Farewell

I and the kids enjoyed watching you--you taught us a lot. Rest in peace!

‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dies

Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

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Security Forces Doing Their Job

Although you will never hear it from the 'mainstream media' (MSM)--it does appear those Iraqi Security Forces the MSM report aren't trained or disciplined, are actually better off then reported and doing their job.  Let see now, the Iraqi forces are doing their job and capture another top al-Qaida member; this should be good news and a good sign--lets see if it is talked about in such away one Sunday's weekly 'bash Bush' shows.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior operative in al-Qaida in Iraq, and the group now suffers from a "serious leadership crisis," the national security adviser said Sunday.
Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said, adding that his arrest also led to the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members.

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It's Football Time in Tennessee

My holiday weekend seems to be starting off pretty good -- Currently Tennessee is beating number 9 ranked California 35 to 3... Got to love those pre-season polls. Currently before the start of the fourth quarters Tennessee has taking out their starting key offensive players.

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Two Important Questions!

Rumsfeld ask two questions that all of us should answer for ourselves--the answers to the questions should influence on our hand at the ballot box more then how our 'wallets' will be affected!

"Can we truly afford to believe that somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased?"

NO!

"Can we truly afford to return to the destructive view that America - not the enemy - is the real source of the world's troubles?"

NO!

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Shame on Them

You mean they weren't 'Monitoring'--I don't think that is what the article means; however, it should have been worded differently (Pentagon to 'Better' Monitor..., or Pentagon to 'Increase' Monitoring...).  To make a statements like this indicates to the public, a public that may not and probably doesn't know better, that recruiters up till now have had free rein--I can assure they have not, or didn't in my time!  Either way I do agree that there is a need to find if these complaints are legitimate and 'weed out' the offenders.

Pentagon to Monitor Recruiters

SAN JOSE, California - The Defense Department has announced it will closely monitor military recruiters and their commanders in light of two investigations - one by the government, the other by The Associated Press - that found increased levels of recruiter misconduct.

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Plame Waste of Time

David Corn has some intresting insight into the 'Plame leak' or as I think of it the 'Plame waste of time'.

That meant that the State Department had good reason (political reason, that is) to distance itself from Wilson, a former State Department official. Armitage may well have referred to Wilson's wife and her CIA connection to make the point that State officials--already suspected by the White House of not being team players--had nothing to do with Wilson and his trip.

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If Your Wondering

I haven't given up on politics or world events (e.g. Israel Crisis Cease Fire, Lieberman, 2006 Election, Iraq, etc.); however, I am a little tired of it witting about it everyday. Others are much better better at it anyway. I do and will post what is important to me, which includes SPORTS! With the start of football and the NFL season just around the corner, the long hot summer is almost over and I am SO ready for it to be!

A Bad Weekend For Tiger...

would be a great one for most!

Tiger keeps on rolling at Firestone

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Tiger Woods celebrated his 10-year anniversary of turning pro Sunday by winning for the 52nd time on the PGA Tour, making an 8-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole against Stewart Cink to win the Bridgestone Invitational.

*Note: Hope you are not watching this on televison, it's taped delay and I appolgoize for ending the suspense.

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Help Me Too!

'The other Woody' is having trouble understanding this global warming thing, ME TOO!  Just last week I read that glaciers were melting now we find that global warming boost to glaciers--What?  Don't worry Al's movie might save us, but you will have to let me know because I ain't going!

Conflict of Interest

Here is an interesting revelation about a conflict of interest involving the 'no wiretapping' judge that, surprise, the MSM has ignored.

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who last week ruled the government’s warrantless wiretapping program unconstitutional, serves as a Secretary and Trustee for a foundation that donated funds to the ACLU of Michigan, a plaintiff in the case (ACLU et. al v. National Security Agency). Judicial Watch discovered the potential conflict of interest after reviewing Judge Diggs Taylor’s financial disclosure statements.

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Michael Moore's Fan Club

It appears Michael Moore has more accolades to add to his 'public relation' file...  Michael Moore is the favored American director among terrorists types.  Wow, doesn't he have a lot to be proud of...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group has produced an elaborate video of what it said were attacks on U.S. troops, in the latest example of the increasingly sophisticated propaganda war being waged by Iraqi insurgents.
[...]
Lifting scenes from Michael Moore's anti-war film "Fahrenheit 9/11", Rashedeen's narrator taunts President Bush in softly spoken English over graphic images of Humvees being blown up by roadside bombs, and purportedly dead U.S. troops.

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Interesting

The below is an educational piece--it shows us what you get when you hire a racist to appease racist and be politically correct.

Wal-Mart Image-Builder Resigns

The civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired by Wal-Mart to improve its public image, resigned from that post last night after telling an African-American newspaper that Jewish, Arab and Korean shop owners had “ripped off” urban communities for years, “selling us stale bread, and bad meat and wilted vegetables.”
[...]
“You see those are the people who have been overcharging us,” he said of the owners of the small stores, “and they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they’ve ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it’s Arabs.”

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I am Tired!

I am getting tired of having to walk around as if we were on thin ice where Muslims are concerned. Here is an idea for the Muslim leaders, actively work to rid your 'religion' of these terrorist and condemn their activity. Until then, give it a rest and remember--what religion were the men that bombed the Trade Centers in 1993, blew up the USS Cole, crashed planes into the Trade Centers in 2001, and continue to threaten the United States?

Another question; how come members of the Islamic community have no problem speaking out against any faith but theirs--but cry foul whenever 'truths' are spoken about many of the followers of their faith?

Shoura Chief Wants Bush Apology

JEDDAH, 21 August 2006 — Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh Bin-Humaid yesterday called for a public apology from US President George W. Bush for linking Islam and Muslims with fascism and terrorism.

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Tiger's 12th

Tiger gets 12--man I would love to have his slump... Remember the missed cut at the US Open? Now he has won his last three, including the British Open and the PGA Championship. Hep, heck of a slump--you go Tiger.

No Gloom and Doom

Job market 'relatively' healthy'..

Initial Jobless Claims Fall By 10,000 - Economy

WASHINGTON — The number of workers seeking first-time jobless aid fell by 10,000 last week, a government report on Thursday showed, signaling a relatively healthy job market.

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Good News

Ten years are twenty, it is good news that law enforcement didn't give up. If proven and found guilty let's see what the punishment will be?

JonBenet Ramsey Suspect 'So Very Sorry'

BANGKOK, THAILAND — A former American school teacher said publicly Thursday he was with JonBenet Ramsey when she was killed and called the 6-year-old's death "an accident," a stunning admission that should help answer 10 years of questions in the unsolved murder case. "I am so very sorry for what happened to JonBenet," he told The Associated Press.

Too Bad...

For the kooks on the left--Lieberman is leading in the polls...  Pay close attention to the 'likely votors', Lieberman has a twelve point lead. To be fair most readers that frequent here know my view of polls; however, the left seem to live and die by polls so this is bad news for the far left.

New Poll Shows Lieberman Leading Lamont

The Quinnipiac University poll has Lieberman leading Lamont among registered voters 49 percent to 38 percent. Republican Alan Schlesinger gets support from 4 percent. Among likely voters, Lieberman was supported by 53 percent, compared to Lamont's 41 percent and Schlesinger's 4 percent.

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Google has Coupons

I wonder how this is going to work?

Google to distribute discount coupons

More than 20,000 coupons are expected to be available Tuesday when the service debuts on Google's popular mapping service. The initial coupon supply is being provided by Cox Enterprises Inc.'s Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, which has been mailing envelops stuffed with coupons and discount offers for nearly 40 years. Valpak, based in Largo, Fla., plans to provide Google with nightly updates to expand the supply of coupons from a list of neighborhood merchants that will include pizzerias, auto shops, dry cleaners and handymen.

Dell Batteries - FYI!

Thought I should share this information...

List of Dell Notebook Models Affected by Battery Recall

— Dell Latitude D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810. — Dell Inspiron 6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 700m, 710m, 9400, E1705. — Dell Precision M20, M60, M70, M90. — XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170 and XPS M1710.

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Great News!

Some of you might not know some ordeals that GM Roper has been going through, but this is good news.

GM's Corner : The Battle Is Won, The Fight Continues!

The battle has been won, the war will go on until I have been 5 years cancer free and can then count myself a full fledged member of the cancer survivors network.