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Here are the latest updates for hunthunt2006.search2055@blogger.com "Flopping Aces" - 9 new articles The chutzpah continues… Obama replaces Old Glory with "Obama O" symbol on tail of jet Oil prices due to rise again? Nigeria under threat by MEND, GOP under threat by Pelosi About That Non-Political Speech In Germany The surge worked! But The Jr. Senator Refuses To Accept That Fact. [Reader Post] Polls Show No Bounce For Obama Post-Maliki Comments On Withdrawal Obama: Who Does He Think He Is? Flight 93 Memorial Blogburst: 9/11 Date To Be Placed As Star On Crescent & Star flag Bush Leaves Office And Anti-War Movement Evaporates? Wordle Analysis of Flopping Aces More Recent Articles Search Flopping Aces The chutzpah continues… Obama replaces Old Glory with "Obama O" symbol on tail of jet H/T to WorldNetDaily Words fail…. the spittle rises. And don’t miss Jake Tapper’s acerbic commentary as one of the media who are “denied access”…. • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • Oil prices due to rise again? Nigeria under threat by MEND, GOP under threat by Pelosi The Nigerian light sweet crude oil lines are again under fire by MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta), as the militant thugs threaten to destroy “the Chanomi creek pipeline and other major pipelines” within the next 30 days. Tho the crude represents only about 8% of the US imports, the Nigerian disruptions by the militants, disgruntled about the lack of oil revenue sharing, affects the global supply. The Nigerian government’s oil firm, NNPC, said they had paid what is tandamount to extortion funds in the amount of $12 million to the militants to protect the supply lines. But according to the militants, that check in the mail hasn’t arrived. According to Paul Richter, in a June 29th, 2008 LA Times article, the gangs are armed with surface-to-air missiles, bazookas, and have mastered the art of siphoning thousands of gallons to barges, where they then sell it on the black market. Their most recent activity has cut the output by 1 million brls daily. Even the off shore rigs in the area are not immune to their attacks, with a Shell rig shutting down after a midnight raid by the militants in speedboats. The non stop violence, combined with the corruption on both sides in the area, has got the oil companies thinking twice about their current investments… or, for that matter, considering any others in the petroleum rich region for the future. Some senior U.S. military and North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials have urged the Bush administration to build up Nigeria's weak coastal navy, or even use U.S. naval vessels along with other regional forces to patrol Nigerian waters, said officials who spoke about the internal discussions on condition of anonymity. U.S. officials say they are taking limited steps to strengthen the Nigerian military. But, despite intermittent reports in the Nigerian news media, they said the United States has no intention of intervening militarily. The Bush administration has tried to spur a political settlement with the rebels. But U.S. officials have complained that the efforts have met with resistance, in part because civilian and military officials are content with the situation, which provides revenue and helps maintain their influence. "All the actors in the delta are benefiting from the status quo," said one U.S. official, who declined to be identified because of the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue. "They'll do their best to stop any peace process; it threatens their business." There have been accusations that the Bush administration has not done enough to appease the situation… wow, how much of a surprise is that? However if ever there was a perfect example of a “war for oil”, military action in Nigeria would fit the bill. And the likelihood of public support is slim at best. Perhaps a cut off is just what the Nigerians and their militants need… sans oil, they are left to fight over nothing, and their corrupt leaders would find themselves in peril of losing their perks. But replacement of light sweet crude is not easy… especially when US Congressional leader, Nancy Pelosi refuses to allow the GOP “all of the above” energy plan to come to the floor for a vote. NOTE: The liberal regulars here will love that I use the left wing McClatchy sourced article INRE Pelosi’s super ego on her Speaker power… or as the Speaker says herself: Acknowledging her ability to influence decision-making, Pelosi said in the CNN interview that she gets to operate differently than her Senate counterpart, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Reid must reach out to Republicans to muster 60 votes — enough to stop a filibuster — to get anything done. “In the House, the power rests in the speaker, the power of recognition, of setting the agenda. . . . Very different rules,” Pelosi said. Official comments from Republican Leader, John Boehner: "We want to bring more American-made energy. We want to make sure Americans know who is for it and who is opposed to it. I know [Speaker Pelosi's] members are getting a lot of heat because her members are no different than me. I go out in my district, I go out in other members' districts, where I'm going and I hear from everybody I talk to. $4 gas has woken up the American people to this issue and Nancy Pelosi and the liberals who run the Congress, they worship at the altar of radical environmentalism and as a result will do everything they can to block a vote. They won't allow us to vote… What do we have to fear in Democracy in letting the Members of Congress vote on this issue because if there is a vote, I'll tell you it will pass this time, there's no question it will pass." (AUDIO) ~~~ "We've got to do all of the above. We've got to conserve as much fuel as we can, we need biofuels, we need to develop our alternative fuels whether it be wind, geothermal, hydropower, all of those. We need to have nuclear energy. Today, almost 80 percent of France's electricity comes from nuclear energy. It's the cleanest form of energy, there's no reason why we shouldn't be doing more of it here. And we need to drill more. We can't keep making excuses, blaming the oil companies … blaming people who buy big cars and that's what the liberals want to do. They want to blame everybody. And the fact is, we've got to drill. We've got to do all of the above if we're serious about taking steps toward energy independence. And here we are on the eve of Independence Day and here's Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid doing everything they can to block a big step toward energy independence." (AUDIO) The US would do well to prepare to abandon the Nigerian chaos by planning an “all of the above” approach for energy indepencence. But the majority Democrats have their own ideas for an energy plan: "Right now, our strategy on gas prices is 'Drive small cars and wait for the wind,' " said a Democratic aide. Boy, don’t that make you feel secure in our future? • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • About That Non-Political Speech In Germany Yeah, nothing political about that Germany speech: Shortly after 6 pm Central time — just a few hours after Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, gave his speech in Berlin, which his campaign insisted was not political — his campaign manager, David Plouffe, sent out a fundraising solicitation using the speech to raise campaign cash. "As you may have heard, Barack has been in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia this week," reads the email, with a big red "DONATE" sign. "Today, he spoke in Berlin, Germany. In a city where a wall once divided the free from the oppressed, he talked about tearing down the walls that divide all peoples so we can address our common problems — the threats of terrorism and nuclear weapons, global warming and genocide, AIDS and poverty. Watch Barack's historic speech and share it with your friends." Nothing about Obama’s campaign surprises me anymore. Not even the fact that during his campaign stop err…visit to Afghanistan he blew off quite a few soldiers. UPDATE This part of the email (from the link above) from a soldier who was present for Obama’s visit to Iraq should surprise no one: 95% of base wanted nothing to do with him. I have met three troops who support him, and literally hundreds who regard him as a buffoon, a charlatan, a hindrance to their mission or a flat out enemy of progress. Even when the rumors were publicly admitted, almost no one left their duty sections to try to see him, unless they were officers whose presence was officially required. • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • The surge worked! But The Jr. Senator Refuses To Accept That Fact. [Reader Post] Why can't Barack admit the obvious? In January 2007, the war in Iraq was in need of a new strategy. A year and a half later, violence is down dramatically, the Iraqi political system is beginning to work, and there's a belief the U.S. and Iraq have achieved an outcome that seemed out of reach just a year earlier. So why can't Barack bring himself to acknowledge the surge worked better than he and other skeptics, thought it would? What does that inability to admit he was wrong say about him? In recent comments, Obama has grudgingly conceded that the troops helped lessen the violence, but he has insisted that the surge was a failed policy because it allowed the situation in Afghanistan to deteriorate and did not produce the political breakthroughs in Iraq that he believes should have occurred. Even knowing the outcome, he told CBS News Tuesday, he still wouldn't have supported the surge. Even if you believe that the invasion of Iraq was an error, the U.S. should still make every effort to leave behind a stable Iraq. Barack repeatedly states that he was right to oppose the war while at the same time paying lip service to efforts and sacrifices by our troops. Barack Obama's statement, "it was a tactical victory imposed upon a huge strategic blunder." We don't expect our president to be right all the time. We do expect a president to change course when it is proved he is wrong. Crossposted from BigMouthFrog • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • Polls Show No Bounce For Obama Post-Maliki Comments On Withdrawal McCain is gaining in key states: Republican John McCain has quickly closed the gap between himself and Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama in several key battleground states even as the Arizona senator struggles to break through the wall-to-wall coverage of Obama's trip to Europe and the Middle East this week. McCain and Obama are in a statistical dead heat in Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota while the Illinois senator has a more comfortable double-digit edge in Wisconsin, according to polling conducted by Quinnipiac University for washingtonpost.com… and the Wall Street Journal during the past week. Only in Colorado, however, does McCain hold a greater percentage of the vote share than Obama. Meanwhile Allah points to this Fox poll, with the same oversampling of Democrats as the last one, which show Obama gaining NO bounce from the Maliki comments supporting his plan for withdrawal: Conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, three days after Maliki's Spiegel interview dropped, with the same percentage of Democrats sampled as in their last poll (42%) and actually fewer Republicans this time than last (33% versus 35%). Head to head: Obama 41, McCain 40. On handling Iraq: McCain 47, Obama 39, a two-point gain since June. Maybe Obama's position on the surge is starting to penetrate? There's circumstantial evidence in the crosstabs. A quarter of independents and 15% of Democrats perceive "major improvements" in Iraq from the surge; many more see "minor improvements." The fact that Obama's popular with Europeans likewise is a wash. Democrats see it as positive, Republicans negative, and indies are split 26/25 — although people calling themselves "independents" these days are apt to include more disaffected Republicans so weigh that accordingly. This question is classic tho: What kind of change does he stand for? Coming in second is the answer, “don’t know”. Check out the rest of Allah’s post to see how even the majority of Democrats believe the media is in the tank for Obama. Then, check out the latest Rasmussen poll that shows 63% believe this European political rally trip doesn’t make him appear any more Presidential. Obama’s arrogance and constant changing of position in a vain attempt to always appear right, coupled with the obvious media lovefest for the man, may be starting the hurt the guy. It does appear that many people are falling out of puppy love for him. • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • Obama: Who Does He Think He Is? “For the first few months of the campaign, the question about Obama was: Who is he? The question now is: Who does he think he is?” –Charles Krauthammer Obama in Berlin: “Ich bin ein beginner” For all Obama’s rhetoric about Americans visiting Europe and not being able to say anything more than “merci beaucoup” is it arrogant of Obama to go to Germany and deliver a speech entirely in English? Apparently, the only foreign language Obama knows is Bahasa, the language spoken in Indonesia and Malaysia. No doubt something he learned while at the Muslim Madrassa he attended while living in Indonesia. The speech itself (transcript here) was mostly pap. Hardly up to the soaring standards of speechifying that Obama is famous for when there is a teleprompter present. He spoke as if he was running for President of the world: “People of Berlin – people of the world – this is our moment. This is our time.” The crowd, which was estimated at up to 200,000 loved it all. But then, Germans have been known to go a bit overboard for messianic speakers in the past. Glenn Beck summed it up perfectly: “Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Barack Obama is running for president of the United States or Mr. Universe.” Even before Obama’s trip, some in the media began to see through the style over substance campaign that has typified Obama’s efforts. As usual, Charles Krauthammer sees through the fog and smoke: The Audacity of Vanity By Charles Krauthammer Real Clear Politics July 18, 2008 In his victory speech upon winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in history — “generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment” — when, among other wonders, “the rise of the oceans began to slow.” As economist Irwin Stelzer noted in his London Daily Telegraph column, “Moses made the waters recede, but he had help.” Obama apparently works alone. … Redeemer of our uninvolved, uninformed lives. Lord of the seas. And more. As he said on victory night, his rise marks the moment when “our planet began to heal.” As I recall — I’m no expert on this — Jesus practiced his healing just on the sick. Obama operates on a larger canvas. The Messiah Trumps Judaism’s Holiest Place? Early Thursday morning before leaving Jerusalem for Berlin Obama visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. A handful of his supporters showed up with banners and signs in Hebrew to welcome the new messiah. When Jerusalem Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld was asked if this was typical behavior for candidates visiting the Wall he replied simply “No.” One man at the Wall who apparently didn’t buy the “change and hope” snakeoil repeatedly shouted: “Obama, Jerusalem is our land! Obama, Jerusalem is not for sale!” Dems Nervous as Obama’s Poll Numbers Flatten? It seems some in the “news” media cheerleading section for Obama are getting a bit nervous. Obama Trip Overload Joe Klein Time Magazine July 23, 2008 Lots of speculation on the web, and in whispering circles, about why Obama’s foreign trip–a slam-dunk success substantively and in photo-op terms (Obama laughing with Petraeus in the helicopter was the best)–hasn’t resulted in a polling bump. The emerging conventional wisdom seems to be that the trip is a bit too grand, too…presumptuous and voters are wary of that. (And presumption, of course, always comes with the subterranean tinge of racism.) Maybe so. Oh yes… voters aren’t buying the snakeoil so that makes them racist! How predictable. Klein goes on to beg commenters at his blog to “calm down” suggesting that surely Obama’s poll numbers will rise just as the anointed one has promised the waters of the ocean will recede! Demonstrating the objectivity for which the “mainstream” “news” media is famous for, Michael Scherer, another reporter at Time had this to add: As we all huddle around our televisions to watch the German masses cheer, as we prepare to read yet another magazine cover story featuring Obama’s awesome good-lookingness, as we remind ourselves once again that this is a once-in-a-generation change election…. Remember now, these are “real journalists.” Not like those guys at “Faux” News. Related News Death Row Killer’s Last Words are Plea for Obama Vote Moments before he was put to death for participating in the savage killing of Marcus Gentry, Dale Leo Bishop urged Americans to vote for Barack Obama. “For those who oppose the death penalty and want to see it end, our best bet is to vote for Barack Obama because his supporters have been working behind the scenes to end this practice,” Bishop said. Bishop had requested the death penalty when found guilty of the murder of Gentry, but later changed his mind… Bishop was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening. One less vote for Obama! The Missing Obama Thesis Obama and the case of the missing ‘thesis’ By Jim Popkin, NBC News July 24, 2008 Conservative provocateurs have been hunting for it. Investigative journalists have been on the prowl, too. Even a former professor has been searching through old boxes for his copy of it. But today Barack Obama made it official: He doesn't have and can't release any copies of the thesis-length paper he wrote 25 years ago while a senior at Columbia University. … Journalists began hounding Columbia University for copies of the musty document. Conservative bloggers began wondering if the young Obama had written a no-nukes screed that he might come to regret. … "A thesis entitled Soviet Nuclear Disarmament, written at the height of The Cold War in 1983, might shed some light upon what Barack Obama thought about our most pressing foreign policy issue for 40-plus years (U.S.-Soviet Relations)," he wrote in an e-mail to NBC News. So what does the missing paper say, and could it be politically damaging to Obama? • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • Flight 93 Memorial Blogburst: 9/11 Date To Be Placed As Star On Crescent & Star flag Not all of us can make it to Pennsylvania next week to help Tom Burnett Sr. stop the re-hijacking of Flight 93, but if anyone needs another reason to try… The crescent memorial to Flight 93 will have the 9/11 date inscribed on a separate section of Memorial Wall that is centered on the bisector of the giant crescent, in the exact position of the star on an Islamic crescent and star flag. Check it out. As can be seen on our blogburst logo, there will be a copse of trees that sits roughly between the tips of the giant crescent (roughly in the position of the star on a crescent and star flag). That is the Sacred Ground Plaza, which sits just above the crash site. Inside the Sacred Ground Plaza is a two part Memorial Wall that follows the flight path down to the point of impact: Elevation view of Memorial Wall. (Click picture for larger image. Source document here.) The lower section of Memorial Wall (on the left) contains forty "translucent marble" blocks, inscribed with the names of the 40 murdered heroes (including Tom Burnett Jr.) Next there is a gap marked "trail," then the separate upper section of Memorial Wall has three more translucent blocks, inscribed with the 9/11 date. (There is one more translucent block on the flight path: the huge glass block that dedicates the entire site. It sits at the upper crescent tip, at the end of the Entry Portal Walkway. That bring the glass block count to 44, equaling the number of passengers, crew, AND terrorists.) The path that divides the wall into two parts can be seen on the Crescent of Embrace site plan: Purple: the path that divides the Memorial Wall into separate upper and lower sections. Aqua: the separate upper section of Memorial Wall, inscribed with the 9/11 date. Red arrow: the centerline of the giant crescent (points to Mecca). Just by looking, you can see that the upper section of section of Memorial Wall is centered on the bisector of the giant crescent, placing it in the exact position of the star on an Islamic crescent and star flag. (Click picture for larger image.) The date goes to the star on the Islamic flag. The date goes to the terrorists. Just one of many Islamic and terrorist memorializing features in the planned memorial, and all of it remains completely intact in the Circle of Embrace redesign, which only disguises the giant crescent with a few irrelevant trees. August 2nd At about 1PM (when the Memorial Project meeting lets out) Mr. Burnett and Alec Rawls will host a press conference and a rally outside the Somerset County Courthouse (where the meeting will be held). Saturday evening we will have dinner someplace that can be flexible about our numbers (probably a big buffet style restaurant). Sunday morning we will visit the crash site. (Alec is making arrangements with the Park Service now, in case we get a large turn out.) The only reason to try to make it to the meeting itself (10AM-1PM) is if you want to sign up to speak during the public comment period at the end. Otherwise the meetings are pretty dreary. The larger purpose is to make a statement to the national news outfits that Mr. Burnett’s presence will likely bring. (Fox news gave Mr. Burnett some nice coverage a couple of months ago.) A substantial rally would help that cause, hard as that will be to achieve out in the hinterlands of Pennsylvania. Somerset is a long way to go to make a statement, but the crash site is well worth visiting in its own right. If you’ve been thinking of making the trip, the weekend of August 2nd would be the time. It is a chance not just to pay a visit, but to in some small way honor the heroes of Flight 93 by following their footsteps and tackling our own hijacker. To join our blogbursts, just send your blog’s url. • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • Bush Leaves Office And Anti-War Movement Evaporates? AM I the only one who’s noticed the silence? Mere months ago, left-wing bloggers and demonstrators were wailing Support our troops, bring them home! seven days a week. Now their presidential candidate has announced that he won’t bring all those troops home, but will simply transfer combat forces from Iraq to Afghanistan - expanding that war. (He’s discussed possibly invading Pakistan, too.) And the left’s quiet as a graveyard at midnight. Hmmm, it is awful quiet all of a sudden. Bush is on the way out - are your principles leaving with him? Have you stopped to wonder if BHO might not be your LBJ?   You told us that “War doesn’t change anything,” and “War is never the answer.” Shouldn’t you be lobbying your candidate to give peace a chance?  Shame, shame, shame. You’ve elevated hypocrisy to an art form. This piece was spot-on-the-money.  The anti-war movement’s mantras are silent, and the only explanation is that they were never sincerely anti-war; just political catalysts for expressing an anti-Bush sentiment. LINK • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • Wordle Analysis of Flopping Aces Wordle is a fun little tool for those who want to analyze the importance of words in a particular text, or in this case, all the words on a particular web page. Here are the top words on today’s Flopping Aces. The larger a word is, the more often it is used: Neat hunh? I noticed an interesting comparison between the Flopping Aces wordle and the one I did for the home planet: Mike’s America. Notice any word that is missing in the Flopping Aces wordle that you would expect to see? Try it yourself and show us the results from your own blog or favorite blog post. You can change the colors, font and layout. Then do a screen capture (print screen) and paste the image to the MS Paint program to save the image. • Email to a friend • Article Search • Related • View comments • Track comments • • More Recent Articles Iraqi Navy: Progress, Prospects, and Problems Obama Super Flipper Ad Washington Post Raining on Barack's Iraq Withdrawal Parade Norwegian govt raises gas taxes to fight AGW and AGW skeptics gain an influential member Andrea Mitchell - Obama Conducting "Fake Interviews" In Iraq

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