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From an editorial in the New York Sun ; If Ms. Plame didn't want her identity out, she shouldn't have gotten her husband a secret mission and then allowed him to wage a public campaign against the president's foreign policy. The leading prevaricator in this case is Mr. Wilson himself.

American Spectator reports that the Libby Indictment proves that Joe Wilson has been and continues to lie about his wife's role in his trip to Niger; In order to claim that Libby had perjured himself and obstructed justice, the grand jury goes to great lengths to show how and when he had actually learned about the origin of Wilson's trip. To do so, they refer on page 4 of the indictment to a conversation between Libby and a "senior officer of the CIA" on June 11, 2003: [Libby] was advised by the CIA officer that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and was believed to be responsible for sending Wilson on the trip. And again on page 12 of the indictment: [Libby] was informed by a senior CIA officer that Wilson's wife was employed by the CIA and that the idea of sending him to Niger originated with her . Of course anyone that has read the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report, which leaves out the media, would have seen this; The CPD reports officer told Co...

Joe Wilson on "60 Minutes" October 30th

The fun begins, Chucky and Harry are not happy. Good! From Chuck; It is sad that the President felt he had to pick a nominee likely to divide America instead of choosing a nominee in the mold of Sandra Day O’Connor, who would unify us. This controversial nominee, who would make the Court less diverse and far more conservative, will get very careful scrutiny from the Senate and from the American people. From Harry; "This is not one of the names I've suggested to the president," Reid said yesterday of Alito on CNN's "Late Edition." "In fact, I've done the opposite," he said. "I think it would create a lot of problems."

Michelle Malkin covers a NY Times story on CPL. Jeffrey B. Starr who was killed in Iraq on April 30, 2005. The NYT reprinted portions of a letter found on his laptop that he wrote to his girlfriend. What is so disgusting is what they chose not to reproduce. Read about it here .

ABC News has this Breaking News headline; SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD SAYS CIA LEAK INVESTIGATION 'NOT OVER' But in the short article you find this; Oct 28, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The investigation into who leaked the name of a covert CIA agent is not over, even after Friday's indictment of White House official Lewis Libby, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said. "Is the investigation finished? It's not over," Fitzgerald said at a news conference. "But … very rarely do you bring a charge in a case that's going to be tried in which you ever end a grand jury investigation. I can tell you that the substantial bulk of the work of this investigation is concluded." Sounds like its over to me...

So believe it or not I have read the 22 page indictment of Scooter Libby , yes I actually did. The 5 counts Libby is charged with revolve around statements that Libby made to the grand jury related to New York Times reporter Judy Miller, Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper and Tim Russert of NBC News. Basically, he told the grand jury that he told the reporters that he DID NOT KNOW Wilson's wife worked for the CIA when in fact he actually did tell the reporters that she worked for the CIA. It does not appear from the indictment that Libby ever used her name but rather referred to her has Wilson's wife. It does state that Libby discussed "Valerie Wilson" with a CIA briefer but not a reporter. This indictment almost reads like a "he said, she said" between Libby and the reporters with Libby saying he didn't tell them and them saying he did. In the background materials it certainly appears as though Libby was lying and attempting to mislead the grand j...

Bob Woodward did what NO journalist has dared to do in 2 years, he spkoe the truth about Joe Wilson, much to the chagrin of Sen. Chris Dodd and Michael Isikoff. Much to Senator Chris Dodd's consternation on Thursday's Larry King Live on CNN, Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame, pointed out a fact rarely mentioned by the mainstream media -- that “most of the analysts at the CIA said that [Joseph] Wilson's findings, when he went to Niger, supported the conclusion that there was some deal with Iraq” for uranium. When Dodd started to counter Woodward, Woodward asserted that “Democrats and the Republicans all signed that report. That is a fact.” Woodward revealed that he had the report “in his pocket”and when King asked why, Woodward answered: "Yes I do because I knew I might be challenged." When King went to an ad break two minutes later, the camera pulled back to show everyone at the table. Woodward then slid forward across the t...

From the AP today ; Consumer confidence dropped, home sales were down and the number of people who lost their jobs because of Hurricane Katrina climbed above the half-million mark. The economy has been a baffling issue to Bush and his team. They have not figured out how to convince the public that the economy is doing as well as experts say. It's a hard sell when pension funds are going bankrupt, healt?are costs and gasoline prices are soaring and jobs are being shipped overseas. But wait, this is from the AP today as well ; WASHINGTON (AP) - Economic activity expanded at an energetic 3.8 percent annual rate in the third quarter, providing vivid evidence of the economy's stamina even as it coped with the destructive forces of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan

Ever wonder why the left is so often portrayed as anti-American, Un-American or America haters? Here's why, from a "Celebration" of the 2000th military death in Iraq; See more of the "happy shiny people" here .

The USA Today has "corrected" the photo of Condi Rice with the following explanation; Editor's note: The photo of Condoleezza Rice that originally accompanied this story was altered in a manner that did not meet USA TODAY's editorial standards. The photo has been replaced by a properly adjusted copy. Photos published online are routinely cropped for size and adjusted for brightness and sharpness to optimize their appearance. In this case, after sharpening the photo for clarity, the editor brightened a portion of Rice's face, giving her eyes an unnatural appearance. This resulted in a distortion of the original not in keeping with our editorial standards. Bull! To these crazy eyes there was nothing wrong with the photo before and the altered version only looks altered within the eyes with the brightness and contrast appearing the same everywhere else in the photo. Me thinks that USA Today got caught and came up with a lame excuse. One has to wonder if their ed...

Thanks to the AP for pointing out this totally meaningless fact that probably no one had noticed; Astros roster has no black players

Ever see someone that has crazy eyes like this, Michelle Malkin has.

What an amazing idea! A CINDY SHEEHAN THOUGHT [Kathryn Jean Lopez] From an e-mail: I understand from somewhere online that Cindy is planning on handcuffing herself to the fence at the White House. Instead of arresting her as she anticipates, what would happen if the White house Police just left her there handcuffed with the understanding that as long as she remained handcuffed she could stay. I understand the weather in Washington isn't all that nice this week. It would serve her right if she caught a nasty cold during her "protest"

You just CANNOT make this stuff up! "Britain's top High Street banks have ruled the money-boxes are politically incorrect… And one of Britain's four Muslim MPs, Khalid Mahmoud, said: "A piggybank is just an ornament. Muslims would never be seriously offended." The Koran forbids the eating of "the flesh of swine", and as a result, NatWest and Halifax have taken down promotional posters which feature piggy banks. The Star helpfully explains: "Children will be encouraged to save their cash in bank-shaped money boxes instead."

"The 2,000th Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine that is killed in action is just as important as the first that died and will be just as important as the last to die in this war against terrorism and to ensure freedom for a people who have not known freedom in over two generations," Boylan wrote. From an AP article .

You know, I am no journalist, nor a lawyer but couldn't Scooter Libby have been told by a reporter about Valerie Flame, and then mentioned it or asked Cheney about later on?? Maybe? WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 - I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003, lawyers involved in the case said Monday. Notes of the previously undisclosed conversation between Mr. Libby and Mr. Cheney on June 12, 2003, appear to differ from Mr. Libby's testimony to a federal grand jury that he initially learned about the C.I.A. officer, Valerie Wilson, from journalists, the lawyers said. The notes, taken by Mr. Libby during the conversation, for the first time place Mr. Cheney in the middle of an effort by the White House to learn about Ms. Wilson's husband, Joseph C. Wilson IV, who was questioning the administration's...

Over at Media Blog Steve Spruiell has started an effort to make the mainstream media tell the truth about Joe Wilson's lies about his Iraq/Uranium/Niger boondoggle engineered by his "covert operative" wife. You see Joe Wilson is a serial liar and of course that makes him a darling of the press. They can't seem to get enough of him and they continously report inaccurately on some important facts related to his "mission" to discredit the Bush Administration, sorry, I mean his fact finding mission on whether or not Iraq attempted to obtain uranium from Niger.

George Clooney says that he considered suicide due to pain he was sufferring due to an injury he received while filming his new movie "Syriana"... Despite the agony he was in, Clooney ruled out taking painkillers because there’s a history of addiction in his family, but the pain got so great, that he considered suicide. Clooney’s complaints were dismissed until spinal fluid started leaking from his nose. He has since had numerous operations.

South Park's season premiere roasted the mainstream media's coverage of Hurricane Katrina, very funny stuff, see a video excerpt here , some dialog is below; Tom the anchorman : “Peril, crisis and fear tonight as what appears to be a massive flood has overtaken the town of Beaverton, Colorado, home of the world’s largest beaver dam. Earlier today, a break in the beaver dam which protected the town broke open, trapping people in their houses and destroying their lives.” Mitch, the reporter : “Tom, I’m currently ten miles outside of Beaverton, unable to get inside the town proper. We do not have any reports of fatalities yet, but we believe that the death toll may be in the hundreds of millions. Beaverton has only a population of about 8,000, Tom, so this would be quite devastating.” Tom: “Any word on how the survivors in the town are doing, Mitch?” Mitch: “We’re not sure what’s exactly is going on inside the town of Beaverton, Tom, but we’re reporting that there’s looting, rap...

So you don't think that ABC's new show "Commander in Chief" is a test case for Hillary 08? … Bill Clinton's former national security adviser Sandy Berger and longtime Al Gore senior aide Ron Klain have joined other Clintonistas as advisers on "Commander in Chief," in which Geena Davis is President. Hillary operatives are watching the show's ratings as a barometer for how she might fare in '08. "So far, it's doing really well," a source tells The News' Ken Bazinet. …

Gateway Pundit has an excellent roundup of the facts and the fiction related to the relief and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Wonder when the mainstream media will report on this? A few of the gems; Fiction : The levee was blown up to destroy the black part of town. -Louis Farrakhan Fact : While predominantly black (70%) New Orleans is able to be repopulated, the predominantly white (95%) St. Bernard Parish residents are coping with the virtual obliteration of their hometowns. This accusation has been repeated by numerous individuals (See Al Sharpton, above). "Actual funds for levee upgrades were diverted by the city and state to other projects." via Instapundit . Fiction : "The real criminals drown our people (blacks) in New Orleans." Malik Zulu Shabazz, Million More Movement Rally, October 15, 2005. Fact : Of the identified victims released to families from the makeshift morgue in St. Gabriel 44% are African American, 47% are Caucasion, 3% Hispanic, 8% Unknown.

I have felt all along that even though Sen. Harry Reid seemed to be in love with Harriet Miers he would ultimately vote "no" on her nomination. And now we have this ; (CBS/AP) Documents given to the Senate on Tuesday indicate that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers once backed a constitutional amendment banning most abortions , except when necessary to save the life of the mother. Harry? Still feeling the love?

We need a dramatic reading of this article from Laura Ingraham; Karl Rove's Garage Proves to Be Typical Oct 17 2:24 PM US/Eastern By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Writer He is "the architect" who steered George W. Bush to victory four times, twice as Texas governor and twice as president. But can Karl Rove organize his own garage? Can the master of Bush's political planning figure out where to put the ladders, paint cans and cardboard boxes? Rove's wife, Darby, raised the white garage door one morning last week to show journalists outside the million-dollar brick home that the deputy chief of staff, assistant to the president and senior adviser wasn't home. All the interest came on the eve of his testimony Friday before a grand jury investigating who in the White House might have revealed the identity of a CIA operative. There was no car in the garage. And the stuff left behind turned out not to be much different from what gathers dust inside most Americ...

Well what do ya know, election fraud being alleged by the losing side; BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's election commission announced Monday that officials were investigating "unusually high" numbers of "yes" votes in about a dozen provinces during Iraq's landmark referendum on a new constitution, raising questions about irregularities in the balloting. Word of the review came as Sunni Arab (search) leaders repeated accusations of fraud after initial reports from the provinces suggested the constitution had passed. Among the Sunni allegations are that police took ballot boxes from heavily "no" districts, and that some "yes" areas had more votes than registered voters. Change a few words and you could be reading Keith Olbermann's nightly monologue in the weeks after the 2004 US Election.

The AP continues to refuse to report who actually rioted in Toledo , Ohio this past weekend. This passage from the latest AP report only mentions in passing who is responsible; An angry mob, some of them gang members, threw baseball-sized rocks at police, vandalized vehicles and stores and set fire to a bar. More than 100 people were arrested and one officer was seriously injured . What they don't mention is the idiotic, moronic white-supremacist group had obtained a legal permit for the march which consisted of 12 people. The rioters totaled close to 500 people. So what would have been a non-event by a insignificant group was turned into a "race-riot" even though no white supremacists participated or were arrested. Basically these people used the white supremacists as an excuse to destroy their own town. Good job! Using a megaphone to make themselves heard over the shouts from the crowd, Mr. Ford and Mr. Bell tried to explain that the Nazis had left hours ago. “I’ve sat ...

Well, it only took the AP 2 days to get this story out , what took so long? Word of the unexpected results came as Sunni Arab (search) lawmaker Meshaan al-Jubouri claimed fraud had occurred in Saturday's election — including instances of voting in hotly contested regions by pro-constitution Shiites from other areas — repeating earlier comments made by other Sunni officials over the weekend.

So then why exactly did you make a deal to only discuss Libby if you can't remember who the source was...I know it was to protect her self for tipping of the Islamic charity that they were about to be raided, it was just fun to say it.

Vikings cruise was allegedly a sex party

Thousands gather for ‘Millions More’ He's a uniter, not a divider; After some New Orleans neighborhoods, among the poorest in the city, were destroyed in massive post-hurricane floods, Farrakhan speculated that protective levees may have been bombed to destroy black areas. He has repeatedly called for investigations to sort out rumors swirling around the issue . Yes, rumors he himself started and continues to promote. Michelle Malkin has much more including Wyclef Jean crying for Saddam...Pathetic!

Sgt. Ron Long, who participted in the live teleconference yesterday with President Bush, has a few words for the MSM and their description of yesterdays teleconference as a "staged event," and he ain't about to thank you for all your support. The beauty of the "new media" is the ability for regular people to respond to these blatant lies by the MSM, unlike in the past where this type of thing would just stay out there and become fact. Bravo Sgt. Long! Yesterday, I (bottom right corner in the picture) was chosen to be among a small group of soldiers assigned to the 42ID's Task Force Liberty that would speak to President Bush, our Commander-in-Chief. The interview went well, but I would like to respond to what most of the mass-media has dubbed as, "A Staged Event." First of all, we were told that we would be speaking with the President of the United States, our Commander-in-Chief, President Bush, so I believe that it would have been totally irrespons...

This is just too good, you gotta watch it ...

The AP is at it again, they are stating in their headline that the Bush teleconference was "staged" meaing the soldiers were told what to say. Well if you then read the article you see that was not the case at all. Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged Then within the article we have; It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi constitution. But no where in the article can we find anything that specifically says that the soldiers were told what to say but instead the choreography seemed to be which soldiers would address each issue; "OK, so let's just walk through this," Barber said. "Captain Kennedy, you answer the first question and you hand the mike to whom?" "Captain Smith," Kennedy said. "Captain. Smith? You take the mike and you hand it to whom?" sh...

If I had to deal with this woman everyday of the week I do not know if I could keep my composure the way that Scott McClellan does.... THOMAS What does the President mean by "total victory" -- that we will never leave Iraq until we have "total victory"? What does that mean? McCLELLAN: Free and democratic Iraq in the heart of the Middle East, because a free and democratic Iraq in the heart of the Middle East will be a major blow to the ambitions -- THOMAS If they ask us to leave, then we'll leave? MR. McCLELLAN: I'm trying to respond. A free and democratic Iraq in the heart of the broader Middle East will be a major blow to the ambitions of al Qaeda and their terrorist associates. They want to establish or impose their rule over the broader Middle East -- we saw that in the Zawahiri letter that was released earlier this week by the intelligence community. THOMAS They also know we invaded Iraq. McCLELLAN: Well, Helen, the President recognizes that we are engag...

Well it seems that the water in New Orleans was not quite as bad as breathlessly reported by the MSM, remember how you could not even touch the water without having to be decontaminated?? The Bush administration was accused Thursday by senators in both parties of minimizing health hazards from the toxic soup left by Hurricane Katrina, just as they said it did with air pollution in New York from the Sept. 11 attacks. More than a month after the storm, compounded by Hurricane Rita, Environmental Protection Agency officials said 1 million people lack clean drinking water around New Orleans. Some 70 million tons of hazardous waste remain on the Gulf Coast. While EPA officials have warned of serious health hazards from bacteria, chemicals and metals in the region's floodwaters and sediment, they haven't taken a position on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's aggressive push to reopen the city. Well its not that bad... The floodwater that covered New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina...

Please make it so ; They See Al Gore by a Nose in 2008 Is Al Gore coming back? If allies we talked to have their way, the former veep will be the next president. "It's Gore Time," says a political strategist and fundraiser who is opening a bid to get Gore into the race. Gore friends see his recent political and business moves as proof he's preparing to run. Allies say that in speeches, Gore has found his voice to address domestic and world issues. And in raising money for his Current TV network, which targets the critical youth market, Big Al has built an issue base and donor network that's competitive with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's. Our source--a top aide in the previous Bush administration--is planning meetings with Gore's team to push an early entry while Clinton runs for re-election in New York. It doesn't end there: The Gorebots want him to pick Sen. Barack Obama, the youthful Illinois African-American, as his No. 2.

As usual Jesse Jackson is is once again inserting himself into the national spotlight; Jackson said President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove, is overseeing reconstruction of the Gulf Coast, and that he and others in the White House are using Katrina to push their political agenda. He said black, Democratic-leaning voters have been radically dislocated and are being kept in "permanent exile." Say what? Bush's master plan is to distribute Democratic leaning voters across the US?? What a plan! And how many people in St. Louis took him up on his offer to shuttle them back to New Orleans? Organizers said three people boarded the bus in St. Louis. Two spoke Spanish only.

We all remember the pictures of the flooded out buses that could have been used to transport people out of New Orleans prior to the hurricane hitting. Now Wizbang has found buses that were not flooded out and still were not used. And whats worse is these were Mayor Ray Nagin's buses, so using his own words, he could gotten of his own ass and used them to shuttle people out of the Superdome and Convention Center, but he did not. And a close-up;

So let me get this straight, the Army will have to make do with 492,000 instead of 502,000? Are they serious? He said the shortfall means that the army will not be able to increase in size to 502,000 as planned, and instead will lag at around 492,000 to 493,000.

AP says Harriet Miers gets the nod to replace Judge Sandra O'Connor. The president makes the announcement at 8:02AM.

A complete load of crap is being reported by the UK Independent , a newspaper known to be a huge fan of President Bush. The opening paragraphs tells you all youn need to know... Relief efforts to combat Hurricane Katrina suffered near catastrophic failures due to endemic corruption, divisions within the military and troop shortages caused by the Iraq war , an official American inquiry into the disaster has revealed. The confidential report, which has been seen by The Independent, details how funds for flood control were diverted to other projects, desperately needed National Guards were stuck in Iraq and how military personnel had to "sneak off post" to help with relief efforts because their commander had refused permission. What an absolute load of crap. The Independent is peddling the same garbage about National Guard shortages when it has already been reported that there were 300,000 NG troops available for Hurricane Katrina relief. And I love the troops had to sneak of...

So Donald Sutherland thinks its a good idea to trash Bush in a BBC interview , is anybody really that surprised. I am sure that ABC will be thrilled about this. It's on Drudge . This is why the dems lose and will continue losing. So I say keep it coming... 'COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF' SUTHERLAND: BUSH WILL DESTROY OUR LIVES Choking back tears, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF star Donald Sutherland warned this week: President Bush "will destroy our lives!" The star of the new ABC drama, which follows the first woman President of the United States, lashed out at the real White House during a dramatic sit down interview with the BBC. Sutherland ripped Bush and his administration for the war and Hurricane Katrina fallout. "They were inept. The were inadequate to the task, and they lied," Sutherland charged. "And they were insulting, and they were vindictive. And they were heartless. They did not care. They do not care. They do not care about Iraqi people. They do not car...