Wow , This is BIG

Hey fellow Patriot readers, have you read today's issue yet? I bet a Kennedy staffer is going to be fodder for a raging Teddy, Mary Jo Kopechne is not available for comment. I am sure the desk at the Federalist Patriot vetted it before printing as their reputation is for reporting the truth is exemplary and not ever known for Onion type parody. This is rich, my normal editorial ethic is to reprint just a paragraph or so but this needs to be seen first hand. Todays issue is another outstanding example of Mark Alexander and his staff 's adherrence to excellence and blind luck in this case.

TOP OF THE FOLD
Dear Mr. President—A letter from Teddy Kennedy...
On Tuesday morning, an urgent correspondence from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to President George W. Bush was inadvertently delivered to the publishing headquarters of The Patriot. It seems that one of Mr. Kennedy's aides mistakenly put the letter to President Bush in a Patriot donor-support envelope—which means that the White House instead received a priority message from Sen. Kennedy with a profane "cease and desist" note addressed to your humble editorial staff.
Our editors wrestled with the legal and ethical implications of reprinting this letter for at least 60 seconds before concluding that we should disclose its contents to you, our esteemed readers, verbatim.
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the American people, I must say that we are deeply disappointed, offended in fact, with your nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Clearly, you're pandering to the right-wing extremists on the fringe of your party.
Yes, Alito was unanimously approved by the Senate as U.S. Attorney in 1987 and for the Circuit Court in 1990.
Yes, when Ronald Reagan nominated Alito to be a U.S. attorney in 1987, he received unanimous consent from the Senate. Yes, when your old man nominated him for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 1990, he again received unanimous consent from the Senate. Surely by now, some right-wing Internet rag has uncovered my praise for Justice, err, Judge Alito at his confirmation hearing back then: "You have obviously had a very distinguished record, and I certainly commend you for long service in the public interest. I think it is a very commendable career and I am sure you will have a successful one as a judge."
However, he was the lone conservative voice on the Third Circuit Court back then, so I didn't view his confirmation as a threat to our Constitution.
Besides, Mr. President, you know how these back-room wink-and-nod deals are cut. Remember when we agreed to give Reagan unanimous consent for that right-wing nut case Antonin Scalia in 1986, with the understanding that you guys would show us the same favor when it was our turn? Indeed, when my good friend Ms. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union, was nominated by my good friend Bill Clinton, she received overwhelming bipartisan support from Republicans.
More recently, knowing that your partisans would invoke the constitutional, err, nuclear option to change Senate rules and force a full-Senate vote on your right-wing appellate nominees, we agreed to release some of them for a floor vote. Then, when you finally got an opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice, you sent up a guy named John Roberts, about whom precious little was known. That allowed us to save face with the American people. Even less was known, publicly, about Harriet Miers, which is why my colleague, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, was kind enough to recommend her for the High Court.


You've nominated a dinosaur, a constitutional constructionist, who can read what the Constitution actually says—and the American people are very upset.
But now you've nominated in her place a man about whom a great deal is known. After 15 years on the appellate court, we know Alito is a dinosaur, a constitutional constructionist, somebody who can read what the Constitution actually says—and this has the American people very upset.
You and your right-wingers seem to cling to the antiquated notion that the Constitution should be interpreted as written. Well, wake up and smell the whiskey! What the American people want is a Supreme Court that will do what we, as their elected representatives, bid it to do. That's the Democratic way.
As I said in my press conference today, "Rather than selecting a nominee for the good of the nation and the court, you have selected a nominee who conservatives think has views as extreme as their own. If confirmed, Alito will fundamentally alter the balance of the court and push it dangerously to the right, placing at risk decades of American progress in safeguarding our fundamental rights and freedoms."
Harry Reid told you to "find a consensus nominee," but you ignored him.
When Harry Reid told you to "find a consensus nominee," you not only ignored his sage advice—you also failed to seek his approval for this nominee prior to your announcement. That, Mr. President, is a disgraceful example of partisanship.
We are gravely concerned that, in the words of my senatorial colleague, Chuck Schumer, "Alito will use his seat to return the court to the injustice of the past." Well, Mr. President, we are not going to let that happen. Pat Leahy feels the same way. "This is a needlessly provocative nomination," he said. "Instead of uniting the country through your choice, you have chosen to reward one faction of your party, the virulent wing of the Republican Party, at the risk of dividing the country." My understudy, John Kerry, echoes these grave concerns: "The far right wing has now forced you to nominate a divisive justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia who does not hold mainstream American values, rather than a qualified woman or minority." Dick Durbin got it right when he called this nomination "an effort to appease the far right wing."
The same talking points have been distributed to my underlings down in the House. Nan Pelosi got them: "The radical conservative right is in charge of your administration."
Until now, Mr. President, we've worked extremely well together. As your far-right radical base has no doubt told you, you haven't yet vetoed a single spending or regulatory-expansion measure we've sent over your way. Heck, your dad's foundation even bestowed upon me its annual lifetime achievement award for public service. But everything hangs in the balance with this nominee, Mr. President—so all bets are off.
So what if Alito has great academic credentials and more judicial experience than 105 of 109 Justices confirmed to the court? So what if Alito is the son of poor Italian immigrants? He may think he's Catholic, but he lacks the integrity of an Irish Catholic like me. None of this matters. I got kicked out of Harvard for cheating on a Spanish exam—so what? I left a young gal to drown when I got sloshed and drove us off that bridge—so what? I am still a Senator.
Judge Alito has demonstrated that he's a strict constructionist who supports states' rights and thinks the First Amendment restricts only the Congress when it comes to our sacred wall of separation between church and state. He would, no doubt, return to states and local communities the decision to have prayer in their schools. He's even approved Christmas displays by local municipalities. Even worse, though, is his support of parents' rights—as if they know better how to raise their kids than the government does. Alito thinks the Second Amendment means what it says, and that, Mr. President, is really dangerous. As you know, far more conservatives own guns than liberals. But my greatest concern is that he's the sort of nut who believes that children in the womb deserve to live, and that husbands—and parents in the case of minors—should be notified before an abortion. Outrageous.

Your little "Scalito" claims that "Judges should be judges."
Your little "Scalito" claims, that "Judges should be judges. They shouldn't be legislators, they shouldn't be administrators." Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist seems to agree, insisting, "Judge Alito has displayed a judicial philosophy marked by judicial restraint and respect for the limited role of the judiciary to interpret the law and not legislate from the bench."
Well, maybe that was true back when the Constitution was ratified, but not today. What unmitigated arrogance. Frankly, we know that all this "constructionist" stuff is just a ruse to suggest the Constitution does not guarantee the right to kill children before they are born. As you know, that right is what holds our Party together, and we will not turn it back over to the states.
Mr. President, as Chuck Schumer said earlier today, Alito is "a controversial nominee for a pivotal swing vote on the High Court who could shift the balance of the court, and thus the laws of the nation, for decades to come." I'm well aware, Mr. President, that you made a campaign promise to appoint strict constructionist judges in the mold of Scalia and Thomas, but it was only a campaign promise after all. I mean, it's not like anyone would've held you to it.
Candidly speaking, you know as well as I do that the majority of Americans don't support our Democratic agenda—which is why we're so desperate to maintain control of the Supreme Court. If we can't pass legislation by legitimate means, we can still do it by judicial diktat, right?
We'll use the Alito nomination to rally our constituents.
Level with me, Mr. President: Did you use the Miers nomination as a decoy to rally your troops behind Alito? Either way, you can rest assured that we'll use this same nomination to rally our constituents—we will have them whipped into a frenzy and filling our Senate and House campaign coffers with their last pennies. In the end, your Party controls the Senate and can even invoke the "nuclear option." OK, but we will not take up this nomination until January, to give us as much time as possible to unite our base.
Prepare for battle, Mr. President. We are going to use everything in our arsenal, starting with our print and television media outlets, to force you into submission.
Sincerely,
Senator Edward Kennedy

Spread the word blogger buddies!!!! We have an arsenal too!!!! I called for mount up a few days back, Bugeler, sound the call !!!!

Words to Live By

" If someone tells you he is going to kill you, take him seriously" the words of a Holocaust survivor. Clifford May has an outstanding column comparing Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to the recent speeches by Ahmadinejad, Iran's president. This the must read so far of tonight.

Call it Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Mein Kampf moment.

Eighty years ago, Adolf Hitler published an autobiography-cum-manifesto. Its title translates as “My Struggle.” In it, Hitler talked of his desire for revenge against France, the German nation's need to control more land, and the means by which his National Socialist Party could gain power.
It also included, of course, a clear indication of his genocidal intentions against the Jews.
Last week, Iran's president echoed those themes. He talked about his “struggle” – the word translate into both Arabic and Persian as “jihad” -- his desire for revenge against America and the West, the Islamic nation's need to control more land, and the means by which his Militant Islamist movement could gain global power.
He also included his genocidal intention to wipe Israel “off the map.”

It is a shame that I learned of a true Hollywood good guy years later from a blogger in Iraq and not just any blogger from Mike Yon . The good guy is Bruce Willis who has been over there several times with his band on USO tours and is going to be performing at the "Deuce Four" ball, a good portion of those lost in Iraq were in the "Deuce Four" and there bravery and incredible discipline led to the securing of Mosul and the surounding areas intime for the election. If you have read Yon's dispatches, you know. They are back in the States and having a party to celebrate their heros fallen and alive. A Barnyard salute to them and Bruce Willis !

Why The Left is Losing

An interesting poll, a grinning Goat. (hattip: John McCaslin at Townhall)

Dana Blanton, director of public-opinion research for Fox News, takes a much-needed break from politics and turmoil to present some intriguing findings about America's spiritual beliefs.

Americans who believe in: God - 91 percent

Heaven - 87 percent

Miracles - 84 percent

Angels - 79 percent

Hell - 74 percent

The devil - 67 percent

Astrology - 37 percent

Ghosts - 34 percent

Reincarnation - 27 percent

Witches - 24 percent

Vampires - 4 percent

And we conservative Christians are out of the mainstream, yea right , in the secular socialist terrorist supporting dreams of Cindy Sheehan, maybe she should read our constitution while sucking on the purple finger of Iraqi freedom.

Welcome Home, Sheepdog Sass

For my newer readers and recent blogger buddies that don't know our Sheepdog here in the Barnyard, he has been down in the Gulf region with his church doing the Lord's work for the past couple of months. He is a good and true Sheepdog and has been missed as he helps keep the Goat from going astray. Welcome back buddy and Thank You for representing those of us unable to go help !

Now onto tonights must read from the OPJ , Richard Miniter in an excerpt from his new book "Disinformation;22 Media Myths" debunked the suitcase nuke scenario in a lift to this Goat's heart and very convincingly. This sounds like a must read book as well as this is a highly respected writer.

"It is the duty of Muslims to prepare as much force as possible to terrorize the enemies of God."
--Osama bin Laden, May 1998
"Bin Laden's final act could be a nuclear attack on America."
--Graham Allison, Washington Post
"One hundred suitcase-size nuclear bombs were lost by Russia."
--Gerald Celente, "professional futurist," Boston Globe

Like everyone else rushing off the Washington subway one rush-hour morning, Ibrahim carried a small leather briefcase. No one paid him or his case much mind, except for the intern in the new Brooks Brothers suit who pushed past him on the escalator and banged his shin. "What do you have in there? Rocks?"

However chemical,biolgical and radiological bombs are within their reach they do not have the laboratory access for the most part to create those either on any large scale. Iran knows that if it were implcated they would be wiped out. The mullahs are brash foolhardy murderers they are not complete idiots and they are in political thumbscrews. They know even tiny Israel can take them out quickly. If you never read another book, read Natan Sharanskey's "The Case for Democracy" and you will understand why America stands and fights for freedom.

On another note the conservative base is in a hearty joyful uproar over Sam Alito, a burgeoning economy, some relatively minor indictments and Tom Delay won a change of judge from the MoveOn supporting one origiganally slated. I would expect Bill Frist to be cleared as well, I smell DNC dreams evaporating in their own stewpot of blind ambition and fully expect them to make total fools of themselves in the coming weeks. Stay tuned into Powerline and Hugh Hewitt as they can cut these loonbats to shreds before their morning coffee. Hugh and Medved both completely dismantled liberal guests on their shows today.

Again I will give the last word to one of my favorite GOP beauties, Ann Coulter.

Since Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court, Democratic senators like Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin — i.e., all the people who had absolutely nothing to do with Miers' withdrawal — have been blanketing the airwaves demanding that Bush now accede to their demands. So it's good to see Democrats are still working on getting in touch with reality.

The Democrats didn't utter a note of disagreement with the Miers nomination. But now they say her withdrawal is their victory, which Bush must be forced to acknowledge by nominating a candidate to their liking. I believe that's what got Bush in trouble in the first place: listening to Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, who recommended Miers for the Supreme Court.

Although the circumstances were unfortunate — we prefer fighting liberals to fighting our president — the Miers withdrawal is an unparalleled victory for conservatives. Liberals were never able to do this to Clinton when he hosed them. It will be a long time before the White House thinks it can use and abuse conservatives again.

The Power to Overcome

Today during some of the very limited TV viewing I do I watched some commemoritive services for Rosa Parks, including the '99 awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal. I also saw some others stories of atheletes overcoming incredible odds and it got me to thinking of all those others with so much to overcome, like the peoples of Iraq and Afganistan or even in our freest of all nations with a sordid racial past. There are millions of little triumphs everyday we don't hear about of people overcoming personal handicaps or injury to succeed anyway.
In the sports world the comebacks of Lance Armstrong from cancer and Hermann Meir from a devastating motorcycle accident to once again to rule the downhill skislopes are incredibly inspiring and well known as are many others. Credit to CBS for this story of a teenager in Nebraska, she is one of the states top young atheletes, volleyball, basketball and is the top miler in the state track and field. The only differrence in her and her peers is she has cystic fibrosis and an impregnable positive spirit to overcome a disease with a life expectacy of just 35 years. I have worked with handicapped folks and as a child I remember their sheer joy for life even if they didn't have the abilities I have.
What does this have to do with Rosa Parks? As a classic southern lady she was faced with a mountain of an obstacle to overcome and bueyed by her faith in the Lord she lifted her eyes up and saw the top of that mountain and began to climb never looking back and with the summit in her sites that we are equal in God's eyes not the government's. Her climbing partner was her minister the unknown Dr. Martin Luther King. Two ordinary, God loving american citizens stood up for their rights peacefully, forcefully and rightiously. A world apart from the words of Louis Farrakan, today and his separatist, segregationist movement, shame her legacy, one they wish to triumph. I grew up in George Wallace run Alabama and have worshipped at the 16th Street Babtist Church and have met many Rosa Parks in my years. Dr. Rice came from the same region of Alabama and is now the most powerful woman in the world. She overcame her obstacles and pursued her goals, a gifted pianist, diplomat, historian, possibly the first woman POTUS and overseer of the greatest political reformation in the history of the middle-east. The only barriors in this country are self imposed and built by a failing school system.
Historically this great nation faces great challenge with dynamic solutions and as a result we learn and grow and become a better country for it. We are facing great challenges again with the threat of islamo-fascism, not all of Islam is radical but 10% of a billion is alot of jihadiist murderers. Despite the Cindy Sheehans and Ward Churchills out there spewing their retoric america must overcome this obstacle as we have so many times before.
I will leave you with my two favorite quotes from our founding.

"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, 'What should be the reward of such sacrifices?' ... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" --Samuel Adams

"It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"--Patrick Henry

God Bless America!!!

ps. One of my favorite sources Bill Roggio is off to Iraq and this interview with the marine col. that invited him is enlightening. I have been in contact with Bill and will get it hot from the press.
Also welcome a new addition to the Barnyard, Tug Boat Cap'n , another country boy with his eye on america and a fellow free market capitalist, a keyboard salute from the rest of us varied critters in the Barnyard. Lorez at Just a Woman and Mark at 4 Rows Back also have wonderful posts up. Mark's is especially touching having worn those shoes before. A BarnYard salute to Mark and his efforts!

This Was a Real Hoot

I just watched Sen. Evan Bayh's speech to the Hew Hampshire Dim party at their annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner, he will give Hillary a tough primary run as he has a solid stump aimed at middle class families and small business owners, he voted for the bill for earmarks in the transportation bill to be allocated to pay for rebuilding in the Gulf region. Though as intelligent he is he has not figured it out yet, bashing the Bush presidency and saying he can do better is not a policy statement., alla Kerry.
Something I always hear in Dim speeches when energy policy comes up and the call for energy independance is the lack of understanding of the oil industry. They fail to acknowledge that the plastics industry relies heavily on petroleum based products as well as many other diverse products available to the consumer. There is plenty of oil, we need refineries to handle it and the oil companies want to build them with the profits they have gained from the enviromentalist tightening of the market. There are trillions of barrels of heavy crude found off shore from Alaska to Chile, there are further trillions contained in the oil shales and sands found here in the US and Canada, the oil companies use their profits for research and developement of new sources and the desire to do so at the lowest cost and at the least impact to the environment. The recent defeat of the bill allowing the streamlining of the building of new refineries is a travesty and so is the investigation into oil company profits as that is a result of supply and demand. Restricting and punishing the oil companies decreases supplies and their ability to deliver them and increases prices. They don't need regulation and enviromental lawsuits blocking them, they need the freedom to do their jobs, providing fuel to power a worldwide need.

Hey, Tommorows Friday!

I like it work is so busy I have little time to blog, anyway, I am Truckee bound in the morning, happy Goat! Harriot Myers just showed the world "Southern Grace", happy and relieved Goat. We just scared the britches off the loonbats as we, as a conservative voice just rocked the boat seriously. The GOP is not cracking it is strengthening it's resolve . The funniest part is I hear the left blaming Dobson and he supported her, ignorant fools they are.

Informal poll question: Will it help or hurt the conservative movement and why? I think it helps as we get to put our message before the people as we get to the essence of the debate. Me, I am a Constitutional Federalist, Confederate. I believe all folks are created equal and the States should be given their full rights granted under our Constitution.

That would include allowing border states to employ their National Guard to control the border regions.

Do you want to show the loonbats what we are made of? Then get off your tail and get involved !!!

Conservatives , Forward, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

More on Money

If you don't recieve Townhall's daily pundit compendium then you are missing something as every column in tonight's release is a worthy read thus my tardiness to post. With four brilliant economists furthering my Barnyard sense of last night's ranting. I lead with Bill murchison's great piece, though read all the bottom six columns listed on the right and Mike Adams is a never miss for me as well.

Of home runs and Fed chairman
Oct 25, 2005by Bill Murchison ( bio archive contact )
In our fragmented, minute-by-minute universe, we get to thinking of the president the United States, a certain George Bush, as the man who blew the Big Blow rescue operation in New Orleans, nominated a crony to the Supreme Court, and now, may lose his arch political strategist over the Judith Miller/Valerie Plame affair. Out of the air comes the appointment of Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as Grand Keeper of Economic Prosperity, and the market reminds us of how much more presidents do than just get in trouble with partisan rivals and the news media.
The market quickly signaled its deep approval of Bernanke,

Yea I am one of those strange people who actually enjoy economics and understands how it works. It is very simple, Gov't stay out and let the free market work, regulation stifles innovation, socialism stifles desire to succeed and taxation and debt lead to bankruptcy. Rebecca Hagelin in her article there, makes this very salient point that we should all be aware of.
Dr. Feulner also gave a hard cold fact that made me feel ill:

"“We are less than one generation away from Congress being unable to pay for
anything other than Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and interest on the
federal debt -- leaving not so much as a penny for defense or homeland
security.

“I repeat: We are one generation away from Congress being
unable to pay
for anything other than Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,
and interest on the
federal debt.”

As a mother, I find that fact appalling. When I look into the eyes of my
children, how can I explain that my generation is squandering their future? No
logical explanation exists. I wonder, do other parents realize what’s at stake?"

And I will give Annie the:

THE LAST WORD
"We've been waiting 30 years to end the lunacy of nine demigods on the Supreme Court deciding every burning social issue of the day for us, loyal subjects in a judicial theocracy.
We don't want someone who will decide those issues for us—but decide them 'our'
way. If we did, a White House bureaucrat with good horse sense might be just the
ticket. Admittedly, there isn't much that's more important than ending the
abortion holocaust in America. (Abortionist casualties: 7; Unborn casualties: 30
million.) But there is one thing. That is democracy. Democracy sometimes leads
to silly laws such as the one that prohibited married couples from buying
contraception in Connecticut. But allowing Americans to vote has never led to
créches being torn down across America. It's never led to prayer being purged
from every public school in the nation. It's never led to gay marriage. It's
never led to returning slaves who had escaped to free states to their
slavemasters. And it's never led to 30 million dead babies. We've gone from a
representative democracy to a monarchy, and the most appalling thing is—even
conservatives just hope like the dickens the next king is a good one." —Ann
Coulter

And their Quote for today, quite apropo I would say!

Founders Quote Daily
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be
adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the
people, we offer what we ourselves disprove, how can we afterwards defend our
work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The
event is in the hand of God.
-- George Washington (as quoted by Gouverneur
Morris in Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 25 March 1787

Whose Money Is It?

I do believe the two things aside from the Miers kerfuffle, that have the conservatives so rankled is out of control spending and border control. We cannot let the dims get a stroke in on this, we have to move more fiscal conservatives into office like Mike Pence, George Allen and a small handfull of others. We have primaries where we can vote the porkers out. Here is the dilemma, voters like pork, don't like taxes, don't like/ have a solvent SSI program, are over run by illegal immigrants but like their hardwork and complain about drugs and gangs. Meanwhile many sit on their ass, get fat watching idiotic sitcoms, complain and don't bother to vote because 'the line was too long'.
I have been involved, albeit minorly, in third party politics and building coalititions for political action. The '92 campaign got me interested and Perot won me to the fiscally conservative business model for government, I voted for him twice and thus elected Billary Clinton, who balanced the budget on a shimmering mirage of '.bomb' money. If we were not attacked on 9/11 and weren't just hammered by repeat serious hurricanes (Don't Build There) and the damage of incompetent gov't inviting the pork hogs to the trough, we would be well into the black.
It happens in our own households, we're sitting pretty and something bad happens or good, buying a house, and we are back in debt. What do we do to pay for it? We cut back a few luxuries, fine tune the budget, cutback from eight movie channels to two, eat red beans and rice and spaghetti instead of steak. In otherwords we eliminate the frivolous art and feel good subsidies to our diet. Why can't our elected officials think like that?
This is why I joined the GOP as they at least attempt to go in the right direction away from socialism, and for the most part, GOP spending usually makes sense and is practical. We must strengthen the GOP not weaken it by replacing RINOs with good folks and a bit of Barnyard sense. We must build it from within just as the socialists did in the DNC. I like candidates strong on national and fiscal security, social conservatism I admit is a distant third to these two.
Don't sit on your hands and complain, VOTE, We can kick the numbskulls out, John Thune proved it. Get out and help these folks that don't get the massive amounts of union and special interest money. The very very best answer, short and sweet,
Term Limits !!!!!!! BAAAAAA!

Well Duh!: To further the anology previously rendered, if our house is not fiscally secure and well protected, it would be difficult to educate and raise our children.

What a Beautiful Weekend

I have new neighbors to replace the trash that was there before, good red-staters from Nebraska. They invited me to housewarming party last night and I met a bunch of wonderful folks including the wife of a GI in Iraq, infantryman in the Al Anbar region, the trials showed on her face as we had a long talk as I of course offered my prayers and support which brightened her eyes and lifted her shoulders. One of Mike Yon's dispatches describes arriving at the scene of a massive IED that had mangled a hummer yet miraculously the occupants had survived with minor injuries, her husband was one of those men. He is now in Kuwait after completing his tour and is scheduled to return home soon! He has a beautiful daughter and wonderful wife. She said of course the soldiers want to come home but not until they have completed their mission and said his morale was very high. I can't wait to meet him in person and hopefully get a blog interview.
Speaking of Mike Yon his latest dispatch on the elections will be released tommorrow or you can read an abbreviated version at The Weekly Standard. He also updates on the little Iraqi girl with the bad ticker that the "deuce four" had found and chiseled through red tape to get her to america for treatment. She has had surgery to repair holes in her heart that caused very poor circulation and would eventually lead to loss of extremities and death. Today she is a pink not blue happy little girl within just days of the successful surgery. Her mother just quietly grasps her hands and smiles through tears as she looks at nailbeds that were once black and are now a healthy pink. This is just one of the millions of little stories of success you'll never hear in the MSM.

"Pam is a nurse at the Presbyterian Heart Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She’s also the mother of a soldier who just returned from Mosul, and Pam was one of many people in the US who chiseled through walls to arrange for treatment and support for Rhma and her parents. She sent this news:

Rhma did absolutely beautifully during surgery. Her oxygen saturation is now between 87 and 91 and she is pink! She looks like a different child. Her Mom just kept holding her hands, looking at her nail beds and smiling. She has been very stable and has not required any medications to keep her blood pressure up. She is still on the ventilator just to allow her to rest for the night but she'll be off it in the morning. I will keep you posted.

And then, the very next day, Pam added this news:
She's great today, off the ventilator, watching TV, and pink!"

More GWOT news from the Front
Do you want the same access to the press releases from CentCom that the MSM so distorts? Straight from the sands of Iraq or the mountains of Afganistan for your own perusal at your own time and pace ,well here is the page they all access . We are kicking Jihadi tail and taking names and then kicking more tail. On citizen tips and other gathered intel, the captured rat out their comrads with little effort on our part, we have taken out dozens of safe houses killed or captured hundreds of jihadi scum and confiscated hundreds of tons of munitions that won't go into IEDs. There are two available news letters from CentCom, one from them and a joint one from Coalition Forces, I signed up for both to be fair and accurate in my reporting. I am doing the same thing the MSM press corp do, read the dispatches and build a story around them. Bill Roggio at the Fourth Rail carried it a step further with deeper research and more contacts within the milbloggers, like Mudville Gazzette, Blackfive, Armor Geddon (one of my favorites) and many others (check their blogrolls). You have got to read some battlefield stories from the tanker at Armor Geddon, great reading on how to use an Abroms tank in urban combat. The guy really truelly loves blowing jihadis up and anything that goes boom and is a great and humerous writer. Sure there is plenty to read about Miers, Plame and business as usual in "the swamp" but when you can feel the titillation of destroying the pariah jihadis by reading these battlefield accounts , why bother with the nonsense?

For the story on the picture which says it all go here.

Roll Tide Roll

I love these SEC defensive brawls, it appears my Crimson Tide has remembered how to win these games. The dream is alive, after a 6-3 baseball score brawl over Tennesee. In our storied past we won these games and we are again. The team will gain huge confidence and momentum from these last two wins. We have a clutch gunslinger in Brodie Croyle that can will his team to victory. I hope we get to show USC what SEC defense is all about. Three more tough games with LSU, Auburn, and the SEC title game.

Jews and America, A Unigue Relationship

I found an brilliant essay on this topic by Rabbi Daniel Lappin. America it turns out has deep ties to Judaism as our founders were largely Protestant and their Puritan underpinnings and believed the Jews were God's Chosen People and deeply held to the teachings and based their laws on Torah in the noahide tradition. They considered Jews the teachers and scholars and most understood Hebrew as their Bibles at least the Old Testament were in Hebrew. This a must read essay, I learned a tremendous amount as I always do from his writings. I would love to attend one of his lectures, a brilliant and good man.

Living as Jews in Christian America
June 10, 2005
By Rabbi Daniel Lapin, President, Toward Tradition

As a boy I hungrily absorbed the eye-opening Torah teaching of my father, the late Avraham Chayim Lapin z”tzl, along with his terrifying tales of the viciousness of Lithuanian and Polish “goyim” that he endured while a student at Telshe Yeshiva in pre-World War II Europe. I quickly came to understand. “Goyim” hate Jews and try to hurt them. That is all there was to it.
Later, as a student at that famed yeshiva located amidst some of the worst slums of northern England, I learned the rough-and-ready science of self defense on the streets of Gateshead. Lurking in the dark alleys that lay between the Beit Midrash and our lodgings, Gateshead “goyim” waited eagerly to prey and pounce upon me and my fellow talmidim. The contrast between those sinister streets full of Tyneside louts with their foul mouths and flying fists and the refined atmosphere of the yeshiva was almost beyond comprehension. My uncles, the distinguished roshei yeshiva, Reb Leib Gurwitz z”tzl and Reb Leib Lapian z”tzl, occasionally commented upon the bloody battle scars borne by their students. Although they would remind us that “goyim” hate Jews, almost as the fulfillment of ancient prophecies, I think they both would have preferred us to evade trouble rather than confronting it. I think they also suspected that their nephew derived more than a little unholy glee from inflicting retaliatory punishment upon our tormentors.

The Plame Game

This whole issue is just nuts as zero laws were broken, Valerie Plame was not a covert operative, she is a desk jocky analyst. They have nothing on Karl Rove or Scooter Libby this is purely a press play by the MSM. For more information on this Human Events leads today with a fantastic breakdown of the idiocy on both sides as to the actual law. I see the noxious game the loony left is playing and has played for years and it is a losing gambit as more and more americans see through their courtroom shenanigans and false charges and the more we ignore them the louder they are going to scream bloody murder.
Update: I forgot to mention Judith Miller wrote a book on germ warfare and had extensive contacts in the very CIA dept, that Valerie Plame worked in, chances are that she already knew Plame. I learned this from callers to Hugh's show and Jed Babbin cohosting ran with it for a bit. It looks like there maybe indictments but not the ones the left wants.

Victoria Toensing
Posted Oct 18, 2005
There now appears to be consensus that
no one violated the 1982 Agent Identities Protection Act in publishing the name
of CIA employee Valerie Plame.
It’s a hard law to violate. Its high
threshold requires that the person whose identity is revealed must actually be
covert (which requires at the least a foreign assignment within five years of
the revelation), that the government must be taking “affirmative measures” to
conceal the person’s identity, and that the revealer must know that the
government is taking those measures.

One of my personal favorites Oliver North further supports my hypothesis that we aren't as stupid as the socialists, in charge of our schools ,by the way, want to believe.

The Purple Finger Effect: Media Has Revealed How Out of Touch It Is
by Oliver North

Posted Oct 21, 2005
HOUSTON, TX -- Traveling around America -- as I have been these past two weeks on a national book tour for my new novel, The Assassins -- has been great therapy. It got me away from Washington, D.C. I got to travel the length and breadth of the country in red states and blue states. I've met and talked and listened to tens of thousands of people from every walk of life. And best of all, they reaffirmed my longstanding belief that the American people are a whole lot smarter than the so-called mainstream media thinks they are.

Goat Meanderings

Some off the cuff Barnyard observations
I don't believe Miers will make it out of committee, if Bush wants to ignite his core for the 06 run he should go for it with the best conservative judge we have. I would suspect Judge Brown might turn down the offer as it came after having been through the mill so recently, leaving a strong bench with Luttig, and Jones leading the field. There is that young Vietnamese fellow,37, that Taranto has mentioned , and has been nominated already to appelate level.

On The Eastern Front
I see the MSM has largely ignored the historic voting in Iraq and the sheeer enthusiasm for freedom and democracy. Good kicked Evil's butt everytime and continues to kick it. When we cease there is all hell on earth. Who in their right mind would want that? Evil is easy to define to those that restrict and destroy freedom. I will add to that , I have the right not to listen to Cindy Sheehan "Valley Girl" speak her flytrap. A high five to fellow bloggers who see and report this for what it is. You want news on the GWOT visit my blogroll and I am workng on some more contacts in the sands of Iraq.

Illegal Immigration
Bush came out strong earlier in the week about deportation and enforcing existing laws. We do however have a labor need to sustain our growth. Today America's youth fills bottom level positions in marketing and business not the labor trades . I am a contractor in Ca. and have many friends in various fields and we know who the applicants are, american teens donot apply for entry level jobs in the trades. It is not financially feasible to pay someone exorbitant wages to push a broom or do unskilled labor at the entry level. Stocking shelves at Macy's is more attractive to american entry level workers than hauling lumber or roofing material. The trades are a great living and I started with a broom in my hand and the immigrants, legal and illegal know this fact, you will move up and get paid more as your skills grow and once you have those skills starting your own business is a snap. That is why they come and are so quickly absorbed by the sponge that drew them here , JOBS. I do state that before a guestworker program can work is two things need to happen first: First secure the borders and second eliminate the anchor baby policy and then we can deal with those already here and working productive jobs and those not.

See Update

Last night's post is updated.

Wow

I opened my email box this evening to find an interesting and inspiring note from US CentCom about sunday's post. Now it is not everyday an average Joe on the street gets email from CentCom so I opened it with trepidation. It was from a1lt in public affairs for CentCom asking me to link their site in my blogroll, I will and further it by asking my blogger buddies to link it and our readers to bookmark it. Praise from CentCom, WOW, I am just a hard working country Goat and have never served, something I deeply regret so now is my chance to give service to my beloved country. They want to get the good news out and the MSM won't so they are turning to us, the Patriots of this great land unable to carry a gun into battle yet yielding the mighty force of the pen to help get the positive out.
God Bless America !

We need it!

Hello Goat,

My name is 1 LT Brian Anderson and I am a Public Affairs Officer with US Central Command. I was on your site and noticed that you ran some information about centcom and the letter that we posted. We are trying to get some of the stories out that are not run by the main stream media. Iwould like to ask you to put up a permanent link to centcom.mil so that we can get some of these stories out. I have attached a word document that has some of the links that have been used by other bloggers.

Thanks for your time and effort.

V/R Brian M. Anderson

Public AffairsUS Central Command

813-827-6393

Update: We exchanged mails and he is going to send me the hot stories fresh and pure and pointed me toward their weekly newsletter, I am so excited by this my ears are hurting my grin is so wide. Yes, I will help fight the propoganda war and I Thank my blogger buddies for taking up the call to the keyboard. It has always been a war of ideas, just the weapons and battlefield change and centuries have shown the pen to be mightier than the sword. If we are to defeat the Dan Rathers we must provide a concise honest indisputable record as we are held to that standard. For example if one of our GIs does something wrong it gets world press and it the UN commits serial rape and corruption it gets little press.
I see the debate among conservatives as constructive as new ideas are born from actve debate, as it is our rallying cry. The conservative movement continues to grow and the Democrat Party is not conservative as it has become socialist/communist as it seeks the failed Euro-model of being lazy and relying on the US taxpayer to defend them as they have little meams of their own.And Spain can "Basta ma coula" after their latest BS.

Happy Monday

Today I will just shut up, offer a picture and announce my new blog effort,The Barnyard Bible Study, as a busy man I don't have time to attend personal Bible studies as I would like to so I had this idea, Karen of KarensKorner signed on instantly and William at the The Briefing and Mark at 4Rows Back have signed on. I am waiting to hear from Lores still, who actually inspired me to create a blogger Bible study, and my friends Mary,Cindy,Kay,Sheepdog Sass,Otis Harry,etal please join us in the study of the Lord's Word. I am no expert though I do have some really smart friends that will be contributing as well.
Update: Lores at Just a Woman has signed on as well, hey Mark,William, us boys better get in gear to keep up with these awesome ladies and just wait till some of my regulars drop in.

More on the Zarwahiri Letter

I am surprised that I had not found or visited the US CentCom site before but anyway I found their analysis of the letter and the translation which I read as well. It does appear the senior AQ leadership is in hiding and out of touch and I would be sure affected by the recent earthquake. The best part is the description of Iraq as the central front for an Islamic caliphate completely destroying the loonbat left's proclamations that Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism further demonstrating their innate ignorance and unfitness for office in the US.
From the letter,I recommend reading the whole thing:

"A-I want to be the first to congratulate you for what God has blessed you with in terms of fighting battle in the heart of the Islamic world, which was formerly the field for major battles in Islam's history, and what is now the place for the greatest battle of Islam in this era, and what will happen, according to what appeared in the Hadiths of the Messenger of God @ about the epic battles between Islam and atheism. It has always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established in the manner of the Prophet in the heart of the Islamic world, specifically in the Levant, Egypt, and the neighboring states of the Peninsula and Iraq; however, the center would be in the Levant and Egypt. This is my opinion, which I do not preach as infallibile, but I have reviewed historical events and the behavior of the enemies of Islam themselves, and they did not establish Israel in this triangle surrounded by Egypt and Syria and overlooking the Hijaz except for their own interests.
As for the battles that are going on in the far-flung regions of the Islamic world, such as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Bosnia, they are just the groundwork and the vanguard for the major battles which have begun in the heart of the Islamic world. We ask God that He send down his victory upon us that he promised to his faithful worshipers.
It is strange that the Arab nationalists also have, despite their avoidance of Islamic practice, come to comprehend the great importance of this province. It is like a bird whose wings are Egypt and Syria, and whose heart is Palestine. They have come to comprehend the goal of planting Israel in this region, and they are not misled in this, rather they have admitted their ignorance of the religious nature of this conflict.
What I mean is that God has blessed you and your brothers while many of the Muslim mujahedeen have longed for that blessing, and that is Jihad in the heart of the Islamic world. He has, in addition to that, granted you superiority over the idolatrous infidels, traitorous apostates, and those turncoat deviants.
This is what God Almighty has distinguished you and your brothers with over the mujahedeen before you who fought in the heart of the Islamic world, and in Egypt and Syria to be precise, but this splendor and superiority against the enemies of Islam was not ordained for them.
God also blessed you not only with the splendor of the spearhead of Jihad, but with the splendor as well of the doctrines of monotheism, the rejection of polytheism, and avoidance of the tenets of the secularists and detractors and inferiors, the call to the pure way of the Prophet, and the sublime goal that the Prophet @ left to his companions"

The AP coverage of the historic and peaceful voting yesterday did their very best to bend it in as negative a path as it could by focusing on a few angry Sunnis and the smattering threats of violence. One reporter I heard audio of for Newsweek sounded disappointed that the day was one of the most peaceful in weeks and appeared to express remorse that it was not as exciting as last january's elections .I just watched an ABC news story that also focused on the negative, they really don't get it.

And completely off topic a warning to pet owners from Karenskorner:

"For those of us with animals......I recently had a neighbor who had their 5-year old German shepherd dog put down due to liver failure. The dog was completely healthy until a few weeks ago. They had a necropsy done to see what thecause was. The liver levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of some kind. The dog is kept inside, and when he's outside, someone's with him, so the idea of him getting into something unknown was hard to believe.My neighbor started going through all the items in the house. When he got to the Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed, in very tiny print, a warning which stated "may be harmful to small children and animals." He called the company to ask what the contents of the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find out that antifreeze is one of the ingredients. (Actually he was told it's a compound which is one molecule away from antifreeze).Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned with the solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested enough of the solution to destroy its liver. Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two cats also died of liver failure. They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups on their floors.Necropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file a lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as possible."

I am reminded of the cartoon mouse duo,Pinky and the Brain and the Brain's desire to rule the world,I am an old goat but young enough to see the the hilarity.

Good Football and Iraqi Elections

My Crimson Tide squeaked out a defensive brawl in the last seconds of a brilliant final drive with a field goal from 30 yrds out . The type of defensive dual so typical of this rivalry, they are always ready for us and often have their strongest game of the season, life in the SEC is not easy for a top team and next weeks game against the Vols won't be easy. I saw the final quarter of the Trojans and Irish and what a game that must have been, another great finish with great drives by both teams in the final minutes with a controversial last second win.

The Election
It went off for the most part quite peaceful and with great turnout in most areas outside the Al Anbar. From scanning reports from Iraq it was one of the more peaceful days as cars were banned from the streets and kids played soccer in the streets as their parents waited in line to vote. This was a historic day for Iraq's democracy and freedom and a tremendous blow to the murderers and their supporters here on the loony left. Hey Cindy Sheehan, eat purple finger! I found this round up of the murderers attacks at the Fourth Rail, quite wimpy for all their bluster.

"- Gunmen fired on two polling stations in Baghdad. No injuries.

- Office of the Iraqi Islamic Party is torched in Fallujah. No injuries

.- Office of the Iraqi Islamic Party is struck by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. No injuries.

- Office of the Iraqi Islamic Party is destroyed in an attack in Baiji. No injuries.

- Terrorists blow up the home of the local Iraqi Islamic Party chief in Ramadi. No injuries.

- Five security guards wounded in a car bombing near a mosque in Kirkuk

- Four civilians wounded in a roadside bombing targeting a U.S. patrol in Baghdad.

- Fifteen insurgents arrested as they prepared to attack polling centers in Mosul. No injuries.

- Power cut in 70% of Baghdad after power lines are sabotaged north of the city.

- Two police wounded in roadside bombing while patrolling near a polling station in Baghdad.

- Civilian killed by sniper fire near polling station in Baghdad.

- Three insurgents attacked an empty polling station South of Basra, and are captured. No Injuries.

- One policeman is wounded after a roadside bomb exploded near a polling station in western Baghdad.

- Fighting reported between a small band of insurgents and U.S. troops on patrol in Ramadi. No casualties reported. "

For more info from Iraq click here, here or here

Update: If you miss my bloggin' buddy Karen over in her Korner you have missed a wealth of great info, she went on a tear today with a mention of yours truely as well.

And Good Bye, James Doohan, as "Scotty" beams up and is to be launched into space for burial. I am a long time fan of Star Trek, just a fan, not fanatic, and this is a grand passing for a man that brought a memorable character to life and instilled a sense for adventure in the unknown in millions of fans. I love all of the spinoffs and movies and the great hope they portray and the necessity for violent battle at times and have always felt there writers and producers were some of the very best Hollywood has to offer and I abhor Hollywood.

And for other reasons I repost the last part of last weekends post:

Talons not Tears

Eagles and Patriots don't cry,

We fight,

sometimes quietly in the shadows but we are here.

We don't parade in crazy costumes but we are here.

Sometimes we wonder why?

We fight daily in society's trenches but we are here,

Our patriots shed their blood so that, we are here,

As my Lord had to die,

So that I am here!

Goat Gruff

Two Wolves

---------- One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

The wisdom of that statement is fathomless

Friday Night Quotes

The Federalist Patriot
Founders' Quote Daily
"[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them."-- Candidus (in the Boston Gazette, 20 January 1772)Reference: Original Intent, Barton (259); original Boston Gazette(January 20, 1772)
(Goat's note: probably Hamilton,known for his latin pennames)
With a special tribute to a couple of young Federalist Patriots and their fine blogs, boys like this give america hope as well as a fine youngen' at the shop.
The Federalist Solution
The Transcending Sovereignity

Boy, the editors desk is on fire for this evenings "Digest"!

Yes, Islamo-Fascism is Here

Recently here in NoCal two terrorists rings were busted in Lodi and Folsom prison, not to mention the one in LA. There were plans to build huge Islamic centers in Lodi and Folsom, the cities rejected the permits, the central valley and foothills where these towns are located are GOP districts and vibrant with growth. A reader sent me this fascinating link ,(hattip) HannahFactor. We must remain vigilant they prey upon complacency and have learned the political game of "hate crime" legislation though that will back fire on them as well.

General Secretary of the Muslim Alliance of North America

Board member of Council on American-Islamic Relations

Board member if Islamic Society of North America

A black convert to Islam, Ihsan Bagby is an associate professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he attended Oberlin College for his undergraduate degree and then earned his Masters and PhD (the latter in 1986, in the field of Near Eastern Studies) from the University of Michigan.
In a WorldNetDaily report detailing how certain Muslim group leaders are hoping that "the U.S. Constitution will one day be replaced by Koranic law," Bagby is quoted as saying, "Ultimately we [Muslims] can never be full citizens of this country [the U.S.], because there is no way we can be fully committed to the institutions and ideologies of this country."

And more here

Zawahiri's Lament
What our enemy thinks about Iraq.
Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT
Ayman al Zawahiri and George W. Bush don't agree on much. But al Qaeda's No. 2 leader and the U.S. President are in accord on one thing: Iraq is the central battlefield.
This is just one of the many insights into the mind of the terrorist braintrust gleaned from an extraordinary document obtained this summer by U.S. forces in Iraq and released yesterday by the White House. It is a 6,000-word letter from Zawahiri, presumably in hiding in Pakistan, to al Qaeda's commander in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
We're glad the Administration made the decision to declassify it. It goes a long way toward letting Americans see what we are up against in Iraq and elsewhere in the world. The letter's full text is up on the Web site of the Director of National Intelligence at www.dni.gov.

James Taranto shares some insight on Miers.
I believe these will be the most closely watched and reported on hearings ever,Cspan's ratings may actually go up.

The GWOT

I know the press counts the bodies and not the successes that is why I prefer alternative sources like Bill Roggio and Mike Yon and until recently Chrenkof and pundits like Ollie North. Bill's latest extensively analyzes the letter between the the bottom Z's of al qaida. This is from around the time of the wrapup in Mosul that Mike brings to you so well. We were kicking butt and taking names then and have since destroyed the ratlines from Syria cleaned up Tal Afar and are working our way through the Al Anbar region, with Iraqi soldiers on point. They are losing badly and the letter expresses that .

By Bill Roggio
The Office of the Director of National Security has published the much-discussed letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's number two in command, to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the commander of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The letter provides insight into the workings of al Qaeda, the perception of Zarqawi's campaign in Iraq and the status of the insurgency. The news that a compromise has been reached to satisfy Sunni concerns over the Iraqi constitution makes the letter all the more important.
The are many interesting pieces of information contained within the letter. Zawahiri confirms that Abu Farraj al-Libbi, who was captured in Pakistan, was indeed a major player in al Qaeda, "The enemy struck a blow against us with the arrest of Abu al-Faraj." However, al Qaeda views Pakistan's operations in the tribal areas as an even greater threat, "the real danger comes from the agent Pakistani army that is carrying out operations in the tribal areas looking for mujahideen." This conflicts with many analyst's portrayal of Pakistani operations on the Afghan border as ineffective.

And on Another Note
A great positive article on Harriot Miers that mirrors my view to a large extent by Horace Cooper is up at Townhall

"Harriet Miers brings different perspectives to the table and a view like few others because of her varied past experiences. And a real appreciation for diversity should include strengths associated with living in the real world. Concerns like running a business and meeting a payroll, understanding the perspectives of elected officials and the attitude and the outlook of main street Americans is arguably much more important than diversity defined primarily by gender and race.
Harriet Miers will bring to the Supreme Court her knowledge of the critical issues facing our country today and fully informed view of the political branches on these issues. We need a judge on the Supreme Court who brings these new perspectives to the table, and together with her stellar accomplishments in her legal career it is obvious that she is a well qualified candidate."

And on the Odd and Interesting
Anthropolgy , archeology and paleontology being among my many interests, I enjoyed this one on some ancient human remains fascinating.

Don't miss this awesome post at KarensKorner from a soldier.

Barnyard Etiquette

I have been forced to post a policy. I don't curse or launch attack posts,I want to run a clean blog that delivers honest information. I love comments and full blown debate,the second you resort to name calling or the limited vocabulary of four letter words you will be deleted. I don't give a damn what political persuasion you hold! Personal attacks will not be permitted.Think Dennis Prager.

As The Gipper Says

THE GIPPER
"Accommodation is based on wishing not thinking, and if the wish doesn't come true the enemy is far stronger than he was before you started down that road. The other way is based on the belief (supported so far by all evidence) that in an all out race our system is stronger, and eventually the enemy gives up the race as a hopeless cause. Then a noble nation believing in peace extends the hand of friendship and says there is room in the world for both of us. We can make those rockets into bridge lamps by being so strong the enemy has no choice, or we can bet our lives and freedom on the cockeyed theory that if we make him strong enough he'll learn to love us." —Ronald Reagan
Hattip: The Federalist Patriot and support their Shields of Strength effort.

And head 4Rows Back for a good laugh

A Good Sunday to All !

Sometimes it is just nice too look back and see how far you have come. The trail into the Palisades region of the sierra, the headwaters of Big Pine creek, looking east towards Owen's valley. I wonder if the glaciers that carved these lakes were destoyed by SUVs and George Bush? Could the Kyoto Treaty have kept those glaciers intact? Dang it my tongue just blew out my cheek now I'll have a mess to clean up.

I would say a pretty quiet news cycle for the weekend other than the typical stirring of the blogger stew, the bomb scare in New York,the islamic connection to last weeks bomb and a new controversial nominee to SCOTUS, nothing too interesting other than Michael Yon has a new dispatch out and the Fourth Rail is popping with good news from Iraq, and Michelle Malkin finds scandal after scandal. Nice quiet weekend, Baaaaa! Plus a couple new additions to the blogroll, Cabe I mentioned last night, and I am adding his brother Stan at The Transcending Sovreignity who recently took the oath to serve our Patriot Armed Forces , a Barnyard salute!

And a little ditty by the Goat inspired by a friends email.

Talons not Tears

Eagles and Patriots don't cry,
We fight, sometimes quietly in the shadows but we are here.
We don't parade in crazy costumes but we are here.
Sometimes we wonder why?
We fight daily in society's trenches but we are here,
Our patriots shed their blood so that, we are here,
As my Lord had to die,
So that I am here!

Goat Gruff

Title suggestions open. GT, gets the title credit.

Two Wolves

---------- One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

(hattip)GT,hey girl you are on a roll.

Oklahoma Bombing

I waited to gather more information before posting on it. It appears jihadists motives and links are tied in just as there is credible evidence for that of the Murraw Federal building bombing and the MSM ignores it as usual. Michelle Malkin is as always on top of this and many other stories, that girl is a pure dynamo, I am glad she is on our side. She points to Mark Tapscott who is the main force eyeballing this developing story. We got lucky this time as it appears he blew up too soon. Just think if he had been sitting in the bleachers. Could you imagine what would be streaming from jihadi TV here and abroad. They have all the links, no need for me to repost them. Does the MSM not cover this because it proves Bush right and them wrong?

Update, unrelated: Michael Yon has a new dispatch up and another must read!

Update and a Barnyard welcome to The Federalist Solution by Cabe, another Federalist Patriot.

More on Miers

It appears we are getting that debate on what the court means as conservatives are bouncing all over the place and making that point very clear. Welcome to Goat's place Rooster. The one thing about Bush besides his steadiness in the GWOT is that he has been great at, is in who he appoints to key positions. He has made a couple of mistakes,Brown at FEMA and Myers at BICE but other than that he consistently goes for extreme talent and know how. I think he just gave Chief Roberts a pet "bulldog". Roberts,Thomas and Scalia can write opinion, we need an attack dog to cross question plaintiffs and defendants. I know enough older evangelical Christian ladies from Texas, hattip yall, to know they are tougher than nails when in comes to their morality to not be worried. It sounds like she is a brutal litigator, in other words if you don't have your facts together, she will cut you to pieces is what a Texan attorney that Hugh had call in said that had faced her, knew her,something. Let her do the grilling while the others get to listen, she apparently has the credentials to be chief legal counsel to POTUS and the background to hold the nations highest security clearances. I think many of the punditry feel betrayed and they shouldn't as all their picks are still in a growing rank as Bush continues to hit homeruns at the appellate level.
Heres the deal IMHO, Bush didn't want to tie up the senate for a year as there is alot of work to get done, on immigration, taxes , social security as the Dems were going to tie him up till the midterms by obstructing a Luttig etal, and hope setbacks in Iraq peel off more of the Indies. To be quite honest as a conservative I am more than a little ashamed of what I have seen in the thundering punditocracy of so called stable and objective view points of the Right. Some almost ran over the lefty blogs to slam Harriot Miers and the President. Several of them, Ann, Laura, NRO, etal, etal, I love y'all, just cool the jets on the range no need to saute' the nominee in the frying pan of american opinion before she has a chance to represent herself, pretty shameful behavior.
and a don't miss picture here!

Yes! Truckee Bound

My job takes me into the mountains tomorrow on a couple of choice jobs to grab as a tradesman, a couple of custom homes in the Truckee, Squaw Valley area, can you say, Happy Goat. I am very good at what I do and I started my trade at minimum wage with a broom in my hand and a backbone now I ply my craft for the wealthy, a nice spot to be in. I will take some pictures of some of the houses that showcase my work, old readers have seen the work we did at the big catholic cathedral here in Sacramento. the pics are in the archives if you choose to look. It is a daily challenge solving the problems of dillussioned architects and uninformed designers for demanding clients. These two I am seeing tomorrow have the money to make a good idea happen. I am going to take over control of our lost website, if I have any readers with website design background email me at goats_barnyard@msn.com I would like to talk to you. I have many reasons to smile, somebody just slapped me with a clue x four, different folks on different days,Wham. I am awake now. I just opened a new doorway in the market of free enterprise and found the key. I used to be an avid D&D player and I just found another route out of the dungeon. I was a brutal DM and very effective player, anyway, I like to build/make things that give pleasure to my client.

A Question

By making the the SCOTUS appointee from outside the court, those very capable judges remain in place and an equally great replacement does not have to be fought over in the Senate therefore freeing the Seanate to take care of other much needed business. From what I have gathered, this was a brilliant and politically shrewd nomination. As Hugh Hewitt has pointed out, she is extremely well qualified. She sounds like a hard as nails Texan to me, not likely to be swayed by the Swamp press corps or anyone else for that matter. I know I have a few Texans that read me, let me know what you think about it here or mail, or anyone else for that matter, we will all learn from the discussion.

I will leave this space open for the debate for a few days, I hope it is vigorous and representative of the glorious nation we belong I hope the pinheads on the left chime in as well! I support Harriot Miers.

Quotes

"Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, Judges, and Governors, shall all become wolves."-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Edward Carrington, 16 January 1787)
Reference: The Learning of Liberty, Prangle, 111.

"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant,and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders."-- Samuel Adams (letter to James Warren, 4 November 1775)
Reference: Our Sacred Honor, Bennett (261)

Courtesy of The Federalist Patriot
and support SOS

"O It harkens back to a time when the American people understood that they had a critical role to play in the war effort, just as they do at the moment. Today, as in the past, we need to fight as though our lives, fortunes and freedom depend on it, for indeed they do. We need to put the country on a true war footing in which every American can and must be asked to play a part in order to preserve the Free World" Frank Gaffney
The Center for Security Policy

One Step at a Time!

Some hard work ,perseverance and learning will enable you to conquer whichever mountain you choose. Me, I want the one center back by direct route,though I must learn how first!

Alabama Whoops Florida 31-3

I am a longtime, hardcore Crimson Tider and we are coming back to retake the gridiron. A comment for Hugh he won't recieve, as fellow rivals of Notre Dame and USC and Nebraska and Oklahoma, an allegiance of sort is proposed untill we play Ohio in the big game, if they can muster that is.

Interesting Saturday

There is alot of informative reading out there in cyberland. I came across a great policy speech by Condoleeza Rice at Princeton this week, boy is she good, the transcript is here, (hattip:Tigerhawk) and a must read.
Amir Taheri has an interesting piece up on Karen Hughes' trip to the Middle-East and what she is likely to find, that the anti-americanism we hear about is propulgated by western media, not by the Joe-blow Arab on the street.
Michael Yon has a new dispatch up on how the "deuce-four"24th ID in Mosul helped a little Iraqi girl get to the US for treatment for a heart condition. If you want to know what the Iraqi people think of the US, read his dispatches from there, imbedded in the battle for Mosul.

To change course alittle to the securing of our borders, the American Spectator has a great piece up by J.Peter Freire on the Minuteman Project with a link to their handbook,(requires Adobe Acrobat), very impressive. I support what they are doing even more so after reading it. Securing the border is prerequisite to tackling the huge numbers already here as total amnesty and total deportation are not politically feasible it must center around an employment program sponsored by employers and a crackdown on all public and private intities that subsidize illegal immigration.

And don't miss another great read from Rabbi Daniel Lapin, something the Goat fails to understand is the hatred of the Jews. Perhaps my readers can fill me in. I am semi-well read and have yet to find a plausible connection outside of Islamism and it's fascist offshoots. Why the hatred? As a Christian I see them as our spiritual father's and the developer's of law and order in society, perhaps that is what the hate. If so why are the supremely controlling and autocratic regimes of fascism and communism so despising of the Jews? Is it that belief in a Higher Being and an afterlife provides HOPE, and a personal striving for goodness? Could it be that Judeo/Christian beliefs expose evil for what it is? Could it be we believe in the freedom of the people to make and adjudicate common law?I fail to understand.

Jihad Watch

Don't miss Robert Spencer's latest at Human Events nor his great blog , Jihad Watch . I am so glad I have the new media to help get the word out that ours self constipated snobs in the MSM are unwilling to report. Goat's hat's off too all of us in the new media, the american citizen now connected like never before. Yes, these raging liberals are luring the country folk out of the hills and dales and we are far from stupid or uninformed, just unengaged. The more the liberal elite tries to remove our God, our guns, and force faggots down our throat the harder we will push back. America has the strongest backbone in the world built by these same folks and the socialists keep inflicting diseases that weaken that strength, GOP spending doesn't help the cause. These socialist softies may find more fight on their hands than they bargained for. Remember we drive 4x4s for a reason, a need to drive through the muck, literally and figuratively, time to shift into 4x-hi and air down the swampers a bit, the mud is starting to get thicker. We are locking hubs, ie:Tom Delay, ain't worried, he drives a monster truck, politically speaking.

Laugh Outloud and Hat's Off

This is hilarious from John McCaslin:

PONDER THIS
This past weekend, tens of thousands of protesters against the war in Iraq - some chanting that President Bush was a liar, a criminal and a killer - marched through the streets of Washington past the White House.
Talk about raining on their parade.
Marching 50 yards ahead of the demonstrators - holding up a sign that read "Freedom is Not Free" - was Ryan Ponder, 25, a former sergeant in the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army who until last year was fighting in Iraq.
"At one point, the anti-war protesters got so upset that he was marching ahead of them - and was the first person that onlookers saw - that they stopped the whole 150,000-person march so that he would get farther ahead of them," said one onlooker, a Capitol Hill staffer who asked not to be identified.
"But he stopped, too," he added. "He truly is like the man who stood in front of the tanks in (China's) Tiananmen Square in 1989, unafraid to stare down a much more powerful force."
We reached Ponder on Monday at the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Chris Cannon, Utah Republican, where he is an intern hoping to climb the ladder.
Ponder said he was proud to have marched, calling it his "patriotic duty."
Asked whether he had any close calls with a far deadlier enemy - the Islamic insurgents in Iraq - he said: "Of course I did. That's what happens when you're fighting a war."

And on Iran
Amir Taheri is as usual, very enlightening in his recent piece in Gulf News on the financial plight in Iran despite surging oil profits. Don't skip this one for any reason, two very insightful reads.

FLIGHT OF CAPITAL IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR IRAN TO CHANGE ITS POLICIES

by Amir Taheri

Gulf News September 28, 2005
Here is a quiz. You have a country whose foreign exchange reserves are at the highest levels in two decades, with prospects of rising prices for its principal export while over $200 million (Dh734 million) pours into its coffers each day.
Moreover, the nation's budget deficit, a persistent though occulted feature for the past eight years, has turned into a surplus, freeing the hands of the government to throw money at its more pressing problems. The logical consequence of all this should be a dramatic rise in the value of the nation's currency.

Patrick Ruffini's Straw Poll
It looks like Rudy, George and Mitt are clear frontrunners, though I believe Mike Huckabee could be a darkhorse and never leave out McCain.

HMMM?
I see Tammy Bruce has joined Pajamas Media, a conservative blog link, I have heard her radio show a few times, a liberal that makes sense, much like her counterpart, Andrew Sullivan can actually put together a coherent liberal point of view but actually make sense to staunch conservatives as myself, something much needed in our nations political debate, not just semi-psychopathic rants. I see it in both parties and creeds antics and I know which party will defend this country and work to better it and as it stands right now judging by the supporters of our two party system, it ain't the DNC in charge or even threatening to be. Who turned out to help in the wake of the Twins, Katrina and Rita.? Was it those thousands in DC? No, it was the people of America and their churches that joined caravans, not to DC but to where they where needed most, our devestated gulf region, as America opens Her arms the Left cries and holds vigils. Shame One You , Cindy Sheehan and the rest of you Loonbats that could have used your energy where it is actually needed. There is much to mouth and deed, BAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!! .
I would compare the conservative movement to a bermuda grass lawn with crab grass intrusions. How do we deal with this? We mow regurlurly to prevent seeding and then pull the remaining by the roots and anti-germination fertilizer finishes the job,parasites as socialism/communism are destroying the beauty by sapping its bounty.The most polluted spot in the world is the Soviet East German border. This anology is easily implied whether it be the GWOT or our domestic policies.
And if you don't check in with Roggio regularly then you have no grasp on the GWOT.
And from Karen over in her Korner and used by Zell Miller in his storied speech:

SOLDIER
"It is the soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate
.It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag
,And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protestor to burn the flag." - Charles M. Province

And William has a great essay up.

I'm Ready

I want a piece of them,what do they taste like!

We had dachsunds growing up, full sized squirrel chasing dash hounds. A fiesty breed for their size and shape, bred for badger hunting. Oh well on to politics as usual, grin.

I found this article from David Frum at OPJ to be very interesting for us conservatives as it focuses on the only real debate on Iraq, ours.

Divided They Stand

The only real debate over Iraq is among conservatives.

BY DAVID FRUM

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT
It's no secret that conservatives have divided ferociously over the decision to go to war to topple Saddam. The dispute was evident early on, when the national security adviser to the first President Bush, Adm. Brent Scowcroft, published an article in The Wall Street Journal attacking the foreign policy of his former boss's son, the second President Bush--and also of his own favorite protégée, Condoleezza Rice.

And a quote for today:

The Federalist Patriot
Founders' Quote Daily

"The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as
if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the
persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither
friendship nor safety."

-- Thomas Paine (Common Sense, 1776)

Reference: Paine Writings, Foner, ed., 24

And don't miss this great piece from Rebecca Hagelin.
Some more fascinating reading by Debbie Schlussel.
The last person I would want on my tail is Michelle Malkin, she is onto Shumer hotter and more accurate than the Dims are on Delay.

Re: The Left

Townhall's and other's writers on the right are having a heyday on the socialist/communist demonstration over the weekend. It was not an anti-war rally as much as an anti-America communist rally.
Dennis Prager expounds on some of the many reasons I joined the GOP, explaining the hysteria of the left.
Prof. Adams, another favorite has some suggestions on gun ownership, the Remington .270 or 30.06 is just as reliable and accurate as the Browning he recommends and considerably less expensive. For home protection, I would recommend the Glock 10 mill or any sawed off scattergun with buckshot. There are also some very fine and extremely accurate air rifles now made with 1200fps muzzle velocity, that's quick and silent varmint control.
Umm, my fellow fiscal conservatives may want to read this and get ahead of it. It is important what we cut. What good does paying for art that bashes America do? What good does welfare do? What good does federal regulation do? We would have plenty of money for infrastructure, roads and levees, if we weren't paying for illegals and drug addicts.
I have linked this post by William at The Briefing once before and it is worth reposting!

And this girl can blog, Karen again has some great reads up in her Korner.
And an interesting poem supposedly by Lincoln, good but not his style: from Tishnagee

He will have to learn,I know, that all men are not just,all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish politician,there is a dedicated leader...

Teach him for every enemy there is a friend steer him away from envy,if you can teach him the secret of quiet laughter.let him learn early that he bullies are the easiest to lick...

teach him,if you can the wonders of the books...

but also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky,bees in the sun,and flowers on a green hillside.In the school teach himit is far honourable to fail than to cheat...

Teach him to have faith in his own ideas,even if everyone tells himthey are wrong...

Teach him to be gentle with gentle people,and tough with the tough.Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the band wagon...

Teach him to listen to all men...

but teach him also to filterall he hears on a screen of truth,and take only the good that comes through.

Teach him if you can how to laugh when he is sad...

Teach him there is no shame in tears,

Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness...

Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to highest bidders but never to put a price-tag on his heart and soul

Teach him to close his ears to a howling moonbats and to stand and fight if he thinks he is right.

Treat him gently,but do not cuddle him because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Let him have courage to be impatient...

let him have the patience to be brave.

Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself,

because then he will have sublime faith in mankind.

This is a big order,

but see what you can do...

he is such a fine fellow,my son!

Miss That Sound

Note how clear the surrounding sky.
And here, what is the blue band? The Lord's finger. indiscriminate.
Hello Alice, where is the cat?

One of the things I miss about living in the south is the thunder, and we just had a little rumble here in NoCal, not enough rain to put down the dust. A couple of storm pictures from reader GT, awesome in their power and beauty. Boy do I love that rumble, yea I am strange. It is actually raining , our first since May.
Update: Fellow critter folks cannot miss the poem Karen has up, the Goat's heart split in two and tears streamed as I read it.

One of My Favorites Latest

Sour Grapes and Lemonade
09/26/2005

It seems no example of doing good in this world can fail to inspire resentment and interference.The devastation along the Gulf Coast has inspired an outpouring of charity. People have raised funds in all kinds of ways.You've probably heard a story or two about how kids with lemonade stands have been raising money for the victims. But not everybody appreciates such initiative. In Orlando, Florida, kids started up a lemonade stand for just this cause, but without universal applause. A neighbor made a formal complaint based on his alleged uncertainty about whether the money would really be going to help Katrina victims.Did the neighbor have reason to think a scam was going on? Well, no such reason was reported. Just the same, law enforcement, feeling obliged to investigate, dropped by to talk to the family. The kids were apparently not required to shut down their stand, but they felt somewhat intimidated and closed it anyway. Happily, not before raising $350 for the cause. In a single day of operation.Who knows what was eating this neighbor -- maybe he just didn't like all the traffic pulling up to the lemonade stand. But one man's minor inconvenience is another man's life preserver.It’s not the only incident of biting the hand that feeds you -- or that feeds somebody else -- that we've heard about. Incredibly, there have been stories about thugs in the New Orleans swamp shooting at rescuers. Maybe during times like these, obstructionists of all stripes could have the grace to stifle their normal impulses . . . Just a suggestion.
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