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DAYTON — The second time Keison Wilkins acted as his own attorney for a felonious assault trial didn't work out so well.Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman sentenced Wilkins to 42 years in prison Monday, June 30. The sentencing capped off a week of Wilkins' antics, which frequently caused Huffman to clear the courtroom. At one point he began yelling about lynchings. On Thursday, he apparently faked a heart attack, collapsing to the floor while uninterested observers watched. After the "attack," during which medical personnel checked him out and found nothing wrong with him, Wilkins sat in a...

For all Senator Barack Obama’s success raising money and generating excitement among voters, he faces a daunting challenge as he prepares to claim the nomination in August: a Democratic convention effort marred by costly setbacks and embarrassing delays. With the Denver convention less than two months away, problems range from the serious — upwardly spiraling costs on key contracts still being negotiated — to the more mundane, like the reluctance of local caterers to participate because of stringent rules on what delegates will be eating,down to the color of the food. At last count, plans to renovate the inside of...

Retired General Wesley Clark has gotten into hot water for his remarks expressing doubts about John McCain's fitness to lead the nation, despite McCain's Navy service and status as a former prisoner of war. It's a good Clark has 23/6's resident PR expert to defend him: STATEMENT FROM THE WORLD'S WORST PR GUY: Ladies and gentlemen of the press, thank you for meeting me at this Captain D's Seafood Kitchen as I elaborate on the comments of my client, Wesley Clark. First off, Gen. Clark's comments were taken wildly out of context. Yes, he said, "I don't think riding in...

Rosie O'Donnell: Being on 'The View' Like Getting Raped in Prison Photo of Noel Sheppard. By Noel Sheppard | July 4, 2008 - 20:11 ET Wow, that Rosie O'Donnell is one classy gal, isn't she? On Wednesday, the "comedienne" did a guest stint at a Cyndi Lauper concert in Vancouver, Canada, during which she called Ann Coulter a bitch, and rather indelicately compared her experience on "The View" to the scene in the movie "Born Innocent" when Linda Blair was raped in the shower at a girls' reformatory. I kid you not. What follows is a partial transcript of this...

Harare—John Robertson, a Zimbabwean economist, went to the dentist yesterday with a painful tooth that needed urgent work, but before he could get it done, he had to arrange payment. His choices were these: Either he could pay in Zim dollars, in which case he'd need a bag of them, because the bill for his dentistry was $1.3 trillion, plus the limit for cash withdrawals from his bank account was only $25 billion daily. Or he could pay by check on his Zimbabwean bank account, in which case, since it takes a week to clear the check and the Zim...

Barack Obama may campaign at a NASCAR event As Barack Obama continues his focus on states that usually vote Republican in presidential elections, word comes that he may campaign at a NASCAR event. Why? Well, to paraphrase a supposed Willy Sutton line that he robbed banks because that's where the money is, if Obama needs white working-class voters in the fall, there are few better places to find them than at a NASCAR event.Barack_obama_may_campaign_at_a_nasc Roll Call has the news, but it's behind their subscription wall. Briefly, they quote Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki as saying a campaign appearance was a possibility...

The Pledge We Can Believe In July 4, 2008 - by Jennifer Rubin Barack Obama likes to fancy himself as the brave teller of hard truths to hostile audiences. Even when the truths aren’t so hard and the reception is not so hostile, as in his exaggerated tale of his tough love speech to Detroit auto makers, it fits nicely into his image of the Great Usher of New Politics. And he is going to give us not just new politics, but new lifestyles. He recently told an audience, “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we...

July 4, 2008San Francisco, California Wow, even days later, I am still so giddy I can hardly type!Have you ever taken a bong hit that melts away the worries of this world in a euphoric wave of Zen-like contentment? How about the intense pleasure of listening to your favorite Grateful Dead song while enjoying the aforementioned bodacious botanicals, followed by the exquisite pleasure of biting into a chewy, warm brownie right from the oven? While most enlightened liberals would consider these things life's ultimate pleasures, they pale in comparison to sitting at the feet of The Master and drinking in the sweet nectar of hope!Senator Barack Obama's San Francisco campaign stop...

The Ravens probably have enough on their plate right now, what with a new coach and a new quarterback and Derrick Martin's recent citation for alleged marijuana possession and impersonation of a Cincinnati Bengal, but they still found time to run afoul of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

For those PC folks who are afraid of fireworks.

You too can write like a loony conspiracy theorist! Welcome to the THB Moonbat Writing Tutorial, M1. In this first lesson we will go over the style and content guidelines for writing like a true left-wing Blogger. You only need to learn a few simple rules and you can be up and howling at the moon like all your buddies! Please read each rule carefully and complete the Sample Assignments below. The Moonbat Stylebook: 1. Rage Against the Dying of the Light. Emotion is a perfectly acceptable alternative to reason. In fact, in most cases it’s preferable, because you don’t...

I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week when Newsweek's Jonathan Alter asked me, "Is Obama a sellout?" The question isn't whether he is a sellout -- it's about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to? Richard Nixon's strategy was to run in the primaries to the right, then move to the center in the general election. Bill Clinton's strategy was "triangulation," navigating to a political "Third Way" to please moderates and undecided voters. This past week, Barack...

Cartonist Yaakov Kirschen comments "I'm just back from 10 days in America, where I found that my uneasiness about Obama was shared by lots of folks that I met. But given the circles I was moving in I was picking up the vibes of the post midlife crisis crowd."

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change came up with the world's first idea for government control of the temperature of the earth's atmosphere. The presidential candidates from the two major parties in the US seem united in their quest to increase the role of the federal government in regulating climate. European nations have spearheaded international efforts. Politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists around the globe are in determined agreement on climate change. They want to do something about it. US citizens currently face is a lack of choice from the two presidential candidates. During the latter part of the 20th...

On Today’s Show... Rush Signs a Contract for America: "I've extended my partnership at Clear Channel through 2016. I'm not going anywhere. I'm your host for life. As I've said on many occasions: none of this would have been possible without you, and I can't thank you enough. It's a debt I can never repay." (details) (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here) » The New York Times Sunday Magazine Profile: Late-Period Limbaugh CNBC Asks: Is Rush Worth It? Lex Luthor lookalike Michael Wolff freaked out, saying conservatism is over and Rush will soon be an "oddity." If you people don't...

What is Cheat Offsetting? When you cheat on your partner you add to the heartbreak, pain and jealousy in the atmosphere. Cheatneutral offsets your cheating by funding someone else to be faithful and NOT cheat. This neutralises the pain and unhappy emotion and leaves you with a clear conscience. Can I offset all my cheating? First you should look at ways of reducing your cheating. Once you've done this you can use Cheatneutral to offset the remaining, unavoidable cheating

Congress to Halt Closing of Unprofitable Starbucks by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · No Comments (2008-07-02) — Democrats in Congress today plan to introduce a bill to halt the recently-announced closing of some 600 Starbucks coffee stores, noting that the displacement of 12,000 Starbucks baristas would overwhelm government aid offices not prepared to handle so many clients for whom English is a second language. Baristas, those who serve Starbucks beverages, speak a peculiar dialect that combines pseudo-Italian and American slang with inflections borrowed from ancient hemp-smoking cultures. “These people can’t just walk out of Starbucks and get a job at...

As of today, Sen. Barack Obama is about halfway through his "patriotism theme week" message cycle. As of 2008, Sen. John McCain is about seven-ninths through his patriotism theme life cycle. I guess that is the difference between the new politics and the old patriotism. The Obama campaign launched its new politics patriotism week last Sunday, with retired Gen. Wes "Speichellecker" Clark smearing John McCain's war record -- even to the point of the former general saying that "riding" in a fighter plane and getting shot down are not qualifications for being president. Well, in fact, McCain wasn't riding, of...

July 10-24, 2008 issue of Rolling Stone....

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama today released the following statement regarding the President’s decision to increase the federal cost share for disaster assistance from 75 percent to 90 percent following the historic levels of flooding in the Midwest. Today’s decision applies to Public Assistance funds (used to repair or replace disaster-damaged facilities and infrastructure) and eligible Direct Federal Assistance (used to reimburse the state for food, water and other emergency measures such as sandbags)."We are pleased that the President has made the decision to increase the amount of federal aid to Illinois and other Midwestern...

An official from the aptly-named group By Any Means Necessary is quoted today in the Omaha World-Herald, on why her group is trying to disrupt the signature-gathering efforts of Ward Connerly, who is leading an effort in Nebraska (and Colorado and Arizona) to pass a ballot initiative that would ban preferences based on race, ethnicity, and sex: "The key to defeating the initiative is to keep it off the ballot in the first place. That's the only way we're going to win.” The Left, as you know, favors democracy, power to the people, and nondiscrimination, except when it doesn’t.

On Today’s Show... The Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley, critiqued the diabolical Barack Obama and his campaign's all-out assault on John McCain's Vietnam service. The Drive-Bys report that Obama "rejected" Wesley Clark's attack on McCain. Obama did no such thing! He didn't even mention Clark's name. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here) Pearl of Wisdom: "Say what you want about John McCain, but he's right about a little, folks. To say that Obama has more experience and greater qualifications to serve as president of the United States is a joke -- and Obama's handlers know it. They know he has...

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The New York Post came up with three ways Barack Obama can prove he's really patriotic. Here's Fox and Friends reporting...

I noticed a recent trend with Obama's campaign stops first he was in Unity NH with Hillary, then a recent stop in Independence MO, so I would like to suggest a couple more places he could visit perhaps he could make a speech about Iraq from Retreat TX

The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a crowd of homosexual activists last week that her husband wants to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and reverse the rule on homosexuals in the military. Michelle Obama also drew parallels with homosexual advocacy groups and the civil rights movement, referring to events "from Selma to Stonewall." Speaking to the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Committee last Thursday in New York City, Michelle Obama said her husband supports "a world where federal laws don't discriminate against same-sex relationships, including equal treatment for any relationship recognized under state...

Well, I just got back from a wonderful vacation in Kabul, Afghanistan. Alright, I was actually in the Carribean. Seems that the Main Stream Media was busy trying to invent a way to blame Free Republic or Rush Limbaugh for every retarded rumor or e-mail about the annointed Messiah of the Socialists. The Washington Compost had a hit piece blaming FR for silly rumors. The "research" by the elitist self proclaimed geniuses consisted of a Google search. Let me make their job a little bit easier....If any of the following false headlines, e-mails or rumors get a life of their...

I found this in my local paper on-line. They found it on the democrashield web site.(The local person wrote) http://democrashield.com/2008/01/07/thank-a-democrat/ :I think some people would be interested to learn this. For those of you who can't or won't go to the website, I cut and paste it. Hope you all enjoy. I was watching C-SPAN today when I heard something I couldn’t help but comment on.During an interview with the chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, a conservative African-American woman called in and stated “the Democrats have done nothing for me.” The problem here is that statement is completely...

...Obama's Electoral Assault Vehicle (EAV) marks an unprecedented advance in presidential campaign transportation. While his detractors call it overkill, the campaign insisted upon its necessity. "The old bus was sufficient for the occasional primary bump in the road, be it financier Tony Rezko or Obama's 'typical white' grandmother," according to Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute. "However, tossing Rev. Jeremiah Wright under the bus caused some lasting damage to the drive train." By the time Obama tossed the congregation of his former church under the bus, campaign transportation officials wondered if a standard luxury coach was up to the...

On Today’s Show... The Drive-Bys rejoice: Warren Buffett sets the record for a charity auction on eBay, breaking our record for the Harry Reid "phony soldiers" smear letter. However, if you count Rush's matching contribution, the record is still ours. » The Monopolistic AP: Chinese Investor Pays $2.1 Million to Eat with Buffett Don't buy the BS that the Democrats are unified. Clinton supporters vandalized a bunch of cars, spray painting them with racist anti-Obama graffiti. Meanwhile, Bill Clinton is quoted as saying Obama will have to "kiss his ass" to get his support. Wes Clark, who made John...

Sen. Obama in Independence: June 2008

Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?...Here's how they answered: BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The Chicken wanted CHANGE! JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure, right from Day 1, that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to...

The Denver Group was recently formed to ensure that Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee conduct the Democratic Party's presidential nomination process in keeping with democratic principles at the Party's convention this August. This means an open convention, which includes Senator Clinton's name on the ballot, allowing speeches by Clinton supporters on behalf of her candidacy, and the taking of a roll call vote, all of which is the norm. The Denver Group (www.theDenvergroup.blogspot.com), organized by Marc Rubin and Heidi Li Feldman, is a non-connected committee, established on June 24, 2008. It is not affiliated with Hillary Clinton for...

And now for something completely different. Although this series of tutorial videos on advanced photo editing techniques started several months ago, its recent completion has led to a flurry of comment around the Internet, including an article in this week's Time magazine. Go to the link, and the first of 10 tutorial in the series will start immediately. Each subsequent video starts right after that, about five minutes for each. The character "Donnie Hoyle" is a creation of two Ohio comics who wanted to explain photo editing in a uniquely creative way. As "Hoyle" explains Photoshop, his increasingly disordered personal...

Politico: Accuses Campaign Of "Shameful Offensive Fear-Mongering" Over Picture Calling Attention To Obama's African RootsObama campaign manager David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign Monday of "shameful offensive fear-mongering" by circulating a photo as an attempted smear. Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) had e-mailed a photo calling attention to the African roots of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat front-runner dressed as a Somali Elder, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya," the Drudge Report said....

Barack Obama to visit Britain By Toby Harnden in Unity, New Hampshire Last Updated: 2:55PM BST 28/06/2008Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is to fly to Britain next month as part of an ambitious foreign trip that will also take him to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as to France and Germany. A recent Telegraph poll showed that Mr Obama [above] is overwhelmingly preferred to Mr McCain in Britain and Europe Only skeleton details of Mr Obama's trip have been agreed but an announcement of an outline programme is expected over the weekend. "You will be...

In another distraction meant to keep American voters away from the real issues, Fox News channel announced today that the GOP is in possession of a birth certificate proving beyond doubt that Barack Obama's real birthplace is, in fact, planet Lappa IV, located in the Alpha Quadrant and inhabited by a splinter group of the Ferengi species, who have developed a highly collectivist culture based on the principles of socialist acquisition and redistribution of wealth.

WASHINGTON — A group of Hispanic lawmakers Friday accused GOP presidential candidate John McCain of "flip-flopping" on immigration."Is it comprehensive immigration reform, or is it enforcement?" asked Iris Y. Martinez, a Democratic state senator from Illinois. "He can't have either/or — it has to be one."A McCain spokesperson denounced the accusations as "a pathetic, partisan ploy."The comments came at a press conference during the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials annual gathering. McCain and presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama are scheduled to appear before the NALEO convention separately today as they wage an aggressive battle for Latino...

A disgraceful contribution from their house cartoonist:

Two weeks ago cities across Iowa were inundated by record floods. Now, as the waters recede, some Iowans are finding themselves victimized again -- by their state's self-destructive work ethic. Blogger / flood victim Dave Burge reports from the scene. Iowa's forgotten flood victims - Dave and friends As an Iowan and the proud owner of two big screen LCDs from Coralville Rent-A-Center, I've seen my share of weather disasters. But, even with full 1080p HD, I never really stopped to think that it could happen to me. So when the floodwaters of the Iowa River reached my own...

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) appear on stage with Clinton endorsing Obama in person and campaigning with him for the first time in the town of Unity, New Hampshire, June 27, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Obama and Clinton chat before boarding a plane at Ronald Reagan National Airport...

A video spoof shown during the CES 2008 keynote by Bill Gates about his last full day at Microsoft in July starring himself, Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaugheyr, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Turner, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie,

Very funny take on the Messiah's latest audacities.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement today following the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller:“This school year alone, over 20 Chicago public school students have been killed by guns. And in April there was a 10-day stretch in Chicago where there were 48 shootings.”“When the equivalent of an entire classroom full of kids is killed by gun violence, it underscores the need for common-sense, effective gun safety measures that respond to the level of violence in our communities."“Acknowledging that gun ownership is a basic right does not absolve us...

Being a truly advanced white person means being able to speak with authority about pretty much any field of conversation- especially politics. In order for white people to streamline the process of knowing everything, all human beings can be neatly filed into one of two categories: People I Agree With, and People Who are Just Like Adolf Hitler. Comparing people to Hitler is an easy way for white people to get a strong point across to the less enlightened, or the insufficiently white. Everyone knows who Adolf Hitler was. And everyone knows that Hitler was very, very bad. Therefore, if...

For John McCain's Mom: Another Day, Another Speeding Ticket Even skyrocketing gas prices aren't slowing down Roberta McCain, the indefatigable 96-year-old mother of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). The would-be first mother -- and yes, she fully expects her Johnny to win the presidency in November -- is still speeding around like a NASCAR driver on the last lap. At a cocktail party held at the luxurious home of GOP super lobbyist Wayne Berman recently, Mrs. McCain gave the Sleuth some advice: "Don't speed up there (in Chevy Chase)." Really? "Yes, I got a $40 speeding ticket there a few weeks...

On Today’s Show... Program Note: Watch Rush today at 4:20PM ET on the MoveAmericaForward.org online telethon in support of the US Military, "From the Frontlines," with Michelle Malkin and Melanie Morgan. The goal is the largest-ever care package to our troops. It's a Bad Day for Liberals: Obama campaign cutbacks at the Palm Beach Post, Baltimore Sun, etc Gallup: Messiah & McCain tied. The economy grows! Iraq is so safe, CBS infobabe Lara Logan carried on two affairs at once over there! Plus, the Supreme Court upholds your Second Amendment right. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here) Pearl of Wisdom:...

Prez at Furman by: Deborah Lambert, June 25, 2008 While ignoring faculty protesters during his commencement address at Furman University (SC), President Bush nevertheless decided to meet the issue head-on. Thanking the profs for their devotion to improving the lives of young people, he said that he too, was a believer in free speech, “and to prove it, I’m about to give you one.” The President noted that Governor Mark Sanford, also present at the ceremony, graduated 25 years ago when his father, George H.W. Bush, was the speaker. Commenting on that coincidence, he said this means that “some at...