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Alright, Obama and McCain are starting to take shots at each other. Not that bad yet, but here we go.

McCain derided Obama’s comments that he would go “back into” Iraq if al-Qaida surfaced there, pointing out that “al-Qaida is in Iraq. It’s called ‘al-Qaida in Iraq.’”

Obama fired back saying:

“There was no such thing as al-Qaida in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq…”

I’m sorry, but that’s blatantly false. Iraq was a safe haven for terrorists for decades (yes, we did help them against Iran, I know), and al-Qaida, or al-Qaeda, or however the hell you want to spell it, has had Iraqi ties for decades. There was such a thing as al-Qaida in Iraq before we went in. I’m sorry. They were there.

Obama knows this. He’s not a stupid man. He also knows this is a dispute that can go on and on and on. The Iraqi regime under Saddam was not exactly a transparent one.

But, for the record, that statement is simply false. If Obama said that our presence in Iraq had drawn more al-Qaida members there, perhaps I could agree with that. To say that there was no al-Qaida in Iraq before we got there is…being really naive on foreign policy.

And, just a side note, for the love of God, could we all agree on the way to spell al-Qaida? I go with al-Qaeda myself. It’s driving me nuts, though.

Even if you swallow Obama’s comment whole without blinking, the fact still remains that al-Qaida is on the ropes in Iraq at the moment, in large part due to the troop surge that McCain supported (he always supported going in with larger numbers, but Rumsfeld would never listen to those who called for that, preferring his own misguided vision of “smaller, elite units” doing the fighting — and simply ignoring the Powell Doctrine of overwhelming force).

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William F. Buckley has died.

This is a truly sad day for me. William F. Buckley is a personal hero of mine, a founder of the modern conservative movement. His essay “God and Man at Yale” remains one of the cornerstone pieces of conservative philosophy.

And we’re talking true conservative here. He was a fiscal conservative, a philosophical conservative…he supported legalizing marijuana, as well as a number of other drugs…he was all about small government, and all about giving the power to people.

His famous quote that he “would rather live in a society governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone directory than in one governed by the 2,000 members of the Harvard faculty” still applies today — more than ever.

Buckley is also famous for being the founder of the National Review.

You can bash if you want, you can praise if you want…but for once, I will not publish any responses to this blog post, be they positive, negative, or neutral. This post stands alone.

Like Buckley once stood alone, for what he believed in.

William F. Buckley
1925-2008

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I was asked to have a “fun time defending this jerk” (John McCain), who today apologized for comments that he didn’t even make, ones that were made by a talk-radio host introducing McCain — who slammed Obama and repeated his middle name over and over (gee, I wonder why anyone would repeat “Barack Hussein Obama” over and over *cough* fearmongering *cough*).

Then, of course, after McCain took full responsibility for remarks he didn’t even make, within hours, Rush Limbaugh was mocking him with his usual vitriol for — being a nice guy? Having some sense of integrity?

Is there any doubt left that, of the three politicians left standing (I’m not counting Huckabee, here), two of them are decent guys and one is not afraid to use the “kitchen sink” attack on her opponent in the primary?

Yes, it’s tough as hell to defend a decent guy and an authentic hero, I gotta say.

And is there any doubt left that the oozing pus-filled sore that is the Clinton Machine will do anything to get elected? I may not agree with Barack Obama on…well, almost everything…but I do think he’s a decent guy who doesn’t deserve to be smeared by a power-lusting bitch who is lashing out now that she’s cornered.

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Ayuh. It was expected to happen, but now it’s official, the Patriots have cut Roosevelt Colvin. Too bad. For my two cents, I thought the guy was a hell of a player and a class act.

Kevin Faulk, meanwhile, got busted for pot – please, NFL, give me a break. And yeah, before you say it, if Brady got busted for pot, I bet we’d never even hear about it.

Anyway, farewell Rosie, and may you find success as a free agent…

(Note: Mr. C. — I hope you read my comments on Belichick stomping off the field like a three-year-old — and I’m sorry I root for the Pats :p)

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Is there anything more disgusting than watching a Clinton attack when they’re against the ropes?

You probably already know what I’m talking about — the fact that Clinton staffers released a photograph of Obama while he was on a five-country tour in Africa wearing a Muslim headdress.

There are hordes of pictures of politicians dressing in traditional native garb. It’s what you do. Obama has nothing to apologize for, and a lot to get angry about. Hell, there’s a picture of Hillary Clinton herself in a headdress.

And it’s just going to get uglier…

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Your next president: unelectable at any speed…

Na-der! Na-der! Na-der! Yes we can! Yes we can!

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Aye, like the title says, the New York Times ombudsman came out with some pretty strong criticism of the McCain smear job.

And y’all thought the press loved McCain — of course, anybody with even an elementary grasp of politics knew the Fourth Estate would immediately turn on Johnny-boy as soon as he had secured the nomination…

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…Lindsay Lohan in “I Know Who Killed Me”. She almost got a clean sweep…

Here are the Razzie winners (The Golden Raspberry, for those of you who don’t know about Razzies — awards you DON’T want to win…)

Worst Picture:
I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Actor:
Eddie Murphy, ‘Norbit’

Worst Actress:
Lindsay Lohan, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’

Worst Supporting Actress:
Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey), ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota), ‘I Know Who Killed Me’

Worst Screen Couple:
Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’

Worst Remake or Rip-Off:
I Know Who Killed Me (Rip-Off of ‘Hostel,’ ‘Saw,’ and ‘The Patty Duke Show’)

Worst Prequel or Sequel:
Daddy Day Camp

Worst Director:
Chris Siverston, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’

Worst Screenplay:
Jeffrey Hammond, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’

Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie:
I Know Who Killed Me

The official Razzie website is at:

http://www.razzies.com/

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Ah, I mentioned this earlier and then never posted up a follow-up.

As most of you probably know, we hit that spy satellite on the first attempt, and we even think we nailed the sucker’s fuel tank.

Here’s a video of the hit and an AP report on it:

Ah, remember the 80s, when liberals were deriding a missile defense shield as pure fantasy? Bahahaha! Blam-o!

God loves explosions and so do I.

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Okay, I had to search a while for this today, so I’m going to put this info in the hopes that it answers someone’s question about this more easily than I had it answered for me.

The question is, let’s say you have two albums by the same artist that have the exact same two songs on them. Duplicate songs. How do you get rid of one of them and just use one file on both albums?

The answer? You cannot get rid of one of the songs and use the other one for both albums. You have to keep both songs. That’s it. No ifs, ands, or buts.

And it’s really dumb, in my opinion, and could have easily been taken care of by Apple in the development phase of any of its iPod-family products.

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