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As improvements in Iraq continue, the anti-war left have failed to force us to retreat, and thus are changing their strategy…

After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups is backing away from its multimillion-dollar drive to cut funding for the war and force Congress to pass timelines for bringing U.S. troops home.

In recognition of hard political reality, the groups instead will lower their sights and push for legislation to prevent President Bush from entering into a long-term agreement with the Iraqi government that could keep significant numbers of troops in Iraq for years to come.

Remember what the Democrats a claimed they’d be able to do if they were in the majority. They said they’d get us out of Iraq. But they couldn’t. In the end, defeatism lost. It was their main priority as the majority. And they failed… as they’ve failed with so many other things on their so-called agenda… and it’s not just because Americans reject their liberal platform. It’s also because of their lack of leadership and incompetence.

I’ve had my fair share of experience with Ron Paul’s determined supporters. It was clear many many months ago that Pauliacs (perhaps even Ron Paul’s campaign itself) had the strategy of giving the appearance of huge internet/grassroots support for his campaign by flooding online polls with votes and spamming. In regards to their coordinate spamming efforts, I asked back in May, “[W]hat good are phony results? Isn’t it more valuable to see what the true temperature of the American people or the conservative blogosphere is? Wouldn’t Paul supporters rather know a more accurate reflection of Paul’s support and use the data from the [GOP Bloggers] straw poll to assess how best to increase that support?”

Perhaps they should have listened to my advice… Between Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan, Ron Paul hasn’t won a single caucus or primary. I thought myself he’d do better in New Hampshire than he actually did, but clearly the strategy of giving a false impression of Paul’s online support hasn’t made him a contender when it comes to his performance in an actual election.

Pauliacs need to learn that real voters will determine this election… not phony online spammers.

Talk amongst yourselves…

Linkworthy:

Rove previews strategies against Clinton, Obama
Bill Clinton paints Obama as ‘establishment’ candidate
Father of Marine Killed in Iraq to Challenge Democratic Vet in Pennsylvania
Democrats’ Gourmet Cafeteria Changes Prompt Grumblings From Colleagues
Republicans ponder deadlocked convention

UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: Obama says animals have rights…next he’ll say they should be able to vote?

UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: With all the talk of an open GOP convention, Richelieu goes contrarian and figures that South Carolina and Florida could seal the deal for the GOP.

According to Drudge, the exit polls show:

Romney 34%
McCain 29%
Huckabee 16%

UPDATE: Romney projected winner… Hillary defeats “uncommitted.”

With 51% reporting:

Romney: 39%
McCain: 30%
Huckabee: 16%
Paul: 6%
Thompson: 4%
Giuliani: 3%
Uncommitted: 2%
Hunter: 0%

Louisiana’s Daily Advertiser quotes Senator Mary Landrieu on governor Kathleen Blanco, “In a state that’s been tarred with a lot of corruption charges, she has served with a great deal of integrity.”

Meanwhile, as we’ve pointed out before, Landrieu is tarred with her own bribery scandal.

Geesh:

London, Jan 11, 2008 (CNA).- A British Airways employee who sued her employer after it required her to cover up a cross necklace while she worked has lost her religious discrimination lawsuit, WorldNetDaily reports.

Nadia Eweida, a check-in worker at Heathrow Airport and a Coptic Christian, was sent home after refusing to remove the cross necklace. British Airways said the necklace was a violation of the company’s dress code.

Eweida charged her employer with religious discrimination, saying that the company allowed religious employees like those adhering to Islam or Hinduism to wear faith-related clothing, jewelry, religious markings, or other items.

The Reading Employment Tribunal had previously ruled against Eweida, but she appealed the decision.

The 56-year-old Eweida, who was placed on unpaid leave, reacted to the ruling, saying, “I’m very disappointed. I’m speechless really because I went to the tribunal to seek justice. But the judge has given way for BA to have a victory on imposing their will on all their staff.”

The story goes on to note that other religions – Islam, Hinduism, etc – are allowed to display their religious symbols because, supposedly, they can’t be concealed, as a cross can. And so, translation: “Look, we’re a post-Christian corporate body and we really don’t like to be reminded of religion at all…but as the other religions might blow something up or cut of a head or two, we’ve decided that we can only discriminate against Christians…”.

Last year, Republican Jim Ogonowski was narrowly defeated by Niki Tsongas in the race for the 5th Congressional District. It is now being reported that Ogonowski is planning to challenge John Kerry for his Senate seat. Does he have a chance of victory? I look at various factors that will come into play in the race here.

That famed Lancet study which claimed that 650,000 Iraqis had been killed as a result of the liberation? Partially funded by anti-war, anti-Bush fanatic George Soros:

A STUDY that claimed 650,000 people were killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq was partly funded by the antiwar billionaire George Soros.

Soros, 77, provided almost half the £50,000 cost of the research, which appeared in The Lancet, the medical journal. Its claim was 10 times higher than consensus estimates of the number of war dead.

The study, published in 2006, was hailed by antiwar campaigners as evidence of the scale of the disaster caused by the invasion, but Downing Street and President George Bush challenged its methodology.

New research published by The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 151,000 people – less than a quarter of The Lancet estimate – have died since the invasion in 2003.

“The authors should have disclosed the [Soros] donation and for many people that would have been a disqualifying factor in terms of publishing the research,” said Michael Spagat, economics professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.

The Lancet study was commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and led by Les Roberts, an associate professor and epidemiologist at Columbia University. He reportedly opposed the war from the outset.

The lies being perpetrated by the anti-war forces grow more astounding all the time – its gotten so bad that we must, henceforward, work on the assumption that any really bad report about the War on Terrorism in general, or the liberation of Iraq in particular, is – at best – incorrect and – at worst – an outright fabrication. In a way, this is entirely unsurprising – the anti-war movement’s foundation stone, as it were, is ANSWER – Act Now to Stop War and End Racism. ANSWER was formed on September 14, 2001 – a mere three days after the 9/11 attacks and its purpose, from the start, was to undermine any American effort to respond to the attacks. ANSWER’s primary founders came from the Workers World Party – a hard-core, communist party dedicated to the destruction of the United States as we know it. So hardcore is the Workers World Party that they actually have kind things to say about North Korea, and they applauded the massacre of the democrats by the Chinese government in Tienamen Square. Of course, the anti-war movement has gained adherents from all sorts of different organizations since September 14th, 2001 – but by taking their cue from ANSWER, the anti-war movement has been shot through with lies from the get-go.

I was warning leftwingers early on that they should keep their distance from any movement even remotely connected to ANSWER – it all fell on deaf ears; so eager are lefties to believe the worst about the United States that they easily swallowed whatever ANSWER peddled. Lie down with dogs, come up with fleas – and the anti-war left needs about a dozen flea collars just to get rid of the ANSWER bugs planted in their midst.

It amazes that despite so much positive things going on in our economy, Democrats have constantly talked it down, even go so far as to say that the economy is recession.

As part of her successful closing argument in the New Hampshire primary, Clinton deliberately made news at one of her events by citing new unemployment data to declare Jan. 5: “I think the economy is slipping toward recession.”

Pocketbook issues are moving to the fore as gas prices go up and housing foreclosures increase. Indeed, strategists in both parties speculate that the economy could be a bigger issue than national security in next fall’s general election.

“Hillary believes we need real action now,” says a policy paper to be issued by the Clinton campaign Friday. “While economists may still be debating whether we’ve met the technical definition of a recession, for hard-hit middle class families that question has already been answered.

While arguing about the economic outlook is one thing, there’s no reason for anyone to be giving the impression that the economy might be in a recession right now. Since Bush’s tax cuts have taken effect, we’ve experience continuous job growth. Unemployment has been at or below 5% (which is considered full employment)… As for the GDP, we’ve experienced 24 consecutive quarters of economic growth. Hardly the sign that may have “met the technical definition of a recession.”

Hillary’s use of anecdotal evidence to claim the economy is in bad shape is misleading, and her so-called economic stimulus package would do nothing to strengthen our economy. You can’t improve the economy by just spending money under the guise of economic stimulus.

To keep our economy strong, the first thing that needs to be done is to make President Bush’s tax cuts permanent.

Rather sad, actually:

Conn Esq Web Design was originally intended to be a corporation offering internet design and programming services, holding Free Dominion as an example of its production. But in the past year the corporation has begun to see ownership of Free Dominion as too much of a potential liability because the website has become a target for individuals and government organizations determined to attack freedom of speech, using a variety of methods at their disposal. Considering the political climate in Canada today, Conn Esq Web Design Ltd. has made the corporate decision to sell Free Dominion to Liberty News Service Inc. of Panama City, Panama.

Liberty News Service’s corporate mission is to buy websites from individuals and corporations living in countries where free speech is under attack, and protect those websites from being shut down or seized by oppressive governments.

What is the trouble? Well, you can get a barely legible complaint (PDF) filed against your publication by a radical Islamist, and one of Canada’s varied “human rights commissions” can haul you before a tribunal (PDF) to answer the charges. Even if you prevail, its going to cost you time and money to defend yourself…so, better to bow down and give up freedom of speech…or “outsource” your liberty to Panama. Free Dominion is just pre-emptively avoiding having to defend basic freedom of speech against fascist, PC-police in Canada.

One upon a time, Canada generously poured out its blood and treasure to defend freedom – now it attacks freedom in order to prevent incipient tryants from being allegedly offended.