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Friday, December 14, 2007

(Another) Burglar Shot Dead in Texas

A southwest Harris County homeowner shot and killed a man he discovered climbing into a window of his house at about 2:15 a.m. today, investigators said.

Steven Dunbar, 44, died in the window of the home in the 3400 block of Cascadia, Harris County sheriff's homicide Det. Rolf Nelson said.

Nelson declined to name the homeowner but said the man, 32, was asleep in the house with his wife, a son, 6, and an infant daughter when he heard a loud noise.

"The homeowner says he heard a loud noise, possibly a gunshot, that startled him out of bed," Nelson said. "As he got up, he said he heard another loud noise and he said the house was shaking."

The man had retrieved a pistol he keeps and was on his way to investigate the noises when he heard glass breaking in a bedroom.

"When he entered that bedroom, he said he saw a burglar coming through a broken window," Nelson said. "He shot several times and struck the burglar several times, killing him at the scene."


Source: Houston Chronicle

Which gives me an excuse to embed the video of Quanell X's aborted demonstration in the neighborhood of Joe Horn...the community ran him and his thugs off!


Video Courtesy Blogs of War

(VIDEO) Rush Limbaugh on Fred Thompson


How can I add to what Rush said?

Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford Arrested
Feds Charge Corruption

There are many outlets covering this arrest, but by far the best covergae is to found at The Asheville City Paper:

Democracy NC, a Raleigh-based election watchdog group, documented more than $100,000 in campaign contributions to state legislators from the video poker industry during the 2004 election. The biggest recipient was former House Speaker Jim Black who used his office to block video poker bans repeatedly passed by the state senate. Finally, in 2006, with Black fending off an onslaught of corruption charges, the ban was approved in a 114-1 House vote and signed into law. The machines became illegal on July 1 of this year. Black is now in prison.

In Buncombe County, contributors tied to video poker made generous donations to Medford’s campaigns. He took in $12,300 from machine owners or operators in 2006 and $2,400 for the 2002 election. In addition, the Medford campaign reported dozens of $100 anonymous cash donations, with cash receipts totaling $4,789 in 2006, and an impressive $17,024 in 2002.

To put this in some perspective, Medford reported total receipts of $72,000 in 2006; so known video poker operators pitched in 17 percent of the total while seven percent of proceeds were anonymous cash. Van Duncan, who defeated Medford in that election, took in $120,000, none of which came from anyone visibly linked to video poker, and collected $2260.56 or two percent in cash. Anonymous cash donations up to $100 each were completely legal until Jan. 1, 2007, when a new campaign finance law reduced that figure to $50.

Looking back to 2002, Medford’s challenger Mike Ruby didn’t record a single donation from a video poker interest while his cash donations totaled $9,074.

Source: Asheville City Paper


Cecil Bothwell, despite his lefty leanings, is a very good reporter. You should include his new venture on your reading list. I fully expect him to cover the eventual arrest of DA Ron Moore someday with equal treatment as he has this case. Perhaps Moore will retire "elsewhere" because the noose is tightening.

My personal view is that corruption of public officials is inevitable where gambling is concerned. I fully believe this type of activity has gone on in all the western counties, and that there is corruption involved in the NC "Education" Lottery, as well as at the Casino in Cherokee. The Casino is a very good place to launder money.

Here are other places covering the arrest, many introducing their own spin (and humor) into the mix:

Asheville Citizen-Times

AshVegas

Arratik

Mountain Xpress

Scrutiny Hooligans


Tale A Stand done! (The Audio of the first two hours is mixing down from WAV to MP3 format (still a huge file at 104MB)...will replace with link to WWNC when (or if) they get their copy uploaded to the internet)
Download MP3 if embed doesn't work for you.

Topix Poetry

Where's the Outrage?

Wild West


Thursday, December 13, 2007

Charles Johnson, Following Rather?

So how well does the Dan Rather analogy apply to Charles Johnson and Little Green Footballs?

Some aspects of Mr. Rather’s situation seem quite apt. Consider what the The New York Times wrote in the wake of Rathergate, after CBS’ investigative panel issued its report:

Over the next week or so, CBS News issued a number of press statements and “CBS Evening News” reports that staunchly defended the Sept. 8 segment despite increasingly strong indications that the reporting for the segment was flawed. The panel finds that these statements and reports contained numerous misstatements and inaccuracies. Moreover, the panel finds that once serious questions were raised, the defense of the segment became more rigid and emphatic.

But other aspects of the CBS debacle differ from the LGF situation. LGF has no Mary Mapes to take the fall for any errors. There is no corporate board which can ease Mr. Johnson out when he becomes embarrassing. He may suffer an attrition of traffic over the long haul, but it’s also possible that his popularity is independent of any fidelity to the truth, and that he will continue to flourish.

So the analogy, though instructive, is incomplete. This leaves open the possibility of a different denouement than emerged from the whole sordid mess at CBS.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

What are the options for Charles Johnson, or for any other prominent blogger who makes significant factual errors?

I see the same three possibilities that faced Dan Rather when the forged Killian memos were exposed:

1. Acknowledge the errors and accept responsibility for them, even though they were committed by subordinates. This was not the road taken by Mr. Rather.
2. The infamous “fake but accurate” defense, which acknowledges that the “facts” were bogus, but asserts the underlying truth of the accusations. Dan Rather attempted this strategy, but it never gained any real traction, not even in the MSM.
3. Stonewalling. This was the method most favored by Mr. Rather, and which he persists in to this day, as witnessed by his lawsuit against CBS.

So far Charles Johnson has preferred option #3, failing to take up any of the suggested corrections posted here yesterday.

But I’m optimistic that this situation might change. After all, Mr. Johnson gained a well-deserved reputation for ferreting out the truth, and letting the chips fall where they may.


Source: Gates of Vienna

This has been a sad affair, and should be a cautionary tale for the rest of us interested in ferreting out the truth of things. Well, except for those of us who are gods, and don't make mistakes.

I'd rather see the counterjihad movement return to counterjihadi activities, and the Baron, Dymphna, Fjordman, Pamela, and Christine are among the very best we have. I'm sorry if I left anyone out, these are the guys I know best.

Era of Open Government is Here

Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know, as a citizen, what the government is really doing with your money. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act) requires a single searchable website, accessible by the public for free that includes for each Federal award:

1. The name of the entity receiving the award;
2. The amount of the award;
3. Information on the award including transaction type, funding agency, etc;
4. The location of the entity receiving the award;
5. A unique identifier of the entity receiving the award.

Source: USA Spending

I have been exploring the website this morning, and almost forgot to post about it until now, and will be posting on some of the stuff I am finding.

Congress Critters will now be much more accountable to the citizenry, and I hope this will help cut down on some of the corruption.

(VIDEO) Fred Thompson is not a Third Grader

This was Fred at his best! The only way it could have been better was if he had left the debate at that point.


(VIDEO) Gratitude

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

(VIDEO) Ron Paul Blimp Footage

I ran across this video whilst on my rounds:



Hat Tip: The Jawa Report

I also have it on good authority that operatives are working to delay the launch of the blimp as long as possible, and that there are certain "surprises" in store for the Launch Party. I'm hoping there will be plenty of video of the handiwork.



NIE--Attempted Coup Against USA?

The evidence continues to mount that this NIE was a work of fiction. Critics from across the political spectrum have voiced skepticism about its conclusions and its methodology; European allies doubt its accuracy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (which normally "sides" with Iran) has raised serious objections. The only parties that seem to trumpet the NIE report are Iran, Russia, and China-our foes.

Source: Atlas Shrugs

Be sure you read the thing, and follow the links. I think it is high time we started lining people up and shooting them for their treason, or at least let the appropriate people do some wet work behind the scenes with garrotes.

Jan Davis Selected As New Asheville Vice Mayor

Jan Davis is Asheville’s new vice mayor following an organizational meeting today by City Council. The meeting also saw the swearing in of Bill Russell and a formal farewell to two-year termer Bryan Freeborn.

The rush to nominate and unanimous support of Davis in his new role led Mayor Terry Bellamy to remark, “I think it speaks very well when so many people want to nominate you.”

Source: Mountain Xpress


Yaaay!

And to recap my instant replay of Bryan Freeborn's reaction to his loss:


West Carolina Report and WW4 update for Dec 12

I have updated West Carolina Report for today, and have included the World War IV Report in this post to give you a flavor of what I doing over there.





updates 11.38am


|CENTER FOR VIGILANT FREEDOM| Suggested Corrections for Charles Johnson



|NATIONAL TERROR ALERT| Jury Deliberates in Miami Liberty City Seven Terrorism Case



|THREATS WATCH| RapidRecon: Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program Dispersed, Not Halted








At least three attacks on Pakistani nuclear weapons complexes have occurred since August 2007. Attacks on other Pakistani bases in conjunction with the Taliban takeover of the Northwest Frontier Province may be part of coordinated campaign to compromise Pakistan's nuclear stockpiles.


|LONG WAR JOURNAL| Al Qaeda, Taliban targeting Pakistani nuclear sites








|GATEWAY PUNDIT| BEATDOWN IN HAVANA!!... Castro Thugs Bash Democracy Protesters





Americans are only beginning to realize what they’re up against, Inbal Nachum of the [Israeli] Home Front Command says forebodingly. “Americans don’t understand — you don’t understand — what it is like… [when terrorism] just is … just is the reality.

“They say the difference is that in America talk is about preventing terrorism; here in Sderot talk is about how to maintain sanity and group strength in the face of it. …

When — or perhaps if — terrorism strikes American soil again, America should do more than retaliate, they should also build up a community capable of bouncing back time and again.

Americans don’t ‘get’ terrorism,
by Amar C. Bakshi, washingtonpost.com,
7 December 2007.



|DNI| Sign up for 4GW




|LONG WAR JOURNAL| Al Qaeda hits UN offices, courts, police station in Algiers




|CENTER FOR VIGILANT FREEDOM| Man Strangles Daughter To Death. Why?





According to the former agent, waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah got him to talk in less than 35 seconds. The technique, which critics say is torture, probably disrupted "dozens" of planned al-Qaida attacks, said John Kiriakou, a leader of the team that captured Zubaydah, a major al-Qaida figure.

35 seconds? That sounds good enough .
Think of all the thugs you could crack in an hour?


|GATEWAY PUNDIT| Waterboarding Saves!... And Saves On Time





|MAVERICK NEWS NETWORK| "Islamophobia" Assault on Free Speech Continues



|KAVKAZ CENTER| Amir of the Caucasus Emirate abolishes the Cabinet of Ministers, the Parliament of the former C.R.I.



|KAVKAZ CENTER| Save Darfur is a PR scam to justify the next US oil and resource wars in Africa







According to the articles, sixteen-year-old Aqsa Parvez was choked to death. Police have arrested Muhammad Parvez, the girl's father, for her murder (the degree of the charge not yet determined) and her brother for obstructing the investigation.


|MAVERICK NEWS NETWORK| Dead Because Of A Hijab





As the Pakistani military continues the slow push to regain control of the settled district of Swat, suicide bombers struck in two locations, one at a sensitive weapons facility near Islamabad. The most deadly attack occurred in Swat in the Northwest Frontier Province after a suicide bomber hit a police checkpoint near Matta, where the Pakistani Army just established a presence. Ten were killed, including two children and three police.

But the attack at a Pakistani Air Force base in Kamra, while only injuring seven, has far more serious implications. The Kamra complex is a likely location for Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. The suicide bomber targeted a bus filled with 35 children of Pakistani Air Force officers. The driver, a conductor, and five children were wounded in the strike.


|LONG WAR JOURNAL| Suicide attack at Pakistani nuclear weapons complex





|MULTINATIONAL FORCES-IRAQ| Giving the Gift of Raw for Christmas: Wrestling Superstars Visit Troops



|GATEWAY PUNDIT| Iran Arrests 20 Student Leaders Behind Sunday's Protest



|BBC| Blast kills Lebanon army general



|GLOBAL GUERRILLAS| Neofeudalization



|SMALL WARS COUNCIL| China Signs US$2 Billion Oil Dev Deal with Iran



|MAVERICK NEWS NETWORK| "Islamophobia" Assault on Free Speech Continues



|STATELINE| Iraq casts shadow on 2008 state races




|BBC| Somali pirates free Japan tanker

Fire and Ice--Journalists Can't Decide


I am old enough to remember the last climate change scare. I was in elementary school and one of our Lefty Teachers was warning us of the impending Ice Age that would put us under snow six months out of the year. Some of us were very excited, because of all the snow days we would get. I still remember the winter of 1980/81,there was a six week period where we got in maybe 9 days of school (counting the two weeks off for Christmas) because of snow and ice. We would typically get in a day or two, or a half day before a new storm would force us to go home for the next two or three days, then repeat the cycle all over again. Once, a storm caught everyone unprepared, and buses couldn't run, and those whose parents couldn't come get them would have to spend the night in the gymnasium. Unfortunately, my mom had a Chevy Blazer, and she got me and my little brother, and took us home...so we didn't get to camp out at school.

That was the last good winter, except for 1993, but I was an adult on the local fire department, so I couldn't enjoy the chaos and do cool stuff in the snow.


I can remember being told by my science teachers in middle school of the dangers of global warming. Crap, no more snow!

Why all the anecdotal stories? To provide a personal background for this from the Business & Media Institute:



It was five years before the turn of the century and major media were warning of disastrous climate change. Page six of The New York Times was headlined with the serious concerns of “geologists.” Only the president at the time wasn’t Bill Clinton; it was Grover Cleveland. And the Times wasn’t warning about global warming – it was telling readers the looming dangers of a new ice age.

The year was 1895, and it was just one of four different time periods in the last 100 years when major print media predicted an impending climate crisis. Each prediction carried its own elements of doom, saying Canada could be “wiped out” or lower crop yields would mean “billions will die.”

Just as the weather has changed over time, so has the reporting – blowing hot or cold with short-term changes in temperature.

Following the ice age threats from the late 1800s, fears of an imminent and icy catastrophe were compounded in the 1920s by Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan and an obsession with the news of his polar expedition. As the Times put it on Feb. 24, 1895, “Geologists Think the World May Be Frozen Up Again.”

Those concerns lasted well into the late 1920s. But when the earth’s surface warmed less than half a degree, newspapers and magazines responded with stories about the new threat. Once again the Times was out in front, cautioning “the earth is steadily growing warmer.”

After a while, that second phase of climate cautions began to fade. By 1954, Fortune magazine was warming to another cooling trend and ran an article titled “Climate – the Heat May Be Off.” As the United States and the old Soviet Union faced off, the media joined them with reports of a more dangerous Cold War of Man vs. Nature.

Source: BMI Special Report: Fire and Ice
Related: Newsweek April 28, 1975

Commentary

I almost never pass up an opportunity to mock the Global Warming Freaks, and I have noticed in the past year, some of them have started to change their language from "Global Warming" to "Climate Change." I'm guessing with the recent news of changes in solar activity (2003 Jaworowski) (2007 Al Fin), they are keeping their options open so they can gear up to preach on "The Impending Ice Age." I wonder if they'll try to claim that pollution is the cause of this one, too.

Of course, most of the people who try to hype Global Warming are using that as a lever to gain power, the power to control every thing you do. These watermelon enviro-whackos want to use the whole debate to redistribute wealth from the capable to the incapable (economically speaking, that is) so that everyone is on a level playing field, which reminds of a quote form HL Mencken:

The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule.


Tuesday, December 11, 2007

John Batchelor Show Update

I keep getting hits from Search Engines where people are looking to see what is up with the John Batchelor Show, so I will do an update to make your search easier. (And perhaps get around to putting him back on my sidebar of radio shows...I STILL have Drudge listed, and he has been off the air for a couple of months!)

He is currently on the radio on Sunday nights, from 7pm to 10pm on WABC-770AM out of New York City. [WABC Streaming Page]

The tightwads don't have a podcast service so those of us who live in dial-up land can download the show to listen later.

After that show, he is on KFI-640AM out of Los Angeles from 7pm to 10pm Western Time (10pm to 1am for Rio Lindans in the Eastern Time Zone).

Here is the link to the December 9th Show podcast.

His page at KFI is here, with links to podcasts dating back to 11-04-2007 (Look on the Sunday Page). If you find this post after they have been taken down, I will be glad to post my copies at DivShare for you to download at your leisure. If you have any before that time, I'd appreciate a similar arrangement for me to get my hands on them, especially if they are of his show before he got the can from WABC. (Which I recorded off XM Radio when I was too sleepy to listen to the whole show, which I should have been doing for them all!)

The John Batchelor Show is one of the best radio shows out there, and the guy has impeccable taste in bumper music.

I hope he gets on one of the Satellite Radio Channels, so I can listen live, after all, his show is the reason I purchased my XM Radio when I returned to western North Carolina from Virginia in 2003. I would even get a Sirius Radio if he was only on that service. (XM, are you listening?)

Woman With a Weapon Stopped Killing Spree

BY now, you have heard of the killings in Colorado that were stopped by one person with a firearm.

It is my personal policy to carry at least one firearm with me everywhere, even where posted, but not where metal detectors are used (I carry ceramic throwing knives in those situations).

Remember, Gun Free Zones are Victim Disarmament Zones, where criminals may operate without fear of having their fire returned.

Monday, December 10, 2007

(VIDEO) 2007 Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries

I have uploaded a video I have edited of the sights and sounds of the Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries I attended on Friday night.
I have included some photos and a few video clips, including as couple of musical performances by local groups.
The last weekend of the Festival is this Friday and Saturday night, so come on down and enjoy the lights and do some shopping. Click here for more info.


(VIDEO) 16th Annual Taylor Christmas Dinner
The Lineup

Here is the first clip of the Taylor Christmas Dinner held over the weekend at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC:


Sunday, December 9, 2007

(VIDEO) Dale folwell for NC State Treasurer
and Coming Soon--Mike Huckabee Videos from last night at the Taylor Christmas Dinner

Here is an interview Richard Bernier conducted with David Folwell, a candidate for North Carolina State Treasurer:




and, Richard announces that he may have the first video ready for showing later this afternoon or evening of his coverage of the annual Taylor Christmas Dinner last night. You may have seen brief clips of the coverage on WLOS, "Sound Off Buncome" will have in-depth coverage that will give you a "you are there" feel to the event. So, check back later.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

More photos of the Luminaries and Lights in Dillsboro

I hope no one noticed I misspelled "luminaries" last night. Ooops!

Anyhow, the luminaries is based on the Scandinavian custom of lighting the way for the Christ Child during the Christmas Season, and it has been part of the Dillsboro Christmas Season for over a decade now.

I took 337 photos and videos last night, and whittled down my photos to 82 that I wanted to share, and then found out that photobucket limits the number of photos in a slide show, so I will be putting them on You Tube sometime Monday morning after I get to the office.

So, for now, here is what I could get uploaded while I was at the library this afternoon:




Friday, December 7, 2007

Dillsboro Luminaires Tonight

I am at the lighting of the Luminaires tonight in Dillsboro, and here are some early pix and a video of the train leaving on it's way to Bryson City. It should be back by 6 pmish.




Scenes from Dillsboro tonight, the video is unedited, and I'll have an edited version up by Monday.


And this is where I am uploading from!


World of Warcraft Saves Boy From Moose

O RLY?

This story sounds like something out of Onion:

Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, recently survived a moose attack by feigning death, "just like you learn at level 30 in World of Warcraft." In WoW, "feign death" is a skill acquired by hunters at level 30 that allows them to take a page from the possum playbook, collapse to the ground, and convince their enemies -- who lose all ingrained animosity in the process -- that they've died.
Source: Wired
Hat Tip: Ace

West Carolina Report 3.1


I have upgraded West Carolina Report with the addition of story snippets, and I am testing the use of Google Reader's "Share" feature that allows users to publish things they find interesting to a public page, and I have embedded a widget that will allow readers access to that page.

The big improvement, for me, is that I don't have to copy and paste so many times to bring attention to news stories or blog entries as I find them...I just click the share button to include it on the public page.

I am also putting the final touches on the code that will allow independent reporters to contribute content to West Carolina Report without having to go through me. I am looking for local or state oriented features, but will consider material for the National and World War IV pages, or other pages that will be established in the future.

And I have secured the means to go live at any time with videocasting, and may be simulcasting several shows on that website in the near future of a local and regional flavor.

The future for conservative and classical libertarians is looking very bright for western North Carolina, and the WCR News Network will be broadcasting the Revolution Live!

I am very excited, and have been working toward this moment for two and a half years, and can see everything coming together in the next twelve months.

Read More: West Carolina Report
Get Involved: Contact Information

Thursday, December 6, 2007

(OH-05) Robin Weirauch Caught Red-Handed

In what will come as a shock to Ohio taxpayers, Robin Weirauch, the Democrat candidate for Ohio's Fifth Congressional District, was caught red-handed supporting legislation that would provide taxpayer-funded government benefits to illegal immigrants.

Source: The Real Democrat Story

If you guessed that Robin is a democrat, move to the front of the class!

THere is something similar afoot here in North Carolina, and the GOP is fighting back. I hope they do the same in Ohio.

(Press Release) Eagle Forum Endorses Shuler Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 5, 2007

Eagle Forum Endorses Shuler Bill to SAVE America from Illegal Immigration


Washington, D.C.—Eagle Forum, a leading pro-family organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly, fully supports and endorses the Secure America with Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act, H.R. 4088, recently introduced by Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC). For years, Eagle Forum has been a tireless advocate of an enforcement approach in remedying the illegal immigration problem in the United States. The introduction of this bill is exciting because it is the first to seriously address the issues of border security and interior enforcement since the stunning defeat of the Senate’s “Grand Amnesty” plan this past summer.

“We are very excited about Rep. Shuler’s bill,” stated Eagle Forum Executive Director, Jessica Echard. “Not only does it properly address the will of grassroots Americans to enforce already-existing immigration laws, but has a good chance of coming to a vote as it is rapidly gaining a good deal of bipartisan support. It already has over 100 cosponsors.”

“This bill looks very promising because it tackles illegal immigration from three different directions,” Echard said. “First, it increases technological surveillance and the number of border patrol agents. Second, it requires employers to use the E-verify program so they can be assured they are not hiring illegal aliens. Thirdly, it will give the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) greater resources to strictly enforce current immigration laws and to better facilitate deportation when necessary.”

“During the push for amnesty instead of enforcement this past summer, there was a lot of rhetoric coming from Capitol Hill about enhanced border security and employer verification of employees,” stated Echard. “This bill gives Congress a great opportunity to prove to Americans that they actually meant what they said.”

Eagle Forum's Mission is to enable conservative and pro-family men and women to participate in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise.


For more information, visit Eagle Forum.
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New Rasmussen Numbers for 2008 Race

These numbers are surprising, on both sides:

GOP:

1 Mike Huckabee 21%
2 Rudy Giuliani 18%
3 Mitt Romney 12%
4 Fred Thompson 11%
5 John McCain 11%
6 Ron Paul 8%


Huckabee sure has surged in the past few weeks hasn't he? And what is up with Ron Paul? If he makes the 15% mark...I'll be seriously concerned, because then he would be in a position to pick up some of the supporters of the other candidates (especially if they distrust the current leaders of the pack) as they drop out.


Dems:

1 Hillary Clinton 31%
2 Barack Obama 26%
3 John Edwards 15%
4 Bill Richardson 6%



I sure hope Obama doesn't catch Hillary, because I think she'll be the easiest for the GOP to defeat between her and Obama. I used to fear Edwards being nominated; these numbers look like he is pretty well toast.

**update**12.32pm I was remiss in not including this information on the poll:

This survey includes approximately 750-800 Likely Democratic Primary Voters and 600-650 Likely Republican Primary Voters. Margin of sampling error for each is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Krazy Kos Kidz Attack Coverage of Romney Speech!

A Kos Kid has already posted, wondering if the coverage of the speech on TV was illegal. I kid you not:


I just turned on the TV and was flipping channels and CNN and MSNBC are carrying Mitt Romney's speech LIVE.

Yes, they are carrying the speech, apparently in its entirety, LIVE.

Like it's some kind of "Big Deal" to America. It's not. It's just some wanna-be politician trying to b.s. his way into office.

Can someone tell me how this is NOT breaking campaign finance law?

This is a FREE CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL FOR ROMNEY. A DONATION. FROM MAJOR NEWS CORPORATIONS. TWO OF THEM! (heck, I didn't even check Foks News, so it's probably three!)

Imagine if Boeing gave Romney his own 767 to fly around in. THAT'S what this is equivalent to.


Aren't they now obligated to let, say, Edwards give an entire speech, LIVE?

Or, maybe Obama?

Or, just to be fair, McCain?

See, this is how we should be able to bring these "news" networks down, by busting them on this kind of thing.

To carry a candidate's speech, in its entirety, LIVE on their networks, is an extremely valuable in-kind donation to that candidate. Just think if he had to buy that airtime.

How much is this worth in dollars? It should be pretty easy to figure out.

Can't we bust them on this?

CAN YOU IMAGINE THEM DOING THIS FOR A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE?

Of course you can't. Because it would NEVER HAPPEN.

Daily Kos [Current] [Snapshot]

Commentary

I'm guessing this person is your standard issue progressive, who has no idea about what is news worthy...and would go through any mental contortion to shut up the opposition. I suggest you read the comments, as there are some of the Kos Kidz with some sense. I couldn't resist highlighting this idiot, and preserving their "outrage," which they express oh so well with ALL CAPS.

One last parting shot...notice how this parallels with the actions of the leader of the North Carolina Democrat Party, Jerry Meeks, to the Carolina Stomper video of Elaine Lite dancing with pagans in downtown Asheville...by trying to punish the messenger...not the message.

These people are morally bankrupt, and cannot compete with us in the marketplace of ideas.

Mitt Romney Speech Live on Thunder Pig
Speech Begins at 10:30AM Courtesy UStream
(now updated with audio embedded)

**update**12.55pm scroll down to the bottom to watch the recorded speech as broadcast.

Thanks to Patrick Ruffini, this will be one of the blogs carrying the Romney speech on his faith today at 10:30 AM!

So, set your alarm, and come back and watch the speech.




I will be recording the audio, and will have it available shortly after the speech is finished so those of you who missed it can at least listen to it here, or download it to listen later. I will embed it in this post so bookmark it for easy locating later.

**update** 10.58am the speech is over, and I am editing the audio.

At first blush...I think he hit it out of the ballpark. He said what he needed to say, and was very Presidential in his delivery.

**update#2** 11.15am okay, I have edited the audio and encoded it as an MP3.
You can stream it here or download it for later. The file is approx. 22m 52s long, and 20.9MB in size.


I am having trouble getting it play embedded, so click here to download the speech, or watch it below. It has now been archived and can be watched in its entirety. The show begins at the 4 minute mark.



**update** 2.17pm
For a transcript of the speech visit his campaign website.

About the latest Mall Shooting

The Mall Shooting in Omaha has left 8 innocent people dead, and 1 perp dead.

If just one armed citizen had been nearby, the headlines would be different, and perhaps less people dead.

I carry nearly everywhere I go, and practically the only way to keep me from carrying is to put metal detectors at the entrance to buildings I am interested in entering.

When are people going to quit accepting the virtual disarmament of the body public? Where have all the gunracks in the pickups gone?

Common Sense don't seem to be quite so common anymore, does it?

About the WGA Strike

I am glad that the WGA has gone on strike for the reason that so many Lefty Shows have been shutdown.

This is one case of Lefties hurting Lefties that I can really enjoy!


Think about it.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

(VIDEO) Ron Paul Sucks (updated with Atlanta videos)



And here are some examples of Idiot Ron Paul Supporters in action:




It was Rudy Giuliani campaigning for president on the Marietta Square on Sunday afternoon, but anyone listening may well have thought the candidate's name was Ron Paul.

"RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!" — a crowd chanted from Glover Park, effectively drowning out comments from the former New York mayor and occasionally changing the chant to "FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!"

enthusiastic, lungs than the middle-aged crowd of Giuliani's gaggle, who responded with a college try — "Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!" — while the Paul cadres tailed the GOP front runner on his walking photo op in downtown Marietta.

The Paul backers, handing out their own candidate's literature, said they were more interested in a president who would truly try to shrink government, not just promise to do it, and who promises outright to bring the troops home from Iraq.

"You're being very inconsiderate," an elderly woman, aghast at the lack of Southern manners, told three young female Paul acolytes.

"You're not helping your candidate with this," a middle-aged man told a 20-something man toting a blue-and-white Paul campaign sign.

"This is a Republican rally," a testy older man snapped, apparently forgetting that Paul, a physician and Libertarian by philosophy, is an elected Republican and running in the GOP primary for president.

His supporters simply answered, "RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!"


Source:
Atlanta Journal Constitution

And here are two videos some of them were stupid enough to post on you tube, and all that is missing is brown shirts for the Ron Paul Supporters to wear while they ignore the part of the Constitution about free speech:








These people are dangerous! Unstable!

And they like overpasses! Need I say more?

West Carolina Report for Dec 5th

I have updated the West Carolina Report for today, or I did much earlier, and forgot to do this until just now.

AIDS Memorial Quilt at WCU

I stopped by WCU, and took some photos of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which will be on display until tomorrow evening at 6pm, when there will be a closing ceremony.

Google Map of location.

Click here to see some full-size pix I didn't have the heart to scale down.







The Hinds University Center







A Fellow Trekkie






A Fellow Patriot






Wide Shot w/ Vounteers







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Mountain Xpress Profiles Carolina Stompers

One of the local free papers, The Mountain Xpress, has profiled the new conservative group the Carolina Stompers in this weeks issue. An excerpt follows:



Since the Stompers’ formation in August, this aggressively right-wing group has grabbed headlines, churned out short films and television ads—and made no small number of enemies across the political spectrum. And if the Stompers are militant in their rhetoric, their detractors are equally harsh in their criticism, calling group members “ignorant” or “theocratic bigots.”

Meanwhile, the State Board of Elections is investigating charges that the group has broken campaign rules.

Undaunted, Nesbitt now hopes to take the Stompers to the next level—and he’s spoiling for a fight.

“The way things have been going—especially in the city of Asheville and the state, with the liberals running things ... it’s been going down the tubes. That’s why we’ve taken such an aggressive stance,” he explains. “When you come to [the Carolina Stompers Web site], you can see that elephant chomping on his cigar, flexing his muscle. You can see he’s pro-U.S.A., and you can hear his trumpet roar. That’s to let people know that we’re out there, we’re supporting these kids—and we’re ready to do battle, if necessary.”
It is indeed news that a conservative group has formed in Buncombe County that is willing to fight against the shrill progressives, and increasingly shrill pauleroid libertarians.

More on the curious choice to express the opposing view point, Tim Peck, a sometimes blogger whom I have invited to participate on WNC Citizens Blog, and have cooperated with on the Buncombe County Republican Action Club activities, and coverage of the Edwards/Shuler Rally in Hendersonville in August 2006:


Blogger and activist Tim Peck says he finds the Stompers’ approach “juvenile and dishonest,” citing the anti-Lite ad as an example. Peck, one of Nesbitt’s rivals within the local Republican Party, asserts that Nesbitt formed the Stompers to soothe his wounded ego after his unsuccessful bid to become chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party.

In March, Nesbitt was bested by retired Army Col. Mike Harrison. The election, says Peck, represented a schism in the party between the more libertarian camp and “the hard-line religious right.” Nesbitt “and his cronies would harangue [Harrison] at every meeting of the executive committee.”

But Harrison stepped down under pressure about two months later, and in June, the executive committee named Mark Delk to serve out his term.

But according to Peck, who describes his own philosophy as libertarian, the struggle left Nesbitt with “a chip on his shoulder” that prompted him to found the Stompers. “He anticipated being the voice of the Republican Party and ... the heir to that chairmanship,” Peck asserts. “When he couldn’t get it legitimately, he decided to create his own organization, which he would deem the ‘true Republicans.’”
I am skeptical of the Mountain Xpress choice of Tim to present the opposing view, because the most logical choice would be Gordon Smith of the local Progressive Group Blog, the Scrutiny Hooligans, who has posted about the Carolina Stompers, and devoted a lot of time hurling insults at the group. I can't quite put my finger on it; I smell a rat, or a horse.

Methinks that Tim Peck is being used as a Stalking Horse. To whit:

Tim's blog posts on the Carolina Stompers:

Zero

Although in nearly everyplace where the Stompers are discussed, he usually leaves a disparaging remark...especially in the AC-T Topix Forums. My favorite is "The Carolina Stompers are their own worst ad."



Gordon Smith on the Carolina Stompers:

Nov 13th... Chad Nesbitt Advocates Discrimination

Oct 22nd... People Who Are Different From You, where I am the springboard from which he launches into the Carolina Stompers.

Oct 3rd... Pride Goeth Before A Fall

Sept 28th... As I Was Surfing

Sept 14th... Radical Right Wingers Attack Elaine Lite

Sept 2nd... NC-11 Republican Train Wreck Continues

Aug 16th... Buncombe County’s Republican Feud Intensifies

Aug 13th... Area Republicans Make Their Own Netroots Push


Gordon Smith, the blogger formerly known as Screwy Hoolie, has also posted numerous references to the Stompers in the AC-T Topix forums...the bulk of his arguments against the Stompers seem to revolve around an obsession about spelling and grammar, when that complaint should be leveled against the public school system, because a lot of people can't spell. (And Gordon, I'm pretty sure Chad graduated before No Child Left Behind)

Again, I ask you, "Isn't it curious that the Mountain Xpress chose Tim Peck for the Voice of the Opposition?" Perhaps they did call on Gordon, and he wisely declined. (Seeing it would hurt his march toward respectability).

I happen to think that (especially after re-reading all those posts) using Gordon as the Voice of the Opposition, people will see that Gordon is a bit over-the-top and that there is some truth to be found in the claims of the Carolina Stompers.




Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Tidbits from the Enemy



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I see that the Kool-Aid Drinkers are still insisting that Mumia did not murder policeman Daniel Faulkner. I covered the recent release of "Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice" in this post. Mumia got off lucky, he should've been fried in the chair for his crime.


Kavkaz Center, an ally of al-Qaeda in the Caucus Mountains, reports that the Iraqi Resistance "have tactically reduced their attacks against occupation troops to regroup and retrain in the wake of the US troops surge."


And on the same website, advice is given to NATO that "Negotiation is the only solution in Afghanistan." Sounds like they are using Democrat Talking Points, huh?

In a clear sign that Condi has indeed gone over to the Dark Side, Eleanor Clift suggests that the current SecState would be acceptable in a Democratic Administration. In a supporting role, one of the good guys, Carl in Jerusalem suggests that Condi not be allowed back in the country. I agree with that sentiment.
She appears to have been captured by The Evil That Resides in Foggy Bottom.

I'll leave you to ponder an attack in The Huffington Post on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate most Republicans are rooting for, in an article attacking her recent vote for the Kyle-Lieberman Resolution...which laid the groundwork for an attack on Iran.



My philosophy for reading so many Lefty/Anarchist/Islamist websites?

I consider it Signals Intelligence, because old habits die hard.

**update** 4.22pm Threats Watch has a new video from As-Sahab, the centraql media arm of al-Qaeda, containing a graphic ambush of a convoy in Afghanistan.

Iran Nuclear Program Shelved in 2003?

According to the latest National Intelligence Estimate, Iran put it's nuclear program on hold in 2003.

After the stomping we gave Saddam, I'm not surprised.

I pray that it is accurate.

Blog Burst for Dec 4th

Short of making my Feed Reading Lists public, there is no way I way I can link to all the interesting things I find every morning while looking for content for West Carolina Report.

Since currently more people read this than that, I'll try to put some of the more interesting links over here with a brief excerpt:

“Anyone who can get on the Internet now has access to a collection of books the size of a large university library,” said Raj Reddy, professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon. “This project brings us closer to the ideal of the Universal Library: making all published works available to anyone, anytime, in any language. The economic barriers to the distribution of knowledge are falling,” said Reddy, who has spearheaded the Million Book Project.

Source: Al Fin [Reading to Maximise IQ and EF: Million Book Project]




The Iraqi government and Multinational Forces Iraq continue to take the fight against al Qaeda in Iraq and allied insurgent groups in the northern provinces. On the heals of Operation Lightning Hammer II — the multidivision operation in the provinces of Ninewa, Tamin, Salahadin, and Diyala — Iraqi and US forces have launched Operation Iron Reaper, a follow-on operation in the same region.

Iron Reaper, which consists of elements of four US brigade combat teams and three different Iraqi Army divisions, was launched on November 27. "The purpose of Operation Iron Reaper is to continue the pursuit of al-Qaeda and set the conditions for continued reconciliation efforts in key Northern provinces," Multinational Forces Iraq stated in a press release on the operation.

Over 850 mortars, along with 70 rockets, various explosives, bomb-making materials and manuals, and "about a dozen explosively formed projectiles" were found in various caches. Iran has been the primary importer of the deadly explosively formed projectile land mines.

"Task Force Iron’s previous division-level operation, Operation Iron Hammer, began the process of improving security in the north and set in motion reconciliation efforts. The reconciliation paved the way for the signing of 6,000 Concerned Local Citizens," said the press release. The recruitment of 6,000 Concerned Local Citizens in the Hawijah region has set the stage to allow Iraqi and Coalition forces to push into the rural towns and villages in the Za'ab Triangle as well as push al Qaeda and insurgent elements form the population centers of Mosul and Kirkuk.
Source: Long War Journal [Operation Iron Reaper launched in the Iraqi north]



Another unsavory aspect of many of the attacks on Vlaams Belang has been to base them on photographs, or on objects found in the background of videos. A photograph alone is evidence of nothing.Witness the photos of Richard Nixon with Jimmy Carter, or of Winston Churchill with Josef Stalin. No serious person would take these as evidence that Jimmy Carter supports conservative Republicans, or that Winston Churchill was a communist.The use of photos of in this manner is especially disingenuous when the subject’s publicly stated positions, policy initiatives, legislative actions, political alliances, and other public behaviors overwhelmingly contradict the tendentious conclusions drawn from such photographs.If I happen upon a photo of Dennis Kucinich taken alongside Robert Byrd - which is not an unthinkable possibility, given that both are in the same political party - common sense would not lead me to assume that Mr. Kucinich is an enthusiastic supporter of the Ku Klux Klan.

Only an invincible ignorance of (or disinterest in) the facts on the ground can lead to arguments based solely on associations discovered in photographs.

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Finally, an explanation is in order about why we have gone to all this time and trouble about such relatively trivial matters.Many commenters and emailers have been advising us to ignore the increasingly shrill and overheated accusations directed at us, Filip Dewinter, Vlaams Belang, etc. Readers are understandably tired of all this pointless argument, and are ready to move on.I’m just as sick of all this nonsense as any of you are. It has consumed all my spare time and energy for more than six weeks, and there is nothing I would like better than to be shut of it.But there is a crucial task that must be completed before we can move on.
Source: The Center for Vigilant Freedom [That Fascist Solar Cross]




The seed of the tipping lies in far western Anbar, in the collection of villages known as Al Qa'im. The village itself is one of the smallest in group, with Husaybah on the border with Syria now being (apparently) the largest. The area was the scene of heavy fighting between insurgents and coalition forces in 2005, with Operation Matador – one of the largest offensives to take place after Fallujah -- resulting in clearing much of the area.

It was against this backdrop that what has become known as the Awakening began, with a tribe that got fed up with the insurgents. The Alba Mahal tribe began fighting al Qaeda and, from all accounts, didn't do fare too well. It was then that the tribe decided to work with the Coalition, and other tribes and groups began to join in. The area around Al Qa'im began to stabilize not just for the Coalition, but for the residents as well.

Those bloody days of 2005 seem in many ways a distant memory to the land, if not the people. Driving through the area, it is clear that better times have arrived. Industry was in full operation, with key mineral and other plants in operation. Markets and other businesses appeared to be doing good business, even well into the evening. A new crossing complex was about to open on the border, expanding already significant trade. Clusters of new homes were being built as part of what appeared to be a significant housing boom.

That boom was reflected in the home of the head Sheik for the area. Whether new construction or extensive renovation, the home was gorgeous and reflected the new prosperity of the region. The meeting that night stood in contrast to the meeting a week or so before in West Rashid.

Source: Blackfive [The Tipping of West Rasheed, Part Two]




Count the ways this is wrong:

Later, Imus chatted with Connecticut Sen. Dodd, who called into the show from Iowa, where he is languishing in the polls.

"Drive time radio has been boring, so welcome home," Dodd said. He also asked Imus to consider coming to Iowa to endorse his long-shot campaign.

"Hillary's got Barbara Streisand endorsing her out here and let me tell you ... More people out here look and sound a lot more like you than they do Babs. So if I can get you out here ... we're home free, I think."

Source: Daily Kos [Dodd begs bigot Imus for endorsement]




And one more from Al Fin:

The Sun gives us life-sustaining warmth and light. The sun also bombards our space with x-rays, gamma rays, high energy electrons, and atomic nuclei, which if not for Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field would kill us all. But wait--the sun's solar wind and magnetic field also shields the earth from dangerous radiation coming from outside the solar system. The Sun is clearly up to both good and bad. What else is the sun doing, that we should know about?

Recently, astrophysicists have become aware of the sun's interaction with the "global atmospheric electric current," and have started looking at the weather and climate implications.
Source: Al Fin [Is the Sun Really Masker of the Earth's Deskiny?]


Commentary

There just aren't enough hours in the day to take all this stuff in, and process it before more comes in. I included the post from Daily Kos as an example of the crap posted on the Lefty Blogs. This particular post demonstrates a lack of appreciation for humor that nearly all on the Left seem to share...plus a very unChristian attitude of forgiving past offenses, especially if they are perceived to be against one of the "protected" victim groups.

And, if you dare, try reading the comments (often laced with foul language coming from foul minds) for some real gems of Lefty Neo-Stalinist Thinking: (click on quote to read in context)




"More people out here look and sound a lot more like you than they do Babs" is pretty damn miserable thing to say.

Tell me how I'm supposed to read that and not read it as perilously close to "there aren't a lot of Jews out here."




I included the military stories, and the science stories simply because (unless you listen to talk radio or read blogs) you will not see them except in passing, and wrapped in a political agenda designed to make the case that things are going badly, whether it is the fabled Global Warming, or the Iraqi Front of World War IV.

Minor Civic Miracles by John Armor

Guest Commentary

Minor Civic Miracles
by John Armor
Highlands, NC


Two things happened last week that are minor miracles. We take such things for granted; they got merely local coverage, and not much of that. The first was the Highlands Christmas Parade on Saturday.

The Town is only four blocks long, but the parade was about eight blocks long. So, the first people to take part, had time to join the audience for the rest of the parade. In years past, Mayor Buck Trot would be in the first car as Mayor. Then he would rush back to the staging area, put on his red suit, and be at the end of the parade as Santa Claus.

Buck retired from being Mayor. But with his long white hair, his beard and mustache, and the fact that he is "a man of a certain girth," he'll remain as the Santa Claus forever.

Sounds like our parade was sorta lame. Not so. The new Mayor was in a lovingly restored late-model Model A Ford, with a rumble seat.
There were two other Model As in the parade. Folks hereabouts take their
vehicles very seriously. From the shine and perfection of the outsides of these
cars, I guarantee the engines were clean enough to eat your lunch off them.

There were also at least ten restored, early model Thunderbirds in the parade. And a vintage Mustang. And six fire trucks from Highlands, and the two nearest communities which support each other when any major fires occur.

There was the band from Highlands High School. They don't have many musicians. They can't afford uniforms. Their musical talents are not the same as the national champions who appear in parades like the Macy's Thanksgiving one.

Why is it that the broadcast of the Macy's Parade consists of two semi-celebrities announcing "the award-winning band from South Succotash," and then talking over the band, telling lame jokes, and laugh over the parade. Wouldn't it be nice to HEAR those musicians, who sold a lot of cakes and washed a lot of cars, to get to New York to play their hearts out.

Don't TV producers pay any attention to what they are putting on the air?

Almost everyone watching our parade knew almost everyone IN the parade. Parents and children were calling and waving to each other. It was like the final, heart-warming scene in "The Music Man," where the band begins to play. The parents' cry out, "That's our Tommy." River City becomes a loving place where there really is a band - with 76 trombones and snappy uniforms.

This was a civic miracle for another reason. Almost very float (well, float is a high-fallutin word), they were John Deere and other equipment, decorated and carrying children, had a sign supporting a local charity. An immaculate black Corvette that I'd give my eye teeth to have, had a sign for the "Free Dental Clinic."

What is the Clinic? Its chief fund raiser spoke at the Rotary Club last month. The Clinic provide millions of dollars in care to people who have no insurance and badly need dental care. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have provided first-class equipment and materials. That has attracted both practicing dentists, and ones who have retired to this area, to offer the free dentistry.

There is joy, there is caring, there is a community pulling together, all the things that any community should have, on display in Highlands on Saturday. That's why I call it a minor civic miracle. We take it for granted, but it's quite remarkable.

The other miracle took place in Hendersonville, last Wednesday. The Republican Men's Club there invited all of the Congressional candidates for
the 11th District of North Carolina, to a debate. All three of us (yes, us)
Republican candidates showed up at 7:30 am for the debate. Because it's going to be a hot election here in 2008, the room was packed, the press turned out, and we had an honest debate.

No question was steered or rigged, like the most recent Presidential
Debates for Republicans and Democrats. Ours was real questions asked by real people, and we had to come up with real answers.

Again, this was a small-town civic event. It was also a civic miracle, one that can and should be repeated a thousand times, all across this nation. Good things happen in small towns, so I thought I'd share the news.

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About the Author: John Armor practiced in the US Supreme Court for 33 years.
John_Armor@aya.yale.edu
He lives in the 11th District of North Carolina.

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Monday, December 3, 2007

Carolina Stompers Target GOP Power Structure in Buncombe County

All I gotta say is, hang on people, it's gonna get rough!

From the Carolina Stompers website:

Why CIBO and other business owners give money to the
“power structure” is beyond me.
If I had a business that did as bad as this “power structure” I would fire my managers and replace them with people that new what they were doing.
Or I would sell it and go on with something else.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE RECORD OF THE
REPUBLICAN "POWER STRUCTURE" -

1. Currently there are 41 elected Democrat officials from Buncombe County
to 5 elected Republicans officials. This includes all towns, city of Asheville,
commissioners, judges, water boards, etc.. It has been this way for a very
long time and the BC Democrats brag about this on their web site.

2. With RINOs at the head of this Buncombe County "power structure" is -
A. The highest taxes in WNC
B. The loss of property rights
C. A corrupt court house
D. Ridiculous fee's and permit's
E. No high paying jobs
F. Liberal churches
G. No accountability
H. An open air drug market
I. Gang Violence
J. Tourist being hassled on the streets
K. Downtown streets in a mess
L. The liberal left's personal agenda against the
Constitution of the United States
Source: Carolina Stompers [Preamble] [Article]


(VIDEO) The Truth About the CNN/You Tube Plants

I just heard a Gordon Bloyer on The Rush Limbaugh Show, and he related some of his experience with the CNN/YouTube Debate.

Here is one of his videos, and his You Tube Page is here, and his website is here.



And below is the question of his that was chosen, and he was flown to St Pete in case it was asked:

Sylva Christmas Parade

I accidentally attended the Christmas Parade in Sylva on Saturday after attending a celebration of my maternal grandparents' 62nd Wedding Anniversary.

Since I always have a camera in tow, I found a parking spot, and waited, and waited, and darkness fell. Then the parade made it's way to Walnut and W. Main where I was camped out.

I think there will be three parts (I have already edited two parts) for the whole parade...it kinda broke apart at the end with the slower floats and walkers not keeping time...or did the front run off and leave the end? You decide.




Part One





Part Two





Part Three (uploaded and processing at youtube...)




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Saturday, December 1, 2007

West Carolina Report for 12-01

I have updated the daily report sections of West Carolina Report for today, and this will serve as the open thread, and archive of my links over there when I remove them.


(VIDEO) Glenn Beck Calls Out Ron Paul



I listen to Glenn Beck on the radio every weekday, and have followed the troubles he has gone through to try to get Ron Paul to come on his show. He has even dedicated some hours of his program so the Ronbots could call in about getting the candidate on the show. Most of the callers were idiots who couldn't reason (I have them recorded in the eventuality Ron Paul does gain traction as a serious candidate), and kept blaming Glenn for Ron Paul not coming on the show.

Glenn has shown great wisdom in releasing this video on you tube, as it allows everyone to see what a coward Ron Paul has been. He has been like the Democrats cowering in fear of FOXNEWS like little girls.

How is someone who wants to become the leader of the Free World expect to be taken seriously when they are afraid of Glenn Beck...who is probably the closest thing to a libertarian among the conservative talk show hosts.

I'll continue with this train of thought tomorrow as I examine the dearth of logical thinking among young people in general, and the Ronbots in particular.

My current line of thinking puts them on a similar level as the idiots who supported George "The Surrender Monkey" McGovern in 1972.

Thunder Pig Withdrawing Support for Fred Thompson

I have been an enthusiastic Fred Thompson Supporter from the time it was rumored he would join the fray.

Due to his contempt of my heritage, I am withdrawing my support for him, and have requested that I be removed from various blogrolls promoting him.

I will have more later. The family is throwing a celebration for my grand parents today on the occasion of their 62nd Wedding Anniversary.

I still like him, and most of his policies, but cannot support someone who hates the symbol of the south, and of the portion of my ancestors who bled under that flag of battle.

As a side note, my growing admiration for Governor Mitt Romney has been quelled.

This again leaves me with Congressman Hunter and Congressman Tancredo as the only "real" conservatives in the pack, and their chances are slim, now that the faux conservative Governor Huckabee is finding his way into the hearts of RINOs everywhere.

I will likely vote for the nominee of the GOP, provided it isn't Ron Paul or Julie Annie, in 2008. My primary season just opened up, now that I won't be part of the Thompson Surge planned for South Carolina.