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Technorati Tags: 2008, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Chris Dodd, global warming, Harry Reid, Illegal Immigration, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, socialism, U.S. Economic crisis

“I graduated in 1979.  The Vietnam War had come to an end.  We weren’t engaged in an active military conflict at that point.  And so, it’s not an option that I ever decided to pursue.” - Barack Obama on why the U.S. military had no need for his soldiering services.

In my life thus far, I’ve been fortunate enough to have visited four of the seven continents. I’ve been to well over 20 countries and over half the United States. I’ve sipped sake’ with Japanese workaholics, and pounded ale with polished German and British executives. I’ve known seasoned sailors and Marines, farmers, well-drillers and have associated with people from every conceivable background.

I grew up on the streets of Los Angeles before it became a Third-World extension of Mexico because of an invasion of illegal aliens. I lived through earthquakes, mudslides, riots, firestorms and heatwaves along with a representative sampling of every conceivable type of human being on Earth. I thought I had seen just about everything by the age of 25. But every now and then, I read or hear something uttered by a candidate for national office that is so patently absurd, I simply can’t believe it. 

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Technorati Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Illegal Immigration, Iraq, Keith Olbermann, patriotism, political commentary

When I was six, I watched as a man insulted my father after dad refused to allow the guy to cut in front him in the bakery line. After a few words were exchanged, I watched as my father took him out  back to where we old-schoolers call “behind the woodshed” where he proceeded to pummel the poor chap silly before he apologized and slunk off.

As a young boy, all I could think of was how proud I was of my father when he kicked that guy’s butt. My brother and I were laughing about how cool it was my dad clocked this guy when we were sternly interupted for the compulsory lessons about conflict that this particular pummeling demonstrated.

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Technorati Tags: 2008, amnesty, Barack Obama, global warming, Illegal Immigration, John McCain, Politics, Terrorism

“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them… It’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” - Barack Obama

Barack Obama was a virtual unknown until he gave a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Since then, he has made much of the power of words. He He has made millions writing books. He has hypnotized millions of people on the campaign trail with his speeches about hope and change. 

But the words he used weren’t always his own. When attacked by the Clintons as being all talk, his response included plagiarized lines because he felt they were so pivotal to the idea that he was qualified to be president. “Just Words?”, I recall he rhetorically asked.  Yes indeed, this is a man who is very familiar with the power of words.

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Technorati Tags: 2008, 2nd Amendment, ACLU, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigration, Rev. Jeremiah Wright

The caucus-goers in Iowa have caucused. Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama get the Iowa nod. But Iowa isn’t New Hampshire. Or Florida. Or California. It is but the first in a series of contests the candidates must win in order to capture the presidency and there’s still a long, circuitous trek from the rural roads of Iowa to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Although Huckabee took Iowa, it is not yet clear if he can sustain the momentum he has. He was essentially handed a victory by a large bloc of evangelical voters despite several foreign policy gaffes and revelations of a less than stellar record (conservatively speaking) on illegal immigration, taxes and crime. Mike Huckabee may be able to fool some of the people some of the time, but he certainly can’t fool them all. Voters in states like California are too smart to invest much equity in Huckabee’s House of Baloney. His shenanigans in the run-up to Iowa may work with those predisposed to vote for him already, but not to the general public.

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Technorati Tags: 2008, Illegal Immigration, Mike Huckabee, political commentary, political opinion, Politics

Throughout history the enemies of the United States were easily recognizable;

They wore the red coat and flew the Union Jack; they wore the jackboot and the swastika; they worshipped the rising sun.

In this modern age of global terror, the enemy praises murder. He hides behind burqua-clad women when attacking or evading or he hides in the burqua itself. In his propaganda videos he often wears a headscarf to hide his face. While focusing on our global enemy however, we must be very cautious; for the enemy doesn’t always wear a headscarf. Sometimes he dons a black robe… And bangs a gavel… And makes decisions so contrary to the rule of law that he should not only be removed from the bench, he should be jailed.

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Technorati Tags: Charles Breyer, Illegal Immigration

Part of the federal government’s supposed crackdown on illegal immigration and one of the few absurdities that Republicans capitulated to was this cockamamie notion of a ‘virtual’ border fence. Apparently, Congress lacks the political will to put real physical barriers in place to stop this invasion. That, or they’re just plum lazy. Probably a smattering of both, but it’s the laziness that concerns me. This culture of Congressional couch-potatoism has caused them to take what is arguably the easy way out, relying on the crutch of technology to do that for which they lack the spine.

It matters not if it is software that models weather, runs the neighborhood ATM or sends our astronauts into space; the underlying principles governing the testing processes to discover and remediate defects remains the same.

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Technorati Tags: Illegal Immigration, Michael Chertoff

Although I often scoff at corny liberal bumper stickers, the latest one “2008: End of an error” couldn’t be more prescient, given the political landscape we find ourselves in. As an independent conservative, I readily admit that on the issue of George Bush, I now have come to agree with many a liberal and believe that Bush has surpassed Bill Clinton as the worst president in American history.

That doesn’t mean that I’ll necessarily crowd the polls to vote for a Democrat just because Bush has turned his back on me and millions of other Americans, just that Bush was all talk. Nothing more than a bunch of Texas euphemisms. He has consistently failed to deliver during the balance of both terms, angering Democrats (good) and alienating Republicans (bad).

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Technorati Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Illegal Immigration, Iraq, John Edwards, Politics, Terrorism

Only in the mind of a liberal did George Bush, the CIA or any American have anything to do with the September 11th attacks.

Only in the mind of a liberal should society sanction and pay for the execution of an unborn baby, but not the execution of those beyond redemption.

Only in the mind of a liberal is Osama bin Laden a holy warrior, while George Bush the anti-Christ

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Technorati Tags: 9/11 conspiracies, Al Gore, global warming, Illegal Immigration, John Edwards, liberalism, MoveOn.org, Terrorism

The US Senate’s latest attempt to destroy the United States through an epic tidal wave of immigration appears to be dying and will be pulled from consideration. So says Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)

Immediately upon word of this development, liberals pointed their bony little fingers at everything from the Minutemen to conservative talk radio for sinking the last best chance to restore the golden rule of law, bring justice to the land and bathe America in the glistening harmony of multiculturalism. The vote that might kill this bill was on a motion for cloture, or in my national language, to end the debate and proceed to a vote. Harry Reid is killing this bill, not Michael Savage.

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Technorati Tags: Harry Reid, Illegal Immigration

The United States is well on its way to Marxism and may be further along than many people thought. It is well known that there are many professors in American universities that espouse Marxist, collectivist viewpoints. They do so openly.

But how far does this go? How harmful is a bunch of hippie Marxist rhetoric? Aren’t these just the rantings of some isolated loons? The argument I will put forth says that it is all around us. It permeates everything. It influences our thoughts and deeds. It is used by the UN. It is used by Democrats. Hell, it is even used by Republicans in the Senate. It is used by anyone pushing any sort of globalist agenda. Karl Marx would be proud.

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Technorati Tags: amnesty, global warming, Hegelian Dialectic, Illegal Immigration, Marxism, socialism

moderate - mod? er ? ate (’mä d(&) r&t - 1). [adj.] Avoiding extremes in behavior or expression. Observing reasonable limits. 2). [v.] Tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension. Having average or less than average quality. Mediocre. 3). [n.] Professing or characterized by political or social beliefs that are not extreme. © 2007 Merriam Webster Inc.

When examined in gross detail, the English language is one of rich expression. But it can also be used in many negative ways. One can use it to misinform and therefore to manipulate people. One can also use it stroke one’s own ego into erroneously thinking that their belief systems represent the values of the vast majority of Americans. Take the word “moderate” for example. John McCain (R.I.N.O. - AZ) is a self-professed “moderate”. But in whose opinion? There is nothing moderate about a sitting United States Senator conspiring with other Senators to circumvent the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans by rewarding millions of foreign criminals with coveted US citizenship.

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Technorati Tags: 2008, amnesty, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, John McCain

“A political solution, while more desirable, is not possible until one side of a conflict has their nose bloodied sufficiently to start talking and stop fighting.” - Yours Truly

Hillary Clinton will say or do anything to get elected. All that she seeks; indeed, all that she lives for is absolute power. She has demonized, henpecked, browbeaten, slurred, exaggerated, lied and bullied her way to where she is today with no indication she is about to stop now. To the contrary, her recent comments indicate she is continuing her fabrications in hot pursuit of the Presidency.

Forget that we got “two for the price of one” when we elected “Billary”, it wasn’t much of a bargain. Forget about the scandals. Travelgate… The FBI files… The Rose Law Firm… Vince Foster… Web Hubbel… Questions about cattle futures… Forget that she was a Cubs fan, or a Yankees fan or both… Forget about the ethnic and racial slurs that many witnesses have confirmed over the years. Let’s focus on the present, shall we?

She supports amnesty for illegals, yet recently criticized Republicans –all that stands in her way– for obstructing Democrats on meaningful immigration reform. She claims the G.O.P. isn’t moving fast enough and that she would do better than they securing the border, yet her efforts could add 60 – 100 million people to the US population in the next 20 years. The truth is, no one knows exactly where she stands on important issues.

Project Vote Smart is a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort to educate voters. Candidates are administered a “test”, called the NPAT, to independently gauge their positions on wide range of policy matters. Candidates are not asked what they oppose, only what they support. Hillary Clinton flat out refuses to answer the NPAT.

On television, Clinton exaggerated her little junket to Iraq as if she was sharing in both the risks and the sacrifices of American soldiers. She also took the opportunity to lie and embellish once again. She stated that upon reaching Iraq, due to bad weather, they were advised they [Clinton, Evan Bayh(D-IN) and perhaps others] may have to divert. Their response, as she recounted to Greta Van Susteren, was that they said “Let’s try to get in to Baghdad”. My inner cynic tells me there was more to it than that.

Clinton actually overruled military brass on the ground, possibly putting US pilots and aircrews at risk, just so she could say she’d been there on the ground and the security situation sucks.

Then she told yet another whopper about not being able to chopper in to Baghdad, and having to drive the Highway of Death from the Baghdad Airport to the US controlled Green Zone, which, if she knew her you-know-what from a hole in the ground, she should know is in Southern Iraq. It is where US forces corralled Iraqi troops into a kill box after the latter fled Kuwait in 1991. Stretching yet again, she suggested that because she has to wear body armor (well, she doesn’t have to), that US forces are constrained in their movements and that this has contributed to a lack of intelligence which in turn has contributed to George Bush’s mistakes.

But by far, the biggest indicators of her foreign policy ignorance, tactical ineptitude, and a prime example of the hot air she spews, is her parroting of the Democratic talking points regarding a “phased redeployment”. She criticizes Bush for not sending enough troops, while in the same breath proposing a “cap” on the number of troops. That is for the Generals to decide, not Hillary Clinton.

She won’t give our fighting men the reinforcements or relief necessary to accomplish their mission, then proposes having them “redeploy” in phases. Redeploy to where? How many phases? How many men in each phase? Over how long? Who goes first? Who goes last? Who provides security when we only have a few thousand troops left?

Finally, I leave you with this thought…

Being an American is a privilege. I thank my maker every day for that honor; for that privilege. In her own words, Hillary Clinton thinks that being an American is an obligation. It may be a slip of her forked tongue, but the words of politicians are constantly scripted and often belie cultural disdain for those they govern.

My opposition to Hillary Clinton has nothing to do with her being a woman and everything to do with her being the most divisive, power-drunk, political figure that I have observed in my lifetime. There is simply too much documented evidence that she will say or do whatever it takes to seize absolute power, no matter how dishonest.

Technorati Tags: 2008, Hillary Clinton, Illegal Immigration, Iraq, political commentary, Politics

“This unfortunately reminds me of when Hitler began rounding up the Jews for no reason and locking them up. Now they’re coming for the Latinos, who will they come for next?”- Carla Vela - Bexar County, TX Democratic Party Chair.

If we as human beings ever intend to carry on a rational discourse about any topic, it is absolutely imperative that people on both sides of the argument employ common sense. There’s no point in two people with opposing viewpoints who are debating the substantive issues of the day comparing apples to oranges. In fact, when either of them does so, it is an intellectually dishonest move and an exercise in futility.

When discussing war, for example; The “war on drugs” isn’t really a war. Neither is the “war on poverty.” The US military isn’t burning South American coca fields and toppling their tenuous dictatorships or bringing aid on the backs of M1-Abrams tanks to African nations wallowing in the filth of poverty.

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Technorati Tags: Carla Vela, Illegal Immigration, LULAC

The whole purpose for the creation and continuing existence of War Of Wits is to reemphasize the truth for Americans, and to shed light upon the real dangers facing the United States. The true motives of international terrorist groups. The constraints that a two-party political system unnecessarily imposes on the US. The true dangers of political correctness. The damage being done by instructing you not to be judgmental. By allowing ANYONE to label a group, such as the Minutemen -who represent the wishes of millions and are doing what government paralysis cannot do- as vigilantes, racists, or political grandstanders.

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Technorati Tags: ACLU, Illegal Immigration, Judicial Tyranny, Media Bias, Political Correctness, Politics, Terrorism