Hello,

I just wanted to note something that Joe Lieberman said:

I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there. More work needs to be done, of course, but the Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation from the primitive, killing tyranny of Saddam to modern, self-governing, self-securing nationhood--unless the great American military that has given them and us this unexpected opportunity is prematurely withdrawn. . . .

Here is an ironic finding I brought back from Iraq. While U.S. public opinion polls show serious declines in support for the war and increasing pessimism about how it will end, polls conducted by Iraqis for Iraqi universities show increasing optimism. Two-thirds say they are better off than they were under Saddam, and a resounding 82% are confident their lives in Iraq will be better a year from now than they are today. What a colossal mistake it would be for America's bipartisan political leadership to choose this moment in history to lose its will and, in the famous phrase, to seize defeat from the jaws of the coming victory.

Now the obvious point to make is how optumistic his comments are in contrast to the outlook of the major distributers of misinformation in this country, the mainstream media. But I want to make a different point. I want to point out that whenever a republican, be it McCain or some other publicity glutton comes out and opposes the position of the larger GOP, it makes big news and is used as an example of party dicord, crumbling support for the administration, etc... But here we have a prominant Democrat essentually debunking his party's position on Iraq via first-hand experience of being over that and where are the media dogs on this story?.... Practically nowhere. Thank you.

Another complaint.

Pop culture = evil; these days. I noticed on Drudge that story about those Abercrombie and Fitch shirts that are just awful. But see this degrading trashy stuff all over the place. It is anti-civilization in nature. The music, the movies, the clothing, it's all about mainstreaming filth. I think that a lot of people have bought into this idea that they can just compartmentalize this stuff and society will still thrive and survive with responsible adults. This is not true. The poison seeps into the soul and pollutes people's lives completely. That's why we're having problems like never before with the youth and an increase in really sick behavior. What goes on in schools today, for example, is appalling. The stuff that used to be limited to certain depraved neighborhood now is everywhere. Corrupt minds create a corrupt people. And make no mistake, a corrupt people will not survive for long.

Here we go,

Well, Scooter's indicted, but not Rove. They really wanted Rove. But if Libby was dumb enough to lie under othe, he deserves whatever consequences the are. Notice no charges about a leak. Much ado and a litle cover-up about nothing...

And in other news, Bush has nominated Samuel Alito for the Supreme court. There's gonna be a big fight over this one... but I think he will end up on the bench. I was watching Juan Williams on the FOX panel yesterday telling Krystal that he just wanted an idealogue on the court. Like Juan isn't and idealogue himself. As if Ruth Ginsburg is not an idealogue. Come on! The scary part is that not only do liberals want idealogues on the court, they believe the justices should not be bound by the law or the constitution... a proposition that is damaging to both. A liberal idealogue by definition illegally enforces his/her beliefs on others while a conservative idealoigue believes in leave law-making to elected officials. A reminder once again that "we the people" have much more to fear from liberals in power than liberals do from conservatives.

Hello,

Well, today may be the day we find out about what all of this Rove buisiness is about. Regardless of the outcome, it should also be remembered that an indictment is by no means proof of guilt. Many innocent have been indicted and aquitted of various crimes. But it will look bad. If it is politically motivated, Rove and company will surely defeat it, but it may have hit it's mark politically... or not. No one, aside from the far left, is blind to the rotten treatment Bush gets from the media and various government persons. An indictment would have carried a lot more weight politically if the media and others were not constantly trying to criminalize the Bush and indicte the GOP in general on almost everthing imaginable every day. Not to say it won't carry weight if it appears, but it will be less. I think the majority of Americans know that the Bush administration is far more honest and innocent that it's predicessor... and I think that the aggresiveness of the coverage and investigation over what has yet to be shown as a crime reeks of partisanship to them.

Hello,

Just another note. I getting sick and tire of hearing everyone go on about Karl Rove. I don't know if he's guilty of anythign or not. But the fact is, the assumption that he will be indicted on some charge is not based on information, but the hopeful rumors of the left. To think these same people glossed over all of the scandals where we KNEW Clinton had broken the law, and then to keep trying to give life to all of these phantom scandals in the GOP reeks of militant hypocracy. I tend to think that if anyone really HAD something on these recent GOP targets, Frist, Delay, Rove... they'd have already presented actual evidence. The fact that it hasen't been shouted from the roof-tops in the midst of all of this GOP badgering makes me think they really have nothing.

Just a note,

I see a whole lot of people out there complaining about the Harriet Meirs appointment. I must say that I am dissapointed about it too. I don't know, she may end up being an excellent judge if approved, but there are a couple of things I do know about the situation that concerns me.
The first is this perception that O'Conner had to be replaced by a woman. In light of recent reports that some cannidates turned down the appointment, and givent he fairly plentiful number of good possible canidates, I am led to believe that they had to resort to Meirs because they were short on female cannidates. They should pick the best person, even it it turns out to be another, shock horror, white man. To make decisions based on gender is descrimination (even if it favors females). It is an iresponsible way to handle the appointments to such an important institution.
The second reason is her age. Her spot would be up again in a relatively short time. We need a good choice that will last a long time.

Greetings,

Perhaps this is a tired old rant. Perhaps it's been said too many times. Perhaps it has even become a cliche'. But as I picked up an issue of Newsweek yesterday and read the cover: "How the Hammer got Nailed"... I just couldn't help but think to myself, "that liberal media..." The issue went on to portray Republicans as corrupt in general and Tom Delay as evil in particular. It was a professionally executed piece of propaganda.
If the charges against Tom Delay, Bill Frist, and others were backed up with hard hitting facts and real scandles, Newsweek might be justified in portraying such biased imagery. But this is not the case. Phantom scandals, false illegalities, trumped up indictments, political vendettas... the things that history will not remember for lack of evidence.
Where there is smoke, there is fire... but the smoke is not coming from the GOP. It's coming from Dan Rather, Newsweek, and all of these other flaming liberals who would besmudge the reputation of those that oppose them while hiding the skeletons in the closets of those who they think can effect thier own agenda for America... that liberal media.