LEAVWORLD: GRAFFITI POLITTI

Bob G from Sweet Spirits of Ammonia has been missing from this blog for far too long! Here's a "roundup" of his recent posts, which are all worth a read. I love his common-sense attitude! The synopses are mine, and contain commentary on his posts, as well. Out Of The Shadows The story of Pedro Zapata, an illegal immigrant from Guatemela, who was caught bringing $59,000 out of the country, without declaring it to customs. Couldn't he have wired it? Make Sure LOST Loses An important, and severely under-reported story about the "Law of the Sea Treaty," and it's effect on the US. Why are both the Congressional Dems and the Bush administration giving positive political signals on this 30-plus year old monstrosity? See the link in Bob's post for the details. Hofstra's Ethics Horrors Conference Lynne Stuart, a former lawyer convicted of helping pass messages from her terrorist client, who was in prison, to his terrorist associates outside of prison,...

After reading Newt Gingrich's latest "Winning the Future" email, I got the impression that he's been out of politics too long. Don't get me wrong; I like Mr. Gingrich. I'd gladly vote for him, if he were the Republican nominee. Of course, he hasn't even entered the race yet, amid much speculation. He's been testing the waters through his AmericanSolutions.com website, and the email newsletter. Online version at Human Events, linked here. This week, he mentions the 13th anniversary of the "Contract With America." He also sets out what appears to be a "trial version" of a new "Contract." Here are his 10 points: 1. Levees shouldn't break, and the Corps of Engineers should be changed until it is reliable. 2. Bridges shouldn't fall, and our federal and state highway programs should be changed until we have reliable inspection and repair. 3. Students should learn, and the bureaucrats and bureaucracies that dominate fai...

Recently, the ACLU set their doomsday clock at six minutes before midnight! Once it reaches the ‘dark hour’ of midnight…we will be slaves to the ominous and evil ’surveillance society’. This isn’t science fiction. This is a typical scare tactic from the ACLU. They prey upon the paranoid. This is how they get donations to fund their machine. They cry about American citizens being spied upon " when in fact there is no evidence that anyone has been hurt by the government's terrorist surviellance program. While the ACLU cry that they are the guardian's of liberty, and that privacy is one of those liberties....they have been exposed as being violators of that very liberty. They have a massive database of their own member's private financial information they use for soliciting donations. The group's new data collection practices were implemented without the board's approval or knowledge and were in violation of the ACLU's privacy policy at the time, according t...

I have a question: Does John F. Kerry think that the tasering of the FSU student was "torture?" After all, he mentioned electrocution as a method of US torture of N. Vietnamese, in his famous "winter soldier" speech to Congress. Isn't his word, as a soldier and statesman, of what constitutes "torture" still valid, even if the electrocution was not on the genitals at FSU? Didn't Kerry hear the screams of the victim, as he droned on in the lecture hall? I'm sure that more than a few people were tortured by having to listen to Kerry, but that's a separate point.

I apologize. I have been negligent in my duties as a card-carrying member of STOP THE ACLU. Thanks to Jay, for this week's BLOGBURST ! BIG hat tip to LGF CAIR, the unindicted co-conspirators with Hamas, have joined with their favorite group, the ACLU, to sue the FBI to release records of their surveillance of Muslims….regardless and not even caring of what consequences this could bring about. The ACLU and Muslim advocacy groups sued the FBI and the Justice Department on Tuesday, alleging that authorities failed to turn over records detailing suspected surveillance of the Muslim-American community. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, alleges that the FBI has turned over only four pages of documents to community leaders, despite a Freedom of Information Act request filed more than a year ago. The request sought records that described FBI guidelines and policies for surveillance and investigation of Muslim religious organizations, as well as specific information...

Isolationists like Ron Paul seem to appeal to a large part of the GOP base in New Hampshire, if you watched the Fox News Republican debate in New Hampshire. Though he had many "applause" lines, he was knocked out by a follow-up question from Chris Wallace, after his response that we should "get out of the Middle East," citing our troops in Saudi Arabia as a motivation for 9/11. Wallace asked: " Are you saying...we should take our marching orders from Al Queda?" This line drew more cheers than Paul's supporters had mustered all night. Paul went on to accuse a small band of "neocons" of hijacking the party and the presidency, getting alot of cheers. This probably played well with liberal voters, including many NH Republicans. Nationally, Paul played himself further into irrelevance, as he has at each debate. I still respect him for his convictions, and having the guts to speak them. I agree with a few of his ideas, but not nearly enough to sup...