Archive for May 2008

Our buddy Newt Gringrich has a vigorous campaign to do something the right of this country has been trying to do since the days of Bill Clinton, and that is to drill domestically. I study the financial field since it’s something I plan on doing in the future and many experts believe we are reaching the peak of crude oil prices as demand falls. Well are we satisfied paying $4 bucks a gallon. Hell no. It’s time to drill domestically and keep the oil what we rightfully deserve to run this country! Let’s bring prices down to more comfortable levels. Am I guaranteeing prices around $2.50, absolutely not, but I am guarenteeing you oil companies will be investing their record profits into something they have been wanting to do for many years now.

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Watch this video that shows ignorant liberals attacking John McCain in nasty ways at a Press Conference in Denver. These are the same nuts that have been seen on the Capitol and other spots attacking the War in Iraq. Well John McCain had a simple message for them at the end of this video and I encourage everyone to watch it!

And as you are watching this, think about how conservatives actually have some common decency when we argue our opinions. We don’t interrupt the leaders of our country with nasty protests like these liberals are doing. Hell even Obama will admit there is not a conservative who has done this to him at his rallies.

MCCAIN ‘08!

Monday May the 26th is Memorial Day throughout the United States. A day to remember those who have served and died in combat fighting for the United States military. Whether they fought in World War II, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan or Iraq, they are all veterans. As veterans, they made the ultimate sacrifice that one man or woman could do for their country: suspended their lives to protect this great nation. It’s truly a special day to think about the past and look optimistically to the future.

The war in Iraq is not a popular idea anymore. However, speaking from experience, men are still going over there and it affects their families. The families of soldiers go through a lot as well. My brother-in-law is a Marine and is still in training in the Corps. He and my sister move constantly from one base to another. That’s just my personal experience. For those whose family members are in Iraq or Afghanistan the emotional strain must be much, much more. One day soon my family and I may be in that boat, worrying about my brother-in-law but for now we are just all spending as much time as possible.

Put your flags out tomorrow, grill some hamburgers and hot dogs and spend your day with your family. But don’t ever forget the sacrifices and the changes these men and women have made for our freedom. Without them this country isn’t where it’s at today. So, pray for the soldiers fighting right now and pray for those in past wars who have served or lost their lives. They deserve it.

BAGHDAD AP-Press Release — Iraqi soldiers moved unhindered through Baghdad’s vast Sadr City district on Wednesday as Shiite militiamen who have long controlled the area faded from view and schools and businesses began to reopen after weeks of strife.

The Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is pursuing an increasingly successful effort to contain the militias of his Shiite rivals and to exercise authority over areas where Iraqi forces were once unwelcome. The strategy has won al-Maliki admiration from Sunnis and from U.S. and British officials, who credit him with exerting some of the political will necessary to achieve reconciliation.

An offensive against militias in the southern city of Basra earlier this year required hastily organized support from U.S. and British forces, but this week’s deployment of thousands of Iraqi troops into Sadr City has included no overt assistance from the U.S. military.

Sadr City is a largely impoverished section of Baghdad that is home to about 2 million people, many of whom support the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a onetime backer of al-Maliki who has become his chief rival. Sadrist officials negotiated the entry of Iraqi troops, apparently winning agreement that U.S. forces would stay out.

Sadr is motivated by several interests: By allowing Iraqi troops into his Baghdad stronghold, he hopes to bolster his nationalist credentials and improve his movement’s image. The government’s expanded presence could also bring long-promised investment and services to his core constituency ahead of provincial elections scheduled for this year.

Shortly after al-Maliki launched the Basra offensive in March, militiamen in Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad stepped up mortar and rocket attacks against the Green Zone, the fortified enclave that houses many U.S. and Iraqi officials. U.S. and Iraqi troops moved more forcefully against Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia, prompting clashes that subsided last week after a cease-fire negotiated by Sadrist leaders and lawmakers allied with al-Maliki.

On Wednesday, Iraqi troops received flowers and copies of the Quran from Sadr City residents, as well as assistance from Sadrist officials. Among the signs of renewed normalcy, one was striking: Ali Adnan, an Iraqi soldier, took a shower at a Sadr headquarters, as some of his colleagues washed their uniforms at a sink. “We expected some resistance,” Adnan said. “We found the exact opposite.”

Sadrist leaders said they had demanded that American soldiers remain on the sidelines of the military incursion.

U.S. officials have said they were happy to let Iraqi troops take the lead. But Iraqi officials have limited control over U.S. military operations.

This past Sunday the likely Democratic candidate for President, Barack Obama, said one of the most outrageous comments in regards to foreign policy I have ever heard. Obama said: “”Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union, They don’t pose a threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.”

Then just two days later, Barack changed his whole tone on Iran and it appears he had an epiphany of sorts in regards to his naive comments… Obama said “Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust…”

So Senator Obama, where on earth do you stand on Iran? On Sunday you said its threat to the US is tiny, but just two days later you changed your tone and demeanor and stated it is a grave threat to the US. So what is it Obama? You can’t go both ways on this issue…

I for one am in agreement with many Republicans that this will be used to show his terrible weaknesses on foreign policy this fall in a series of Television Ad’s. Imagine showing Ahmadinejad on a TV screen with his own very words that his Mideast Strategy is to: Destroy Israel, our #1 ally in that area of the world. And then put Obama’s flip flopping remarks on Iran right after it…..

That is the type of ad that will really hurt Senator Obama’s credibility this fall. For whatever reason he is making a big deal about Iran when he should be worrying about issues that he is more in touch on with the American people, such as the economy; not on his weak point which is foreign policy. Hell perhaps he should concentrate on uniting his own party. Yesterday’s exit polls in Kentucky showed that 32% of Kentucky Democrats will vote for John McCain this fall against Obama’s 50%. That my friends, is not unification, it’s a major division in the left.

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