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Friday, September 29, 2006
Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff about the perils of climate change. CIGARETTE SMOKING 'SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL WARMING' Yep, he said that. All he needs to be complete is a white sheet and a sandwich board and a frizzy do... P.S. I don't agree with the insulting term used on this caption "Dullwitted Fool". That is disrespectful. I would replace it with"Environmental Fundamentalist". The rest of the caption is ok...
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/29/2006 08:06:00 AM   3 comments
OPEC - OPAQUE?
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
OPEC Secretary-General Expresses Concern Over Rising Oil Prices - May 16, 2004 when crude oil prices hit $40/barrel Falling oil prices add to Opec's worries - September 12, 2006 when crude oil prices fell to $63/barrel
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/26/2006 02:06:00 PM   0 comments
TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Way to go, "Girl", you've become the racist you once criticized. Yep, those tables have turned. Oprah Lords Over White Folk, Talks Poop on XM - TMZ.com: "Among many, many other things, Oprah talked about her humble beginnings in Mississippi, and particularly about how her mother's highest aspiration for her was that she might end up cleaning white people's houses, because 'they give away nice clothes.' And then Oprah pointed out that now that she's Oprah, she has 'all these white people' working for her, and that in fact there's only one black person on the staff. Way to turn the tables, girl."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/26/2006 11:07:00 AM   1 comments
GLOBAL WARMING?
Over time our Sun will grow hotter as it goes through its life cycle. A rise in temperature is inevitable over time. The Snipet has always maintained that the global warming debate is politically, some times "spiritually", but RARELY scientifically driven. DenverPost.com - Global warming?
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/26/2006 09:27:00 AM   0 comments
HMMM...
Monday, September 25, 2006
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/25/2006 07:22:00 PM   1 comments
CHAVEZ CONTINUED...
Friday, September 22, 2006
New York Daily News - Home - The Big Apple hits back - hard: "Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had few words for Chavez: 'Despicable and disgusting.' And Gov. Pataki told Chavez to get out of town. 'The best thing he can do is go back to Venezuela and try to provide freedom for his people instead of what he's done here in New York,' Pataki said. But the crowd of hundreds of cheering Chavez supporters - including actor Danny Glover, City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) and celebrity Princeton Prof. Cornel West - waved Venezuelan flags and cheered as he made fun of Bush. 'I said he was a devil - yes, a devil. I think he's a devil,' the Venezuelan president said in Spanish." "The devil, yes, the devil," Chavez said. "Seriously."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/22/2006 10:38:00 AM   0 comments
OLD
Thursday, September 21, 2006
AFTER CHAVEZ REVEALS HIMSELF FOR THE COMMONER HE IS (PART 3)... There are intelligent folk in the black community. There are many who are educated, honest and full of integrity. Then there are embarrassments like actor Danny Glover. Today, Hugo Chavez, a dictator and fascist (two things many on the left pretend to hate) spoke in Harlem once again insulting our President. Danny Glover was one of the loudest to applaud. I'm going to give my brother Danny the benefit of the doubt...I'm going to mark this one up to senility.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/21/2006 01:40:00 PM   1 comments
MAY BE HOPE FOR THIS GROUP YET!
AFTER CHAVEZ REVEALS HIMSELF FOR THE COMMONER HE IS (PART 2)... My Way News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President George W. Bush's fiercest political opponents at home took his side on Thursday, calling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a 'thug' for his remark that Bush is like the devil. 'Hugo Chavez fancies himself a modern day Simon Bolivar but all he is an everyday thug,' House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference, referring to Chavez' comments in a U.N. General Assembly speech on Wednesday."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/21/2006 01:08:00 PM   0 comments
AMEN
AFTER CHAVEZ REVEALS HIMSELF FOR THE COMMONER HE IS... RANGEL: AN ATTACK ON BUSH IS AN ATTACK ON ALL AMERICANS... 'You do not come into my country, my congressional district, and you do not condemn my president. If there is any criticism of President Bush, it should be restricted to Americans, whether they voted for him or not. I just want to make it abundantly clear to Hugo Chavez or any other president, do not come to the United States and think because we have problems with our president that any foreigner can come to our country and not think that Americans do not feel offended when you offend our Chief of State'
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/21/2006 01:06:00 PM   1 comments
REPUBLICANS WERE VOTED INTO OFFICE...
...TO ACT LIKE REPUBLICANS. SINCE THEY HAVEN'T, U.S. public takes dim view of job Congress is doing - Americas - International Herald Tribune: "NEW YORK With less than seven weeks to go until the midterm elections, Americans have a distinctly negative view of the Republican-controlled Congress, with overwhelming majorities saying they disapprove of the job it is doing and that its members do not deserve re-election this fall, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/21/2006 11:49:00 AM   0 comments
NOT SURPRISED...
Iranian President Invited to Speak at CU - News: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been invited to speak at Columbia this Friday, University officials confirmed Wednesday night. Ahmadinejad, who has been criticized for promoting Islamic fundamentalist rule in Iran, is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly meeting."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/21/2006 08:31:00 AM   0 comments
I CAN'T SUMMON A COMMENT...
House bill to require voter ID - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "The House yesterday passed legislation that would require voters to show a valid photo identification in federal elections over the overwhelming objections of Democrats who compared the bill to segregation-era measures aimed at disenfranchising Southern blacks. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/21/2006 08:28:00 AM   0 comments
WAIT, REALLY?
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
ReporterHerald- Colorado State professor disputes global warming is human-caused: "Global warming is happening, but humans are not the cause, one of the nation’s top experts on hurricanes said Monday morning. Bill Gray, who has studied tropical meteorology for more than 40 years, spoke at the Larimer County Republican Club Breakfast about global warming and whether humans are to blame. About 50 people were at the talk."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/20/2006 10:07:00 AM   0 comments
AL'S BEST IDEA...
Monday, September 18, 2006
...SINCE INVENTING THE INTERNET! Gore says tax pollution, not payrolls | Politics News | Reuters.com: "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Monday suggested taxing carbon dioxide emissions instead of employees' pay in a bid to stem global warming. 'Penalizing pollution instead of penalizing employment will work to reduce that pollution,' Gore said in a speech at New York University School of Law."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/18/2006 08:00:00 PM   0 comments
NEXT ON THE AGENDA
Saturday, September 16, 2006
The "Stop-Eating-and-Drive Bill", the "Stop-Talking-to-your-Spouse Bill", the "Stop Listening-to-Your-Radio-Especially-Conservative-Radio Bill" the "Keep Both-Hands-on-the-Steering-Wheel-at-All-Times Bill", the... Gov. to Sign Hang-Up-and-Drive Bill - Los Angeles Times When is San Andreas fault going to rupture and send those people to the continent they really belong on?
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/16/2006 11:58:00 AM   2 comments
CHRISTIANS TOOK TO THE STREETS...
Friday, September 15, 2006
...RIOTING AND BURNING BRITISH FLAGS AS THE IMAGE OF JESUS WAS ETCHED ON TO A BEER GLASS. Anger over Church advert which puts Jesus' face on beer glass | News | This is London: "An advertisement featuring the face of Jesus as a 'miraculous' apparition on a beer glass has caused anger among critics who say it undermines anti-binge drinking campaigns." OOPS, I'M SORRY, I GOT THE ARTICLES MIXED UP... Muslim fury grows at Pope's speech | the Daily Mail HAT TIP: Rob
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/15/2006 02:40:00 PM   0 comments
WE MEN HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR...
Thursday, September 14, 2006
...how long? Men are more intelligent than women, claims new study | the Daily Mail: "Men are more intelligent than women, claims new study"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/14/2006 07:40:00 PM   1 comments
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
...from the critics of the Bush tax cuts and the refuters of supply side economics. BREITBART.COM - Treasury: Federal Deficit Down 14.1 Pct.: "The federal budget deficit, helped by a surge in government revenue, is running 14.1 percent below the pace of last year, the government reported Wednesday. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/13/2006 10:10:00 PM   2 comments
PLEASE, RIP AA!!
Reactions are not always wrong, but actions motivated by them often are. Liberals in this country and their Democrat party is largely a reactive group and often allow it to rule thier action. The latest "reaction" to go down the tube is the activistic "Air America". One can blame poor management, poor programming, or many other poor reasons, but the fact of the matter is that "Air America" was a reaction to conservative talk radio and therefore offered nothing to its listeners. As a matter of fact, the couple dozen times I listened to it my thought was, "Hey, if I'm a liberal all I have to do is listen to conservative talk radio and determine to do and think the opposite". Liberals could have saved a lot of money by advising their constituents to just listen to Rush Limbaugh and think the opposite--afterall, it was the standard fare of AA.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/13/2006 12:56:00 PM   0 comments
ARE YOU A TERRORIST?
When the Snipet posted on Ebloggy one of the posts was about the usage of terminologies such as "fundamentalist" and how eventually Americans would be conditioned to view "Fundamental Christianity" (or as Rosie puts it, "Radical Christianity) the same as "Fundamental Islam".
Rosie O'Donnell, the new host of The View, restrained herself for exactly one week before letting fly with her extreme liberalism. On the September 12 edition on Tuesday, in response to fellow co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck's comment that militant Islam is a grave threat, O'Donnell countered that "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America." The comedienne also ridiculed America's response to 9/11: "We were attacked not by a nation. And as a result of the attack and the killing of nearly 3,000 innocent people we invaded two countries and killed innocent people in their countries. This proved too much for even [liberal] Behar. She replied, in a somewhat bewildered manner: "But, but Christians are not threatening to kill us. There's that difference. This group is threatening to kill us." Hasselbeck also appeared surprised by O'Donnell's comment. She maintained: "We are not bombing ourselves here in the country." The comedienne had a clever retort for this: "No, but we are bombing innocent people in other countries. True or false?" Source: MRC.org
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/13/2006 10:12:00 AM   0 comments
ANYONE CARE...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
...to critique this: Tallahassee Democrat - www.tallahassee.com - Tallahassee, FL.
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/12/2006 04:21:00 PM   0 comments
CAN A LEOPARD CHANGE ITS SPOTS?
Monday, September 11, 2006
Sun Gazette Newspapers - Arlington�>�News: "U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, D-8th, lauded the "perfect professionalism" of Arlington's public-safety personnel, who responded to the Pentagon after the crash and won worldwide accolades for containing the damage with no additional loss of life. He also praised the community-wide outreach effort that occurred after the attacks. "Arlington has woven together the fabric of a community that can't be torn apart," he said. But Moran then maneuvered into more sensitive ground, suggesting that the country was not safer and intimating that the Bush administration's foreign policy was headed in the wrong directions. "More people hate us," Moran said, a comment that drew an outburst from the crowd. "My brother died on 9/11 - don't make this political," a woman in audience cried out."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/11/2006 07:54:00 PM   3 comments
9/11 FOR MANY MUSLIMS
FACE IT, MANY OF THEM JUST DON'T THINK LIKE US... Memri Films: "When the twin towers collapsed, My lungs filled with air and I breathed in relief, as I had never breathed before.' 'Ali 'Uqleh 'Ursan, Syrian Arab Writers Association chairman Al-Usbu' Al-Adabi (Damascus) September 15, 2001"
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/11/2006 02:35:00 PM   0 comments
Abu Ghraib
Telegraph News Tortured screams ring out as Iraqis take over Abu Ghraib: "Tortured screams ring out as Iraqis take over Abu Ghraib By Ali Saber in Baghdad and Gethin Chamberlain (Filed: 10/09/2006) The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad is at the centre of fresh abuse allegations just a week after it was handed over to Iraqi authorities, with claims that inmates are being tortured by their new captors. Some of the small number of prisoners who remained in the jail after the Americans left said they had pleaded to go with their departing captors, rather than be left in the hands of Iraqi guards. "The Americans were better than the Iraqis. They treated us better," said Khalid Alaani, who was held on suspicion of involvement in Sunni terrorism."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/11/2006 02:28:00 PM   0 comments
SOCIALISM - FASCISM
Sunday, September 10, 2006
The Snipet Education Center has taught that the slippery slope of socialism leads to communism then to fascism. Of course this was not original with the Snipet as such was taught by everyone from Plato to Stalin. Here is further evidence that socialists prefer fascism over freedom. wcbstv.com - Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq: "'The absolute cynical manipulation, deliberately cynical manipulation, to shape American public opinion and 69 percent of the people, at that time, it worked, they said 'we want to go to war,'' Rockefeller told CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson. 'Including me. The difference is after I began to learn about some of that intelligence I went down to the Senate floor and I said 'my vote was wrong.'' Rockefeller went a step further. He says the world would be better off today if the United States had never invaded Iraq � even if it means Saddam Hussein would still be running Iraq. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/10/2006 06:49:00 PM   5 comments
DOUBLE SPEAK. ALWAYS DOUBLE SPEAK.
Wtnh.com, Connecticut News and Weather - While critical today, Lamont lauded Lieberman's rebuke of Clinton in e-mail in 1998: "Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont, who recently denounced Sen. Joe Lieberman for his public scolding of President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, lauded the senator at the time for his eloquence and moral authority. Lieberman's staff on Saturday called Lamont's recent criticisms hypocritical in light of a 1998 letter sent by e-mail. However, Lamont said he stands by his position that the public rebuke exacerbated the situation. The Lieberman Senate office released copies of the letter, which Lamont sent to the senator shortly after Lieberman took to the Senate floor to chide Clinton in September 1998. 'I supported your statement because Clinton's behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the end,' Lamont wrote. "
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/10/2006 04:25:00 PM   0 comments
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE POLLS SAY
Al Gore said he may run again for president--not because he believed he was good for the country and like to lead it in the right direction, not because he wanted to serve his fellow American... My Way News - Al Gore Says He Hasn't Ruled Out 2nd Run: "SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn't rule out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/10/2006 04:21:00 PM   1 comments
RETREAT. RETREEEAT!!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
France rejects "war on terror"International NewsReuters.com: "PARIS (Reuters) - France issued an implicit criticism of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a 'war on terror'."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/07/2006 10:30:00 PM   0 comments
ITS ONLY CENSORSHIP WHEN THE REPUBLICANS DO IT
My Way News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid an election-year debate over who can best defend America, U.S. congressional Democrats urged ABC on Thursday to cancel a TV miniseries about the September 11 attacks that is critical of former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his top aides."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/07/2006 10:29:00 PM   1 comments
TODAY'S CHUCKLE SPONSORED BY THE U.N.
Friday, September 01, 2006
My Way News - Annan: Syria to Enforce Arms Embargo: "U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syria would step up border patrols and work with the Lebanese army to stop the flow of weapons to Hezbollah."
posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/01/2006 10:09:00 AM   0 comments
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