An interesting peek in the box from the politico. Nothing new of course, but none the less interesting to witness Harry Reid admitting publicly to what most astute political watchers know to be the case with the democrats and Ted Kennedy's death.

Reid: Teddy's death "going to help us"

The Reno Gazette-Journal has a sit-down with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who addresses the Ted Kennedy question in, um, an interesting way.

Q: How will U.S. Sen. (Edward) Kennedy's death affect things?

A: I think it's going to help us.

He hasn't been around for some time. We're going to have a new chairman of that committee, it'll be, I don't know for sure, but I think Sen. (Chris) Dodd, (D-Conn.). He has a right to take it. Either him or (U.S. Sen. Tom) Harkin, (D-Iowa), whichever one wants it can have it. I think he (Kennedy) will be a help. He's an inspiration for us. That was the issue of his life and he didn't get it done. Nothing in here is particularly new — Kennedy will help the cause, Dodd gets to carry the banner, Kennedy's work remains undone. But the straight-shooting Reid does have a gift for saying non-controversial things in the most controversial way possible.

Or...... "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Borrowing just a bit from the classic Stanley Kubric film Dr. Strangelove, I can't help but immediately see some similarities between that film and what we have occurring in America today as it concerns the war on terror.

The only difference between Kubric's fiction and the present day reality? We don't have a renegade General Jack Ripper, or an amiable general Buck Turgidson.

Or the most likable Group Captain Lionel Mandrake trying to reason his way through it all, while Peter Sellers changes hats and characters at a maddening pace throughout the drama. Picture if you will, just a smattering of the facts as they have been reported as of today today.

White House: 'War on terrorism' is over

It's official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war." "The President does not describe this as a 'war on terrorism,'" said John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office, who outlined a "new way of seeing" the fight against terrorism.

There you have it. We will now call the war......."the war against Al Qaida." It's a "new way of seeing it!" Then there was this.....

White House Spokesman Uses Phrase "War On Terror"

Not only does Robert Gibbs (White House Spokesman) use the (now forbidden) term war on terror during this news conference? But he attempts to assuage all criticism of the Obama administration's actions and handling of the war over the past seven months, by asserting that the war has undergone "years and years of neglect" and has been sadly"under resourced."

What the hell does that mean? Under funded? Not enough money and material and effort directed toward the war Mr. Gibbs? Well of course that's what it means, but isn't it curious how "now" the democrats want to talk about "under resourced" Afghanistan. After they have spent the last 8 years impeding every bit of war effort and funding in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

They talked a good game when they were campaigning during the 2006 midterms and the 2008 presidential election and beat their chests on how they would have done it. And we heard a lot about how President George Bush took his "eye off the ball" and pursued a war in Iraq when the real game was afoot in Afghanistan. Not to mention how they oh so wished they could turn one or both into another Vietnam for America.

And now...... what have we seen the Obama administration do in the seven months since taking control of the White House? First off, we have seen an immediate draw down of personnel and assets in Iraq, which is now leading to increased violence and more American casualties in Iraq.

And this is after George Bush took a beating for seven years, but finally won that war. Now Obama is giving it all away just as he promised. Another example of liberals willingly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

And now...... the casualties are mounting daily in Afghanistan and we are told what? That we have "under resourced" the war in Afghanistan? But that we also need to be mindful not to call it a war on terrorism. (Heaven forbid someone utter the phrase a war against Islamic extremism).

And yet there is more.....

Afghanistan strategy must change, US commander McChrystal says

Having previously stepped in it by admitting that America was losing the war in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal (Obama's hand picked man) quickly back peddled and denied that he had said that we were losing the war. He then clarified his remarks (retracted his statements) and the administration claimed that the general was simply taken out of context.

But in today's much awaited assessment by General Stanley McChrystal on ("the war against Al Qiada?") in Afghanistan? This is what we see from the general once again.

U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal said the situation was "serious" but the 8-year-old war could still be won. He gave no indication as to whether he would ask for more troops but is widely expected to do so in the coming weeks.

So what does that mean? We have lost the war but it is still winnable? Or does it mean that we are about to lose the war, but we can pull it out and save the victory? Or does it mean as the previous commander said right before he was relieved of duty....."we need more troops and more funding and a commitment to victory." According to Obama's general McCrystal......

"The situation in Afghanistan is serious, but success is achievable and demands a revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve, and increased unity of effort," McChrystal said in a statement announcing his report was done.

The situation is serious, but achievable, but requires what? "A revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve?" Sound familiar? Did the dear general just enumerate what most anyone with common sense already knows? That the present strategy (President Obama's strategy) needs serious revision.

And in addition to that, if we intend to win this thing? We need some serious resolve and commitment! And a lot more "sourcing!" Please let me know when you find those elements present in the spinal column of any democrat. And also drop me a line when you see the Pelosi and Reid led congress gearing up to "adequately resource "the war against Al Qaida" or anything else to do with Iraq or Afghanistan or Islamic terrorism. Then of course there are the bizarre ramblings of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pontificating on the matter of Afghanistan as he sees it.....

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any recommendation for more forces would have to address his concerns that the foreign military presence in Afghanistan could become too large and be seen by Afghans as a hostile occupying force. "Clearly, I want to address those issues and we will have to look at the availability of forces, we'll have to look at costs. There are a lot of different things that we'll have to look at," he told reporters.

I literally love to see a mediocre bull s h i t artist attempting to sell shinola to shites! Well of course a primary driving consideration for Mr. Gates, is that he doesn't want the Afghans to see any potential increase in American troop strength as a hostile occupying force. And of course he will have to look at the costs and a "lot of different things."

I wonder, do any of those things from costs to whatever he thinks the others are? Do they have anything to do with the "under resourcing" of the war to date? As was referenced earlier today by Robert Gibbs? Makes you wonder don't it. I know it makes me wonder. I wonder what in hell is going on in these people's minds? Actually, I know what is going on in their minds. (not a lot) but I truly wonder what they think is going on in the rest of ours when they float this bull s h i t. Are they talking to each other and comparing notes on policy and history and funding and the myriad of things that they are speaking to as it concerns policy and action? Or have they spent the last seven years in a cave somewhere in the Hamptons, simply planning their return to power?

Are they totally and completely oblivious to recent history and the actions of their own party and president? Like I said at the beginning, this is like watching a revised version of Stanley Kubric's classic Dr. Strangelove. Only with different characters playing the lead parts and the script turned askew.

Except this time, it isn't a renegade general about to loose Armageddon on the world. It's a renegade president and a less than capable commanding general who is doing his best to stick to the losing script without losing. And all of this is being done with a supporting cast of real characters that would do Peter Sellers proud!

All we need now? Is the equivalent of Slim Pickens flying a recalled B-52, and preparing to drop his load on an American city in retaliation for being rich capitalist infidels. Too bad Kubric is dead now. If he were still alive? I believe that I could write him a script for an epic story to rival Dr. Strangelove.

This is a preacher that you won't see highlighted by the mainstream media in America. The man knows his message and he knows his bible. And he recognizes what is afoot in America presently and who and what are responsible. This is a three part series. make sure and watch and listen to all three parts.

ACLU’s spying project: Operation CIA Paparazzi

I have to hand it to Michelle Malkin on this one and on two counts at that. First for reporting this travesty of modern day liberal vilification and criminal conduct  and secondly for scoring a direct hit on the reality of what is actually at play here.

Last week, the Washington Post reported on a new Justice Department inquiry into photographs of undercover CIA officials and other intelligence personnel taken by ACLU-sponsored researchers assisting the defense team of Guantanamo Bay detainees. According to the report, the pictures of covert American CIA officers – “in some cases surreptitiously taken outside their homes” – were shown to jihad suspects tied to the 9/11 attacks in order to identify the interrogators.

Yep, you read it right, the ACLU hired their own covert ops to out present CIA operatives (by photographing them), so that they could expose these CIA undercover agents to public ridicule in the media and to identify them to known terrorists being held at Guantanamo, as they defend the same jihadist terrorist as if they possess US constitutional right! Meanwhile, they also identified them to all the other terrorists in the world bent on destroying this country.

What was that gals name? Give me a minute it's coming back to me. (help me Michelle !)


meanwhile........

The ACLU undertook the so-called “John Adams Project” with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – last seen crusading for convicted jihadi assistant Lynne Stewart. She’s the far Left lawyer who helped jailed 1993 World Trade Center bombing/NY landmark bombing plot mastermind Omar Abdel-Rahman smuggle coded messages of Islamic violence from the imprisoned sheik to outside followers in violation of an explicit pledge to abide by her client’s court-ordered isolation.

Yep, the ACLU was just practicing that tried and true comic book reality of truth, justice and the American way right?

What the hell was that gal's name!  I know I have it right here on the tip of my tongue! (help me out here Michelle!)

Meanwhile.......

And then they showed the images to suspected al Qaeda operatives implicated in murdering 3,000 innocent men, women, and children on American soil.

You should have the gist of it now, so do go and visit Michelle Malkin's blog and read the entire piece. Absolutely freaking amazing! How could conduct like this be tolerated in America today? It's beyond belief. It is beyond insidious, it is beyond something that I can even be incredulous over! The truth is, it is conduct that simply is not covered by any word or group of words in the English language that I am aware of.

There simply isn't a single word or phrase or combination of phrases that adequately expresses what I see as nothing short of treasonous crimes committed by the ACLU. But not even the word treason approaches what has been done here IMO.

WHAT IS THAT WOMAN'S NAME!

Wait a minute! Eureka! I have it now! Went back through Michelle's blog and there it was! "Valerie Plame!" Yeah that's it! That's the ticket! It's all coming back to me now!

So let's cut to the chase and get to the bottom line.

This nation endured a two year federal investigation into the Valerie Plame affair and all manner of wailing and gnashing of teeth by democrats and liberals, (every step of the way). And all for the supposed outing of an undercover CIA operative (Valerie Plame). Yet in the end, it was proven that everyone who was suspected and accused of the alleged crime? Had absolutely nothing to do with it. It was also proven to be former Asst. Sec/State Richard Armitage who gave Plame's name to Robert Novak where it was first revealed to the public.


As it was also revealed that allegations of Valerie Plame being an undercover operative were completely false and fabricated.  She was nothing more than a mid level middle east analyst at the agency and the only reason she became an issue, is because she successfully lobbied her bosses at CIA, to allow her husband a former US ambassador, to travel to Africa as a CIA operative. And for what reason? none other than to attempt to obtain evidence that could refute the Bush administrations assertions of Iraq's attempts to buy yellow cake uranium from Africa, in order to build a nuclear program in Iraq.
 
Yet here we have an organization (the ACLU) that has literally compromised the identities of dozen of real CIA undercover CIA operatives? And hardly a notice what so ever from the loyal left wing media. The same media that sunk it's teeth into the Plame affair as if they had found Watergate II.

Someone needs to be prosecuted for this crap IMO and a bunch of people need to go to prison over it IMO.

Audacity is another word that comes to mind that simply fails to cover what has been done here.

'Win One for Teddy,' Say Dems Pushing for Health Reform

As night follows day and rainbows follow spring showers, if you stop and think about it, liberals are easily track able in their socialist pursuits.

Teddy Kennedy's body had not even assumed room temperature yet and the liberals were already gathering to prop up his corpse in the store front window of liberal socialism, in their attempt to utilize his death to revive their socialist health care scam.

"Win one for Teddy!"

I saw it immediately, as did millions of other Americas. and today it is being reported just as we predicted it would be. The democrats intend to rally around the death of the great liberal and use his death as an anchor point. They intend to immortalize and martyr the last of the Kennedy's, and they intend to use his death as the booster rocket to regain orbit for their failing health care reform plan.

Therefore, it is time for Americans to re-double their efforts with their congressmen and senators, and let them know emphatically, that we (Americans) don't want this crap. We simply aren't interested. And as the marine recently said at the town hall meeting, "who are these people that think that they have a right to allow us to keep our present health care, once they get their socialized agenda passed as supposed affordable health care."

They have no rights over me and their fallen icon cuts absolutely nothing with me in this discussion. The time for Americans to stand up to this fascist bullying is now. And if the liberals attempt to wrap the moldering corpse of Ted Kennedy in their latest socialist scam? Them we all as Americans need to remember just who their womanizing alcoholic murdering icon really was.

He may have been the last surviving member of Camelot, but none the less he was a socialist and a lout. and his death and all the dressing up of his legacy of the media doesn't change that reality one iota.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy dies at 77

I believe that I and many others realized two weeks ago when he failed to attend his sister's funeral, that the end was near. And the urgency of a week ago, in his attempts to have the law in Massachusetts changed before his death was apparently more urgent than anyone realized.

Now that he has died, watch for the two week wake and the revisiting of the Kennedy legacy as not seen in decades. Yes, they will attempt to make this into the end of Camelot, but more importantly, they will attempt to wrap their fallen hero in a blanket of modern day martyrdom. And what better tribute to the lion of the senate, than to push through the Obama health care reform bill, which will now become the Kennedy health care bill.

On the one hand, Obama's health care bill was all but dead as of yesterday, but that was yesterday. Now with Kennedy dead, the liberal left will see this as their chance to guilt trip America into buying this pig of a piece of legislation though the martyrdom of Ted Kennedy. And if we are not careful, those who remain in the senate will pass the bill along and attempt to claim that they have accomplished something for the American people and for the Kennedy legacy. I say no thank you. You can leave me out of it. And you can leave my kids out of it too.

I lived through the Kennedy Camelot and it is something from a long time ago that has absolutely no relevancy to today. The Kennedy Camelot was a dream world of media forced perspectives and that is exactly what they have tried to do with the present day occupant of the White House. I hope the American people aren't fooled by the barrage that is about to begin in media. Inspired by the death of Teddy Kennedy and a desire to supposedly create some living tribute to his legacy. The man created his own legacy. Let the lion sleep with what he created.

Report: Letter Shows British Prime Minister, Libyan Leader Discussed Details of Lockerbie Bomber Release Weeks Ago

The plot thickens and the truth is slowly seeping out. It appears that the Libyan leader Kadafi and his son were telling the truth when they said the the UK and Gordon Brown were instrumental in the release of the Lockerbie murderer.

What Ted Kennedy Wants He's trying to change election rules—again.

Once again the lion of the senate is attempting to pull a partisan fast one on the people of his state and the people of this country. Senator Teddy Kennedy, presently dying of brain cancer, wants to win just one more for the liberal gippers if he can. Having battled successfully five years ago to change the law in Massachusetts, so that he could thwart any potential ability of the then republican governor (Mitt Romney) to potentially appoint a republican senate replacement, (provided John Kerry had won), Teddy now wants to go back to the well one more time before he dies, in order to change it all back.

What a gallant action on the part of senator Kennedy. Just wanting to make things right again right? Wrong! Once again the liberals and their senior member of the senate are trying to pull a partisan fast one on the people of America. The great fear being that if Teddy dies before 2010? The liberal socialist democrats will lose their 60 seat veto proof majority in the senate, if they can't immediately replace him with a known and approved liberal democrat.

So once again it is time to cook and the rules and the law in order to serve the liberal perspective and their interests. I would say that I hope that the people of Massachusetts would be smarter than this and that they would raise immortal hell over it, (Kennedy and his health problems be damned.) but they won't. I know that a state that would elect and re-elect this socialist interloper for the last forty years to begin with, can't be populated with exceedingly smart people or anyone with sincere interests or concerns for the country as a whole.

I wish Ted Kennedy no ill will. I know his personal and political history and I am diametrically opposed to his politics and his life history and always have been. However, I do believe in divine intervention. And it appears that Teddy is on his last legs now. Having skipped the funeral of his sister last week, should have told most people that he himself is not long for this world. All I know is that if he dies before the law can be changed back, it serves him and it served the state that elected him for over forty years right. And even then there is no guarantee that the people of Massachusetts won't turn right around and find another flaming socialist to replace him with. As a matter of fact? They probably will. But in the interim? I still adhere and hold to the premise that government should be required to play by the rules (law) and they should have to live with the consequences. Let's hope so.

Felony Vandalism Charges Possible in Obama Joker Poster Case

How many remember Paul Newman in his Iconic role, in the movie Cool Hand Luke? A true classic and one of my all time favorites. And how many remember what Luke went to prison for? The movie situated in the post Korean war south, opens with a drunk Luke staggering about a sleepy little southern town. With a bottle of whiskey in one hand and a pipe wrench in the other. Luke is drunk and he is cutting the heads off parking meters.

That was his crime. And as the police arrive, we see Luke propped up against his last victim and a long line of headless parking meters behind him. Later in the film, we hear the iconic line by Strother Martin. "What we have here............is a failure to communicate!" Fast forward to the present and it appears to me that we have our very own Cool Hand Luke in the making. Have a look........

A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property, FOXNews.com has learned. Clermont, Fla., Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the state attorney will review evidence to determine whether to charge the unidentified teenager with gluing "dozens" of the posters last week to the city's light poles, public and private buildings, bridge overpasses, road signs and a mailbox. Jensen said damage to city property exceeded $800, and it cost roughly $200 to remove the adhesive that was used to affix the poster to the mailbox. "If he hadn't glued them, we wouldn't be having this discussion," Jensen told FOXNews.com. "[The adhesive] didn't come off the road signs."

See any similarities? I know that I do. Here is some kid who decides to make a political statement by posting these posters? And suddenly the local authorities are treating him like public enemy number one.

There is no doubt that he should probably be committed to some community service for his actions, but does this really warrant felony vandalism charges? I think not. And I think what we have here is a genuine failure to communicate on the part of the Clemont Florida police.

It strikes me that the authorities there, are more concerned with appealing to a national media outrage over the subject matter of this young man's protest, than they are interested it addressing the reality of what was done in a reasonable or fair manner.

And when I see the nation's main stream media reacting as they have over these posters? And when I see the local authorities preparing to skin some kid and tack his hide to the barn for having the audacity to post his beliefs? I tend to see the man with no eyes. Constantly lurking behind his mirrors and waiting patiently for the opportunity to snipe the life out of anyone that crosses or violates the machine.

Look closely at main stream media today and see if what you see staring back at you isn't ironically similar to some faceless mechanism with a high powered rifle on the ready. Poised to drop the hammer on anyone who isn't "shaking that bush boss!"

FBI trained NJ blogger to incite others

Many people may be familiar with the Turner Diaries as a result of the domestic terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City in 1995 and the resulting trial, conviction and execution of Timothy McVeigh for the crime. McVeigh was supposedly a fan of the anarchist novel and based his action of attack that day in Oklahoma city on the books plot.

But what if we were to have a real Turner Diaries? Not just something of fiction, but something of a rather all too real reality. Enter one Hal Turner of New Jersey. He was recently arrested for inciting others to violence and encouraging others to attacking public officials.

The only problem is? His defense attorney says that he was only doing what the FBI taught him how to do on the internet as a "blogger." Stranger than fiction? Have a look for yourself.....

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative, his attorney said Tuesday. Hal Turner worked for the FBI from 2002 to 2007 as an "agent provocateur" and was taught by the agency "what he could say that wouldn't be crossing the line," defense attorney Michael Orozco said. "His job was basically to publish information which would cause other parties to act in a manner which would lead to their arrest," Orozco said.

Of course now?

The FBI is denying any knowledge of his actions, although they seemingly admit to a familiarity with him. Prosecutors have acknowledged that Turner was an informant who spied on radical right-wing organizations, but the defense has said Turner was not working for the FBI when he allegedly made threats against Connecticut legislators and wrote that three federal judges in Illinois deserved to die.

Uncanny isn't it. Almost like a script for a Tom Cruise sequel to MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. "Your mission Mr. Phelps (should you decide to accept it.....)" And as always..."If caught or captured, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions."

Stranger than fiction? Id' say affirmative!

Dove tailing onto yesterday's blog concerning government intrusion into the lives of Americans concerning computers and the internet? I wonder what snopes will have to say about this exchange. That it didn't happen? That Gibbs answered the question? Nope and nope.

The bottom line, apparently Major Garrett and a number of reporters who cover the White House received unsolicited emails from the White House this week. Apparently to their private or personal business accounts.

The purpose of the emails? Again it appears that the basis of the emails was an attempt to bolster the presidents health care reform legislation and to attempt to cultivate more support from the MSM, as if he didn't already have the market cornered on that.

You decide. I know I have.

This would normally be too bizarre and far fetched to believe, but not under the current regime in Washington. Watch this and be warned.

Commander’s Ouster Is Tied to Shift in Afghan War

I wonder how many people remember that headline in the New York times dated May 11, 2009.

Or the opening paragraph of the article..

WASHINGTON — The top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David D. McKiernan, was forced out Monday in an abrupt shake-up intended to bring a more aggressive and innovative approach to a worsening seven-year war. Tomorrow makes exactly 90 days since General McKiernan was relieved of duty and disgraced by his commander in chief. So, how is the all star replacement General McCrystal doing with his special warfare fighting skills and his innovative approach fairing?

Well let's see....

Taliban Now Winning U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Rising Casualties

The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its strategy in the eight-year-old conflict by increasing the number of troops in heavily populated areas like the volatile southern city of Kandahar, the insurgency's spiritual home. Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned that means U.S. casualties, already running at record levels, will remain high for months to come.

So what changed? I don't mean to be facetious, but toward the end of the Vietnam war? A frequently heard refrain of many Vietnam veterans was...."what happened? We were winning when I left." So what happened General McCrystal? Afghanistan began to heat up immediately after Barack Obama took office. (The Taliban recognizing the weakness of this president IMO) And when General McKiernan tried to explain the situation to the new president?

And when he asked for more ground troops to be sent? He was summarily relieved from duty and dismissed. Yet after 90 days of command in the Afghanistan theater, General McCrystal seems to have accomplished very little, if not in all fairness of analysis having lost ground. Not only have things not improved or even remained static in Afghanistan as a result of the command change, but they have gotten worse.

And now? The president's hand picked general to carrying the fight to the enemy in Afghanistan is calling for more troops, just as his predecessor did. But worse than that, he has broken with decades of war college philosophy, training and instruction to all career military officers. General McCrystal has publicly admitted to the enemy that he is losing the war and to compound that mistake, he has turned to the president and publicly asked for more combat troops. In essence and on all counts, General McCrystal's actions have completely negated the ruse used by the president to relieve General McKiernan of command in Afghanistan three months ago.

I don't blame General McCrystal, I am sure that he is a fine military officer and I am sure that he knows his job and what needs to be done in Afghanistan to win the war. Pity that the commander in chief doesn't. So how much shelf life does General McCrystal have left as the commander in Afghanistan? I wonder. Is it possible that he too will soon be replaced with someone else? Someone more capable of losing the war in a reasonable and timely fashion? I tend to think so.

I believe that General McCrystal's days in command of American forces in Afghanistan are limited, as are his career in the Army. His boss doesn't like being made the fool by subordinates, so the general will be the next to be flung under the Obama bus.. Now, if Obama could just figure out a way to fire and replace Joe Biden.