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hmmm, good ticket with fred and rudy. hmmm
'Proud To Be A Republican'
When is Fred going to announce?
i hope we get a good conservative in. rudy is about the same structures as G.W.B. has been doing since his first day in da oval.
did some things at the other jurnt.
good readings, didn't have time to hit ya with a few,
one was calling needed draft reinstated.
awesome...congrats on that!
Either one could happen at any time it appears!
right, and we shall prevail until world destruction or some act of god.
well , i will. raised the value of my home over three fold.
i'm well situated on da mesa.
other land stuff 5 fold.
As far as Sept 11, that goes back to the same thing as Pearl Harbor! WE were attacked on OUR LAND!
The market is VERY impressive BUT folks will NOT remember him for that!
right, everything since he took the oval in 2001.
world worse drop in market history, 9/11 , fighting terrorist.
but he has had probably one of the best recovery in market history too.
from 7200 area to 14-k where a topping took place last week and heavy this week.
I am with you...I am very proud of W considering all the many obsticles that have been thrown at him!
hi RJ, i think if the consevatives keep the pressure on the libs conservatives win the oval in 2008.
i'm proud of our commander in chief.
if i were in the oval i do it differently.
i would follow the footstaps of general doug mac arthur.
hannity been tuff on libs of late. libs are wasting valuable time doing oval stuff instaed of doing businss in congress.
same goes for conservatives too. but they were forced into this early stuff.
imagine two yrs. plus doing the projects to get into the oval.
what a waste of tax payers money.
Thanks Mick...I hope that all is going great your way!
hi DC, i did a check. i didn't know ya here.
say i did a lot at rush the man's palace today.
did some strategics maps when " which we are in undeclared world war-3."
looks like the draft is needed soon for man power.
china, russia, north korea, iran, south america are rich in man power for war.
the above is very scary for north america.
Report: Al-Qaida nears ability to strike U.S.
Draft intelligence assessment says group seeks chemical, nuclear weapons
Updated: 3:21 p.m. MT July 12, 2007
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment, The Associated Press has learned.
The draft National Intelligence Estimate is expected to paint an ever-more-worrisome portrait of al-Qaida’s ability to use its base along the Pakistan-Afghan border to launch and inspire attacks, even as Bush administration officials say the U.S. is safer nearly six years into the war on terror.
Among the key findings of the classified estimate, which is still in draft form and must be approved by all 16 U.S. spy agencies:
Al-Qaida is probably still pursuing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and would use them if its operatives developed sufficient capability.
The terror group has been able to restore three of the four key tools it would need to launch an attack on U.S. soil: a safe haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas, operational lieutenants and senior leaders. It could not immediately be learned what the missing fourth element is.
The group will bolster its efforts to position operatives inside U.S. borders. In public statements, U.S. officials have expressed concern about the ease with which people can enter the United States through Europe because of a program that allows most Europeans to enter without visas.
The document also discusses increasing concern about individuals already inside the United States who are adopting an extremist brand of Islam.
National Intelligence Estimates are the most authoritative written judgments that reflect the consensus long-term thinking of senior intelligence analysts.
'Positioned to strike'
Government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been finalized, described it as an expansive look at potential threats within the United States and said it required the cooperation of a number of national security agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security Department and National Counterterrorism Center.
National security officials met at the White House on Thursday about the intelligence estimate and related counterterrorism issues. The tentative plan is to release a declassified version of the report and brief Congress on Tuesday, one government official said.
Ross Feinstein, spokesman for National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, declined to discuss the document’s specific contents. But he said it would be consistent with statements made by senior government officials at congressional hearings and elsewhere.
The estimate echoes the findings of another analysis prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center earlier this year and disclosed publicly on Wednesday. That report — titled “Al-Qaida better positioned to strike the West” — found the terrorist group is “considerably operationally stronger than a year ago” and has “regrouped to an extent not seen since 2001,” a counterterrorism official familiar with the reports findings told The Associated Press.
On Thursday, news of the counterterrorism center’s threat assessment renewed the political debate about the nature of the al-Qaida threat and whether U.S. actions — in Iraq in particular — have made the U.S. safer from terrorism.
Bush: Iraq matters to U.S. security
At a news conference Thursday, President Bush acknowledged al-Qaida’s continuing threat to the United States and used the new report as evidence his administration’s policies are on the right course.
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Some quotes about Thursday's Iraq report:
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"Those who believe that the battle in Iraq is lost will likely point to the unsatisfactory performance on some of the political benchmarks. Those of us who believe the battle in Iraq can and must be won see the satisfactory performance on several of the security benchmarks as a cause for optimism." - President Bush.
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"The administration will say that things have been achieved and more will be achieved while others will say there were failures. Still they will both blame Iraqis." Sami al-Askari, an adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, on U.S.-funded Alhurra television.
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"After nearly five years of a failed policy in Iraq, we have a duty not just to voice our opposition but to vote today to end the war." - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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"The American people believe that our military commanders, not Washington politicians, are in the best position to make critical national security decision and so do Republicans." - House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio.
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"We must change course now, not in September. It is time for the president to listen to the American people and do what is necessary to protect this nation." - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
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"What have we learned? We've learned that progress is mixed, that many of the military tasks assigned to the military have been achieved, and that we have not seen sufficient progress on the political benchmarks." - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
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"I am disappointed that, after great sacrifice by U.S. and Iraqi troops since the announcement of the surge in January, the Iraqi government has not met critical political benchmarks in that period. That government is simply not providing leadership worthy of the considerable sacrifice of our forces, and this has to change immediately." - Sen. John Warner, R-Va.
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"After more than four years at war in Iraq, the president's so-called 'assessment report' on Iraq is nothing short of chilling." - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
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"Our military has demonstrated that progress is possible, and now is not the time to withdraw." - Sen. John Kyl, R-Ariz.
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"Nearly five years of combat, 3,610 American lives lost, 26,500 wounded and more than $450 billion spent, and the White House says we are at the 'starting line' in Iraq?" - Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.
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"There is nothing in this report that should justify anyone who's not already made up their minds that they want to retreat from Iraq to vote to mandate a retreat from Iraq. The report is too mixed. There's too much on the line in Iraq." - Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.
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"It would be immoral to wait until September to change a failed policy." Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
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"The interim report from Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker offers a mixed assessment, but provides little reason to think that we will see significant progress on critical benchmarks relating to Iraqi political progress and national reconciliation in the upcoming September assessment or in the foreseeable future." Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.
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"This report is a devastating indictment of this administration's failure to accomplish its most important mission: destroying al-Qaida and the threat it poses." - Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
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It is clear that George W. Bush is blinded by his own rose-colored glasses. ... As he has placed our faith in the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials continue to fail to meet the most basic of benchmarks of progress." - Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
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"Don't tell us we're making progress in Iraq when the last three months have been some of the deadliest since this war began for our brave troops who have sacrificed so much. And don't tell us it's progress when the Iraqi leadership has done nothing - nothing - to take the political steps necessary to end their civil war." - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
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"How many Iraqis would agree that progress in reducing sectarian violence has been satisfactory? How many Americans agree with that assessment?" - Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.
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"Iraqis appreciate and are sensitive to the growing concern in the United States with the rate of progress taking place in Iraq. However, we are facing real challenges, some of which are outside of our control, and the prospect of failure is too terrible to contemplate." - Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaidaie.
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"The congressionally mandated 'Initial Benchmark Assessment Report' released today is only the latest attempt by the Bush administration to put the best face on a failed strategy." - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
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R.J.,,, just like we have been talking about. in full
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070713/D8QBLJ2G0.html
al-Qaida Works to Plant U.S. Operatives
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(AP) Iraqi soldiers guard a man they have arrested at a checkpoint suspecting him of being an al-Qaida...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Al-Qaida is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment, The Associated Press has learned.
The draft National Intelligence Estimate is expected to paint an ever-more-worrisome portrait of al-Qaida's ability to use its base along the Pakistan-Afghan border to launch and inspire attacks against the United States over the next several years.
Yet, the government's top analysts concluded that U.S. soil has become a harder target for the extremist network, thanks to worldwide counterterror efforts since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Among the key findings of the classified estimate, which is still in draft form and must be approved by all 16 U.S. spy agencies:
- The U.S. will face "a persistent and evolving terrorist threat" within its borders over the next three years. The main danger comes from Islamic terrorist groups, especially al-Qaida, and is "driven by the undiminished intent to attack the homeland and a continued effort by terrorist groups to adapt and improve their capabilities."
- Al-Qaida is probably still pursuing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and would use them if its operatives developed sufficient capability.
- The terror group has been able to restore three of the four key tools it would need to launch an attack on U.S. soil: a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal areas, operational lieutenants and senior leaders. It could not immediately be learned what the missing fourth element is.
- The group will bolster its efforts to position operatives inside U.S. borders. In public statements, U.S. officials have expressed concern about the ease with which people can enter the United States through Europe because of a program that allows most Europeans to enter without visas.
The document also discusses increasing concern about individuals already inside the United States who are adopting an extremist brand of Islam.
On a positive note, analysts concluded that increased international efforts over the past five years "have constrained the ability of al-Qaida to attack the U.S. homeland again and have led terrorist groups to perceive the homeland as a harder target to strike than on 9/11."
Those measures helped disrupt known plots against the United States, the analysts found.
National Intelligence Estimates are the most authoritative written judgments that reflect the consensus long-term thinking of senior intelligence analysts.
Government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been finalized, described it as an expansive look at potential threats within the United States and said it required the cooperation of a number of national security agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security Department and National Counterterrorism Center.
National security officials met at the White House on Thursday about the intelligence estimate and related counterterrorism issues. The tentative plan is to release a declassified version of the report and brief Congress on Tuesday, one government official said.
Ross Feinstein, spokesman for National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, declined to discuss the document's specific contents. But he said it would be consistent with statements made by senior government officials at congressional hearings and elsewhere.
The estimate echoes the findings of another analysis prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center earlier this year and disclosed publicly on Wednesday. That report - titled "Al-Qaida better positioned to strike the West" - found the terrorist group is "considerably operationally stronger than a year ago" and has "regrouped to an extent not seen since 2001," a counterterrorism official familiar with the reports findings told the AP.
On Thursday, news of the counterterrorism center's threat assessment renewed the political debate about the nature of the al-Qaida threat and whether U.S. actions - in Iraq in particular - have made the U.S. safer from terrorism.
At a news conference Thursday, President Bush acknowledged al-Qaida's continuing threat to the United States and used the new report as evidence his administration's policies are on the right course.
"The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on Sept. 11," he said. "That's why what happens in Iraq matters to security here at home."
Yet Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Iraq has distracted the United States. He said the U.S. should have finished off al-Qaida in 2002 and 2003 along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Instead, "President Bush chose to invade Iraq, thereby diverting our military and intelligence resources away from the real war on terrorism," Rockefeller said. "Threats to the United States homeland are not emanating from Iraq. They are coming from al-Qaida leadership."
Rockefeller, who voted in favor of toppling Saddam Hussein, called for the U.S. to end its involvement in what he called the Iraqi civil war.
In recent weeks, senior national security officials have been increasingly worried about an al-Qaida attack in the United States.
Appearing on a half-dozen morning TV shows Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff laid out a list of factors contributing to his "gut feeling" that the nation faces a higher risk of attack this summer: al-Qaida's increased freedom to train in South Asia, a flurry of public statements from the network's leadership, a history of summertime attacks, a broader range of attacks in North Africa and Europe and homegrown terrorism increasing in Europe.
"Europe could become a platform for an attack against this country," Chertoff told CNN, although he and others continue to say they know of no specific, credible information pointing to an attack here.
National security officials are frustrated by an agreement last year between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and tribal leaders in western Pakistan, which gave tribes near the Afghan border greater autonomy and has led to increased al-Qaida activity in the region.
Nevertheless, Bush administration officials still view Musharraf as a partner.
Speaking to a congressional hearing, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said that Pakistan under Musharraf has captured more al-Qaida operatives than any other country and that several major Taliban leaders were captured or killed this year.
"There is a considerable al-Qaida presence at the border, but they are under pressure," Boucher told a House national security subcommittee.
Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., was skeptical, saying al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and other terrorist leaders apparently feel safe there. "Is this a Motel 6 for terrorists?" he asked.
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Associated Press writers Matthew Lee, Lara Jakes Jordan and Barry Schweid contributed to this report.
Yesterday, the congress was opened with a prayer service by a Hindu chaplain. IOW, for the first time since it was created in 1789 the congress was opened by a non-monotheistic prayer
at the invitataion of Harry Reid.
A couple protesters were arrested.
"Leading Democratic presidential candidates will participate in an unprecedented televised debate focusing exclusively on "gay," bisexual and transgender issues."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56601
there are some good reads at rush the man. i did them awhile ago.
Something is about to happen, I just am not sure what? Keeping my eyes open for ANYTHING!
i think it will be done. maybe israel will followup too.
Just a matter of time for sure! Never a dull moment in this world!
i was doing some news items at the other jurnt.
some group is going to engage iran soon.
hi R.J. , we spoke about this,,,sounds for real RE:
in full
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288908,00.html
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Iran: We Are Ready to Take on Al Qaeda
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Wednesday said the country was ready to defend itself against threats byAl Qaeda, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Al Qaeda umbrella group in Iraq, threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shiites in Iraq within two months, according to an audiotape released Sunday on a Web site commonly used by insurgents.
• Monitor the situation in FOXNews.com's Iran Center.
Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi told IRNA that threats by an Al Qaeda was not a "new thing" and said Iran's "security and law enforcement apparatus have been ready to defend the country."
Pourmohammadi also said that the sources of threat has not been independently verified.
Iraq's Shiite-led government is backed by the U.S. but closely allied to Iran. The United States accuses Iran of arming and financing Shiite militias in Iraq — charges Tehran denies.
Iran says it has made a significant contribution to the global campaign against terrorism by detaining Al Qaeda agents, but the United States accuses the Tehran government of harboring Al Qaeda fugitives.
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American counterterrorism officials have said that a handful of senior Al Qaeda operatives who fled to Iran after the war in Afghanistan in 2001 may have developed a working relationship with a secretive military unit linked to Iran's religious hard-liners. Iran has rejected the charges.
Iran also says it has repatriated more than 500 suspected Al Qaeda operatives, most of them Saudis. It has also said that some Al Qaeda suspects would stand trial in Iranian courts for offenses committed in Iran, but no reports of such trials have emerged.
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WASHINGTON — Fallout from an unimpressive finish in second-quarter fundraising continued Tuesday as Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign manager and chief strategist resigned from the senator's 2008 presidential campaign.
The move comes as McCain, whose campaign is suffering from a dearth in donors and dropping poll numbers, tries to inject some new energy into a floundering campaign.
McCain said he accepted the resignations of manager Terry Nelson and strategist John Weaver "with regret and deep gratitude for their dedication, hard work and friendship."
"In the days and weeks ahead this campaign will move forward, and I will continue to address the issues of greatest concern to the American people, laying out my vision for a secure and prosperous America," he said in a written release.
Insisting, "this is not a shakeup," the senator denied that he had asked for the two resignations.
i could be wrong but mexico has a big reason for sending illegals or a do nothing to restrict them crossing with out a visa.
remember this all was in agreements with the mexican and U.S.A. when america beat mexico a few back.
we could have had it all but generals said make these agreements and your can have what land you hold now,etc.
You are correct...the terrist are here! As they were on Sept 11th. There is NO stopping them. But we must continue to FIGHT them! Offshore for now...THANKFULLY! But they will attack here on our soil again...just a matter of time!
R.J. facing the facts of life. G.W.B. and congress has to build up our military soon before the nine or ten nations destroy U.S.A.
the american people have to wakeup. this for real what is hapening inside the U.S.A.
terrorist cells in every state and rural areas ready to hit and run as they do in iraq.
even some libs believe this is needed.
clinton closed many based down.
now another clinton wants the oval for more
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Yeah we are going to have to address Iran...not sure IF we will have to have troops BUT something has to change in that country!
Yes she has! And I am sure, the next thing she does...well, folks will be saying the same thing! I thought she would have STOPPED a long time ago..but NO!
Freedom is NOT cheap...and there MUST be blood shed to protect it!
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The reason for the presidency was the old thinking that we needed to have a SINGLE LEADER.The real scary part that shows you people don,t learn is that even after the war they wanted a king.Washington said no way and thus the president was born
Most people in this country don't realize that our country was originally set up to be a republic...Maybe this election we as the voters of this great country should rethink that and bring it back ...Just think of it..the Senate and Congress would actually be held accountable for everything without a president to hide behind.. This would remove all smoke screens by all of them..
you are so right, we have many fallen heros in several wars. you probably didn't realized this but we almost have 1 million fallen heros through the years to have our freedom and a peaceful u.s.a.
this was number was given at the fallen heros wall here in yuma.
maybe i can get a pix for it on the net.
maybe you can find it to to be placed here.
it is they only wall for dedication and honor for past, present and future heros to be honored in yuma.
1800 and over have plaques on the wall established by our veterans affairs in yuma. the harley riders give many dollars to support our fallen heros.
guess what? manly our marines fro nam war.
this america's belief "to have all countries with a democracy."
p.s.
my uncle from world war-2 is going on there with me soon. it cost a $100 but persons connected to serving their country will be honored there and from any state. winter visitors are on the wall too.
somebody is filling this womans head with a lot of crap''she could be a pink floyd fan..You know .....The lunatic is in her head
She has stepped way out of her bounds on this one
possible war with iran in several months? HMMMM
Keep her safe herself...AND all the others around her!
you have that so right.this woman need to be put on heavy amounts of Thorazine and put in a rubber room
Yeah Drugs and Democrats do NOT mix. It just goes back to their symbol...being a JackAss!
She was extremely delusional then ,,,,she is even worse now....
thats what happens when you mix democrats and drugs,,, Another nut case coming at us
Yeah I am with you...sorry she lost her son. But the way SHE makes it sound. He died in vein. And that is HER! If it were my son. I would want to make sure folks KNEW that he/she died a HERO!
cindy went at it the wrong way. i know gov't has red tape but az got it right for a fallen hero by friendly fire.
cindy lost her life some and lost her marriage.
i feel badly for her losing her son. i pray everyday for all our soldiers to come all together and all banged up from these bomb squads.
this is worse than the mafia here state side or the valentine's massacre.
Thanks Mick, I will check out the links!
updated:::::RE: A MUST READ FROM JRB,,,INVOLVES ISSUES WHY WE REALLY ARE IN IRAQ, middle east.
see this messages at rush the man.
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add this too.
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hi R.J., directors and to all friends and readers a very good morning.
Just thought it was hilarious!
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