Dems Set Iraq Timetable

British Forces Held By Iran
Final Draft Resolution Calling for Iran Sanctions Submitted
Iran:  U.S. Has Yet to Issue Visa to Ahmadinejad
House OKs Timetable for Troops in Iraq (Vote)
House passes bill giving troop withdrawal timeline
Bush Slams Democrats Over Iraq Timetable
Anti-war protesters arrested at Pelosi’s office
Chlorine cache found in Iraq
U.S. blasts Italy’s hostage exchange
Illegal immigrants allowed at least five strikes
Senate panel rips lending regulators
New Orleans Residents Arming Themselves
Some rethinking nuke opposition


Milloy:  Al Gore’s Congressional Lovefest
Goldberg:  Turning up the Heat on Gore
Loyola:  High-Stakes Poker in the Persian Gulf

'Political correctness is killing our freedoms'

639 arrestees flagged for immigration violations
Bill offers temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants
‘Political correctness is killing our freedoms’
Teen who wants to wear anti-gay T-shirt takes battle to court
Hoyer Won’t Rule Out Extending War Vote
CODEPINK plans takeover of Pelosi’s office
Coke vs. Bolivia in the ‘dignity’ stakes
Report:  All Charges Against Duke Lacrosse Players to Be Dropped Soon
North Korea Nuclear Talks Break Down
Report Details Problems Throughout Veterans Affairs’ Health Network
Hydrogen-bombing down the track


Coulter:  The coming ass age
Will:  Regulating Interior Designers
Washington Times:  A Democratic blueprint for defeat
Washington Times:  Hogs on the Hill
Lambro:  Pork and pullout prospects
Klinger:  What price denuclearization?

Gore on Hill Today

Cowards using baby bombers
Iraq insurgents used children in car bombing:  general
Czech leader Klaus fights global warming ‘religion’
Al Gore Urges Congressional Action on Climate Issues
University of Alabama Climatologist Roy Spencer’s Oral Testimony
Iran Threatens to Kidnap U.S. Soldiers
Bolton:  Only Force Will Deter Iran From Nuclear Program
Democrats 0 for 6 in Congress; agenda sidetracked by Iraq war
Aid to Palestinians Rose Despite an Embargo
Sensing Shift in Bush Policy, Another Hawk Leaves
‘Nanny’ Laws Are Added to the Books
McCain Warns Against Spread of Socialism
“Peace” Protesters Burn American Soldier in Effigy


Stossel:  The Media Likes Scaring Us, and We Like It
Washington Times:  Al Gore to preach to the choir
Dale:  Iraq’s future
Stearman:  Vietnam War lessons
Washington Times:  Hezbollah’s rearmament
Shapiro:  Is The Era Of Small Government Over?
Berlau:  Ted Kennedy Says Eliminate Private Sector From Student Loans
Goldberg:  Betraying their base – Democrats can do it too
Medved:  The Essence of Liberalism:  Embracing Life’s Losers    

Hummer Better for Environment than Prius?

G.O.P. Candidates Confront Immigration Politics
Patience for Iraq war waning, say leaders
Funding more than war
Democracy’s support sinks
Group braves snow to raise awareness for environment
Bush pitching alternatives to automakers


Demorro:  Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage
NYT:  Students’ Right to Free Speech
Lynn:  Stealth filibusters need to go
Stephens:  Who Needs Nukes
Spencer:  Our First Muslim President?
Cain:  Presidential Baggage Check
Limbaugh:  Republicans Won’t Stand When Democrats Lie

Government-school success in DC

Gore faces grilling on ‘warming’; questions await former VP
Al Gore Challenged to International TV Debate on Global Warming
Crazy-Sounding Ideas May Help Combat Global Warming
Study Finds One-Third in D.C. Illiterate
U.S., N. Korea reach deal over frozen funds
Surge is ‘so far, so good’
McConnell eyes ‘bipartisan’ illegals bill
Democrats present veto opportunities
Mother Arrested After First-Grade Son Brings Crack Cocaine to Show-and-Tell
Sunday alcohol bill rubs rural Ga. wrong way


Clark:  Global Warming:  Moving Towards Metrosexuals
Fund:  Whose Ox Is Gored?
Novak:  Earmark Subterfuge
Fields:  Red meat, strong drink
Andres:  Power to the people
Rahn:  Global nag
Rosner:  The Iran Beauty Contest
Stephens:  Islamosocialism
Kengor:  America’s “Berlin Wall?”

VA Hospitals: A Study of Government Healthcare

Scientist Calls Global Warming Theories ‘Bunk,’ Cites Errors of Logic
End of road for McKinney?
Poll:  Bias ‘alive and well’ in press
Rep. Kennedy:  I Was Hooked on OxyContin
Ahmadinejad says Iran will stick to atomic work
Ahmadinejad wants to attend UN vote on new Iran sanctions
U.S. Will Give Visa to Iranian President
‘Three Little Pigs’ nixed in bow to Muslims
British School Puts Three Little Piggies Back in Play
GOP on offensive already for 2008
House leaders seeking options
GOP Bills Would Relax Test Requirements of ‘No Child’ Law
Senate panel pushes Confederate heritage month
Sponsor says HPV bill a dead issue at Capitol this year
Report:  VA nurse filed inaccurate records


Simmons:  Hog-slopping politics
Milloy:  Must-See Global Warming TV
Rosett:  More Questions about the U.N. in North Korea
Krieble:  Is the American Experiment Dead?
The Republican Study Committee’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights

Oil-for-Nukes Plan (v2.0) Created

Major powers agree on new nuclear sanctions on Iran
9/11 Mastermind Confesses in Guantanamo
Emanuel tells freshmen to avoid Stephen Colbert
World may get greener, then wilt, due warming
Calderon can’t say whether U.S. relatives are ‘legal’
Dozens in GOP Turn Against Bush’s Prized ‘No Child’ Act
Kentucky School Wants to Eliminate ‘C’ as Passing Grade
Confederate history month proposal clears Senate panel
Google Is Reviving Hopes for Ex-Furniture Makers


Tumulty:  How The Right Went Wrong
Stossel:  Hazardous Safety Regulation
Washington Times:  Calderon and illegals
Armey:  ‘Saving’ Social Security Won’t Secure Retirement
King:  Love affair with sales tax has to end
Kerpen:  The Maddest Side of March Madness
Sowell:  Global-Warming Swindle
Kazman:  A Milestone of a Mistake
Kilgannon:  Waste, Fraud, and UN Headquarters

Bush Panders to Mexicans

Democrats work to smooth Iraq tension
Senate Democrats’ budget leaves war funding intact
Senate Budget Would Expand Health Care
Gonzales:  ‘Mistakes Were Made’
Bush ‘not happy’ with Gonzales
Law on Appointment of US Attorneys
Mexican President Presses Bush on Border Fence
Answering Latin Left, Bush Pledges to Help Poor
‘No Child’ Target Is Called Out of Reach
Can Edwards win with an ‘us vs. them’ pitch?


Williams:  Economics and Smoking
Washington Times:  Bad spending habits
Belien:  Islamicization of Antwerp
Tucker:  Toast to Sunday sales?  Let people vote
Spruiell:  The Party of Limited Government Returns?

Ron Paul Officially In The Race!

Ron Paul announces White House bid
Paul Joins Race for 2008 GOP Nomination
Clinton:  Right-Wing Conspiracy Is Back
Frostbite ends Bancroft-Arnesen trek
From a Rapt Audience, a Call to Cool the Hype
Scientists Debate Sun’s Role in Global Warming
Tokyo Expects Cherry Blossoms This Week
Blooms scarce as Cherry Blossom Festival nears
New Macon panhandling law exacts change
Sights low for Bush’s Mexico trip
Mexico warns jobs key to halting illegals
Calderon Tells Bush Mexico Needs More
Bush stresses immigration
Ethanol Undergoes Evolution as Political Issue
Killer Meat-Eating Frogs Terrorize San Francisco


Cain:  It’s Not About Health Care
Washington Times:  Spending bipartisanship needed
Toomey:  The McCain Record
Bottum:  The Conservative Case Against Bush

Bush wasting money in Central America

Bush praises “good friend” Uribe and promises more aid
Chavez launches biting US attack
Mayans to ‘cleanse’ Bush site
Halliburton’s Dubai Move Makes Democrats Suspicious
Red tape drives firms overseas
Scientists threatened for ‘climate denial’
Germans challenge the EU on speed limit
‘Some Things You Never Forget’
Where Tobacco Ruled, Smoking Ban Gains Ground
At airports, booze causes headaches
Suicide squirrels driving utilities nuts


Charen:  It wasn’t about Libby
Barone:  Berger & Libby:  A Tale of Two Crimes
Parker:  Today’s NAACP symptom of black problems
Stott:  Global Warming Is Not a Crisis
Rahn:  Budget fictions
Rago:  Free Radical
NR Editors:  The “Let’s Lose Now” Caucus
Murdock:  Americanize America’s Immigrants

Unfortunately, Mercer University President William Underwood will not be appearing on the program tomorrow due to a scheduling conflict.  We will try to reschedule an appearance on the program in the coming weeks.

Gore Not So Green

Power:  Gore mansion uses 20x average household; consumption increase after ‘Truth’
Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’? --$30,000 utility bill
Gore’s High-Energy-Use Home Target of Critical Report
New York:  Targeted By Tehran?
Cheney OK After Afghan Blast; 23 Killed
Taliban ‘knew of Cheney visit’
Cheney presses Musharraf over border control
Demand for English Lessons Outstrips Supply
Libertarian candidate in ’88, Paul eyes GOP nomination
Political punch spurs blog brawl
Study:  Vanity on the rise among college students
Senate bill to require girls get cancer vaccine
Catch of day lands Mayfield in hot water


Johnson:  Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Rahn:  Warming a cold fact?
Cars improved the air…that’s no bull
Peterson:  Legacy lost
Factor:  The Sanford Alternative
Washington Times:  Fences and neighbors
Applebaum:  The Gall To Speak Her Mind

Government Helping Illegals

Clinton Fights to Keep Impeachment Taboo
Mexican anger over U.S. ‘trespass’
Mexican wives seek ouster of husbands from U.S.
Report:  Fed program helps illegal immigrants send money home
Border Sewage Deal Hits the Rocks
Report:  Israel Asks U.S. for Iraqi Airspace Corridor for Iran Strike
U.S.:  Large Cache of Weapons Discovered in Iraq Traceable to Iran
Al-Qaida regrouping in Pakistan, Cheney says
Film’s View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses
Poll:  Big Majority Oppose Draft
Pregnant 14-Year-Old Says Having a Child Is the Newest Fashion Among Teens
Sharpton’s Ancestor Was Owned by Thurmond’s
Governors, critical of Bush, seeking more help from Congress for children’s health care



Sen. Lieberman:  The Choice on Iraq
Rep. Saxton:  Al Qaeda’s weapons of mass influence
Kohlmayer:  Radical Islam—Ideology, Not Religion
Steyn:  For in that sleep of death…
Jacob:  Celebrating our first term-limited politicians
Parker:  Vaccine mandate explains our out-of-control health system
Grabar:  A Voluptuous Rotting Corpse
Giles:  I’m not Homophobic; I’m Chick-O-Centric

Iran Conspiracy Theory

Immigrant Game at N.Y.U. Draws Protesters
More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says
Janitorial Service Officials Charged in Sweep of Illegal Immigrants
Vilsack Drops Out of Presidential Race
Bachmann on Iran
Cheney hints at Iran strike


Washington Times:  Public doubts selling out Iraq
West:  Imposing Islamic law
Spruiell:  The Wasteland
Hawkins:  The top 9 reasons why a Democratic president can’t handle the war on terrorism

Schumer: Illegal Immigrant Hunt 'obnoxious'

Iran defies deadline to halt atom work:  U.N. watchdog
Report Says Nuclear Work Ongoing in Iran
Senate illegals bill near complete
‘Find the Illegal Immigrant’
Schumer:  College Repubs ‘obnoxious’
Bank of America Won’t Cancel Controversial Credit Card Program
GOP ‘darlings’ slow to sign tax-cut pledge
Grades Rise as Reading Skills Drop in H.S. Study
Bush Touts Energy Plan in North Carolina


Novak:  Death of the Chief
Sowell:  Obama’s Worn-Out Economic Ideas
Thomas:  Rise of the Anti-Hero
Elder:  Democrats’ Plan for Victory in Iraq
Fields:  The inconvenient truth
Rusher:  The global-warming hysterics strike again
Lambro:  Read their lips:  More new taxes for all
Strom:  Why is Capitalism a Dirty Word?
Lott:  Land of the Fake Free    

British to Withdraw from Iraq

Blair Announces Iraq Withdrawal Plan
Cheney Says British Troop Withdrawal Is Positive Sign
Hornets hit France and could reach Britain
US deficit is shrinking, for now
Flow of illegal immigrants to U.S. starts to slow
Of great import:  bilingual teachers
Nancy Pelosi Backs Tuition Breaks for Illegal Aliens
Health Care May Be 1/5 of What You Spend
Medicare Benefit Appears to Slow Spending Growth on Drugs
U.N. Readies Report on Iran Nuclear Program


Kondracke:  Will ’08 Democrats Follow Murtha, Vote to Cut Troop Funds?
Blankley:  One card Monte
Greenberg:  Funds to follow?
Stossel:  No Drug Price Controls
Williams:  Nonsense Ideas
Marr:  Taking offense
Du Pont:  Plus Climate Change
Goldberg:  The Beer Test
Spencer:  Covering Up Islam

Nashville Jihad

Romney joined NRA in August
Supreme Court’s new tilt could put Scalia on a roll
Humans’ beef with livestock:  a warmer planet
Iran is months away from enrichment – IAEA
Iran nears industrial N-fuel production
Iran cash lapse puts nuke plan in peril
US ‘Iran attack plans’ revealed
Muslim Cabbie Charged With Running Over Students After Religious Dispute
Prosecutors:  London Bombing Suspect Fled in Burka
Female Pakistani Minister Shot Dead for Refusing to Wear Veil
Obama Ranks as Most Traveled Senator
Australia to Ban Old-Style Light Bulbs
Mercer announces new executive vice president hire


Sowell:  Priceless Politics
Driessen:  Global warming pork and politics
Horner:  Top 10 ‘Global-Warming’ Myths
Ghadry:  Syria’s terror networks
Washington Times:  Pelosi’s pandering against Turkey
Balko:  Ron Paul, the Real Republican?
Kamdar:  ‘Muslim Americans are Americans, too’
Bartlett:  The Cheney Handicap
Blackwell:  Liberals Aren’t Very Good at Talk Radio    

Show Returns Today

As Clinton Runs, Some Old Foes Stay on Sideline
Clinton Woos Black Voters
Clinton offers contract to S.C. endorser
Some mull idea of Sen. Bill Clinton
Should Md. Sidestep Electoral College? (Answer:  NO)
Al Qaeda Chiefs Are Seen to Regain Power
Globally, most see common ground
Democrats Consider New Ways to Limit Iraq War
Reid:  Iraq war ‘worst foreign policy mistake’ in U.S. history
Bill Takes Aim At Left-Lane Loiterers
Heavenly Deal
Slamming tax cuts seen as a risky move
Immigrants Struggle With Rising Fees
Va. Raps No Child Testing Rules
Russia:  Countries That Host U.S. Missile Shield Will Be Targets



Parker:  The perverse politics of Gardasil
Jacoby:  Irreconcilable positions:  support troops, oppose war
Pell:  Keeping a cool head amid warming hysteria
Rep. Linder:  Global-warming theory and the eugenics precedent
Sowell:  It’s the Science, Stupid
Washington Times:  Time to take Iran seriously
Fund:  Libertarians in America

Fundamentalist Muslims Riot Over Repairs

Williams can’t duck campaign pushes
’08 slate without standout for GOP
Senate works to wrap up unfinished budget work from GOP predecessors
Israeli Police Storm Islam Holy Site After Clashes
New York Declares Disasters in Some Counties After 100 Inches of Snow Dumped on Region


West:  Islamists’ female victims
Washington Times:  Repeal D.C.’s gun law
Strassel:  It’s a Tough Life
Goldberg:  Global Cooling Costs Too Much
Sajak:  Global Warming:  What Are You Willing to Do?
Kudlow:  When You Tax Profits, You Tax People

This is a reminder that the Jeff Scott Show will not air next week due to academic obligations and Homecoming.  We will return on Monday, February 19.  Expect the master global warming blog post this weekend.

Free Speech on Campus?

Edwards Takes Heat Over Lavish Estate
Democrat leaders back Edwards on taxes
Mistrial Called In Lieutenant’s Court-Martial
Sponsor says new Sunday alcohol bills on the way
Vaccines:  Mandate or choice?
Protecting children vs. parenting freely
Iran’s Supreme Leader Lashes Out Against U.S.
Skip the Showers:  Male Sweat Turns Women on, Study Says


Saunders:  S.F. State – Hecklers’ Paradise
Adams:  Morals Week Spreads to 20 College Campuses
Thomas:  A ‘Spartan and Skimpy’ Budget
Lambro:  Budget bloat and blather
Smith:  Cold War contacts
Washington Times:  Not-so-secret ballots
Franc:  End Government Policies That Hamstring Energy Security
Reynolds:  Inequality of What…and When?
Elder:  Global Warming Turns People Gay
Towery:  Twelve Billion Reasons To Not Want To Pay Your Taxes

Media Wrong on Cloture Vote

We do use books that call Jews ‘apes’ admits head of Islamic School
Air America Fire Sale
Pelosi’s push for jet remains up in air
Battle looms over right to unionize
Productivity, Labor Costs Climb in 2006
Many Voices, No Debate, as Senate Is Stifled on War
Federal Law Drains Resources for the Gifted
Good News for Apparel Retailers:  Women Would Give Up Sex for Clothes


Williams:  World poverty
Marr:  Thomas Jefferson’s Koran
Hertel:  State should tap into nuclear recycling
Murdock:  Stick Ethanol in the Museum of Unintended Consequences
Martin:  Seventy-two Virgins