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Posted at 7:05pm on Aug. 9, 2006 Start Calling on Santorum to Endorse Lieberman

By neodanite

Get on the phone. Send out email. Best option: send a contribution to candidates who are running for office and attach a message to it:

Endorse Joe Lieberman for Senate.

Republicans like Rick Santorum, Lynn Swann, Chris Shays, Nancy Johnson, and Rob Simmons have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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Posted at 11:53am on Jun. 9, 2006 I'm in Baghdad

By neodanite

From the Diaries

Dear fellow RedStaters:

After supporting the mission in Iraq in spirit since its inception, I have accepted the challenge from our liberal friends and gone to Iraq to support the mission in person.

I'm currently working as a contractor in Iraq.  After working for the L.A.P.D. for 8 years, I've decided to use my skills to train the new Iraqi Police and thereby help the new government get on its feet and become less dependent on America.

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Posted at 5:37am on May 22, 2006 Privatizing Military Operations...Update from Virginia

By neodanite

I thought that I'd drop everyone a line since I finally have some down time.

I have been training for the past 7 days at a private facility in Virginia.  I am now working for a company called DynCorp which sends police officers and supervisors to Iraq in order to train, supervise, and mentor the Iraqi police.

The training is very, very intense.  90% of it so far has been tactical training in rifles, pistols, ambush escape, and convoy techniques.

I'm very excited about working for this company and assisting our military and the Iraqi people.

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Posted at 1:54am on May 12, 2006 School Choice Advocate wins N.J. Election!

By neodanite

Here's a shocker for those who know me: I supported a Democrat for Mayor of Newark this year.

His name is Cory Booker.  And he is the new face of the upwardly mobile African American.

Why do I like Cory?

Let me count the ways:

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Posted at 9:21am on Apr. 16, 2006 My Ten Best Senators (and 5 losers)

By neodanite

I just saw Time Magazine's "10 Best Senators" (2 conservative Republicans, 4 moderate Republicans, 1 moderate dem, and 3 liberal dems).

(In a Senate where it is fairly easy to find greatness if you don't hate conservatives.)

Time also listed the 5 worst; and managed to miss do-nothing whiners like Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Barack Obama, and Debbie Stabenow.

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Posted at 1:31am on Apr. 4, 2006 No Terrorist Attacks since 9/11, Credit Anything But Bush's Leadership

By neodanite

At least, that's the approach taken by Fareed Zakaria in tomorrow's Washington Post.

Why have the terrorists backed down?

One puzzle about post-Sept. 11 America is that it has not had a subsequent terror attack -- not even a small backpack bomb in a movie theater -- while there have been dozens in Europe. My own explanation is that American immigrant communities, even Arab and Muslim ones, are not very radicalized. (Even if such an attack does take place, the fact that 4 1/2 years have gone by without one provides some proof of this contention.) Compared with every other country in the world, America does immigration superbly. Do we really want to junk that for the French approach?

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Posted at 11:58pm on Mar. 31, 2006 Best way for a congresswoman to guarantee criminal charges... playing the race card

By neodanite

Make that the "race, gender, AND 'progressiveness'" card.

Because if you look at the Capitol Police, you'll find that just about everyone they stop is a black, female, and "PROGRESSIVE" congresswoman.

The humanity!

Anyway, here's the headliner from your CNN.com

McKinney: Race sparked tiff with police

Lawmaker faces possible charges after allegedly striking officer

Friday, March 31, 2006; Posted: 9:34 p.m. EST (02:34 GMT)

Rep. Cynthia McKinney said race is a reason that she was stopped by Capitol Police on Wednesday.

* Lawmaker scuffles with police

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, faces possible criminal charges for a Wednesday altercation with a Capitol Police officer, one of her lawyers said Friday that the real issues were "sex, race and Ms. McKinney's progressiveness."

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Posted at 8:08pm on Mar. 28, 2006 How to REALLY Steal an Election

By neodanite

Hat tip to John McIntyre of RealClearPolitics.com

Hugo Chavez really, really stole an election.

Here's the link:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2006/03/chavez_uses_electornic_voting
.html

Other than a reminder of how fragile democracy is, this story serves as a reminder of two elections that were NOT stolen: the U.S. presidential elections of 2000 and 2004.

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Posted at 8:29pm on Mar. 26, 2006 Patricia Heaton: Pro-Life Advocate

By neodanite

I've always loved "Everybody Loves Raymond".

I think that Ray Romano is very funny and the show is well-written.

I had heard in the past that the show's Emmy-award winning leading lady, Patricia Heaton, was pro-life.

But I didn't know that she was an outspoken advocate for a pro-life group called "Feminists for Life".

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Posted at 12:48pm on Mar. 22, 2006 Pretend that you're the president

By neodanite

It is June of 2002.  While the UN continues to look for WMD in Iraq, your intelligence director, George Tenet, reports to you that messages have been intercepted which indicate that Saddam is trying to hide chemical weapons such as nerve gas from the UN inspectors.  Even though the inspectors are trying to find evidence of chemical weapons, it is obvious that wherever inspectors go, there has been a recent "clean up".

You're the president.  What do you do?  

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Posted at 11:59pm on Mar. 10, 2006 He's baaack.... Jimmah Considering a Run in '08

By neodanite

Although my only source at this point is a recent update to a wikipedia entry on the Democratic '08 wannabee's, Ol' Jimmah may be considering another run at the presidency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_Democratic_candidates_in_the_2008_U.
S._presidential_election

For those of you who prefer to just read the pertinent text:

"Jimmy Carter, who served as President from 1977-1981, is still eligible for another term in the White House. Carter raised eyebrows in March 2006 when he suggested that he was 'seriously considering' running for President again in 2008. Carter says he would run on a what he calls a 'moderate, liberal Christian platform' and that he believes that his candidacy would have a widespread appeal in blue states and Southern red states alike. Where he to win the nomination and the election, Carter would be by far and away the oldest candidate ever elected to the Presidency."

But my question is: how will this affect the overall picture?  Could Jimmah steal Iowa right out from under "The Big Girl's" nose?

Would Georgia voters vote for Jimmah again?  Now that he's moved from centrist to fringe left?

This could be the most interesting '08 development all year.

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Posted at 1:50am on Feb. 10, 2006 Poll: GOP in Great Shape for '08

By neodanite

New poll out on Fox News shows that both Giuliani and McCain have a huge advantage over either Hillary or Kerry.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184357,00.html

If I had to choose the candidate today, I'd choose Giuliani.  He's likeable, he'll get millions of Catholic swing votes, he's smart, and people feel like they can relate to him.

He's loyal to the GOP but he inspires independents and moderate dems.

McCain wouldn't be too bad though.  He's pro-life and pro-values but he's also somewhat unpredictable.  I honestly don't expect him to get the nomination.  He has almost no support among the base of the party.

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Posted at 12:18am on Feb. 5, 2006 Justice Souter Almost Evicted Thru Eminent Domain(!)

By neodanite

In what could have and should have been the funniest exercise of eminent domain in the history of the United States, Justice Souter, part of the majority in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision to allow poor old women to get kicked out of their homes by the government so that hotels can build bigger parking garages, Justice Souter narrowly escaped the kind of government bullying he so heartily endorsed last year in the Kelo v. New London decision.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_re_us/hotel_souter

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Posted at 11:54pm on Jan. 30, 2006 An Open Letter to Justice Stevens

By neodanite

Dear Justice Stevens,

You have sat as a justice on the highest court in the land for almost 30 years.  While that is quite an accomplishment, I'm sure that you would enjoy serving as a senior (i.e. retired) justice as it would allow you to spend more time with your family, friends, and hobbies.

Don't think of this as coercion.  I'm just suggesting a path that would be good for you and even better for those of us who are appalled by:

1. Your refusal to allow states to ban the barbaric practice of killing children who are partially extracted from their mother's wombs,
   
2. Your inability to see how affirmative action in public law school admissions, government hiring, and government contracting is an insidious form of discrimination that is harmful to many racial groups, insulting to others, and bad for the institution which perpetrates the discrimination as well as the American public which trusts the government to treat all races equally.

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Posted at 10:41pm on Jan. 30, 2006 Was Ensign sabotaged?

By neodanite

Senator Ensign was on his way to the Las Vegas Airport to fly to D.C. to vote on cloture for soon-to-be Justice Samuel Alito, when his vehicle was hit head-on by a vehicle that came from an opposing lane of traffic.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/jan/30/013010850.html

The other driver's excuse?  He "fell asleep at the wheel".

Freak coincidence?

Or sabotage.

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