WASHINGTON -- President Bush's new defense budget would provide a new Virginia-class submarine and at least $2.7 billion to continue construction of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier in Newport News.

Gerald ford was a NICE GUY, but perhaps some presidents do not earn the right to have Aircraft carriers named after them.  I was a bit peezed that Jimmy Carter had a Submarine named after him.

Can you imagine having a ship named "The Slickster?"

If Her Royal Clintoness wins:

My Plan for Shared Prosperity

Noting that she talks about raising the minimum wage, and improving job prospects for all, she might want to consider this

Richard Vigurie now says: "In any event, Paul’s chance of getting elected, or even nominated, is infinitesimal."

Heh -- that's not exactly rocket science, Richard. Even a crackpot ObGyn ought to have figured that one out a long time ago.

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton has brought up a point that those of us int he Intelligence community has understood for years, that the segments of the US Intelligence Community  have been politicized and act on dogma rather than logic.  (Guess which side of the aisle...)

In his column today for the Wall Stree Journal, he brings up a key point of how the recent National Intleligence Estimate ragrding Iranian nuclear programs has been manipulated by the editors from the State Department Intelligence folks who seek to change US policy by focusing political opinion rather than providing the truth to the decision makers.

 His key passage is:

The NIE's first key judgment is "we judge with high confidence that in fall, 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program." Most of the world, predictably, never got beyond that opinion. Only inveterate footnote hunters noticed the extraordinary accompanying footnote which redefined Iran's "nuclear weapons program" to mean only its "nuclear weapon design and weaponization work," and undeclared uranium conversion and enrichment activities. Card sharks -- not intelligence professionals -- could be proud of this sleight of hand, which grossly mischaracterizes what Iran actually needs for a weapons program.

In my opinion Foggy Bottom needs to be liberated.....

The sad true is that Jimmy did serve onboard submarines while he was in the Navy.

Nothing would please me more than to see McCain lose his home state.

Nothing.

I know that isn't realistic...but hope springs eternal....lol.

Today, I voted early, greeted by long lines and yes I showed my ID (by law). There were even a few african-Americano's at our conservative leaning enclave. A sheriff deputy walked in for a brief moment, yet, I didn't see one disenfranchised look cast upon a single face.

Later I went to the coffee shop. The wife of one of the barista's said, "Oh, I HAVE to vote for Obama!" Then she gushed out a giddy giggle.

I bit, "Okay why do you 'have' to vote for Obama?"

"Because my grandmother shook his hand in one of his commercials."

So ... it's as easy as that. Politicians don't need experience or money. All they need is to shake every hand of every grandmother; This phenomenon is sweeping the nation, it  will change politics as we know it and will be forever known as The Barrack Experience.  

From what I've seen it looks like Romney is leading the West Virgina caucus.

Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns

There is nothing surprising about Obama and Mormon Romney leading in Cali as the west has always been a place where people were not judged by looks or idiot beliefs but on the person they are.
That is the reason dolts like Daschle and Johnson spew out of Conservative South Dakota. They are judged on their likability factor and not politics.

The one race I'm most interested in is North Dakota with it's plenty coup of Norwegians if Obama will win that state. That is the only interesting thing happening today.

The racists though live on the east coast, always have and always will. That is why race matters and is a big deal.....as those racists make it a big deal.

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

Seems the MSM is already crowning McCain & Obama, but the delegate count at present, before today says: The Race for Delegates
Democrats Needed to Win = 2,025
Candidate Pledged Superdels.Total Clinton 241 Obama 169
Republicans Needed to Win = 1,191
CandidatePledged Unpl. RNC Total McCain 111 Romney 94 Huckabee 29

So where do they get there headlines and stats from!

Something interesting that got zero coverage this past week was the underwater internet lines getting cut off the coast of Egypt. These lines are the primary source of communication between America/Europe and Asia.

Three of the four lines were destroyed within a few days, apparently under suspicious happenings.

http://au.news.yahoo...

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PS - I've tried to help the cause here in Minnesota, but this is liberal country and our governor pushed hard for McCain. Don't hold your breath for an upset here. :-(

I wish all these people who are going to pieces about John McCain would all take their Prozac and get a grip. The reason Republicans are faced with a less than satisfying slate of candidates (particularly conservative candidates), is because so many of the conservatives in the party sat on their hands for so long and didn't get behind one of the more conservative candidates earlier, and helped build a strong, more viable conservative candidate. As a result, we now have the situation we have today. I have had it with Rush, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, and the rest of the hysterical conservative voices screaming now about how horrible the prospect of a John McCain nominee would be. At this point in time, Republicans need to face some not too pleasant facts: We will very likely lose the election in November if we don't nominate someone who has a realistic chance of defeating Clinton or Obama. Principles and ideals are all great, but unfortunately, I think that that train has left the station, and we as conservatives have missed the train. Right now, we need to focus on who is the candidate that is most likely to be able to defeat the Democratic nominee, and that is John McCain. While McCain may not be perfect, with an 83% conservative rating from the American Conservative Union, he is infinitely more acceptable than either Clinton who has a 9% rating, or Obama, who has an 8% rating. So for all those out there who think, erroneously, that there isn't a great deal of difference between McCain and the Democratic candidates, think about that.