tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84611452009-11-12T19:39:07.333-06:00Cogito Ergo Blog. Occasional rants about whatever I am interested in at the moment. "One cannot have too much red wine, too many books or too much ammunition" Kipling “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus AureliusTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382985425850538287noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461145.post-30810264010057496082009-11-11T19:01:00.002-06:002009-11-11T19:12:11.778-06:00

Admittedly without trumpets or fanfare. I have been on an extended hiatus, but having bottomed out, I will try to claw my way back up . As always I will brings only facts that I can back up and piss as many people off in the process that I can.Tom

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I have noticed that several of the supposed Conservative members of the rarefied atmosphere of Washington and the Northeast have become a bit enamored by Obama despite his believing in everything a Conservative abhors and wondered why. The only thing I can come up with is that it is a manifestation of what was shown in the Asch study by Soloman Asch of Swarthmore College and has been called

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After a long hiatus I am ready to get back to this long neglected blog. Hopefully it will be a regular thing now and interesting, thought provoking and informative. Stay tuned.

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Steven M. Warshawsky writing at the American Thinker has a very good look at just who and what Hillary Clinton is. It is well worth reading it all but here is the opening paragraphs.In the spring of 1993, shortly after her husband and political benefactor Bill Clinton took office as the nation's 42nd president, Hillary Clinton delivered the commencement address at the University of Texas. In

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This is from the House Committee but the statement is the same for the opening statement given in todays Senate testimony. Thanks to QandO. General Petraeus Opening StatementREP. IKE SKELTON: Let me, before I ask you to proceed, again, state any demonstrations, any signs or demonstrative evidence will cause your removal.Once again, General, the floor is yours.GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS: Thank you, Mr.

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The cut and run crowd confer on how best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. What a bunch of Patriotic Americans these are. From their own conference call.Congresswoman Lynne Woolsey: Let’s start with what it’s going to take. It’s going to take some courage to not fund continuing the occupation. But we have to make sure that ending the war is not perceived as abandoning the troops. So

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From Pete Hegseth posted at The Weekly Standard:Tomorrow--as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress--the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times under the headline: "General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House." Let's be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has 'betrayed' his

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I know, it is a rhetorical question. To think that this poor excuse for a Legislator is in the government is bad enough but the amazing thing about him is that he has a few dozen supporters whose last name isn't Paul.

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to my four questions. There is no such thing as the normal, ideal global temperature because it has changed continuously for millenniums but all you will get from the AGW crown is dogma and Al Gore as its oracle. The scream that skeptics have been paid 10 Million dollars for their studies and are willing to sell out their reputations for chump change yet they fail to mentions that AGW proponents

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What is the accepted "Normal" temperature of the globe?What is considered the "Ideal" temperature of the globe?Why?According to who based on what "Settled Facts"?The answer to these questions would do a lot in convincing me to change my opinion. According to some of the AGW crowd, if I am reading it right, it is a damned good thing we killed off all those wretched CO2, methane producing Bison in

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There is going to be a lot of egg on faces and crow consumed it seems. First let's take a look at this revealing study. The authors just don't know how really revealing it is.Natural forces offset global warming last two years: studyNatural weather variations have offset the effects of global warming for the past couple of years and will continue to keep temperatures flat through 2008, a study

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Mind BogglingBlog solicits ideas for terrorists on how to be the most effective. Truly freaking amazing.Update: Some more mind boggling goodies, this time from the left coast LAT.

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Well, not exactly. The hyperbole coming from some of the left and the NAACP would make you think so however. Regarding the recent SCOTUS decision about forced integration in the K-12 schools for the purpose of "diversity", the Supremes made a minor adjustment. In his majority opinion, Justice Roberts said this..."The way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the

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The overwhelming defeat of the Amnesty Bill can't be laid at the feet of just one party. 16 Democrats and 1 Independent voted Nay12 Republicans and 1 Independent voted YeaSorry Harry, that dog won't hunt. I think even the Democrats were turned off by the back-room secret shenanigans going on and the heavy handed tactics used by Reid and company.

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It wasn't even close. Apparently the grassroots efforts against this travesty was heard by many Senators. And there are some strange bedfellows on the nay side of the vote. Many of the former ayes switched because of the public outcry. Find the 53 nays and the 46 ayes here.Thank those who supported you. We should show our pleasure with the outcome just like we show our displeasure.

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In another follow-up on the Heritage report about the costs of this amnesty bill, Robert Rector answers the White House.It is a long response but well worth reading. An excerpt:Last week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers issued a report entitled "Immigration's Economic Impact" which defended the President's promotion of the Senate's "comprehensive" immigration legislation (S.1348).[1]

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Here is what Jim DeMint has to say about this bill.U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) said Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid bears responsibility for the immigration bill after Reid used his powers to guarantee votes on a few amendments while blocking all others. According to the Senate historian, this has never been done before in U.S. history. “Senator Reid has been trying

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I salute my home state Senators for standing up for reason. WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, top Republican on the Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee, made the following statement regarding today’s vote by the Senate to proceed to a deeply-flawed immigration reform bill. Senator Cornyn, along with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, voted against the decision to proceed to

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The Senators cannot use the dodge that they voted against this bill if they voted for cloture. If they think they can, they think we are as stupid as they are lacking in integrity. We will note who they are and remember how they voted on cloture for this garbage yet in order to cover their asses, they vote against the bill knowing it will pass anyway, is not only the height of hubris but the

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The Heritage Foundation has the newly numbered and soon to be introduced Immigration Bill. Included in the post is a link to the PDF of the whole nine smelly yards. They have this to say: The Senate's Second Secret Immigration BillFor weeks, Americans were told that there are only two options for dealing with the nation's illegal immigration problem: stay with the status quo or accept a "grand

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Senator James Inhofe guest appearence at Ed Morrisseys Captains Quarters.I am pleased to welcome Senator James Inhofe, R-OK, for his first guest post at Captain's Quarters. Senator Inhofe introduces his petition drive to get grassroots action on immigration that focuses on securing the nation's borders. Thank you, Captain Ed for allowing me to submit this guest post. I want to briefly discuss

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The Republican Party along with the President has sold out the conservatives that are concerned with security for the amnesty crowd. Instead of representing 76+ percent of the American people in this Amnesty bill, they are ignoring us and with such obvious disdain, actually have the hubris to insult us. Ted Kennedy says that it is too complicated for the people to understand and the rest of the

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As noted in my previous post, here is the letter from the two latest defectors from the Grand Plan. It seems that they actually listened to the voters of Georgia on the recent trip home.Dear Mr. President:Although the Senate’s effort to reform our nation’s immigration laws through the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 is stalled, illegal immigration remains

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That is a question being answered in a memo now circulating on the Hill.It is a PDF file but well worth reading it all about what they don't want you to know. Just a few excerpts from the memo. It has more to do with process than substance but does answer some questions.There are three primary reasons the bill failed: * The complicated legislation, constantly being tweaked by the White House and

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Scenario...There is a rogue elephant in the room. First step is to identify the elephant. Second step is to formulate a plan on how to deal with said pachyderm. Next thing needed is a plan on how to properly dispose of the animal for the good of all. The only way to eat said elephant is one bite at a time. What does this have to do with Immigration and the bill that won't die? Instead of

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