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The DNC has placed a new attack add against presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz).  Not only does the add shamelessly show footage of American troops being killed in an IED attack in Iraq (which is why the add won’t be shown here), but it is fundamentally dishonest as well.  They’re claiming that John McCain wants 100 years of war in Iraq.  Here’s what McCain actually said to a townhall meeting in New Hampshire on January 3, 2008:

Make it a hundred… We’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That would be fine with me, as long as American, as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. It’s fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintained a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al Qaeda is training, recruiting and equipping and motivating people every single day.

“As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed?”  That doesn’t sound like 100 years of war to me…

Here’s a video of that portion of the townhall meeting…

With the Obama-Wright drama dominating the news these days, I think it’s worth mentioning what Obama said about his mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a little over a year ago when he launched his presidential campaign:

“What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice,” Obama said. “He’s much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe as possible and that I’m not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that’s involved in national politics.”

Are people starting to see why Obama’s close, two-decade relationship with this man is a legitimate concern to voters?

Not that it will make much difference, but North Carolina Governor Mike Easley (D) has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) over Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) in the state’s upcoming Democratic primary.  Polls still show Obama with a comfortable lead in the state, but this could be a sign that the superdelegates are starting to see Obama as a liability in a general election matchup verses Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz).

We’ll see…

A Jordanian man who converted from Islam to Christianity is about to lose everything, including custody of his children, as punishment for his “apostasy.”

ISTANBUL, April 24 (Compass Direct News) – On trial for converting from Islam to Christianity, a Jordanian man may lose legal custody of his children and have his marriage annulled if found guilty of “apostasy.” Mohammad Abbad, 40, fled Jordan last month after Muslims violently attacked him and his 10-year-old son in their home and his father sued him on charges of apostasy, or leaving Islam. “I can’t win this case as long as I insist that I converted from Islam to Christianity,” Abbad wrote from the safety of a nearby country. “The court will annul my marriage, I will be deprived of my kids, I will be with no ID or passport, and my properties will be confiscated,” said the father of two, referring to a previous Jordanian apostasy verdict. In a separate November 2004 ruling, an Amman Sharia Court headed by Judge Suleiman Abdullah Abu Yahya convicted a Muslim convert to Christianity of apostasy. Stripped of all his legal rights, the convert and his family fled Jordan to escape the verdict.

What a wonderful religion…

I just love it when “open-minded” academic liberals work so hard to silence someone whose research and conclusions do not toe their leftist line.  It never ceases to amaze me that these people will defend “academic freedom” in cases such as extremist Ward Churchill (University of Colorado), but will try to force out Dr. William Gray, a man at the top of his field, because he objects to their politics.

By pioneering the science of seasonal hurricane forecasting and teaching 70 graduate students who now populate the National Hurricane Center and other research outposts, William Gray turned a city far from the stormy seas into a hurricane research mecca.

But now the institution in Fort Collins, Colo., where he has worked for nearly half a century, has told Gray it may end its support of his seasonal forecasting.

As he enters his 25th year of predicting hurricane season activity, Colorado State University officials say handling media inquiries related to Gray’s forecasting requires too much time and detracts from efforts to promote other professors’ work.

But Gray, a highly visible and sometimes acerbic skeptic of climate change, says that’s a “flimsy excuse” for the real motivation — a desire to push him aside because of his global warming criticism.

Among other comments, Gray has said global warming scientists are “brainwashing our children.”

Reaffirming the left’s position that they will defend your right to say anything you want… as long as you agree with them.  If not, shut up.

UPDATE: 4/30/2008 9:20AM: The situation seems to be calming a bit…

If you still don’t think that members of Congress use earmarks primarily to secure their own electoral future, look no further…

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year.

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Clinton’s huge earmark requests have some speculating that the former first lady is preparing for a soft landing should she lose the Democratic primary to Obama and refocus her energy on winning a third Senate term.

Do you see why people might reasonably object to sending a third of their income to these people?

I don’t know who at the Obama camp thought it would be a good idea to let Obama’s controversial pastor/mentor Rev. Jeremiah Wright go on tour, but he’s not helping his candidate any.  At Wright’s appearances over the weekend, he is claiming that criticisms of his overtly racist and anti-American rhetoric are actually “an attack on the black church.” 

In other words, if you object to him yelling “God damn America” from the pulpit, you’re just a racist member of the “dominant culture” who’s only out to smear black Christians everywhere!

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose post-Sept. 11 comments critical of America have raised questions about his relationship with Obama, has been on a multi-stop tour to restore his image and talk about his church. In addition to speaking at the National Press Club on Monday, he sat down for an interview with PBS’s Bill Moyers in recent days.

“This is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright. This is an attack on the black church,” said Wright, who cast his appearance as part of a two-day “symposium” on the black church.

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Playing off the crowd’s energy, Wright even suggested he would be interested in the vice presidency.

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Wright also reasserted Monday that Obama was only disavowing his former pastor’s comments for political reasons.

I’m sure Obama must be glad to know that his mentor of twenty years is running all over the country telling people that Barack actually does believe that controversial crap that Wright’s been preaching but that he’s only saying that he doesn’t so that he can trick us into electing him, a raging radical, to the White House.  That’s gotta be great news for his campaign.  Sure it’s the same game he played with NAFTA, but the public isn’t supposed to find out about these things!  (Don’t you just love his “new brand of politics?”  We’ve never seen such overt double talk from politicians before!)

Wright has also announced that he will play an extremely influential role in an Obama administration (whether Barack likes it or not), and he continues to claim that his comments have been taken out of context.  But, like any liberal trying to play this smoke and mirrors game, refuses to explain the “proper” context that would make his comments acceptable.

I’m anxious to know; in what context is “God damn America” acceptable?

Only a publicity-hungry, race-baiting, self-righteous “reverend” could cry racism when three police officers open fire in self-defense at a drunken, rowdy bachelor party of African-American men outside of a strip club when two out of the three officers were black…

German Talis, a 22-year-old Bush hater, decided to protest by yelling profanities at Laura and Jenna Bush as they promoted their new book to a crowd of chilren and parents, and then beating a girl in a wheelchair after her father told him his behavior was innapropriate.  Now that’s a sure way to win hearts and minds!

“[Talis] began yelling about Iraq and Iran at Jenna Bush. She was waving at the crowd. I told the guy, ‘What are you doing? Shut up. This is about a child and books,’ ” said John Lovetro. “He was unperturbed. I said, ‘Get out of here! You’re being a moron!’ ”

The next thing he knew, Talis was allegedly punching Maureen - a fan of the first lady since meeting her in 2004.

“I heard my daughter hysterical yelling, ‘He’s hitting me!’ ” said Wendy Lovetro.

“He punched her on the shoulder blades, but that wasn’t enough,” she said.

“My husband pushed the wheelchair away from him and he reached beyond my husband and began pounding my daughter in the thigh.”

Fortunately, Maureen was not seriously injured and Talis is now facing charges of “assault and resisting arrest.”

What a despicable human being…

A story in “The Independent” today reports that researchers are very pessimistic that an AIDS vaccine can be developed in the next decade, if at all:

Most scientists involved in Aids research believe that a vaccine against HIV is further away than ever and some have admitted that effective immunisation against the virus may never be possible, according to an unprecedented poll conducted by The Independent.

A mood of deep pessimism has spread among the international community of Aids scientists after the failure of a trial of a promising vaccine at the end of last year. It just was the latest in a series of setbacks in the 25-year struggle to develop an HIV vaccine.

This is by no means good news, but I have to say that an effective “vaccine” is already available.  It’s called abstinence!  Two people who wait until marriage and then remain faithful to their spouse for life have virtually zero chance of contracting the disease.  Those who choose alternative, more promiscuous lifestyles take on significant risk of contracting any sexually transmitted disease, including HIV.

According to Democrats in Congress though, teaching such information to students would be a “huge waste of money.” 

First, since when is anyone in Congress, Democrat or Republican, concerned about wasting money?  Is it less wasteful to spend billions more trying to find a vaccine for a disease that apparently doesn’t have one?

(NOTE: I have no objection to private companies such as Merck spending their own resources on research.  My comments only concern the spending of public funds.)