House Majority Leader, Democrat Steny Hoyer had this to say a month ago about redeploying troops from the battlefield:

“We should begin the phased redeployment of our forces within the next six months.”

Hoyer would do good to listen to this speech, however.

“The bill that is presently before us says that we shall not use elements… I do know and believe that our enemies will interpret that as a constriction on our maneuverability and ability to act. That is a dangerous policy. We should not be engaged in this conflict with that constriction on our troops. It is dangerous, in my opinion, for them. It gives to our enemy a false sense that he may act to the detriment of our people. We ought to reject this bill as not only premature, but as unwise policy. […]Let us be united with our President and with our fighting men and women in this important endeavor.[…]

It is absolutely unconscionable and irresponsible to be considering legislation which requires the arbitrary withdrawal of our forces[…]

America must lead, Mr. Speaker; we must not equivocate. Such a course would encourage the enemies of peace, the bullies of the world, and would surely endanger our men and women in uniform.”

But then again, he should already be very familiar with these words… considering he was the one that gave this speech on the floor of the House in 1999. (hat tip: GatewayPundit)

And speaking of Congressional speeches from 1999, how about this one, from Carl Levin:

“This is not the time to take risks in undermining those efforts. Those who insist on a debate at this particular moment should think again, or they bear the responsibility for the possible consequences of their actions.”

But this past Sunday on Meet the Press, Levin apparently realized that “this particular moment” is the time to “take risks in undermining those efforts” by insisting on a debate….

“I don’t want to put a specific number on (how many troops we want to withdraw from Iraq) because that really should be left to the commanders who decide how many would be needed to carry out those limited functions. But we’ve got to—the issue we’re facing, the key issue is do we want American troops in the middle of a civil war. That’s the fundamental issue which we want to debate. We’ve been wanting to debate that for many, many weeks…”

At least you know… whatever side of the argument you’re on, Democrats will eventually be there at some point. (hat tip: RightWingNews)

The answer to ANSWER.

Gathering of Eagles

When: March 17th, 2007
0700-1600 (7 AM to 4 PM)

Where: The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.

Why: To stand silent guard over our nation’s memorials, in honor of our fallen, and in solidarity with our armed forces in harm’s way today.

Don’t forget whose behind the anti-war movement.

Banning words is the latest trend in liberal utopia.

New York - Democrat Leroy Comrie “introduced a city council resolution to ban the use of the N-word.”

Baltimore - Democrat Melvin Stukes “introduced a resolution prohibiting people from using the [N-word].”

Democrats were outraged when Georgia Tech ended a ban on “gay hate speech”.

While I don’t condone the use of the “N-word” or threats against gays, this banning of “offensive speech” is a slippery slope. And now we’re sliding further…

Florida - Democrat Frederica Wilson has introduced a bill to ban the term “illegal alien”.

But never fear, there are still times when liberals defend speech.

Apparently that’s the position the MSM has taken with the case of a man in Missouri who was indicted on weapons charges stemming from a plot to, in his own words, “buy as many explosives as possible because, ‘we’re going to war.’” What could possibly be newsworthy about that?

Oh, and as a side note, the guy is “is a Palestinian immigrant, is single and has no children and no assets, court documents state. He was fired by the gas station, co-workers said earlier this month.”

Hmmm… a Palestinian guy between the ages of 18 - 49, with no family and no assets trying to amass an arsenal of weapons for going to war… Yeah, no dots here to connect at all.

Thanks to reader Jim M., who tipped me off to the story…

The story was on the wires for any MSM outlet to pick up, they’ve apparently chosen not to. And the outlets that did pick it up, like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, buried the story (Jim says it was on page 6 of the SLP-D).

I guess they’re too busy with real news.

Afterall, she already thinks she’s a tax-exempt entity…

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former president Bill Clinton have operated a family charity since 2001, but she failed to list it on annual Senate financial disclosure reports on five occasions.

The Ethics in Government Act requires members of Congress to disclose positions they hold with any outside entity, including nonprofit foundations. Hillary Clinton has served her family foundation as treasurer and secretary since it was established in December 2001, but none of her ethics reports since then have disclosed that fact.

The foundation has enabled the Clintons to write off more than $5 million from their taxable personal income since 2001, while dispensing $1.25 million in charitable contributions over that period.

David Geffen was spot on when he said:

“Everybody in politics lies, but [the Clintons] do it with such ease it’s troubling.”

AJ Strata has much more on this shell game.

Here comes another strongly worded letter from the United Nations.

World powers to work on new U.N. resolution on Iran

LONDON (Reuters) - World powers agreed on Monday to work on a new U.N. Security Council resolution to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear program but remained committed to seeking a negotiated solution, British officials said.

I just don’t understand their rush to strongly worded letters. I mean, why not try a couple of love letters or a poem or two first? What’s with all this stronly-worded-letter-mongering? No more strongly-worded-letters-for-oil! Men lied, trees died!

What if… I mean, what if, the Bush administration is so fascist that they go it alone and write a letter unilaterally?

…and in cursive!

End times, man, end times.

Still don’t know if the attack was aimed at Cheney, specifically, but it sure looks like the Left is disappointed their allies missed.

Judging from these comments at the cesspool known as Democratic Underground, it’s clear we’re not on the same team.

23. Thank God Cheney was fine. I couldn’t deal with it if that man was made a martyr.

In fact I wish that the black hearted thug would stick around for the next 50 years so that he can see what the history books say about him, but that ain’t gonna happen.

and…

25. Cheney Unhurt; World Disappointed.

Of course, then there are the requisite comments stating that this is a manufactured story from the Bush administration to justify attacking Iran. Man, they’ve just got it all figured out.

UPDATE:
The hits keep on coming…

49. Oh dear
I hope he’s alright

UPDATE 2:
For those of you claiming I picked a few comments that don’t represent the Left, here are some more from other sites:

Huffington Post

DailyKos

It’s a sickness.

UPDATE 2:
It’s really sad when the only praise you can bestow upon liberals is that they weren’t as mean-spirited, vile and vulgar as some other liberals. It’s like praising Britney for not being quite as slutty as Paris…

UPDATE 3:
John found a liberal blogger who was happy Cheney was unhurt… only because if he had been, it would’ve hurt the Left politically!

Is there an Academy Award for Hypocrisy?

Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

And meanwhile, there is one former Tennessee Senator “going green”. Republican Bill Frist.

Surprise, surprise, surprise…

UPDATE:
The Gore responds:

“Every family has a different carbon footprint,” said Kalee Krider, a spokeswoman for Gore. The Gores’ 10,000-square-foot house on Lynnwood Boulevard has a large one.

The Green Power Switch program isn’t all that Gore and his wife, Tipper, are doing, Krider said.

They use compact fluorescent light bulbs and are in the midst of a renovation project that includes having solar panels installed on their home to reduce fossil fuel consumption, she said.

Their car? A Lexis hybrid SUV.

“They, of course, also do the carbon emissions offset,” she said.

That means figuring out how much carbon is emitted from home power use, and vehicle and plane travel, then paying for projects that will offset that with use of renewable energy, such as solar power.

So the message from the Gore-on here is, everyone else should cut their energy use back - walk to work, live in the dark and live like a caveman to reduce your carbon emissions… but I can afford to indulge in massive energy consumption and then donate a few dollars to some projects that makes me feel better about myself.

UPDATE 2:
Looks like Canada has their own version of the Gorebot, eh.

Political activist David Suzuki — on a cross-country tour urging Canadians and politicians to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions — may want to look in his own backyard before lecturing Canadians on how they’re destroying the Earth.

With all the alternative-energy modes of transportation out there, Suzuki and his entourage are crossing Canada in a sprawling, “rock-star-style” diesel-burning tour bus, emitting more greenhouse gases during his 30-day tour than many of us do in a year.
[…]
Suzuki could at least have found a biodiesel bus, which emits far less greenhouse gases than conventional diesel.

“We were hoping to have biodiesel,” Curan explained by phone, as the Suzuki tour drove out of Winnipeg yesterday. “But we were told towards the beginning of the tour — for this company that we’re going through — that it would void the warranty.”

How truly inconvenient.

And guess how he explains it away…. you guessed it:

Here’s the funny part: Suzuki says it’s OK for his gang to burn diesel because the tour is “carbon neutral.”

Pardon?

That’s right. They keep track of all the greenhouse gases they emit, put a dollar value on it and invest in a corresponding amount of “clean power” — like windmills — in developing countries.

That’ll work.

They’re called “carbon credits.”

Here’s how it works: you can pollute all you want as long as you “offset” your dirty power by investing money in clean energy elsewhere.

I will be on the Allman & Smash in the Morning show this (Tuesday) morning at 8:30 AM Central.

It’s official… I’m now a regular.

…oh, and in case you forgot…

497 Days and counting…

I could care less what’s happening tonight in Hollywood’s Annual Mutual Admiration Society meeting, but if you want to know who won what, click here to see some live-blogging in action.

I understand Al Gore won for Documentary. He joins Michael Moore with that honor. Maybe they can now change the name of the award to the “Best Crockumentary Dreamed Up By a Plus-Sized Political Hack” and give the winner a bronzed twinkie instead.

When Gore’s acceptance speech ended, I bet the hostess walked up to escort the Oscar statue offstage, mistaking it for Gore.

The show is so bad, I bet millions are begging their local stations to replace the show with more coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears.

UPDATE:
A reader has emailed me to point out the unintentional acronym I created:

Hollywood’s
Annual
Mutual
Admiration
Society

…subliminal?