GOP 2004: Moore Won't Return to Madison Square Garden

GOP 2004: Moore Won't Return to Madison Square Garden: "Following all the commotion last night, Michael Moore will not be returning to Madison Square Garden for the Republican National Convention, E&P has learned. According to editors at USA Today, which is publishing his daily column this week, Moore told them that he was choosing not to return again. "

I guess he realized that he made too big a target for the GOP, and was, in fact, helping them by showing up. Too bad he quit... He's smarter than I thought.

Rush's Interview with President George W. Bush

Rush's Interview with President George W. Bush: "That's the most important thing people can do is pray, and I appreciate that. "

Yahoo! News - France Races Against Clock in Iraq Hostage Crisis

Yahoo! News - France Races Against Clock in Iraq Hostage Crisis: "The crisis stunned France, which waged a high-profile campaign to oppose the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and because of this considered itself safe from militant attack. France also opposed the 1990-2003 economic sanctions on Iraq. "

Waddaya Know! France discovers that paying the Dane Gelt does not keep the Dane away...

I feel bad for these guys, but still have to laugh at the irony.

More problems with dates...

FOXNews.com - Special Report w/ Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - Firestorm Not Her Fault?: "John Kerry, speaking at a Martin Luther King Day celebration in Virginia last year, said, 'I remember well April 1968, I was serving in Vietnam, a place of violence, when the news reports brought home to me and my crewmates the violence back home, and the tragic news that one of the bullets flying that terrible spring took the life of [Dr. King].'

That date was April 4th, 1968, but according to Kerry's own Website, it was not until November 17, 1968, that he reported for duty in Vietnam."

Ahhh, the selective memory "I remember..." disease so common to Dems running for office has claimed another victim.

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Ed Dept: 1.1M Students Home-Schooled

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Ed Dept: 1.1M Students Home-Schooled: "Home schooling presents several questions that must be considered, he said. Among them: Do parents with no formal training as teachers know how to handle a variety of subjects or to tailor instruction for children of different ages? Do students get the same materials they would have at schools, from books to science labs? Are families with two working parents prepared to go to a single income so that one parent can teach at home? Also, Feinberg said, parents must consider whether their children will emerge from home schooling with limited exposure to other children and various cultures. More federal research is needed to help resolve such questions about home schooling, he said. 'At some point, children are going to have to interact with the rest of the world,' he said. 'If they haven't had the opportunity to build their emotional muscles so they have that capacity to interact, how effective are they going to be outside their cloistered environment?'"

Sad to see that some myths about homeschooling persist in centers of supposed higher education. Sad, but not surprising. I especially like the part about needing more federal research, which, of course, will steer money to the same institutions to study the problems they have 'discovered'.

Double Standard? What double standard?

My Way News: "Law firms on the Democratic side are also representing both the campaign or party and outside groups running ads in the presidential race. Washington attorney Joe Sandler represents the Democratic National Committee and a group airing anti-Bush ads, MoveOn.org. DNC spokesman Jano Cabrera said that 'isn't even comparable' to Ginsberg's relationship with the Bush campaign and veterans group."

When you can't argue the facts, argue that they aren't even comparable!

Two Americas! Originally Kerry, not Edwards The New Soldier: Epilogue (John Kerry)

www.wintersoldier.com - The New Soldier: Epilogue (John Kerry): "I think that, more than anything, the New Soldier is trying to point out how there are two Americas -- the one the speeches are about and the one we really are. Rhetoric has blinded us so much that we are unable to see the realities which exist in this country."

JOHN KERRY'S THE NEW SOLDIER

JOHN KERRY'S THE NEW SOLDIER: "You can now read John Kerry's THE NEW SOLDIER online for FREE."

www.wintersoldier.com - The New Soldier: John Kerry Testimony

www.wintersoldier.com - The New Soldier: John Kerry Testimony: "We are asking Americans to think about that because how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Iraq? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? But we are trying to do that, and we are doing it with thousands of rationalizations, and if you read carefully the President's last speech to the people of this country, you can see that he says, and says clearly, 'but the issue, gentlemen, the issue is terrorism and the question is whether or not we will leave that country to the terrorists or whether or not we will try to give it hope to be a free people.' But the point is they are not a free people now, and we cannot fight terrorism all over the world. I think we should have learned that lesson by now."

I take it back! He sounds today just like he sounded 30 years ago. This was taken from his book, and only the words in italics have been changed...

Scary, eh?

Swift Boats And Old Wounds (washingtonpost.com)

Swift Boats And Old Wounds (washingtonpost.com): "In a 2002 conversation, Kerry told me he thought it would be doubly advantageous that 'I fought in Vietnam and I also fought against the Vietnam War,' apparently not recognizing that some would see far too much political calculation in such a bifurcated record. "

Hmmm... So "I voted for the war in Iraq before I voted against it" theme is back, but this time with Vietnaaaam. If he becomes president, this could be interesting: "I pushed for abortion restrictions before I increased federal funding for it." "I pressed for more free trade with China, before I argued that there should be sanctions on them". "I called for a tax cut before I signed the tax increase into law..."

Some may call it complexity, bifurcation, or diplomacy, but most American schoolboys would call it being a wuss, and most young women would call it fear of commitment.

WSJ.com - Vietnam Boomerang

WSJ.com - Vietnam Boomerang: "The issue here, as I have heard it raised, is was he present and active on duty in Alabama at the times he was supposed to be. ... Just because you get an honorable discharge does not in fact answer that question.

--John Kerry, questioning President Bush's military-service record, February 8, 2004."

Best written summary of the duplicity of Kerry I have seen yet...Check it out in the WSJ.

FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Kerry Urges Bush to Demand Attacks Stop

FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Kerry Urges Bush to Demand Attacks Stop: "At a fundraiser, attended by about 750 people, Kerry said the attacks by a group of Vietnam veterans and former Swift Boat commanders have intensified "because in the last months they have seen me climbing in America's understanding that I know how to fight a smarter and more effective war" against terrorists."

Oh No! Who would have thought that those crafty swift boat vets were really Al Qaida terrorists! It was vets that brought down the towers, not radical muslim terrorists...

I wonder, really wonder, what they are putting in his coffee.

Sis is here. Maybe I should just ride off into the sunset...

FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Group's Flier Found in Bush Camp Office

FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Group's Flier Found in Bush Camp Office: "Bill Shilling, a Kerry volunteer in Gainesville, says he went to the GOP offices there Thursday and picked up the flier from a pile of literature on the table. "The flier they gave me was on the same table as some Bush-Cheney bumper stickers," said Shilling."

Zounds! Great hunks of six degrees of ken bacon, batman! We have a mighty conspiracy on our hands!

Yahoo News - Kerry takes legal action against Vietnam critics

Yahoo News - Kerry takes legal action against Vietnam critics: "The New York Times on Friday reported that there is a web of connections between the Swift Boat group and the Bush family high-profile Texas political figures and President Bush chief political aide Karl Rove."

Is anyone investigating a 'web of connections' between the New York Times and the Kerry campaign?

Hey, it's OK to have a sister if you get a fireman suit out of the deal... 

Mom and baby resting peacefully 

Family portrait. JB is pretending he is happy with a sister. 

A BIG gun

So, after all the stress of the last few days, I went to Quantico today because the .50 cal shooting club had an open house. I figured I needed some sun and fresh air, and a bit of gunpowder. More on why, later. For now, the guns.

My blood began to race as I parked the truck. The thump of the .50 BMG was familiar to me from my time in Iraq, but this time I knew I could get up close and personal, and not have to worry about someone shooting back at the sound. Every time one fired, the ground shook just a bit, and the closer I got, the more pronounced this phenomenon became. Cresting the rise to enter the 1000 yard range, my eyes were greeted by a wonderful sight: about 30 sets of .50 cal shooters, plenty of targets, and smoke. I walked down to the firing line and within minutes had been invited to test fire one.

How could I say no?

What an experience. For anyone who has not tried it, I highly recommend it. For those who have, you know what I am talking about...putting a 600 grain slug 1000 yards downrange accurately is AWESOME! The blast from the muzzle brakes of guns on either side rocked me a bit, but nothing compared to the shove the one on my shoulder gave me when I squeezed the trigger. Grass to the front and sides was burned and flattened from the brake, and I managed to pull the scope back on target in time to see the bullet hit about 8 inches high. Not bad for a first try...at 2/3rds of a mile. Center of mass aim, still would have been a dead bad guy.

The fun did not end there, however. As I made my way down the line, more and more invitations to try guns were proffered. I fired a kit gun, an AR build and, best of all, a Barrett semi-auto. 10 rounds as fast as you could pull the trigger.

Two magazines.

WOW.

I want one...

Gloria Rachel Bremer entered the world today at 11:28 AM, EDT weighing 10 lbs, 5 oz and measuring 21.5 inches. Mom and baby are doing great! 

JFK and Monroe--the sequal!

Yahoo News - Kerry admits to soft spot for Oscar winner Theron: "I think Charlize Theron is pretty extraordinary ... Catherine Zeta Jones ... and Marilyn Monroe ... I thought she was funny. Complicated. And obviously very attractive, very beautiful."

Wow! I wonder if he thinks he was JFK in a former life...or this one! Senator from Mass. with those initials... Kinda scary.

Who Am I? Wasn't that a Jacki Chan movie?

Yahoo News - Kerry-Kerrey Confusion Trips Up Campaign: "Kerry-Kerrey Confusion Trips Up Campaign "

It seems that not only has Kerry forgotten where he was, he has a hard time remembering who he was...

I guess that is the danger of trying to remake yourself every day. Or maybe it is by showing that he has played so many fantasy parts, he hopes to get the Walter Mitty vote.

Where is Oliver Stone when you need him?

FOXNews.com - Special Report w%2F Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - GOP%27s Softer Side%3F: In the Wall Street Journal this week Jim Rassmann wrote that a mine blast -- "blew me off John's swift boat" into the river where Kerry heroically pulled him to safety under heavy fire. But a press release from Kerry's Website claims that Rassmann "was traveling down the Bay Hap river in a boat behind Kerry's when both were ambushed."

C'mon, guys! Hire a director or writer or something to help get your fantasy, er, story straight!

Manchurian Candidate?

WSJ.com - Holiday in Cambodia: "Last Wednesday Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan sent me a statement saying that 'During John Kerry's service in Vietnam, many times he was on or near the Cambodian border and on one occasion crossed into Cambodia . . . On December 24, 1968 Lieutenant John Kerry and his crew were on patrol in the watery borders between Vietnam and Cambodia deep in enemy territory.' I asked for clarification as to whether the 'one occasion' was Christmas Eve 1968. 'No . . .,' was the reply."

It seems to me I have seen this in a movie somewhere... Missing memories of a fight that may not have taken place.

Has anyone asked him if he would like to play a game of solitaire?

No, No, No! NO!

NO! IT HAS NOT YET HAPPENED.

I know, you are all getting impatient. But that is nothing compared to how impatient Tamsey is getting. Today I caught her reading about castor oil and other 'home remedies' on-line. I'll post something as soon as I can, once we know anything. It looks like this Thursday is the longest the nice doctors will let her go, so lacking other info, look for something in this space then.

Kerry v. Heinz-Kerry

FOXNews.com - Special Report w/ Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - Update on Pelosi Comments: "A visit to the grand canyon this week led to a heated exchange between John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry. When her husband asked her to join him on a helicopter ride over the canyon, Mrs. Kerry refused. As the presidential candidate continued to press her, an exasperated Teresa replied -- 'you don't understand vertigo.' Growing impatient, Kerry finally reached out to his wife to bring her aboard the waiting chopper, but Teresa grabbed a secret service member for protection and snapped, 'No! I'm not going.'"

Once again, you can't make this stuff up!

Fast forward 2 years:

Heinz-Kerry sues President Kerry for divorce, claims husband 'forced her onto Marine One'.

In papers filed today in Boston, Teresa Heinz Kerry sued her husband, President Kerry, for divorce, citing irreconsilable differences. In her papers, Heinz Kerry agrees to give up her claim to half the White House in exchange for two years of Presidential veto rights...

Director of Religious Outreach for the DNC...who would have thought?

FOXNews.com - Special Report w/ Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - Criticizing Kerry a Mistake?: "The director of Religious Outreach for the Democratic National Committee has resigned after less than 2 weeks on the job. Critics attacked Reverend Brenda Bartella Peterson because she was supporting the removal of the words 'Under God' from the pledge of allegiance.

Reverend Peterson said the criticism from conservative groups made it impossible for her to do her job. Peterson's most vocal critic, the conservative Catholic League, called her a, 'Left-wing activist' ... for filing an amicus brief supporting atheist Michael Newdow in his court challenge to the pledge two years ago."

Sometimes you just have to wonder...

GQ picture 

Date to Ruth's Chris Steak House 

The Secret Service Goose unit escorts JB and Tamsey on thier walk. In a few short years, he will be hunting them. A few short years ago, she was hunting them. For now, however, they had a job to do. 

Human Events Exclusive: Vietname Vets Blast Kerry in New TV Ad

Human Events Exclusive: Vietname Vets Blast Kerry in New TV Ad: "Vietnam Vets Organization Blasts Kerry in New TV Ad"

A nice link to the ad...

Vester's Voice - Hate in the USA

FOXNews.com - Day Side w/ Linda Vester - Vester's Voice - Hate in the USA The text says — in bold print — in a lesson for Muslim children to learn and recite, "All religions other than Islam are false religions." Right below that is a note to teachers, telling them to explain to the children specifically that the religion "of the Jews and Christians" are "false religions". This is directed at kids as young as age six.

Linda,

As intolerant as the sentences you quoted sound, that idea is the mainstay of any internally coherent religion. Devout Christians and Jews, who hold to their Scriptures, also believe and teach that their religion is the only true religion. There is nothing wrong with that. That is why we have the First Amendment, to protect religion from the meddling of government. It is impossible to legislate thoughts, feelings and beliefs, and the free practice of religion is vital to a moral and lasting society. Religion, incidentally, is vital precisely because of its intolerance for deviation from the mores and rules it teaches. It restrains the natural inclination of man toward selfishness and wickedness. We cannot legislate the heart of man…

We can, however, legislate actions. That is the job of government, to protect those rights and liberties for which so many have fought and died these last 200+ years. When hateful beliefs become actions denying others their rights, the government has not only the right, but the responsibility to step in. A group that preaches hate as a core tenet of its religion should be monitored more closely than, say, a group that preaches meditation, because the preaching of hate is more likely to induce violence (thought it certainly does not cause or excuse it, given the free will of mankind).

In summary, the school has a right to teach their religion, and the parents have a right to have their children educated in their chosen religion. When those children become a threat, the government must meet that threat. That is the nature and the price of liberty. And, paid in blood by so many, we should not abandon our heritage now.

Where's the beef?

FOXNews.com - Special Report w/ Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - Better Choice Behind Bars?: "Let's go back to these pictures taken last Friday during the Kerry-Edwards post convention bus tour. Here they are at a Wendy's in Newburgh, New York, with a bunch of cheese burgers. Nothing more American than that, right?

Well there is growing evidence that a decidedly more upscale meal was waiting for them back on the bus. According to the Mid-Hudson News Network, a Kerry campaign aide called the restaurant at the Newburgh Yacht Club the night before and ordered 19 lunches to go, to be picked up at about the same time that the Wendy's photo op was taking place.

A manager at the restaurant has confirmed to Fox News that the yacht-club meals included Shrimp Vindallo, Grilled Diver Sea Scallops, Prosciutto, Wrapped Stuffed Chicken, and Steak Salad. Total bill: just under $200"

Yahoo! News - Pet Rooster Travels 45 Minutes Under Car

Yahoo! News - Pet Rooster Travels 45 Minutes Under Car: "Mary Lute just thought she was driving to work. Little did she know her pet rooster was underneath her car during the 45-minute ride July 27. When she stopped at a convenience store, a fellow customer said there was a chicken loose in the parking lot. "

You know, you can't make this kind of stuff up...

The Secret Lives of Wives

MSNBC - The Secret Lives of Wives

When groups of women get together, especially if they're mothers and have been married for more than six or seven years, and especially if there's alcohol involved, the conversation is usually the same. They talk about the kids and work—how stressed they are, how busy and bone tired. They gripe about their husbands and, if they're being perfectly honest and the wine kicks in, they talk about the disappointments in their marriages.

Quite the negative, depressing article. According to this 4 part report, there is no hope!

Desert Flight. Since the AF is now using this, I guess I can post it. 

Waiting...

No, it is not a basketball, and no, she did not eat too much, as the girl and Chuck-E-Cheeze implied.

NEWS! Not yet...

We have been getting many questions…

No, Tamsey is not in labor. Any day now...

I'll post an update here as soon as we know more. Her due date is not for another week, but you can use the comments section to vote for the day you think the blessed event will occur. Please add a time in case of a tie. Winner will get the first e-mailed picture of the girl, so please leave your name, Mr. Anonymous.

Just a bit too short... He so loves playing in the sink.