MBVD: Stop the ACLU! Weekly Roundup 02/04-03/02/2008

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Stop the ACLU! Weekly Roundup 02/04-03/02/2008

Once again, it's been while since I've posted Jay at Stop the ACLU!'s linkfest. A lot of interesting stuff (and check out the comments sections on some of them). So, without further ado, here are all the great links and articles from Jay at Stop the ACLU! Enjoy!

Articles:

Rush Endorses Romney
Plus...James Dobson says he will sit out if the nominee is McCain! Plus, Huckabee takes WV after McCain supporters told to throw it to Huckabee to keep Mitt from winning. Lots of good stuff.

The Case Against Casting a Republican Vote In November
Personally, I won't vote democrat just because I don't like the Republican. I'll just sit out. However, my co-blogger Gribbit makes a passionate case for voting democrat depending on the eventual nominee. It's thought provoking.

Where Do Conservatives Go From Here?
It's long-winded, but I put a lot of thought into it. Basically, the conservative blogosphere is not happy with the choices we are left with. It's pretty upside down to most of us. Now what do we do? Some say sit it out. Some say rally behind the Republican. Some even say vote democrat. They all have their points. I'm saying to everyone, follow your instincts and do what you think is right. Don't follow the crowd, whether that be the conservative pundits or the Republican establishment.

What If McCain Chooses Fred Thompson For VP?
I ask the question because it isn't out of the question. They are good friends with a history. It would be a smart move on the Maverick's part to stilt up his lacking on conservative credentials. Could Thompson serve as the conservative concience? The ideological gravitas? Even…power behind the throne? How would the conservative base/blogosphere react?

James Dobson to Endorse Huckabee
Finally, the evangelical gets the evangelical anointment.

Fred Thompson Endorses McCain
I think it comes down to the war on terror for most of these guys. A Thompson endorsement isn't surprising since they are old friends. It doesn't seal the deal though. I'll start thinking about getting off the couch when I see who McCain picks for VP.

The ACLU And The Candidates
With the presidential elections going on it is easy to get off focus with things. My co-blogger Basil gets things back on track by giving us the ACLU ratings on each of our candidates. Interesting to note the high score Ron Paul gets. However, the highest score goes to Obama and the lowest to McCain.

Huckabee Won't Concede Washington State
I'm not a McCain fan, but I'm not really a Huckabee fan either. Nevertheless, what is going on in Washington State does sound fishy, and it was a very close race. Huckabee is talking about legally challenging McCain's so-called win there. I say, good for him...I don't blame him at all. Something weird happened up there for sure.

ACLU Condemns Senate FISA Vote
I was glad to see that he was playing hardball with the House on this, and that part of the legislation went to protect third party companies that participate patriotically in protecting America from insane lawsuits. Most of these lawsuits, of course, can be traced back to the ACLU, so it is no surprise that they were quite upset when the Senate passed this legislation.

The American Civil Liberties Union today slammed the U.S. Senate for not only authorizing the president's warrantless wiretapping program but for granting immunity to his accomplices, the telecommunications companies. By a vote of 68 to 29, the Senate passed legislation amending and, in the end, gutting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill now must be conferenced with the House's version of the bill – which contains no immunity and stricter Fourth Amendment protections – by February 16th, the recently extended expiration date of the equally disastrous Protect America Act.

The ACLU go on to give "kudos" to Feingold and Dodd for trying to make the bill more "palatable". Of course the ACLU claim to be upset over "privacy" issues, yet we know their hypocrisy on this issue. No doubt they are more upset by the protection of telecom companies from their million dollar lawsuits.

Meanwhile Bush is playing hardball on this important legislation.

A main sticking point is a provision included in the Senate legislation that would provide retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with the government. Bush said the companies "won't help protect America" without such liability protection.

The president stated that terrorists must communicate with each other and exchange information to carry out their plans and argued that enlisting the help of telecommunications companies is crucial in uncovering their activities.

Indeed, this has slipped the grasp of the minds at the ACLU. They are suggesting to the House to let the Protect America Act expire.

The ACLU exhorts members of the House to let the unconstitutional Protect America Act expire and stand strong on not letting the phone companies off the hook for law breaking.

I agree with John Boehner's statement:

"Our terrorist surveillance laws are critical to keeping our nation safe from attack, and until we modernize them, our intelligence officials will be at a significant disadvantage against the terrorists who threaten our way of life. The Senate-passed bill would modernize these laws in the long-term so intelligence officials – not government lawyers – are entrusted to protect our national security. President Bush has said he will not sign another temporary measure that only kicks the can farther down the road, and I stand behind that decision.

"The Majority has played games with FISA modernization for months on end, and today, those games must end. Delaying action on a long-term modernization bill puts our national security at risk. It's time for House Democratic leaders to do the right thing and allow the House to consider the Senate's bipartisan bill so President Bush can sign it into law."

My Pet Jawa points out that Obama just may be the ACLU's candidate of choice…the dangerous kind.

Michelle Malkin has a great roundup on this.

Barrack Obama's "change" is more than a silly slogan, it's dangerous. For Obama "change" means moving American to a pre-9/11 stance where law enforcement's hands were tied. 9/11 was not a failure of individuals–Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are not to personally to blame–it was systemic failure. Barrack Obama wants to take us back to that system that failed us.

WSJ:

It says something about his national security world view, or his callowness, that Mr. Obama would vote to punish private companies that even the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee said had "acted in good faith." Had Senator Obama prevailed, a President Obama might well have been told "no way" when he asked private Americans to help his Administration fight terrorists. Mr. Obama also voted against the overall bill, putting him in MoveOn.org territory.

AJ Strata breaks it down, and everything he says of Obama can be applied to the ACLU:

This upside down world, where terrorists who make it to our shores are then considered untouchable because of some bizarre fear of a new Nixon abuse of power, is what Obama voted FOR! Obama wants to give terrorists carte blanche freedom to communicate with their agents in the US once they get here. What is so wrong with the current system? Why do NSA leads have to be relegated back to some kind of impure status simply because the NSA detected them and not the FBI (who doesn't listen in on our enemies overseas)? What is wrong with the leads being passed to the FBI to assess, which then takes those which show to be troubling to the FIS Court for full surveillance? This program has stopped attacks and saved lives, and yet "Big Bird" Obama and his Sesame Street view that 'we can all just hold hands and get along' is opposed to it and wants to expose us to unnecessary risk?

And this is EXACTLY what Osama wants us to do, lower our guard again so he can hit us hard and show the Muslim world he is still relevant and not on the brink of being destroyed. Even Hillary has not been this suicidally delusional about the threat to America. The enemy is not the phone company Big Bird, it is all those Jihadis working to die a glorious death by taking out thousands of Americans in one blow. And this is why Obama is a naive and unwitting ally of Osama, as are most Surrendercrats.

Michelle Malkin has a great roundup.

Multiple People Shot at Northern Illinois University

Please pray for these families! I'm not sure if there is a Valentine Day connection to this, but it sure gives us one more reason to hug our children and loved ones. Thank God we still have them. Keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.

ACLU Against Amnesty...For Americans
...for American telecomm companies that is. Maybe it isn't so "breaking" after all. I just found it funny they chose to use the term "amnesty" to describe what the Protect America Act would provide for patriotic American telecomm companies in the FISA legislation. They are praising the House democrats for letting the Act expire. If only they would use the same argument on the border problem.

ACLU Thanks House of Representatives For Letting FISA Law Expire
While the President plays hardball on FISA legislation, the House puts politics over security. Meanwhile, the ACLU sing their praises of the House!

Supreme Court Rejects ACLU Domestic Spying Case
ACLU gets slapped with common sense!

How the House Hurt Our Intel Capabilities
The failure of House democrats to vote on the FISA law last week has resulted in reducing cooperation from the telecomm companies now. Basically, the telecomm companies don't want to be subjected to lawsuits defending what they are doing from groups like the ACLU. Even if the telecomm companies win the lawsuits, they are costly. Democrats don't want to give them any immunity, and in the process are putting us in danger.

ACLU Refuses to Meet With Day Laborers
Double standards at their best....after participating in a "teach in" with "illegal alien" day laborers and teaching them that they can refuse to talk to the police, the ACLU "close the border" on legal American day laborers and threaten to call the police on them.

AP Urges Supreme Court to Give Military Detainees Access to US Courts
The AP throw all objectivity out the window once again as the urge the Supreme Court for detainees to have acess to American courts. They are worried about their own Bilal Hussein. There was no mention of how Bilal Hussein staged anti-war propaganda photos, or how in April of 2006 American forces detained him with al Qaeda terrorists and a cache of weapons. They shed any shred of doubt that they can report on such an issue with any objectivity at all.

Rumor: FISA Deal Reached In The House
I'm having fun watching the hard left meltdown over this one! Two separate votes? Oh my! Heh.

Videos:

Huckabee: This is a Two Man Race and I'm In It!
Huckabee is the shocker tonight as he sweeps the south. This could just end up a brokered convention after all. Huckabee has definitely shaken things up. Here is the video where he gets smug and cocky.

None of The Above
A little humor. This is how many conservatives are feeling right now.

Bolton Makes a Case for McCain
It's a pretty good speech.

David Shuster Apologizes For Angering Clintons
What is this guy apologizing for?

Obama Accused of Plagiarism
Two videos, one of Deval Patrick, 2006, the other of Obama, 2008. Compare and decide. I think this news will fade fast.

Reagan's "Yes We Can"
A video of Reagan that is an answer to Obama's empty socialist phrases of optimism. It's actual optimism that isn't empty. This is the kind of stuff we should be hearing from our conservative leadership today.

Obama's Terrorist Friends
It seems that Obama is good buddies with the leaders from the 60's radical terrorist group, the Weather Underground. Of course the media is ignoring this, but it seems pretty important to discuss being that he wants to be President.

Obama on Nuclear Disarmament
Hey everyone, this Obama guy is insane! This video needs to go national and spread far and wide! Will he replace our nukes with butterflies and unicorns?

McCain's Freudian Slip
This is absolutely hillarious! You will get a kick out of this one!

The Cactus Cuties Sing the National Anthem
In my opinion, this is the prettiest version of our National Anthem I've ever heard. Even more amazing, its performed by some very young and talented girls. Perfect for a slow news Sunday afternoon. Warning: You may need a tissue or two.

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My Favorite Speeches and Other Items of Interest

George Bush's March 28, 2007 Discusses Economy, War on Terror During Remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070328-2.html
Mitch McConnell's March 15, 2007 Funding For Troops, Not Timelines for Retreat; http://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=270747&start=1
Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987 Tear Down This Wall Speech; http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
Vice President Cheney's March 12, 2007 Remarks at the AIPAC 2007 Policy Conference; http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070312.html

Winston Churchill Quotes

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Never, never, never give up.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Ronald Reagan Quotes

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources
Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause.
Facts are stupid things.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
How can a president not be an actor?
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?".
Man is not free unless government is limited.
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.