Bye bye Gitmo?

Democrats Weigh Plan to Clear Out Gitmo

WASHINGTON -- Key House Democrats said Thursday they are considering a plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the end of 2008, with the exception of several dozen detainees in the war on terror who would be kept at the facility and tried there.

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said he hopes to include the provision in legislation this spring that Democrats also intend to use to try to prevent further increases in troop strength in the war in Iraq.

Without public notice, Murtha dispatched Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., to the detention center at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay on a one-day trip late last month to recommend ways for closing it. Both men said the prison has become counterproductive as the United States tries to win converts overseas in the war on terror.

"Without closing it, this just plays into the propaganda of the enemy," Moran said in an interview.

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To say nothing of playing into the propaganda of the Enemy Within.

The only problem with Gitmo is that these a-holes are catered to like guests at Club Med: prayer mats, Islamic-ly correct meals, Korans!

Did we furnish Nazi POWs with copies of Mein Kampf?!?!

Our patience with Murtha has been exhausted.

Yeah, he wore the uniform 35 or so years ago, but he has been beating the drum of defeat for the past couple years.

The statute of limitations on honor has long since run out for this joker.

Like John Kerry before him, Murtha continues to do the bidding of the savages who would behead all of us who would not accept the Sharia.

"[C]ounterproductive"?! Guys like Moran, Murtha and Kerry are counterproductive in the War on Islamofascism.

Screw all of 'em.

Hillary Rodham Chavez

Spoken like someone who's never run so much as a lemonade stand.

The bimbo who hands you the wrong order at the drive thru understands economics better than the "smartest woman in America"!

"[T]ake those profits" and squander them on a "strategic energy fund"?!

People, new sources of energy will be developed and widely adopted when it becomes profitable for producers (you know, the evil energy companies) and consumers alike to do so because the former profits and the latter saves money (which is why the former will profit).

The sort of "thinking" displayed by Rodham is not only vapid, it is dangerous!

What will be the next industry Ms. Rodham Chavez decides to steal the profits of?

Pharmaceuticals would be our guess.

Say goodbye to life-improving drugs!

Your industry might be next.

Hillarity's blather belies a complete lack of understanding of where stuff comes from and undermines Rodham's attempts to make herself appear centrist.

Apparently, there is a fairy godmother out there who is responsible for the creation of all the stuff we need and if only the smartest people (read: Hillary) were in charge of its distribution all our problems would evaporate.

Once a socialist, always a socialist.

Our advice to Hillary, her cohorts and their wealthy grubstakers: Put your own money at risk, start your own oil company and willfully run it at a loss.

Inasmuch as most of these people have never changed a tire let alone built a refinery or pipeline this seems unlikely.

Who the hell does this shrew think she is?!

This is what happens when you've never had a real job. Complete economic ignorance.

Econoramus, some might call her.

Either that or this woman believes she is wiser than markets.

This is the same woman who once droned:

"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

The common good? What the f@ck is that? Who determines "the common good"?

Apparently, over-educated, inexperienced nitwits, like Rodham.

Got that? She knows where your wealth should be redistributed!

Friedrich Hayek called this sense of superior intelligence and rectitude
The Fatal Conceit.

Thomas Sowell labeled it The Vision of the Anointed.

Both of them "get" what Rodham does not: that the self-interest of producers AND consumers is always superior to the motivations of the self-anointed secular gods who seek to inflict their "superior" intellects on all areas of life.

If Hillary actually believes the crap she is spewing, she is way too stupid to be president.

If she does not, she is way too power hungry to be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office.

What we learned from "Point Break"

A 50-year storm happens twice a century.

Rosie has very clean shoes.

FDIC justifies bank robbery.

Johnny is sharp as a razor.

If the question is "whose ball is this" or "who works here" the answer is Tyler.

Johnny takes the skin off chicken.

Cold pizza is good for breakfast.

Pressing "play" on a VCR plays the videotape.

When in hot car pursuit of serial bank robbers, calling in backup is not a bad idea.

Even if you have only one jump to your name, it is possible to free fall and maneuver yourself to the exact spot as someone who jumped from the same plane going a couple hundred mph 10 seconds earlier.

Gallons of lost blood can be remedied with senioritas and margaritas.

Warchild's abs can be used as a cheese grater.

FBI agents are not trained to ask followup questions:
Utah: "Where's Roach?"
Bodhi: "He's around somewhere."
Utah: [dopey look ... no follow up]

Johnny will not get to be president.

FBI dispatchers also deliver Chinese food to Jerry and Kramer.

Johnny Utah's middle name is "F--kin'".

Pappas has a standing 10:30 AM order at that sandwich shop.

Bell's is usually not bigger than Wayamaia (sp.?)

Beach brawls are stimulating.

Politeness counts.

Bodhi hates violence, especially against someone with whom he has "shared time".

You should not answer your door in the middle of the night when bank robbing surfers are after your a-s.

Pappas did not see that Lincoln pull up.

If Bodhi tells you to back off he is being serious.

When you cross the line you gotta go down. It's gotta be that way.

There are no timeouts in surfing.

Walking away is beautiful.

It's not like Tyler to fall hard for a guy.

Belittling new hires is standard operating procedure at the FBI.

Bodhi thinks "Lupton Pittman" is a funny name.

Grommet died before he was 30.

Leaving a trail of dead bodies including your partner all for the sake of a scrawny chick making $4.50 an hour is not grounds for termination from the FBI.

The FBI has very sturdy desks.

Even though people are dead the ride is still not over.

Tyler's waiting.

"Calvin and Hobbes" is funny.

An FBI agent would never ask somebody what he did for a living even upon seeing his luxurious beach house and no visible means of support.

Bodhi is even crazier than Johnny.

FBI dispatchers handle calls from convenience store operators.

Rosie had a visual.

Pappas over-estimated Tyler's cup size.

If Johnny Utah asks you "What's your name?" then says he's glad you found him you are about to get punched.

When people trust you and they die it has gone "real bad".

Johnny is taking his order to go.

They will have to burn Bodhi's ass to the ground even though Johnny told them he would go quietly.

Tyler works for minimum wage.

Acid in your mouth means your amigo is about to bid you adios.

Bedroom slippers are standard skydiving footwear.

Brian Adams [the "death on a stick" guy] frequents Bell's Beach

Getting your knee bent back 90 degrees will cause you to miss your window.

FBI employees are encouraged to drink at work.

Lawyers don't surf.

Bodhi's insurance premiums are always current.

Sometimes something stings but it is for your own growth.

Bunker Weiss went to post-graduate school.

If you are looking for Bodhi's house, get a ride with Tyler.

He's not armed, but he's not alone.

Roach is "around".

If you see a group within a group you have found the ex-Presidents.

Bodhi does not know of a new invention called "radar".

Pappas' nickname is Shamu.

Tyler served her purpose but the order was not cancelled.

Modern Savage would be a great band name.

Bullet-riddled "little brothers" with all the blood rushing out of their bodies make convenient weights for money bags.

Unclaimed pieces of meat should steer clear of knife fights.

You've gotta earn trust.

If you cannot arrest someone you cannot shoot him.

If you run, you die, though if you love running that is not tragic.

Et tu, W? Et tu?

Bush assails 'income inequality'

President Bush yesterday said there is a growing "income inequality" gap between rich and poor Americans, and told companies they should rethink the giant compensation packages they offer top executives.

The markedly populist message, a divergence from the past, in which Mr. Bush has accused critics of practicing class warfare, was all the more noteworthy given his venue -- a speech at Federal Hall in New York, in the middle of Wall Street, the capital of capitalism.

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Ummm, what?

We expect this sort of ignorance from the other side but it's unclear what Bush has to gain at this point from parroting the silliness of the opposition.

Whenever the president refers to Islam as a "religion of peace" we like to tell ourselves that he feels he has to say it and doesn't really believe it.

The same hope applies here.

(By the way, the headline is a "Honeymooners", not Shakespeare, allusion. ;) )

Pelosi Expansion Continues Apace

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2006 (ADVANCE)

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent.

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Bush's Real Record

Bush's Real Record
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Posted 1/31/2007

Economy: The mantra among critics of President Bush is that he's been "incompetent" as chief executive. To which we respond: Looked at the U.S. economy lately?

In his "State of the Economy" speech Wednesday, Bush expressed justifiable pride in his economic accomplishments. Our good friend Larry Kudlow keeps calling it "the greatest story never told." And indeed it is.

The Bush-is-a-failure mantra is, quite simply, out of touch with reality. What the economy's done in the past six years, especially in view of what Bush faced on entering office, has been nothing short of remarkable.

Remember that first bleak week, way back in January 2001? The economy was in a free fall, with job growth having peaked in mid-summer 2000. During Bush's first quarter in office, the economy actually shrank.

This wasn't surprising, given the Fed had been ratcheting up interest rates for two years and the stock market had just suffered its biggest meltdown. Americans took a $7 trillion hit from that debacle, and some feared we might even slide into a depression.

Then came the first attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor, killing 3,000 people, costing $100 billion in direct costs to the economy and untold billions more in indirect costs, and damaging the national psyche. People stopped flying and buying. They cocooned.

It was the worst first year for a president since FDR. But Bush turned a potential disaster into one of the success stories of the post-World War II era. Yet few credit him for it.

His three tax cuts pushed 5 million mostly low-income families off the tax rolls and substantially shifted the tax burden toward the rich. Despite harsh criticism, the cuts revived the economy.

Where are we today? "Across our nation," Bush said Wednesday, "small businesses and entrepreneurs are creating millions of new jobs. Retail sales are up, consumer spending is strong, exports of goods and services have jumped by nearly 35%. The Dow (industrial average) has set records 26 times in the past four months. Productivity is strong, and that's translating into higher wages."

Every word true. And yet, our newspapers and TV talking heads are obsessed with stories of mass "inequality" and "middle-class squeeze" and "jobs shipped abroad" and "falling behind."

Reality is quite different, of course. But reality can never be permitted to get in the way of Bush-bashing — the stock in trade of the mainstream media and their allies in the Democratic Party.

So what's the real record? Since Bush's tax cuts took effect in mid-2003:

• Real gross domestic product is up to $1.33 trillion, or 12.6%.

• Existing businesses have hired 5.9 million workers (not counting the millions of jobs entrepreneurs have created).

• Corporate profits have soared 91% to $1.6 trillion.

• Tax receipts have leapt $503 billion, or roughly 1.1 percentage points of GDP, refuting the notion the tax cuts "caused" deficits.

And thanks to rebounding stock prices and huge gains in home values, Americans' total wealth has soared 39% to $54 trillion — the biggest expansion ever.

After such a stellar performance, a breather — what economists call a "midcycle correction" — would be in order. Yet the economy continues to power ahead.

In 2006's final period, GDP growth was 3.5%, and it has averaged 3% since the tax cuts. Real wages rose 1.7% in '06, much faster than the 0.3% average of the Clinton years. In just the last 12 months, unemployment plunged from 5.0% to 4.5%, near postwar lows.

More of us have jobs, own homes and businesses, and work for higher pay than at any time in history. We're the richest people on earth. For a change, let this story be told.

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GDP is up, jobs are up, productivity is up, wages are up, and inflation is in check.

If only Pelosi and Reid would save us from this prosperity!