's insinuations, we believe Mr. Reid is an
extraordinary leader who has effectively guided the new Democratic majority
through these first few months with skill and aplomb.
The Democratic caucus is diverse, and Mr. Reid has worked tirelessly to
make sure that the views of each member are heard and represented. No one
ideology dominates the caucus, so that a consensus can be reached and unity
achieved. It is hard to imagine a better model for leadership.
Because Mr. Reid has the support of members of the caucus, is a good
listener and has an amazing ability to synthesize views and bring people
together, the Senate has accomplished a great deal during his time as majority
leader. Armed with his years of service in the Senate and with a mastery of
procedure, Mr. Reid has led the chamber with a slim majority and a minority that
is, at times, determined to stop legislation with which it disagrees.
In the first 100 days alone, we made great strides under his leadership
on long-neglected legislation concerning stem cell research, the Sept. 11
commission's recommendations and the minimum wage, to name three. In addition, under Mr. Reid's leadership, we have fulfilled our obligation, left uncompleted by last year's Republican-led Senate, to fund the federal government. He has accomplished all of this in the face of stiff opposition and with a commitment to giving ideas full opportunity for debate.
Finally, in this age of scripted politicians speaking only to their
base or claiming that they "don't recall" anything, the fact that Mr. Reid
speaks his mind should be applauded, not derided. His brand of straight talk is
honest, comes from the heart and speaks directly to the people.
THE MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Washington
No wonder Harry Reid has so much time to insult the President, Vice President and everyone else, including our troops, because he, Harry Reid, is a legislative mover and shaker. A genius if you will. In fact, a "master of procedure" as the DemocratIC Caucus calls him.A bill to redesignate the White Rocks National Recreation Area in the State
of Vermont as the "Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area"
To designate the Federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the 'Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building'.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, as the "Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building".
To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, as the "Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2633 11th
Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the "Lane Evans Post Office Building".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16150 Aviation Loop Drive in Brooksville, Florida, as the "Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the "Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building".
To designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the "Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States
Courthouse".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office".
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 North Frontage Road West in Vail, Colorado, as the "Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building".
To revise the composition of the House of Representatives Page Board to equalize
the number of members representing the majority and minority parties and to
include a member representing the parents of pages and a member representing
former pages, and for other purposes.
To provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an arterial road in St. Louis County, Missouri.
Make further continuing appropriations.Anew effective date for the applicability of certain provisions of law to
Public Law 105-331.An act to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the
Small Business Act and the Small business Investment Act of 1958 through July
31, 2007, and for other purposes.To amend the Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, to extend the
term of the Antitrust Modernization Commission and to make a technical
correction.To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide waivers relating to grants
for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers.A bill to endorse further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) and to facilitate the timely admission of new members to
NATO, and for other purposes.A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to reinstate certain
provisions relating to the nutrition services incentive program.
Sméagol: Master... Master looks after us. Master wouldn’t hurt us.New law sounds full of hot air
BARMY Euro MPs are demanding new laws to stop cows and sheep PARPING.
Their call came after the UN said livestock emissions were a bigger
threat to the planet than transport.
The MEPs have asked the European Commission to “look again at the livestock question in direct connection with global warming”.
The official EU declaration demands changes to animals’ diets, to
capture gas emissions and recycle manure.