Bush Hypocrisy on Terror, Israel

Kookiness:  Scientist:  Inject Sulfur into Air to Battle Global Warming
Global warming’s effect on hurricane strength disputed in new report
Hurricane ‘spike’ may not be accurate
Sparks fly as ExxonMobil profit tops 10 billion dollars
Senate Chiefs Plan to Resist Compromise on Energy Bill
Bush, Blair call for Mideast cease-fire
Bush Sees a Chance for Change to Sweep Mideast
Dump Condi:  Bush allies in revolt over Mideast policy
Israel, Hezbollah Continue to Trade Attacks
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
Hezbollah Launches Longer-Range Rocket as Israeli Attacks Continue
Man cuts off hand in butcher shop (for Allah)
Some cities see resurgent wave of street crime
U.N. Human Rights Committee:  U.S. Must Better Protect Poor, Blacks
U.N. Rights Body Tells U.S. to Shut Secret Jails
House G.O.P. Planning Recess Hearings
G.O.P. Nears Vote to Increase U.S. Wage
GOP Makes Conditions on Wage Increase
U.S. stem-cell researchers sense a chill
Court Blocks Feds on Congressman’s Files
Sheehan buys land to be neighbor to Bush
Cindy Sheehan Moves to Crawford, Locals Not Amused
Democrats launch ‘Six for ‘06’ agenda


Michaels:  Public Disservice
Milloy:  The EPA’s Polluted Science
Lieberman:  Senate Should Adopt Comprehensive Plan for Deepwater Oil, Natural Gas
Lieberman:  Time to Remove Barriers to Boosting Oil Refining Capacity
Schulz:  Bad Case of the Shakes
Ferguson:  Democrats’ “Dream Initiative” gives me nightmares
du Pont:  Rising Tide
Nugent:  A Rising Tide…In More Ways than One
Elder:  Bush Panders Before the NAACP
Williams:  Truly Disgusting
White:  U.S. Taxpayers Fund Palestinian Militants
Krauthammer:  Let Israel Win the War
Murdock:  Up, Up, and Away
Goldberg:  Beavis and Butt-Head Democracy

Links and Endorsements

Congressional Meddling:  Congress Debates Ban on Internet Gambling
Online Wagering Under Attack in Congress
House OKs Internet Gambling Ban
‘Crazy Aunt Cynthia’ McKinney Fails to Show Up at Two Debates
Reed, Cagle face off in debate
Two polls say Reed dropping
Texas tribe sues Abramoff, Reed
Sources see indictment on deck for Barry
Congressman Paul’s Legislative Strategy?  He’d Rather Say Not.
Judge:  FBI raid on Lawmaker’s Office Legal
Jefferson asks to keep records sealed
Rove:  Bush’s first veto would be stem-cell bill
Surprising Jump in Tax Revenues Is Curbing Deficit
Dallas hospital plans to bill Mexico
Nation’s Capital Declares Crime Emergency
Israelis Attack Just 10 Miles From Beirut
8 soldiers killed, 2 snatched in Hezbollah border attacks
US blames Iran, Syria for Hizbollah capture
Bomb Destroys Palestinian Foreign Ministry
Top Hamas Leader Hurt in Israeli Bombing
Gorbachev:  ‘Americans Have a Severe Disease’
Should Every American Adult Be Tested for HIV? (Answer:  No)
FCC combing air tapes for dirty words
Campaign begins in S. Dakota abortion vote


Novak:  My Role in the Valerie Plame Leak Story
WSJ:  Safe at Any Speed
Mehan:  Maryland’s Thought Police
Human Events:  End Foreign-Language Ballot Mandate
Gingrich:  Time to Face Our Education Crisis
Balko:  Government May Be Cause, Not Solution, to Gen Y Economic Woes
Riedl and Muccio:  Four Ways to Reduce Government Waste
Novak:  Losing and Not Knowing It
Caruba:  Open Letter to the GOP
Sowell:  People Power
Prager:  How liberals injure blacks
Macon Telegraph:  The invisible Republican
USAToday:  Hold your applause:  Deficit dip is but a drop in bucket
Norquist:  We Can’t Keep Spending Like This
New York Times:  Better Dead Than Read
Shapiro:  Why citizens must own and carry firearms
Williams:  The pretense of knowledge
Stossel:  An illegal market that could save your life
WSJ:  Soaking the Rich


My endorsements for next Tuesday’s Republican primary elections:
Governor:  Ray McBerry
Lieutenant Governor:  Casey Cagle
Secretary of State:  Bill Stephens
Congress, 8th District:  Mac Collins
State House, 137th District:  Dale Washburn

Bloomberg ruins Presidential run

Iraq How-to Manual Directed Arab Military Operatives in Afghanistan
NYC Mayor Says U.S. Depends on Immigrants
Bush toughens immigration stance (but only for the polls)
House and Senate Hold Immigration Hearings
Unlike some peers, Kerry not endorsing Lieberman in primary
US ‘flag epidemic’ reaches peak on Fourth of July
Poll:  Just 48% Cite U.S. Independence as Top Reason for 4th of July Holiday
Gay marriage ban upheld
N.Y. Top Court Rules Against Gay Marriage
U.S. gas likely to average $3 by weekend
Arabs shown paired with extremists in Somalia
Dumbing down education:  Push for Simpler Spelling Persists
Congress declines to sell forests in Carolinas


Stossel:  A Convenient Lie
Caruba:  Are You Bored With Global Warming?
Owens:  Pressing On
Lowry:  Everyone Wants to Be Salvadoran
Macon Telegraph:  Tuned in voters only
Elder:  Reporting on the economy is worse than the economy
Murdock:  How Death Tax Shafts Black Americans
NR Editors:  Kos Meets World
Johnson:  It Takes One to Terrorize
NR Editors:  Failure to Launch
Rubin:  Dangerous Cycle
Sieff:  Proving Einstein Wrong
WSJ:  Rocket’s Red Glare
Miniter:  Behind the Iron Curtain    

Happy Birthday America!

Central Texas woman run off road, raped by illegal immigrants
Living in fear of raids
Lieberman Weighs Campaign As Independent
Senator’s Plan B Creates Quandary for Democrats
Leftist Demands Full Recount in Mexico (taking tips from colleagues here, apparently)
Anti-war protesters begin July 4 fast
US stars align in anti-Iraq war hunger strike
Investigators:  College students abusing Rx for grades (What happened to caffeine?)
Cagle’s TV ad slams Reed-Abramoff link
Underwood begins era as Mercer president
Liberty in danger:  With injuries up, feds eye fireworks laws
Microscopic U.S. flag comes from nanotechnology experiment
N.C. likely to require Pledge of Allegiance
Judge Temporarily Bans Navy Use of Sonar Allegedly Harmful to Whales


Carter:  We Need Fewer Secrets
Lindzen:  Don’t Believe the Hype
Bookman:  Congress takes prize for corruption
WSJ:  After Hamdan
Hitchens:  The Flag Fetish
McCullough:  Liberals will get us all killed
McNaughton:  Fourth of July first in our hearts
Robbins:  Fourth at the Front
Gingrich:  The Meaning of Freedom
Ben Franklin:  What July 4 Means to Me
Sen. Crapo:  When in the Course of Human Events…
Sowell:  Is Patriotism Obsolete?
Will:  So began America
Buchanan:  An independent republic still?


Today, on Independence Day, remember all of those who have sacrificed so that we can be free.  God Bless America.