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Updated 10/31/04

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Kahuna’s Update

There are those of you who feel that my thoughts concerning "SMOKE AND MIRRORS" Kerry and his Socialist Communistic rhetoric, have a number of you looking at me quizzically. What you ask? An American presidential candidate having socialist Communist views? Yes, I say he indulges in such subterfuge that masks the foundation of his policies with claims of helping the lower classes at the expense of the richest. What do you call that? I find it quite easy to spot wealth redistribution! Thank you, we must continue to inform the uninformed.

What a man!!!! Below is the text of an important speech given earlier today by the President in New Jersey -- yes, New Jersey (keep an eye on that state). It ranks among the most powerful speeches the President has given this year. It outlines the President's four commitments to winning the war on terrorism: protecting the homeland; staying on the offense against the enemy overseas; working with allies and leading the world with clarity; and advancing the cause of freedom and democracy. It also demonstrates, in vivid detail, why John Forbes Kerry is not up to the task of facing the challenge of our time. The President bases his judgment on Senator Kerry's 20-year Senate record and his liberal cast of mind - both of which are indisputable. The contrast between the President's record and the record of Senator Kerry is striking.

It's also worth noting that in the last two weeks of this election, the President continues to make substantively important and carefully argued speeches. But see for yourself.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Evesham Recreation Center
Marlton, New Jersey
October 18, 2004

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thanks for coming. Thanks for the warm welcome. It is great to be back in the state of New Jersey. Oh, I know it might surprise some to see a Republican presidential candidate in New Jersey in late October. The reason why I'm here, with your help we'll carry the state of New Jersey in November.

We are now 15 days away from a critical election. Many important domestic issues are at stake. I have a positive, hopeful agenda for job creation, broader health coverage and better public education. Yet all the progress we hope to make depends on the security of our nation. America is in the middle of a global war on terror, a struggle unlike any we have ever known before. We face an enemy that is determined to kill the innocent and make our country into a battlefield. In the war on terror, there is no place for confusion and no substitute for victory. For the sake of our future and our freedom, we will fight this war with every asset of our national power, and we will prevail.

During the decade of the 1990s, our times often seemed peaceful on the surface. Yet, beneath that surface were currents of danger. Terrorists were training and planning in distant camps. In 1993, terrorists made their first attack on the World Trade Center. In 1998, terrorists bombed American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. And then came the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, which cost the lives of 17 American sailors. In this period, America's response to terrorism was generally piecemeal and symbolic. The terrorists concluded this was a sign of weakness, and their plans became more ambitious, and their attacks became more deadly.

Most Americans still felt that terrorism was something distant, and something that would not strike on a large scale in America. That is the time that my opponent wants to go back to. A time when danger was real and growing, but we didn't know it. A time when some thought terrorism was only a "nuisance." But that very attitude is what blinded America to the war being waged against us. And by not seeing the war, our government had no comprehensive strategy to fight it.

September the 11th, 2001 changed all that. We realized that the apparent security of the 1990s was an illusion. The people of New Jersey were among the first to understand how the world changed. On September the 11th, from places like Hoboken and Jersey City, you could look across the Hudson River and see the Twin Towers burning. We will never forget that day, and we will never forget our duty to defend America.

Out of the horror of that day we also saw good emerge. America has seen a new generation of heroes -- police, firefighters, members of the military. Americans have felt a new sense of community in neighborhoods and across our country. We've been reminded that all of us are a part of a great American story that is larger than our
individual lives. And we have been reminded of our solemn responsibility to defend freedom.

September the 11th also changed the way we should look at national security. But not everyone realizes it. The choice we face in this election, the first presidential election since September the 11th, is how our nation will defeat this threat. Will we stay on the offensive against those who want to attack us --or will we take action only after we are attacked? Will we make decisions in the light of September the 11th, or continue to live in the mirage of safety that was actually a time of gathering threats? And in this time of choosing, I want all Americans to know you can count on me to fight our enemies and defend our freedom.

Winning the war on terror requires more than tough-sounding words repeated in the election season. America needs clear, moral purpose and leaders who will not waver, especially in the tough times. And winning the war on terror requires a strategy for victory. Unlike my opponent, I understand the struggle America faces and I have a strategy to win.

Our first duty in the war on terror is to protect the homeland. This morning at the White House, I signed a strong law that will make our nation more secure. With the 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, we are providing essential funding for Coast Guard patrols and port security, for the Federal Air Marshal program, and for technology that will defend aircraft against missiles. We're adding new resources to patrol our borders and to verify the identity of foreign visitors to America. We need to know who's coming in and out of our country. The new law includes vital money for first responders, and for better security of chemical facilities and nuclear plants and water treatment plants and bridges and subways and tunnels. All these measures show the unwavering commitment of our government. We will do everything in our power to protect the American people.

The law I signed today is part of a broad effort to defend America against new dangers. After September the 11th we created the Department of Homeland Security to make sure our government agencies are working together. We're transforming the FBI into an agency whose primary focus is stopping terrorism. Through Project BioShield, we are developing new vaccines and treatments against biological attacks. We've trained more than a half million first responders across America.

To protect America, we passed the Patriot Act, giving law enforcement many of the same tools to fight terrorists that they already had to fight drug cartels and organized crime. Since September the 11th, law enforcement professionals have stopped terrorist activities in Columbus, Ohio; San Diego, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Buffalo, New York and other places, including New Jersey, where we apprehended an arms dealer who was allegedly trying to sell shoulder-fired missiles to terrorists. My opponent voted for the Patriot Act, but now he wants to weaken it. There are plenty of
safeguards in this law, making sure that civil liberties are protected and searches are authorized by court order. By seeking to dilute the Patriot Act, my opponent is taking the eye off the ball. The danger to America is not the Patriot Act, or the good people who use it; the danger to America is the terrorists. And we will not let up in this fight.

To protect America, our country needs the best possible intelligence. Chairman Tom Kean and other members of the September the 11^th Commission made thoughtful and valuable recommendations on intelligence reform. We are already implementing the vast majority of those recommendations that can be enacted without a vote of Congress. We're expanding and strengthening the capabilities of the CIA. We've established the Terrorist Threat Integration Center so we can bring together all the available intelligence on terrorist threats to one place. But other changes require new laws. Congress needs to create the position of the National Intelligence Director and take other measure to make our intelligence community more effective. These reforms are necessary to stay ahead of the threats. I urge Congress to act quickly, so I can sign them into law.

My opponent has taken a different approach, and it shows in his record. Just one year after the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, Senator Kerry proposed a $6 billion cut in the nation's intelligence budget. But the majority of his colleagues ignored his irresponsible proposal. In 1995, he tried to cut intelligence funding again -- and this time he could not get a single member of the United States Senate to support his bill. And that's an important difference between us. Senator Kerry has a record of trying to weaken American intelligence. I am working every day to strengthen American intelligence.

In a free and open society, it is impossible to protect against every threat. So, second, we must pursue a comprehensive strategy against terror. The best way to prevent attacks is to stay on the offense against the enemy overseas. We are waging a global campaign from the mountains of Central Asia to the deserts of the Middle East, and from the Horn of Africa to the Philippines. These efforts are paying off. Since September the 11th, 2001, more than three-quarters of al Qaeda's key members and associates have been brought to justice. The rest of them know we're coming after them.

After September the 11th, we set a new direction for American policy and enforced a doctrine that is clear to all: If you support or harbor terrorists, you're equally guilty of terrorist murder. We've destroyed the terror camps that train thousands of killers in
Afghanistan. We removed the Taliban from power. We have persuaded governments in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to recognize the enemy and join the fight. We ended the regime of Saddam Hussein, which sponsored terror. Iraq's new government under Prime Minister Allawi is hunting down terrorists in Iraq. We sent a message to Libya, which has now given up weapons of mass destruction programs and handed nuclear materials and equipment over to the United States. We have acted, through diplomacy and force, to shrink the area where the terrorists can operate freely, and that strategy has the terrorists on the run.

My opponent has a fundamental misunderstanding on the war on terror. A reporter recently asked Senator Kerry how September the 11th changed him. He replied, "It didn't change me much at all." His unchanged world view is obvious from the policies he still advocates. He has said this war is primarily an intelligence and law enforcement operation. He has declared, we should not respond to threats until they are -- quote -- "imminent." He has complained that my administration -- quote -- "relies unwisely on the threat of military preemption against terrorist organizations." Let me repeat that. He says that preemptive action is "unwise," not only against regimes, but even against terrorist organizations. Senator Kerry's approach would permit a response only after America is hit.

This kind of September the 10th attitude is no way to protect our country. The war on terror is a real war, with deadly enemies, not simply a police operation. In an era of weapons of mass destruction, waiting for threats to arrive at our doorsteps is to invite disaster. Tyrants and terrorists will not give us polite notice before they attack our country. As long as I'm the Commander-in-Chief, I will confront dangers abroad so we do not have to face them here at home.

The case of one terrorist shows what is at stake. The terrorist leader we face in Iraq today, the one responsible for beheading American hostages, the one responsible for many of the car bombings and attacks against Iraq is a man named Zarqawi. Before September the 11th, Zarqawi ran a camp in Afghanistan that trained terrorists in the use of explosives and poisons, until coalition forces destroyed that camp. He fled to Saddam Hussein's Iraq, where he received medical care and set up operations with some 2,000 terrorist associates. He operated in Baghdad and worked with associates in northern Iraq. He ran camps to train terrorists, and conducted chemical and biological experiments, until coalition forces arrived and ended those operations. With nowhere to operate openly, Zarqawi has gone underground and is making a stand in Iraq.

Here, the difference between my opponent and me is very clear. Senator Kerry believes that fighting Zarqawi and other terrorists in Iraq is a "diversion" from the war on terror. I believe that fighting and defeating these killers in Iraq is a central commitment in the war on terror. If Zarqawi and his associates were not busy fighting American forces in Iraq, does Senator Kerry think they would be leading productive and peaceful lives? Clearly, these killers would be plotting and acting to murder innocent civilians in free nations, including our own. By facing these terrorists far away, our military is making the United States of America more secure.

Third, to win the war on terror, America must work with allies and lead the world with clarity. And that is exactly what we are doing. The flags of 64 nations fly at U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Tampa, Florida, representing coalition countries that are working openly with us in the war on terror. Dozens more are helping quietly in important ways. Today, all 26 NATO nations have personnel either in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. America's allies are standing with us in the war on terror, and we are grateful.

My opponent promises that he would do better with our allies. Yet, he's decided that the way to build alliances is to insult our friends. As a candidate for President, Senator Kerry has managed to offend or alienate almost every one of America's fighting allies in the war on terror.

He has called the countries serving alongside us in Iraq -- quote -- "a trumped-up coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought, and the extorted." He has dismissed the sacrifice of 14 nations that have lost forces in Iraq, calling those nations "window dressing." In our debate a few weeks ago, he declared, "when we went into Iraq, there were three countries -- Great Britain, Australia, and the United States." He left out Poland, one of the first countries to see combat on the first days of hostilities in Iraq. He never shows respect for some of the 30 nations that are serving courageously in Iraq today.

Senator Kerry even has disregarded the contributions of Iraqis who are fighting for their freedom. When he speaks of coalition casualties in Iraq, he doesn't count the hundreds of Iraqis who have given their lives fighting the terrorists and the insurgents. When Iraq's Prime Minister came to Washington to address Congress last month, Senator Kerry did not show up. Instead, he called a press conference and questioned the Prime Minister's credibility. The Prime Minister of Iraq is a brave man, who survived the assassins of Saddam. The Prime Minister of Iraq deserves the respect of the world, not the scorn of a
politician.

As part of his foreign policy, Senator Kerry has talked about applying a "global test." As far as I can tell, it comes down to this: Before we act to defend ourselves, he thinks we need permission from foreign capitals. Yet, even the Gulf War coalition in 1991 did not pass Senator Kerry's global test. Even with the United Nations' approval, he voted against removing Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. If that vast, U.N.-supported operation did not pass his test, nothing ever could. Senator Kerry's global test is nothing more than an excuse to constrain the actions of our own country in a dangerous world.

I believe in strong alliances. I believe in respecting other countries and working with them and seeking their advice. But I will never submit our national security decisions to a veto of a foreign government.

Fourth, we will win the war on terror and make America safer by advancing the cause of freedom and democracy. Free societies are hopeful societies, which do not nurture bitterness, or the ideologies of terror and murder. Free governments in the broader Middle East will fight the terrorists, instead of harboring them. And this is why a free Iraq and a free Afghanistan are vital to peace in that region, and vital to the security interests of our country.

After decades of tyranny in the broader Middle East, progress toward freedom will not come easily. Yet, that progress is coming faster than many would have said possible. Across a troubled region, we are seeing a movement toward elections, greater rights for women, and open discussion of peaceful reform. The election in Afghanistan less than two weeks ago was a landmark event in the history of liberty. That election was a tremendous defeat for the terrorists. My opponent has complained that we are trying to -- quote -- "impose" democracy on people in that region. Is that what he sees in Afghanistan, unwilling people have democracy forced upon them? We removed the Taliban by force, but democracy is rising in that country because the Afghan people, like everywhere, want to live in freedom. No one forced them to register by the millions, or stand in long lines at polling places. On the day of that historic election, an Afghan widow brought all four of her daughters to vote alongside her. She said this -- she said, "When you see women here lined up to vote, this is something profound. I never dreamed this day would come." But that woman's dream finally arrived, as it will one day across the greater Middle East.

The dream of freedom is moving forward in Iraq. The terrorists know it, and they hate it, and they fight it. And we can expect more violence as Iraq moves toward free elections. Yet, every day in Iraq, our coalition is defeating the enemy's strategic objectives.

The enemy seeks to disrupt the march toward democracy. But an Iraqi independent electoral commission is up and running, political parties are planning campaigns, voter registration will begin next month – and free and fair Iraqi elections will be held on schedule this coming January.

The enemy seeks to establish sanctuaries in Iraq from which to commit acts of terror. But Iraqi and coalition forces are on the offensive in Fallujah and North Babil, and have restored government control in Samarra, Tall Afar, and Najaf.

The enemy wants to make Iraqis afraid to join security forces. But every week, more and more Iraqis answer the call to arms. More than 100,000 soldiers, police and border guards are already trained, equipped and bravely serving their country. And well over 200,000 will be in place by the end of 2005.

The enemy seeks to break the will of the Iraqi people. But as Prime Minister Allawi told the Congress, Iraqis are hopeful, optimistic and determined to prevail in their struggle for liberty.

After the enemy has failed in so many goals, what can these killers do now? They can fill up our TV screens with horrible images of suicide bombings and beheadings. These scenes are chaotic and horrific, but they're not a complete picture of what's happening in Iraq. A recent poll found that more than 75 percent of Iraqis want to vote, and they have confidence in the electoral progress. And more than 75 percent are hopeful about the future of their country. The violent acts of a few will not divert Iraqis and our coalition from the mission we have accepted. Iraq will be free, Iraqis will be secure and the terrorists will fail.

My opponent has a different outlook. While America does the hard work of fighting terror and spreading freedom, he has chosen the easy path of protest and defeatism. He refuses to acknowledge progress, or praise the growing democratic spirit in Iraq. He has not made democracy a priority of his foreign policy. But what is his strategy, his vision, his answer? Is he content to watch and wait, as anger and resentment grow for more decades in the Middle East, feeding more terrorism until radicals without conscience gain the weapons to kill without limit? Giving up the fight might seem easier in the short run, but we learned on September the 11th that if violence and fanaticism are not opposed at their source, they will find us where we live. America is safer today because Afghanistan and Iraq are fighting terrorists instead of harboring them. And I believe future generations of Americans will be spared violence and fear as democracy and hope and governments that oppose terror multiply across the Middle East.

Victory in the war on terror requires victory in Iraq. If a terror regime were allowed to re-emerge in Iraq, the terrorists would find a home, a source of funding and vital support. They would correctly conclude that free nations do not have the will to defend themselves. When Iraq becomes a free society at the heart of the Middle East, an ally in the war on terror, and a model for hopeful reform in a region that needs hopeful reform, the terrorists will suffer a crushing defeat and every free nation will be more secure.

Unfortunately, Senator Kerry does not share our commitment to victory in Iraq. For three years -- depending on the headlines, the poll numbers and political calculation -- he has taken almost every conceivable position on Iraq. First, he said Saddam Hussein was a threat, and he voted for the war. Then he voted against funds for bullets and body armor for the troops he had voted to send into battle. He declared himself an anti-war candidate. Months later he said that knowing everything we know now, he would have still voted for the war. Then he said the war was a "mistake," an "error," or "diversion."

Having gone back and forth so many times, the Senator from Massachusetts has now flip-flopped his way to a dangerous position. My opponent -- my opponent finally has settled on a strategy, a strategy of retreat. He has talked about artificial timetables to pull our troops out of Iraq. He has sent the signal that America's overriding goal in Iraq would be to leave, even if the job is not done. And that approach would lead to a major defeat in the war on terror. So long as I'm the Commander-in-Chief, America will never retreat in the face of the terrorists. We will keep our word to the Iraqi people. We'll make sure Iraqi forces can defend their country. And then American troops will return home, with the honor they have earned.

On each of the four commitments needed to prevail in the war on terror, there is a clear choice before the American people. My opponent wants to weaken the Patriot Act, and has a history of trying to undermine our intelligence services. I will take every necessary measure to protect the homeland. The Senator wants to wage the war on terror on the defensive. I will take the fight to the enemy. The Senator insults our friends in the world and wants to please a few critics. I'm working with our friends for the sake of freedom and security. The Senator is skeptical and pessimistic about democracy in Iraq, and
critical of our efforts in the broader Middle East. I know that the advance of freedom is the path to security and peace.

In all these areas, my opponent's views would make America less secure and the world more dangerous. And none of these positions should come as a surprise. Over a 20-year career in the United States Senate, Senator Kerry has been consistently wrong on the major national security issues facing our country.

The Senator who voted against the $87 billion for our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is the same Senator who has voted against vital weapons systems during his entire career. He tried to cancel the Patriot missile, which shot down scud missiles in Operation Desert Storm. He opposed the B-1 bomber, which was critical to victory in the Afghan campaign. He opposed the B-2 stealth bomber, which delivered devastating air strikes on Taliban positions. He opposed the modernized F-14D, which we used against terrorists in Tora Bora. He opposed the Apache helicopter, which destroyed enemy tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers in Iraq.

The Senator who is skeptical of democracy in Iraq also spoke with sympathy for a communist dictator in Nicaragua in the 1980s, and criticized the democracy movement as "terrorism." His misguided policies would have impeded the spread of freedom in Central America.

The Senator who claims the world is more dangerous since America started fighting the war on terror is the same Senator who said that Ronald Reagan's policies of peace through strength actually made America less safe -- the same Senator who said the Reagan presidency was eight years of "moral darkness." In this campaign, Senator Kerry can run from his record, but he cannot hide.

The Senator's long record shows a clear pattern on national security. He has consistently opposed a stronger military. He has consistently looked for excuses to constrain American power. He has consistently shown poor judgment on the great issues of war and peace. When one senator among a hundred holds a policy of weakness, it doesn't make a lot of difference. But the presidency is an office of great responsibility and consequence.

I have a record in office, as well. And all Americans have seen that record. September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I will never forget. Bernie might remember the workers in hard hats that were yelling at me and yelling at us, "Whatever it takes." A man grabbed me by the arm, just coming out of the rubble and he said, "Do not let me down." I have a responsibility that goes on. I wake up every morning thinking about how to make our country more secure. I acted again and again to protect the American people. I will never relent in defending our country, whatever it takes.

In a new term as your President, we will finish the work we have started. We will stand up to terror -- we will stand up for freedom. And on November the 2nd, my fellow Americans, I ask that you stand with me.

God bless. Thank you all.

If the benighted in the American electorate were to bring about the election of Mr. "Medals" Kerry to the presidency. That action would without doubt send a clear signal to the nations of the world, of the weakness and moral ambiguity that has taken over our country. At this time in history, as international terrorist organizations compete for the next September 11, the United States must have a president, willing to use its full military arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend our nation. Though among many of the liberal Democrats this is a foreign concept, along with protecting our borders! It may be a bit dated but does anyone "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR" ? Big Kahuna

The   pro-Kerry liberal Media Fund, is resorting to hip ghetto slang to attack Republicans. They say that those wealthy white guys, (as if this doesn't describe Kerry and John Edwards), are causing every imaginable ill and misfortune in black America. Hell, we whites are even causing black crime? These ads are essentially the voice of political demagogues acting like a field boss trying to scare black folks from believing there is a better life off the plantation. Blacks need to listen and think about these ads carefully. What is Kerry for? No one will ever find out listening to this ad campaign. There is not a single idea, or a single proposal or single thought about what might be ailing blacks other than the fact that a Republican is in the White House. The Democrats are running a campaign of lies and fear with their fallacious message. This to a community crying out in desperate need for real ideas! Kerry has attacked Bush foreign policy by calling it "more of the same." In reality this is all that Kerry offers black voters, more snake oil that pins the blame for all of the ills and shortcomings of the Black community, on everyone in our society but the Blacks! It's time for black children to stop hearing that they can't make it, and this is exactly what they are hearing from Democrats because this creates a mind set that keeps Blacks dependent on the supposed largess of the Democratic party. It's time for blacks to take a hard look around at those of their race who have made it big and try to emulate them rather then their constant whining about how bad the white man is. They should more concerned with improving their own lot in life rather than having a
Democrat in the White House." who once again will end up only paying them lip service. "Laus Deo"

My God, folks. What has to happen here? Do you have to be hit over the head by an anvil? Do you have to be slapped across the face with a shovel?

Have you heard the latest from The Poodle? John Kerry has a 20-year record in the United States Senate, along with two decades of public statements to go with it, but so far the press has given him a complete pass on his comments regarding the use of American armed forces outside our borders. The media continues to toe the Democratic company line that The Poodle went to Vietnam, got a few medals, and that means that he's fully qualified to be the Commander in Chief. That liberal record in the Senate and his history of public statements are just small footnotes.

The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about John Kerry's approach to foreign policy. Here's one paragraph from that article:
"Kerry's belief in working with allies runs so deep that he has maintained that the loss of American life can be better justified if it occurs in the course of a mission with international support. In 1994, discussing the possibility of U.S. troops being killed in Bosnia, he said, 'If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yes, it is worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome, the answer is unequivocally no.' "

Read it again, folks. Then read it again after that. This isn't some ancient yammering from Kerry back in the 1970's. This is contemporary Kerry. This is Kerry after having served a decade in the Senate. This is Kerry saying that it's OK for Americans to die fighting for a cause ratified by the United Nations, but not OK for American soldiers to
sacrifice their lives just fighting for the United States ... fighting for their country. America is not worth dying for. Dying for the United Nations is.

This is a virtual repeat of Kerry's statement in the 1970's that it was his belief that U.S. troops should only be deployed outside of the United States with the permission of the United Nations. Oh, to be sure ... he's tried to back off from that statement during this presidential campaign, but I have this nasty tendency to believe what people tell me
when they're not running for office, rather then when they're fishing for my vote. Now we see that Kerry reiterated his feelings just ten years ago!

Put these statements together with some other favorites . . . the famous "global test" line for instance. Can it be any more clear? Kerry is, as I have been warning for six months, soft on sovereignty. Kerry, as president, would feel compelled to play a grandiose game of international "Mommy May I?" before he takes steps to protect this country and its citizens. Oh ... and don't forget that Kerry feels that terrorism was just a mere nuisance prior to September 11th. Tell that to the families of the Marines who died in the Khobar towers, the families of sailors killed on the USS Cole, and the families of those who died in the first attack on the World Trade Towers.

And did you hear Kerry yesterday? He was addressing the question of whether or not he would have removed Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. He says he would have, but only if he had been able to develop the appropriate international coalition. That means France and Germany. Well, there was no way in hell France and Germany were going to
participate in dethroning their Sugar Daddy ... so that means that if it had been Kerry's call, Saddam Hussein would still be running the show in Iraq today. But wait! There's more! Please remember that Kerry also voted against removing Saddam from Kuwait! The reality is that if the great and wonderful John Kerry had been making the decisions Saddam would today be ruling over both Iraq and Kuwait .. and God only knows what else.

What does it take to make you Democrats understand? What does it take to make those of you with those Kerry / Edwards bumper stickers and yard signs understand the danger that this man presents to our country? Do you really believe that the American Commander in Chief should seek some sort of global permission, or the blessings of the United Nations before he can act in the defense of our homeland and our neighbors? Do you really believe that it OK for Americans to die in battle, just so long as they're fighting under the flag of the United Nations?

You hate Bush? You hate his swagger? You despise his smirk! You think he stole the election? Fine! Is that hatred strong enough for you to jeopardize the safety of our country just to wipe that silly grin off his face? Is that burning hatred so strong that you can sit back and say "well at least Bush isn't the president" after the next terrorist attack
on our homeland?

Look at this man! I used to think that he was just an empty political vessel. Not so. John Kerry is a dangerous politician bent on granting to the majority of Europeans that which they desire so strongly, a weakened United States. He denigrated our servicemen and women when he returned from Vietnam, and he dishonors them and all that they stand for now by saying that while it is OK for them to die for the United Nations, their lives should not be put on the line for their own country. This is a man who truly believes that the United States is little more than a member "state" of the great and exalted UN. This country's salvation may lie in you having one quick pang of consciousness when you walk into that voting booth on November 2nd. When you stand there ready to cast your vote you'll have the spirit of international Islamic terrorism on one shoulder trying to guide your hand toward a vote for John Kerry. On the other shoulder will be the ghosts of the Khobar Towers, the USS Cole and of 9/11 urging you to set your petty hatreds aside and vote for the only man who you truly know will take the fight to the Islamic terrorists ... regardless of whether or not Kofi Annan approves.

Generations of Americans are depending on you to do the right thing.

Updated 10/22/04

He throws away someone else's medals.
He drives someone else's SUV.
He marries someone else's wife.
And he inherits someone else's money.
I think we should all vote for him to be president of someone else's country.

Kerry's lying supporter, Alston, Never Served Under Kerry in Viet Nam! For those of you who have not been fully following the Swift Vet's story, one of Kerry's traveling campaign entourage (David Alston) claimed he was under Kerry's command on a PCF and found Kerry to be a great leader. He even gave a speech to that effect at the Democratic National Convention, where he said the following: "I know him from a
small boat in Vietnam, where we fought and bled together, serving our country. There were six of us aboard PCF-94, a 50 foot, twin engine craft known as a 'Swift Boat.' We all came from different walks of life, but all of us - including our skipper, John Kerry – volunteered for combat duty. And combat is what we got."

However, one intrepid blogger now has proven that to be a lie! Alston never served under Kerry because Alston was wounded and out of action before Kerry took command of Alston's boat. Here is the final bit of proof (published early this morning), I suggest you go to Captain's Quarters to find all the previous analysis leading up to this astonishing coup de gras (pass the word):
Alston Never Served Under Kerry!
Thanks to reader Lori in Texas, I think we've just about pieced the record together on David Alston and his supposed service under John Kerry's command. Lori points out a sympathetic article on Dale Sandusky, one of the few Swift boat veterans supporting Kerry and one that served on his boat, specifically gives the timing on Kerry's command of PCF-94:
In January 1969, Sandusky's boat, PCF-94, came under attack during one such ambush. Lt. Ted Peck, the officer in charge, and another crewman were seriously wounded. Sandusky had to take command. The boat was sinking and on fire, but Sandusky steered it back to safety. They counted 155 bullet holes in the boat and found a live enemy rocket in the main cabin. It had come to rest in a sack of potatoes. For his actions, Sandusky would receive the Bronze Star. With their officer headed home, the crew of PCF-94 needed a leader. And Lt. j.g. John Kerry, whose crew on PCF-44 had rotated back home, needed men to lead.
"I was sure glad he came along," Sandusky said, "because to be honest, I didn't want to take command." From Jan 30 to March 13, 1969, Kerry and the crew of the PCF-94 would conduct 18 missions in the Mekong Delta river system. In that time, Kerry would earn a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and add two Purple Hearts to the one he received earlier.
Bingo! Yachtzee! Alston received his serious wounds in that same exact battle that took Peck out of service. On January 29th, Alston was medivaced out to a hospital with head wounds and no records indicate that he ever returned to the unit. Kerry took command of PCF-94 the next day.

Alston never served a day under Kerry's command.

In fact, Kerry received a replacement, Fred Short, on 28 February as a
replacement for Alston. Now what does that tell us about Kerry and his Viet Nam narrative?
1. He and Alston conspired to deceive people about Alston's service under Kerry. That conspiracy was intended to give John Kerry cover against exactly the kind of campaign he faces from the other Swiftvets.
2. The "end of January" language on Kerry's website was intentionally vague in order to fuzzy up the timeline and keep Alston's true status a secret. Obviously, Sandusky remembers the dates well enough, and Kerry could easily have gotten them from him if he wanted to be as specific as his other dates on the timeline.
3. The DNC either were saps - or actively participated in the conspiracy - in order to assist Kerry in his Viet Nam mythology. Otherwise, why would they have allowed David Alston to speak at the convention about his experiences serving with John Kerry on the boat?
4. Kerry's band of brothers have some complicity in this cover-up as well. Those who served on PCF-94 surely remember that Alston never served under Kerry; Sandusky specifically recalls Peck being wounded and removed from command, but he wouldn't remember that Alston left at the same time?
5. One could argue that they served on the same boat, of course, and I look forward to that Clintonian parsing used in Kerry's defense. After holding Alston up as an expert on his leadership, he'll be hard pressed to explain how that expertise came to Alston from a hospital bed miles away from Kerry and his old PCF.

If this gets out to the mainstream media, this story kills Kerry's campaign. This isn't just a guy embellishing his war record -- this is a deliberate and longstanding attempt to mislead and defraud people by creating his own witnesses after the fact. That he could have done such a clumsy job should disqualify him for higher office on that basis
alone.

Kerry is really a piece of work. What a nightmare he would be as President! God forbid! bk

When you realize how benighted, so many of the electorate are, then consider the unwillingness so many of the young who have an aversion to defend this country, is it any wonder that the utterances of that paragon of prevarication "Medals" Kerry and his sycophantic followers saying that the draft is coming. This has the young and spoiled, worried, that they may have to step up to the plate and perform as their fathers did. They enjoy freedom and privilege. Just aren't ready to defend those blessings!

America’s main enemy is right in our midst and will bring about the downfall all that most of us hold holy. Who is this enemy you ask? It's the liberal mainstream press! BK

Have you seen the John Kerry commercial in which George Bush pledges to help Seniors on Medicare and "the very next day imposes a 17% premium increase; the biggest in history? That ad is a stroke of genius on Kerry's part and will surely gain him many votes among the uninformed, as do many of his misstatements (LIES). It was found to be so amazing that someone did some homework on the issue. As it turns out the 17% increase was not imposed by President Bush but was mandated by the "balanced budget agreement" signed by President Clinton, voted into law by Senator John Kerry, and was
scheduled to come into effect during the Bush administration. President Bush had no authority to reverse what had been voted into law by Senator Kerry during the Clinton administration.
Once again Kerry is counting on the ignorance (WHY NOT) of the American people.
Don't be duped by his misstatement of facts! This is another bit of Veritas that liberals will find hard to accept. Assuming they ever know of it! I hope you all will give this wide dissemination. PLEASE!

There should be no question in our collective minds, that we have God, Honor and hope aside from plain decency and everything that is virtuous and right on our side? I also hold a firm belief that a majority of the Iraqi people feel that we are there to free them not
occupy! With these thoughts in mind I feel that our President Mr. Bush and we Americans MUST not waver. We Americans are no strangers to noble causes and this ranks with the most noble we have ever waged in our entire history!  This is a nasty war that has to be won, not only for Iraqi freedom but OUR survival. It most be won, second best won't count!
We MUST have the will to fight the suicide bombers, kidnappers and decapitators, in the same no holds barred way they are coming at us! There is no question that our military can do the job if the self serving politicians stay out of the way! We must not ever succumb to the thinking of the bleeding heart, kissy face liberals who think this enemy
is too tough for us and we should pull out run away. To hell with national honor and what we have accomplished!    NO WAY AMERICA  "SI VIS PACEM" "PARA BELLUM "

Today Chuck Canterbury, the President of the nation's largest police labor organization, called on John Kerry to stop making misleading statements regarding his support from the law enforcement community. Both on the campaign trail and in Wednesday night's debate in Tempe, AZ, Senator Kerry has alluded that he has the support of the majority of
these brave men and women.

"As the elected leader of the largest organization representing America's Federal, State and local law enforcement officers, I believe it's important to point out yet again that we do not support his candidacy for President," Canterbury said. "And to be perfectly frank, the groups which do support him actually share the same membership rolls and, taken together, probably comprise less than one-quarter of our nation's police officers."

Canterbury further noted that unlike the organizations which Senator Kerry touts, F.O.P. members as a whole decided that the Fraternal Order of Police would endorse the reelection of President George W. Bush. They based their decision, he said, on the record of the Bush Administration in supporting America's first responders including
helping to secure passage earlier this year of H.R. 218, the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, the organization's top legislative priority. Bush also successfully fought to greatly enhance the benefits for the families of officers killed in the line of duty.

"While Kerry was flying around the country campaigning and leaving the actual work of the nation to his colleagues in the Senate, the President was out there working on our behalf," Canterbury said. "Senators Kerry and Edwards have missed so many crucial votes this Congress that I was beginning to believe t herewereonly98membersoftheU.S. Senate."

Canterbury also said it was the height of irony that Kerry would use his position on the reauthorization of the assault weapons ban as a reflection of his support from police. "First, if a police officer is killed by an AK-47, Kerry would oppose the death penalty for the killer," Canterbury said. "In addition, where was he when this issue was being discussed in the 108th Congress? Where was he when we were working to pass H.R. 218? When it came time to help push for final passage of legislation important to law enforcement, Senator Kerry was regrettably A.W.O.L."

"Given the facts, I would greatly appreciate it if Senator Kerry would refrain from making similar whimsical assertions regarding his support from the law enforcement community," Canterbury said. "The real majority of my fellow officers are standing behind President Bush, because he has been there for us."

The Fraternal Order of Police is the nation's largest law enforcement labor organization, with more than 318,000 members.

You or we, must not delude ourselves, that diversity has been achieved, when you have a room full of people who all look different but think and share the same thoughts. There are none more successful at bringing this charade together than the Democrats. The results have fooled so many into accepting these groups as a consensus of public opinion. However, in reality, they represent nothing more than a thinly disguised Democratic
mantra! The faces may be different but their idea is monolithic. Do as we say not as we do! The country can go to hell in a basket as long as they retain their power base. If this gives cause to wonder, I suggest that listening VERY closely to Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Edwards and the Clintons, Hillary and Bill, as they expound on their vision of America. It's their power base first and America second. Just a thought.

"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." --Thomas Jefferson

AMEN!!!! bk

The moment when John Kerry invoked the name of Ronald Reagan to explain how he would unite and lead the Western alliance. Try to remember the massive -- and decisive -- rebuilding of American defenses during the Reagan Years, John Kerry was against it, proposing to slash the Reagan defense budget by $200 billion over four years. Even Senator Kerry now admits that his opposition to a long list of weapons systems was "ill-advised" and "stupid." I for one am willing to take his word on that fact!! ßk

Nobody in our present day America seems to notice that the traditional meaning of greed has gone by the wayside. In my youth the word meant wanting more and usually it was something that belonged to somebody else! Willie Hutton was a greedy man and robbing banks was his solution. In my day if you cheated someone a person out of his money or property this was greedy. However now in this the Age of Socialism, greed came to mean my or our, wanting to keep our own property, especially our money. From the socialist standpoint, prevalent in the minds of so many of our politicians today, everything sort of
belongs to everyone, and the government should be the one to decide who gets what! It worked beautifully in some countries (many that no longer exist) where the proletariat seemed to live happily in their ignorance. Russia could serve as a great example. However, we Americans aren't enchanted by all-out socialism, even in it's disguised form, presented by the likes of 'Medals" Kerry, Ted (world class tippler) Kennedy and
that sycophantic cabal of liberal followers! Their piecemeal approach to liberalism and socialism by showing us, how unfair it is that some people own property and have more of the worlds goods than others. However, don't ever forget that this does not apply to them! This also explains why the have nots form such a large base for the Democratic
party. IMHO!  BK

I for one will NEVER forget that moment    when Larry King asked Kerry recently about being briefed by the Bush administration on the possibility of new al Qaeda attacks. "Medals" Kerry said: "They have offered to brief me; I just haven't had time."

We must understand that to protect us from harm isn't half a important as his quest for the White House, and that pretty much says it all. Folks, the entire election could turn on that one sentence. Even the cretins in our country can understand that. I hope that those with their hands in the inverted position can fathom the fact, if there is no country, their
hands will never be filled! Spread it far and wide...ßk

If the multitude of benighted in the American electorate were to bring about the election of Mr. "Medals" Kerry to the presidency, that action would with out doubt send a clear signal to the nations of the world, of the weakness and moral ambiguity, that has taken over our country. At this time in history, as international terrorist organizations compete
for the next September 11 and dream of killing all infidels, the United States must have a president, willing to use its full military arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend our nation. He must never but never apologize for our strength. Though among many of the liberal Democrats this is a foreign concept, along with protecting our borders! They seem
to prefer turning the other cheek!                            Bk

As a Christian, I do not indulge in hating Muslims, when I ask and even suggest that they remove the hate from their religion. In the schools beginning with kindergarten the young are taught to hate Christians an all those in the west. They along with the adult population are told how great their rewards will be if they kill Christians and ignore the principles of human rights that are accepted everywhere else in the world. But will Omar Ahmad and CAIR admit this? I doubt it. Ahmad, of course, was reported as saying in 1998 that {"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant"}. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth." He has since claimed that his remarks were misrepresented, but there are too many who remember his statement though not his exact words. These are the people that Kerry and his ilk wish us to try and better understand. What in the name of all that is holy is so difficult to fathom about them wanting us DEAD! bk

Sen. Kerry has walked the walk and talked the talk of another past military commander, Benedict Arnold. Now, as an anti/pro-war candidate for president, John Kerry has publicly acknowledged that before carrying out an imminent strike against an adversary, he would first seek world opinion (the United Nations). On the other hand, our president will not bow to any America-hating, back-stabbing, foreign-aid-hustling, Third World countries. Unlike John Kerry, President George Bush will never compromise the sovereignty or integrity of this nation for the sake of world opinion. President Bush
will continue to stand tall and resolved, as the father of our nation once did as he crossed the Potomac with his troops. "LAUS DEO"
bk

Greetings to all!
This from Capt (ret) Larry Bailey, president of Vietnam Veterans for Truth. Please pass on to your friends. I too feel we are at a very dangerous crossroad in history and a wrong turn here could lead to great suffering, the likes of which has not been seen since the our own Civil War. Iraq is only one theater in the war on terror and while there will be more theaters of war--we do not want a New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver or any other local battleground for killing terrorists. Defeating John Kerry will give Viet Nam Vets the Parade and thanks they never had!
Please go to www.operationstreetcorner.com and pick up your weapon in the fight for truth.
H

"America! Not to put too fine a point on it, we are less than a month from the election that may very well determine the future of Western Civilization. Those of us in Vietnam Vets for the Truth have done all we know how to do to ensure that John Kerry does not preside over the destruction of the American republic. All, that is, except to go in massive numbers into the streets and parking lots and convention halls of this country and confront those who are not aware of the danger John Kerry poses to the USA. A few hundred patriots are already involved in this project, and the results they have realized are phenomenal! You see, most Americans don't really know anything about John Kerry, and
it's our job to educate them about at least one aspect of the man-the lies he told about Vietnam veterans in 1971--lies he still has not retracted or apologized for. The volunteers of "Operation Street Corner" (OSC) are reporting that most of the people they engage in conversation are not aware of those lies, and that once they are confronted with them, they often state that there's no way they can vote for John Kerry. Our job is to mobilize hundreds of OSC volunteers to saturate this nation with the message that John Kerry is a liar. We all know many other examples of his lies, but we are at our most effective when we stick to his "baby-killer," "throat-slitter," "rapist," and other horrendous statements. This is all documented on www.wintersoldier.com.

If you've not gotten involved in this year's campaign, now's the time. Please go to www.operationstreetcorner.com and learn how we are doing this. YOU can change people's votes; YOU can cause the minute vote shifts that can determine the result in your state; and YOU can save this nation from the presidency of a man who has PROVED that he cares far more about his own ego than the welfare of the rest of us." I have checked out OSC, and I can promise you that it works. Give it a shot. As I said, cut and paste the above into your own e-mail and get it rolling! And check out the OSC website yourself-we have photos, testimonials, and how-to-do-it information galore! We are going full-bore from now to November 2nd, the day which, for Vietnam vets, will be this year's
Veterans Day. All best, Larry Bailey President, VVT

Sometimes the truth is hard to take but our survival isn't. BK

It's Sunday – the day to communicate with our God and thank him for all the blessings he
has bestowed on us, as a people and a nation, along with a man of strength and character at the helm. It's also a good day to come to grips, with a most horrible reality. The gruesome scene taking place in Russia, will bring about some good if only the Americans, who subscribe to the Kerry liberal point of view will pay attention. By being nice and reasoning with terrorist we can make real strides toward peace?

Face it America we are in a fight for survival! These animals have no scruples about killing anyone. Even helpless children! They understand only one thing strength. They wish to eliminate us, all who aren't of their persuasion and our kind of freedoms! Thank God Mr. Bush understands this, and is taking the fight to them. It may even occur, to
the most ardent Bush hater, that we haven't had any sort of attack on our homeland since Mr. Bush sent our military to kick the animals in their "ASS!!" They have a healthy respect for those who will fight back and send their "virgin lovers" to their rewards. We must take what has happened in Russia, as a great object lesson. I for one would not wish
to be in the position of just giving pay back after our children have been murdered! Dead children cannot be brought back with words or wishful thinking ! From what he has said on the stump, this is the sort of position that Mr. Kerry advocates. A weak poser isn't what is needed at the helm of the ship of state, at this moment in time. If there is any more to be said, then let me leave you all with this thought. Picture that school here in any one of our cities. Not pretty is it? It is never easy to face reality! Our President is doing what is necessary! God Bless Him!!
bk

Zell Miller is a firmly dedicated white conservative from the south with a strong southern twang in his speech. Therefore he must be bigot and racist. At least that's what the strongly biased liberal media would have the country believe. They devoted no time refuting the content of Miller's speech, instead attacked with such fervor his character (as
liberals are wont to do to all their critics). If you have doubts just ask the Swiftees. Of course to impress the blacks they brought up the notion that Zell once opposed civil rights. Therefore, he could be pigeon holed as a stupid angry white southerner, that in their blindly partisan minds, could simply be discounted as an angry, white redneck
with an ax to grind. This same media, correct me if I'm wrong, but they have never ever brought up Robert Byrd's former KKK membership, when discussing his many recent manic raving and ranting  against President Bush? Not that it will register it was you Democrats who were blocking the civil rights bill, and it was the GOP that got it passed. A fact of history that from the Democrat point of view is best forgotten!

Our shining city on the hill, where most if not all of the Great Society's programs have failed because the reality is that the gap between the have and have nots has become a chasm. This of course has led to the realization that the PC kissy face crowd has been wrong! Their humanist philosophy penalizes achievement and success and rewards laziness and its big brother failure. This being done by the socialist approach of redistribute wealth, rather than the tried and true American way - "get off your derriere and create it". This has led to a demagogue heaven, where PC rhetoric, rather than intelligent debate, has led to destructive PC multiculturalism, rather than patriotism. I am
sorry to say it’s taking our great country into oblivion faster, than we like to speak about. The youth of our country deserve a better legacy. If we get back to the values (old fashioned perhaps) of the founding fathers, they can have it.

To all of those benighted souls who still believe in something for nothing. May I unequivocally state that "Medals" the poser Kerry is simply a meal ticket for those, too stupid to know when they are being pandered to, or don't care, in order to get their federally subsidized hand out. He is really the tooth fairy of the hands in the inverted
position crowd! It is the likes of him, along with the Teddy, Hillary and the rest of the cabal supporting him, who are pushing this country toward pure socialism and to the realm of oblivion. There we will join (God forbid) the Romans, Greeks and others that destroyed their time in the sun - after allowing the rabble and non-producers to dictate policy to those who pay the freight! This will be the legacy of the liberal, PC crowd!

I am led to believe that yesterday when former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland rode his wheelchair to the front gate of President Bush's Texas ranch to protest attacks on his mentor, Democratic candidate John Kerry's Vietnam War record. (It's because Cleland, (NOT IN COMBAT), lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam, this is why the wheelchair!  However I will not pretend he is other than what he became after losing his Senate re-election race two years ago: He is the quintessence of a bitterly resentful, highly partisan and an effective wall around Kerry whenever his Nam record is questioned!  There is some irony in this, since severely wounded Cleland, earned no Purple Hearts for his grievous injuries, (they were NOT suffered in combat), Cleland is regularly  called on to defend Kerry - who received three Purple Hearts, but who it appears, seems not to have a scar on his  body to show for it.
Some veterans, including an impressively large number, who served with Kerry in Vietnam, are of the opinion that all of the senator's medals weren't earned! It would appear that all those who doubt the validity of Kerry’s medals can't all be liars. This along with Cleland’s trip to the Bush ranch lends merit to their doubts!  And, for better or for worse, since Kerry has made Vietnam service the focal point of his campaign, he must endure the close scrutiny that he and that cabal around him will be subjected to! "Medals" Kerry is not the man to lead this country in this time of severe crisis. This
campaign has only just begun. 

This reply is from Col. Cook a highly decorated friend who had this to say about my views

Big K:

That is about a good description I have ever encountered regarding Max Cleland. I believe he has always felt that he was "deprived" because he could not qualify for the PH. Guess he should have located Kerry and his "awarders" they would have written him up.

I had a similar case in 1967--the son of a serving admiral was injured at my camp--he was a Special Forces LT...we had captured some enemy munitions which included hand grenades and he came to me to ask if he could throw the grenades to be familiar with them.  I told him very strongly that he should not as some of the grenades were made for booby traps and did not contain a fuse but detonated as soon as the spoon was released. I told him that at one time I could tell the difference by the markings (color coded) but that those things changed with time and I would not trust them to be what I remembered and that we would destroy them by placing a US grenade inside of a box of them with C-4 wrapped around the package.,  I went back to my hootch and shortly afterwards heard a grenade detonate with screaming.  Sure enough the knucklehead decided he wanted to "experience " throwing a VC grenade and it detonated in his hand.  A short time later I received a request from my C.O for a PH.  I sent him a full explanation and stressed that there was no enemy fire involved.  He agreed with me and the PH was denied.  But several months later we learned that he was awarded the PH in a Navy hospital and that the award was authorized by his father's personnel officer.  Sometimes!

I wrote him a letter that I had hand delivered to him and told him that he should not have accepted the PH--he never replied.
I suppose that today he may be one of John Fonda Kerry's supporters.

Why do I have no problem understanding this? The difference between liberal and conservative couldn't be clearer. Liberals believe that tax dollars are the property of [BIG BROTHER] the federal government, who will spend more wisely than ordinary folks! (even though we were smart enough to earn it) who are uniformed, stupid, or irresponsible. Conservatives, on the other hand, believing in economic liberty, think that tax dollars are the people's money. (For the politicians this is a novel thought) The people also believe that Government works for them; they don't work for the government.

The current mantra being sung, by the liberal candle burning hand wringing crowd is, think about the children. Well let's do that. If I may be so bold, lets ask about the children. These days who is actually taking care of the children? Or to be more precise, is anyone taking care of them? From where I sit, they are being farmed out to all sort of programs run by strangers, to keep them busy, freeing(?) parents, who seem to be but spectators! We must look back to the sixties when parents began sowing the wild wind and if it felt good DO IT! They were our first adult delinquents in my view. Then we had those paragons of erudition (?) the liberal judges who in their wisdom (?) gave us Roe v. Wade. Speak about a pact with the devil that opened the door to the hell we are experiencing today! It made the unborn so much trash by making abortion legal and allowing mothers to kill their babies with impunity.  Some, (mainly women so misguided), thought this was their emancipation and they were really free! Latest studies seem to prove this wrong. In this PC society that has become addicted to euphemisms, abortion really is about the murder of a baby by its mother! God only knows how many of these babies, who were flushed down the drain, would have been major contributors to our society?  I may be wrong, but in my view. those who take a different tack are denying the obvious! God gave we Homo-sapiens the ability to reproduce, and if we choose to destroy rather than create, then there is living with what you as a person have done! This leads us to the fact our country is reaping the whirlwind! We live in a culture of death, where the total disregard of values and respect for life, children, family, marriage, is the norm!   Even faith in God is being put to the test by being made unfashionable.  Our society is now so secular that what was once held in high regard and esteem has disappeared or has been greatly diminished. Have you become aware of how few people bother to say, "you have my word of honor", when dealing with one another. Unless we as a people change course and elect men or women that still have regard for those old values, we will go the way of Rome and so many long gone civilizations! I have a strong visceral feeling that even thought we have gone off track, it would be a terrible waste, to never get re-railed! This great country must not fade into the fog of history!

Deo Vindice 

Based on the best intelligence available from many sources at the time, our country, rather than wait for one or two of our cities to be blown to hell, went into  Iraq for the best of reasons; to end the threat of Saddam's WMD, which he had demonstrated no qualms about using on his own people, and to end his support of terrorist groups. Those who say Saddam wasn't hip-deep in terrorist activity are just plain wrong. The saddest FACT about the Iraq campaign is that we DELAYED, it for about six months while the UN fiddled and diddled about enforcing its disarmament resolutions. By doing that, we gave up the advantage of surprise and let Saddam have time TO MOVE his WMD and money and plan his own survival. We know that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head al-Qaeda operative in Iraq, was there no later than September 2002. We made another serious blunder by giving Zarqawi six months to organize the insurgency that is now killing Americans. Iraq proved one thing: the UN is truly a paper tiger and the antithesis of our policy of preempting terrorist operations. We have to choose between being the screwer or the screwee - or the diplomatic quagmire or preemption. Preemption is the
only sensible choice - if one desires to stay alive in a world of people who wish us dead!
"DEO VINDICE" "LAUS DEO"

"What is socialism? We miss the boat if we say it's the agenda of left-wingers and Democrats. According to Marxist doctrine, socialism is a stage of society between capitalism and communism where private ownership and control over property are eliminated. The essence of socialism is the attenuation and ultimate abolition of private property rights. Attacks on private property include, but are not limited to, confiscating the rightful property of one person and giving it to another to whom it doesn't belong. When this is done privately, we call it theft. When it's done collectively, we use euphemisms: income transfers or redistribution. It's not just left-wingers and Democrats who call for and admire socialism but right-wingers and Republicans as well. Republicans and right-wingers support taking the earnings of one American and giving them to farmers, banks, airlines and other failing businesses. Democrats and left-wingers support taking the earnings of one American and giving them to poor people, cities and artists. Both agree on taking one American's earnings to give to another; they simply differ on the recipients. This kind of congressional activity constitutes at least two-thirds of the federal budget. Regardless of the purpose, such behavior is immoral. It's a reduced form of slavery. After all, what is the essence of slavery? It's the forceful use of one person to serve the purposes of another person. When Congress, through the tax code, takes the earnings of one person and turns around to give it to another person in the forms of prescription drugs, Social Security, food stamps, farm subsidies or airline bailouts, it is forcibly using one person to serve the purposes of another. The moral question stands out in starker relief when we acknowledge that those spending programs coming out of Congress do not represent lawmakers reaching into their own pockets and sending out the money. Moreover, there's no tooth fairy or Santa Claus giving them the money. The fact that government has no resources of its very own forces us to acknowledge that the only way government can give one American a dollar is to first -- through intimidation, threats and coercion -- take that dollar from some other American." --Walter Williams

(BK Sometimes we have to be hit in the backside to see and appreciate VERITAS!)

We, as a people, must realize how difficult it is to defeat those who hold this view. "We will win because you love life and we love death". I don't think that the Kerrys of this world can fathom that, or handle it!
ßk

The Democrats do have a PROBLEM ACCEPTING THIS. However as Friday use to
say" Just the facts mam!

Population of counties won by:
Gore=127 million
Bush=143 million

Square miles of land won by:
Gore=580,000
Bush=2,2427,000

States won by:
Gore=19
Bush=29

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Gore=13.2
Bush=2.1

"In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won, was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare..."
That's the hands in the inverted position folks!"

Well those cretin paragons of liberalism in the black caucus have succeeded in getting felons to vote, illegals vote, now they want all the nations of the world (most of whom hate us, except when we give them money) to oversee our election. Those congressmen voting for this should be ignored after a serious reproof! Voted out of office if there is that much good judgment among their constituents. How far can their loss of the last election and hatred of Mr. Bush take them? This newest travesty from their warped viewpoint, also shows a real disregard, for the country that gives all jackasses a chance to come out of the stable and be heard! However only if they have something sensible to say. BK

Just heard two black men at lunch air these thoughts. "When are the whites politicians going to do something about the Sudan and all the killing in Africa?" Boy! Does this prompt me to ask a not so PC question. Where is Representative Charles Rangel, the Korean War veteran who appears regularly on FOX News to bash and criticize President Bush and whites in general? Where are those outspoken paragons of fairness, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton? Why haven't they called for an army of African-American volunteers to go to Africa to protect the peace? Is it because Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sharpton and Mr. Jackson fear that their lives would be in danger?
What about Kweisi Mfume, with his West African name? He who could be an interpreter; or, even Julian Bond, since they both are Executive Officers holding leadership positions in the NAACP? It is because there is no money in it for them because the African continent has been robbed and raped from within and without by so many of their outstanding leaders. So, as they have so often in the past, they choose to go where the money and the guilt are. Go to the whites and whine and demand. Send American troops; send American money!

Why is it that Al Sharpton, who has been so quick to point out that while the rest of us Caucasian homo-sapiens were living in caves, the black Africans were busy establishing great societies, creating new sciences, discovering newer philosophies, etc.; but when a black problem crops up it becomes the white man's obligation to throw money and lives
into the fray to solve it for them? When a predominantly or historically black university is on the verge of going belly-up because (of what I have read) of incompetence, graft, corruption, and just plain theft, as in the case of Central State University in Ohio we
white taxpayers were told it was our fault and it was our responsibility to bail them out. The same situation exists in so many African countries now, and these black American "leaders" demand that white America send in our white troops to solve their problem for them. Yes, that's right, our WHITE troops to solve it. Because contrary to the hokum and "BS" misrepresentations made by these black "leaders", it has always been white and black middle America, boys from small towns that have served in the front lines, been killed and sent back in body bags to be buried. THEY HAVING DIED PULLING BLACK AFRICAN CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE! Now many of those paragons of black leadership want us to again send our predominantly white troops into Africa to secure the peace. My question though not PC is this, where are Messrs. Rangel, Jackson, Sharpton, Bond and Mfume? The troops and the Africans will need their leadership and counsel. C'mon guys, it's time to step up to the plate. Show the rest of us "whitey", "red neck", "racist", taxpayers and voters how you can rise to the occasion by raising a volunteer army of 2,000 black Americans to go to Africa and keep the peace. The vast number of healthy, unemployed, black youths and adult males in the black sections of every American city should be an army recruiter's dream. They would be this generation's African-American saviors of Africa. Show the African people how you have made a success of your lives in America. After all, these people are your ancestors and cousins from the America of yesteryear! A fine example would be the first Liberians, who at least
had the fortitude to get on a ship and go back to their African homeland continent and attempt to establish their own country. As for our current African-American "leaders" who are so outspoken when it comes to bum rapping whites, are they too cowardly and afraid to put themselves in harm's way, for peace, liberty and freedom? Hey guys don't you think your poor, unfortunate ancestors and cousins in the dark continent are worth your going to help? If not, then there is no reason why we should! Contemporary White America has done plenty!

Apropos

A doctor, while mending a rancher's palm cut open by a confrontation with barbed wire, asks the old rancher what he thinks about the Democrats nominating John Kerry for president. The rancher says, "Well, poor John Kerry reminds me of a pole turtle." The doctor asks, "What's a pole turtle?" The rancher replies, "Well, when you drive those old dusty roads tending fences and cattle, you're bound to come across a pond or two. And usually some young kids, with mischief on their minds, will get a poor pond turtle and place it on a fence post. We call it a pole turtle." "And why is John Kerry like a pole turtle?" asks the doctor. The rancher says: "You know he didn't get there by himself; he doesn't belong there in the first place; he can't get anything done while he's up there; and, you just want to help the poor dumb cuss get down." Bk

In the new land of OZ, which is the John Edwards America. The opportunity to get ahead, which has always been America’s strength is being replaced!  There is a new siren song that of a guarantee. John Edwards promises that by saying, "That Help is on the way"! His altruism in wanting to raise the minimum wage is to be commended. However I for one find it difficult to fathom, how he can be deluded into believing, that even the most unskilled of workers flipping hamburgers at the local Wendys, can provide a family with a home, car, health insurance and cable with at least one premium channel. I do feel and many agree with me, that skilled  political panderers like Kerry or Edwards have
little concern, or that it matters,  that the unskilled workers in not trying to better themselves contribute little! Demagogue that he is, has this premise, that these workers (future constituency) need the higher wages and so businesses must foot the bill. It's the old rob Peter to pay Paul system, because it will surely get you Paul’s vote!! Of course
if in the interim, business then can't make a profit and goes under, then the owner and all its employees are out of a job! Oh, well. He has forgotten that America offers opportunity for hard work. He wants to offer guarantees without regard to talent, hard work and perseverance. I firmly believe that unskilled workers remain unskilled by choice.
Democratic politics prefer to negate initiative and use government dependency (taxpayers footing the bill) as the standard for compensation, not the contribution to the economy made by the workers! He and "Medals" Kerry seem to be enamored by the politics of liberalism and socialism, which always assumes that "someone" will be there to foot
the bill. To hell with the producers who are the engine driving the economy. I for one have no quarrel with these two demagogues wanting to pay higher wages they are free to do so - with their own money.

There are so many self conscious, even guilt ridden, Americans unable to come to grips with U.S. dominance on the world stage. They seem to be so delighted to chastise President Bush for "going alone," an exaggerated judgment.  But what these people, including "MEDALS" Kerry, fail to consider is that the current administration is responsible for eliminating two of the most violent and tyrannical regimes on the globe, with but one desire, that we cease to exist!   Does anyone think this would have happened if the U.S. relied on diplomacy and our so-called allies (we really have none) except the Brits., in Europe?  Does any serious thinker believe this would be a safer world if the U.S. acted only with the complicity and approval of our so-called European allies? George Washington spoke disapprovingly of entangling alliances two centuries ago.  Notwithstanding Kerry's instincts, in particular where his French buds are concerned, this is still good advice today.  If America has to overcome any thinking deficiency, it is the naïve belief this nation cannot act alone, even when it is in our interest to do so.  I doubt Kerry appreciates that matter. As president his position would be to turn the problem over to that august body the UN. You may rest assured that anything they come up with would leave us holding the short end of the stick and to hell with U.S. interests!

My God - "President Kerry?" I hope not!

In the leftist world in which we carry on doing our daily chores, something we have done for half a century, It’s not easy! Nor is it easy to swallow, that left leaning liberalism reigns, in media (print and electronic) , in academia, in the schools and the news magazines, (and lest we forget to a great degree in our government.) It is with a great deal of pride and a measure of relief to see there are actually a number of little potatoes like us, trying hard to buck this plethora of do good kissie face liberalism, a tide that is most difficult to buck! However, we can and will keep trying. With God’s help, (NOT PC). Because, I am a conservative and a part of that right wing cabal that the liberals so
deeply disdain. I support the party that best represents conservative views, the Republican Party. Sometimes I get so damn mad at it; and very often there are moments of bitter disappointment. Having said that and acknowledging it has imperfections, it is still head and shoulders above anything else that is being put forth by the demagogues on the political socialist left! However more than anytime in my seven decades plus six years, I have this unquenchable urge to jump in with both feet, to help the GOP do what is in our best interest and that of our great country.

Since the terrorists declared war on us on 9/11 and the world as we were accustomed to it, began to rapidly disappear and peace became as frail as a butterfly's wing indeed, from that moment I have thanked God that we have Mr. Bush at the helm and I have fallen in behind our President and his more than capable first mate, Vice President Cheney! As I have watched the Dems. become the party of defeatism and self serving platitudes, I have become a true believer with one mindset. What this country doesn't need is a vacillating poser at the helm! We will only be successful in winning this war, by overpowering those who would destroy us and this grand old Republic. This outcome will only come about, if
the Republican Party, lead by our President Mr. Bush, wins the coming election.

"DEO VIDICE"

AMERICAN voters will soon be faced with a choice between two kinds of big government: Republican - protect our country militarism, plus vast social spending, and extreme Democrat - domestic socialism, complete with abortion funding and same-sex unions and more elimination of God in our lives. Isn't it wonderful to be able to choose? However there is a Kerry bonus! He will have the UN help us make some of the decisions.

Poem by Don Fichthorn, Major, USMC (Retired)

Eleven thousand soldiers
lay beneath the dirt and stone,
all buried on a distant land
so far away from home.

For just a strip of dismal beach
they paid a hero's price,
to save a foreign nation
they all made the sacrifice.

And now the shores of Normandy
are lined with blocks of white:
Americans who didn't turn
from someone else's plight.

Eleven thousand reasons
for the French to take our side,
but in the moment of our need,
they chose to run and hide.

Chirac said every war means loss,
perhaps for France that's true,
for they've lost every battle
since the days of Waterloo.

Without a soldier worth a damn
to be found within the region,
the French became the only land
to need a Foreign Legion.

You French all say we're arrogant.
Well hell, we've earned the right--
We saved your sorry nation
when you lacked the guts to fight.

But now you've made a big mistake,
and one that you'll regret;
you took sides with our enemies,
and that we won't forget.

It wasn't just our citizens
you spit on when you turned,
but every one of yours
who fell the day the towers burned.

You spit upon our soldiers,
on our pilots and Marines,
and now you'll get a little sense
of just what payback means.

So keep your Paris fashions
and your wine and your champagne,
and find some other market
that will buy your aeroplanes.

And try to find somebody else
to wear your French cologne,
for you're about to find out
what it means to stand alone.

You see, you need us far more
than we ever needed you.
America has better friends
who know how to be true.

I'd rather stand with warriors
who have the will and might,
than huddle in the dark
with those whose only flag is white.

I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,
the Israelis and the rest,
for when it comes to valor
we have seen that they're the best.

We'll count on one another
as we face a moment dire,
while you sit on the sideline
with a sign, "friendship for hire."

We'll win this war without you
and we'll total up the cost,
and take it from your foreign aid,
and then you'll feel the loss.

And when your nation starts to fall,
well Frenchie, you can spare us,
just call the Germans for a hand,
they know the way to Paris.

"DEO VINDICE"
"LAUS DEO"

When it came to the terrorist I arrived at this conclusion and stand by it. Congress with all its collective imagination and oversight will never protect us from terrorist attack. There are too many targets and too much access (borders that aren't secure) airports that are sadly lacking in security and least we forget our ports with protection that leaves much to be desired. The surest way to protect ourselves first is we must stop trying to be loved by everyone in the world, then have our military root out the terrorists, wherever they may be, and annihilate them! This we must do, with the same enthusiasm they use in trying to
eliminate us! Preferably in their own countries. The 911 committee did not envisage this concept, but at the helm of our country's ship of state, we have the man, who does. Our President George W. Bush

That recent "Hate Mr. Bush" bash was no concert. When will we no longer hear how George W. Bush stole the last election from Al Gore? Even the most devout liberal cretin should be made to fathom and understand our electoral system. However, I am inclined to think, most people who vote do understand our electoral system. It is merely a safeguard that without, any number of large cities could put a person in the White House. How about New York City, Chicago, Boston or God forbid Detroit for all intent and purposes having control! States' rights are talked about all the time; so why not talk about the 31 states won by President Bush vs.19 states won by Al Gore. Far be it that I would suggest liberals refer to the election map " dominated by the color red". Now even to the most benighted that's a majority. Have you really looked at that so called "celebrity" concert composed of so many fading stars that have lost their luster. They were there only to vent their spleen in a "Hate President Bush so called concert"

Let's take a closer look: a second-rate singer, a so-called comedian named Chase who has never been funny. Then they had their leading minority representative " Whoopi commode mouth Goldberg"! All being led and encouraged by that champion of equivocation "Medals" Kerry! None of these so called stars seem to realize that with a weaker man at the helm in this time of crisis, they and all of us, might be extremely busy cleaning up debris from our streets, instead of the streets in Iraq! One last thought regarding the coming election. This isn't the time to replace a proven leader with a
poseur!.................... ßk

Along with all the European leaders that "Medals" Kerry claims want him to win the oncoming election, Comrade "Medals" Kerry recently received the much-coveted support and endorsement of the CPUSA. For those who don't waste their time staying informed, I take the liberty of pointing out that this is the Communist Party USA. "The CPUSA supports the John Kerry campaign with donations and volunteer effort. The CPUSA also feels that defeating George Bush is the single most important issue, facing we the people this November...", so said a CPUSA spokesman! Most thinking people have long been well aware of "Medals" Kerry and his sycophant followers having a real propensity for quoting a well known Communist poet, who said, "Let America be America again." Also be aware that this very same Communist poet Hughes has said,  "Goodbye, Christ Jesus, Lord, God, Jehovah, Beat it on away from here now. Make way for a new guy with no religion at all -- A guy name of Marx, Lenin, Stalin.

So, now that Kerry/Edwards have the full support of the Communists -- could it be that the wrong states, on that famous election map from the 2000 election are shown in red? Showing the Republican states colored red is most misleading in my view! America it's
time to wake up and smell the roses.

"Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised in vain. Their arts may be more dangerous then their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our swords." --Samuel Adams

"Young black America, goaded on by their whining elders, are today still complaining about their chances in our society. Even though new government programs for blacks seem to appear daily. They still whine about schools, despite the massive investments in education. They aren't to choked up over harsh policing  (though they commit close to eighty percent of the crime in this country). The record shows they are succeeding amazingly well. All this taking place though the liberals continued mantra suggesting "individuals are not responsible for their success or failure". They are simply unwilling pawns moved around by a cruel and uncaring society and an uncaring government. The reality is that they are so taken for granted by the Democrat liberals, whose only claim to fame on their behalf is lip service. They should take the time to observe the progress of the Allen Keys, Walter Williams, J.C. Watts and so many others who found the shortest route to success is to distance themselves from the two Johns. Demagogues Democratic party.

When I wrote that I thought it covered my thoughts pretty well. However after much thought I want this addendum to further amplify those thoughts of that day. ßk

After three decades of affirmative action and back bending, along with changing so many of our societies rules and customs. Please try and explain why blacks still aren't making the grade in significant numbers. This really presents such a enigma to the social do gooders and bleeding hearts. However do those so called bleeding heart liberals really want to know? Could this be lip service and pandering for support at the polls? The liberals talk a good game. However they persist in schooling black kids with methods, that obviously don't work for them, holding out the vain hope of success for the next generation of ghetto-dwellers, and the generation after that. What if it never happens? I shudder to think of the animosities that will seethe as the technological elite leave the under-educated (and mal-educated) minorities further and further behind. However Blacks cannot be completely excused for their plight as they persist in following the siren song of the liberal demagogues on the way to the voting booth. They are believers who never seem to be fulfilled! Maybe for them the Republican party might not be so bad?

I hope I'm not alone in saying, that I find it most difficult to fathom why is it we never hear from those erudite members of the main stream press, the fact that we telegraphed our intentions so badly that any idiot, even a wide eyed delusional middle eastern dictator, would have the good sense to hide them. This would be done long before the tanks rolled through town. Those cretins in lotus land on the Potomac, made quite a point of telling good ole Saddam so many times that we were coming. "Don't cross this line! Okay, don't cross THIS line! 48 hours until we strike. Everything but the names of the troops that were to be involved! My God! This months after the UN had authorized the war! Of course he's going to hide the stuff, and lie to those that he already knew were so gullible. Now those same people (out of hatred) are trying to hang that monkey around the neck of Mr. Bush our President. Never in my lifetime has there been war plans so telegraphed. Can anyone in their wildest dreams visualize "D" day being so successful if we had handled it the same way? Frankly I think the good Lord has worked overtime to allow us to prevail, with a minimal loss of life among our brave and courageous fighting men and women.

The best way to control a people is to disarm them! Try and dispute this and you aren't keeping up with history. Bk

To maintain their political power, the party of the gimmee crowd, (Democrats) need as many of the have nots and those with their hands in the inverted position to listen to their class warfare mantra and look to Big Brother to fill their bowl! When if ever? will these Democratic voters come to realize, that government is not the answer to their problems. It is at this point, when these folks will begin to seek real answers and discover the wonderful opportunities available in this country, for those who are willing to get off their derriers and begin a journey to success. It will be at this point that these folks will leave the Democratic Party in their dust. No longer selling their souls and votes to be on the government dole! BK

We have a great President! Having said that, what can he do now?  The state dept. is full of Clinton appointees and the Senate is loaded with RHINO's. Therefore we the citizens will continue to take the hits in our pocketbooks. The only way for we the people to beat this is to die! Oh! I forgot, then they tax what we leave to our kids. The strategy is to keep
us all dependent on OUR money that BIG BROTHER doles back to us. BK

Hillary and her machinations, are one of the biggest threats to the America we know and today's political scene. Decent politicians (forgive the oxymoron) don't swim in the undertow of Machiavellian ideas surrounding her! She does have a way of attracting posers! IMHO. Bk

Political facts AND......(now a word of caution because I'm not positive these numbers are precise) but if I read it correctly, there were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's in one American city folks, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.
Worst president in history?
The following appeared in the Durham, NC local paper as a letter to the editor. Please forward to all on your list as this will put things in proper perspective:
Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember, it was started by terrorists BEFORE 9/11. Let's look at the "worst" president and
"mismanagement" claims.
FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us (TRUE) ; Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama HAS attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran, and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers, an average of 30 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not
allowing another terrorist attack at home.
Worst president in history? Come on!
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida!!!!
Our military is GREAT! Our cause is JUST. Our President is so moral and straight the liberals can't stand it. They have to keep shouting and beating the air or the comparison with their leadership will overwhelm them.
Pray for President Bush.
PASS IT ON.

We either have sovereign borders or we don't. There are too many in our government that are confused as to who they are working for. Maybe they should apply for Mexican citizenship. We all keep looking forward to your being a better man than to allow our laws to be laffed at.

At the age of 76 I often wonder, if the American people have the wisdom to keep our result oriented Pres., where he is? Who needs the sort of normalcy we would most surely get with "Medals" Kerry. He would with the help of those two advocates of socialism Hillary and Teddy immediately begin to redistribute what wealth we have and enact a plethora of social programs, to pay off the hands in the inverted position crowd. As to our
enemies and there are many! They would begin to find our weakness and lack of fortitude with a President that would rather shriek, but carry no stick. Lord help us then, because our enemies won't hesitate to come after a paper Tiger such as he. We the people will then feel the enormous mistake it was to give a man like "Medals" the helm of our ship
of state. Me thinks he is one of those who can only handle the helm when the sea is calm! Don't take your vote lightly!

I for one am convinced that without a proper intellectual diet and regular mental exercise your brain gets flabby. Your memory starts to go. Your analytical skills lose their edge. Your ability to reason declines. Simply put, you can end up with hard muscles and a soft head. This could lead to being taken in by the likes of the Clintons, Kennedys and that paragon of problem solving "Medals" Kerry! The solution? Make a supreme effort to stay informed. It's not tough to do.

It would be extremely difficult to find those who harbor any genuine respect or regard for post WW2 Europe. Americans in particular are a people who see Europe and many of it's leaders as nothing but pretenders. The Europeans are very aware of this and hold much animosity and hatred toward us because of this. Though they will not admit it, the little tin soldier and welfare politicians, whose only claim to fame seems to be, that America has had to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, more than once! Now those posturing little demagogues and miserable little welfare politicians, like the Pres. of France, will be
forgotten before they are buried. They have done nothing anybody cares about. Old Europe makes me sick, like most inadequate entities, with feelings of inferiority, the Europeans cloak theirs in a guise of feeling superior. I devoutly hope the French in particular will stop thinking the world is fooled by this pretense any longer. These are
little people doing little things who are being consumed by envy at America, a giant, for being a giant. However if their chestnuts ever again need to be extricated from a world on fire the American fire dept. will be the first to hear from them! I hope we turn a deaf ear when it happens. And it will!

Kahuna’s Previous Update

Nobody in our present day America seems to notice that the traditional meaning of greed has gone by the wayside. In my youth the word meant wanting more and usually it was something that belonged to somebody else! Willie Hutton was a greedy man and robbing banks was his solution. In my day if you cheated someone out of their money or property this was greedy. However, now in this the Age of Socialism, greed came to mean my or our, wanting to keep our own property, especially our money. From the socialist standpoint, prevalent in the minds of so many of our politicians today, everything sort of belongs to everyone, and the government should be the one to decide who gets what! It worked beautifully in some countries (many that no longer exist) where the proletariat seemed to live happily in their ignorance. Russia could serve as a great example. However we Americans aren't enchanted by all-out socialism, even in it's disguised form, presented by the likes of 'Medals" Kerry, Ted (world class tippler) Kennedy and that sycophantic cabal of liberal followers! Their piecemeal approach to liberalism and socialism by showing us how unfair it is that some people own propertyand have more of the world’s goods than others. However, don't ever forget that this does not apply to them! This also explains why the have nots form such a large base for the Democratic Party. IMHO! BK

Ronald Reagan restored our nation to greatness. The passing of Ronald Reagan marks the passage of one of our greatest presidents. Biblical history shows that God has always sent a deliverer to his people in their time of need. Ronald Reagan was that deliverer in the 1980s and he restored this nation to greatness fighting the liberals every foot of the way.
Once again in the 21st century God has sent another deliverer in the person of George W. Bush to save this nation from itself and, as in the past, he must fight the liberals every step of the way. God has never been defeated and He has never deserted His people - His people have always deserted Him. We are once again at that point where we must make
the decision: Do I follow God or do I follow man? Don't make the wrong decision.
"COGITO ERGO SUM" "LAUS DEO"

Constitution 101

To those who think of the First Amendment as reason to exclude God from more and more of our institutions:  Try and remember the First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government interference! Author Unknown

UNESCO? Contact your reps!

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan boldly withdrew the United States from the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the "glee of conservatives and despair of liberals," as long-time Reagan advisor Lyn Nofziger recalls in his 1992 book. Mr. Nofziger continues, "UNESCO is one of those international organizations that always had one hand dipped in Uncle Sam's pocket while the other was
shaking a fist in his face. America's withdrawal was one of those little victories conservatives won during the Reagan years...."

Unfortunately, in 2003, Congress approved more than $60 million to undo President Reagan's work and began paying "dues" to rejoin UNESCO. The U.S. will continue to pay $60 million annually -- which is a whopping 25% of UNESCO's entire yearly budget -- and leave the other 190 "member states" to divide up the remainder. UNESCO seeks to levy an unconstitutional "global tax" for Internet use on U.S. citizens. UNESCO has already laid claim to 47 "United Nations biosphere preserves" in the U.S. (more than 70 million acres) and bypasses congressional authority to tell us how we must manage our own land.

UNESCO further undermines U.S. sovereignty by forcing the U.S. to adhere to U.N. global policies and may even force unconstitutional restraints on U.S. freedom of the press.

UNESCO supports the "hate-America" global "cultural diversity" convention and interferes in the education policies of its member countries to control school curriculum and create "global citizens." Even though Congress eventually approved the $60 million in annual dues to UNESCO, 145 members of the U.S. House voted on July 22, 2003 to withhold those funds. So there is still a sizeable block of opposition to UNESCO in the U.S. House. To build on that opposition, Congressmen Ron Paul, Donald Manzullo, Steve King and Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis, on June 3, 2004, introduced H. Con. Res. 443 declaring that the U.S. should withdraw from UNESCO. Immediately, Representatives Roscoe Bartlett, Sam Johnson, Jeff Flake and John Culberson signed on as cosponsors. But we must have more. NOW!

I have had this thought for the day. For all the liberals that think this war is wrong and we are the aggressor. If "Medals" Kerry wins in November, they better start getting their school supplies together, because they will have to study Arabic. BK

Once again I may be wrong in asking, who seeks "justice" for tortured Americans? Does any American believe that we should wash our dirty laundry in front of the whole world? Should our fighting men be dragged through world courts, for the heinous crime of taking photos of Iraqi backsides - oh lest we forget underwear on one or two heads? Now if it was a case of murder, YES! No other nation in the world has a record of being as tolerant and kind and helpful to its enemies? Does anyone remember Europe and the marshal plan post WW2? The current liberal talk in Washington and some of the media is of "justice" and "compensation" (WHAT A JOKE!) for those killers (keep in mind it is we Americans they devoutly wish to kill) in the Iraqi jail photographed in the buff. Will there be a system to compensate the families of our citizens and military personnel? Or have we forgotten those who were slaughtered and dragged through the streets in Iraq and other places by those animals and trained killers? Why isn't the voice of the Moslems living here, along with our government, raised in anger at these horrible deeds against their own people? I can think of only one reason why the liberal politicians (Kennedy, Clinton, Boxer, Kerry et. al), are loving the chance to shout their opinions of our fighting men. May I give you a clue? It is to damage Mr. Bush! Though it may not be PC at this time how about the Bible saying, "He who is without sin, cast the first stone." It also says, "love your enemies", however that does not mean to get into bed with them and apologize for the actions of a few personnel, who humiliated? These killers! The track record of our military that has gone to war in nations all over this world, suffering death, torture and unspeakable horror at the hands of tyrants. How many of our men have had any nation apologize to them or compensate them for torture in those hellholes in Japan, Germany or Vietnam? Must we as nation continue berating ourselves in front of the whole world? Would it be out of place for the military to handle this problem, and for those liberal politicians desiring to humiliate Mr. Bush work for this nation, not against it.

Over the last week-and-a-half or so, liberal Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy (though he's been rated less liberal than his junior Massachusetts colleague Sen. John Kerry) has been even louder, more outlandish, more political and more bombastic than ever. Here is just a sampling of some of his most recent comments regarding the prisoner abuses in Iraq and how it's all George Bush's fault. ---------- KENNEDY: We pray that mission accomplished has not become mission impossible. America's respect and reputation in the world have never been lower in the entire history of our Nation. Where do we go to get our respect and reputation back? Where do we go to bring a respectable end to the nightmare for America that Iraq has become? --Congressional Record, S4963, May 6, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: You and your senior leadership have shown, I believe, a disregard for the protection of the Geneva Conventions in detainee operations. ou have known about the graphic photographs, evidence of abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison since mid- January. You told President Bush about these reports of abuse shortly thereafter. And yet, rather than work with Congress to deal with the problem together, you and other top Defense Department officials have apparently spent the last three weeks in preparing the public relations plan. --To Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld before the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 7, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: On March 19, 2004, President Bush asked: "Who would prefer that Saddam's torture chambers still be open?" Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management--U.S. management. President Bush has presided over America's steepest and deepest fall from grace in the history of our country. The tragedy unfolding in Iraq is the direct result of a colossal failure of leadership. --Congressional Record, S5058, May 10, 2004 ---------- MATT LAUER: Let me ask you about a story on the front page of The New York Times this morning. It talks about some of the methods being used by the CIA in interrogating top al-Qaeda operatives.... It says, "In the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohamed, a high-level detainee who's believed to have helped plan the attacks of September 11th, CIA interrogators used graduated levels of force, including a technique known as 'water boarding' in which a prisoner is strapped down, forcibly pushed under water and made to believe he might drown." ... Do you feel that we risk blurring the line between ourselves and the people we're supposed to be protecting US citizens from? KENNEDY: Well, that the great danger. We don't abuse our values in order to accept the values of those that we are opposing. But the interesting point is much of that has to be personally approved by the secretary of defense. We don't know how many times he's approved it, what have been the conditions that he has approved it, what has General Sanchez approved in terms of those prisons over there. LAUER: These are apparently secret rules approved by the CIA in the wake of 9/11. KENNEDY: And they clearly are approved, ultimately, by the secretary of defense. That came out in the course of our Armed Services hearing. And we don't know. He hasn't been asked. He hasn't revealed. There--the fact is there is a great deal more that we ought to know about who was in charge. It isn't just the--the prisoners. We have to know the climate, the atmosphere, who gave the green light for the violations of the Geneva Conventions that have been taking place. --NBC's "Today Show," May 13, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: And what we are continuing to see is blunder after blunder in Iraq. And what is happening is that we've lost our position as leader of the free world in terms of human rights. We've lost our -- now, we are the most hated nation in the world. KENNEDY: n the issue of this kind of heavy-handedness by the administration in terms of the torture of these prisoners, the reason we have Geneva accords is, number one, even those these prisoners in so many incidents are bad and have done bad things that we don't want to have the same morality as those individuals. SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Here's what you said on May 11.... "Shamefully now we learn that Saddam's torture chambers have reopened under new management, United States management." ... How do you respond to that? KENNEDY: That is part of the Republican attack machine, and I reject it. --CNN's "American Morning," May 13, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: I've been on this committee for 24 years, I've been in the Senate 42 years, and I have never been denied the opportunity to question any person that's come before a committee on what I wanted to ask for it. And I resent it and reject it on a matter of national importance. --when initially denied opportunity to ask Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz about prison abuses during a budget meeting, Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on contingency reserve fund, May 13, 2004 ##### 2. Headlines and Highlights from HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE: "WHERE ARE MEDIA WHEN JIHADISTS TORTURE AND MURDER AMERICANS?" Americans are so good at self-flagellation that even a heinous act by others may be insufficient to remind us that we're not so bad after all. For nearly three weeks now, the media has bludgeoned the Bush Administration, the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. military for the mistreatment of detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Now we have the horrific, videotaped murder of Nick Berg. As shocking as this video is, it is nothing new. Radical Islamic jihadists have been perpetrating this kind of horror against Americans for more than 20 years. And, as if to substantiate the jihadist's claims that it's not their fault, the "blame America first" crowd in the U.S. media looks for ways to point out how we really deserve what we're getting.

This should give all pause about "Medals" Kerry cause these brilliant utterances are from his mentor! BK

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE join me in opposing this treaty that gives away more of our sovereignty than we have already. Write your senators and Congressmen. BK

I strongly urge you to actively oppose the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST.)

1. LOST would hand over to international bureaucrats the power to regulate 70% of the world's resources.
2. LOST would give international bureaucrats the power to assess taxes on the United States.
3. LOST would provide for a multi-national court system to enforce its provisions.

There is growing opposition to LOST and it is continuing to build throughout the country.  If LOST comes before the Senate for a vote, please see to it that the vote is a roll call vote, not a voice vote, and then vote against it! Don't subjugate the United States to any country, international body or organization. PLEASE DO NOT give away any more of our sovereignty than we have already. Our country's interest should come first.

The current mantra being sung by the hand wringing crowd is, think about the children. Well let's do that. If I might ask what about the children, these days who is actually taking care of the children? Or to be more precise, is anyone taking care of them? We must take a trip down memory lane to the 60's when parents began sowing the wild wind! They were our first adult delinquents in my view. Then with the judges who in their wisdom (?) gave us Roe v. Wade in ‘73 took a real step forward into perdition and the hell we are going through today! It made abortion legal and allowed mothers to kill their babies with impunity. Some women thought they were really free then, but the latest test don't lie. In this PC society that has become addicted to euphemisms, abortion really is about the murder of a baby by its mother.  Those who take a different view are denying the obvious!

Now our country is reaping the whirlwind. Our children, who weren't taught the basics, are now parents, delinquent ones perhaps, but parents. They are now raising more children who have no regard for the rules and are perpetuating a valueless society. We live in a culture of death, where the total disregard of values and respect for life, children, family, marriage, is the norm! Even faith in God is being put to the test by being made unfashionable. Our society is now so secular that what was once held in high regard and esteem has been greatly diminished. Unless we as a people change course we will go the way of many of those long gone civilizations!    BK

If you don't read anything else for the rest of the month, read this. It is the best explanation that I have read of what is really at stake in the war with al Qaeda, how it all got started, and why this Presidential election is as important as any ever held.

DON’T DISCARD!!! READ!

THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE GREAT CALIPHATE
by Larry Abraham, January 29, 2004

I urge all of my readers to make copies of this report and send them to your friends and relatives. The information is too critical to be overlooked in the madness of this election year. Watching and listening to the Democrat Party candidates is tantamount to enduring the Chinese water torture. The blah, blah, blah goes on and on and nothing of value comes out except the pain of listening to the same nothingness over and over again.

I won't take the time or space to repeat what you have heard so many mind numbing times but what you have not heard is crucial. President Bush and his administration spokesmen are not telling the American people what they really need to know about this "war." If they don't do that between now and November it may cost them the election. The war against terror did not begin on September 11, 2001, nor will it end with the peaceful transition to civilian authority in Iraq, whenever that may be. In fact, Iraq is but a footnote in the bigger context of this encounter, but an important one none-the-less.

This war is what the Jihadists themselves are calling the "Third Great Jihad." They are operating within the framework of a time line, which reaches back to the very creation of Islam in the seventh century, and are presently attempting to recreate the dynamics which gave rise to the religion in the first two hundred years of its existence. No religion in history grew as fast, in its infancy, and the reasons for the initial growth of Islam are not hard to explain when you understand what the world was like at the time of Muhammad's death in 632 AD. Remember that the Western Roman Empire was in ruins and the Eastern Empire, based in Constantinople, was trying desperately to keep the power of its early grandeur while transitioning to Christianity as a de facto state religion. The costs to the average person were large as he was being required to meet the constantly rising taxes levied by the state along with the tithes coerced by the Church. What Islam offered was the "carrot or the sword". If you became a convert, your taxes were immediately eliminated, as was your tithe. If you didn't, you faced death. The choice was not hard for most to make, unless you were a very devoted martyr in the making. At the beginning, even the theology was not too hard for most to swallow, considering that both Jewry and Christianity were given their due by the Prophet. There is but one God-Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet, as was Jesus, and the pre-Christian Jewish prophets of the Torah (Old Testament). Both were called "children of the book"--the book being the Koran, which replaced both the Old and New Testaments for former Christians and Jews.

With this practical approach to spreading the "word" Islam grew like wild-fire, reaching out from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula in all directions. This early growth is what the Muslims call the "First" great Jihad and it met with little resistance until Charles Martel of France, the father of Charlemagne, stopped them in the battle of Tours in France, after they had firmly established Islam on the Iberian Peninsula. This first onslaught against the West continued in various forms and at various times until Islam was finally driven out of Spain in 1492 at the battle of Granada.

The "Second great jihad" came with the Ottoman Turks. This empire succeeded in bringing about the downfall of Constantinople as a Christian stronghold and an end to Roman hegemony in all of its forms. The Ottoman Empire was Islam's most successful expansion of territory even though the religion itself had fractured into warring sects and bitter rivalries with each claiming the ultimate truths in "the ways of the Prophet". By 1683 the Ottomans had suffered a series of defeats on both land and sea and the final, unsuccessful attempt to capture Vienna set the stage for the collapse of any further territorial ambitions and Islam shrunk into various sheikhdoms, emir dominated principalities, and roving tribes of nomads. However, by this time a growing anti-western sentiment, blaming its internal failures on anyone but themselves, was taking hold and setting the stage for a new revival known as Wahhabism, a sect which came into full bloom under the House of Saud on the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the onset of WWI.

It is this Wahhabi version of Islam which has infected the religion itself, now finding adherents in almost all branches and sects, especially the Shiites. Wahhabiism calls for the complete and total rejection or destruction of anything and everything which is not based in the original teachings of The Prophet and finds its most glaring practice in the policies of the Afghani Taliban or the Shiite practices of the late Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. Its Ali Pasha (Field Marshall) is now known as Osama bin Laden, the leader of the "Third Jihad", who is Wahhabi, as were his 9/11 attack teams, 18 of which were also Saudi. The strategy for this "holy war" did not begin with the planning of the destruction of the World Trade Center. It began with the toppling of the Shah of Iran back in the late 1970's. With his plans and programs to "westernize" his country, along with his close ties to the U. S. and subdued acceptance of the State of Israel, the Shah was the soft target. Remember "America Held Hostage"? Thanks, in large part to the hypocritical and disastrous policies of the Jimmy Carter State Department, the revolution was set into motion, the Shah was deposed, his armed forces scattered or murdered and stage one was complete.

The Third Jihad now had a base of operations and the oil wealth to support its grand design or what they call the "Great Caliphate". What this design calls for is the replacement of all secular leadership in any country with Muslim majorities. This would include, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, all the Emirates, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Malaysia, Indonesia and finally what they call the "occupied territory" Israel. As a part of this strategy, forces of the jihad will infiltrate governments and the military as a prelude to taking control, once the secular leadership is ousted or assassinated. Such was the case in Lebanon leading to the Syrian occupation and in Egypt with the murder of Anwar Sadat, along with the multiple attempts on the lives of Hussein in Jordan, Mubarak of Egypt and Musharraf in Pakistan. Pakistan is a particular prize because of its nuclear weapons. Please note al Qaeda's call for the Islamic-militant overthrow of Musharraf in Pakistan on March 25th of this year.

The long-range strategy of the Third Jihad counts on three strategic goals. First, the U. S. withdrawing from the region just as it did in Southeast Asia, following Vietnam. Second, taking control of the oil wealth in the Muslim countries, which would be upwards to 75% of known reserves; third, using nuclear weapons or other WMDs to annihilate Israel. A further outcome of successfully achieving these objectives would be to place the United Nations as the sole arbiter in East/West negotiations and paralyze Western resistance, leading to total withdrawal from all Islamic dominated countries.

Evidence of the Bush Administration awareness of this plan is found in the events immediately following the 9/11 attack. The administration's first move was to shore up Pakistan and Egypt, believing that these two would be the next targets for al Qaeda, while Americans focused on the disaster in New York. The administration also knew that the most important objective was to send a loud and clear message that the U. S. was in the region to stay, not only to shore up our allies but to send a message to the Jihadists. The attack on Afghanistan was necessary to break-up a secure al Qaeda base of operations and put their leadership on the run or in prison. The war in Iraq also met a very strategic necessity in that no one knew how much collaboration existed between Saddam Hussein and the master planners of the Third Jihad or Hussein's willingness to hand off WMDs to terrorist groups including the PLO in Israel. What was known were serious indications of on-going collaboration as Saddam funneled money to families of suicide bombers attacking the Israelis and others in Kuwait.

What the U. S. needed to establish was a significant base of operations smack dab in the middle of the Islamic world, in a location which effectively cut it in half. Iraq was the ideal target for this and a host of other strategic reasons. Leadership of various anti-American groups both here and abroad understood the vital nature of the Bush initiative and thus launched their demonstrations, world-wide, to "Stop The War". Failing this, they also laid plans to build a political campaign inside the country, with the War in Iraq as a plebiscite, using a little known politician as the thrust point-Howard Dean. This helps to explain how quickly the Radical Left moved into the Dean campaign with both people and money, creating what the clueless media called the "Dean Phenomenon". By building on the left-wing base in the Democrat party and the "Hate Bush" crowd, the campaign has already resulted in a consensus among the aspirants, minus Joe Lieberman, to withdraw the U. S. from Iraq and turn the operation over to the U. N. And, if past is prologue, i. e., Vietnam, once the U. S. leaves it will not go back under any circumstances, possibly even the destruction of Israel.

Should George W. Bush be defeated in November we could expect to see the dominoes start to fall in the secular Islamic countries and The Clash of Civilizations, predicted several years ago by Samuel Huntington, would then become a life changing event in all of our lives. What surprised the Jihadists following the 9/11 attack was how American sentiment mobilized around the president and a profound sense of patriotism spread across the country. They were not expecting this reaction, based on what had happened in the past, nor were they expecting the determined resolve of the President himself. I also believe this is one of the reasons we have not had any further attacks within our borders. They are content to wait, just as one of their tactical mentors; V. I. Lenin admonished... "two steps forward, one step back".

A couple of additional events serve as valuable footnotes to the current circumstances we face: the destruction of the human assets factor of the CIA during the Carter presidency, presided over by the late Senator Frank Church. This fact has plagued our intelligence agencies right up to this very day with consequences which are now obvious. And, Jimmy Carter himself, the one man who must bear the bulk of the responsibility for setting the stage of the Third Jihad. Americans should find little comfort in how the Democrat contenders constantly seek his "advice and counsel". We should not expect to see any meaningful cooperation from Western Europe, especially the French. Since failing to protect their own interests in Algeria (by turning the country over to the first of the Arab terrorists, Ammad Ben Bella), the country itself is now occupied by Islamic immigrants totaling twenty percent of the population. We are in the battle of our lives, a battle which will go on for many years; possibly even generations. If we fail to understand what we are facing or falter in the challenge of "knowing our enemy" the results will be catastrophic. Imagine a world where al Qaeda regimes control 75% of the world's oil, have at their disposal nuclear weapons, legions of willing suicide soldiers, and our national survival is dependent on the good graces of Kofi Annan and the United Nations.

There is one final footnote which may be the scariest of all. Either none of the Democrats currently leading the drive to their party's nomination are aware of the facts of the Great Caliphate and Third Jihad or they do know and they don't care so long as their power lust is satisfied. But, I can guarantee you one thing for sure: some of their most ardent supporters are aware of this and will do anything they can to bring it about.

[Note.... this was written before John Kerry had the nomination sewed up... but recent events clearly demonstrate that Kerry is going to fulfill Abraham's prediction of the Democrats calling for the UN and the French/Germans/Spain coalition to force the US out of Iraq. Also understand that the current 9/11 hearings are a political show and Clarke's book was timed for these hearings and the campaign. And this is why Condoleezza Rice is seeking a private meeting with this commission to tell it like it is. The national security issues involved around 9/11 cannot be an open book to the public, and I believe we have to understand that.]

This is scary stuff. President Bush and the Republicans are obviously extremely cautious in bringing this issue to the campaign because the left-leaning media and the Kerry Democratic left would call this racism against Islam, and a distraction for the alleged lies of WMD and our reasons for going into Iraq. Bush correctly referred to the axis of evil (Iran, Libya, Iraq and North Korea) as a pointed strategy to blunt the WMD-terrorist movement and he has been very successful in thwarting al Qaeda, despite what everyone on the left says. We are far better off without the threat from Iraq and Libya, all within the last 12 months. We are threatened in Pakistan and if Musharraf is assassinated (it's been tried several times in the past year), we can see how the militants will gain control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons, which have already spread to Iran (by a militant Islamic scientist) and if Musharraf is taken out we have both Iran and Pakistan as militant Islamic power bases armed with nuclear weapons. And let's not overlook Abraham's issue about the potential for militant Islamic states who would control 75% of the world's oil. This is probably why Dick Cheney, Rice, Powell, and Wolfowitz are so committed to the belief that we are in this struggle for the free world as we have known it and focused on defeating the militant Islamic-al Maida's global strategy. They skirt the core issues raised by Abraham in this article because of the political-correctness implications, but after reading this, you understand what is at stake here. Kerry and the liberal Democrats want control of Washington at any price. Abraham clearly spells out what price that is: Victory for al Qaeda and the Islamic militancy.

WOW! ßk (There is too much here that I agree with and find most scary! bk) Abraham's article brought all of these issues together and why it is important for us to gain this perspective and educate our friends and associates. And to my Democratic friends, I still love you, but at least consider this point of view by Abraham. I have never been so deeply impressed with such a cogent and intelligent overview of the militant-Islamic movement as I was with Abraham's column. If you disagree there is feedback. BK

The Kerry campaign has released data on Teresa Heinz Kerry's taxes and promises to release her 2003 return once she's filed it (she filed for an extension), CNN reports:
Mrs. Kerry--whose wealth derives from the Heinz food fortune-earned about $5 million in 2003 and paid approximately $750,000 in taxes, according to the information. That would mean she paid roughly 15% of her income in taxes. One wonders if she has looked at her hubby's Web site, which informs us that "John Kerry has the courage to roll back Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education and healthcare."
Maybe we just don't understand Kerry's way of dong things. BK

Last week as I watched the NBC report, on California, where they now say that you can't smoke on their beaches. I had the weirdest thought, one not easy to fathom. I actually thought to myself, if you smoke a cigarette on a beach in modern America, you are harming the innocent. However if a pregnant woman has a baby scraped from her womb, you are protecting your freedom. More confusion, at least to me: If we sell a pack of cigarettes to a young boy, you run the risk of being incarcerated post haste with the rest of societies miscreants. However, in our modern self-serving society, if you sell a pack of condoms to a 12 year old boy you are socially responsible citizen. Hell we even have
those, who are teaching that oral sex, is the way around teenage pregnancy.

Why do I sense that I'm not alone in feeling this? America’s greatest threat to our security and sovereignty isn't al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups. NO! It's treasonous partisans and left leaning liberals in our government and out, whose trumped-up charges and vicious criticism is strengthening our enemies, killing our troops and weakening our national resolve. Liberalism, as history has pointed out, has hastened the demise of many countries. We the people must not let it occur here.

The number of folks who are totally unaware - that with the 2004 elections just around the corner - is beginning to be mind boggling! Among we Christians there is so much in custom and traditional values that is being eroded now, and if the left were to succeed, would completely disappear. Among Christians, participation is crucial. Our country, God help us, is in the midst of the most intense culture war in modern history.  Our freedoms are at risk... our children are at risk, cherished beliefs and our very existence is at risk. We are being bombarded with liberal left leaning myths, lies, and half-truths as the panacea for muddled thinking, or no thinking at all. Wake up America – the country of our youth is fast vanishing!

A Harvard undergrad returns home on break. The conversation at the welcome home dinner inevitably turns to her schooling.
"I've become an enlightened liberal," the English lit student declares proudly. The conversation then turns to her study habits, free time and the like.
Daughter: "Free time? What free time? I barely have time to eat. I'm working like a dog --- but I'm making dean's list!"
Father: "And how is your best friend Michelle doing?"
Daughter: "She works, but has different parties, I, uh mean, priorities. Her GPA is hitting rock bottom. She's pretty smart, but she was warned that if she doesn't clean up her act, then she'll be booted."
Father: "Now, you wouldn't want that. Why don't you go to the dean's office and offer to transfer some of your GPA to Michelle so you both can be equal?"
Daughter: "Why in the world would I do that!? I work hard. I push myself. I do what I must without any excuses. Michelle is capable. If she wanted to succeed like me, she would work harder as I do!”  

Father: " Welcome to the GOP! You've managed to succinctly articulate the differences between conservatives and liberals."

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

The sooner we in the west realize that what is happening is a fight for our survival, not just our customs and Euro centric values, but our very claim to exist! The Muslim world is at war with Western civilization and will settle for nothing less than our extinction. Why are our people so dimwitted that they can't grasp this indisputable fact. The terrorist are dedicated to removing us in the west from this planet. I think we would be hard pressed to find anything person that doubts we have the military might to thwart them. The question is: Do we have the intelligence to recognize that this is a war we are engaged in and the testicular fortitude and will to defend ourselves from annihilation? The sooner we recognize the West is in no position to emulate our Lord, with the turning the other cheek a war the more likely we'll be able to escape the fate that befell the Roman Empire. When will we wake up and go all out to defeat these animals? It had better be sooner than later, because finishing second in this is unacceptable! There will be no Marshal plan for the loser this time. May the good lord continue to give our President the strength and fortitude to persevere!

We make mistakes many, however correct me if I'm wrong, we are still the only country that openly admits them and people die to get into!

For those who are yet unaware that we are in a struggle for our very way of life, allow me to point out a few salient points.  Our most devout enemies, the Al Qaeda and the Ba'ath Party, want to defeat President Bush to have revenge against his tough stance against them after the 9/11 attacks.

We must also never lose sight of the fact that there are many die hard liberals within our government and out that have the same desire. Their reasons are difficult to fathom, because surely they know that John Kerry would usher back the Clinton days of timid U.S. reaction! This would likely lead to the Democrat's certain repeal of vital sections of the Patriot Act. This would throw open the door for the terrorists to once again strike us here at home in America. These animals, I feel safe in referring to them like this, because any group that would saw off an innocent mans head, qualifies for that description! These animals live for and are willing to die to bring about the defeat of Mr. Bush! The increase in murder and mayhem on our troops and American civilians is their way to kick up the cost of the Iraq War and bring about Mr. Bush's defeat! That is why (for those Americans too blind to see) they will target any American they can whenever they can.

Our President must have our troops continue their current role in Iraq. Not to do so would give the wrong impression that we, the American people, do not have the courage to continue this fight! Our President Mr. Bush is sticking to his policies, though it might be at the risk of committing political suicide. We the people must have in this hour, the same sort of togetherness that brought us victory in WW2 and though it may not be PC, faith in the God of our forefathers!

It would be wise if the likes of Kennedy, Boxer, Watters, Polosi and Jackson Lee of Texas, to name a few, were subjected to these words!

"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged."
-President Abraham Lincoln

Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, Lee Hamilton, blasted the mainstream press yesterday for distorting the Commission's findings on links between Iraq and al Qaida, saying those findings actually support Bush administration contentions.

"The sharp differences that the press has drawn [between the White House and the Commission] are not that apparent to me," Hamilton told the Associated Press, a day after insisting that his probe uncovered "all kinds" of connections between Osama bin Laden's terror network and Iraq. Hamilton's comments followed a deluge of mainstream reports falsely claiming that the 9/11 Commission had discredited the Bush administration's claim of longstanding links between Baghdad and bin Laden. But the Indiana (DEMOCRAT) said the press accounts were flat-out wrong!

"There are all kinds of ties," he told PBS's "The News Hour" late Wednesday, in comments that establishment journalists have refused to report.
"There are all kinds of connections. And it may very well have been that Osama bin Laden or some of his lieutenants met at some time with Saddam Hussein's lieutenants."
Hamilton said that while his probe had failed to uncover any direct operational link between Baghdad and Osama bin Laden's terror network in attacks on the U.S., there's no question that "they had contacts." ...

Isn't the truth beautiful?" BK

"From a May 28 report in The Washington Post, we learned that Tiffany Charles got a 'B' in history last year but is not sure what year World War II ended. She can't name a single general, or one battle. Neither is she able to name the president of the United States at the time. ...
What DOES young Tiffany know? ...Tiffany can tell you about Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps. 'We talked a lot about those concentration camps,' she was quoted as saying.

Concentration camps? Those were used by the Nazis and Soviets. The Post interviewed national education experts, teachers and more than 100 public school students and concluded that Tiffany's limited knowledge of World War II is 'typical of today's youths.'

Is this what we're getting for record education spending: kids who know more about the few wrongs America has committed than they do the many rights? This girl and apparently many others like her in the monopolistic government schools aren't learning the truth'" --Cal Thomas

SOOOOO SAD BUT TRUE!! Bk

Do you find it strange that Kerry's wife is never with him? Do you find it strange that you never hear any thing about her? This may be why. As time goes on, we're just getting to know the possible future First Lady of the United States of America, and it is quite interesting. You'll be hearing even more about Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic front-runner. She has quite a track record, especially when it comes to the causes she
donates to.

One of her favorite charities is the Tides Foundation. What is that, you ask? This foundation sends hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that protested the invasion of Iraq; that demands open U.S. borders; and provides legal defense for suspected terrorists.

Among other groups supported by Kerry's wife: Ramsey Clark's international Action Center. This is the same Ramsey Clark that offered to defend Saddam Hussein. Another group seeks to ease restrictions on immigration from terrorist nations. Another group has links to the terrorist group Hamas. And on and on.

American jobs are OUTSOURCED by John F. Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz-Kerry!
We need to ask: Why not manufacture in America and ship finished products overseas? How many American workers are in these Heinz overseas factories?

HEINZ WATTIE'S AUSTRALASIA - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. - Republic of Singapore
HEINZ WATTIE'S LIMITED - Auckland, New Zealand

We all know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration-overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor named Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal - was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"

"Here is how they do it," Lamm said: "Turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bi-cultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar Seymour Lipset put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malyasia, Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."

Lamm went on: "Invent 'multi-culturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds. We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multi-cultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrically and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'"

Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural sub-groups living in America reinforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."

"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."

"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population."

"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other."

"A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy Persia threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to over come two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum"-From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we can balkanize America as surely as Kosovo."

"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits ~ make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt
discussion and debate."

"Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America , it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."

 In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book, Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Every discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.'

American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace", “Freedom is slavery", and "Ignorance is strength".

 Governor Lamm, walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

AMEN which isn't enough we must reall start to raise hell with the POLS. - even if they don't listen. - BK

There's times when life just gets us down

And we truly feel God is not around.

The devil whispers in our ears

And fills our heads, with doubts and fears.

No matter what we try to do

He tells us we are failures too.

As vicious as a lions bite

He drains us of our will to fight.

To beat depression, to smile again

We need to turn to God again.

We feel defeated and so sad too

It seems "Impossible" for us to do,

Yet have you noticed when you are down

Then other "Christian's" come around?

It isn't just by chance, you know,

God sends them to us, when we're low.

He picks us up, through Christian cheer

And reassures us He Is Near.

No matter what our problems be

He's always close to you and me.

So though our woes be small or large

Our Heavenly Father is still in charge.

If you should ask me how I know,

I went through this, just hours ago.

I felt so hopeless and so down,

Yet now I stand on Solid Ground.

It wasn't God, who turned from me,

Yet by His Grace He's set me free.

I pray, if nothing else I learn

When I am down To Him, I'll turn.

My trust, in Him, is up to me

For He controls My Destiny.

Whatever God may lead me to,

He's promised He will walk me through

And should I slip and fall again,

I'll quickly grab His Nail-Scarred-Hand.

I know I've learned and now I see

I'll always know God Walks With Me.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Facing strong opposition, the United States announced Wednesday it was dropping a resolution seeking a new exemption for American peacekeepers (that's our troops for the benighted among us, being tried in international courts!) from international prosecution for war crimes.

Why our nation continues to abide the hatred and envy displayed toward us is totally beyond my comprehension! We pull the chestnuts out of the fire around the world, we taxpayers pay through the nose with our largess in the form of foreign aid and we are constantly defecated on by that bunch of envious cretins from third world countries - some no bigger then Rhode Island! When will one or more of our politicians discover the gonads to stand and fight for our country’s well-being? We should have pulled out of
that den of thieves long ago. We need the United Nations (forgive me) like we need a social disease. BK

What a pleasure to be for and continue to work for the reelection of President George W. Bush regardless of fake liberal poll numbers. Remember that we are in a war for the survival of our society as we know it. This vicious enemy would prefer "Medals " Kerry as an alternative to President George W. Bush. "Medals" Kerry is a man who would turn to and depend upon anti American  despots who run the United Nations to protect our country. HA HA! Four years of John Kerry as president, would set back our nation and the war on terror by 20 years and move the nation even faster toward world government. With a complete turn toward socialism, where we would all be poor together!  I wouldn't even put it past Kerry to nominate Kennedy that world class tippler for Secty. Of State. Pay attention and make your vote count!!

This young man was on our local TV he is from our area. I don't think he was one of the folks "Medals" Kerry has such disdain for. However who knows?

IF the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them." --Candidus bk" one damn smart Roman"

Comment: How does one equate the sawing off of a mans head( surely not to a clean one stroke beheading, you can bet) with parading POW's around naked or on a leash. This whole thing is to get at Mr. Bush. Has America ever received or expect an apology from those fleas for all the Americans they have butchered in the last fifteen years. I be damned, if I can turn the other cheek. It's time to take off the gloves! These animals only respect power, lets give them a large dose. The rest of the world won't hate us any more than they do. Except, when they are on the receiving end of our largess!...........

John"Medals"Kerry has stated many times that we are in this unilaterally. Well I wish to ask Kerry what do we say to the brave men from the following countries? They are: Albania, Britain, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine................................... I wonder if when this war is over if any of them will be throwing their medals over  fences?

Why not consider an American Foreign Legion? Why not? America finds herself in a most unique position. We are the world's richest, and militarily mightiest, nation. We are also the most generous, envied and hated. There are many in this world who, even while
sucking up on Uncle Sam's largess, consider us a loose cannon and a threat. We are the only state that has the power to right an oppressive wrong by ourselves.

Since American mothers have such an aversion to their sons being killed in the many peacekeeping efforts around the world, here is a thought:
Why not an "American Foreign Legion"? (A different name could be chosen so as not to sound too French.)
Languishing in our prisons (for good cause) we have hundreds if not thousands of the dregs of our society. Many are young men who are quite fit (thanks to workout rooms and programs for their betterment) who might enjoy, even die for the chance to redeem themselves. This also could reduce the cost to the taxpayer represented by our prison system! This could be a group separate from our regular forces, with the driving force being amnesty for honorable and faithful performance. "Recruiting" from the prison system isn't a new idea. Lucky Luciano was given a pardon (although he was deported) for his help in solving problems on the docks of this country in World War II. Many areas of our country use "boot camps" for the rehabilitation of young delinquents or felons. Why not try it with adults? This force, led and trained by military officers, would offer the volunteers, including illegal immigrants, a chance to serve the country whose laws they broke. It wouldn't be an easy life, but the reward of rejoining society with a clean slate could be most enticing. For the illegals, it could offer a chance at legitimate citizenship.
It makes a great deal of sense to me. It would give us more boots on the ground to supplement, in time of conflict, our regular forces.

The following appeared in a local paper This will put things in perspective: You might wish to forward depending on your regard for truth!bk Some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One person recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember. It was started by terrorists on 9/11. Let's look at the "worst" president and mismanagement claims. FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions. In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers, an average of 300 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home. Worst president in history? Come on! The Honorable Vinicio E. Madrigal, MD. Board of Regents Uniformed Services University Phone: 504-885-3272 Fax: 504-456-8224 EastBank Primary Care Associates and Avanti Aestethics.

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
Ronald Reagan

Veterans Should Politically Banish Kerry for Disgracing The Marine Corps Memorial
By Rick Erickson
January 26, 2004

On the cover of "The New Soldier" by John Kerry and Vietnam Veterans Against The War, hippies clad in a mismatch of military uniforms are pictured mocking the legendary image of Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi in the 1945 battle for Iwo Jima. Today, the Iwo Jima image is a memorial statue that sits above Arlington National Cemetery and honors all Marines killed in action since 1775. It is one of the most recognized and visited sites in our Capitol City.

"The New Soldier" never made it on the reading list at our military academies. In the cover photo that ridicules the Marine Corps Memorial, one of Kerry's cronies is tugging on our flag, which is hung upside down as the ultimate symbol of sedition and treachery to all veterans who rallied behind our flag in battle. On the day of that shameful photograph and with its mass circulation on the cover of "The New Soldier", at least 6,821 Marines who died at Iwo Jima turned over in their graves.

Of all the reasons why John F. Kerry will not become President of the United States, the biggest reason has to be that, once he returned home from Vietnam, he betrayed his fellow servicemen who remained at war. Kerry not only allied with the likes of Hanoi Jane Fonda, but, before the United States Senate in 1971, Kerry went as far as to belittle the bravery of embattled troops by generalizing their every action in Vietnam as an atrocity.

No one questioned General George S. Patton, III, when he accused Kerry of treason in giving aid and comfort to the enemy, especially when it was revealed that North Vietnam incorporated Kerry's exploits into its communist propaganda machine. However, because of the prevalence of treason at the time and the monumental task of prosecuting Kerry and his proclaimed "revolutionaries," Kerry's actions went unpunished and the associated advances of communism went unhindered.

Fortunately, today's veterans and Americans who overwhelmingly support our armed forces tend to disparage those who dishonor military service and then pretend to be capable of our country's highest office. This political reality afflicted Bill Clinton, whose anti-military past kept him from winning any more than forty-nine percent of the popular vote. No wonder Kerry's presidential campaign is doing its best to subvert his estrangement from veterans and service people in general.

The tact of Kerry for President looks a lot like Clinton-Gore's approach to deceiving voters that such an obvious liability is really the opposite. When Kerry marched in the Veteran's Day parade in Phoenix last year, in tow behind him were a few people carrying "Veterans for Kerry" placards. Some placard carriers looked like the ragtag types on the cover of The New Solider in that they were unshaven, wearing circa 1971 clothes and appeared disoriented.

The ongoing insult is that "Veterans for Kerry" is supposed to represent the veteran community's support of Kerry, when the reality is that very few veterans support him. Most veterans cannot forgive Kerry for Vietnam Veterans Against The War and its promotion of communism when we were fighting communists. As far as U.S. Marines are concerned, we ought to ensure that Kerry is forever banished from the White House for dishonoring our Memorial on the cover of "The New Soldier".

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Major Rick Erickson writes as Director of Americans for Military Readiness, a Washington, D.C. non-profit devoted to ensuring troop morale and combat preparedness. Rick is a veteran of infantry operations in Mogadishu, Somalia and serves regularly as a reservist Deputy Judge Advocate at NORAD/USNORTHCOM. An Arizona attorney, Rick also serves on Military Academy Review Boards for U.S. Senator Jon Kyl and U.S. Congressmen John Shadegg and Trent Franks. Send comments to media@readymilitary.com.

For me to even try and see Kerry as commander in chief is as difficult a task as I could ever undertake! Just the thought of him empathizing and pandering with Al-Qaeda, or any of our country’s enemies drives me up a wall. Hell! He might even show them (our enemies) how to marry rich widows (great source of funds) something he excels at! He might even revert once again to His concocting stories of American atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan( once done in speech in Senate) to feed to most gullible. This, some say handsome, Irishman John F. Kerry/Kohn. Actually, he is part Jewish. (His paternal grandparents were Kohn, before they Christianized their name.) Kerry is a man who could be president of any number of left wing, don't really approve of America and her position in the world organizations. This man, a world class demagogue, whose time is long past, but yes he could become President? - however IMHO only if the people of our country have lost their collective minds. God help us to always remember what his type really are!!

Never lose sight of the fact that what the government gives, it must first take away. Guess from whom!

In pursuit of higher education at today’s universities?

1. Home Economics 304: Being Just Another Baby-Maker !
2. English 202: A Painstaking Review of Every Mediocre Essay Published
by The Bitter, Self-Obsessed Professor
3. Human Sexuality 303: Oedipus or Lolita: Men Can't Win
4. Astronomy 207: Advanced Analysis of 1000s of Photos of Nearly
Identical Rocks from Remote Celestial Bodies
5. Psychology 1303:CreativeNeurosurgery 6. Geology 101: A Rock is a Rock
is a Rock: The Quarterback's GPA-Booster
7. Theatre 120: Adjusting Your Sissy-Pants Beret and Cape
8. Sociology 227: Field Research: Mating Patterns in the Coastal Saloon
Ecosystem 9. Business 105: Big Pimpin' - The Relative Non-Ease Thereof
10. Education 104: Clueless, Beleaguered TA's and Absentee Star
Professors on Book Tours in the Modern Educational System
11. Chemistry 102: From Rohypnol to GBH: Party Planning for Frat Boys
12. Law 160: Opening Wounds, Closing Cases: Inflicting Severe Emotional
Trauma During Cross-Examination
13. American Studies 219: Tab 'n' Shasta: Deconstructing the Dream of
the American Cola
14. Technological Programming 302: Making a Really Cool Virtual Reality
Penis Glove
15. Classics 230: An Orgy of Ancient Sodomite Intellectualism
<?blackface>       " BK and we wonder why todays youth are sooooooooo
mixed up"       

The caucus rhetoric that we the people are being fed by those bottom feeders, who have but one desire, that of insuring themselves a choice spot at the public trough. I assure you they will accomplish this goal, until we the people get up off of our collective derrieres and go out and vote to demand that those we vote for change things! If we fail to do this, IN MY OPINION, we are doomed to repeat history. Our great caring America will go the way of the dinosaurs. History is the greatest guide that man has therefore it's in our best interest as a people to act think and remember Rome, Greece Russia and the many others that have gone to the dust bin of history. There are so many among us that would like us to to be part of the one world crowd, controlled by the United Nations, manipulated and told how to act, live and think. My only hope is that I am long gone from this earth by that time. I also believe there are many more who share these thoughts out there in cyber land and across this great nation. This is a cherished wish. Maybe by using our collective voices in taking action, we just might bring about the changes that would result in saving what our forefathers fought suffered and died for. What they built MUST not disappear in the sands of time! We must not let it all have been in vain, NO Democrat is the answer!................................................... God Bless America, our President and God Bless our Troops Still in Harm’s Way.

In the Kahuna’s view, we are GREAT because of the accomplishments of WE the people! NOT because of anything the government has done. More often as not the government has led to the screwing things up parade! ßk
PS. need I mention Medicare?

Just in case you ever got the two mixed up. This should make things a bit more clear. IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell. AT WORK...you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle. IN PRISON...you get three meals a day. AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it. IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior. AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior. IN PRISON....the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself. IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games. AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games. IN PRISON...you get your own toilet. AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat. IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit. AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family. IN PRISON...all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required. AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out. AT WORK...you spend most of
your time wanting to get out and go inside bars. IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens. AT WORK...they are called managers.
Now, get back to work!

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