Our Friends the Saudis

Speaking of our friends the Saudis, they let the mask slip a little bit yesterday, as Prince Saud al-Faisal threatened Israel with war and King Abdullah said Iraq is under an “illegitimate foreign occupation.” (thats us folks)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday rejected Saudi Arabia’s charge that Iraq is under an “illegitimate foreign occupation” and said U.S. troops are there at Iraq’s invitation, under a U.N. mandate. “It is not accurate to say that the United States is occupying Iraq,” said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

The cross-fire reflecting growing differences between the two long-time allies at a time when the Saudis are taking on a greater leadership role in the Middle East.

Saudi King Abdullah surprised Washington on Wednesday by telling an Arab summit that, “In beloved Iraq, blood flows between brothers in the shadow of illegitimate foreign occupation and hateful sectarianism, threatening a civil war.”

Motivational Poster of the Day...

....credits to the skipper

"meet the new boss, same as the old boss".....

Same Old Democrats Ever since John Boehner put out his smoke in the House lobby and raced to the Speaker's podium to introduce Nancy Pelosi, we've been able to see how the Democrats are going to operate. After the first few months, it's become clear that not only are these the same old Democrats...but nothing has changed. In fact, save for a vote or two, there's no appreciable difference between the Republican-controlled Congress that was replaced and the Democrat-controlled Congress currently in power. Let's count the ways.

Take pork barrel spending. Republicans took this to a new level during their 12-year run...and Democrats are doing the same. There's a new appropriations bill to fund the War On Terror. What are Democrats doing? Opposing the bill out of principle since they're against the war? Nope. They're doing just what the Republicans did...load it up with earmarks. All aboard the bridge to nowhere...happy days are here again!

Then we have the revelation today that one of the Democrats' campaign promises is being broken. During the mid-term elections, Democrats in the House complained that Republicans would hold votes open too long. This was done so more time could be spent rounding up wayward lawmakers, cutting deals, etc. The standard rules call for 15 minute votes. Well, enter House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer who has decided to do the same thing. So much for that.

In the end, politicians will be politicians. Be it Democrat or Republican, there are still votes to be bought, political favors to repay and perks to vote on. Some things never change.

Have the rabble removed.

Peace Activists Get the Boot in SF

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS/AP) -- Just hours before the House is expected to vote on an Iraq funding bill, police rousted demonstrators camped outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights residence.

Gone are the tents, tables, banners, candles and flowers. All that remained early this morning of the so-called "Camp Pelosi" was a handful of people sleeping in vehicles.

"We're going to set up camp again tomorrow, as soon as we check with the lawyers," said a protestor who identified himself with the group Veterans for Peace. "We're pretty sure we're right that they can't just come, and they claim they had a neighbor complain."

Most of the group has been present for a dozen or so days, opposing any additional funding for the war.

...read the rest of story here

Al Gores zinc stripmine....

Read it here in The Tennessean.
Wonder how many carbon offsets this cost?

More climate stuff....

This winter was the warmest on record. Global warming is surely going to kill us all, right? Well, what the headlines don't tell you is that this winter was very much near the average...and oh by the way, record-keeping of temperatures only began in 1880. How do we know 1879 wasn't warmer?

Department of Tricksterism...

“And the Goracle spake, saying ‘let there be sub-zero temperatures’, and behold, the skies did open and snow and ice did cover the lands.”

OR

The Great Goredini levitating his carbon offsets.

...thanks to Emperor Misha

Raise your hand if you didn't expect this:

THE FLYING IMAMS ARE GOING TO SUE!

Well, you certainly knew this was going to happen. The Muslim imams who were removed from a U.S. Airways flight have now announced that they are going to sue the airline for discrimination. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will be holding a news conference today to give us all the details of the lawsuit. Just can't wait!

You do know, don't you, that many of the principal leaders of CAIR have made no secret of their desire to see the United States under Islamic Law. Somehow our mainstream media never seems to mention this dandy little factoid.

Anyway ... here's the story as I see it. These Imams make a conscious decision to go to the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport with the express intention to get themselves arrested and/or kicked off the flight. The lawsuit is the next step ... intended to make airlines think twice before they kick disruptive Muslims off of flights. After U.S. Airways has been sufficiently harassed by these Muslims it arguably be easier for Muslims to act strangely on commercial airline flights. Are we being softened up? Could be!

One thing is for certain: The American people have fallen into a deep sleep insofar as the threat of another Islamic attack on our country is concerned. The continuous, relentless leftist and Democrat hammering of the president for his conduct of the war on Islamic fascism and security issues at home has taken its toll. We're being targeted for another attack by these practitioners of this wonderful, peaceful religion of Islam. Get the recriminations ready.

...thanks Neal Boortz

...and from LGF:

CAIR's Grievance Theater: The Next Act

Sent out today to CAIR’s email list—the next act in the grievance opera of the six non-flying imams:

IMAMS TO ANNOUNCE FILING OF BIAS SUIT AGAINST US AIRWAYS

Muslim leaders say removal from MN flight based on race, religion

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/12/07) - On Tuesday, March 13, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference in Washington, D.C., to announce the filing of a discrimination lawsuit against US Airways by six imams, or Islamic religious leaders, removed from a flight in Minneapolis last November. The imams say their removal from the flight was based on racism and religious intolerance.

The filing of the lawsuit will be announced by the imams’ attorney. Three of the imams are scheduled to attend CAIR’s news conference and read a prepared statement.

WHAT: Imams to Announce Filing of Bias Suit Against US Airways
WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2007
WHERE: CAIR’s Capitol Hill Headquarters, 453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper

Al Gore's Bad Week...

Poor Al Gore. First people are giving him grief over his power bill at his Nashville estate...and now PETA is on his back. Can't a person just win an Oscar and enjoy it in peace? I guess not. Anyway, the latest dust-up comes over the report that cows emit more greenhouse gases than all cars combined. And why do we have all those cows anyway? To supply beef. Beef which Al Gore enjoys. Uh-oh...you can see where this is going.

In their letter to Gore, PETA noted that "Researchers at the University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a standard American car to a Toyota Prius." Oh man...these people don't even play fair. Yet this is what happens when you hold yourself up there as some sort of holier-than-thou environmental saint. People are going to start taking a closer look at your habits.

So what is Al Gore going to do? Well, it's simple...he now has to buy more environmental offsets to cover his meat consumption. That's going to mean quite a bit of solar and wind power Al and Tipper have to buy. Speaking of food, Al Gore had more bad press this week when it was revealed by a website that catalogs celebrity cheapskates in restaurants that Al is a bad tipper (no pun intended.)

Come on Al...only tipping 8 percent? That's not very nice. It's a good thing he doesn't have to tip the power company.


.....thanks to Neal Bootz from whence I lifted this article.

Birthday Wish

Make a Caption Thursday:

Is that George Clooney on the right?

Is that a pipe bomb in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

...thanks to LGF

Errrrr....hey Al...

...thanks to The Skipper

Hillary Special