The American Thinker, has written one of the most profound counter arguments against Cindy Sheehan and the “Pacifrauds” we have read thus far.

His article, Cindy and the Pacifrauds makes a compelling parallel between the known pacifists of the past century and the current proponents of “peace” today. He correctly associates Ms. Sheehan and her supporters with the so-called pacifists who are held up as liberal icons for peace. Read the following:

“Honest pacifists are rare. After all, to be an honest pacifist one must be either a saint, or in deep denial of the world as it is. Take the two most celebrated pacifists of the last century, Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi. No doubt Einstein and Gandhi wanted peace. So do we all. But it was Einstein who told FDR about the atom bomb, and thereby set into motion the annihilation of (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

A caravan organized in the San Francisco Bay area has toured through California and is on it’s way to Crawford, Texas. The organizers will offer a counter demonstration to Cindy Sheehan’s anti-bush, anti-administration, anti-war tirade which has been going on since August 6th.

The full account can be found in this AP story, Bush Backers Amass to Counter ‘Peace Mom’. Here are some of the statements from Bush backing, pro-war parents:

“It’s time to lay down the anger. We need to continue to uphold those people over there, to uphold those men and women with their boots on the ground,” said Deborah Johns of the Northern California Marine Moms, who helped organize the caravan, which is sponsored by Move America Forward, a Bay Area-based group…

In Vacaville, Toni Colip, 50, said her son, David, went to high school with Casey Sheehan and is now in the Marines, although not in Iraq. She said her son opposes Sheehan’s activities and has asked her to support his military service even if he is injured or killed.

“He said, ‘Don’t dishonor me, don’t walk on my grave,’” Colip said…

“This is not the way to honor her son,” said Lori Judy, 49, of Vacaville, whose son, Tim, served in Iraq.”

It will be interesting to see if the Main Stream Media give this caravan as much attention as they have Sheehan’s debacle.

Cindy Sheehan, the grieving nut case camped out near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas has received a double smackdown today from two of the greats.

First, from Ann Coulter comes, Cindy Sheehan: Commander In Grief, where Ann makes the following case:

“To expiate the pain of losing her firstborn son in the Iraq war, Cindy Sheehan decided to cheer herself up by engaging in Stalinist agitprop outside President Bush’s Crawford ranch. It’s the strangest method of grieving I’ve seen since Paul Wellstone’s funeral. Someone needs to teach these liberals how to mourn.

Call me old-fashioned, but a grief-stricken war mother shouldn’t have her own full-time PR flack. After your third profile on “Entertainment Tonight,” you’re no longer a grieving mom; you’re a C-list celebrity trolling for a book deal or a reality show.

We’re sorry about Ms. Sheehan’s son, but the entire nation was attacked (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

With an increasing number of activists gathering outside the President’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, the left and it’s Main Stream Media allies still can’t sell the anti-war, anti-administration, and anti-Bush agenda. They have their gift of Cindy Sheehan posing as the grieving mother demanding another audience with the President, they have the media camped out literally, and camping out on this story, but it hasn’t moved ordinary people from their position on the war.

We think it might be worth standing in the President’s shoes for a while, and look at it through his eyes in this piece from the August 22nd issue of Newsweek. Read for yourself, the President’s side of grieving (HT to Trevino at Red State):

“The grieving room was arranged like a doctor’s office. The families and loved ones of 33 soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan were summoned to a large (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

It must be a slow news month for the story of Cindy Sheehan to attract so much MSM coverage . Of course they have an agenda in doing so. They can kill two birds with one stone. They can pro-long a story complete with anti-Bush, anti-administration, and anti-war rhetoric, while at the same time give touchy-feely emotionalism to a grieving mother.

We were not even going to mention this story, because we believe Cindy Sheehan to have become disingenuous about her son’s death in Iraq. She has become a poster child for the left, and she likes it.

Erick over at Red State sums up our view of this story just about right in his piece, Cindy Sheehan Enters Stage Right. Here is his opening paragraph:

“Cindy Sheehan’s son was killed in Iraq. She’s a grieving mother. Last year, the President met with Mrs. Sheehan, comforted her, and grieved with her. At the time, Mrs. Sheehan thought the President had done well and appreciated him. Enter August, no major news, and a media still smarting over the President’s re-election despite everything they threw at him. Cindy Sheehan returns entering stage right — this time a left wing media whore in the form of a grieving mother.”

We couldn’t have said it better. Read the whole article.

By his actions, Casey Sheehan’s death has spoken volumes more than his Mother will ever say. His dying for the cause of freedom and in the service of his coutry will have an impact long after his Mother’s 15 minutes of fame are forgotten.

Michael Barone, one of the most astute political writers of our day, has written a commentary on Real Clear Politics today, Our Titus Oates. In the course of writing, he gives us a history lesson explaining who Titus Oates was, and how his name became so infamous. Read Barone’s entire article for the history of Titus Oates.

This ill begotten story which was perpetrated by the now known liar, former Ambassador Joe Wilson continues to be over blown, as the MSM continues to feed upon itself, and every Democrat who joins with them runs the risk of being associated with “our Titus Oates”.

The following are some of the assertions Michael Barone had to make today:

“Then, as the trials went on, it became clear that Oates’ detailed charges were all lies. His name became a synonym for liar. Lord Justice Scroggs, who (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

We have been reading, listening, and watching as the controversy concerning Ed Klein’s new book, The Truth About Hillary, and have been quite puzzled.

We have heard his book ripped by the left and the right. We should say at the outset, that we have not read the book, and are not necessarily promoting the book, but want to offer some of what others have had to say about it.

The following links are from some of most trusted writers in both old and new media, and they are divided in their reviews.

Captain Ed, said in, Ed Klein Goes Too Far, the following:

“Someone needs to ask Ed Klein why he felt it necessary to include this accusation as part of his biography. It’s hardly germane to her politics, or to her life in politics. It’s the kind of tawdry Weekly World News (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

The The Tennessean Online, has an article which appeared on Sunday, 06/19/05, entitled, Up close, these are the nastiest of prisoners. This is a story about a Tennessee Army National Guardsman named John Krenson who returned after serving in Afghanistan. As a Major and Intelligence Specialist, he often came into contact with the kind of people being held prisoner at Gittmo. The following is in his own words:

“I worked with people who had worked at Gitmo earlier, I worked with people who worked at the primary detention facility in AFG, and I visited that facility many times. I saw detainees (many times on their prayer rugs, other times reading, other times talking when they were not allowed to). I saw the interrogation rooms. I worked with the soldiers and the leaders who ran this place.

I know those operations fairly well, and I got to (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

We have been bombarded today with the news about Mark Felt who finally admitted to being “Deep Throat” from the Watergate scandal which surrounded the Nixon administration. We have for years been told of the great Woodward and Bernstein, who snooped out the story about the cover-up by the Nixon administration, only to find that they were hand fed their information by a shadow figure trying to bring down President Nixon because he only was appointed to the number two spot at the FBI.

We have read, and been told today how much 0f a hero Mark Felt was, but when you look at what he did in the light of day, there was a much darker, more sinister side to his “leak” to the Washington Post duo. The story made their careers, along with Ben Bradlee, and they have made fortunes from the many books written, while Mark Felt (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

Law.Com has an article entitled, Two Groups Break Ranks on Changing Filibuster Rules Over Blocked Judges. This is the kind of article that should send shivers down the spine of every conservative in this country. It is proof positive, that if given enough time, and constant repetition, the MSM will have their desired effect on the public. It is also sufficient proof that it is time to push the button on the Constitutional option concerning judicial nominees.

Below are the links to the day’s stories on filibustering judicial nominees.

Here is a Red State article entitled, The Filibuster Fight: Frist vrs. Reid, Schumer, et al, a Confirm Them article entitled, A Decision Possible Within Two Weeks, and finally a Daly Thoughts article with accurate numbers representing Bush’s confirmations, entitled, Judicial Confirmation Statistics.

Delay no further on pushing the Constitutional-Byrd-Nuclear button. We need no further Senate Democrat palavering, and it’s publication in the Main Stream Media.

John Fund of the Wall Street Opinion Journal, has picked up on the story first broke in the New York Post, last Thursday which we posted on here. In his followup story entitled, Astroturf Politics, How liberal foundations fooled Congress into passing McCain-Feingold, he further develops and elaborates on the hi-jacking of the US Congress and the general public concerning campaign finance reform. The entire article can be read at the link above. The following is an excerpt of Mr. Fund’s article:

“The successful stealth campaign by the eight liberal foundations means we now have to live in the Brave New World of McCain-Feingold. Bradley Smith, a Federal Election Commission member, made news this month by warning that bloggers could face federal regulation because a federal judge had thrown out their legal exemption from campaign finance regulations. The Internet has been (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

If you remember the movie, The Sting from a few years ago, you will know how it feels to have the wool pulled over your eyes. That is exactly what has happened to the American people concerning campaign finance reform. The truth has finally come out.

Real Clear Politics yesterday pointed to an article by Ryan Sager in yesterday’s New York Post, entitled, Buying ‘Reform’. You simply must read the entire article to be fully informed.

Mr. Sager, has a tape “”of a conference held at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication in March of 2004”” in which “Sean Treglia, a former program officer of the Pew Charitable Trusts” has confessed to the scam.

As Mr. Sager outlines, “The Story in Brief” from the tape:

“Charged with promoting campaign-finance reform when he joined Pew in the mid-1990s, Treglia came up with a three-pronged strategy: (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

Peggy Noonan has a great article in the Wall Street Opinion Journal, entitled And That’s the Way It was. Her main theme is,

“First, stop being mesmerized by Cronkiteism. Second, put your money in the field. Third, put down that copy of the New York Times.”

RedStatesRant, has a great “rant” about Bill Maher’s tirade against Christians and religion in general. What was it the Apostle Paul said about the preaching of the cross? Ah yes, here it is. “For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18 BBE

That says it all!

Did you ever see a bunch of hungry dogs when someone tosses out a bone. It’s pretty comical. One dog gets the bone, and tries his best to protect it while the rest of the group tries to take it away. The dog ends up looking like he is trying to eat the bone out of both sides of his mouth.

That’s the way the MSM is looking in their “staged drama” of the “Gay Republican Reporter”. Our thanks go to Powerline Blog for directing us to this article entitled REPUBLICANS, BLOGGERS AND GAYS, OH MY!, by Ann Coulter.

Once you have read the article, you will understand the analogy of the dog and the bone. The big question asked by Ann Coulter is, “Are we supposed to like gay people now, or hate them?”.

That’s the way it is with the MSM and the Democrats sometimes. They are like the poor dog with the bone. They sometimes try to “talk” out of both sides of their mouths.