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2005 saw huge leaps in the battle against the ACLU, but there is much more to do. I hope to continue to put my two cents in by promoting STOP THE ACLU here at LEAVWORLD. (PS: I've been using Windows Paintbrush to alter these old drawings, along with a MS photo editor. The quality will improve when I install Photoshop on my new PC. Hopefully I'll get on that this year, 'cause I'm tired of only one font!) This was a production of Stop The ACLU Blogburst. If you would like to join us, please email Jay at Jay@stoptheaclu.com or Gribbit at GribbitR@gmail.com . You will be added to our mailing list and blogroll. Over 115 blogs already onboard .

This being a supposedly "slow" blog traffic week, I picked an old WorldNetDaily story from 11/04 to excerpt: There is overwhelming evidence that the Navy gave John Kerry either a dishonorable discharge or an undesirable discharge – which is the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge without the felony conviction – and that, as a result of such discharge, he was stripped of all of his famous but questionable Navy awards and medals. And the kicker? The evidence is on his website! Read the whole thing here . Hat tip to JOHN KERRY SHOULD STEP DOWN, OUT OF POLITICS , of course. Join the blogbursts to help FREE Kerry’s 180 every Tuesday at CAO'S blog !

First, read this hilarious SEASON'S GREETINGS email I posted from Angel, a grade school friend who turned out to be a rock-ribbed conservative as well. He gets it... ...further, I had to post the whole SIX MEAT BUFFET 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS links all together. I can't say enough about how funny this stuff is. I read that they have noticed an upsurge in google and MSN searches for their site since the start of the "12 days" posts. It's probably all the dumb friends I emailed day 4 to, trying to find the rest. ( -By the way, I'm just kidding, guys, if you are reading this-LOL!) Without further ado, here are all 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS LINKS , courtesy of SIX MEAT BUFFET ! Day Twelve: Magic Liberal 8 Ball Day Eleven: Legos Mexican Border Edition Day Ten: Monopoly Eminent Domain Special Edition Day Nine: Don’t Spill the Beans Day Eight: The Official Survivor: Katrina Board Game Day Seven: Planned Parenthood Abortion Gift Certificates Day Six: Inflatable Nanny Sta...

This Christmas, I have to say that peace on Earth is an achievable goal, and I believe we are working toward it. Christians, Jews, and Muslims will all live together in harmony with respect for each other, and other religions, as well as those with no faith at all. (That means you, ACLU!) The United States of America takes the lead in this endeavor worldwide, and at home (except for the misguided liberal multiculturalists-a large part of our society). Where else will the unity of mankind start from...OLD Europe? The U.N? NO, IT STARTS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND OTHER PLACES RECENTLY LIBERATED FROM TYRANNY, SUCH AS "NEW" (FORMERLY EASTERN) EUROPE. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE TROOPS, WHO PUT THE LIE TO THE TERM "OCCUPIERS." GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY YOUR LABOR BEAR FRUIT FOR ALL OF THE WORLD.

I highly recommend this week's Thomas Sowell column , which was a perfect fit for this week's blogburst! Here is the relevant excerpt: Over the years, we have gotten used to the American Civil Liberties Union launching legalistic jihads against recognitions of Christmas, in between coming to the rescue of murderers and terrorists. The ACLU invokes that famous phrase about a "wall of separation between church and state" -- a phrase found nowhere in the Constitution but somehow considered to be part of Constitutional law. The Constitution forbad Congress from creating "an establishment of religion" but this was no mysterious concept known only to deep thinking legal scholars. The people who wrote the Constitution all knew exactly what an establishment of religion was because they had all lived under one -- the established Church of England. Being established meant that everyone had to pay taxes to support that church, whether they belonged to it or not, and t...

NYC-TWU STRIKES! -with other union support ALL OF THESE (CWA, UFT, AND OTHER) UNIONS BACKING THE TWU STRIKE ARE FULL OF IT! AN EXAMPLE: THE LIRR HAD A "BREAKDOWN" BETWEEN WOODSIDE AND JAMAICA, FORCING PASSENGERS TO TAKE THE SUBWAY TO JAMAICA LAST FRI. NIGHT. IF THIS WAS DONE IN "SYMPATHY" WITH THE TWU (WHO ALSO HAVE HAD A HIGHER RATE OF SUBWAY "BREAKDOWNS" SINCE THE FIRST STRIKE DEADLINE PASSED), THEN THEIR UNION SHOULD BE PENALIZED UNDER THE LAW FOR THEIR COMPLICITY IN THIS ILLEGAL ACTION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT NOBODY WILL PURSUE THIS, CITING THE "SENSITIVITY" OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. WELL, NOW THERE'S A STRIKE! EVERY INFRACTION SHOULD BE FULLY INVESTIGATED, AND PENALIZED AGAINST THE UNION FOR THE HARM THEY HAVE DONE TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE (TO QUOTE A FAVORITE LIBERAL PHRASE). I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR THE GRINCHES WHO ARE STEALING CHRISTMAS FROM (AT LEAST) THOUSANDS OF STRUGGLING NY'ERS. THEY NEED TO PAY SOMETHING FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE, LIK...

HOW DARE THEY?! -And by "they," I mean the reporter I saw on ABC's "Nightline" tonight (12/19) questioning VP Cheney, and all of the other MSM who persist in exposing sensitive war intelligence decisions, and framing them as "civil rights" issues...how dare the NY TIMES publish something so secret that they "sat on" it for a year, until just before the USA PATRIOT act is coming up for re-approval, and the author of the story is about to release a book on the same subject as the story? This is not like Pres. Nixon spying on "enemies," nor comperable to any documented "abuses of power" by various presidents in the past. It is a president acting to protect the American people from the next terrorist attack. If President George W. Bush is to be crucified for this, he will be ten times the martyr that Pres. Clinton was for the (largely secular) Democrat base. Congressional Republicans were already worried about the President...

Well, I couldn't let the last Tuesday before Christmas go by without mentioning Sen. Kerry's "Holiday in Cambodia," referring to the title of this Opinionjournal.com piece . It is beyond doubt that he was not in Cambodia on any Christmas eve. I also found a cool site called JOHN KERRY SHOULD STEP DOWN, OUT OF POLITICS , with a bunch of links to stories related to Kerry's refusal to release his documents. I'll probably be referring to each of the stories in future blogbursts, but scroll down about halfway on the site for the 180 links, to read them all now. MERRY CHRISTMAS, SEN. KERRY! Join the blogbursts to help FREE Kerry’s 180 every Tuesday at CAO'S blog !

If an average person just watched the TV news, they wouldn't have known that the recent stem cell cloning fraud in So. Korea was about embryonic stem cell research. I was curious about the omission of "embryonic" in all the TV reporting I saw. I remembered the original story, and how it was used to advance the cause for embrionic stem cell reseach. A group called DO NO HARM - The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics has a bunch of links on adult and umbilical cord blood stem cell research. They were one of the few places that I found all of the scant MSM references to these types of research, and it's only a handful. Meanwhile, Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog links to the NY TIMES (embryonic stem cell) fraud story, headlined "Scandal for Cloning Embryos: 'A Tragic Turn' for Science." (Can they get any further from "embryonic stem cell research"?) She also links to, and excerpts the relevant quotes from a piece on a blog ...

The official KWANZAA website , featuring "Maulana" Karenga. THE BLACK PANTHER - May 11, 1969 Page 7. "REPUBLIC OF NEW AFRICA DENOUNCES RON EVERETT (KARENGA)" THE BLACK MARKET celebrates his creating KWANZAA, among his other achievements. ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes has A Less Than Complimentary View of Dr. Maulana Karenga FRONT PAGE MAG explains the history of Karenga WEIRD REPUBLIC has KWANZAA FOR DUMMIES ...not a pretty picture. (Disclaimer - LEAVWORLD links to sites that some may consider offensive. I find some of them offensive as well, but want to put up both positive as well as negative views on Ron Everett and KWANZAA) READ THIS STUFF FOR YOURSELF, AND DECIDE IF KWANZAA HAS ANY MORE LEGITIMACY THAN "FESTIVUS", FROM "SEINFELD".

-from JAY at STOP THE ACLU ACLU: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed disappointment with the failure of the House to protect the liberty and freedom of innocent Americans when that body adopted flawed legislation to reauthorize the Patriot Act. The White House and its allies had placed enormous pressure on lawmakers to adopt the proposal that now heads to the Senate. The ACLU noted that the conference report fails to require individualized suspicion before people’s financial, medical or library records can be gathered by the FBI, as unanimously adopted by the Senate. ACLU Website This is nothing more than feeding unnecessary paranoia for those who live in a state of Orwellian fear. First of all, I can’t understand why people are so afraid of someone seeing their library records. If it’s a public library, it’s a public record. That includes any library that accepts public funding, which means virtually all college and high school librari...

Afghanistan was liberated, with help from the U.S. Not after 9/11, but in the 1980's, from Soviet domination. During this time, the U.S. supposedly "created" Osama Bin Laden. The truth is that he was one of many opposition figures the U.S. supported. The U.S.' mistake was not sticking around to help establish some kind of rule of law. To be fair, the U.S. had few "boots on the ground" to do this. Still, the whole western and international community turned their backs on Afghanistan, allowing the Taliban to rise. Kuwait was liberated from Saddam Hussein by the U.S, working through the U.N, in 1991. The U.S. (prudently, to some analysts) refrained from going beyond the U. N. mandate, and didn't invade Iraq. However, the U.S. unwisely urged an uprising against Saddam, but didn't enforce the "no fly zone" against his ground-attack helicopters, resulting in massive slaughter. Many Kurds and Shiites in Iraq felt that the U.S. turned it's back...

Since my buddy MAGUA shut down his LIBERALS SUCK site, I thought I'd post some of the choice stuff he sends me from time to time. First up is a hilarious photo titled " If It Happened Today ", from Sacred Cow Burgers . Next is Six Meat Buffet's 12 Days of Christmas , which is even MORE hilarious! The final link is serious, to the America Supports You list of over 150 non-profit organizations dedicated to helping our troops and their families. GO CHECK THEM OUT! He also sent this excellent group of quotes: WHICH ONE DOESN'T FIT? "Stranger, go tell the Spartans that here we are buried, obedient to their orders." — Herodotus, quoting the epitaph for the Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae, 480 B.C.E. "Fix your eyes upon the greatness of Athens, until you become filled with the love of her; and when you are impressed by the spectacle of her glory, reflect that this empire has been acquired by men who knew their duty and had the courage to do it, who ...

Well, it's Tuesday again, so I will remind Senator Kerry to sign his form 180, and release all of his military documents! This is from the Boston Globe , April, 2004: Kerry has not released the formal evaluations from superior officers, although his campaign has given a letter from a commanding officer that recommended him for service aboard Navy patrol boats and also reports for the Silver and Bronze stars that laud Kerry's actions in combat. By comparison, retired Army General Wesley K. Clark released hundreds of pages of his records during the Democratic primary campaign, including all evaluations of him by his superiors. The question about Kerry's military records came up when Tim Russert, the moderator of "Meet The Press," asked the Massachusetts senator about a story in the Globe last week that quoted Kerry's former commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Grant Hibbard, as saying that he raised questions about Kerry's first Purple Heart. Hibbard sai...

OK, this is my final blogiversary post! Instead of just linking, I'm republishing the whole thing, because one year later, it's still true. The radical secularists, led by the ACLU, are the modern day SCROOGE and GRINCH of the CHRISTMAS SEASON. I have never seen a worse violation of the First Amendment, particularly the "freedom of religion" part, as when someone sues over a public display of a religious holiday. Even if the government pays for the display, it comes nowhere NEAR "establishing" a State religion. This is a bunch of HOKUM brought about by the GRINCH and SCROOGE! We Americans need to call these people what they ARE! Thin-skinned opressors with no core beliefs, who attempt to steal the joy and celebration from people who do have some core beliefs. SHAME ON THEM! They will not win, because the history of America is that the good guys prevail, not the joysucking maggots who would defend the worst evildoers on the planet, but not an honest American...

I have offended many people with some of my posts, but I don't think that my most offensive posts have gotten enough exposure, so I thought I'd round them up into one nice Blogiversary Countdown post, probably the last before Sunday, when LEAVWORLD will be ONE YEAR OLD. To tell the truth, my friends would argue it's much older, as I tagged all of my email rants with my original www.leavworld.com website for several years before I started blogging. Anyway, here are my 3 favorite offensive posts, one of which was posted at NEXTLEAV, which I launched three days after the LEAVWORLD blog: BULIMIC GROUP PROTESTS ANTI-WAR PUKERS SHOOT ANIMALS ONLINE! KWANZA VS. FESTIVUS! I might add some runners-up before Sunday, so keep checking in. Meanwhile, HAVE A LAUGH!

Unfortunately, I am working crazy hours again this week. (Wed. 4PM -Thurs. 8AM, back at 4 PM Thurs. until midnight!) Enjoy the drawing! Here's the "late edition", updated early Friday... To understand the magnitude of the foe we face in the ACLU, read this excerpt from a CRA news release : Peter B. Lewis, chairman and CEO of Progressive Auto Insurance, recently donated $8 million to the ACLU. In 2001, he donated $7 million to match a $14 million challenge from the Ford Foundation. "This large donation from one person shows us that the ACLU is even more dangerous than ever," said Dr. D. James Kennedy, founder and president of the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA . "With millions of dollars in reserve, they can—and have—intimidated local governments into backing down without even seeing their case go to court. For instance, a small-town mayor from Ohio rescinded his own 'Bible Week' proclamation, simply because he got a threatening letter from the ACLU. ...

Well, they finally excised the last vestiges of the conservative "Tomlinson revolution" over at PBS. Last Friday (12/02) saw the final installment of The Journal Editorial Report, featuring Paul Gigot and members of The Wall Street Journal editorial page. We should all lament this loss; PBS most of all. Here is Mr. Gigot's closing statement: This is our last show on PBS, and we have many people to thank for helping us during the 15 months that we have been invited into your homes. Our executive producer, Paul Friedman, and his talented crew, helped us to sharpen our thinking and made us look and sound better than we had a right to expect. Our sponsors, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Royal Dutch Shell, allowed us the freedom to speak our minds. I would especially like to thank the former chairman of the CPB, Ken Tomlinson, for defending the importance of balance and diversity on public television. To the many PBS stations that carried us around the country, th...

This is my first post about releasing Sen. Kerry's miltary records, by having him sign what's known as a form 180. He apparently did sign this form, but may have only authorized a "deleted" version, with several important things (reason for separation, reenlistment code, etc) omitted, by checking a box in part II of the form. Some also question whether he signed part III at all. See all of the info about this at CAO'S blog , and watch for weekly reminders right here at LEAVWORLD! This seems like a dead issue to some people, but the guy is still a senator, and may run for president again. Notice how he's still up to his same old rhetoric this week, slandering US troops during a war. I may occasionally use this post to bring up other "dead issues" that I feel need to be mentioned as well. Since I'm so inept at posting blogrolls, I'm going to put a link to this post in my links section, and hope that suffices. Hey, it's LEAVWORLD, not TECHW...

In light of the racial indignities being foisted upon Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, a black Republican who recently announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, members of the black leadership group Project 21 call on all candidates and political parties to shun both the use of such tactics and individuals who employ them. Steele most recently was portrayed as a white minstrel in blackface on a left-wing blog, but has suffered other racial indignities, such as being pelted with Oreo cookies at the historically-black Morgan State University in Baltimore and being called "Uncle Tom," among other epithets. Project 21 members say all electoral candidates should be open to criticism about their records, credentials and policy positions, but candidates should not be subjected to race-based abuse. The way to end this, says Project 21, is for all political parties and candidates to repudiate and pledge to refrain from engaging in any activity that demeans on the basis of race, ge...

With Sen. Kerry's rebuttal to Pres. Bush's speech getting him so much airtime this week, I thought I'd revive this old sketch from the campaign days. Every time you look at Sen. Kerry, think of this cartoon. Though drawn before I started blogging, it was emailed to all of my friends, and eventually posted at LEAVART . Also in a humorous vein, I continue the countdown to my first blogiversary with a Feb. 18,'05 post called DEAN ALREADY IN DEEP DOO-DOO! Howard was just elected as DNC chairman when this was originally posted. Re-reading it now, it looks like the battle I predicted is actually being joined. Dean, though still an embarrassment, has sabotaged Hillary's moderation tactic (regarding Iraq), and she seems to be following his line now. Veeeery interesting...but not funny . (- referencing a character from "Rowan & Martin's LAUGH IN", which was very funny !) Linked at CAO'S Sunday OTB post , and worth noting is that CAO is on my short l...

The National Center is joining Townhall.com in promoting December 19-25 as "Thank a Soldier Week." Townhall makes it easy. To say "thank you" to a soldier, visit www.thankasoldierweek.com , complete the easy form and click. For those who wish to add to their thank you message by sending a gift, TownHall.com also provides links to a half dozen military support charities. And - if you see a soldier on the street - don't forget to say THANK YOU!

I want everyone to say a prayer for this entirely misguided Christian Peacemaker Teams group, not just the four individuals who were kidnapped in Iraq. Miriam from Iraq gives a moving prayer for them, and a plea to their captors, on her PEARLS OF IRAQ blog. (Hat tip to Rosemary ) I'm talking about all of the members of this group, after reading this report: In a statement, Christian Peacemaker Teams said it strongly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and blamed the kidnapping on coalition forces . "We are angry because what has happened to our teammates is the result of the actions of the U.S. and U.K. government due to the illegal attack on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people," the group said. The group's first activists went to Iraq in 2002, six months before the U.S.-led invasion, Phillips said, adding that a main mission since the invasion has been documenting alleged human rights abuses by U.S. forces. I respect some Christians that...

Hat tip to Nedd from STOP THE ACLU.ORG , where I republished this from. (The article below, that is. The artwork is from the LEAVWORLD.COM website, and was originally produced in the '80's or early '90's, to the best of my recollection.) So let's see if I got this straight. The ACLU of Arkansas wants to sue a high school because a senior girl prayed a prayer and issued an alter call at her graduation in May. However, the ACLU of New Jersey supports the right of a 2nd grade girl to sing "Awesome God" at an after school talent show, saying: "There is a distinction between speech by a school and speech by individual students. "The Constitution protects a student's individual right to express herself, including the right to express herself religiously." Well said, Jennifer Klear. An ACLU attorney gets it right. Now what's the difference between what Olivia Turton in New Jersey said and did and what Jessica Reed in Arkansas said and di...

Read these excerpts from the AP: Give Thanks to America's 'Nemesis': Cheap Oil for America's Poor Venezuela has agreed to sell heating oil at discount prices in low-income communities in Chicago, New York and Boston. Venezuela's president has decided to expand his Oil-for-the-Poor program and sell cheap oil to the No. 1 superpower of the world. The Houston-based petroleum company CITGO, wholly owned by Venezuela, will begin the program in Boston. Up to 12 million gallons of heating oil will be offered at a bargain price, representing $10 million in savings for locals, according to CITGO. "With this initiative, CITGO is showing its commitment to the U.S. marketplace and to communities where we have a presence," said CITGO president CEO Felix Rodriguez in a prepared statement. "As good corporate citizens, we are making an effort to help those in need." Chavez thumbed his nose at the Bush administration's poor handling of aid to New Orleans resi...

Words of wisdom from Amir Taheri, published in Asharq Alawsat (oops, here's the English site , notice the dissimilarities), with a hat tip to Regime Change Iran : The idea of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq has been built into the entire project from day one. It was on that understanding that the Iraqi people chose not to fight for Saddam, thus allowing the coalition to win a rapid and easy military victory. That fact created a moral contract between the people of Iraq and the US-led coalition as co-liberators of the country. The Iraqi people’s part of the bargain was not to prevent the dismantling of the Ba’athist machinery of repression and war and to welcome the chance to build a new political system. The coalition’s part of the bargain was to protect Iraq against its internal and external enemies until it was strong enough to look after itself. In the general election and the constitutional referendum held this year, the people of Iraq formally endorsed that contract. The...

Hollywood glitterati and their liberal sycophants never cease to amaze and disgust. Some recent tidbits: SWEET SPIRITS OF AMMONIA weighs in with this story about how "Deppressed" actor Johnny Depp is, living in France. The riots in France have shocked poor Johnny Depp. "It's insane, that setting cars on fire is the new strike," says Johnny. "I went there to live because it seemed so simple. Now it's anything but. I don't know how they'll recover from this." ...Remember when you said the United States was a stupid, aggressive puppy and you wouldn't live here until the political climate changed. Has France become a big nasty poodle that can hurt little Johnny now also? Read the whole thing for more of Bob's choice comments to Mr. Depp, which I wholeheartedly endorse. Next, the NY DAILY SNOOZE has this story about everyone's favorite anti-semetic pedophile: JACKO'S SICKO JEWISH RANT Michael Jackson picked a familiar target to...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! With that said, let me also give thanks for STOP THE ACLU! Remember, STARBORN says "STOP THE ACLU"! This was a production of Stop The ACLU Blogburst. If you would like to join us, please email Jay at Jay@stoptheaclu.com or Gribbit at GribbitR@gmail.com . You will be added to our mailing list and blogroll. Over 115 blogs already onboard . See STOP THE ACLU's THANKSGIVING post, linked here and in the title.

STOP THE ACLU is more than just a website, or an organization. It is a state of mind, something that should be accepted wisdom for every man and woman in America. Living in New York, scant miles from the ACLU's national headquarters, I feel the need to wear a public statement of opposition to this left-wing abomination. I work in the darkest depths of Mordor (metaphorically), and could bring the light of reason and righteousness to my fellow NYers. If not that, I can piss a bunch of psycho-liberals off on a regular basis, which this shirt will certainly do. Either way, it's a win-win. I get to show off my support for STOP THE ACLU, and they get free promotion of their organization in an area that is still conservative, though losing ground to the liberals. It will also be appreciated by my friends on the Lynbrook, Freeport, and NYC Police Departments, who will envy me, and perhaps buy their own shirts, since they make so much more money than me. My last reason is that Christmas...

Adam (Howdy Doody) Putnam (R-FL) With all of the fuss over a freshman Republican congresswoman's "coward" remarks on the House floor last week, I have to give a "hat tip" to Gwen Ifill of "Washington Week In Review" (on PBS) for catching this overlooked tidbit: IFILL: I have to share my favorite line in all of this hostile debate that's been going on on the Hill. It involved young Adam Putnam, congressman, Florida... Ms. SEABROOK: Thirty-one years old. IFILL: ...31 years old, redhead, which we'll explain why that matters, and Congressman Marion Berry from Arkansas who called him a, quote, "howdy-doody looking Nimrod" at some point. Ms. SEABROOK: It was a fun quote. IFILL: Did he have to withdraw that? It seems like he crossed all the lines. Ms. SEABROOK: There was an immediate point of order on the floor against him. IFILL: I'll bet there was. He didn't--the howdy-doody part was fine. The Nimrod part, no. No. So Gwen has no...

We all know, even expect the ACLU to defend terrorists in the name of their twisted vision of civil rights. What I don't think many know, and much fewer would expect, is that many of America's largest corporate law firms are donating their services to defend Gitmo detainees. Deroy Murdock has a new piece out today outlining the firms involved, and their corporate clients. Some excerpts: Most members of the self-styled Guantanamo Bay Bar Association are among America’s top "white shoe" corporate lawyers, but they act with all the misguided fervor and poor judgment of wild-haired, sandal-wearing radicals. Their pro bono services - mainly filing federal habeas corpus petitions to free detainees from military custody - are worth perhaps $300 per hour, September’s American Lawyer estimated. This doesn’t cost detainees a dime. By paying their own bills, these firms’ Fortune 500 clients indirectly subsidize legal aid and comfort to suspected Islamic fascists. As researcher ...

With our president down in the polls, I thought I'd publish a totally vulgar and unpolished piece of art I produced on Jan. 21, 2003. This is one of three works (that get worse progressively) titled the WARRIOR W sketches. Though I am no political cartoonist, this particular piece has a current resonance. Substitute Harry Reid for Tom Daschle, and you have an accurate picture of today's domestic political situation. If I were to sketch an updated version, British PM Tony Blair would be at the forefront, with actual wounds from the terrorist beasts. I stand by my portrayal of "Slick Willy" as someone to be slapped aside, and Hillary as a huge viper rising in the background. Interpret it for yourself, and go look at the original posting of all three of these frankly abhorrent (on an artistic level) sketches, as well as the many other finished fantasy art pieces at LEAVART . Crossposted at LOVE AMERICA FIRST .

It's been too long since I've mentioned LOVE AMERICA FIRST here, and even longer since I've contributed anything over there. While I apologize to Rosemary, I want to mention her latest News from Iran 11/17/2005 post. She has a bunch of links to the Regime Change Iran blog, with alot of good info on the Islamic Republic. This is a "must read" for anyone who wants to understand this enemy. JP from AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM is contributing there also, and has a great post, linked here . CHECK IT OUT!

This is the first in a series of occasional posts linking to older posts that are still relevant. I'm doing a kind of "reverse countdown" to my one-year blogiversary, which is Dec. 11th. This one was originally titled OCCUPATION 1945 & 2005: SAME PROBLEMS , and it highlights some NY Times headlines from 1945. I just noticed that I didn't credit Rush Limbaugh for those. I suppose I didn't want to be seen as repeating someone else's talking points, but I've learned that there's no shame in that, if you agree with them. Further, I've learned that it is important to cite the source when possible, though I still don't always give direct links. Anyway, I'll go back and fix that (with apologies to RUSH), and it's a nice short post, so go read it!

Since I've barely had time to blog lately, I would like to direct you to go read ACLU’s War Against National Security , this Thursday's STOP The ACLU Blogburst. Jay details a long list of ways that this organization is undermining the war on terror, as well as the ways our tax dollars subsidize it. A powerful post, which was too good to try to edit for crossposting here. This was a production of Stop The ACLU Blogburst. If you would like to join us, please email Jay at Jay@stoptheaclu.com or Gribbit at GribbitR@gmail.com . You will be added to our mailing list and blogroll. Over 115 blogs already onboard .

Wednesday's NY Post had a story about C. Virginia Fields, the Manhattan borough president and failed mayoral primary candidate. It seems that she has been "tapped as an urban expert to assist in rebuilding New Orleans" by Mayor Ray Nagin, for his Bring Back New Orleans Commission. She will be "part of a nation-wide group of volunteers" working "to develop strategies to get the Big Easy back on its feet." Big Mistake . The Post quotes Fields: " My particular field of expertise is in government efficiency ." If she brings N.Y. style efficiency to N.O, the place will never get rebuilt! Think ground zero, which is in her borough. If she is representative of the people Mayor Nagin is selecting, this commission is going nowhere. VOTE FOR JAY TO BE THE KING OF SPADES!

These are some excerpts from Tuesday's NewsHour segment titled "the CPB Investigation": An internal report on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting released Tuesday found that former chairman Kenneth Tomlinson used "political tests" to recruit a new board president and was inappropriately involved in the creation of a program on PBS. Following a background report, a Washington Post reporter provides an update. JEFFREY BROWN: The release today of a report by the agency's inspector general comes amid a tumultuous year at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB is a nonprofit private organization established by Congress in 1967. It helps fund PBS and National Public Radio as well as individual programs, including the NewsHour. Today's report examined actions by Kenneth Tomlinson, who served as CPB chairman until September. Tomlinson had remained on the CPB board, but resigned earlier this month after objecting to the preliminary findings of the inspe...