In case you want yet more example of the bias inherent in the press, view this picture posted by the AP. Their caption:

Um Nidal, mother of three Palestinian martyrs delivering a speech at a celebration at the18th foundation anniversary of Palestinian militant group, Hamas, on Friday Dec.30, 2005, in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Hamas organized a celebration at Yarmouk refugee camp southern Damascus with participation of 2000 palestinians.(AP Photo / Bassem Tellawi)

Um Nidal, mother of three violent, deadly mass murderers, defends the actions of her mass-murdering children at a cermony marking the 18th anniversary of the founding of a cult formed to exterminate the Jewish people from the face of the earth. The murderous extremist group Hamas organized the rally at a camp of like-minded murderers where 2000 racists who hate America and all Jews gathered.

(H/T to Kender who wants to know why "We think we can win anything when the "MSM" is so far against us?").

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While you might remember the ancient history (at least on the internet) that was the 2004 election, it's just not quite over in North Carolina. While in the statewide race the North Carolina Legislature overruled the clear votes of the people and completely ignored rulings of the State Supreme Court to declare their Democrat friend a winner, in another race, things are not yet settled.

At issue is the same problem as with the statewide race that the Democrats settled by ignoring the actual votes of the people and just unilaterally making a decision -- voting out of precinct.

As the State Supreme Court has said at least twice now, the North Carolina Constitution is very clear -- voters MUST vote in their own precinct. In one race for County Commissioner, the Supreme Court also ruled that out of precinct ballots should not be counted.

However, the Democrat-controlled board of elections has continued to ignore the Supreme Court and allowed the Democrat to remain in office while lawsuits continue. The Supreme Court may be set to rule yet again that out of precinct ballots cannot be counted.

Maybe, just maybe, the 2004 election will be finally settled before the 2006 election starts -- but I'm not holding my breath.

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Well, that's about it. Just read the headline here. Of course, for anyone who has actually READ the Charlotte Observer, that's not really news now, is it? The Charlotte Observer seriously is very socialist. They support every socialist idea that's ever existed.

In this case, they support the increase in gas tax to the 6th highest gas tax rate in the nation. Why? Because they like government spending money and not people. Seriously. They have never, to my knowledge, ever NOT supported any tax increase.

Worse, they lie about it constantly. In the article, they claim that the increased gas tax will be used to repair roads. That's an outright lie. It will not. The majority of funds raised by the gas tax increase (some $74 million) will go into the general fund.

No, it doesn't matter to the Democrat-controlled legislature that the law states that the taxes from gas will be used for road construction -- they vote every year to take tens of millions of tax dollars from gas taxes and toss them in the general fund for things like personal checking accounts for legislatures.

Yes, the Democrat-led North Carolina General Assembly really does stink. And the Charlotte Observer loves them for it.

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Last week, supporters of a convicted felon Democrat Congressman had a rally to help pay his legal bills. This is the second rally to support the convicted criminal who headed to jail last Friday.

Convicted Democrat Party Leader Frank Ballance is supposed to pay $61,000 in restitution for stealing over $100,000 from the state. But he won't have to pay it if his supporters can raise the money for him. Sure, that's restitution, isn't it?

Why do people support him? Because he is the first congressman who was blatantly and openly racist while in the state legislature, according to his supporters. Even though he stole the $100,000+, they claim he did good things with it -- which makes it okay in their eyes.

Sorry, nothing to read about in the mainstream press, despite the fact that this is a Democrat Party member that was elected to Congress who is CONVICTED of stealing large amounts of money -- they're too interested in reporting about Tom Delay's ALLEGED misdeeds.

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Ok, I think I've got the hang of being a member of the insanity- reality-based community. Let's give this a shot, shall we?

I saw today that Ed Lorenz died Wednesday. Now while the news reports claim that Ed died of a heart attack while participating in a sport he truly loved (and had perfected -- Ed had rolled a perfect game just a short time before), that's not the whole story -- at least not according to the MBC (moonbat central).

You see, Ed only died because of Bush. Yes, that's right, it's Bush's fault.

Back in 2002, Bush appointed a man, Phil Nottingham, to the head of the federal government agency on product safety commission -- Phil was the assistant vice-executive in charge of bowling and large-ball sporting events. Phil, however, received campaign donations from "Big Bowling" -- and this clouded his judgment.

In 2004, Tim Filiopotous suggested adding a rule change to the international federal government safety rules regarding bowling and suggested that no bowling balls be allowed that were heavier than 16 ounces -- for the children, of course.

Well, Mr. Nottingham, under heavy pressure from President Bush (due to campaign contributions from "Big Bowling") refused to make that rule change -- and thereby sealed Ed Lorenz' fate. For had he been using a 16 ounce ball, the pressures on his body would have been tremendously reduced and poor Ed would have never had a heart attack in the first place.

So President Bush clearly caused Ed Lorenz' death in Portage, MI.

How's that for moonbattery? Well, it's better than the morons that are blaming Bush for the miner's deaths -- my version has more logic to it.

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When Black Entertainment Television (BET) was started, no one thought it would succeed. Then it did. It made piles of money by catering to the wants and desires of people who had black skin -- all, somehow, without being racist (can you imagine a White Entertainment Television?).

They were accepted, grew, and became nearly mainstream. But apparently they didn't like being mainstream, as they just named Loonie Calypso Louis Farrakhan "Person of the Year."

Why? Well because the reality-challenged Farrakhan claimed that blacks were "the indigenous peoples of this hemisphere." Oh, and because he said that blacks should bring a class action suit for "criminal neglect" against the U.S. on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims.

Instead of picking positive role models, or productive, working people, BET decided to pick a lunatic that can do nothing but race-bait and spend other people's money. Nice job, BET.

(H/T to Smoke Eater).

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No, the utter and complete hatred of President Bush knows no end for those on the left. Even though as of the writing of this post the fate of the miners trapped in WV is unknown, that doesn't stop complete and utter lunatics from, yes, you guessed it, blaming Bush!!

I really can't believe I'm not making this up. But one Scott Shields is actually blaming their deaths on Bush. He claims that Bush, because of his connections with "Big Coal," did this. Now try and follow the logic:

Bush appointed David Lauriski, an executive with 30 years in the coal industry, to head the Mine Safety and Health Administration. In December, 2001, Mr. Lauriski rejected a change to the rules of mining because if he did, "Big Mining" would donate large amounts of money to President Bush. The rule change would have forced this mine to have created a "second escapeway" from the mine exactly where the trapped workers are located. But since that would cost the mining industry money, the rule was disallowed so the mining industry could give that money to Bush, who would then give the money to Mr. Lauriski as a cash reward. And if that one regulation had passed in 2001, this mine (the Sago Mine) would not have gotten 208 citations in 2005 for safety violations and the trapped miners would have just taken the back glass elevator up to the surface when the mine collapsed.

The entire concept of logical thought is completely lost on the left. Completely.

(H/T to Michelle Malkin).

Update: The Ugly American has more on the comments that actually support the Bush blaming during tragedy!

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Once again I would like to introduce a fine blog that has chosen to advertise here at Ogre's Politics and Views. This week it's

What's that about?

It not only features occasional site news and product announcements, but a look into the personal life of the owner, Stephanie Davies. Stephanie hand-makes all of the incense, candles, bath & body products, and other items sold at Mystickal Incense. For this purpose, this is both a personal and business blog. Welcome!

It's very well-designed and easy-to-read with lots of good stuff to read about. And if you like scented soap, you can get over 70 different scented soaps there -- hand made! Neato!

And remember, if you want to rent that space (and get this nifty little plug), you'll have to have a free BlogExplosion account.

Next up, just below that is the BlogAds section. You can add one of these yourself if you like, just like Stop the ACLU did. It's really cheap inexpensive, and once again, you get some "above the fold" advertising and exposure.

Stop the ACLU is a nice place to go when you want some news about the ACLU and what they're doing wrong. And yes, if the ACLU is involved, it probably is wrong. Head on over and see what the latest is -- breaking stories often show up there before many other places in the news or on the web.

And if you're interested in adding your own blogAd, they are only $10 -- just head over there (link also at the bottom of the ad strip) and add your own ad.

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1 Thank you so much for the spotlight write-up! I really appreciate you taking the time to post all that. And I love your blog here - any blog that hates Bush as much as I do, gets two thumbs up from me! I'm actually *honored* to be renting from you! Keep up the good work and the great information!

Posted by: Stephanie Davies at January 04, 2006 01:53 AM (NFSGB)

2 Glad to point out your site as well -- thanks for advertising. I might have to buy some of that soap here soon...

Posted by: Ogre at January 04, 2006 02:04 AM (s2+Ck)

3 I think she really does hate Bush. I don't think she read you site at all. She was making fun of religion when I went to her site. It is a shame I really love fancy soaps.

Posted by: Mindflame at January 04, 2006 03:00 PM (SlODe)

4 I tried to read mostly the posts about soap and hair wraps...

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In case you were of the same opinion of the complete and total idiots, morons, and other assorted freedom haters in the North Carolina General Assembly, you'll be overjoyed to know that North Carolina has 37 new laws that went into effect Jan 1, 2006.

Among the new laws:

• Making running a day care business even harder with new "licensing laws."
  
• Making earning money as a plumber more difficult with new "licensing laws."
  
• Making earning money as a heating contractor more difficult with new "licensing laws."
  
• Making credit card insurance more difficult to obtain and use with new "changes."
  
• Making health insurance even worse with new, higher rates mandated by the state.
  
• Making health insurance even more expensive by forcing people to cover high risk people against their will.
  
• At least 28 taxes raised including the gas tax by 5% and cable television tax by 7%.
  
• Smoking in jail is now prohibited.
  
• Making health insurance more expensive by adding a new required registry.
  
• Making insurance more expensive by increasing the fees required by a business who dares to do business in the state.
  
• Making prescription medicine more expensive by raising the fees paid by pharmacies.
  
• Making fishing and hunting licenses more expensive.

Say, "Thank you, Democratic Party of North Carolina."

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Remember that North Carolina "education" lottery? Where the "proceeds" will go ONLY to schools? Oh, well, except for "expenses." Like the director.

South Carolina has noticed that North Carolina's lottery "director" will earn $235,000 for his first year -- the highest pay of any lottery director in the country. And his "deputies" will earn $125K - $130K per year -- more than most directors make.

Good thing it's for the children, huh?

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Starting to get back into the regular swing of things, and I'm out reading what everyone else is writing about (and heck, if you want to trackback to this post to let others know what you're writing, feel free to). Here's a few highlights:

GM Roper has a post about diagnosing the left. He's a mental health professional, and this is a long, detailed post describing a serious mental problem.

Always on Watch has a nice piece about celebrations to attend in 2006. I might have to take a trip by Jamestown. Again.

Cao has an interesting post up that describes another example of NBCs utter and total hatred for anything Christian. No, that's not an extreme statement, it's a statement of truth.

CatHouse Chat is absent while I'm sure completely enjoying the holidays. Meanwhile, she's been playing with Photoshop. One day I'll get that good -- well, when days have about 28 hours so I have enough time...

Choose Life describes how one state has managed to work how an independent coalition of states is suppose to work -- allowing the people of the state to decide issues for themselves. What a concept.

Daisy Cutter has a new Senate candidate. I think there's serious potential there. more...

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1 Reverse psychology, right? lol, Unless you really don't like my puns, and then I'll cry! :-( Have a great New Year! Lyn at Bloggin' Outloud

Posted by: Lyn at January 03, 2006 11:05 PM (VfO5Y)

2 They were so good, they were bad! If you get my meaning...

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Wow. All I can say is, "Wow."

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There's an interesting article on the Fox News web site that talks about Chief Justice John Roberts has asked Congress for a rather substantial pay raise for judges -- as much as a 30% pay raise -- Roberts' salary would go from $212,100 to $275,730. Wow.

I bet most of you are already screaming at the screen about that one (well, except for Oddy). As much as I'm opposed to government spending on just about everything, this is one of the very few functions of government that government IS supposed to do -- so I support the suggested increase.

Why? Because while I know the average reader would love a 30% increase in their salary -- imagine if you hadn't had an increase of more than 0.5% in the last 40 years. In a free market, which the government has to participate in regarding judges, a majority of people will follow the money.

Right now, many judges are faced with continuing work as a judge or making considerably more money as a private pond scum-sucking lawyer. Therefore, the best and brightest often choose to avoid being a judge. In addition, the judges may be more susceptible to bribes. If their pay is increased to be competitive, more qualified people would consider becoming and staying a judge.

So feel free to meet with your Congresscritter during the "holiday" break -- tell them to support catapulting illegals and raising judges' pay. Where do they get the money? How about stopping giving so much to "victims."

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