Democrats still can't figure out what they believe

U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols
Easley:  Hike funds for courts and police
Easley’s budget proposes reducing N.C. sales tax
Bush Urges Seniors to Sign Up for Medicare Drug Benefit
Democrats oppose GOP health coverage bill
Optimistic, Democrats Debate the Party’s Vision
Middle East Power Brokers Hammer Out Hamas Strategy
U.S. to give Palestinians $10 million in medical aid
Cuba Plans Offshore Wells Banned in U.S. Waters
Exiles in ‘Tehrangeles’ Are Split on Iran

Macon Telegraph:  Hayden qualified for CIA post
USA Today:  ‘Boutique’ is for clothing—not for gasoline
Sowell:  Is Thinking Obsolete?
Miniter:  Profits of Doom?
Lowry:  Dems’ Abortion Problem
Goldberg:  Pick Up Your Own Crap
York:  Inside the President’s Terrible Poll Numbers
Bartlett:  The Epidemic of Idiocy in Congress

Good News on Gas Prices--Left-Wing Media Ignores it

Conflicting Loyalties as Republicans Confront High Gas Prices
Fuel Bank Offers Gas in Bulk
Hawaii Abandons Gas Price Caps
Analyst:  U.S. gas prices keep rising but at slower pace
Hyping High Gas Prices, Hiding Good News
Rove Is Using Threat of Loss to Stir Republicans
Bush Welcomes Peace Accord in Darfur, Sends More Food Aid
New Augusta chairman says no need for dialogue with Burk
‘Iran can also be wiped off the map’
Cocktail hour seen as remedy for binge drinking

Cordato:  $1 more means fewer jobs
Fund:  The Enemy Within
Moore:  Private Enterprise
Green:  Clouds of Global-Warming Hysteria
Ferrara:  The Supply-Side Cure to the Energy Crisis
Corsi:  If Cuba Can Drill for Oil, Why Can’t We?
Jacob:  Hooray for high oil prices?
Waller:  Mexico’s Immigration Law:  Let’s Try It Here at Home
Johnson:  Immigration Reform Will Fail Without Deportation
Bluey:  Conservatives Say Miers Is Obstacle to Judicial Nominees
Alexander:  What would a conservative Republican Party look like?
Adams:  Pin the tail on the honky
Steinhauser:  SMU Business School Official Labels Young Conservatives of Texas the ‘Junior League of the KKK’

Charlotte Observer Pro/Con:  Can the U.S. end its oil addiction in 20 years?
Woolsey & Luft:  Yes:  It’s possible, but Congress must act swiftly on alternatives
Peters:  No:  Oil and gas aren’t evil addictions; they’re essential to economy    

Monday is Conservative Shopping Day!

G.O.P Senators Hurry to Quell Furor Over Gas
Chevron Earnings Soar 49 Percent to $4 Billion
Bush rejects tax on oil companies’ windfall profits
Shell unveils plans for ‘biggest refinery in US’
U.S. Economic Growth Rises Sharply
Bush Says Anthem Should Be in English
Iran Is Not Cooperating, Agency Says
Bush approves Dubai takeover of defense plants
Iraqi Forces Kill Al Qaeda Leader

Milloy:  ‘Green’ Politicians Add to Gas Price Woes
Kudlow:  The Greatest Story Never Told
Limbaugh:  Big Awl and Gasbags
Sowell:  Oily Politicians:  Part II
Cain:  Gas Prices and Political Hot Air
Gaffney:  Bad Business
Riedl:  Dr. Coburn’s Operation
O’Sullivan:  Rounding Up the Usual Suspects
Johnson:  A Day Without Illegal Aliens?  It’s a Start!

Oil Companies Post Record Profits

Exxon Quarterly Profit 5th Highest Ever
ConocoPhillips profit soars as oil prices surge
Key Lawmakers Demand Oil Co. Tax Records
Senate Panel Demands Oil Co. Tax Records
Second Thoughts in Congress on Oil Tax Breaks
Exxon Profits Rise, and So Does Congressional Scrutiny
Going a Short Way to Make a Point
Kennedy faces fight on Cape Wind
Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship
Woman Uses Nail Clippers in Desert Birth
Senate Panel Recommends Abolishing FEMA
Threatened veto of spending bill will hold, GOP leaders say
Government sued over Medicare drug benefit
1 in 5 pay more in Medicare Rx plan
Sen. Specter Threatens to Block NSA Funds
Chirac unveils his grand plan to restore French pride
‘Progressive’ media stalls:  ‘Air(head) America’ in audience plunge NYC, ‘Daily Kos’ book sells only 3,600 copies

Noonan:  The Big Three
Lukas:  One in Four?
Coticelli & Schwab:  Sickening Incompetence
Sowell:  Oily Politicians
Coulter:  It’s Hard Out Here for a Pump
Elder:  Iraq:  Were We Greeted as ‘Liberators’?
Corsi:  ‘Pathway to Citizenship’ Is Bad Approach

Hank’s Military Update:
Anti-war messages painted on ROTC building
Israel:  Iran Missiles Can Carry Nukes, Hit Europe
Senate votes to divert war funding to border security
Bulgarians Protest Base Deal With U.S.

Bush's New Gas Plan: A Start

Democrats call for new energy laws
Big oil defends its big profits
Effect of gas plan may be limited
Fed survey: More companies trying to pass lofty energy prices on to consumers
Tony Snow Named White House Press Secretary
Senate votes to divert war funding to border security
Minutemen Gaining in Immigration Debate
Congresswoman’s son sentenced for slashing GOP tires
Scientists find secret to gas-free beans

Lt. Col. Rutter: America Remembers United Flight 93
Myers: Expect more arrests
Gingrich: Honesty in Immigration
Malkin: The Victims of Illegal Immigration
Cost: House Arrest
du Pont: Dog the Swag
NR Editors: Bridge to November
Satter: Chernobyl, Twenty Years Later
Beran: Professor Schlesinger’s Diplomacy
Corsi: Stop This ‘Addicted to Oil’ Nonsense, Mr. President
Human Events: Taxpayers Lose Three More Days to Big Government in 2006
Williams: Minimum Wage, Maximum Folly


Thank you to 1350 WNNG in Warner Robins, GA for spotlighting Mercer Radio and the Jeff Scott Show on their Morning Show today!

Politicians Pandering on Gas Prices

New Criticism Falls on ‘Supplemental’ Bills
Bush to Halt Deposits to Oil Reserve
Bush eases environmental rules on gasoline
Big engines stay popular despite gas spike
U.S. hybrid sales slack despite gasoline hike
“Experts”:  Global warming behind 2005 hurricanes (never mind the experts who disagree)
McKinney draws re-election foe, loses attorney
Consumer Confidence Highest in 4 Years

WSJ:  Denny Pelosi
NR Editors:  Our Gaseous Capitol
Schulz:  Pandering at the Pump
WFB:  Gas Gouge?
Murchison:  The Silliness of the So-Called ‘Energy Debate’
Melloan:  Remembrance of Times Past
NR Editors:  No Left Turn
Bartlett:  Veteran Conservatives Speak Out Against Bush

More Trouble for "Crazy Aunt Cynthia"

Evidence of work fraud untapped
Bush Says Massive Deportation Not Realistic
Bush Urges Congress to Develop Immigration Reform Bill
Feds Arrest 183 Illegal Immigrants in Fla.
GOP leaders urge price-gouging probe on gas
Congress Debates Windfall Tax on Oil Companies
McKinney Files Papers for Re-Election
TV station catches McKinney bad-mouthing staffer
Court Won’t Hear Fight Over Jesus Poster
Emergency spending bill spotlights GOP division

Macon Telegraph:  Moving in the right direction
WSJ:  Breathe Easier
WSJ:  Hamas in Charge
WSJ:  The Virginian
Luskin:  “Social Security Reform Is Dead…”
Aarons:  Georgia’s Deregulation Helps Consumers
Johnson:  The O’Reilly Fiction

High gas prices? Blame government!

High crude oil prices could be here to stay
US fuel crunch worsens
Iran leader hails rising oil prices as ‘very good’
Switch to Ethanol-Based Fuel Causing Disruptions
Democrats Eager to Exploit Anger Over Gas Prices
Leaders Question Gasoline Prices
Mercer names building for Godsey
FEMA wants some Katrina aid back
FBI:  Georgia men talked of U.S. terror plan
China heckler at White House charged
US says Medicare drug plan passes 30 million goal
CIA Officer Fired for Leaking Classified Info to Media
CIA Officer Is Fired for Media Leaks
NBC:  CIA officer fired after admitting leak
C.I.A. Fires Senior Officer Over Leaks
Senior Democrat Exits House Ethics Panel
Immigration Debate to Reach Supreme Court
Why a strong economy is no GOP asset

Brzezinski:  Requiem for Environmentalism
Milloy:  The Greenhouse Myth
Pipes:  Celebrate, Earthlings!
Goldberg:  Conveniently Missing the Truth
Hayward:  China Comes Clean
Edwards:  The Simple (Tax) Life
Coulter:  Lie Down With Strippers, Wake Up With Pleas
Berthoud:  Pork-Barreling Republicans Fighting Earmark Reform
De Silva:  Illegal Immigration Is Not a Civil Right
WSJ:  Bush and Iran
Reisman:  Where Would General Motors Be Without the United Automobile Workers Union?


The Jeff Scott Show should return on Monday, if the folks in Web Management are able to get our server running properly again.  If not, they will have a very angry Station Manager on their hands.          

Pelosi gets it right, for once

Hu heckled on South Lawn:  ‘Your days are numbered’
Protester Disrupts Hu Arrival Ceremony
Iran among topics on Bush-Hu agenda
Chinese man admits plot to import missiles to US
Chinese military linked to missile smuggling
Novak:  Feds know who outed CIA agent
Minuteman leader pushes border fence
Companies using illegal workers to be targeted
Hundreds Arrested in a Crackdown on Illegal Workers
Russia will deliver air defense systems to Iran – top general
Muslim students ‘being taught to despise unbelievers as filth’
Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming?
No Playboy Bunnies at Baylor

Pelosi:  Hu’s visit nothing to celebrate
Bookman:  Newt for president?
NR Editors:  Before the Fall
Williams:  Random Thoughts on Immigration
Novak:  The GOP’s Budget Problem
Corsi:  Policy Disasters Cost Karl Rove His Role


Update (17:20):  The Mercer Radio server is still down due to rebuilding.  Hopefully we will return to the air tomorrow.    

Praise for GA Illegal Immigration Law

McKinney report cites assault with ‘closed fist’
USA records largest drop in annual deaths in at least 60 years
Lawmakers far outpace most Americans in benefits
Mexico blasts Georgia illegals law
More call to get tough on illegals
Arizona governor vetoes criminalization of immigrants
Few Protections for Migrants to Mexico

McElroy:  Did Justice or Politics Drive Arrests in Duke Lacrosse Case?
Lefty Burleigh Hates America, Son’s Patriotism
AJC:  Not mean or extreme
Tallman:  Immigration law a federal matter
Matthews:  The Real Solution to Illegal Immigration
Hentoff:  ‘Free speech’ cries ring hollow on college campuses and beyond
Kudlow:  Waking Up to Hillary’s Big-Government Nightmare
Goldberg:  Can’t You Hear the Whistle Blowin’?
Ross:  Popular Nonsense
Williams:  Is There a Federal Deficit?


Update (17:20):  Tech Support is rebuilding our server, putting Mercer Radio temporarily offline.  There will be no show today, but this should make the Mercer Radio stream more stable in the future.  The Jeff Scott Show will return tomorrow.

Government to blame for high gas prices

OPEC believes oil prices are too high:  delegate
Uncle Sam’s hand in high gas prices?
Honda Eyes Production Cut as Accord Hybrid Sales Fall
Exxon Chairman’s $400 Million Parachute
Black business owners on rise
Russia Still Opposed to Sanctions on Iran
Iran says any attacker will regret action
Bush:  ‘All Options on the Table’ With Iran
Israel Warns of New ‘Axis of Terror’
Georgia governor signs sweeping immigration law
Anger Rises on Both Sides of Strike at University of Miami
GM spends $17-million on erectile dysfunction drugs

Blogcritics.org:  A Thought On Gasoline Prices – Rats…Maybe They Sorta Make Sense
Fund:  Meet Masood Farivar
WSJ:  Democracy by Decree
Factor:  Get Serious About Tax Reform
Stoltzfus:  At Tax Day Rally, Conservatives Want Taxpayers to ‘Get Mad and Stay Mad’
Dunphy:  The Constitutional Right to Be a Bum
Rice:  Miserable Failure
Will:  Promises that cannot be kept

Government Theft Day 2006!

Gingrich warns Republicans Americans want change
‘Roe v. Wade’:  The divided states of America
Demonstrations on Immigration Harden a Divide
Omaha school district to split along racial lines
Tax freedom day comes later
Iran advances could speed nuke process

WSJ:  The Minority Maker
Milloy:  Twenty Years After Chernobyl
Garnett:  Campaigning from the pulpit:  Why not?
McCarthy:  Iraq Is the War on Terror
Murdock:  A Taxing Wait
Goldblatt:  Supply Side 101
Cornyn:  April 15 Without Forms and Headaches
Johnson:  Do You Really Believe Illegal Immigrants Will Save Social Security?
O’Sullivan:  “No Illegal Alien Will be Left Behind”
Haynes:  Just What About ‘Illegal’ Do They Not Understand?
Johnson:  May 1 Is Conservative Shopping Day!

More GOP Cowardice on Immigration

Oprah Winfrey:  Wealth Is ‘A Good Thing’
GOP Chiefs Don’t Want Immigrants Charged
GOP Leaders to Remove Felony Charges for Illegal Immigrants
Immigrants’ firing leads to protest
Database at Center of Immigration Reform
Kennedy Tactics on Immigration Vex Democrats
Immigration marches:  What’s next?
Guest-worker hopes spark rush to border
Big Oil makes big push in on-campus recruiting
White House Takes Issue With Media Reports on WMD Claims
Rice Wants U.N. to Take ‘Strong Steps’ Against Iran
Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says
USS Gettysburg Concludes Record-Setting CNT Deployment
Government Spending Hits Record in March
FOX News Tax Poll (pdf)


Domin:  Democrats’ new agenda lacks fresh ideas (scroll to bottom)
Conway:  Passion Week
Homnick:  Memo to GOP:  Respect Your Voters
Hurley:  Illegal Immigration?  No Problem!
Barr:  Bush gives immigration wink and nod
Frist, Hastert:  Democrats to Blame for Felony Provision
Kirsanow:  2,000 Flavors and Counting
Lindzen:  Climate of Fear

Just deport them already!

Immigration marches could mark rise of Hispanic power
Midstate Hispanics pointing to May 1 as day of protest
Public divided over how to treat illegals
Air trends ‘amplifying’ warming
FLASHBACK:  Scientists blame sun for global warming
Iran Hits Milestone in Nuclear Technology
Reaction grows to gay student’s expulsion
Clinton Describes ‘Troubling Issues’ in Economy
Gingrich at USD:  Pull out of Iraq
In France, an Economic Bullet Goes Unbitten

AJC:  Just say no to limbo
Krikorian:  Guest-worker programs make matters worse
Krikorian:  Not Just Mexicans
Lowry:  Liberal Sellout
Woolley:  My Undocumented Radio Station
Tancredo:  Strike Back Against Illegal Alien Lobby
Sowell:  Immigration ‘Solutions’
Schlafly:  ‘Comprehensive’ Immigration
Bartlett:  Tax Stats

Global Warming Ended in 1998?

Bush ‘is planning nuclear strikes on Iran’s secret sites’
Bush:  Force May Not Be Required to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Plans
Saudis plan to fence off border with chaos
Powell:  U.S. mistakes hurting Iraq now
Democracy in the Arab World, a U.S. Goal, Falters
Hamas Calls Israel’s Boycott a ‘Declaration of War’
Town Sees Nuclear Plans as a Boon, Not a Threat
Immigration rallies kick off in Atlanta, other cities
Lawmakers:  Immigration bill not dead
In Carpool Lanes, Hybrids Find Cold Shoulders

Carter:  There IS a problem with global warming…it stopped in 1998
Kling:  If Medicare Were a Country
Ferguson:  An open letter to U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Dunphy:  Trumping the Race Card
Conway:  The State of the GOP, 2006
Ledeen:  Sixteen Words, Again
Murdock:  Connections
Brown:  For Pro-Lifers, Timing is Everything
Elder:  How Does Mexico Treat Its Illegals?
Johnson:  Is God a Mexican?
Human Events:  The 10 Most Harmful Government Programs
Human Events:  And the Winner Is…Social Security

No Show Today

Due to continued illness, the Jeff Scott Show will not return today.  We will return on Monday.

McKinney in another run-in

Due to course registration, there will not be a show today.  Hopefully my voice will return by tomorrow so I can return to the air.

Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Run-In Case
McKinney apologizes on House floor
Congresswoman in Capitol Fight Apologizes
Senate GOP to filibuster alien bill
Poll Finds Steele May Be Magnet for Black Voters
U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan
Welfare Rolls Falling Again, Amid Worries About Poverty

DeLay: "McKinney is a racist"

Due to illness (and the subsequent loss of voice), there will not be a show today.  Tune in on Friday—hopefully by then my voice will be back.

Race Swirls Around McKinney Confrontation
Capitol Police Chief Denies Racism Charge
Florida Gov. Bush Calls Tone of Immigration Debate ‘Hurtful’
Senate Democrats Push for Immigration Vote
Drudge Flashback:  Harry Reid on Immigration, 1993
Schools Ban Patriotic Clothes, Flags
New Orleans Mayor Blocks FEMA Trailer Park
House GOP lacks agenda, DeLay says
Professor Predicts Human Time Travel This Century

"Crazy Aunt Cynthia" even too much for Dems, AJC

Rioters Clash With Police in France Protests
French strikers are ‘lazy frogs’ says airline boss

Experts forecast another active Atlantic hurricane season
Expert says it was hotter 247M years ago

Organ re-engineered for the first time in bladder transplants

McKinney Case Goes to Federal Prosecutor
House to vote on praising Capitol Police
McKinney Statement
McKinney is distraction, say the Dems
McKinney Admits Misusing Taxpayer Money
AJC:  McKinney’s arrogance crosses line

Q&A:  Tom DeLay Talks with TIME
TIME Exclusive:  Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat

Graves won’t seek re-election

Not Enough Support to Pass Guest Worker Program, McCain Says
Lowry:  Poor Trend
Derbyshire:  Putting the World to Rights

Time Really Is Money for This Kid

Voting Rights Act pointed in a new direction

No Terrorist Left Uneducated

Meeting Doctor Doom
DOOMSDAY: UT professor says death is imminent
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to offer abortions
10 Questions for Mikhail Gorbachev
Former PM says Russia is turning into dictatorship
Killing Bin Laden will inspire 10 more: Dalai Lama
Growth in federal spending unchecked
How federal spending has climbed since 2001
Iran Says It Test-Fired Underwater Missile
Lawmakers draw immigration battle lines
Sen. Obama hits administration’s energy policies
Supreme Court Rejects Padilla Appeal
With session over, campaigning in Ga. begins
Capital police ask for arrest warrant for McKinney
Indian director hopes to cast Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa

Will: Let cooler heads prevail: The media heat up over global warming
Ledford: As a Republican, I ask Reed to withdraw (scroll to bottom)
Wooten: GOP control brings ripple, not sea change
O’Sullivan: Senate’s Upside-Logic Cake
Murdock: Get Him to Gitmo
YAF: No Terrorist Left Uneducated
Cain: Stop Lying About Tax Cuts

Mercer Hilton News, Including Mercer Press Release

McKinney Cancels News Conference
No Apology From McKinney for Hill Scuffle
Bush Presses Plan for Legalizing Immigrants in U.S.
G.O.P. Is Taking Aim at Advocacy Groups
Eminent domain protection won’t help Stockbridge florist

Milloy: Senate Sets Up Lopsided Global Warming ‘Debate’
AJC: A drop in the bucket
Kazman: New fuel standards unnecessary
AJC: Taxpayers drilled by oil industry
Goldberg: Careless Caucus
Lowry: Running on Empty



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Hilton Garden Inn to be Constructed on Mercer Campus

MACON, Ga. - Mercer University President and CEO R. Kirby Godsey announced today that the university has signed a letter of intent to construct a 101-room Hilton Garden Inn on the campus off Mercer University Drive, near I-75. The construction is the first step in the university’s redevelopment efforts to have Mercer University Drive become the main entrance to the campus.

“We are delighted with the prospect of adding this significant amenity to the campus,” said Godsey. “The hotel’s location, just off of I-75, will make it available to business and leisure travelers as well as provide housing for alumni and visitors attending special programs and athletic events and for parents of current and prospective students.”

After interviewing a number of prospective developers, Mercer selected PHD Hotels, formerly known as The Hotel Group, of Auburn, Ala., for the $10 million project. Construction will begin this spring, with the Inn expected to open in spring 2007. The upscale hotel will offer a restaurant and a small conference area. After construction, PHD Hotels will operate and manage the inn, with the university being an equity partner.

“We are thrilled to be involved with the University in building this hotel on campus, and we look forward to being part of the redevelopment plans for the campus,” said Tom Hunt, president and CEO of PHD Hotels.
“Being on campus is going to be a real benefit for the hotel as well as the university.”

The Mercer project is the fourth Hilton Garden Inn and the ninth hotel that PHD Hotels has constructed and operated. The company’s other Hilton Garden Inns are in Auburn, Montgomery and Huntsville, Ala. There are 270 Hilton Garden Inns across the nation.

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Proof of Saddam's WMD

After an argument in my international conflict and security class today, I decided that the proof for the existence of Saddam’s WMD programs needed to be published in a constant place on this website. It will be forever linked on the left sidebar for easy access when you are arguing with the uninformed.

Intelligence Summit to Air ‘Saddam’s WMD Tapes’
Secret Saddam WMD Tapes Subject of ABC Nightline Special
ABC News Exclusive: Saddam’s Secret Tapes
CNS News Exclusive: Saddam Possessed WMD, Had Extensive Terror Ties
Nuke program parts unearthed in Baghdad back yard
Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq
Iraq’s WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says (among others)
Geraghty: The WMD Road to Damascus
Hayes: Who’ll Let the Docs Out?

No Show Today

This is just a reminder that The Jeff Scott Show will not be on the air today.  We will return tomorrow with a focus on the Cluster story about our new Mercer Hilton.

Weakness on Immigration, Congress Wasting Money--More of the same

Democrats Pledge to ‘Eliminate’ Osama
Dems offer national security platform
Gallup:  In Shift, More Americans Now Call Themselves Democrats
U.S. Ends Undocumented Immigrant Stings
Republican Split on Immigration Reflects Nation’s Struggle
Illegal immigrants expanding footprint
Extension of Voting Act Is Likely Despite Criticism
Big-SUV fuel standards add cost, save fuel
Canada Suspends Assistance to Hamas
Navy:  Sikorsky Strike Dwindling Supplies for Choppers Used in Iraq
House Budget Writers Drop Bush’s Proposed Medicare Cuts

Blankley:  Mexican illegals vs. American voters
NYT:  It Isn’t Amnesty
NR Editors:  Reckless in the Senate
Goldberg:  Borders Blurred
Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel:  Hey big spenders (Congress), listen up
NR Editors:  Israel Concedes

“In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”—President Theodore Roosevelt

Show Update

This is just a reminder that The Jeff Scott Show will not be on the air today due to a meeting of the Student-Faculty Board of Appropriations.  I will return tomorrow with plenty of news to discuss.

Immigration, Environmentalism Show Today

A Border War
Immigration protest erupts in fisticuffs
Polls:  Public Concerned About Immigration
Size of L.A. March Surprises Authorities
Immigration protests continue in Los Angeles
Senate panel:  Humanitarian groups can help illegal immigrants
Bush fails again:  Bush Presses Guest Worker Program for Illegals
NR Editors:  Enforcement First
Johnson:  Illegal Aliens:  Just Mobbing the Streets Americans Won’t Mob
Rep. Beauprez:  Privilege of Living in U.S. Can Only Be Earned by Respect for Rule of Law
Sen. Frist:  Our Borders Pose National Security Risk
Carpenter:  Illegals Tunnel Their Way to United States
Carpenter:  Mexico Offers Help in Exchange for Visas
Krikorian:  Guest-Worker Programs Are a Dead End

Gas tax on miles, not gallons, tested
Time Cover:  Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever…More And More Land Is Being Devastated By Drought…Rising Waters Are Drowning Low-Lying Communities…By Any Measure, Earth Is At…The Tipping Point
Poll:  Vast Majority of Americans (88%) Think Global Warming Threatens Future Generations
The New Hot Zones
Record low temperatures at PBIA
Snow during NASCAR race in Tennessee

Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says
Saddam planned to deploy ‘camels of mass destruction’
Moussaoui:  White House was my 9/11 target
Supreme Court:  Detainees’ Rights—Scalia Speaks His Mind

“Tolerance” on the left coast (except for Christians):  Evangelical teens rally in S.F.

Republicans On The Run

No probe in Reed lobbying efforts (thanks only to the statute of limitations)

Environmentalist scare tactics at work

ABC News Exec:  ‘Bush Makes Me Sick’; E-Mail Revealed
Democrats Say Bush Violated Constitution
Melting ice sheets could spur oceans’ rise:  study
Public service ads aim to raise awareness about global warming
Paris job law rally turns violent
Clinton vows to block bill criminalizing illegal immigrants
Reid Threatens Filibuster on Immigration

I’m looking forward to Monday, when The Jeff Scott Show can finally get back on the air—be sure to tune in!

Show Update

Humans spur worst extinction since dinosaurs
Best job market in 5 years for grads:  report

(Just something to note here:  the left-wing eco-fear-mongering piece is given a headline as if it is fact, while they have to attribute the good economic news to a report.  They’re both reports.  Thank you, Reuters, for showing us your left-wing bias this time.)

Lawmakers get out of the House
Islamic preacher ripped for reform push
Pentagon battles high fuel costs


Macon Telegraph:  Dress codes spreading
Johnson:  Are You a Sucker or Are You a Leech?
D’Agostino:  Secular Substitute for the Apocalypse


Show Update:  Due to training on the new automation system (for which I am responsible), I will not be on the air this week.  I do hope to update frequently, but there will not be an opportunity to do a show.  The Jeff Scott Show will return on Monday.  In the meantime, listen to Mercer Radio and our new 24/7 music stream!

Quick Links and Update

Fox Announced Major Mexico Oil Find
Poll:  Republicans Are Happier Than Democrats
Pelosi Hints at Democrats’ ‘Unified’ Agenda
Russian Communist leader sees U.S. behind bird flu outbreak

Quick Show Update:  We are still working on getting the automation system up and running.  Right now our target is to get back on the air next week, but that is still not definite.  I will continue to keep you posted here on JeffScottShow.com.

Show Update

There is still no definitive date for our return to air.  We are working hard to get our new automation system up and running, but it may take a few more days.  I will keep you posted here on JeffScottShow.com with any updates.

UAE Government Out of American Ports!

Dubai Firm to Give Up Stake in U.S. Ports
Who’ll Buy Dubai’s U.S. Port Operations?
Tennessee senate wades into abortion fight
U.N. Staff Votes ‘No Confidence’ in Annan Over Reforms
China Attacks U.S. Record on Rights
Rat-squirrel back after 11-million-year absence
Rare Burst of Snow Hits San Francisco Bay
Poll:  NYers think Hil will run for prez; won’t back her

Americans Win on Dubai Ports Deal

Dubai Firm to Give Up Stake in U.S. Ports
Who’ll Buy Dubai’s U.S. Port Operations?
Tennessee senate wades into abortion fight
U.N. Staff Votes ‘No Confidence’ in Annan Over Reforms
China Attacks U.S. Record on Rights
Rat-squirrel back after 11-million-year absence
Poll:  NYers think Hil will run for prez; won’t back her
Californians ready for female president, undecided about Clinton
Anti-Castro Sign at Ballgame Causes Stir
Nipple piercing may have caused fatal infection in Newfoundland 17-year-old
Court upholds “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” student banner
Gale Norton resigns from Cabinet

Hayes:  Who’ll Let the Docs Out?



The Connection:  How al Qaeda’s Collaboration With Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America (Barnes and Noble)

Zero Hour Approaching on Iran

US says Iran has enough uranium gas to make 10 nuclear weapons
Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can’t
Iran threatens U.S. With ‘Harm and Pain’
U.S.:  Iran remarks ‘provocative’
At Conservative Forum on Bush, Everybody’s a Critic
Abramoff:  ‘I was a killer’
Study Warns Women About Spring Break
Organizers reveal Tour de Georgia details
Bill mandates plumbing update
Loose border saps county coffers
Ariz. Governor Orders Troops to Border
Sen. Clinton slams GOP immigration bill
Sudan official warns against U.N. mission

Chavez-Thompson:  Immigrants more than guest workers
USAToday:  Time to repeal ‘don’t tell’
Welsh:  For once, blame the student
Cranberg:  Lessons for U.S. in Iraqi constitution (hint:  he likes the socialism)
Lukas:  The Good Life
NR Editors:  Costly Gestures
Taylor & Van Doren:  Driving Bin Laden?
Idler:  En Ingles, Por Favor
Williams:  Pandering to Blacks
Malkin:  The Illegal Alien ‘Gold Card’
Crouse:  Reproductive Rights Gone Wrong
RSC:  Freedom, Opportunity Drive RSC Budget
Sellers:  ‘Contract’ Promises to Balance Budget Again
IBD:  Budget Tweezers    

Pleasant Hill sob story justified?

Fewer troops desert since 9/11
Dutch consider burqa ban to Muslim dismay
Patriot Act Includes Crackdown on Meth Use
Iranian negotiator boasts of fooling Europeans
Air America Tuned Out?
Democrats Struggle To Seize Opportunity
Number of Illegal Immigrants Hits 12M
US illegal migrants up almost 500,000 a year
House Conservatives Prepare Austere Alternative Budget
Rumsfeld:  Situation in Iraq ‘exaggerated’ by media
DeLay to spend primary election night with lobbyists
Recruiting law forces schools’ hands
Israel to Hamas PM:  Watch Your Back
Pleasant Hill residents, others struggle with saving neighborhood
Pleasant Hill to bear brunt of interstate widening project
Rape Victims Denied Abortions in Mexico
Homeland Security to probe fraud reports
Gulf Coast governors plead for more money

Wooten:  Republicans must define themselves
Pleasant Hill threatened with a coup de grace
Crawford:  Extra! Extra!
Lowry:  A Continuing Shame
New:  Tracking the Times
Lerner:  Misperceptions & Mysteries
Spencer:  Jihad in Chapel Hill
Feder:  Feminists Control Women
Woolley:  Myths & Realities of the 14th Amendment
Ross:  That Pesky Thing We Call a Constitution

Could somebody please explain to me why I-75 needs to be widened through Macon?  Macon’s population is decreasing, plus there is already a bypass.  I have never seen I-75 congested south of the I-16 exit, but they want to widen it through Pleasant Hill, which is south of I-16.  A search of the GDOT website does not give any real explanation of the purpose of the project.

Get Government out of our Toilets!

Agent shoots at attackers
South Dakota governor signs key anti-abortion law
Foreign Company Runs Indianapolis Airport; Responsible for Law Enforcement
Guards Fault Homeland Security Protection
Snow causes chaos on Algerian roads
Sun’s next 11-year cycle could be 50 pct stronger
Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting
Palestinian missiles for first time hit Israeli infrastructure
Woman named king at Hood
Unapologetic Purple Nurple Sends Kid to the Clink
UNC Grad in Court on Alleged Hit and Run
Treasury Secretary Urges Congress to Raise Debt Limit
Reed, Cagle jab at each other
E-mails undermine Reed claim
‘Hippie chimps’ fast disappearing in Congo
Some Gitmo Prisoners Don’t Want to Go Home

AJC:  Raising abortion risks
Dyer:  Abortion measure can spare thousands
Lund & Lerner:  Precedent Bound?
Murdock:  Toilet Socialism
Muth:  The War on Big Soda
Tabor:  Who’s Looking Out for the U.S.?
Flickinger:  Death Threat Against Conservative Student Ignored

I hope you are all enjoying Spring Break (I know I am!).  I look forward to my return next week.          

More Evidence Against Ports Deal

Bill Clinton helped Dubai on ports deal
U.S. Reviewing 2nd Dubai Firm; Israeli Company
U.S. Is Reviewing Second Dubai-Owned Company
Strikes Against UAE Port Deal Begin Adding UpSoviet Union ordered Pope shooting:  Italy commission
Gregory’s Giggles:  NBC News White House Reporter Calls Show While ‘Drunk’?
Lack of Food Not Main Cause of Child Malnutrition, Study Says
Yellow light for a ‘green’ energy source

Novak:  The Clintons of Dubai
AJC:  Support for gas tax accelerates
Reed:  Grover Cared
Neumayr:  Safe, Legal, and Remorseless
Robbins:  Set Your “Setback” Aside
Elder:  Bush Lied, People Died?
Coulter:  Speaking Truth to Dead Horses:  My Oscar Predictions
Thornton:  Islam:  Fanatically Certain of the Truth
Thomson:  U.S. in Iraq:  These Colors Must Not Run
Sen. Cornyn:  Life Along the Border Is No Longer Safe


Dereliction of Duty:  The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America’s Long-Term National Security (Amazon.com)

Americans Know Simpsons Better than Constitution

Study:  More Know ‘Simpsons’ Than Constitution
Miss. House committee votes to ban most abortions
Former Conyers aides press ethics complaints
U.S. sees red over back taxes
US buys 14 million courses of bird flu treatments
Mexican gangs terrorize border region:  US agents

Ballard:  Report discredits UN, media
USA Today:  Black eye for the Red Cross
Blum & Clegg:  Don’t Get Your Robes Caught in the Thicket
Goldberg:  The Twinkie Approach
Williams:  How to Create Conflict
Malkin:  The Right Plays the Race Card

Excellent Sowell Columns

Girl Charged With Battery After Dodge Ball Game
Paper:  Coast Guard Has Port Co. Intel Gaps
Exclusive:  Dubai ports firm enforces Israel boycott
Palestinians fear poverty if foreign aid lifeline severed
Americans Are Cautiously Open to Gas Tax Rise, Poll Shows
Half of Europe fat but sees no health threat:  report
Full Poll:  Bush, The Ports, And Iraq (pdf)
More Americans abducted along Mexico border than in Iraq

Sowell:  Something for Nothing?
Sowell:  Something for Nothing:  Part II
Sowell:  Something for Nothing:  Part III
OpinionJournal:  Meathead Economics
Spero:  NYT, Liberals Have Become Cowards

GOP, big government hurt state, local parties

Bolton:  U.N. Riddled With ‘Bad Management, Sex and Corruption’
Envoy:  U.S. Will Continue to Aid Palestinians Despite Hamas Win
Students Call for Banning of Peace Studies Class
UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports
Rep. Sue Myrick’s (R-NC) letter to President Bush:  “HELL NO!” (pdf)
Bush, Rove Say Hillary Will Win Dem Primary -- But Lose General Election
Abortive Cash Giveaway Leaves Homeless Angry
TV Ads Put Focus on Reiner
NV Dem Skips Hurricane Katrina Vote To Have Neck Lift
Governors to Raise Illegal Immigration Complaints With Bush
Governors Want Movement on Medicare Plan Reimbursements
Governors Seek Assurances From Bush on National Guard
GOP governors say Bush’s missteps hurting
US economy set to roar back
Taiwan scraps unification body
Abortion legislation advances
Illegals at heart of bitter debate

Tampa Tribune:  Dear Hillary:  Don’t Run
Will:  Liberalism is Not Conducive to Happiness
Johnson:  Voting in America:  Free to Choose?
Shadegg:  “This will soon be a Democratic Congress”
Burns:  Has the EPA Outlived Its Usefulness?
Jeffrey:  Did UAE Save Bin Laden?
Corsi:  Why Iran is Likely to Win
Lehtinen:  Iraq As Vietnam
Robbins:  Bombing Saudi Oil
AJC:  Needy Americans left with crumbs
    

Freedom of Speech: America vs. Europe

Neo-Nazi March Planned For Orlando Sparks Concern
Orlando Prayer March To ‘Shower Love’ On Neo-Nazis
Mayor suspended over ‘Nazi’ jibe
FLASHBACK:  Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years in Jail
H&R Block Flubs Its Own Taxes
Latest dirt on official names
S.D. House Approves Abortion Ban Bill
Defense contractor:  I paid $1 million in bribes
Pentagon will release Guantanamo names
Baghdad’s Daytime Curfew Extended Through Saturday
NYT:  Outrage in Samarra
Franc:  Saved By The Bill
Trevino:  Border control aims at wrong bad guys

SD poised to challenge Roe

Ban on Most Abortions Advances in South Dakota
South Dakota Senate passes abortion ban
Bin Laden May Have UAE Ties
White House:  ‘Significant flaws’ in Katrina response
German court convicts man for insulting Islam
Bush Helps Line Republicans’ Coffers
Arizona fined $500,000 a day over English learning issue
Violence after mosque attack kills 111
Campbell:  Education, chutzpah, and the GOP
Robbins:  Al Qaeda Blows It
Macon Telegraph:  Georgia Power’s idea a bad investment for its customers
Coulter:  So, Three Muslims Walk Into a Port
Spencer:  Port Jihad
Corsi:  Bush Shoots Himself in Foot With Dubai

Wacky San Fran: Doggy Doo for Power

Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim
Court Documents:  Hospital Gave Lethal Injections to Patients During Hurricane Katrina
Vote Due on South Dakota Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions
Dubai’s Brushes With Terror
White House:  Bush Didn’t Know About Port Deal
San Francisco examines power of dog droppings
Macon Telegraph:  Budget cuts should start now
Barr:  Homeland Security job just too big
AJC:  A divide drives illegal immigration
Lewis:  Why Socialized Medicine Does Not Work
Gaffney:  Company Policy

The SITYS comes early tonight

Arab Americans see bigotry behind ports uproar

Democrat hypocrisy on ports

Bikers roll to military funerals to oppose anti-gay protests
Three Charged in Plan to Attack U.S. Military in Iraq
Toledo-Area Men Arrested for Terrorist Activity
Justices to Weigh Late-Term Abortion Ban
Supreme Court takes on late-term abortion issue
Execution of Killer-Rapist Is Postponed After Doctors Walk Out
Man Charged With Killing Roommate Over Toilet Tissue
Man, 56, Charged in Roommate’s Death
Underage Stars Party Illegally at Clubs
Bush:  Dubai port deal should go forward
USA Today:  Who’s spending big now? The ‘party of small government’
Frist:  Tax cuts make money
Sowell:  Postponing Reality
Corsi:  Call for the Minuteman Goes Forth Anew
Bartlett:  Entitlement Spending:  A Growing Crisis
Lowry:  Big Government Falls Flat
de Rugy:  Hurricane Blame
Sommers:  Crying Wolf
Murdock:  Needed:  Mature, Moderate Muslims


A Balanced Budget Amendment…and Tax Reform to Match

Back on the Air

Bin Laden Vows Never to Be Captured Alive
Afghan cartoon protestors threaten to join al Qaeda
Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years in Jail
Congressmen threaten probe of U.S. seaports deal
Rep.:  Arab takeover of ports poses security risks
Main Press Plans Another Week of Cheney Shooting Coverage

Self-Important Media Still Upset Over Cheney Accident

HBO’s Gumbel:  Lack of Blacks Makes Olympics ‘Look Like a GOP Convention’
Man Shot In Accident After Laughing At Cheney
Critics slam Cheney’s interview choice
Sheriff:  Dick Cheney Won’t Face Charges
Kerpen:  The Federal Spend-a-Thon Continues

Democrat Hypocrisy, More Evidence of Saddam's WMD (SITYS)

Democrats blast Cheney secrecy after shooting
FLASHBACK:  Senate Minority Leader Reid Has Mild Stroke
Intelligence Summit to Air ‘Saddam’s WMD Tapes’
Secret Saddam WMD Tapes Subject of ABC Nightline Special
Exclusive:  The Secret Tapes -- Inside Saddam’s Palace
FLASHBACK:  Exclusive:  Saddam Possessed WMD, Had Extensive Terror Ties

A Much-Needed Break

I will be taking the rest of the week off for a much-needed (and much-deserved) break.  I will be back on Monday.