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Sen. Sununu is about to introduce a bill that would forbid the FCC, read Federal Government, from imposing technical standards and stifling innovation.

I only recently became aware of Sen. Sununu while watching a video of a hearing on C-SPAN’s website. From what I have heard and read he seems to have the most reasonable take on technology of any congressman. It seems that his decisions on this subject can only be described as rational. Rationality is a rare occurrence these days, especially within the political realm.

According to the Justice Department the 9/11 Commission cannot be sure they had all relevant documents because former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger stole documents from the National Archive.

Am I the only one that thinks this could be a really bad idea?
From New Scientist:

“Could there be forbidden sequences in the genome – ones so harmful that they are not compatible with life?…

Whether these sequences have any biological significance in living organisms is not yet known – the next step is to test 20 of the peptoprimes in bacteria and human cells to see whether they have any effect such as causing death or provoking an immune reaction.”

The head of C-SPAN has asked Nacy Pelosi, the incoming leader of the House of Representatives to allow more freedom to the cameras inside the House.

“In a Dec. 14 letter, C-SPAN CEO and Chairman Brian Lamb asked Pelosi to roll back the three-decade old practice that put the House Speaker in charge of the cameras.”

It was brought to my attention recently that former president Clinton signed a presidential directive that is in direct violation of the Constitution. So naturally, me being me, I did not take the person’s word and looked it up myself. After reading the directive I have come to agree with said person. To be more specific the presidential directive violates the first paragraph of Article 2 Section 2 which states:

The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.

But don’t take my word for it, check it out yourself.

Students protested at a speech by the president of Iran. The people of Iran are not the enemy but the government is. This is a problem that I have not yet heard an answer for. Who knows though, we could take out the leaders and cause a power struggle like in Iraq.

Many Iraqi leaders are upset over the recently released Iraq Study Group Report. They fear that the report will lead to a stronger move to leave that country before the Iraqis themselves have everything under control. The Iraqis want us there, end of story.

David Deming, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma claims “the public has been vastly misinformed” about global warming in his statement to the Senate.

According to Teamxbox.com, a disgruntled owner of an Xbox 360 has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft after the mandatory Fall update caused his/her system to crash. Honestly, if Microsoft is forcing this gamer and others to pay for repairs I think it would be helpful to make Microsoft realize their mistake in actual dollars. It would help, however, if the plaintiff’s gamertag weren’t REDRUM6622. Just a thought.

Microsoft just aired this trailer for Halo 3 on Monday Night Football. It’s live action and CG , but that doesn’t mean it’s not filled with hints about the story or game play. Enjoy!

From Wired.com: A new add makes comparisons between Tony Blair and Hitler, for proposing a national ID. While this blogger is against governments creating mass databases of its citizens, I don’t like the comparison. The add will get people’s attention, and maybe that is a good thing.

It looks like the Democrats are about to severely cut spending on missile defense. This comes as North Korea has recently tested a mid-range ICBM and Iran is working on missile technology as well. I can’t understand this kind of reasoning, if in fact that’s what you could call it.

A Democrat has proposed reinstating the draft for the military. The Democrats previously said that Republicans would bring back the draft and were using that as a reason to vote for Democrats and now they are the ones proposing a draft (see title). Who in their right mind thinks like that? Any country that cannot sustain a volunteer military, obviously does not have the support of the people. Any politician proposing a draft is not welcome on this blog, no matter what party they happen to affiliate themselves with at the time.

Video of Black activist calling for the extermination of Whites. This guy thinks Whites are going to kill all Blacks and the only way for Blacks to survive is to kill the Whites. News flash: Blacks in America should be afraid of being taken over by Islamofascists whose mantra is: “Convert or Die”, not White people.

Some NATO countries that have soldiers in Afghanistan have refused to back up other NATO countries and engage the enemy. The world is not going to be pretty place if we refuse to destroy those who wish to destroy us. Some of the countries have “mandates” that say they are not to get involved in combat! That is insane. Not helping your friends fight the enemy helps the enemy.

As I wrote in a previous post, al Qaeda has seen the election of Democrats and the resignation of Rumsfeld as a sign of weakness. They now believe that they are winning.

al Qaeda tape:

“The victory day has come faster than we expected,” he says. “Here is the Islamic nation in Iraq victorious against the tyrant. The enemy is incapable of fighting on and has no choice but to run away.”

If you voted for Democrats, your reasoning for doing so does not matter. The only thing that matters is that it is seen by the enemy as weakness. I did not think that Democrats being elected would be that bad, but with the release of a new tape by some of the Islamofascists I fear for the safety of this nation the most since September 11, 2001. I believe that most of the country still really doesn’t understand the threat and the only thing that will convince them is a city wiped out by a nuclear weapon.

The only thing I can think of now is: God help us all.

There has been much talk on Liberal Blogs about Kerry’s recent gaff and how it was an honest and simple mistake. This is a cogent response to that from Donald Sensing

Since the 2004 election, I decided to avoid posting about partisan politics, that is, issues attached to candidates or holders of office. I decided to discuss issues as before, but without discussing the personalities behind those issues except, as far as possible, in a non-partisan way.

Until today.In about 30 minutes I wll leave to attend the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Buerstetta, killed in action in Iraq two weekends ago. He was a 2004 graduate of Franklin High School, where both my sons knew him. He and my eldest son were actually scheduled to go to boot camp at Parris Island, SC, the same day, but a change by their recruiter sent them on different days. Lance Cpl. Buerstetta was a Marine reservist, enrolled in college at Middle Tennessee State University, when his callup came. Without a flicker of hesitation at being yanked from his college courses, he shouldered his seabags and went off to war. “His bags stayed packed,” according to a family member. He died about a month after arriving in Iraq.

Got that? High school graduate. College student. US Marine. Iraq.

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From: Review-Journal

“Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas H. Anderson was killed on Nov. 12, 2004, in Iraq.
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‘That Guy Is a (Expletive)’
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on a Nevada Senate candidate’s botched effort to use the crippled-vet ploy:

Hoping to generate attention for his boss late in an underdog campaign, an aide to Democrat Jack Carter solicited the mother of an Iraq war casualty to appear alongside the Senate candidate at a rally or news conference last week.

But if it was looking for a willing ally, the Carter camp evidently picked the wrong mother.

Eleanor Dachtler of Las Vegas said she was insulted by the overture, which was made in a blind letter that began: “I hope I have reached the right Eleanor Dachtler and that you are the mother of Nick Anderson. If not, please disregard this letter.”

The letter asked if Dachtler would appear with Carter at an event where the candidate would be criticizing the Iraq policy of President Bush and Republican incumbent John Ensign.

Dachtler’s participation could help draw media coverage, she was told. . . .

“I read the letter, and I thought, ‘This guy is a (expletive),’ ” said Dachtler, whose 18-year old son, Nicholas, was killed on Nov. 12, 2004, in the Anbar province. . . .

She said she kept her annoyance to herself until she saw Carter on television with paraplegics at an event to promote stem cell research, similar to the idea his aides had pitched her on Iraq.

“It was almost like he was exploiting these people,” she said.