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

Bush Budget: $2,900,000,000,000

Saudi Court Orders Lashing, Jail for 20 Foreigners for Drinking, Dancing at Mixed Party
U.S. military:  Iraqi lawmaker is U.S. Embassy bomber
Iraq allies dawdle on aid for rebuilding
Israeli Official:  Foreign Sources Arming Hezbollah, Hamas at Alarming Rate
FEMA Wants Over $300M in Katrina Aid Back
Bush submits ‘staggering’ $2.9 trillion budget
Bush Releases Budget Aimed to Erase Deficit
Democrats rip plan to curb Medicare, Medicaid
Bush officials push priorities in budget before Congress
Bernanke:  Protect Workers Against Effects of Free-Trade
Edwards Introduces Plan For Health-Care Coverage
Number of Unwed Births, C-Sections Hit Record Highs
Thousands of New Mollusks, Crustaceans Found in Philippine Waters


Will:  Inconvenient Kyoto Truths
Hanson:  Mexifornia, Five Years Later
Frum:  The Politics of Bulls and Bears
Thomas:  The Race to the Bottom
D’Souza:  9/11 and the Clinton Abdication
Barone:  Turning toward Iran
Washington Times:  The Bush budget plan
Faulkner:  Building a better budget
Rattner:  Fudging the Budget
Prager:  Liberals Don’t Ask “What Happens Next?”
Cain:  Entitlement is a Disease    

No Show Today

Due to continued illness, the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  However, I am loading up on over-the-counter medication in an attempt to return tomorrow.

No Show Today

Due to illness (and subsequent loss of voice) the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  We should return on Monday.

Probation for ASU RA Who Refused Indoctrination

Biden Unwraps ’08 Bid With an Oops!
Exxon Mobil Posts Record Annual Profit
ASU penalizes RA after diversity activity protest
Chirac retracts remarks on Iran threat
Democrats Want to Rise With the Middle Class
Bush assails ‘income inequality’
Personal Savings Rate Drops to Worst Level Since Great Depression
Iraq Restricts Air, Land Passages to Syria, Iran
Two Senior Iraqi Generals Eyed in Brazen Attack on U.S. Soldiers
U.S. doctors warn of poisoning from hand gels
New Fear:  Being ‘George Allen-ed’
Sanchez Accuses Democrat of Calling Her a ‘Whore,’ Resigns from Hispanic Group
Al Gore Is a Greenhouse Gasbag



Leo:  Free Inquiry?  Not on Campus
Will:  A Tide for School Choice
Novak:  The Pollster in Exile
Foster:  Where’s the Support?

Global Warming Alarmists Release Bogus Report

California may ban conventional lightbulbs by 2012
Trees take on greenhouse gases at Super Bowl
Advocates of troop surge about-face in Congress
GOP fears war could help Dems for years
Millions in Iraq reconstruction aid wasted, investigators say
Lawsuit accuses black officials of violating whites’ voting rights
GOP, Democrats Clash Over Spending Bill
Democrats Move Leftover Spending Measure
Immigration Application Fees to Rise By 80 Percent
Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare
Venezuela’s Congress Grants Chavez Special Powers to Remake Country
Tie CEO pay to performance, Bush says in State of the Economy speech



Gingrich:  The Threat of a Nuclear Iran
Jeffrey:  Is Iran Winning in Iraq?
Milloy:  Beware the eco-industrial complex
Saunders:  See no dissent, call it science
Sanders:  Of nuts, Chicken Little and global warming
Thomas:  Aquarius sunset
Washington Times:  Missile defense and the Democrats
WSJ:  Executive Camp
Kesler:  After the Thumping
Stossel:  Big, Big Government
Williams:  Property Rights

Political Correctness Strikes Again!

Iranian President’s Setbacks Embolden His Domestic Critics
‘Global war curriculum’ seen in Iran’s schools
ASU student objects to sensitivity exercise
London Prison Changes Direction of Toilets in Respect to Islamic Law
‘Black-Face’ College Party Causes Controversy
Louisiana GOP Blasts Sen. Landrieu For Katrina Terror Remark
GOP Right Sees Lemons in White House Race
Republicans Block Congressional Pay Hike
Kennedy, GOP engage in war of words on tax cuts


Miniter:  Not So Big or Easy
Rubenstein:  Critic Behind the Curtain
Sowell:  A Deep Moral Rot
Prelutsky:  In praise of oil
Gaffney:  Driving While Defeatist
Cain:  Diversity Distraction

Kerry: US a 'pariah'

John Kerry Slams His Own Country At Davos
Protest Focuses on Iraq Troop Increase
Coin Shortage Means a Penny Could Be Worth 5 Cents Soon
A Culinary and Cultural Staple in Crisis
Huckabee Announces Presidential Bid
Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq
Miami Plans Castro Death Party in Orange Bowl
Perdue to go to Washington to testify on Peach Care funding


Steyn:  Old U.S.S.R. made Old Europe look new
D’Souza:  Giving radical Islam its start
Washington Times:  Tehran’s useful idiots
Fields:  Prophesies of doom
Wisse:  Gliberalism
Hentoff:  Squashing the First Amendment
Greenberg:  The Truth About Clarence Thomas
WSJ:  Very, Very Big Corn
Shirley:  A Conservative Crackup?
Sen. Inhofe:  America Needs a Stable, Diverse and Affordable Energy Supply

Edwards, Bono Hypocrisy

Venezuela’s Chavez says U.S. ambassador could be expelled if he keeps ‘meddling’
U.N. says Iran plans nuclear development
Pelosi in Iraq to see for herself how war is going
Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq
Scared Smithfield workers stay home
Edwards Home County’s Largest
Bono, Who Preaches Charity, Profits From Buyouts, Tax Breaks
Alien hiring fine fails on Hill
Sharpton:  Step up or I’ll run in ‘08



Washington Times:  Commonsense immigration enforcement
Lyons:  Untie military hands
Goldberg:  The Body Democratic
Charen:  Demoralized
Gizzi:  Will Un-‘Fairness Doctrine’ Haunt Talk Radio?

Osama-Obama Wants Socialized Health Care

Gas Station To Offer ‘Terror-Free’ Oil
MLK Party Causes Uproar on Texas Campus
Overlooked:  Dems Stop Smoking From The Verve Pipe?
Spellings stands firm on ‘real school choice’
GOP renews ‘amnesty’ defiance
Ethanol Industry Gets a Boost From Bush
Budget Office Forecasts Drop in U.S. Deficit
Paid Sick and Take-Care-of-Your-Neighbor Days to Be Mandatory in San Francisco
Obama calls for universal health care within six years
New York Plans Official City Condom
Tancredo:  Abolish Race-Based Caucuses


Washington Times:  The president’s address
Huggins:  Boost military spending
Washington Times:  Dubious ‘successes’ in Iran
Coulter:  I Am Woman, Hear Me Bore
Lips:  The State of Federal Education Policy
Chapman:  Bush’s Bogus Cure for Oil Addiction    

Bush's State of the Union: More Big Government

Officials net 761 illegal immigrants
ICE:  More Than 700 In Custody After SoCal Sweep
Aliens ask wrong people in van about work
Kerry won’t run for president in ‘08
N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing
Iran:  Israel, US will soon die
Officials fear war in space by China
Senate Rejects Minimum Wage Bill
Bush pushes voucher proposal over Democrats’ objection
Transcript:  President Bush’s State of the Union Address
Transcript:  Sen. Webb’s Democratic Response to Bush’s State of the Union Address



Washington Times:  Congressional representation
Heck:  Energy bill ripple effect
Samuelson:  Blindness on Biofuels
AJC:  Social Security, Medicare won’t fix themselves
Du Pont:  A Spending Sham
Schulz:  Addicted to Big Government
Payne:  Fuel Folly
Rep. Hensarling:  Time for GOP to Get Back to Basics
Rep. Boehner:  Common Ground on Fiscal Responsibility
Sherk, Hederman:  Who Earns the Minimum Wage?  Suburban Teenagers, Not Single Parents    

State of the Union Address Tonight

Reports:  Russia Fulfills Iran Missile Deal
Experts:  Ahmadinejad’s Days May Be Numbered
Ahmadinejad:  U.S. Claims ‘Ridiculous’
Clinton Bid Heralds Demise of Public Financing
Death Knell May Be Near for Public Election Funds
Black Caucus:  Whites Not Allowed
Republican Opposition to Iraq Plan Grows
Thwarted Al Qaeda in Iraq Plot Would Have Smuggled Terrorists Into United States on Student Visas
Bush to Seek Cutback in Gas Consumption
Ethanol Production Booming on Demand
Getting Hydrogen Cars To Live Up to Their Hype
Study:  Geothermal energy could meet large part of U.S. power need
Senate’s wage bill still exempts Samoa
Bank of America Profit Rises 47%
White Atlanta Suburbs Push for Secession


Kelly:  Is the Surge Already Producing Results?
Thomas:  The Hillary Factor
Sowell:  The ‘Greed’ Fallacy
Macon Telegraph:  Permit communities to decide
USAToday:  Bush seeks balanced budget, 6 years and $3 trillion late
Portman:  Deficit halved 2 years early
D’Souza:  The America terrorists never see
WSJ:  Hillary Takes a Pass
Rep. Paul:  Can U.S. Achieve Peace in the Middle East?
Rep. Price:  Democrats’ Unconstitutional Power Grab
Williams:  Fearmongering
Edwards:  The Conservative Consensus:  Frank Meyer, Barry Goldwater, and the Politics of Fusionism

It's Official: Hillary Joins 2008 Race

Chavez to U.S.:  ‘Go to hell, gringos!’
N.M. Governor Enters White House Race
Clinton:  ‘I’m in to Win’ White House
Will Hillary be cheated once again?
Rush of Entries Gives ’08 Race Early Intensity
Gingrich:  2008 Run Would be Last Resort
Climate scientists feeling the heat
Storm Hits Weather Community Over Climate Expert’s Global Warming Claims
Snow falling across Tucson
Rare Snow Storm Surprises Arizona
Toyota plans ultra-inexpensive car
Iran’s guards start wargame to test missiles
Strategist:  Iran believes it could destroy Israel with a single nuke
Iran bars 38 U.N. nuclear inspectors
Group of Senators Petition FCC to Deny Station License for ‘Free Speech’ Host
Support grows to make English official
Bush proposals find little success



Novak:  Student Loan Scam
Malkin:  Destroyed - NOT
D’Souza:  What they know that isn’t so
Lambro:  At minimum, a bad deal
Rahn:  Collapsing Venezuela
Bookman:  Perdue pours out more hypocrisy
Smith:  Don’t expand the harm of alcohol
WSJ:  Ban’s Reform Call
Cain:  A Strange Way to Seek a True Leader
Caruba:  The Ethanol Debacle

More UN Scandal

AMS Certified Weatherman Strikes Back at Weather Channel Call for Decertification
Freeze puts squeeze on citrus prices
Abdullah to Haaretz:  Jordan will develop nuclear power
Shorter State of the Union will stress common ground
House Approves Page Program Overhaul
Fed Chief Warns That Entitlement Growth Could Harm Economy
U.S. State Department Reveals North Korea’s Misuse of U.N. Development Program Funds and Operations
Tax Fugitive:  ‘Show Us the Law, and We’ll Pay’
Armed Man Guilty of Tax Evasion Barricades Himself in New Hampshire Home
Republicans elect Martinez to party’s top post



Washington Times:  The changing health-care debate
Washington Times:  Pandering on the Hill
Krauthammer:  A Plausible Plan B
Milloy:  Asbestos Fireproofing Might Have Prevented World Trade Center Collapse
Kirkpatrick:  United Nations Dictator’s Program
WSJ:  U.N. Cash for Kim
Ham:  Big Orange CEOs Under Fire in Congress
Limbaugh:  The Un-Fairness Doctrine:  Unevening the Playing Field, by Law
Buchanan:  See the Superpower Run
Noonan:  ‘My Fellow Americans…’

Snow in Malibu--Global Warming?

Weather Channel Climate Expert Calls for Decertifying Global Warming Skeptics
Pelosi May Create Global Warming Panel
30th Anniversary of snow in South Florida
Snow Snarls Traffic On I-5 And In Malibu!
It’s winter for a day as snow dusts parts of L.A.
Bernanke:  Fiscal action needed as America ages
5 down, 1 to go on Dems’ House agenda
House Dems target special breaks for Big Oil Thursday
Oil Prices Dip Below $50 for First Time Since May 2005 on Inventory Data
Radicals vs. moderates:  British Muslims at crossroads
Senate plans vote against troop surge
Gates:  Iranians ‘Overplaying Their Hand’
Al-Maliki Blames Strengthened Insurgency on U.S. Refusal to Provide More Equipment, Arms to Iraqis
Another boy dies copying Saddam Hussein’s hanging
Perdue hints veto of Sunday booze sales
Zogby:  Iowa Democrats Prefer Edwards



McCaslin:  Inside the Beltway (Reyes Flip-Flop)
Arends:  McCain no longer rocks in Granite State
Lambro:  Slippage showing
Washington Times:  Democrats’ taxing energy policy
Bauer:  Beyond Roe
Novak:  The GOP in a Quagmire
Medved:  The youthful candidate is passing with the years
Feeney:  No Social Security for Illegal Aliens
Rassam:  Somalia Bombings Show Why We Must Destroy Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Socialized Medicine Strikes Again!

Castro surgery seems to have been botched:  experts
Bush to outline global warming policy in State of Union
Ice Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power
Colo. Lawmaker Considers Run For President
Obama Starts ’08 Bid, Reshaping Democratic Field
The big question about Barack Obama
Rebels Reportedly Kill, Eat Two Gorillas in Congo
Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing military pressure
Senate votes to end secret ‘earmarks’


de Borchgrave:  Back to the future?
Gregg:  Chavez’s holy war
Bradley:  Global warming policy perils
Williams:  Trade Deficits:  Good or Bad?
Stossel:  Losing Sleep Over the Trade Deficit?
WSJ:  Hugo and Mahmoud
McClay:  After Bush
Sowell:  Dems Imperfect
Farah:  Presidents Must Obey Law, Too

Fairness Doctrine Coming Back?

Kucinich:  Congress To Take On FCC
Democrats Pledge to Extend Minimum Wage
Libertarian Files Papers for ’08 Race
Sen. Brownback Brings Back the Flat Tax
Osama-Obama Takes 1st Step in Presidential Bid
AP:  Iran Gets Army Gear in Pentagon Sale
Russian missiles delivered to Iran:  Ivanov
Pit bulls vs. stalwarts in House GOP
Choice of Martinez sparks GOP rebellion
Saddam kin beheaded by hanging
Saudi’s comments send oil reeling
Prices at pump likely to fall more
Burden Set to Shift On Balanced Budget
Mercer official upbeat about enrollment


Sowell:  Another Vietnam?
Barone:  Open field for 2008
Caldeira:  When Being Green Raises the Heat
Dionne:  A Dark Horse’s War Edge
Riedl:  Against Our Interest
Carpenter:  Barack Osama-Obama Is Just Another Liberal
Cain:  Dangerous Democrats vs. the Free Market
Emanuel:  Iranians in Iraq
Washington Times:  Pelosi Democrats and the House GOP
Washington Times:  The Reagan example

New Iraq Plan, HillaryCare Returns

Chavez sworn in for radical new term in Venezuela
Chavez promises a socialist Venezuela as he starts new 6-year term
Sen. Kennedy Seeks Universal Health Plan
GOP hits Pelosi’s ‘hypocrisy’ on wage bill
Rangel rankled by fellow Dem Pelosi
Several in GOP hit Bush ‘blunder’
Lawyer Arrested for Kissing Employee
Deficit Falls to Lowest Level in 4 Years
Senate wants no pension for convicted lawmakers
Bush Going For Broke With Troop Surge
Iraq plan ‘going forward’
U.S. and Iraqis Are Wrangling Over War Plans
Rice vows U.S. back on track for ‘road map’
Military Expands Intelligence Role in U.S.
Cheney admits expanded military spying role inside US
Pentagon Viewing Americans’ Bank Records
Gingrich sees error in pull of voter base
Despite Lessons on King, Some Unaware of His Dream
Biden calls for removal of Confederate flag
Congress Will Get to Five-Day Workweek…Eventually
Mercer leader would like to see national Baptist links


Morris:  Taking Day Off For Football Costs Dems Credibility
Washington Times:  Iran’s deadly subversion
Novak:  Testing Reid’s Ethical Limits
Navarrette:  Social Security is about math, not Mexicans
Col. Hunt:  Another Way Forward?
McCutcheon:  State income tax needs to go away
Pence:  No New Taxes
Maurer:  Let There Be ‘Blight’
Stossel:  Sticking it to low-skilled workers
Medved:  Why Should the Middle Class Fight Tax Hikes on the Rich?
Giles:  The South Sucks?
Blackwell:  Conservative Movement Needs Leaders


My college football bowl picks went 25-7, finishing my season at 299-81 (78.7%).  Now we wait 8 months for next season to begin.

Month in Review

KCCI Poll Shows Vilsack 3rd Among Democratic Hopefuls
Obama strong in new poll
CNN Apologizes for Mistaken Headline
John Edwards Joins Presidential Race
Hillary falls to earth in poll race
In Meetings With Allies, Clinton Hones ’08 Strategy
Pork No Longer Paves the Road to Re-election
U.S. Is Detaining Iranians Caught in Raids in Iraq
Court:  Execute Saddam Within 30 Days
1st Muslim congressman thrills crowd in Dearborn
Speaker celebrates with a four-day party
Protesters disrupt press conference on lobbying reform
Bipartisan Effort to Draft Immigration Bill
New Census Data Shows Low-Tax States Better at Reducing Poverty
Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq
Rockets Fall on Israel Despite Ceasefire With Palestinians
New year rings in multitude of new laws in states
AP Poll:  Americans Optimistic for 2007
Poll:  Americans See Gloom, Doom in 2007
Robertson Predicts ‘Mass Killing’


Sowell:  A Dangerous Obsession
WSJ:  The Payroll Tax Trap

The Jeff Scott Show returns today.  There will be another post later this afternoon with links for today’s show.

Bowl Picks

Clandestine military teams clash with CIA, allies
Reid:  Brief Troop Increase OK in Iraq
Blood and Money
Gingrich:  GOP needs new kind of campaign
Iranian students hide in fear for lives after venting fury at Ahmadinejad
Ahmadinejad Opponents Leading Elections
Tax Leads Americans Abroad to Renounce U.S.
Clinton and Royal:  Sharing ambitions not handshakes?
Democrats leave Bono disappointed
Edwards Set to Launch ’08 Bid; Bayh Out


Fund:  Not So Fast


Poinsettia Bowl:  Northern Illinois vs. #25 TCU
Las Vegas Bowl:  #19 Brigham Young vs. Oregon
New Orleans Bowl:  Rice vs. Troy
PapaJohns.com Bowl:  South Florida vs. East Carolina
New Mexico Bowl:  New Mexico vs. San Jose State
Armed Forces Bowl:  Tulsa vs. Utah
Hawaii Bowl:  Arizona State vs. Hawaii
Motor City Bowl:  Middle Tennessee State vs. Central Michigan
Emerald Bowl:  Florida State vs. UCLA
Independence Bowl:  Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
Holiday Bowl:  #21 Texas A&M vs. #20 California
Texas Bowl:  #16 Rutgers vs. Kansas State
Music City Bowl:  Clemson vs. Kentucky
Sun Bowl:  #24 Oregon State vs. Missouri
Liberty Bowl:  Houston vs. South Carolina
Insight Bowl:  Texas Tech vs. Minnesota
Champs Sports Bowl:  Purdue vs. Maryland
Meineke Car Care Bowl:  Navy vs. #23 Boston College
Alamo Bowl:  #18 Texas vs. Iowa
Chick Fil-A Bowl:  Georgia vs. #14 Virginia Tech
MPC Computers Bowl:  Miami vs. Nevada
Outback Bowl:  #17 Tennessee vs. Penn State
Cotton Bowl:  #10 Auburn vs. #22 Nebraska
Capital One Bowl:  #12 Arkansas vs. #6 Wisconsin
Gator Bowl:  Georgia Tech vs. #13 West Virginia
Rose Bowl:  #8 USC vs. #3 Michigan
Fiesta Bowl:  #9 Boise State vs. #7 Oklahoma
Orange Bowl:  #5 Louisville vs. #15 Wake Forest
Sugar Bowl:  #11 Notre Dame vs. #4 LSU
International Bowl:  Western Michigan vs. Cincinnati
GMAC Bowl:  Ohio vs. Southern Miss
BCS National Championship:  #2 Florida vs. #1 Ohio State

No Show Today

Due to an important administrative meeting, the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  I apologize for any inconvenience.  I wish you all good luck on exams and a Merry Christmas.

More Reaction to ISG Report

Iraq ‘appease’ squeeze on W.
Bush:  to win in Iraq, beat extremists
Bush:  Al Qaeda, Iran Feeding Hatred, Violence in Mideast
Iran, Syria wary of proposed U.S. diplomacy on Iraq
Bush tells Iran, Syria how they can join Iraq talks
Richardson Speaks Against Border Fence
Senate Debates Global Warming, CNN Anchor Snoozes
Global warming ‘over-hyped’?
Media Shows Irrational Hysteria on Global Warming
Gasoline prices likely to go higher
Jobless claims take biggest fall in 6 months
Gates confirmed as secretary of Defense
Pearl Harbor victims honored with moment of silence, wreath laying in Hawaii
Congress close to reaching tax, trade deal
Democratic Wave in Congress Further Erodes Moderation in GOP


Goldberg:  Health-care resolve
Washington Times:  A bipartisan path to surrender?
Coulter:  Incoming Congress Prepares to Launch ‘Operation Surrender’
Jacoby:  ‘Conversations’ with the enemy
Elder:  If ‘War Is Not the Answer,’ Then What Is?
Washington Times:  Pass the Gulf offshore drilling bill
Fisher:  Deporting a Model Noncitizen
Gainor:  Media Far From Objective on Climate Change
    

ISG Report Bogus, As Expected

Analysts:  Bin Laden alive but hamstrung
‘We Can’t Afford to Leave’
Iraq study outlines exit strategy
Panel Backs Overhaul of Iraq Policy
‘This is unfair’ say Iraqis on US panel threat
Syria and Iran willing to help U.S. in Iraq, but will want concessions
1 in 7 Mexican workers employed in the U.S.:  report
Cherokee approves ordinance
Culture Shock on Capitol Hill:  House to Work 5 Days a Week
Somalia Town Threatens to Behead People Who Don’t Pray 5 Times Daily
Macon council approves panhandling rules
Richest 2% hold half the world’s assets


Stossel:  Who Gives to Charity?
Williams:  Passing of a Giant
Beres & Lopez:  Palestinian-al Qaeda plans
Washington Times:  More troops needed
McCarthy:  Preliminary Thoughts
Jeffrey:  Bad apples and public schools
Cain:  Dem Health Care Plans:  Piecemeal Socialism
Hood:  Meet the New House Centrists
Johnson:  UN Report:  Poor Own Less Than Rich