I see that McCain is rightfully strutfully about the fact that he 'knows' the answer to abortion and Obama doesn't.

I heard this again on Rush today. And my local right-wing radio jock.

It is so simple. Life begins at conception.

Ask the Pope. And while you are at it, ask the Pope how easy this 'simple' statement translates in social mores.

Italy is Catholic. The Pope is against abortion.

In 1978, a law was passed in Italy which set forth the regulations governing the procedures for obtaining an induced abortion.  According to this law, all women are eligible to request an abortion during the first 90 days of gestation for health, economic, social, or familial reasons.  To obtain an abortion, the woman must have a certificate attesting to the state of the pregnancy from her general practitioner, or a private physician or a public maternal-child health clinic. The abortion is performed free-of-charge at either at a health care structure in the National Health Care System or in a private structure contracted and authorized by regional health authorities.

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Time for another late-night mickt diary to be ignored.

Ask the average American where his money goes when he fills his tank and he will say "The Middle East".

So what are the facts? Based upon data from the U.S.Energy Information Administration, Keating says the U.S. produces 5.1 million barrels (34%) of crude oil per day while importing 10.1 barrels (66%) per day. The top five countries we import from on a daily basis are:

Canada - 1.8 million barrels
Mexico - 1.6 million barrels
Saudi Arabia - 1.4 million barrels
Venezuela - 1.1 million barrels
Nigeria - 1.0 million barrels

unreliable source because it doesn't fit the mainstream narrative

The only thing to do during times like this is to pop some popcorn and watch and things flail.

Some people complain that the fact Georgia attacked South Ossettia prompting the escalation doesn't make it into the US news narrative.

To this, I say: So?. The following is a lot of background crap that doesn't make it into our news. First, as usual, is energy:

Can Georgia become a kind of a regional hub for transportation of large volumes of gas and oil through the Black Sea to Europe, in particular to Ukraine?
That is our plan. And all prerequisites are available for that. Today we transport gas and electric power from north to south and from east to west, with all the flows going through Georgia so this is a hub. As you know, the oil and gas corporation of Georgia, together with (Azeri state oil company) SOCAR, Ukrainian, Polish and Lithuanian colleagues, have created a company called Sarmatia to develop a route from Odessa to Brody and then further to Gdansk. This is another alternative direction that can be filled with Kazakh oil.

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Wonder why Poland and Ukraine are so pissed?

First, lets read what subject A had to say in 2004:

But look at the region whence al Qaeda came. Not only has the Taliban been overthrown, Afghanistan just this week adopted a new constitution agreed to by a loya jirga (grand council) representing every part of this fractured tribal society. It is an astonishing development in a country with so little experience in representative government and ravaged by more than a quarter-century of civil war. And it came about as a result of American force of arms followed by American diplomacy.

Subject A

My father worked as a union worker at Caterpillar. He made a living wage and was able to provide for our family. His job sucked. In the summertime the factory was hot as hell. Most of the jobs were tedious. Right before he retired, he actually had a job he enjoyed. He tested and troubleshot finished tractors. Most days, the tractors functioned properly. But when one had a problem, and my dad had to hunt down the short in the thousands of wires, he actually felt like he was working. When he found the bad connector, replaced it, and the electical system worked right, he was happy. He would come home in a such a happy mood.

Then Reagan came.

I'm baffled why people are upset about the FISA bill. It's not like there is no history is Democrats caving.

In fact, here is some current history. Democrats, Unionists, and Neocons banding together. That's right. Democrats and John Bolton, Frank Gaffney Jr, Max Boot, Fred Kagan all arm and arm fighting the fight together.

Scoop Jackson lives!

Liveing in bumfuck Georgia, I seldom read the local paper. Almost everytime I do, I go ballistic.

But I buy it for my father-in-law. And today I took a peek. Cal Thomas had an article bitching about Obama's view on religion. Obama has a fairly open stance. Cal Thomas has the southern stance. Jesus saves. If you don't believe in Jesus, you disrespect the Catholics and Evangelicals. Oddly enough, for all his pro-Israel support, he kind of drops the fact that Judiasm isn't so strong on this Jesus thing.

So the Washington Post does its best job of trying to stem the bleeding that is the Bush adminstration today with Fred Hiatt's editorial: Bush Lied? If it were so simple.

His logic used throughout is that since Bush had a document, a piece of intel, anything to back up his claim, it was 'substantiated'. He used a word in the report that was meant to mean something completely different. The report looked at the administration to see if it outright pulled shit out of its ass vice hunted for some piece of intel that fits its policy. It found that a couple of times it really did pull shit out of its ass. But most of the time they were able to find some intel, weak as it was, to justify their claims. So by switching the meaning, he makes it appear that 'the intelligence community' substantiated his bullshit claims.

I don't know why Thomas 'Six Months' Friedman bothers me so much. Well actually I do. How can a bullshit artists who cares about investment potentional be sold as someone that understands the Middle East social environment.
 
After reading today's article, it really was crystal clear. But before talking about Friedman, a description of the Israeli economic situation from the BBC (Israeli economy is like ours, the really rich make rules, get thousands handed to them in envelopes, blame everyone else for the ills of the country...).

Israel's economic growth has forged a wider gap between the rich and the poor, and in so doing the otherwise welcome prosperity has had the peculiar effect of undermining some of the values that used to unite the country's people.

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So, how does the esteemd New York Times describe this:

The reason? Israel is a country that is hard-wired to compete in a flat world.

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As I was sipping my Messiah Bold Ale, the official beer of drunks for Hizballah, when I came across David Brooks latest article in the esteemed NYT about Obama and Hizballah.

In typical snide Brooks fashion, he lashes out at Obama for his policy while providing no history. No solution other than the failed status quo.

You see, in NYT-land, wearing a suit, talking about 'democracy' and 'human rights' in front of a camera or in print are all that matter. That is why he hates Chomskyland.

I will explain below, but there are graphic images.

Thank you Lindsey Graham and Ambassador Crocker for showing just how evil Iran is.

You mention that Iran forced Hizballah to 'attack' Israel before a UN vote on Iran.

That is just the tip of the iceberg. For Iran's evil fingers lurk far deeper.

We all know know that the Israeli military is such a poorly trained force that a strong group like Hizballah can do whatever they want/whenever they want against them. This is obvious. Why tomorrow at 8:00 they could just march into Haifa and the IDF couldn't stop them.

This statement in today's Washington Post editorial says all about the thinking in Washington:

"every political goal the Bush administration has aimed at for five years, from the establishment of a stable government to agreement by Iraq's neighbors to support it."

since when was this his goal?

The editorial implies that Bush has actually been working at this goal, and the Obama is dreaming that he can accomplish this.

I think his toast is cinnamon and raisan. And it tastes good.

But that will come later.

First, reality.

My wife just returned from taking our daughter to Horton hears a Who. It had a very liberal message. At the end, when the message was everyone deserved to be heard, no matter how small, there was a standing ovation.

This was Augusta, Georgia.

I realize we are still messing with Iran. I mean, how dare a third world nation take something like a self-supporting energy program on. That is not what brown people do. They rely on us to give them what we feel they need.

But on to Syria.

Paul Wolfowitz is yet again working for our government.

Wolfowitz to head US arms panel

Paul Wolfowitz, the former president of the World Bank, is to head a new US advisory panel on arms control and disarmament, the US state department has said.

From here

So when a nice document comes out talking about all the falsehoods leading to our war, with Wolfowitz being one of the prime figures, what do they do? Hire him again.

So there was this 'major event' between the Iranian Navy and our vessels in the Persian Arabian Gulf.

Sure you heard all about how those evil Iranians in their speedboats made the US Navy in their multi-million dollar advanced weapons systems fear for their lives.

But it gets worse.

Here is the BBC article. It has video and audio.

Both telling.

Today started out good.

While driving into work, I heard the usually establisment supporter Dave Harris of the AJC do a wonderful peace on the 10 anti-Semetic asses in New York who attacked a Jewish person and the Muslim that came to his defense.

I heard that and thought: "He's on my nice list. No lump of coal for Christmas this year from me."

Work was the usual....

Then I drove to pick up lunch. I listen to Neal Boortz on my luchtime sojourns just to make sure my BP doesn't fall into into the safe zone.

The Sudanese cloak their obstructionism in anti-imperialist, anti-foreign rhetoric: Intervention in Darfur is a front for white powers again lusting for African conquests. It is an old and shabby trick but one that still has currency in African and Middle Eastern lands traumatized by the colonial era.

Thus writes the esteemed Washington Post columnist Hoagland.

We have no plan. Nope. None whatsover. It is all their fault.