MCCAIN & THE COURTS

Many in the conservative base have issues with Senator McCain, and I am one of them. However, I believe that Senator McCain is a man of his word, that being said, I trust that he will appoint strict constructionist judges in the mold of Justices Roberts and Alito. This is an election that could well shape the Supreme Court for damn near a generation. the next president will have at a minimum two appointments to SCOTUS and possibly three. Many of the issues that conservatives are concerned about, abortion, gun rights, campaign finance reform and possibly immigration reform will be decided in the courts and will almost assuredly come before SCOTUS. Do you really want a President Obama making those appointments? Here are some excerpts from a New York Post editorial on this crucial matter. - Sailor

"Often, political causes are brought before the courts that could not succeed by democratic means," he said, "and some federal judges are eager to oblige."

McCain also took the two Dems to task for joining in their party's effort to delay approval of more than 30 federal judicial nominations solely for reasons of ideology and politics.

McCain, by contrast, worked with a bipartisan group of senators - "The Gang of 14" - to forge a compromise. The deal allowed President Bush to seat two judges of his choosing, John Roberts and Samuel Alito, on the Supreme Court, while blocking a GOP attempt to ban Senate filibusters for federal judges.

McCain vows to tap "accomplished men and women with a proven record of excellence in the law and a proven commitment to judicial restraint."

Palestinians in Gaza Are Phonebanking for Barack Obama

I wonder how the Obama campaign will deal with this? I imagine Dingy Harry Reid and his cohorts will whine, gnash their teeth and look for some one supporting McCain to blame for all of this. Harry has already tried to blame McCain for mud slinging. Hey Harry, have any more land deals? - Sailor

Phil Klein calls our attention to an al-Jazeera news report that sounds like a parody, but is genuine: A report on Palestinians in Gaza who are phonebanking in support of Barack Obama's campaign.

I transcribed the most jaw-dropping parts:

REPORTER: It may be hard to believe, but working in this tiny Internet cafe in Gaza City may just be one of Barack Obama's biggest fans.

Before every U.S. primary, 23-year-old Ibrahim Abu Jayyab gathers 17 of his friends to try and rally support for Obama's campaign in the U.S.

So why does a young Palestinian living in Gaza spend so much of his time and money on an election thousands of miles away?

ABU JAYYAB: [translated] It all started at the time of the U.S. primaries. After studying Obama's electoral campaign manifesto, I thought, 'this is a man that is capable of change inside America.' As for potential change in the Middle East, he can also do that. I think he can bring peace to the area, or at least this is what we hope.

REPORTER: And the game plan? Ibrahim and his friends call random numbers in the U.S. before every primary to deliver one simple message:

ABU JAYYAB: [in English] Elect Senator Obama. I will change. I will achieve... the justice in the Middle East.

So Much for Free Speech

I really should not be surprised by this, after all leftists like those at this university only believe in free speech when that speech conforms with their world view. I hope Ms. Dixon files a law suit and federal charges for the violation of her Constitutional rights. University officials of this kind have no right to intimidate employees from expressing their opinions, especially outside of their job duties. It is my opinion that not only was her firing improper, but illegal as well. - Sailor

Cybercast News Service has learned that a University of Toledo administrator has lost her job because she wrote a newspaper commentary that questioned whether homosexuality is a civil rights issue.

Crystal Dixon, the associate vice president of human resources at the state university, had earlier been put on paid administrative leave for the Apr. 18 column published in the Toledo Free Press, as detailed in a previous CNSNews.com report.

"She has been fired," said Brian Rooney, spokesman for the Thomas More Law Center, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based legal-defense group which is representing Dixon.

Rooney told Cybercast News Service that the university had offered Dixon "another position, in a different part of the university, not in human resources" because she had argued in her editorial that sexual orientation is not an immutable characteristic like race or sex and should not be afforded the same protection under civil rights laws.

"She said no, that's when she was fired," Rooney said. "We are going to do everything we can within the law to try to show that the firing was improper and potentially illegal."

Spells Cast at Anti-Marine Rally in California

Looks like Code Pink is really reaching now. On Friday they tried to play witch and cast spells at the Marine Recruitment Center in crazy Berkeley. When this does not work, I have to wonder if they will resort to voodoo. Just a word to the Marines there, keep a close eye on your personal belongings, they need those for the voodoo dolls. Of course Code Pink does have a big problem with making voodoo dolls. They need locks of hair. Just a news flash to the pink ladies, Marines do not have enough hair to make a lock from. So Marines keep it high and tight! This is just a suggestion from an old Frogman, get a boom box and serenade the Code Pink witches a few tunes such as Witchcraft, Witch Queen of New Orleans, Season of the Witch, Witchy Woman and Black Magic Woman. I am sure they will enjoy them! - Sailor

Members of the anti-war group Code Pink gathered Friday with a cauldron of flowers outside a controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center in Berkeley, Calif., to use witchcraft to rally against the Iraq war.

Code Pink members unfurled a pink banner reading "Troops Home Now" and waved signs as they began the protest, which they promised would include incantations and pointy hats for a "witches, crones and sirens" day.

"Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we're going to end war," Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.

Dan Rather Says Other TV Networks Refused to Hire Him

Gee whiz, Dan. What did you expect after running with a story that used falsified documents, that were never properly vetted. Then to top it off, you ran around saying that you knew it was true, but never offered a single shred of evidence. You real intent was to impact the election. You gambled that no one would figure out that those documents were faked. You tossed the dice and you lost. Get over it and move on! Here are a few snippets from the article. - Sailor

Rather and his agents also met later with Fox, A&E, History Channel, HBO, Discovery Channel and National Geographic television networks, court papers say, but all passed, saying he was "too hot to handle" or "words to that effect."


Rather's papers say he could have defended the Bush story, but, relying on CBS' promises to defend him and extend his contract, he was "misled into remaining silent and unfairly taking the brunt of the blame for misconceptions about the broadcast."


He left CBS on June 16, 2006, after more than 40 years at the network. He has since signed with HDNet, a cable network with limited distribution.


"Although now working, Mr. Rather's (on air) exposure is dramatically limited and, accordingly, his reputation and standing in his trade and profession have not recovered from the damage caused by the defendants' conduct," court papers say.

The Great Global Warming Race

In my mind this is a scam that would make P. T. Barnum proud! It is time that people wake up and see this so called man made global warming for what it is, a move to take down the economies of the Western nations and open the way for UN controlled socialism. With the latest data from NASA, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is scrambling to explain it all away. These fellows have their livelihood on the line after all. When man made global warming is debunked, they will need to find new sources of grants and research money. Here are a few snippets from an article by Steven Milloy. No doubt Al Gore will call Mr. Milloy a heretic! - Sailor

The bottom line of global warming — and that is why so many are behind it — is that its many vested interests are on the verge of a financial and political bonanza, something that scientific facts and climatic realities are likely only to spoil.

So when global temperature doesn’t behave as predicted, excuses and explanations must be found to prevent the almost-mature golden goose from being roasted for dinner. The spin on the Nature study provided by its authors to The New York Times is that, "We’re learning that [natural] climate variability is important and can mask the effects of human-induced global change. In the end this gives more confidence in the long-term projections."

The attempted logic here is that even though the alarmists have been wrong in the past — been there, done that — their failure somehow sets them up for more certain future success. We look past this logical fallacy at our own peril. I can’t wait for their Orwellian pronouncement that global cooling is the new global warming.

McCain's Judicial Philosophy

Many conservatives, the Sailor included, have issue with McCain on immigration, campaign finance reform and so called global warming. The next President will likely have the opportunity to appoint 2 and perhaps 3 Justices to the Supreme Court. These appointments will shape the court for at least the next 20 years. I know many also have issues with McCain being part of the Gang of 14, but in retrospect, it did get Roberts and Alito confirmed.

We all now the type of judges that Obama and Hilary would confirm. So it is important to understand McCain's judicial philosophy. Here are some excerpts from his speech yesterday.

Here, too, Senators Obama and Clinton have very different ideas from my own. They are both lawyers themselves, and don't seem to mind at all when fundamental questions of social policy are preemptively decided by judges instead of by the people and their elected representatives. Nor have they raised objections to the unfair treatment of judicial nominees.

For both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton, it turned out that not even John Roberts was quite good enough for them. Senator Obama in particular likes to talk up his background as a lecturer on law, and also as someone who can work across the aisle to get things done. But when Judge Roberts was nominated, it seemed to bring out more the lecturer in Senator Obama than it did the guy who can get things done. He went right along with the partisan crowd, and was among the 22 senators to vote against this highly qualified nominee. And just where did John Roberts fall short, by the Senator's measure? Well, a justice of the court, as Senator Obama explained it – and I quote – should share "one's deepest values, one's core concerns, one's broader perspectives on how the world works, and the depth and breadth of one's empathy."

These vague words attempt to justify judicial activism – come to think of it, they sound like an activist judge wrote them. And whatever they mean exactly, somehow Senator Obama's standards proved too lofty a standard for a nominee who was brilliant, fair-minded, and learned in the law, a nominee of clear rectitude who had proved more than the equal of any lawyer on the Judiciary Committee, and who today is respected by all as the Chief Justice of the United States. Somehow, by Senator Obama's standard, even Judge Roberts didn't measure up. And neither did Justice Samuel Alito. Apparently, nobody quite fits the bill except for an elite group of activist judges, lawyers, and law professors who think they know wisdom when they see it – and they see it only in each other.

I have my own standards of judicial ability, experience, philosophy, and temperament. And Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito meet those standards in every respect. They would serve as the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me.

If Senator McCain is true to his word, and I have no doubt of this, these are the type of judges that fit well into the conservative philosophy. - Sailor

Stephen King Update

Looks like King cannot take the heat. He has shut down his message board. Typical leftist hypocrisy here. Free speech is only for those that agree with their point of view. Here is a little snippet of what you will find over at NewsBusters,

Roughly an hour later, the Moderator posted the following:

Steve asked me to post this reply:

"That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt. Noel Sheppard says, “Nice sentiment when the nation is at war, Stephen.” I guess he feels ignorance and illiteracy are OK when the country needs cannon-fodder. I guess he also feels that the war in Iraq has nationwide approval. Well, it doesn’t have mine. It is a waste of national resources. . . and that includes the youth and blood of the 4,000 American troops who have lost their lives there and for the tens of thousands who have been wounded. I live in a national guard town, and I support our troops, but I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career—military or otherwise. If you agree, find Sheppard on the internet, and send him an email: “Hi, Noel—Stephen King says to shut up and I agree.”

Steve"

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Last edited by Moderator : 17 Hours Ago at 04:21 PM.

And, roughly two hours after that, the boards were closed.

Now, assuming Ms. Mod was indeed going on vacation, and the message boards are closed during such, wouldn't it have been more appropriate for King to wait until she came back BEFORE sending his dogs out to attack me?

You can read more comments at NewsBusters. Just a word to this moderator, Stephen King and the one Stephen King fan. I will not shut up and there is not one damned thing you can do about that. - Sailor

Stephen King Disses the Military

Stephen King has disrespected our brave man and women seving in the military, He sounded a lot like John Kerry! Here is what King had to say:

"I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that."

So another leftists makes his true feelings known. Just another example of their hypocritical, lying words when they tru to make us believe they support our troops. King is just another lying leftist sack of crap! - Sailor

See the video here!

Obama Plans to Disarm America!

You have to see this video of Obama's plans for our military and military preparedness. It is very scary! Why is that leftists always think if you sit down to tea and pastries with those who want us dead, all will be worked out? Do they not understand that those that wish to kill all of us, have no intention of negotiating? Living overseas for a period of time does not make you a foreign policy expert. Hat tip to Aristotle over at Cronwatch for this info! - Sailor

Obama's plans to gut our military.

A Note to Al Gore

Well Al, looks like you have been busted on this global warming thing. NASA is reporting the possibility of 20 to 30 years of global cooling! Read the full article. Guess Al may need to do some thing about those carbon exchange businesses. - Sailor

The allegedly warming earth is in for about 30 years of cooling according to NASA, one of the leading global warming theory advocates.

NASA has confirmed that a developing natural climate pattern will likely result in much colder temperatures, according to Marc Shepherd, writing in the April 30 American Thinker. He adds that NASA was also quick to point out that such natural phenomena should not confuse the issue of manmade greenhouse gas induced global warming which apparently will be going on behind the scenes while our teeth are chattering from a decade and a half long cold spell.

"A cool-water anomaly known as La Niña occupied the tropical Pacific Ocean throughout 2007 and early 2008. In April 2008, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that while the La Niña was weakening, the Pacific decadal Oscillation – a larger-scale, Slower-cycling ocean pattern – had shifted to its cool phase."

Notes Shepherd "This shift in the PDO, which could last for 20 or 30 years, can have significant implications for global climate, affecting Pacific and Atlantic hurricane activity, droughts and flooding around the Pacific basin, the productivity of marine ecosystems and global land temperature patterns."

And the greatest impact here in the states, he adds, will likely be on west Coast residents, particularly growers.

Getting to Know John McCain

Karl Rove has some insights and commentary on John McCain. I have to say I had never heard any of this before and it shows Senator McCain to be a man of great courage. Leaders are made of this mettle. Read the rest of the commentary. - Sailor

Mr. Day relayed to me one of the stories Americans should hear. It involves what happened to him after escaping from a North Vietnamese prison during the war. When he was recaptured, a Vietnamese captor broke his arm and said, "I told you I would make you a cripple."


The break was designed to shatter Mr. Day's will. He had survived in prison on the hope that one day he would return to the United States and be able to fly again. To kill that hope, the Vietnamese left part of a bone sticking out of his arm, and put him in a misshapen cast. This was done so that the arm would heal at "a goofy angle," as Mr. Day explained. Had it done so, he never would have flown again.


But it didn't heal that way because of John McCain. Risking severe punishment, Messrs. McCain and Day collected pieces of bamboo in the prison courtyard to use as a splint. Mr. McCain put Mr. Day on the floor of their cell and, using his foot, jerked the broken bone into place. Then, using strips from the bandage on his own wounded leg and the bamboo, he put Mr. Day's splint in place.


Years later, Air Force surgeons examined Mr. Day and complimented the treatment he'd gotten from his captors. Mr. Day corrected them. It was Dr. McCain who deserved the credit. Mr. Day went on to fly again.