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Wyoming: GOP

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In Saturday’s Wyoming GOP caucuses, the results:

Romney: winner. Huckabee: zero.

Of course, you could say that, after all, it’s only Wyoming. Demorats don’t even have their cauci until March 8th.

But a Huckabee Tsunami?

Not convinced.

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Some Questions

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When we are Conservatives, and we no longer seem to have a GOP that believes in Conservatism . . .

Then what do we have?

And where can we go?

I’m really asking the question because, more and more it appears to me, I really don’t have an answer. I thought for the longest time I did.

And now?

I really am not sure.

The picture above? That’s how the Left sees the GOP.

How do we, as Conservatives, see the GOP?

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The Fence

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You see this on the DEM — the Defeatist, Elitist Media?

I thought not. But the TRUTH will out: welcome to the NEGATION of The Fence:

In a quiet act of defiance, the Senate approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill that removed legal requirements mandating the federal government fund 854 miles of a double layer border fence spanning America’s southwestern border.

Did you “get” that?

So — who killed The Fence? Read:

When the spending bill, which combines appropriations for a number of federal agencies, reached the Senate, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) attached S.Amdt. 2466 to the measure in order to silently gut the SFA’s spending requirement.

Who killed The Fence?

A REPUBLICAN.

Her amendment reads in part:

Nothing in this paragraph shall require the secretary of homeland security to install fencing, physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras and sensors in a particular location along an international border of the United States, if the secretary determines that the use or placement of such resources is not the most appropriate means to achieve and maintain operational control over the international border at such location.”

Thus, critics argue the amendment results in a de facto repeal of the SFA [Secure Fence Act, 2006].

So: you think you’re going to get a fence?

Think again.

Once again: the “Grand Old Party” tells YOU to fuck off and get into line with someone’s RINO thinking.

I simply do not understand. What in the HELL is going through the brain of KBH?

The Hutchison amendment gives DHS virtually total discretion over how and where the fence is built,” commented Steve Elliott, president of Grassfire.org.

“In fact, DHS would not be required to build fencing in any particular location – and the double-layer mandate is totally gone.”

Moreover, do you hear or read of ANY public disagreement by President Bush of this amendment? Deafening silence? True colors?

I submit this: the last year of Bush’s presidency shall reveal what he truly is because — after all — what does he have to lose at this point?

The double-layer border fence, which was premised on the fence erected outside San Diego, consists of two layers of fencing with a border patrol access road separating the fencing. California Congressman Duncan Hunter, who is also running for the Republican nomination, was instrumental in building the fence in San Diego and boasts the fence reduced the smuggling of drugs and people into San Diego by 90 percent. Mr. Hunter further contends his fence is virtually impenetrable.

There are rumors flying about that Hunter may run for Fornicalia Governor in the next election. I’d vote for him IMMEDIATELY on the basis of this statement alone.

The bottom line of The Fence — you know, what you assumed would be built because that Act was passed — ?

But with the Senate’s amendment, the fate of the fence remains in limbo and sets the stage for another congressional showdown on immigration now that the amended Senate version comes back to the House for consideration.

I repeat, Una vez más

Who killed The Fence? A REPUBLICAN.

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The BZ Take

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Looks like ol ‘ BZ called the Iowa caucus earlier Thursday afternoon on two blogs:
  • I called Huckabee on the GOP side;
  • I wrote that Obama would triumph over Hillary.
One observation: after watching Ed Rollins on Brit Hume’s Fox News show, I’ve concluded that Rollins is a raving asshole. If I were even remotely considering Huckabee, Rollins (Huck’s campaign manager) killed da ‘bee for me.

Some more observations:

1. Iowa was a major slap in the face to Hillary (3rd behind Obama & Edwards);
2. She is insufficiently Left for the Left (as I have frequently written);
3. She is as warm and cuddly as an American Standard movie urinal;
4. William Jefferson is privately smiling, and experiencing his own personal streak of Schadenfreude because, after all, he’s the complete embodiment of the Demorats, not Hillary.

On the GOP side, I can’t say for certain that Iowa unequivocally killed any candidate, not necessarily even Fred. And does this — gulp — possibly portend a McCain/Thompson candidacy?

We will see what we will see. And now, on to — Wyoming??

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Sitting Sideways

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I feature this as a wonderful way to begin the New Year:

I found this post at Write On The Right when Just John made a comment on one of my recent quips. I know that perhaps I should have consulted him first, but I felt the statement he made was too powerful and deserved broadcasting in as many dimensions and venues as possible, as quickly as possible.

Once again, I shake my head in wonder at our American Soldiers. Where do we ever find men such as this? There isn’t a draft, people; these are volunteers. And moreover, I only hope we deserve them in our future.

And another reason why I so frequently find myself despising the diminution by Demorats of our fine fighting forces.

SITTING SIDEWAYS
by Just John:

When I was in Iraq, I rode in a Humvee (short for HMMWV, or High Mobility, Multi-purpose, Wheeled Vehicle). My driver and I grew to be very close. We found ourselves in a common hell, and vowed that we would do whatever it took to make sure that we both got home in one piece.
My Humvee was of the “high-back” variety, much like the one in the picture above (with the fuel and water cans on the back). It was not the ideal vehicle to fight from. The doors were vinyl, as was the covering over the cargo area of the truck. The doors simply kept the wind and dust down a bit, but nothing more. They certainly offered no protection against enemy fire.

Any time that we were moving into a new area (or moving around in a current, known hostile area), I would remove the door from my side of the vehicle and sit sideways in my seat, facing outward. The doors were very easy to remove, as they just lifted straight up from the two posts that they were hung on. I sat sideways for two reasons, only one of which I told my driver about. I had told him that I sat sideways so that I could more easily employ my rifle in time of need. There was more to it than that.

Had my driver really thought about it, he would have realized that sitting sideways isn’t exactly the perfect position. It reduced my field of view significantly. I had to look to my left to see where we were going, and could see nothing on the driver’s side of the vehicle. It did, however, provide one additional benefit.
I never told my driver that one of the main reasons that I sat sideways was because I could more effectively block any enemy fire coming from that side of the vehicle. I could more effectively shield him that way. I justified that by thinking that my vest, with ballistic inserts, would stop most enemy fire. I also knew that if he got hit, we’d be completely screwed. Our vehicle would probably end up in a ditch on the side of the road, and we’d be immobilized in a bad spot. I also knew that I didn’t want anything to happen to the young Corporal; I don’t know what I would have done if he got hit while driving my butt around.
It was indeed much easier to aim and fire out of the vehicle by sitting sideways, but I’ll always remember the other reason for doing it. The young Marine that was my driver now has a young wife and a new baby. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

God bless you John, and God bless all American Warriors for their sacrifices.
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