The Democrats Agenda?

Ed, at CQ is asking the question........ "What are they hiding"

Well, MoveOn is going to do some "defining":

MoveOn.org is asking its members to vote on the following ten options, which it described as the most popular ideas from last week's house parties:

A living wage for all.....redistribution of wealth/ communism

Global leadership through diplomacy.......pre 9/11 mentality

Verifiable, accurate elections......they are called "voting machines" and they have already been invented, but the Dems can't seem to get to one.

High quality education for all.......raising taxes (and throw out those pesky exit exams)

Balanced federal budget...............raising taxes (where's the "cut spending"?)

Health care for all.........................raising taxes

Publicly funded elections..........sure, let the public pay for every idiot that wants raise your taxes.

Preserve our natural resources.......don't drill in my backyard 'till I'm gone.

Energy independence: clean, renewable sources......the left has prevented the nuclear reactors, (or a new refinery) from being built for the past thirty years.

Restored constitutional rights.......by all means, let's let the terrorist make "toll free" calls.


This is a recipe for economic disaster. Most of these wonderful ideas are achievable only on the backs of the working class. They plan to take more of your hard earned dollars to pay for most of these programs, but the left will disguise it as taxing the rich to pay for it.

Capitalism vs.Communism/Socialism.

MoveOn.org said it wants every voter to understand "what progressives will do for our country -- and 3 big ideas is about as many as most of us can easily remember at one time." (Isn't this precious?)

And they continue to wonder why they lose elections.

Memorial Realities

Capt B, from One Marines View chronicles the reality of the war against the insane islamofacist
with a gut-wrenching story. Caution, this is sobering and numbing writing that should put our daily petty problems in perspective.

Please take the time to read it all.

Shaving Cream in the Face

SAN FRANCISCO -- There's nothing like a shaving-cream pie in the face to make a guy feel like part of a team.Giants rookie first baseman Travis Ishikawa took it in good spirits as fellow freshman Kevin Frandsen and catcher Todd Greene mashed the pie in the kisser during a postgame TV interview Friday night, for he knew it was more than rookie hazing.

It meant he did something good.

The 22-year-old Ishikawa was called up Thursday to replace injured starter Lance Niekro and was surprised to find himself in the starting lineup, but he celebrated by going 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in San Francisco's 9-0 rout of Colorado at AT&T Park. Full recap here and Giants five run 5th here.

Down 50 cents.....but

The Giants fizzled in the final two games with the Cards. That puts me at -50, and morally defeated. I always seem to not get enough strokes or runs when it comes to betting with my dear cousin.

Now I will admit that the Cards do seem to be the team to beat if you want to measure up to a play-off or series contender. The Giants are currently in last place in the NL west, yet they are only 3-1/2 games out of first. The pitching may be suspect lately, but considering the quality of offenses (A's and Cards) maybe it's not that bad. The season's still early.

Next up.......... three with the Rockies.

One in the Books

The Giants ripped the Cards tonight and I'm 50 cents ahead of the professer........the scores nine to one in ninth, so you do the math.

Final Score: 9-2

Bonds ties Ruth with homer No. 714

Saturday's homer was Bonds' sixth of the season, and also tied him with Ruth as the top left-handed home run hitter in MLB history. The solo shot came on a 1-1 pitch as he led off the second inning against Oakland's Brad Halsey, with Bonds taking the left-hander deep into the right-field bleachers.

Halsey, facing Bonds for the first time, said he knew the pitch was "bad news" as soon as it left his hand. "It was a fastball over the middle of the plate and he punished me for it," Halsey said.

Now I've watched Mays and McCovey hit their share of HR's and that was a treat (to say the least) growing up in Sac. I was at Pac Bell the night Bell slid face first into home plate to win the NL and put us in the series. This is just another part of Giants history.........and I'm proud to be a part of it.

10-1 ~ 14-3 ~ 10-1

These are the scores of the three game series against Houston. Three games, thirty plus runs are impressive numbers in any league, but the Giants have found something fun to do again, and that's win baseball games.........
.........Convincingly.

Right-hander Matt Morris, who had two hits himself, threw eight innings to improve to 3-4. He retired 14 in a row beginning with one out in the third before Adam Everett reached on an error to start the eighth. Morris allowed only three hits, none after the third inning.

Even with Bonds sittin this one out, the Gaints have seemed to find a groove. The runs just kept coming and often.


Maybe that comeback against the Dodgers last week had a delayed reaction. San Diego had a similar ninth inning comeback against the Dodgers a few weeks ago and went on a 12 game winning streak.

The Giants are now 7-3 in the last ten and, (as they say) "a good offense can make mediocre pitching look good". The series starts with the A's across the bay for three and then St. Louis comes into town for three more, then the Rockies for three the following weekend. If the Giants stay at or above .500 against these teams things may get much brighter this season.

Pedro Feliz has had a little more than production against Houston this season hitting a home run each of the past three nites.

That Barry's been silent and still stuck on 713 seems not so relevant for real Giants fans.

Winning games does.

Working on a Sand and Finish

Blogging will be "light" for the next few days as the physical labor kicks in.

It's a fifty year old oak floor that will be "a work of art" when I git done.

Bonds nails # 713

A 450 foot shot put Barry Bonds within one of the Babe.

ROAD TRIP..............

I will be up in Washington for the next three weeks helping my good Friends Don & Vi remodel one of their many homes.

Blogging will be EXTREAMLY light.

God Bless All...........

Kenny

No "DeLay" Here

One day after announcing his departure from the front lines of the Republican party, Tom DeLay took his first (of most likely many) shot at his adversaries and the Democratic Party.

"My liberal Democratic opponent has been raising money all over the nation," with help from liberal Democrats such as Barbra Streisand, George Soros, and Nancy Pelosi, DeLay said.
"His (Lampson's) money will dry up. This is probably the worst day of his campaign because he knows that any Republican that replaces me on the ballot will win this seat."

It will be fun to see how the Dems scramble to spin this one. And I'm going to enjoy the thought of hearing DeLay working for the party from the outside with the "baggage" discarded. DeLays comment on the state of the Democratic Party sums up much of the sentiment of the Republicans and many independents and moderates.

DeLay said the Democrat Party has no agenda, no solutions -- "all they've got is the strategy of personal destruction and character assassination; and it hasn't worked in the past, it's not going to work in the future. They are a permanent minority party."

As a fitting parting shot in the interview with Fox News, DeLay took the opportunity to "take a wack" at Ronnie Earl with the gloves off:

DeLay again accused Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle of abusing the Texas judicial system by bringing "frivolous" charges against him. DeLay admitted that Earle may have "won the battle" now that DeLay has decided to resign from Congress. "But in the end, we will beat him -- he will once again...be embarrassed and he will embarrass Travis County and he will embarrass the Texas Democrat Party.

(via CNS News)

Dafydd at Big Ligards has more on DeLay

Unexpected Prayer

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of __expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev.Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea. Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story," and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called "one nation under God."

"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything."

Legends in their own minds......

Me n' Pinetop after his performance at the Muni, Eureka, Ca. 3/25/06

It was just a shitty camera-phone, but it was "priceless" to me cause as soon as Pintop seen that camera he had to git in the picture. :)

That man don't miss a thing.......even at 92

And the Band Played On..........

The sixteenth annual Redwood Coast Jazz Festival kicked off at the Adorni Center, with dignitaries arriving in style.

Donna Landry, from the world famous A-Train, stopped to "throw a pose" for photographers outside the Big Band Dance opening.

Sixteenth Annual Jazz Festival

The sixteenth annual Redwood Coast Jazz Festival kicks off this thursday night and continues thru the weekend. Yours truly has been selected (hornswaggled) to be the "band driver coordinator" et al. Iffin yur near Humboldt County, California this weekend come check it out.


official site here











I can't wait to go back to work so I can relax. :)

Fox News Reporter Blows It

Feingold Calls Warrantless Wiretaps an Impeachable Offense
Thursday, March 16, 2006 By Liza Porteus

Fox News Story

WASHINGTON Although President Bush's authorization of
warrantless wiretaps is likely an impeachable offense, Sen. Russ
Feingold hopes to be a "voice of moderation" in not pushing the
Senate toward that option, the Wisconsin Democrat said Thursday.

I sent an email to Feedback@foxnews.com :

"I request that Fox News retracts this statement and clarifys it. Is this Liza's opinion that the "warrantless wiretaps is likely an impeachable offense"? The statement is not in quotes.

I will await (patiently) for a response. This is exactly how the MSM (and rarely Fox) play the "tell a lie long enough and it becomes the truth" syndrome.

Despite the fact that most (80%) of the people in this country favor the NSA listening to terrorist calls coming into the country, President Bush has stated, (and the attorney generals office has confirmed) that this is an authority granted the President under the War Powers Act.

Powerline has some excellent articles here and here.

Updates: (pending)

Russell Feingold...............RIP?

Rovinsworld decided to "search" the pages of four large newspapers (online) the day after Russ Feingold introduced his censure motion.

The Washington Times posted this story on the front page, but the other three had nothing.

But was I surprised to find this in my "search" for the story in NYT's search engine. The search found no entries but suggested "Search Paid Death Notices and Paid Memorial Notices for" and there is Sen. Russell Feingold. (Click on Photo to enlarge)

Papers of Record, that published this story: SF Chron..........not in the last 30 days.

LA Times: Posted this story about Feingolds intentions (before Feingold took the resolution to the floor) : Democrat Plans to Ask Senate to Censure Bush By Richard Simon, Times Staff WriterMarch 13, 2006:

WASHINGTON — Sen. Russell D. Feingold (D-Wis.) said Sunday that he would ask the Senate to censure President Bush for authorizing a warrantless domestic spying program, signaling a new determination by Democrats to keep the heat on the White House over the controversial eavesdropping by the National Security Agency.

Today's search of the LA Times found nothing, but by broadening the search I found this nice one by Rosa Brooks in an op-ed:

They can't even win a war of words Democrats are mired in smallness. How hard can it be to craft a message of passion? March 10, 2006

"Part of the problem is ambition and cowardice, which together make a lethal combination. Too many would-be Democratic leaders think that "playing it safe" is the way to go. They're fine with criticizing the administration, but the minute they take any flak themselves, they go scurrying back into their holes. In place of a willingness to take risks and speak from the heart, they offer a craven and misguided dependence on polls, focus groups and "expert strategists."

'TOGETHER, America can do better." When you hear that, do you feel inspired?

I didn't think so.

Rosa never mentions "Ridiculous Russ"

I hear the kids at "Lost-Kos" have gone nuts (as usual) on this, but stay tuned.

Feingold may very well have one foot in the grave, (politically), and it appears the MSM isn't going to help with the shoveling.

McCain and His Chances

Did anyone happen to see the near "end run" the Dems nearly used to attempt to show this nation how tough they are (not) on national security? They so dearly wanted their up or down vote on the ports deal. Bigotry aside, the Dems think the lemmings of protectionism is crutial to getting elected. With the Dems having virtually no solid platform to run on they will be willing to grab onto anything reactionary that appeals to the masses. This ports deal was to be the first step on the plank.

Let me first say, IMO, this UAE deal should have been a slam dunk.Handled properly, the Bush administration could have had the lead in putting "real" security restrictions on the deal, stalling long enough to get a consensus. Singling out UAE as the only foreign operator in our ports is a joke. Unfortunately, UAE's "book of past" is still too much in the present. Yes, even Billys cigar will come back to haunt Hillary. Speaking of William Jefferson, I still wonder what slick Willy "promised" the Sheiks at UAE for his 300k? Did Bill know inadvance that his wife would be standing there ready to tell the nation that the UAE has no business handling our goods? Maybe I'm giving too much credit to Willy's vision on this one.

While many will say that the President has entered the lame duck status for good after this affair, IMO, President Bush has the moral high ground on this one and the bigots on both sides of the isle will go down in history as passing up one of the best opportunitys to form genuine relationships with the middle east and the Arab community. National security my ass!

When the Dems grabbed this one by the throat, (and the MSM andtheir polls) the momentum was too much for the chickin-shit Republican Party to be seen as soft of security. At that point they had no choice but to join in the defiance.

And where was John McCain in this horserace? He certainly wasn't on Bush's side. What a hypocrite.

On the Front Lines and Home

By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 9, 6:28 PM ET

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Residents reported curious declarations hanging
from mosque walls and market stalls recently in Ramadi, the Sunni
Muslim insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad. The fliers said Iraqi
militants had turned on and were killing foreign al-Qaida fighters,
their one-time allies.

Read it all

It appears maybe the tide is turning and so are the people of Iraq. Tired of the foriegn fighters they are turning on them. This is good news.

And then some better news.........Capt. B from One Marines View has made it home.
At his website he says "we're still kickin ass".

Welcome home Cap, you done good. Semper Fi

Snow Advisory in Eureka?

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SNOWADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY.A VERY COLD AIR MASS MOVING INTO THE AREA IS ALLOWING WIDESPREADRAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. SNOWLEVELS ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 1000 FEET...BUT WILL DROP TO500 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL TEMPORARILY DROPTO SEA LEVEL IN THE MORE INTENSE SHOWERS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OFUP TO 1 INCH AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELYABOVE 500 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING.

This is so rare in Eureka (sea level) I remember getting three inches in 1989 that fell right on the beach. Quite a site.