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This was sent to me via email today. You know Liberals worldwide are laughing their silly arses off at MC Rove. Hey, I gotta give Karl props. At least he hauled his white butt up there and made a go of it, right? Rock on, brothah Rove! ;o) Thanks for sending this my way today, Art! Ick, indeed.

Someone please tell me what the difference is here... Chocolate Jesus versus Mohammed with a bomb in his turban Granted, the Muslims rioted. That's bad form. Period. The Christians are up in arms over someone disrespecting their central figure... the Muslims REALLY didn't like a cartoonist disrespecting THEIR central figure. Isn't this just plain old religious intolerance? Frankly, I hold neither figure sacred. I don't understand why Christians and Muslims can't simply throw a shrug and understand that not everyone holds their saviors sacred. End of story. Someone, anyone... please tell me why this is a big deal?

The boys at Jib-Jab have done it again! It's eerie, actually. I found myself in an email debate about using the New York Times as a credible source for a story when they have often mislabeled fiction as news in recent years... and then, lo and behold, a new Jib-Jab hits my inbox. "What We Call the News" is about this very thing! Enjoy!! What We Call the News | Send To Friends | Funny Animations at JibJab

More good news on the hit parade of Coalition successes (released 3/25/07): SUICIDE TRUCK BOMB CAPTURED IN RAMADI RAMADI, IRAQ-Iraqi Police apprehended a suicide truck bomber and captured his vehicle, containing a large quantity of chlorine and explosives, when it failed to detonate in Ramadi March 23. At approximately 1:30 p.m., a white cargo truck came to a halt near the entrance to the Jezeera police station, located about 150 meters from a water treatment plant. The police approached the truck for further investigation and detained the driver when they discovered the truck was rigged with explosives and the driver was attempting to detonate the vehicle. Upon further investigation, the truck contained an unknown number of 55-gallon drums, which were used to camouflage five 1000-gallon barrels filled with chlorine and more than two tons of explosives. The driver is being held for further questioning and all explosives were removed from the truck and destroyed by demolition experts...

As you can probably tell based on the news I've been posting from CENTCOM, our fight in Iraq is taking a turn for the better. I have been wondering when we'll see another big sweep, another big offensive to take down a larger number of the bad guys at once. And, guess what wanders my way? Well, news on the next big offensive in Iraq, of course! According to Erick Stakelbeck in a story at CBN News , look for the next big offensive in Iraq to be in Diyala province: ... "If you want to diminish the amount of car bombers and suicide bombers, you have to take the fight right to the source. And in this case, the source is Diyala," said CBN News consultant Daveed Gartenstein-Ross. Gartenstein-Ross says the Diyala offensive will be even bigger than the major U.S. operation in Fallujah back in 2004-which cleared out a city that had been a major insurgent stronghold. Military sources say the Fallujah operation directly led to the success of the 2005 Iraqi elections. ... ...

This is priceless! Scott Ott for President! ... well, not really... he'd just like your donation!

I've failed to keep up with all the news out of CENTCOM lately due to a larger focus on work and the Gathering of Eagles. (Bad, ConservaChick!) Now that things have calmed down a bit on both fronts, I'm able to refocus my efforts on other matters. While my attention was temporarily diverted, I missed some really good news, and possibly, so did you since I haven't seen one word about these things in the MSM lately. After you catch up on the good news, I'm pretty sure we'll be in the same boat -- wondering how anyone could still be saying it's time for the Iraqis to stand up for themselves. Apparently, given the first item below in addition to many others in this batch alone, that's exactly what they've been doing. The MSM simply hasn't bothered to let the average Joe know it. Without further ado, here's the good news lately out of CENTCOM (presented from most recent to oldest). Enjoy! Released 3/24/07: CCCI CONVICTS 25, SENTENCES 6 TO DEATH BAGH...

You know there had to be a whole heckuva lot of us there on March 17th because stories from The Gathering of Eagles counter-protest in DC are all over the internet now! There were numerous bloggers that made up for the lack of fair media coverage on our side. One blogger, Citizen Smash, even infiltrated the ANSWER rally and march! So, if you'd like to check out more of the online coverage -- some of it is simply outstanding! -- check out these links: The most informative and entertaining account of that day comes from Citizen Smash of Indepundit -- he infiltrated the moonbats! Read all about it here . Tantor at Conservative Propaganda has great pictures and an extensive first-hand account of the day. It's a must read . Michelle Malkin did a terrific video report for Hot Air . You've got to watch this ! Concrete Bob at the DC Protest Warrior blog has posted a FANTASTIC slide show of pictures from The Gathering of Eagles. BRAVO, BOB! The Washington Post has a pretty good...

In the last part, I showed you the major area of confrontation between the protesters and the pro-victory Eagles. Where the two factions came closest was in the gathering area for the starting point of ANSWER's march across the bridge to Arlington. Patriots gathered along the sidewalk at the Lincoln Monument directly across from that area and lined the sidewalk all the way up to the bridge. As protesters were lined up by the march orchestrators, they were carefully watched by SWAT team members. Evidently, there was some fear that anarchist pukes could cause some damage to life or property that day... I think SWAT underestimated the intimidation factor of having 30,000 pro-victory supporters and military veterans in such close proximity to the little punks. Now gather up, children! Does everyone know their bus number?... They led their march like it was a Broadway production -- everyone of any importance had a pre-determined order in the march. Cindy "I'm a disgrace to my ...

The rally speakers carried the spirit of the banners on display. The Gathering of Eagles -- more of the story (Part 2) In the first part, I told you what the rally was like, what the mood and the spirit of the crowd felt like, and how awed I was by the number of American flags on display throughout the crowd and in the area where the rally was held. Now, on to the rest of the day... Mark and I enjoyed the rally very much but found ourselves in need of some exercise to revive blood flood in the hope that it would revive some numbed limbs. I swear with the wind chill it had to be 20-degrees outside that day! Brrrr! Here's where it gets interesting. Here's where the mainstream media lost the thread of the REAL story that day... As we wandered the grounds of the National Mall that day, we ran into Eagle after Eagle after Eagle. I think the MSM couldn't tell the difference between the Commie crowd and the Patriots because many of the Eagles were average-looking Joes -- some with...

As if in answer to my heartfelt question, "Why do some Americans hate their country and wish for defeat?" comes this dispatch from the Middle East Media Research Institute: " Islamist Website Instructs Mujahideen in Using Popular U.S. Web Forums to Foster Anti-War Sentiment among Americans " Gee, go figure... (Baaaaah, baaaaaah, baaaaah, follow the Jihadi shepherd to the pasture, neo-hippie.)

I have so much to write about my time at The Gathering of Eagles that I'll never accomplish it all in one sitting. As it's already well past midnight, I will have to break this into two parts. Please bear with me. It isn't easy being a full-time workin' gal, Eagle, and blogger! ;o) Part 1: The Rally With enthusiam in our hearts and coffee in our veins, Mark (my "partner in crime") and I left La Grange, KY for Washington D.C. on Friday. We drove for over 10 hours that afternoon, taking the northern route up through Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and into DC. Unfortunately, we hadn't anticipated that nasty little snow storm -- we weren't alone there, were we? -- and got bogged down in Maryland for a while. We ran into some of the Rolling Thunder guys on our way into the hotel near the Iwo Jima memorial. This was indeed welcome confirmation that we had finally made it to our destination! I had quit smoking the day before we went on this road...