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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Thursday evening condemned the actions of rioters who attempted to set fire to a police precinct and blocked the exits while officers were inside. “When you commit arson with an accelerant in an attempt to burn down a building that is occupied by people who you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating, you are attempting to commit murder," Wheeler said in a news conference with Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell. "Don’t think for a moment that you are if you are participating in this activity, you are not being a prop for the reelection...

Some of you need to cease the denial and accept the harsh reality that the left hates you. It’s a fact, as much as the liberal gaslight gang and the conserva-sissy weakhearts deny it. You can tell that leftists hate you by the way that leftists tell you that they hate you.Take Sarah Jeong, please – hey, the New York Times was happy to get this bitter creep onboard because of her history of virulent racism. The Times saw her hate as a plus, not a negative, an asset, not a liability. You can’t draw any other conclusion – if you...

Here we go again. Actually, it's an ongoing effect by those who embrace political correctness to the point way beyond stupidity. The Washington Redskins professional football team has been pressured by people and organizations for years who feel the use of the name "Redskins" is derogatory, offensive, insensitive, racist, and whatever other label you want to throw at it. Now, the Democrats are stepping up the attack as well. As reported in The Hill, Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would "prevent the term 'Redskins' from being trademarked." Why, you ask? It's simple. These Democrats...

TRENTON — Students in New Jersey, a state that lost about 700 residents in the Sept. 11 attacks, can soon get classroom lessons on the attacks, from the history of terrorism to the heroics of regular people.Acting state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf is scheduled to join with a volunteer task force Thursday to unveil a curriculum revolving around Sept. 11.Implementing the curriculum, which features lessons for students from kindergarten through high school, will be voluntary and open to schools public and private, in New Jersey or elsewhere. Schools in France and Missouri have expressed interest, organizers say.Donna Gaffney, a co-founder...

Columbia University students heckled a war hero during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on campus. "Racist!" some students yelled at Anthony Maschek, a Columbia freshman and former Army staff sergeant awarded the Purple Heart after being shot 11 times in a firefight in northern Iraq in February 2008. Others hissed and booed the veteran.

In a frontpage article in the Outlook section of Sunday's Washington Post entitled "Drinking. Brawling. Hurting.", a leftist anti-Bush Yale anthropologist graduate, Sarah Stillman, paints a picture of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center abusing alcohol at Washington, D.C. area nightclubs to indict the Bush administration and the war on terror.Readers would not know Stillman is a Bush-hating leftist by reading The Post's description of her: Sarah Stillman, a 2006 Yale graduate, is a Marshall Scholar writing a doctoral thesis on gender, violence and the media.However, her 2005 Huffington Post profile describers her thusly: Sarah Stillman is a...

Lefties commonly say there is something wrong with Rand’s use of fiction as a vehicle for Objectivist beliefs. In a 1957 review of ‘Atlas Shrugged’, Whittaker Chambers, who had no idea how successful Atlas Shrugged would be, said, “The mischief here is that the author, dodging into fiction, nevertheless counts on your reading it as political reality.” Lefties have been using that same approach ever since. Using fiction is ‘mischief’ and ‘dodging’. Rand was trying to make an otherwise dull subject interesting, and she also wanted to show what might happen in a world where businessmen really did go on...

August 29, 2006 The world according to the NDP This fall, NDP delegates are set to descend upon the historic city of Quebec for their next policy convention. There, the Dippers will figure out what the NDP stands for and what policies will set them forward to fight in opposition, or as the most optimistic may dream, in government. As with most parties, policy comes from the grassroots. I remember that prior to the conservative convention in 2004, local conservative EDAs formed draft policy to submit to national party headquarters so that it may be assembled into a number of...

Left-wing deputies in Mexico have taken over the stage in Congress, forcing outgoing President Vicente Fox to abandon his final annual address. Before Mr Fox arrived, the legislators, who allege fraud in recent elections, marched onto the main podium where they shouted slogans and sang songs. Mr Fox will deliver his speech on television from his official residence. The deputies back Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who says fraud denied him victory in July presidential elections. Thousands of his supporters have also been protesting outside Congress. They have been engaged in a tense stand-off with hundreds of riot police, although the...

Move over, Ned Lamont! Charles Johnson of the obscure little website Little Green Footballs calls our attention to this Daily Kos thread discussing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance on “60 Minutes” last night. While I don’t feel it necessary to relay every piece of evidence of the far left’s pathologies that I unearth in my virtual expeditions to the dark side, this comment section is simply incredible. Based on his interview with Wallace, the far left seems to be developing a crush on Ahmadinejad. A few of the comments: "Even before the translation could be heard, I felt more assured of his...

n LAPD officer was injured and several demonstrators were arrested at an anti-illegal immigration protest Saturday evening in Hollywood. LAPD spokesperson Sandra Escalante says the female officer apparently hurt her ankle while clashing with protesters. Escalante said "several" arrests were made. The rally, attended by various anti-illegal immigration groups, took place at Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Avenue. The crowd was estimated at about 200.

Elizabeth Dole sounded desperate last week. Trying to inspire dispirited Republicans, the head of the party's Senatorial Campaign Committee wrote a fund-raising letter urging the GOP faithful to rally, because if Democrats seize power they will "call for endless investigations, congressional censure and maybe even impeachment of President Bush." It's a sad truth of politics that if you can't inspire your voters with a positive vision, you scare them. But then along came House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to say that, yes, Sen. Dole is exactly right. In a Washington Post interview, Pelosi outlined her plans if the Democrats take...

No, this isn't speculation I've read elsewhere, nor have I heard any rumors of something like this coming to pass - but bear with me a minute while I lay out the why of it all. The United States has many problems facing it over the next ten yeas. In spite of assertions to the contrary in some quarters, we must reform Social Security and Medicare before they go bankrupt, or bankrupt the nation. We must get a handle on our energy shortages - both expansion of current sources and development of replacements demand our attention. We have to figure...

Despite his belief that most journalists are unwitting upholders of western imperialism, Noam Chomsky, the radical's radical, agrees to see me at his office in Boston. He works here as a professor of linguistics, a sort of Clark Kent alter ego to his activist Superman, in a nubbly old jumper, big white trainers and a grandad jacket with pockets designed to accomodate a Thermos. There is a half-finished packet of fig rolls on the desk. Such is the effect of an hour spent with Chomsky that, writing this, I wonder: is it wrong to mention the fig rolls when there is undocumented suffering going...

While dangerous and morally reprehensible, one can at least admire the convoluted logic of the Left and the brashness with which it is waved under the noses of disbelieving Americans. But has anyone considered that many on the Left are just…not very bright?

MIDI - PEOPLE People…stinking leftist people The most dangerous people in the world They’re airheads…hypocrites and airheads From inside their limousine They say to us "Go green" Wasting gas…their head is in their *** People…disgusting leftist people The most dangerous people in the world They want power…what they’re about is power For you, the rules they will make From them there is no escape You’re just supposed to take All the…B.S. from these leftist people Lying leftist people The most dangerous people in the world People…evil leftist people The most dangerous people in the world The Gipper…they hated The...

Shortly after taking office in 1985, Kerry and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa went on a fact-finding trip to Nicaragua, where they met with Daniel Ortega (right) and other Sandinistas. The trip was criticized when the Sandinistas cemented ties with Moscow. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/2208/midis.htm MIDI - DANIEL Daniel Ortega, you're my kind of guy...I had known that right away when I had looked you in the eye And I like your style...I could use your help now in my campaign I can tell you, Daniel...we'll drive the whole right wing insane No kidding...Daniel, you're my brother...we are really in sync So...

No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 ======================================================== Dear Doug from Upland: My friend's mom, who lives down the street and has an SUV with an I HATE BUSH bumper sticker, has been trying to tell me that President Bush is just like a Nazi. She says that he is invading countries, killing people, and wants to take over the world. She also says that, like Hitler, Bush is using war to take our minds off the worst economy in 75 years. I think she might be right. Is Bush a Nazi? Cassandra, age 11, Madison, Wisconsin ===============================================...

MIDI - THE LOVE BOAT Hate...it's all they have gotAt George Bush...they are really hot Hate...is deep in their gutsLook at them...they are driven nuts Hate Bush night...Hollywood's finest show up to plan Hate Bush night...they show disdain for a decent man They are hurting our nation in every way that they can Hate...from tolerant folksSee their rage...there's no need to coax Irate...blind hate...irate...blind hate

That leftist suck-up, Bill Marr, has our lovely Ann Coulter sitting between some unknown loser named Hughley and meat-whistle-loving author Clive Barker as he bashes our President under a ton of nonsensical leftist lies!Thank you, HBO, for reminding me why I no longer have cable.And Marr, you piece of used Charmin, I don't care how loud you turned up the mic, you couldn't shut down the truth that Ann spoke.You loser!