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Open thread: Headlines 6/12

posted at 9:21 am on June 12, 2007 by Allahpundit
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2 big events happened on my birthday, Reagan told Gorby to “tear down this wall” and OJ killed Nicole. Guess which one I’ll focus on today? :)

Capitalist Infidel on June 12, 2007 at 9:25 AM

I like the first paragraph in the NYT article.

THE probability of a nuclear weapon one day going off in an American city cannot be calculated, but it is larger than it was five years ago.

amerpundit on June 12, 2007 at 9:29 AM

From the LA Times article …..

“The American ~~people~~ liberals are rightly frustrated with the ongoing war in Iraq, and Democrats will continue to ~~work with~~ oppose Republicans to force the president to change direction in Iraq so our troops can come home and we can refocus our efforts on ~~fighting terrorism~~ gay marriage, abortion rights and national health care,” said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami.

Needed fixin.

fogw on June 12, 2007 at 9:32 AM

Here’s a gem from the LAT:

Just 27% of Americans now approve of the way Congress is doing its job, the poll found, down from 36% in January, when Democrats assumed control of the House and the Senate.

And 63% of Americans say that the new Democratic Congress is governing in a “business as usual” manner, rather than working to bring the fundamental change that party leaders promised after November’s midterm election.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), the first woman to hold that position, has also failed to impress many Americans. Only 36% approve of the way she is handling the job, the poll found.

In contrast, 46% of Americans in the current poll said they approved of the way Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia handled the job after he led the GOP into the majority in 1994.

amerpundit on June 12, 2007 at 9:35 AM

Happy Birthday Capitalist Infidel~

Catie96706 on June 12, 2007 at 9:41 AM

Now we can call the liberals 19%ers. It will be fun to turn the tables on them.

Stormy70 on June 12, 2007 at 9:42 AM

I thought Clinton would kill the Demo party after the ‘92 election. Now it looks as though Pelosi and her comrades may just do it this time. Most of the nutroots are just looking for leadership (they’re basically sheep, wanting to look “cool”), and a down-to-earth, charismatic conservative could sway many of them toward sanity.

GO FRED!

stonemeister on June 12, 2007 at 9:54 AM

RE: the NY Times article, “After the Bomb”

If only the NY Times could spend just as much time writing an article about how a victory in Iraq could be a stepping stone to quelling the violence in the unstable Middle East and make the terrorist community think twice about detonating a nuke on American soil. Stay the course, and they’ll know we’re in for the long haul. Cutting and running will only encourage these lunatics.

No, the NYT wants to focus on what to do after we’re nuked. They just don’t get it.

Incidentally, did ya notice who penned the article for the Times?

William J. Perry, a professor at Stanford, and Ashton B. Carter, a professor at Harvard, were, respectively, the secretary and an assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration.

Shocker. Now their teaching our youth how to cower and run from our enemies. But on the upside, their taking the time to instruct them on how to survive a nuke attack, as the result of failed foreign policy in Iraq – that was enabled and applauded by the slime printed in the NY Times.

Nice job, “professors”.

fogw on June 12, 2007 at 10:01 AM

Holy Crap, what a great list of goals and commitments:

From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro

Here are Giuliani’s “Twelve Commitments,” which he is unveiling right now:

-I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us.
-I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.
-I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending.
-I will cut taxes and reform the tax code.
-I will impose accountability on Washington.
-I will lead America towards energy independence.
-I will give Americans more control over, and access to, healthcare with affordable and portable free-market solutions.
-I will increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children.
-I will reform the legal system and appoint strict constructionist judges.
-I will ensure that every community in America is prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
-I will provide access to a quality education to every child in America by giving real school choice to parents.
-I will expand America’s involvement in the global economy and strengthen our reputation around the world.

I find much to be enthusiastic about in this list, understanding that the devil is in the details. So, let’s flesh this out a bit, Rudy.

Jaibones on June 12, 2007 at 10:20 AM

He had me at: “I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.”

Correct me if I am wrong, but I have not heard this clear and obvious statement of intention from anyone else, have I?

Jaibones on June 12, 2007 at 10:21 AM

I’m impressed with Rudy Giuliani’s Twelve Commitments. I hope he gets the nomination over Fred Thompson.

januarius on June 12, 2007 at 10:27 AM

R.E: Rudy’s 12 Commitments

It’s a good start. I’m curious to see who will be the first GOP top-tier candidate to support the Fair Tax.

Kid from Brooklyn on June 12, 2007 at 10:30 AM

Mueller predicts terrorists with nukes; Musharraf may soon be history

Little something to brighten your day.

JammieWearingFool on June 12, 2007 at 10:31 AM

Increase adoptions? Single women apply to adopt children and get turned down every day (and then everyone gripes that Angelina Jolie adopts overseas).

Tanya on June 12, 2007 at 10:35 AM

Those are awesome, impressive 12 Commandments. I’m very happy. He should compaign aggressively on them.

Darksean on June 12, 2007 at 10:36 AM

Speaking of which, are there any WordPress experts out there among our readership?

I’ve been known to code a little bit of PHP and MySQL here and there.

I don’t know if you’d care for my input, though, which would be to comment out all of the headline code, moving the Vent back to the top.

saint kansas on June 12, 2007 at 10:37 AM

Thou shalt have no other presidents before guiliani?

lorien1973 on June 12, 2007 at 10:55 AM

I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.

Note the order Rudy says this. Once you grant amnesty, illegal immigration will be no more. SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST.

Valiant on June 12, 2007 at 11:02 AM

“Too many Wangs as China runs out of names”

We have a few too many wangs in this country, too.

(Sorry.)

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 12, 2007 at 11:03 AM

I’m going to follow the Daily Tar Heel for a few days to see if there are calls in support of this idea:

Mohammed Taheri-azar said he is “very sorry for the crimes [trying to run down 9 people with a Jeep] which I committed in Chapel Hill…I sincerely regret what I did…Please release me from state custody so that I may pursue my goal of living a productive life in California.”

There were many pleas at UNC that he not be called a “terrorist”, since that act wouldn’t “bring us together and help with the healing.” He hasn’t been brought to trial, and is only in the state mental hospital being “evaluated”.

Taheri-Azar, 23, said he hopes to work for his father’s general contracting company in Anaheim, Calif., and “re-establish myself as a good, caring and productive member of society.”

I’m not sure I would have used that in any argument for my release, since we’ve had a little problem with the offspring of another general contractor – the Bin Laden Corporation.

eeyore on June 12, 2007 at 12:41 PM

He had me at: “I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.”

Jaibones on June 12, 2007 at 10:21 AM

He forgot a couple that are just as believeable:

“I will build a perpetual motion machine”
“I will make the Sun revolve around the Earth”
“I will permanently solve the Israeli conflict to everyone’s satisfaction”.
“I will eliminate both death and taxes”

Hollowpoint on June 12, 2007 at 12:48 PM

Little snarky there aren’t we HP?
At least we know where he stands.

CAD Daddy on June 12, 2007 at 1:14 PM

Sen. Robert Menendez…will serve as co-chair of her presidential campaign, providing her with a strong link to the Hispanic community.

So yesterday she panders a twofer with blacks and corruptocrats with Alcee Hastings. Today, she panders to Hispanics with Menendez. Good odds tomorrow will bring a GLBT co-chair [female, a twofer with feminists]. After that a Greenie co-chair. Then, a union co-chair. Possibly a Muslim co-chair. Am I missing any important panders?

eeyore on June 12, 2007 at 1:29 PM

Capitalist Infidel, Happy Birthday!

Hollowpoint, he’s just human…funny.

eeyore – for the primary: feminists, nutroots, unions and peacenicks; for the general: business-owners, pro-lifers, religius figures, pro-Israel lobby, Soldiers-who-love-Hillary, the middle class, you get the picture.

On the Congress numbers – the best thing for the GOP might turn out to have lost in 2006 – if they get their act together and grow back a few.

Entelechy on June 12, 2007 at 2:11 PM

So yesterday she panders a twofer with blacks and corruptocrats with Alcee Hastings. Today, she panders to Hispanics with Menendez. Good odds tomorrow will bring a GLBT co-chair [female, a twofer with feminists]. After that a Greenie co-chair. Then, a union co-chair. Possibly a Muslim co-chair. Am I missing any important panders?

eeyore on June 12, 2007 at 1:29 PM

Uh, bagging Menendez for her campaign is just as much a twofer as Alcee Hastings. He’s as corrupt as they come. As a NJ resident, I’m quietly amazed that he hasn’t traded his pinstripes for prison stripes. He’s been under investigation for what seems like forever. If he were Republican, there’s no doubt he’d be doing 10 to 20 by now.

If Hillary really had a brain cell working when it comes to this election, she’d be looking to Florida for help, not NJ. Then again, it would also seem as though she should be asking upchucky Schumer for help, not Menendez. Schumer is corrupt enough, and he has a track record for, uh, delivering the goods on opponents in campaigns. If Rudy ends up being our nominee or our runningmate, Hillary will need all the help in her “home” state that she can get.

flutejpl on June 12, 2007 at 3:02 PM

re: Schwartz Video: Stephanie Miller drops the F-bomb on Glenn Beck

Uh. No she didn’t. She described the tenor of the debate as “almost getting to the John McCain, Cornyn — f— you” stage. [quote copy/pasted from the transcript in the post]

Now, I have no idea who this woman is, so am not defending her or condemning her; but that was just a silly headline.

Claire on June 12, 2007 at 4:20 PM

Securing the border will end illegal immigration, 12 step Rudy.

Attrition – by enforcing our current laws- will pressure those illegal immigrants already here to head back home and try applying legally.

But at least Guiliani says he’ll do something serious, and puts it in writing, instead of nebulously complaining about the (mysteriously) paralyzing “status quo” ala GWB.

profitsbeard on June 12, 2007 at 6:30 PM

Unlike the cases of Poles, Irish, or Italians before, and most Asians today, there is no ocean between Latin Americans and their countries of origin, to increase pressure for assimilation

from the NRO bit on Linda Chavez. It dawned on me the other day that this is a vital difference between today’s immigration wave and those of the past. Not only is there a land bridge to get here, there is far more history involved–and perceived claim to much of the territory in our southwest. I’ve heard the latter point made, but this was the first time I’d seen someone talking about the geographic influence on the psyche of immigrants. The situation is only exacerbated by the fact that they’re here illegally.

TexasDan on June 12, 2007 at 6:38 PM

Not in the headlines, but this should make your blood boil – re: rules of engagement in Iraq

thirteen28 on June 12, 2007 at 6:39 PM

Hollowpoint on June 12, 2007 at 12:48 PM

Those were implied…

Jaibones on June 12, 2007 at 8:13 PM

Unbelievable

Spanish TV puts ’08 hopefuls into a bind

Univision, the nation’s largest Spanish-language TV network, has presented the ’08 presidential candidates with a problem. It has invited them to take part in debates in Spanish and thus forced them to choose between snubbing Spanish-speaking voters and displaying their ignorance of the language….

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) applauded the idea of a Spanish-language debate that focused on issues important to Hispanic voters.

“I think it would be terrific, I think it would be a good idea,” said Martinez, whose candidacy for RNC chairman was opposed by some conservative Republicans because of his stance on immigration reform. “I’ve been looking for ways in which I could encourage something like that happening. I think having candidates address the largest minority group in America would be a terrific thing.

“A network that the Hispanic community of America watches would be the right forum,” he said.

INC on June 12, 2007 at 9:42 PM

He forgot a couple that are just as believeable:

“I will build a perpetual motion machine”
“I will make the Sun revolve around the Earth”
“I will permanently solve the Israeli conflict to everyone’s satisfaction”.
“I will eliminate both death and taxes”

“I will bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn.”

manwithblackhat on June 12, 2007 at 11:44 PM

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