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The list of the unhinged that actually voted for the Alito filibuster to continue knowing full well that it would fail; Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Boxer (D-CA) Clinton (D-NY) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Jeffords (I-VT) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Obama (D-IL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)

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Could it be? "Brokeback Mountain" the best ensemble cast award to"Crash" and some are saying that it may be it is beginning to suffer some backlash which could hamper its Oscar possibilities. The Screen Actors Guild took an interesting turn last night and gave their Best Ensemble Cast award not to favorite "Brokeback Mountain," but to "Crash," the only 2005 movie with a true ensemble. Is this a blow to Oscar ambitions of "Brokeback?" Maybe. Also over the weekend, Ang Lee won Best Director for "Brokeback." Suddenly the Oscar race — which will crystallize tomorrow morning — is looking a bit clearer. "Brokeback" will still be nominated for Best Picture, along with "Walk the Line" and "Capote." I do think that three films are vying for the two remaining spots, though: "Munich," "Crash," and "Good Night, and Good Luck." After last night, the latter suddenly seems the most ...

President Bush hits a 50% approval rating in the Rasmussen poll , a rolling 3-day tracking poll. Their survey methodoly is here . The Rasmussen poll has been one of the more accurate polls in the country.

So Sen. Harry Reid anounces last week that there is no way a filibuster against Judge Alito can succeed because they don't have the votes. Then we see John Kerry come out from ( from Switzerland ) and call for a filibuster. Then Reid says he will vote for it. Then Hillary says she will also go along with it as does Ted Kennedy. How convenient for them so support something they know is doomed for failure. Of course this is all to satisfy the lunatic fringe of the left so they can say "well, we tried." We are still waiting with baited breath for Sen. Schumer to decide which way the wind is blowing before he decides if he will support the filibuster.

On the Today show yesterday, it seems that Howard Dean was trying to say that Democrats did not take "one dime" from Jack Abrahamoff. Apparantly he means directly from his hand because on this mornings edition of Today Katie and Matt had Tim Russert as a guest and this exchange took place ( via News Busters ) Matt Lauer: "We went to the Center for Responsive Politics and technically Howard Dean may be correct but while 66% of the money in this situation went to Republicans, 34% of the money not from Abramoff but from associates and clients went to Democrats." Lauer asked Russert whether Dems can turn this into strictly a Republican scandal and "wash their hands of this?" Russert's response was unequivocal, and not good news for the DNC: "No. The issue is broad and wide." Not a smart move on Dean's part (does he make any?) to make this statement on the top-rated morning show with abouy 5 million viewers.

From the president's great speech yesterday, talking about the NSA surveillance program; This is a -- I repeat to you, even though you hear words, "domestic spying," these are not phone calls within the United States. It's a phone call of an al Qaeda, known al Qaeda suspect, making a phone call into the United States. I'm mindful of your civil liberties, and so I had all kinds of lawyers review the process. We briefed members of the United States Congress, one of whom was Senator Pat Roberts, about this program. You know, it's amazing, when people say to me, well, he was just breaking the law -- if I wanted to break the law, why was I briefing Congress? (Laughter and applause.)

Remember a few years ago when the media was promoting the myth that cell phones could cause brain cancer ? Well looks like they got that wrong too ; USING a mobile phone does not increase the risk of a deadly brain cancer , the biggest study so far has indicated. Although it is impossible to say that there is no risk at all, the authors say that the data they have gathered so far provide no evidence of one. Fears about mobile phones have not discouraged the public from buying and using them, but have encouraged a wave of research and reports from advisory bodies. Little good scientific evidence exists to show that they are a threat.

According to the Hollywood Reporter ; LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Commander in Chief" is losing its grip on power. The new ABC drama series, which earned star Geena Davis a Golden Globe Award this week for her role as the first female U.S. president, seems to be sinking into the same midterm malaise affecting the approval ratings of President Bush ; "Commander‘s" ratings have been declining steadily since bowing to big numbers in September. More on CiC's ratings ; "Idol" was especially tough on ABC's struggling "Commander in Chief," which, despite a Golden Globe win Monday for star Geena Davis, sank to its lowest ratings yet.

From the AP , it seems First Lady Laura Bush was not happy with president-elect, err, I mean Sen. Clinton; Laura Bush criticized Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday for suggesting that the Republican-controlled House is run like a plantation where dissenting voices are ignored. "It think it's ridiculous _ it's a ridiculous comment," Mrs. Bush told reporters when asked about the remark during a return flight to Washington following her four-day swing through West Africa.

ABC News reports : Jan. 18, 2006 — ABC News has learned that al Qaeda's master bomb maker and chemical weapons expert was one of the men killed in last week's U.S. missile attack in eastern Pakistan.

And now the gay sheepherder movie "Brokeback Mountain" wins Best Dramatic Film along with Best Director and two other awards. In fact gay-themed movies led the way; It was a triumphant night for films dealing with homosexuality and transsexuality. Along with the victories for "Brokeback Mountain," acting honors went to Felicity Huffman in a gender-bending role as a man preparing for sex-change surgery in "Transamerica" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as gay author Truman Capote in "Capote." The only winning film that could be described as mainstream was the Johnny Cash movie "I Walk The Line."

Ok, I can't take it anymore. Why is this moron allowed to get away with stuff like this. Can you imagine the outrage if a white republican had made this very same statement? Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a "chocolate" city again. Many of the city's black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina. " It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans _ the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans." Absolutely mind-boggling! And this guy is the mayor of New Orleans. A few other nuggets from this fool, he apparently has a hot line to the almighty. Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tea...

Check out Michelle Malkin for the scoop but basically this is faked photo to make us all cry for the poor people of Pakistan, you know, the ones who welcome in with open arms (usually at gunpoint) the friendly neighborhood "freedom fighters" (terrorists). It just simply mind boggling that the NY Times continually is caught doing this kind of thing. How much time would it have taken to actually looked at the photo and asked themselves "what type of shell is that?" Upon further investigation of probably 30 minutes they would have discovered that it was a staged photo Since they had in their grubby little fingers what they thought was a was another way to trash the US and the President they just could not help themselves and ran with it. Typical. For more discussion on the what exactly that is those poor Pakistani people are standing next to see here , here and here .

All of the moonbats have been screaming and asking how the NY Times NSA article has hurt national security, well ABC News answers that question . Thanks NY Times! Police Report Identifies Terror Links The Midland, Texas, arrest report police also identified the individuals as linked to a terror cell: "Evasive responses provided by the subjects, coupled with actions observed by officers at the onset of the contact prompted the notification of local FBI officials to assist in the investigation," the report said. "Upon the arrival of special agents, and as a result of subsequent interviews, it was discovered that members of the group were linked to suspected terrorist cells stationed within the Metroplex. Law enforcement officials have not elaborated on the information in the report or specified which terrorist group the individuals were allegedly linked to. In addition, special agents reported that similar incidents centering on the large-scale purchases of tracfones had ...

The Village Voice breathlessly is reporting that Sen Lindsey Graham helped coach Judge Samuel in a mock session at the White House. At the hearing, Graham told Alito, nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, that he had already decided in Alito's favor. "I don't know what kind of vote you're going to get, but you'll make it through. It's possible you could talk me out of voting for you, but I doubt it. So I won't even try to challenge you along those lines." That certainly ought to be the case. Graham is one of a group of Republicans who have been coaching Alito behind the scenes. The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reported before the hearings began: "On Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the 'gang of 14' who sits on Judiciary, joined a so-called moot court session at the White House.'' The coaching session for Alito has raised a few eyebrows. What the Village Voice fails to mention in its reporting is t...

Heath Ledger, one of the gay sheepherders in "Brokeback Mountain," is upset about Utah and West Virginia not running his movie. He had a few interesting comments about it; Ledger said he was not surprised a Utah cinema had banned Brokeback Mountain, which depicts a lifelong love affair between two Montana cowboys. "I heard a while ago that West Virginia was going to ban it. But that's a state that was lynching people only 25 years ago, so that's to be expected," Ledger said. "Personally, I don't think the movie is (controversial) but I think maybe the Mormons in Utah do. I think it's hilarious and very immature of a society. Wonder if West Virginia and Utah will change their minds after reading Ledger's comments. I think not. Funny how he bashes Utah and West Virginia for not running "Brokeback Moutain" because of its gay love affair, and yet he shows up at the premiere of the movie holding hands with Michele Williams, the actres...

So Russell Tice has admitted to ABC News that he was the NY Times source on the James Risen NSA spying story, a guy that was dismissed when psychiatric evaluation found him to be mentally unbalanced. Thats just wonderful! ABC News gets to that minor detail in the last paragraph of the article, of course mentioning in a way to further discredit the NSA; The NSA revoked Tice's security clearance in May of last year based on what it called psychological concerns and later dismissed him. Tice calls that bunk and says that's the way the NSA deals with troublemakers and whistleblowers. Today the NSA said it had "no information to provide." Earlier in the piece Tice says his conscience is a-ok! I am so glad that he can sleep at night knowing that his actions have alerted terrorists all over the world that we were snooping in on their conversations, learning of the plans to kill as many Americans as they can, that is until December 16th. Thanks a lot Russell! The same day T...

From CNN yesterday; BLITZER: Should Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, who has now pleaded guilty to bribery charges, among other charges, a Republican lobbyist in Washington, should the Democrat who took money from him give that money to charity or give it back? DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true. BLITZER: But through various Abramoff-related organizations and outfits, a bunch of Democrats did take money that presumably originated with Jack Abramoff. DEAN: That's not true either. There's no evidence for that either. There is no evidence... BLITZER: What about Senator Byron D...

All I have to tell you about the latest AP/IPsos poll that shows President Bush with a 40% approval rating are the answers to the first two questions; REGISTERED VOTERS/ PARTY AFFILIATION 1. Are you currently registered to vote at this address, or not? ALL ADULTS Yes.....................................................81 No .................................................... 18 Refused/not sure ........................... 1 2a. Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent or none (IF “DEMOCRAT” TO Q.2a, Q.2b ASKED. IF “REPUBLICAN” TO Q.2a, Q.2c ASKED. “NONE OF THESE” TO Q.2a, Q.2d ASKED. RESULTS SHOWN IN SUMMARY BELOW.) 2b. Do you lean strongly or only moderately toward the Democratic Party? 2c. Do you lean strongly or only moderately toward the Republican Party? 2d. Do your beliefs tend to lean more toward the Democrats or the Republicans? REGISTERED VOTERS Strongly Republican............................................... 13 Moderately Republican ..................

A great piece about the Katrina myths reported by the media, specifically how racism in America was exposed in the hurricane's aftermath; Four months after Hurricane Katrina, analyses of data suggest that some widely reported assumptions about the storm's victims were incorrect . For example, a comparison of locations where 874 bodies were recovered with U.S. census tract data indicates that the victims weren't disproportionately poor . Another database of 486 Katrina victims from Orleans and St. Bernard parishes, compiled by Knight Ridder, suggests they also weren't disproportionately African American. How many times did we have to hear that the majority of the people who died were poor and African American and those were the reasons they were left to die; The one group that was disproportionately affected by the storm appears to have been older adults. People 60 and older account for only about 15 percent of the population in the New Orleans area, but the Knight Ridde...

Thats 4.9% unemployment and 108,000 new jobs in December. I blame George W. Bush ! Reuters can't contain themselves! WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a smaller-than-expected 108,000 new jobs in December but that followed a much stronger wave of hiring than previously thought in November when rebuilding after hurricanes was getting under way, a government report on Friday showed. In its monthly report on employment, the Labor Department said the unemployment rate fell in December to 4.9 percent from 5 percent in November. UPDATE: The AP's Jeannine Aversa is doing cartwheels too! WASHINGTON Jan 6, 2006 — Job growth slowed in December following a big hiring spurt in November with employers expanding payrolls by just 108,000, underscoring the sometimes choppy path traveled by job seekers. The Labor Department's fresh snapshot of the nation's jobs climate, released Friday, also showed that the unemployment rate dipped from 5 percent in November to 4.9 percent in December...

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades! TiVo has announced the HD TiVo Series 3 Digital Media Recorder at the CES in Las Vegas. Should be available later this year. In a nutshell here is what it can do; Records HD content from cable TV 6 Tuners consisting of 2 cable, 2 ASTC and 2 NSTC Records two channels at the same time CableCard 2.0 (and 1.0) support External SATA harddrive support Ethernet port 2 USB ports 300 hours of recording capacity Front panel displays title of program currently recording For more information and pictures; PVR Blog TiVo Lovers TiVo Blog

I am a fan of David Letterman, I think he is very funny. I would much rather watch him than Jay Leno. His monologue on his first show after 9/11 will go down in television history as one of the greatest moments in TV history. I also think Letterman is pretty fair in his trashing of each political party. Usually. Lately, however, he is beginning to sound more and more like a lunatic lefty. As evidence I submit his interview with Bill O'Reilly from his Tuesday night show. You can see the video of the appearance here . Notice how when presented with facts Letterman changes the subject and answers a question with completely irrelevant question. Typical of someone on the left. It's unbelievable how someone can be so ill-informed on the facts during an interview with someone like O'Reilly. Here you can find a transcript of the interview. Some of the low-lights of the interview; O'REILLY: Yes, you weren't aware of the big, giant controversy over Christmas? You didn't ...

A new show from NBC called "The Book of Daniel" is coming to a TV near you this Friday at 9PM. Here is a summary of the shows characters. The Rev. Daniel Webster is a man of God -- with more than a few worldly problems. In the new and engaging NBC series ``The Book of Daniel,'' which makes its debut Friday with back-to-back episodes (9 p.m., Chs. 8, 11), the Episcopal priest has a thing for Vicodin. His brother-in-law is on the lam with $3.2 million in funds for a new parish school, and Webster has to turn to a Catholic priest (and the mob) for help. On the family front, his teenage daughter sells pot, his 23-year-old gay son is still mourning the death of his twin brother, and an adopted son is a hound dog when it comes to girls. His sister-in-law is having an affair with her husband's secretary. His wife is feeling the pressures of raising three kids and has a taste for martinis. A train-wreck waiting to happening...

The MSM has been on a pretty bad roll lately, first they completely screwed up and quite probably affected the response to Hurricane Katrina . Next they decide jeopardize national security by revealing truly secret and classified CIA and NSA programs. And now the Sago mining disaster reporting is being described as "miscommunications." Isn't this the mighty MSM who proudly trumpets the fact that they have the checks and balances that the blogosphere cannot possibly match? At least they got this right ..........NOT!

Is anyone really that surprised that the NY Times found a way to insert the Bush administration into the Sago mining disaster? They have sunk lower than believed possible and they keep on digging! Political figures from both parties have long defended and profited from ties to the coal industry. Whether or not that was a factor in the Sago mine's history, the Bush administration's cramming of important posts in the Department of the Interior with biased operatives from the coal, oil and gas industry is not reassuring about general safety in the mines. Steven Griles, a mining lobbyist before being appointed deputy secretary of the interior, devoted four years to rolling back mine regulations and then went back to lobbying for the industry. Oh, ok, I see. If they evil Bush administration had not rolled back mining regulations the explosion that occurred in the abandoned section of the mine, the cause of which has not been determined as of yet, than those 12 miners would probably...