As the security situation in Iraq continues to improve and more plans for troop withdrawals are announced, Bush Administration officials are sounding confident that a successful democratic Iraq is within reach.Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, shares a laugh with Army Gen.
Chief Deputy Republican Whip Eric Cantor congratulated Democrats today for their record-setting year in the majority:One year ago, when they took control of Congress, House Democrats made many promises.
American-Iraqi Solutions Group (AISG) is an American and Iraqi-managed company that employs almost 1000 Iraqis, with an extensive network of vetted and qualified subcontractors in the fields of construction and logistics.
Sharpen your swords, Gather your stones, Crack your whips…Mahmoud wants- Sharia For All!Mahmoud Ahmdaninejad wants Sharia to go international.The AFP reported:Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Tuesday for the creation of an Islamic court to try war criminals and other international felons.”An international Islamic court should be formed to prosecute international criminals, those who violate nations’ rights, war criminals and the ones who threaten human life without any fear,” he told a conference in Tehran.In the speech to the conference of Islamic judiciary heads, Ahmadinejad did not give any further details on who might be tried under such a court or how it would operate.However Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in September predicted that US President George W.
After the abysmal showing by the “Do Nothing” House democrats this year, Republicans see an opportunity to take back the majority.Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid have absolutely failed to deliver.They have led Congress to the worst approval ratings in history.FOX News reported:Democrats running the House of Representatives had their chance to lead and squandered it, say Republicans determined to put a bright face on seemingly dim hopes for a return to a GOP majority in 2008…Republican supporters looking for a comeback said a number of districts lost in the 2006 midterm election can be retaken with the right focus and resources.
Is anyone else in America outraged at the gross distortions by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Congressional defeatists on the good news from Iraq?It’s getting really hard to believe that democrats want to win the War in Iraq.Harry Reid’s comments today were absolutely disgusting.The latest numbers came out this weekend.The Multi-National Force-Iraq contines to rack up some amazing results since the Bush Surge began taking shape including::** Violence in Iraq is down by 50%.** Civilian casualties in Iraq are down by 60%.** Baghdad casualties are down by 75%.** Basra violence is down by 90%.** Terrorist attacks in Iraq are down by 80%.** IED attacks down by 55%.** Average daily attacks down by 42%.** Foreign insurgent flow into Iraq down by more than 50%** Suicide bombings down 70% since March.** Foreign Terrorist flow into Iraq down by 50%.** Diala Province violence down by 68%.
Good News!US Fatalities in Iraq Dropped Again in November:(Click to Enlarge)Numbers from Iraq Coalition Casualty Count.And there’s this…
“When the other side’s candidates get up, they look like the 1950s.
This news ought to tickle the cut-and-run Democrats and their supporters in Code Pink and MoveOn.org…
The US military is making plans for civilian layoffs because Democrats will not fund the troops at war.The Pentagon has its civilian layoff plan in place.Notices will be sent out before the Christmas holiday.An Army announcement was posted yesterday showing the planned layoffs due to democratic politics -via Think Progress.Despite the clear proof of success in Iraq, Democrats continue to insist that no war funds will be approved until Bush accepts defeat.The Washington Post reported:The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President Bush’s $196 billion war request, but senior Democrats said no war funds will be approved until Bush accepts a shift in his Iraq policy.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SHENANIGANS CAUSES MORE US SOLDIERS TO DIE!Because democrats are choosing to delay funding to the troops at war more US soldiers will die!The director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization told reporters that his organization will have to stop funding new initiatives to protect soldiers from IED attacks.
Democrats show their support for the troops…Democrats vow to push for defeat in Iraq despite the amazing progress in the last 6 months.And, Democratic leader and presidential candidate Senator Christopher J.
The Nancy and Harry Show continued today at the expense of the the troops…Harry Reid and democrats branded President Bush a “bully” on Thursday for not cutting and running from Iraq.
Democrats finally found a US Marine they can support— An antiwar US Marine.And…
Sadly, Speaker Pelosi has failed to pick up any Republican backers to cut and run with the democrats from Iraq since she took over the House in January.
Despite Success…
…Or 1 in 40.Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader “This war is lost” Reid are 1 in 40…And, that bill was vetoed by Bush!The white flag wavers are sitting at exactly a 2.5% success rate in surrendering Iraq.It’s no wonder Code Pink is attacking the Secretary of State and propping Buddhas at Camp Pelosi!The Politico reported: The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge publicly, or perhaps even to themselves.
More bad news for the white flag democrats…Iraqi mortar and rocket fire is at its lowest level in nearly two years.The BBC reported:Rocket and mortar attacks in Iraq are reported to have fallen to their lowest levels for nearly two years.
Saturday morning, November 10, at the Young America’s Foundation- West Coast Leadership Conference.Rusty Shackleford from The Jawa Report, Jeff Goldstein from Protein Wisdom, Ace from Ace of Spades Stacy McCain from the Washington Times and Andrew Breitbart from Breitbart.com joined me at the conference.** Ace posted a review of the YAF weekend up to now.** 9:15 Panel Discussion: Why I became a conservative activist?Ron Robinson, President of Young America’s FoundationKirby Wilbur, Seattle’s leading talk radio hostKate Obenshain, former chairman of the Virginia GOP- Republican Party spokespersonCharlie Smith, chairman of the CRNCLeft to Right- Charlie Smith, Ron Robinson, Kirby Wilbur and Kate Obenshain.Q: What do you suggest to students suffering through liberal bias in the classroom?A: Kirby- Document your actions- If you don’t speak out, who will?A: Obenshain: Be tactful, courageous and respectful in your deliveryQ: How do you “welcome” Hillary to your community?A: Kirby- Make sure you contact the secret service so that you don’t get in trouble.
Updated—With Coalition Casualties down:The October losses totaled 38, the lowest number since March 2006.With violent deaths down in Iraq: (Aswat Aliraq)And, with Iraqis returning to Baghdad in droves because the streets are now safer.
MSNBC aims to corner the market on hate.And, with nearly half of democrats believing that Bush was behind 9-11, it may be a strategy that works.Less Facts-More Deranged Rants.Inside Cable News has the latest cable news ratings from last week:Cable News Daily Live Ratings for November 2, 2007P2+ Total DayFNC – 822,000 viewersCNN – 441,000 viewersMSNBC – 286,000 viewersCNBC – 236,000 viewersHLN – 228,000 viewers P2+ Prime TimeFNC – 1,454,000 viewersCNN – 590,000 viewersMSNBC- 549,000 viewersCNBC –193,000 viewersHLN – 386,000 viewers With crappy ratings like these, MSNBC announced that they aim to steal the remaining nutroots crowd from CNN and corner the market on hate.With about a third of the country leaning Far Left “the hate news niche” may be a winner for MSNBC.The New York Times has a glowing review on their favorite nutroots network:Riding a ratings wave from “Countdown With Keith Olbermann,” a program that takes strong issue with the Bush administration, MSNBC is increasingly seeking to showcase its nighttime lineup as a welcome haven for viewers of a similar mind.
US fatalities are down in Iraq:(LA Times)Violent Deaths are down in Iraq:(Aswat Aliraq)Now, another grim milestone…Iraqi civilians are returning to Baghdad.The AP reported:BAGHDAD (AP) – In a dramatic turnaround, more than 3,000 Iraqi families driven out of their Baghdad neighborhoods have returned to their homes in the past three months as sectarian violence has dropped, the government said Saturday.
Barak Obama says the Iranian regime “acts irresponsibly” when it gives bombs to insurgents to blow up US soldiers!That’s right…
Ouch.President George W.
Michael Yon says Al-Qaeda in Iraq is beat.Osama says Al-Qaeda in Iraq is beat.The numbers say Al-Qaeda in Iraq is beat:But…
If only the GOP was more like the Pelosi-Reid-Stark Democrats…Iranian officials warned that they may proceed with a war tribunal against the GOP.The Regime in Iran believes the hawkish policies of the GOP must come to an end.The Iranian Fars News reported:TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy head of Iran’s judiciary here Tuesday called on the world’s independent legal and judicial bodies to form a war tribunal to punish the United States’ warmongering ruling party for its crimes.
BUSH GETS REAL WITH CONGRESS…President Bush bashed the very unpopular “do nothing” democratic Congress on their horrible record today.Obviously, Americans expect more from the “do-nothing” Democratic Congress besides sabotaging the troops in Iraq and bashing Four Star Generals when they come to visit.Bush addressed the liberal media today at the James S.
The US Congress is working on a new motto:”We’re not just unpopular here at home.”The US Congress Does It Again…
Slandered by Media Matters- A dime a dozen.Condemned by Democrats in Congress- Silly and repugnant.Auctioning off letter from Majority Leader Harry Reid on eBay- Priceless!Rush Limbaugh discovers a creative way to raise money for the troops:(Via Hannity and Colmes)Proceeds from the auction will go to a scholarship for children of US Marines killed in action.The top bid for the letter on eBay is currently at $50,100!Conservative Kids Blog has a copy of the Reid letter and is urging you to send a copy back to Harry Reid.UPDATE: The Reid letter raises $851,000 for the US Marines!
“Iraq does not belong to the Sunnis or the Shiites alone; nor does it belong to the Arabs or the Kurds and Turkomen.
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney released a hard-hitting campaign ad titled “Jihad” this week and Democrats are fuming:How dare he use “caliphate” and “jihad” in the same 30 second spot!How dare he!
Land of the free (handouts)- Home of the brave (and coddled).
Only 9% of Americans have a great deal of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news “fully, accurately, and fairly.”Democrats want to bring that number down.Today Fred Thompson wrote a piece today on the Fairness Doctrine at his website:The real issue here is not what you “can” see or hear — which is what the Fairness Doctrine was about originally.
UPDATE:Doug Ross cuts to the chase.Hat Tip LarwynAnother day, another child is used by democrats to push their agenda.Graeme Frost, a child who suffered injuries in a car accident, was the prop this week for democratic leaders Reid and Pelosi (Pelosi also has another prop on her lap) to use in their SCHIP’s Campaign to expand the federal government:Graeme Frost was such a good prop that he was also used by the Democrats to deliver their radio response to the president this weekend.But, Glenn Reynolds reported that their is more to this story…Mark Steyn at The Corner reported that icwhatudo at did some investigating that the media refused to do:Graeme Frost, who gave the democrat rebuttal to George Bush’s reasons for vetoing the SCHIP Bill, is a middle school student at the exclusive$20,000 per year Park School in Baltimore, MD.Graeme was in a severe car accident three years ago, and received care paid for by the government program known as SCHIP-(State Children’s Health Insurance Program)”I was in a coma for a week and couldn’t eat or stand up or even talk.
Ruh-Roh…Brian Faughnan at The Weekly Standard Blog notes the results from the latest Gallup Poll on Iraq:In general, these data suggest that the Bush administration policy in Iraq is well within the acceptable range for the American public.
More good news for Iraqi and American Forces…And, bad news for Al Qaeda and Democrats.Iraqi and US forces have detained a man they believe received 100 million dollars this summer from Al-Qaeda sympathisers to hand out for “terrorist” operations in Iraq, the US military said Thursday -AFP.Iraq’s Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi (R) distributes a cash bonus for newly married couples during a ceremony in Baghdad October 2, 2007.
Republicans blast “Klanbake” democrats for supporting the Ku Klux Klan.
The Drudge Report linked to The Politico who posted the response by Clear Channel Chairman Mark Mays to the whimpering White Feather Party members in the Senate:Click to EnlargeClick to EnlargeIsn’t this the same “Harry Reid” who told our soldiers in Iraq that the war was lost?Just wondering.A couple of the better lines from Mark Mays to the whimpering defeatists:”It would be unfair for me to assume (as you do) his statements were intended to personally indict combat soldiers simply because they didn’t share his own beliefs in regards to the War in Iraq…
Democrats open up Pandora’s Box of Antiwar Ugly.Did Democrats really want the public to look back at all of the ugly antiwar attacks from the past four years…
In a surprise move, Democrats in Congress chose to attack US military contractors protecting US interests in Iraq today.Democratic Congressmen took cold-blooded swipes at American military contractors during another one of their special committee meeting investigations in the House this morning.Reuters reported:WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.
DEMOCRATS WILL ATTACK FREEDOM OF SPEECH ON MONDAY!!!Phony Outrage over a Phony Scandal hits the House!Democrats are planning on introducing legislation on Monday attacking Rush Limbaugh over the lies perpetrated by the Soros-backed Media Matters!Michelle Malkin has the rundown on the Democratic attack on ALL AMERICANS!Michelle adds this:Here is what this phony fiasco is really all about: It’s about the MoveOn.org Democrats trying to save face in the aftermath of the disastrous “General Betray Us” smear.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad returned home a hero after his very successful lecture at Columbia University and after thrashing the United States and the West at the United Nations.Hero Mahmoud returns to Tehran…Mahmoud Ahmadinejad returns home a hero after his brave stand at Columbia University.(ISNA)The leaders of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) met the brave orator at the airport.(ISNA)(ISNA)Tim Rutten at the LA Times agrees that it was a big win for the Iranian leader:His Columbia engagement gives him what he wants — legitimacy — and his hosts look rude to Islamic eyes.
Bill O’Reilly invited Jesse Jackson to talk about race relations on The O’Reilly Factor on Thursday night.-Talk News at its best.Here was a classic exchange…O’Reilly questions Jesse about the high illegitimacy rate in the black community.
The democrats talked about helping veterans…They just didn’t say which country’s veterans they were going to help.The US lost thousands of soldiers securing freedom in the Philippines during World War II.
To the Horror of Democrats & Terrorist Regimes- The US Is Winning in IraqAnd, quite impressively…For the first time sine the war began the US military has released data on militants killed in Iraq.USA Today reported:More than 19,000 militants have been killed in fighting with coalition forces since the insurgency began more than four years ago, according to military statistics released for the first time.The statistics show that 4,882 militants were killed in clashes with coalition forces this year, a 25% increase over all of last year.The increase in enemy deaths this year reflects more aggressive tactics adopted by American forces and an additional 30,000 U.S.
On July 30th 1866: White Democrats, led by police, attacked a convention of Black and white Republicans in New Orleans.
Yesterday, it was the news that democratic-General Petraeus-bashing MoveOn.org gets super discounts from The New York Times…Today we are supposed believe, according to The Washington Post, that Rudy Giuliani is soft on terror.This is, of course, America’s mayor who told the Saudi Sheik to stick it after 9-11.But, the shamefully biased media is pushing that Rudy is soft on terror…
Just last month Bill Clinton was saying, “That Hillary…
Hey Democrats!
O’Reilly Takes Out Another Far Left BlogBill O’Reilly continued his attacks on the “fascist and nazi” bloggers on the Far Left last night on the O’Reilly Factor.
Actually, for many of the antiwar activists, it never was about peace.Most of the antiwar rallies are organized by the Marxists of ANSWER Coalition who would love nothing more than to see the US fail.And, democrats, of course, are their dupes.Sadly, even Saint Cindy is showing that it’s not just about peace anymore…It’s about votes.US peace activist Cindy Sheehan flashes the V-sign as she participates in a march from the White House to the US Capitol to demand an end to the war in Iraq, the return of US troops and the impeachment of President George W.
American War Hero John McCain Slams MoveOn.org!After the Far Left group alleged that General Petraeus was a traitor in the New York Times, the good senator and former POW lashed out at the democratic group in New Hampshire!CBS News captured the exchange by McCain:(51 seconds)Shame on the democrats!
Not everyone was excited to hear the good news that General Petraeus presented to Congress this week.The Iraqi Baath Party weighed in on the Petraeus report this week to Congress.Watching America and Al Iraq News reported:”The truth is known to anyone who observes American politics: the evil war maniac Bush doesn’t want to admit the failure of his illegitimate colonialist project, which would lead to the collapse if his presidency and the end of his fascist and criminal war.”– Dr.
President George W.
Rudy Giuliani blasted Hillary Clinton and MoveOn.org for “smearing General Petraeus” today!Rudy is demanding he get the same discount from The New York Times for his ad that will appear tomorrow.Yes!– Here’s the TERRIFIC AD…Click to Enlarge”WHO SHOULD AMERICA LISTEN TO?-A decorated soldier’s commitment to defending America, or Hillary Clinton’s commitment to defending MoveOn.org?”The Hill reported:Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said Thursday that he is asking The New York Times for the “same heavily discounted rate they gave MoveOn.org” for his campaign to run an ad in Friday’s paper.Giuliani, calling MoveOn.org’s controversial “General Betray Us” ad “abominable,” said his campaign is asking the paper for a comparable rate for an ad to run following President Bush’s speech on Iraq.The former mayor said his ad “will obviously take the opposite view” from MoveOn.org, which argued in its ad that Gen.
The Corner and the Chicago Sun-Times reported this on Obama and the Blowhards in the Senate hearings (Via Instapundit):Each member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had seven minutes to question Petraeus and Crocker about the Iraq War.
Considering they all voted for General Petraeus around 6 months ago and showered him with nothing but praise, the political pot shots on the good general and the military this week looked even more pathetic.Hillary Clinton used her time on committee to attack the integrity and honesty of General Petraeus!U.S.
