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Protestors rally Monday, Oct. 22 at the Capitol against driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union)

County clerk sues DMV; opposing bill passes in Senate as GOP pledges to fight Spitzer plan
Lawsuit filed as pressure increases
times union.com…for complete article
ALBANY
Opponents of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s plan to allow illegal immigrants to gain driver’s licenses turned up the pressure on the first-term Democrat on Monday, with Rensselaer County’s elected clerk filing a private lawsuit, Assembly and Senate Republicans threatening taxpayer-funded litigation and several hundred citizens rallying against the governor’s “unilateral” act.

“We are going to do everything that we can to keep that from happening,” said Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, R-Brunswick, in supporting a bill passed Monday night to derail the governor’s action.

Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, a Republican, sued the state Department of Motor Vehicles in Albany County in an effort to block the governor’s policy and, as Merola told demonstrators on the Capitol steps, “to stop this nonsense.”

“The governor is not listening to the people; perhaps he may listen to the courts,” Merola said. “New York residents have stated loudly and clearly that we are not in favor of giving licenses to illegal aliens and all we get from the governor are lectures on how we are wrong, and that if we were as smart as he was, we would understand and support this policy,” Merola said.

Spitzer, who met privately with Democratic lawmakers, some of whom also dislike the directive, insists it is legal and seemed undeterred by the heavy criticism and a recent poll showing more than 70 percent of New Yorkers dislike his licensing plan. He said he governs according to principle, not polls.

“That is part of the discourse we have on tough issues and that’s wonderful, as it should be,” Spitzer said. “Some of the rhetoric that has been imposed and brought into this issue is not only overheated but … counterproductive.”

Some of Spitzer’s Democratic allies in the Senate minority and Assembly majority portrayed him as showing leadership amid fear-mongering and an undercurrent of racism.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
Assemblyman David Townsend, R-Rome, said the Spitzer initiative is part of a conspiracy to get illegal immigrants registered as voters in time to vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., next year in the presidential primary and general election.
That is EXACTLY what this sham is…a huge voting bloc for Hillary.
“”A driver’s license is not a ticket to voting,” Spitzer said”
He’s lying through his teeth. A license is all you need to sign up to vote with motor voter. Spitzer is such lying, arrogant, jerk.

Newt Gingrich discusses the war on terror at the National Press Club

Wild Thing’s comment……..
I had never seen this video before, it is good. America is sleepwalking towards a tomorrow of catastrophic consequences. None are so blind as those who will not see. Unfortunately folks, a majority of Americans do not see, and our political leadership encourages that blindness.
“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferson.

UPDATE: addition to my previous post about
this

Here is the video and the audio of it is horrible, but it is in English if you can call it that. The singer is doing her thing with the melody as so many black singers try to do. Which in my opinion I don’t care for when it comes to our Anthem. But to each his own.
This video shows that during the entire anthem MOSLEM Obama has chosen NOT to put his hand over his heart. He is even moving around like some kid that can’t wait for something to be over. Obama is a pos and has no respect for our Flag, our Anthem or our country.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/247.1/popup/index.php?cl=4635297

….Thank you so much Dan. I really appreciate it.

Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) operating in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. From left to right: Sonar Technician — Surface 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson, 29, of Cupertino, Calif; Information Systems Technician Senior Chief (SEAL) Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, N.H.; Quartermaster 2nd Class (SEAL) James Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; Hospital Corpsman Second Class (SEAL) Marcus Luttrell; Machinist Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Eric S. Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nev.; LT (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y. With the exception of the lone survivor, Luttrell, all were killed June 28, 2005 by enemy forces while supporting Operation Redwing

We can NEVER repay them for their devotion to duty and to US. Marcus Luttrell’s survival is miraculous.
President Bush will award a posthumous Medal of Honor to the family of Navy LT Michael P. Murphy. For Operation Red Wing he led a 3-man SEAL recon team that was taken under fire by several dozen Taliban in June 2005. When his commo man was wounded, Murphy had to expose himself to enemy fire to radio for a rescue chopper (shot down upon arrival; all aboard killed). LINK for his website HERE
On Tuesday October 23 at 11:00a.m., LT Murphy will be inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, where all Medal of Honor recipients are honored.
Though shot in the back while doing so, he completed that call and, multiply wounded, returned to the team, now engaged in a desperate battle. Some 2 hours later, only one, Luttrell, remained alive.
A brief memorial to those lost on the 28th of June, 2005
SEAL Team 10 Memorial

Marcus Luttrell describing that day
Marcus Luttrell writes LONE SURVIVOR 2 Honor Fallen Brothers

Marcus Luttrell and his three buddies had to make an impossible decision. Afghani goat herders disrupted their secret mission to track a Taliban leader. Killing them would be a violation of the ROE (Rules of Engagement). Holding them would reveal their position. Letting them go would likely bring the Taliban upon them. Luttrell, who’s riveting new book ‘Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10’ is fast top seller, talks to Breitbart.tv in front of the U.S. Capitol about courage, the consequence of decisions, and the meaning of his Navy Cross.
His Brietbart interview
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=1774

Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) Lt. Michael P. Murphy, 29, from Patchogue, NY, photo taken in Afghanistan. Because he was so personally affected as a New Yorker when 9/11 happened, he wore that red patch on his uniform to commemorate that event and the lost firemen and victims.
“As an Officer, Murph chose to use Engine 53 and Ladder 43 as a symbol for his teammates. Shortly after being deployed, Mike requested enough company patches to distribute to his fellow SEAL members. We were informed that Mike wore our patch with pride on every mission, on every deployment.”

President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy
On Monday, President Bush said:

“The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration that a President can bestow. It recognizes gallantry that goes above and beyond the call of duty in the face of an enemy attack. The tradition of awarding this honor began during the Civil War. And many of those who have received the medal have given their lives in the action that earned it. Today, we add Lieutenant Michael Murphy’s name to the list of recipients who have made the ultimate sacrifice. ”

Video here, it is the second story with the video in the middle of the page.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/#

If you would like you can pay your respects to Lt. Murphy’s family here:
http://www.legacy.com/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=14469233

Fox News covered it. I cried while I watched it, what brave men we have, our American troops.
And the book, “LONE SURVIVOR” by Marcus Luttrell………Marcus was part of Lt. Murphy’s team and was the only one to survive the ordeal. Unbelievable book and makes me furious everytime I hear or see the traitorous democrats.

Iran forbids public displays of affection
Morality police forbids ‘inappropriate behavior of couples in public’, including holding hands, kissing
ynet news
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3462586,00.html
Iranian police have decided to crack down on “inappropriate behavior of couples in public”, the semi-official FARS new agency reported Sunday.

“If someone walks in the street with his partner and commits an offense, we will deal with it,” Ahmad Ruzbahani, chief of the morality police, was quoted as saying.

Islamic republic’s ‘modesty guard’ plans to boost operations, detain young women and men straying from strict Islamic dress codes
Iranian law forbids women to be seen in public with men who are not family members. However, not all Iranians comply, and many meet their significant others in public parks.
Now police have decided to put an end to the growing phenomenon and forbid couples to hold hands in public. Ruzbahani said married couples were also called upon to “act modestly” in public.

“They should not act in an inappropriate manner or in a way that will attract attention,” he said.

Other police officials said kissing in public was also strictly forbidden.
Last week it was reported that a young woman committed suicide after being arrested for a “moral offense”. Zuhara Bani, a 27-year-old med student, was caught in a public park with her boyfriend.
She was taken to a detention facility, where she hung herself 48 hours later with a piece of cloth she had found.
The wide scale campaign to enforce “morality” in Iran, which was launched some six months ago, has evoked opposing responses within the Islamic Republic. The moderates criticized the regime, while the conservative sector of Iranian society lauded the campaign, saying it has contributed to an increase in personal security and morality.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
Islam’s idea of an appropriate public display is a beheading. Or hanging in the center of towns for all to see.

Johnny Carson and Dom DeLuise make a mess with eggs in this Tonight Show episode telecast September 26, 1974.
LOL thought you might like to see this after all these years.

Bolton Book Cites Effort to Halt Powell’s Iran Initiative
Book at Amazon
Washington Times article about the book
On the eve of the 2004 presidential elections, then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell secretly attempted to shift U.S. policy on Iran by telling key allies he wanted to offer “carrots” to the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear ambitions, former U.N. ambassador John R. Bolton writes in his soon-to-be-published memoir.
Bolton, then undersecretary of state, says that he worked hard to thwart Powell’s plans — only to discover, to his dismay, that Powell’s replacement, Condoleezza Rice, would pursue the same approach in President Bush’s second term.
Bolton reveals many private conversations and internal debates as the administration struggled to deal with such issues as the North Korean and Iranian nuclear threats, the tragedy in Sudan’s Darfur region, the Israeli-Hezbollah war and deteriorating relations with Russia.
Bolton’s recounting of these episodes adds to the growing body of insider accounts about the inner workings of the Bush administration, though this is one of the first by a leading conservative figure.
It will likely cause angst at the State Department and in some foreign capitals, including London, because of Bolton’s depiction of the diplomatic exchanges. In typically pugnacious style, Bolton lashes out at his opponents in the administration and overseas, repeatedly referring to European Union diplomats as “EUroids” and foes in State’s East Asia and Pacific Affairs Bureau as “EAPeasers.”
Bolton in particular criticizes Rice and one of her top aides, Undersecretary R. Nicholas Burns, for what he considers poor diplomacy. He recounts his anger — and that of other administration conservatives — at many of her decisions, especially her handling of North Korea, Iran and the Israeli war, arguing that Rice was too willing to make unnecessary concessions in pursuit of ineffectual achievements.
During a meeting on Hamas’s participation in Palestinian elections at the United Nations, for instance, Bolton says he watched Rice make a series of “unforced errors” because she was too eager to be accommodating.
Bolton attributes Powell’s 2004 gambit on Iran to what he caustically calls the “George C. Marshall Legacy Project,” which he said involved “distancing Powell from Bush.” Bolton, as the administration’s chief arms control official, was critical of efforts by Britain, France and Germany (the “EU-3”) to forge a deal with Iran.
He believed that Tehran used the talks only to build up its nuclear capability. The administration was also openly skeptical, so he says he was shocked to learn that Powell, at a Sept. 22, 2004, dinner with “Group of Eight” foreign ministers, agreed that Iran should be given a package of “carrots.”
Bolton says he got a vague response from Powell when he asked about it, but he soon saw a European reporting cable on the meal and a Canadian letter that confirmed Powell’s proposal. In what Bolton described as the most difficult three weeks of his tenure in the administration, he says he used every possible bureaucratic and diplomatic maneuver to kill Powell’s plan.

“Powell had violated our long-standing Iran policy, colluded with the EU-3 against it and come out nearly endorsing [Sen. John F.] Kerry’s position only weeks before our election,” Bolton writes. “Along with others, I had foiled Powell’s legacy gambit. I knew it, and he knew I knew it.”

But then to Bolton’s shock, Rice adopted the same approach when she became secretary. He says he began thinking of leaving the administration when Rice gave him the news over dinner in 2006. A depressed Bolton pointedly ordered carrot soup with the meal.

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Wild Thing’s comment……..
I have tremendous respect for John Bolton. I look forward to reading this book and I think this article about the book is also excellent. Bolton has always been a man of his word, a conservative and someone I always felt truly loves America.
As far as Powell is concerned I am no fan of his, he has said and done too many things I don’t agree with and the same with Condi.

Thunderstruck

Horowitz plans week-long war against rise of radical Islam
Trib Review
David Horowitz minces no words to evoke a stark image.

Asked what threat radical Islamic terrorism poses to the United States, the conservative writer and activist sums up his view: “One dirty nuclear bomb can ruin your day.”

“They are very dangerous, the most dangerous enemy we’ve ever faced,” Horowitz, head of the Los Angeles-based David Horowitz Freedom Center, said in an interview with the Tribune-Review.

Another chilling image — the picture showing a robed executioner, the bore of his rifle inches from the head of a cowering, hooded figure — illustrates a poster that’s being distributed this week at more than 100 college campuses across the nation, including several in Pennsylvania, promoting what Freedom Center calls “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week — Oct. 22-26.”
Horowitz says the campaign, including speakers, panel discussions, aims to make Americans more aware of a growing peril to Western civilization and to protest customs and laws that oppress, persecute and kill women in parts of the Islamic world.
Critics say Horowitz and his team of speakers, which includes former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, are stirring hate and racism toward Muslims in general.

Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based Muslim advocacy organization, describes the week of events as “a collection of Muslim-bashers and Islamophobes descending on campuses to try and promote hostility toward the faith of Islam and the American Muslim community. “

Santorum, a senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative Washington think tank, called the charge “a canard.”

Anyone who fires back that merely discussing radical Islam is an attack on all Muslims is wrong, Santorum said. Such a false statement is intended to stifle debate, he said.

During his unsuccessful re-election campaign last year, Santorum frequently cited Islamo-Fascism as a form of radical Islam that he sees as an increasing threat to the United States. He warned during those speeches that Iran, controlled by a sect of radical Islamism, was working toward obtaining nuclear weapons that could fall into the hands of terrorists.
Horowitz and others — including conservative commentator Ann Coulter, writer Robert Spencer, and Daniel Pipes, a historian and Middle East expert — are fanning out to speak at campuses from coast to coast.

“It is to raise awareness that there are religious radicals who are obviously armed to the teeth who want to impose their religious law on everybody and who will kill anybody who gets in the way, who they regard as infidels,” Horowitz said.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
I agree with Horowitz, too many people don’t want to face what and who our enemy is. Not only our enemy but the enemy of the world.

BAGHDAD
Coalition forces were engaged in a heavy firefight this morning killing an estimated 49 criminals during operations in Sadr City.
The operation’s objective was an individual reported to be a long time Special Groups member specializing in kidnapping operations. Intelligence indicates he is a well-known cell leader and has previously sought funding from Iran to carry out high profile kidnappings.
Upon arrival, the ground force began to clear a series of buildings in the target are and received sustained heavy fire from adjacent structures, to include automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs. Responding in self-defense, Coalition forces engaged, killing an estimated 33 criminals. Supporting aircraft was also called to engage enemy personnel maneuvering with RPGs toward the ground force, killing an estimated six criminals.
Upon departing the target area, Coalition forces continued to receive heavy fire from automatic weapons and RPGs and were also attacked by an improvised explosive device. Responding in self-defense, the ground force engaged the hostile threat, killing an additional estimated 10 combatants.
All total, Collation forces estimate that 49 criminals were killed in three separate engagements during this operation. Ground forces reported they were unaware of any innocent civilians being killed as a result of this operation.

“We continue to support the Government of Iraq in welcoming the commitment by Muqtada al-Sadr to stop attacks and we will continue to show restraint in dealing with those who honor his pledge. We will not show the same restraint against those criminals who dishonor this pledge by attacking security forces and Iraqi citizens,” said Maj. Winfield Danielson, MNF-I spokesman. “Coalition forces will take the necessary action against these criminals to protect the Iraqi people against future terrorist acts.”