Archives for April 2007
Caracas On The San Joaquin
Maria Conchita Alonso, the actress who first made herself known as the romantic lead in Robin Williams’ Moscow on the Hudson, will make a film portraying a die-hard supporter of Hugo Chavez in a film about Venezuelan oppression. Alonso, though, is a Venezuelan ex-patriate who despises Chavez:
Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who grew up […]
WFB, Paleocon
Mac, Buckley’s always been against the war in Iraq, since before it started. He believes in isolationism, or at least in only sending troops to foreign wars for brief operations only and only when the most vital of national interests are concerned. His position here on Bush is not inconsistent with his writings […]
William F. Buckley has been kidnapped
It’s the only explaination. I know he’s he dean of conservatism, but I think the old man’s been sipping too many brandies. Check out his latest oped on NRO.
In one editorial he dooms George Bush, gives George Tenet creedence, calls the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda a farse, and even throws Dick […]
Clarifying Obama
Ed, per Obama post:
First the pic I used is to draw the idea for readers that Obama in a literal sense is appeasing terrorist and the fact that Islamic terrorist are a very “clear and present danger”
The idea that he will treat attacks in a emergency response and fails I think on purpose to […]
My days in Real Estate
In today’s podcast I took the day off from the subject of politics and decided to talk about my days in Real Estate in the late 1980s. I had a lot of fun reminiscing, and hope you’ll enjoy listening to it.
And check out the DragonPig at my blog.
TENET GETS SLAM DUNKED
The fact that Tenet got a Congressional Gold Medal is perhaps one of the biggest travesties I can imagine. He missed The Big One. Period. In the old Soviet Union, he would have been executed. We spend something like $70 billion on intelligence and all that hardware, all those Ivy League brains proved unable to […]
Hitchens on Tenent
This is brutal, but deserving:
“In his latest effusion, he writes: “I do know one thing in my gut. Al-Qaeda is here and waiting.” Well, we all know that much by now. But Tenet is one of the few who knew it then, and not just in his “gut” but in his small brain, and who […]
Obama-Osama a Bit Hyperbolic
David, I’m no big fan of Barack Obama, but don’t you think that painting him as Osama bin Laden might be unfair? I’d agree that he’s mostly clueless about national security, especially after his laughable assertion that he would fight terrorists “from Djibouti to Khartoum” while he’s demanding that we retreat from them in […]
Carl Bernstein To Expose Hillary?
The London Times reports that famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein will publish an exposé of Hillary Clinton, his first new book in years and one that will garner plenty of attention during a presidential campaign. Rumors have it that Bernstein has found a number of discrepancies between Hillary’s official biography and the facts as […]
At the democrat debates is South Carolina the candidates all said that President Bush is evil, the root cause of all the worlds problems and VP Cheney is running Haliburton. They also all agreed President Bush policy of the terror war is a disgrace. In fact to avoid real debate they all decided that President […]
Georgie Porgie…
Did anyone catch this Tenet on 60 Minutes tonight? If so, how did you remove the stains from the TV screen after you spit your coffee out. Sheesh, where was this guy at in the days before and after 9/11, on Bizzaro?
Today different versions of history than I remember that’s for […]
“ONLY THE DEAD ARE FREE FROM PAIN”
Sophocles, for those of you uninitiated into the wonders of Greek tragedy…
Actually, Ed. It feels like a few of those arrows found their mark somewhere south of the border and north of Albuquerque.
I picked a helluva week to stop sniffing glue.
Separating the Spartans from the Artisans
Seems among the brethren on the right there be two camps in regards to the Iraq war.
Rick Moran has been greeted officially by the left’s version of Xertes, in Juan Cole, thus he has become an Artisan?
Let me have instead two quotes from the movie “300″:
Messenger: A thousand nations of the […]
Obama the Neocon?
Is Barack Obama a neocon? Robert Kagan thinks so, and he makes his case in the Washington Post today:
It’s not just international do-goodism. To Obama, everything and everyone everywhere is of strategic concern to the United States. “We cannot hope to shape a world where opportunity outweighs danger unless we ensure that every child, […]
Monday at noon on Fausta’s Blog Talk Radio show
My next Blog Talk Radio guest will be filmmaker Tim Montgomerie, who made the World Without America videos.
Join us at noon Monday, April 30 at noon.
In the meantime, don’t miss my post of this morning.
CQ Down, But HR Up
One of the side benefits of Heading Right is that I don’t need to worry about creating a backup site for Captain’s Quarters when it’’s down — as it apparently is at the moment. I’ll post here in the meantime.
Rick, I agree with you about Obama’s long legs. However, I think the more […]
OBAMA HAS GOT LONG LEGS
I think Obama suffered from having to go first on that particular terrorism question. That and the fact that the guy straddles every single issue and question that confronts him. He definitely has mastered the art of saying absolutely nothing while sounding mezzo profundo. The answer to that terrorism question is a perfect example. He […]
Obama Blows The Kitty Dukakis Question
When Hillary Clinton sees a vulnerability in an opponent, she attacks immediately, as Barack Obama found out after their presidential debate on Thursday night. Obama gave a less-than-muscular response in explaining how he would react to a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11, and Hillary has acted quickly to highlight it:
The first Democratic […]
Thank You
These first few days at Heading Right have been outstanding thanks to all of you. We appreciate all of the readers, comments, and links that have come our way.
The Iraq War Bill and Mrs. Pistachio
The bill passed by Congress provides more than $90 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
However, it also calls for a cut and run, surrender, or call of defeat (whichever you want to call it) demanding a beginning of the troop withdrawal by this coming October 1st. There is a stipulation in the bill […]
A Great American Idea Gone Horribly Wrong
To Charles Jacobs pointed questions it seems we lack the courage of our convictions.
BETRAYING MODERATE MUSLIMS Charles Jacobs
There is a lot of talk in Boston, as elsewhere, about how to help moderate Muslims defeat the extremists in their communities. The Muslims I know who fight against Islamist Fascism are among the bravest people on the […]
How To Tell If You Are An Islamofascist
I remember hearing a Muslim man call into a radio show a few months back, very angry that the host dared to use the term “Islamofascist.”
“Islam is not fascist,” he repeatedly told the host.
Meanwhile, of course, the host attempted to explain to the man that he wasn’t saying Islam was fascist, but was, instead, making […]
Tonight on The Front Line: A Marine Live From Iraq
Tonight I’ll be talking to Marine CPL Rob Smith, with Regimental Combat Team 2 in Al-Asad, Iraq. He is on his third combat tour, and at the age of 21 is in charge of a fire team, entrusted with the lives of other Marines under fire. He served under 2LT Ilario Pantano, and has distinguished […]
Number 29 captured
Quite a catch:
“The United States has taken into custody a top al-Qaeda operative who plotted to assassinate Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf and other officials, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday.
Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi, who was taken to the US navy prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba about a week ago, was intercepted while trying to reach Iraq […]
Saudis Stop Their 9/11
They’ve rounded up more than 170 suspects, weapons, explosives, and $32 million in cash. Oh, and some of those suspects had trained to fly commercial jets:
Police arrested 172 Islamic militants, some of whom had trained abroad as pilots so they could fly aircraft in attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil fields, the Interior Ministry said […]
Cold, Dead Constitution
I missed this when it first appeared in the Toledo Blade, but I blogged about it today. Don Simpson explains how he would impose effective gun control on the American people. Pay attention, class –how many violations of the Constitution can you find here?
Now, how would one disarm the American population? First of […]
YES, IT’S TRUE. I’M A DORK
At least Chris Muir thinks so.
Mr. Muir had some interesting thoughts on my criticism of his putting Hillary in black face on his cartoon during his appearance on Ed’s CQ Radio show yesterday.
I have a somewhat short (for me) response here. Mr. Muir accused me of being politically correct as well, by inference, of not […]
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A New Patriot!
Congrats, Doug! Pass along our welcome to Mrs. Pistachio. We’re always happy to find a new patriotic American citizen.
Taking the oath to become an American Citizen
A couple of hours ago I returned from Los Angeles with my wife. We were there so that she could take the oath of citizenship of the United States of America.
After they repeated the oath the new Americans waved little American flags and cheered loudly. I turned to the man sitting beside me whose wife […]
RE: Debate
With ya Bright, that was brutal. Still think they missed out not having Fox host it with Hannity moderating.
By the way Don Surber has a paraphrased version.
Watching The “Debate”
I can’t take the so called “debate” (from my former home city) more than a little bit at a time. This is the biggest group of disingenuous, BDS sufferers ever assembled in one place. If there is one clue among the entire group, I haven’t seen the evidence yet.
The hard part is deciding which one […]
George Tenet
Via Drudge:
“Tenet says to have the president base his entire decision to go to war on such a remark is unbelievable. “So a whole decision to go to war, when all of these other things have happened in the run-up to war? You make mobilization decisions, you’ve looked at war plans,” says Tenet. “I’ll never […]
RE: Senate Vote
Senate votes for cut and run, largely along party lines (exception made for Chuck Hagel who isn’t a republican).
More notable is that McCain missed the vote. What in the hell is this guy good for? Abslolutely nothing.
Anyway, 51-46, not even close to override a veto, nevertheless, McCain might as well pull up the […]
Senate Roll Call on Iraq Spending Bill
Kathryn Jean Lopez at The Corner has posted the link to the roll call vote on the “troop exit bill“.
Hagel (R-NE) and Smith (R-OR) are the two crossing the aisle.
Graham (R-SC), Johnson (D-SD), and McCain (R-AZ) did not vote.
Senate Passes Supplemental, 51-46
The Senate passed the Iraq supplemental with the fixed withdrawal dates just moments ago, 51-46:
A defiant Democratic-controlled Senate passed legislation Thursday that would require the start of troop withdrawals from Iraq by Oct. 1, propelling Congress toward a historic veto showdown with President Bush on the war.
The 51-46 vote was largely along party lines, and […]
The Headline Tells The Story
The headline of this Yahoo News/AP story is quite telling:
Senate expected to pass troop exit bill
My emphasis. If you were under the impression that this bill was about funding for the troops, well, you would be wrong. The funding is only being used as a political football to push the agenda of surrender and defeat.
Cross […]
So Far, Survey Says: Masterful Parody
I don’t know about Rick’s mailbag, but so far commenters on these posts here and at my blog have come out foursquare in support of Chris Muir’s cartoon for today. Here’s one example:
What Chris Muir did by blackfacing Hillary Clinton was a masterful use of parody to illustrate just how abusive her pandering to potential […]
Chris Muir On CQ Radio Today
I figured I’d talk directly with the source on the Day By Day controversy. Chris Muir will join me for today’s CQ Radio show at 2 pm CT. Be sure to join the conversation live by calling 646-652-4889!
One more note — our co-bloggers have great shows on Blog Talk Radio, and we’re going […]
Impeaching Cheney! What?
Dear Colleague:
This week I intend to introduce Articles of Impeachment with respect to the conduct of Vice President Cheney. Please have your staff contact my office . . . if you would like to receive a confidential copy of the document prior to its introduction in the House.
Sincerely,
/s/
Dennis J. Kucinich
Member of Congress
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), […]
Over The Line?
As much as I love Chris Muir and Day By Day, I have to admit that this particular strip crosses the line. I get the point he’s making, that Hillary is becoming such a panderer that she has begun to insult the intelligence of African-American voters, but there had to be a better way of […]
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE CONTROVERSY WITH THAT COFFEE, ED?
What does everyone make of Chris Muir’s Day by Day cartoon this morning?
Hillary in black face?
Considering how we conservatives trashed Jane (”you ignorant slut”) Hamsher for photoshopping Lieberman in black face, shouldn’t we police our own and give Mr. Muir a few well chosen jabs for his insensitivity?
As I point out in my blog post, […]
Lucianne Links HR
Lucianne Goldberg gave us a big link this morning, too! Let me welcome her readers and thank her for the kind words on her “Must Reads of the Day” list. Stick around — it’ll get hot here once we all have our first cups of coffee …
Another GOP Gonzo Go-Go
John McCain says Gonzales should resign:
“I am very disappointed in his performance,” McCain, R-Ariz., said Wednesday when asked about the attorney general in an interview with CNN’s Larry King. “I think loyalty to the president should enter into his calculations.”
When pressed about whether Gonzales should resign, McCain responded: “I think that out of loyalty to […]
The Corner Links HR
NRO’s Jonah Goldberg gave us a nice link this morning — early this morning, as he’s traveling in the UK. We’re getting noticed!
The Fall Of Civilization
The world is slowly being engulfed by the Islamic wave of hate. The a picture of the future of America is being previewed in Europe as diversity is turning slowly into socialism and Sharia Rule. Before you know it your life will be more controlled than the current scrutiny of political correctness, and it is […]
They never poll me on a Monday, a Tuesday…
New WSJ poll:
“As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of Americans side with the Democrats.
In addition, a nearly equal number believe that victory in […]
Gonzalez Has Hidden Talents?
I featured The American Thinker’s Chief Investigative Correspondent Clarice Feldman on my innaugural BRT show yesterday and she gave a spirited defense of the AG, mainly for his excellent work in building up the counter-terrorism and counter intelligence capabilities of the government.
Clarice worked at DOJ for many years and would know these things so I […]
Gonzo follies
Andy’s take is good, but I think it misses the point of what’s happening now. Conservatives haven’t been thrilled with Gonzales on policy, but once nominated, he wasn’t bad enough to fight over, a la Harriet Miers. Had he managed Justice well, Gonzales would have the support of conservatives — or at least not their […]
SCOTUS watch - McCain/Feingold
NRO’s Andy McCarthy noting that the McCain/Feingold law is getting hammered in oral arguments.
Additionally Andy has a related article on Gonzales and why he thinks there is no love loss among conservatives.
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