Another BZ First:

There were two candidates who fought for their initial places and then — KAZAM — I decided to make room for both!

1. MOONBAT: Michael Berg

The pickings here are almost too easy. So exists a pacificist who apparently cannot “connect the dots” between al-Qaeda and al-Zarqawi taking a dull blade to the fresh and throbbing neck of his own son and, having sawn through only a portion of the neck of his own seed, only to leave it exposed for those who wished to do a bit of hacking of their own. Oh. And let us not forget the hilarity that ensued when Nick Berg pleaded for his life and then gurgled. Shoot. That’s not worth retribution of any kind. That’s a perfectly acceptable act. As Mike Berg says: “There are perhaps evil acts; there are no evil people.”

But Mike Berg still had a disagreement with his son; Bush is a bigger terrorist than Saddam Hussein. It was wrong to go after al-Zarqawi. Moonbat. What is it about Mike Berg that makes him look like a Dachau Survivor? Thank GOD he’s conserving calories better consumed by YOU and by ME.

2. MOONBAT: John Murtha

Again, the pickings were almost too easily made. John Murtha is an doddering old fool who once served in the US military and uses that stance to excuse his ridiculously ill-thought-out “withdraw from Iraq now” plans.

Though one must consider this from the “official press:”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced on Friday he will run for the No. 2 leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives if Democrats regain control of that chamber in elections this fall.

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With a guy like this, certainly I’d expect he’d be representing an area in Fornicalia instead of Pennsylvania.

BZ

At 6:15 Baghdad time, two 500-pound American-made bombs killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi while he was located in an area 30 miles northeast of Baghdad in the province of Diyala, late Wednesday. Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki said “Al-Zarqawi was eliminated.”

OBL named al-Zarqawi the “Prince of Terrorism.” AZ was the number one terrorist in Iraq.

Why did the state of Jordan help? Remember the wedding party blown to bits in the country last year?

Already the negative comments and the spin has started.

Nicholas Berg’s father Michael has already said that al-Zarqawi didn’t deserve to die, in a CNN interview. This from the father of the man that al-Zarqawi killed in front of a video camera — the same video that al Qaeda paraded in front of the world on the internet.

Asked what would give him satisfaction, Berg, an anti-war activist and candidate for U.S. Congress, said, “The end of the war and getting rid of George Bush.”

Another massive clue? When the announcement occurred in front of the press, Iraqi journalists cheered. American journalists were completely silent.

President Bush has stayed the course in his “War On Terror.” His war on terror is in truth a war only on Islamists or radical Islam — but in any event, by staying this course the number two AQ terrorist has gone to meet his maker. One more snake on the AQ head has been eliminated. This is a victory for President Bush and for his WOT.

Very few people, despite their prior cries, will find this a positive thing; witness the ridiculously-Moonbat statement from Michael Berg.

And those on the Left whose mantra was “If you’re so good, where is OBL? Where are his henchmen? You can’t even get those guys!” will likely now be saying: “Doesn’t matter anyway. So you got him. Big deal.”

President Bush: damned if he didn’t, damned if he did.

REALITY CHECK

What will be the impact? It will likely be split directly down the aisle. Who will be the first Democrat to congratulate the president and SecDef Rumsfeld? Don’t hold your breath.

And the reality check is this: though I believe this is another turning point in Bush’s war, it’s not, of course, and End-All and Be-All to this war, which will continue. IEDs will still explode. Homicide bombers will still detonate.

But one more very important nail has been driven directly into the forehead of al Qaeda and its ring of supporters.

And that’s a good thing.

President Bush: we do need to stay the course.

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Two additional pieces of good news today:

First, the price of oil has dropped on the news of AZ’s death. “Oil prices dipped below $70 per barrel for the first time in two weeks Thursday following the announcement of the death of al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq, terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”

Second, the USS Cole, disabled from a terrorist’s boat-bomb on October 12th in 2000 which killed 17 sailors while docked in Yemen’s port of Aden, is back on assignment today and headed to the Middle East’s Fifth Fleet, responsible for the Gulf of Oman, Red Sea and some of the Indian Ocean. Bravo and Godspeed, USS Cole!

God bless America!

BZ

In Fornicalia, the fifth largest economy in the world, June 6th saw our primary and a number of bond and proposition issues.

A few surprises occurrred and a large message was, in my opinion, delivered to the politicians in Fornicalia.

Which, though this has occurred in Fornicalia, portends much for the rest of the nation. And I submit this will be a new, building, sweeping trend — at least I fervently hope so.

First, the new trend I’m beginning to note?

In Sacratomato and surrounding Northern Fornicalia counties — even in San Francisco county — a number of bond measures on any number of topics went down to defeat; some of them went down in explosive swirls of massive flames.

These bonds included, on a statewide level:

— Proposition 81: a $600-million bond to pay for library expansion and construction; no: 60%
— Proposition 82: massive funding for “Preschool For All” to raise taxes to fund universal preschool education; no: 61%

In my neck of the woods, funding for a local community college expansion: no.
Other local bonds and “raising taxes” issues: no.

To me, the electorate seems to be expressing a trend, and that is this: we are collectively tired of politicians and special interest groups spending tax dollars with little or no accountability, with these funds diverted to other budget units for entirely different reasons, and with the overall quality of life seemingly unimproved — save that of those who authored the bond measures and politicians and bureaucrats in general.

The storm appears to be building: the days of voting for greater taxes in order to spend money that finds itself disappears into a Black Hole may be over.

Will this become a national trend? Only time will tell.

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So — what offends and irritates you about campaigns and voting?

For many, would it be:

— Endless computer-generated calls to your home phone;
— Continuous ads on radio;
— Continuous ads on TV;
— The overall negativity of the ads you see and hear;

One very interesting comment from a Democrat in Fornicalia when she was asked to comment about the recent Dem Governor’s runoff campaigns between current State Treasurer Phil Angelides (will has said he will raise Fornicalia taxes) and current State Controller Steve Westly (Angelides has now won the gubernatorial Dem primary): “I’m afraid this will hand the election over to Arnold.” What is she referring to? That would be the nasty and snotty campaigns run by both candidates against each other where she further said: “I’m afraid the Democrats eat their young.”

Perhaps people will also express their true feelings about negative campaigns embracing personal (instead of issue) attacks.

The potential trends I’m beginning to identify:

• A weariness of the electorate for negative campaigns;
• A weariness of the electorate to tax themselves;

Opinions and thoughts?

BZ