Newsweek Redux

Just a tought on how to really put the screws to Newsweek.

Heaven forbid this should ever happen... If there is another terrorist attack on US soil, I believe the terrorists should be asked about the Newsweek story and if there is the slightest hint that those responsible for the attack were inflamed and called to action by the Newsweek story it is lawsuit time. I'm not an expert here but it would seem very reasonable to me that the families of those who (Heaven forbid) were killed or injured would have a great case focusing on the wreckless neglicence of Newsweek.

Hey MSM, try to sweep this one under the rug. I don't think so.

Red v. Blue

Now more than ever it is time to stand firm. It is time to tell those who represent us, the majority of Americans that we have their backs. We elected them to represent our values, our traditions, and most importantly, the truth. It is time to be partisan. It is time to act. It is time to stop acting like republicans and start acting like REPUBLICANS.

Senator Frist had tried many avenues to avoid a full-frontal confrontation. We need to encourage the leadership to adopt the same policy that Reagan had with respect to terrorists: We don't negotiate. It is time to walk with a Texas swagger. It is time to walk softly and not just carry a big stick but use the darn thing when needed. Today, our big stick is needed.

It is time to call the question, it is time to end debate. It is time to change the interpretation of the rules of the Senate. In short, get it done. I could care less what Old Kennedy, Sheets Byrd, or Reid think or say. They are nothing more than political hacks who need to be put out to pasture.

What happens when I make a Mistake?

What are the consequences that I face when I make a mistake? What happens when I learn about a situation and take action without thinking about what may happen? The bottom line is that I get into trouble. Now, generally speaking, sixteen people don't die when I make mistakes. My mistakes cause money not lives and for that I am thankful. But what would happen if my mistakes came at the price of a single life? Either knowingly or unknowingly if my actions caused someone to be killed I would be in deep trouble. So why is it that Newsweek gets off with just apologizing for fanning the flames of hate against the US of A and helping 16 people meet their maker?

Perhaps it is because Newsweek is not about news. It is about an agenda. Everyone has a preferences and opinions and that is ok. But when you allow your reporting to become clouded by unchecked rumors that leads to the death of innocent people, a simply "oops" just doesn't cut it. A serious publication who was interested in the truth would have checked the facts before printing lies. Are they too stupid to not think that there would be huge outpouring of violence and hate from the Muslim world if we had desecrated the Koran? I don't think so. I think the agenda 'cone of silence' was over the ears, eyes and mouths that day in the newsroom.

How should Newsweek be punished for their mistakes? Should some of their 'reporters' loose their press credentials? Nothing is going to reverse the damage they have done. Last time I checked, a left-wing pseudo-news rag couldn't raise people from the dead nor can they undo the political damage done to the US and its allies who are fighting for the very freedoms that protects Newsweek's freedoms to print the garbage they produce.

I won't ever be purchasing Newsweek again. Period. Done. End of story.... Not that I have ever purchased it. Nobody should by their magazine. In fact, in the pursuit of truth, we should make every effort to make things tough for Newsweek. If you see the magazine at the your Doctor's Office -- hide it. If you really know your Doctor well, ask him to cancel the subscription. If you get any of those postage pre-paid "send us this reply card and we'll discount your subscription" pieces of junk mail, firmly attach it to a brick or some other heavy object and attach a note similar to this:

Dear Sirs:

When you can bring back the 16 dead folks your reporting killed, I will subscribe at full cover price until the end of my life.



I don't think they will ever get it, but if we rollover we are as guilty as Newsweek.

Special Interests

I am sick and tired of the left's mantra about "Right Wing Special Interests". I am sick and tired of our party not having a backbone to stand up and speak the truth. It is time for a new PR campaign. It is time to hit them where it hurts. This is not war, it is politics. We shouldn't stoop to the low-blows of that often come from the other side of the aisle. We need to hit them where it hurts. Turn the tables upside down.

Here is the first spot. We have a series of people say the following: "I am a special interest. I am a Californian. I am an American. I am a Republican." Then we edit all this together to have about 50 different variations on this theme. All of the spots begin with the "I am" statement. We then have 15 - 20 clips of the "I am" sound bite edited together and for the last clip of the sequence we use the full statement of "I am a special interest" and we end the spot with "As Republicans we believe people are the special interests that we represent."

Plain and Simple. The other side won't stop making acusations about special interest so we need to define what special interests we represent. Enough is enough.

"D" stands for "D"on't get it

Today, I received two letters from the US Senate. One from Frist and one from Feinstein. I've sent several emails to Senators this past year and these are the first two responses I have ever received.

My comments to Senator Frist were surrounding Terri Schiavo. Essentially, the Senator and I see eye to eye on this issue.

That brings me to Di Fi. We don't see eye to eye. Lets jump in the way-back machine and head to March 1, 2005. Anyone care to guess what the your friend (chuckle) and mine, Robert Byrd had to say on that fateful day in Washington? Let me summarize his bloviating with a few short quotes.

"If we restrain debate on Judges today, what will be next: the rights of the elderly to receive social security; the rights of the handicapped to be treated fairly; the rights of the poor to obtain a decent education? Will all debate soon fall before majority rule?"

"We unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men."

And finally, the money shot...

"Hitler need a two-thirds vote to pass that law... Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside our and made illegality legal."

I asked Di Fi when she would be condemning the above comments made by Mr. Byrd as they clearly cross the line and compare Republicans to Nazis. They don't draw a parallel to skirting the law. They most steamily insinuate that if you want an up or down vote on Judges, you are a Nazi. The plain and simple truth.

So what did Di Fi have to say? Not much. I will save you the boring details of the entire response and leave you with several highlights.


"I have read Senator Byrd's statement and I do not share your view of the meaning of what he said"
Go figure, I guess the "D" after her name has to do with either her grade in her Critical Thinking 101 class or perhaps more clearly "D"ocuments her "D"enial of the truth. Hmm. More of her letter.

"Taking away the full right to debate nominations could render meaningless the Senate's obligation to provide its 'Advice and Consent.'" DiFi, last I checked, there really hasn't been any debate. Only some left wing grandstanding. All we want is a true debate and a up/down vote.

"Elimination of this time-honored rule would harm the functioning of the Senate, which by our own rules, gives the minority party strong rights." I didn't know that the rules of the Senate trumped the Constitution? Did you? How about this: Since I am just a single individual and there are 100 senators, I am clearly in the minority. Because I am in the minority, I should have special rights -- just like you Dems in the Senate. Is that how things work in the good old USA?

"Such freedom of debate and considered deliberation can only be accomplished by respecting the rights of the minority. I do not support actions that would cause such long-term damage toe the United States Senate." Oh, right. The Senate is more important that the PEOPLE you represent (well, at least in theory).

BTW, she sent me a copy of Byrd's whole statement. Our tax dollars hard at work. Yawn.