Bruce McQuain from QandO joined us for another edition of Someone You Should Know. As part of his Project Hero series, Bruce posted the following story about Cpl. Mark Camp,
Cpl. Mark Camp, 25, received the Silver Star, the military’s third-highest award for gallantry in battle, during a ceremony in Columbus, Ohio.
Camp was wounded in early May during an intense campaign with Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines. The company, fighting insurgents in western Iraq as part of Operation Matador, lost 23 soldiers.
The former Maine resident and son of a Westbrook car dealer told The Columbus Dispatch newspaper that he was positioned at the top hatch of an amphibious assault vehicle while on patrol when a roadside bomb launched the vehicle into the air and sent shrapnel flying.
The explosion burned Camp’s hands and face, but he still attempted to rescue one of his comrades trapped inside the vehicle after the blast, the newspaper reported. He continued his rescue effort despite another explosion that knocked him out of the vehicle and set his hands on fire again.
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Somebody in his immediate circle needs to set John McCain straight on the non-existent “problem” of “global warming.” It is pathetic that a so-called “conservative” continues to parrot the left’s shibboleth about the exigent need to “drastically reduce man made carbon emissions.”
Recently I saw McCain on Fox and he was asked what his proposed solution would be to lower the cost of energy and he rambled on for 10 minutes about “alternative energy” and the salubrious effects of the oil embargo on R&D in the 1970s and never once mentioned new refinery construction and domestic drilling in ANWR and the outer-continental shelf. His recent proposal for a “gas tax holiday” is not a viable solution.
Now I am all for development of “alternative energy technologies” that are more economical and environmentally friendly. However many of the most promising technolgies are many years away and we need to come to grips with the fact that the world’s economy depends upon OIL and natural gas. Yes, let’s fund R&D for new sources of energy, but in the meantime let’s bring as much oil on line as possible in the most environmentally friendly way as possible to increase supply and lower cost. Good for American consumers. Good for the global economy. And great for America in that we decrease our dependence on “foreign oil.” It’s what we in sales refer to as a “win-win.”
Kevin and I have had Chris Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Professor Dick Lindzen from MIT, and Bjorn Lomborg on our show to discuss this issue in depth and these are the major pts I would emphasize with McCain:
1. There is no scientific “consensus” or proof that anthropogenic carbon emissions affect the earth’s temperature.
2. Full compliance with Kyoto would have a nugatory (negligible) effect on the earth’s temp with major adverse economic consequences especially for developing nations.
3. “Global Warming” is a hoax and a way for the American Left to push America into some type of international government. Nothing more. Nothing less.
4. Spending billions on “climate change” siphons our limited capital resources for other more pressing global problems (e.g. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, clean water, etc…)
McCain should be brought up to speed on the facts surrounding this issue and set straight immediately. The economic costs of “cap and trade” or any involvement in a global energy rationing scheme would be disastrous for our economy and our sovereignty. When asked about what he would do to make energy more abundant and affordable, McCain should respond thusly:
1. Drill here in the U.S. and dare the Democrats to stop you
2. Build more refineries here in the U.S.
3. Abolish or drastically cut the federal gas tax
4. Call for more nuclear power plant construction nationally and offer tax credits
5. End the economically and environmentally deleterious corn-based Ethanol subsidies (you have already taken initial steps in this direction)
Nancy Pelosi, the esteemed Speaker of the House, appeared on CNN last night. Not very bright, unprepared, empty suit, and no, I’m not talking about Larry King.
Michelle Malkin summarizes,
Watch her stammer, blink, and struggle to quickly pull a number out of her hat.
I have no idea where she got the “$2.56 on average†figure.
Maybe it was in her Bible.
After King tells her the average is $3.50, she mumbles “Oh, it’s down six cents.â€
Huh?
Liberal math.
Don’t you just want to punch her! No, not Laura Bush. The girl in the wheelchair. That’s exactly what an unhinged moonbat did.
BUSH BASHER SMASHES DISABLED TEEN: COPS
A man heckling First Lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna outside the 92nd Street Y was arrested after he punched a wheelchair-bound girl whose parents had told him to shut up, authorities said yesterday. German Talis, 22, was shouting obscenities at the Bushes, who were leaving the building Tuesday, when he crossed paths with Wendy and John Lovetro and their daughter Maureen, 18, who has cerebral palsy.
They had been in the audience to hear the Bushes talk about their children’s book, “Read All About It.”
“He began yelling about Iraq and Iran at Jenna Bush. She was waving at the crowd. I told the guy, ‘What are you doing? Shut up. This is about a child and books,’ ” said John Lovetro. “He was unperturbed. I said, ‘Get out of here! You’re being a moron!’ ”
The next thing he knew, Talis was allegedly punching Maureen – a fan of the first lady since meeting her in 2004.
“I heard my daughter hysterical yelling, ‘He’s hitting me!’ ” said Wendy Lovetro.
“He punched her on the shoulder blades, but that wasn’t enough,” she said.
“My husband pushed the wheelchair away from him and he reached beyond my husband and began pounding my daughter in the thigh.”
Nothing says P-E-A-C-E better than beating up a girl in a wheelchair.
Deebow at Blackfive has another story of Moonbats Gone Wild, this time at a “peace protest” in PA,
Seeing the escalating tension across the street, the veteran and his wife crossed over, leaving their three youngest children on the other side for safety while they went to retrieve their eldest son. Two of the female ‘peace’ protesters then attacked the veteran’s wife. When the veteran pulled one of those attackers off his wife he was jumped by four or five of the ‘peace’ people and knocked to the ground where they held him while beating him and smashing his eyeglasses.
The son pulled the remaining attacker off his mother, but the attacker managed to get in one last kick to his mother’s head with her boot. She then punched the son in his face while his mother called the police.
Deebow’s reaction is one of white hot anger, and it’s hard to blame him. Read it here.
From The Tax Foundation,
Tax Freedom Day will arrive on April 23 this year, the 113th day of 2008 (ignoring Leap Day). That means Americans will work nearly four months of the year, from January 1 to April 23, before they have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.
Americans, as a whole, work a significant number of days each year to pay for things other than government, but nothing else is so expensive. Americans will work longer to pay for government (113 days) than they will for food, clothing and housing combined (108 days). In fact, Americans will work longer to afford federal taxes alone (74 days) than they will to afford housing (60 days). As a group, Americans will also work longer to pay state and local taxes than they will to pay for food.
Bob at Blue Mass Group posted this entertaining spoof of Hillary Clinton’s constant references to Rocky while campaigning in Pennsylvania. The video is humorous and well done. I was struck by the quotes they chose to frame the video. The first was from Martin Luther King Jr.,
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at time of challenge and controversy.”
I couldn’t help but think of Obama’s actions since his disastrous debate performance last week,
Obama: Let’s campaign, not have more debates
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama suggested Thursday that he doesn’t see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton. Clinton has agreed to a debate next week, but Obama has not accepted the invitation.
I can understand the politics behind the decision; he’s the frontrunner and trying to run out the clock on Hillary. That being said, for a guy who is supposed to be this dynamic leader, it looks awfully bad. Jay Fitz at Hub Blog has the goods, “
I heard Jeff Greenfield on Imus post-debate contrasting Obama’s impressiveness in speeches versus last Weds night. I agree – Obama is hugely more impressive when he sets the agenda, and doesn’t have to answer questions (a problem when you are used to operating in an echo chamber).
Does Obama measure up when he’s not “in a moment of comfort�
The second quote, at the end of the video, is from Eleanor Roosevelt,
“Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.â€
If this were true, why then is it so out of bounds to ask questions about Obama’s associations with people like Rev. Wright and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers? After all, you can tell a lot about a man’s character by the company he keeps. Or does that only apply to Republicans?
All this reminds me of yet another quote by Thomas More,
“There is nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dreamsâ€
Obama’s moonbat supporters are willing to overlook all of his weaknesses as a candidate because they see in him all their hopes and dreams for a kind of new kind of politics that is about quality and fairness and change. The fact that he is comfortable around some unsavory characters is irrelevant. The fact he has trouble in debates doesn’t matter. That he has never demonstrated an ability to reach across the aisle and bring people together in politics is a mere inconvenience. Nothing about Barack Obama matters except for what he represents, which is, for the rest of us, a fantasy.
What won’t they do to get elected?
WSJ: Clinton, McCain and Obama Wrestle for Votes
All three candidates will make pre-recorded statements on the eve of the Pennsylvania Primary Tuesday on WWE’s wrestling show “Raw.†In an ad for the politically charged episode, an announcer declares, “Forget about who’s better prepared when the phone rings at 3 a.m., and find out who’s better when the bell rings.â€
The show is part of WWE’s Smackdown Your Vote program to encourage young voters to register.
They must have concluded that the “get out the vote” angle would give them cover. I don’t agree. The WWE’s record is all around awful, from the continuous steroid scandals, alarmingly high death rate and lowest common denominator use of NSFW female characters.
Since they all participated, I don’t see how this becomes a big issue. I still would like to hear them asked why they thought it was ok.