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Ivan has a moderately amusing post about Al Gore here. The linked article is worth a look as well. Kinda scary how popular Gore is getting.

For years now, we’ve been hearing Democrats calling Republicans Nazis. Now we come to this story in which the Iranian government makes a move that the Nazis actually DID. Will we hear an outcry against Iran and Ahmadinejad by the Democrats, urging us to do something to stop them?
We’ll see, but I doubt it.

UPDATE 5/20/06 4.33PM: The story is now in doubt, although nobody seems to be quite sure what’s up with it. Naturally, those Democrats that I was referring to before are calling the whole thing “Neo-con propaganda”.

UPDATE 5/24/06 5.50PM: The newspaper has retracted the story. Seems that creating clothing badges is the ONLY thing un-Nazi about Iran — the threatening Israel, conspiracy theories about Jews, distaste for open discourse, bizarre religious beliefs, threatening and interfering in the politics of neighboring countries… the list goes on.

For years now, we’ve been hearing Democrats calling Republicans Nazis. Now we come to this story in which the Iranian government makes a move that the Nazis actually DID. Will we hear an outcry against Iran and Ahmadinejad by the Democrats, urging us to do something to stop them?
We’ll see, but I doubt it.

UPDATE 5/20/06 4.33PM: The story is now in doubt, although nobody seems to be quite sure what’s up with it. Naturally, those Democrats that I was referring to before are calling the whole thing “Neo-con propaganda”.

UPDATE 5/24/06 5.50PM: The newspaper has retracted the story. Seems that creating clothing badges is the ONLY thing un-Nazi about Iran — the threatening Israel, conspiracy theories about Jews, distaste for open discourse, bizarre religious beliefs, threatening and interfering in the politics of neighboring countries… the list goes on.

The Iranians are busy rattling the saber by testing their Shihab-3 missile. Coincidentally enough, this was immediately before Bush met with Olmert to discuss what to do about Iran. Luckily, according to some analysts, the missile has only been lightly tested. The recent test was not completely successful, either, so there’s some hope that any used during war would malfunction. Besides that, Israel has anti-missile missiles which should provide some defense. However, there are about 26 countries within range of the Shihab-3. A number of US interests are included in the range as well, particularly in Iraq and around the Persian Gulf.

Interesting post at Power Line today. This just confirms what I’ve been saying about the media for… well, years now.

Victor Davis Hanson (also known as VDH for short) has written another excellent article on American foreign policy, particularly in regards to the middle east and the current spate of anti-Americanism. Definitely worth a read.
I’m getting more and more concerned about the dynamics I’m beginning to see functioning in the middle east. I may write more about this later, but it’s too much for right now. Just read VDH’s op ed.
Via LGF.

In case you were wondering, not even the House of Representatives cares about energy policy. We can’t even open up more natural gas wells, just because some of our wonderful representatives from California and Florida are more interested in the appearance of a few beaches. Mind you, this is blocking the expansion of drilling in prettymuch ANY US coastal waters, not just off of the shores of places with tourism-based economies.
Rep. Adam Putnam of Florida considers the move to allow more oil drilling to be “a grievous assault on Florida and other (coastal) states.” Perhaps someone should point out to Mr. Putnam that if nobody can afford gas, nobody can VISIT his (coastal) state. Perhaps we should also introduce the flip side of the coin — isn’t it unfairly benefitting coastal states for them to be the only ones to get the coveted economic boost of government-funded major ports and naval bases? Perhaps we should build a naval base in Nebraska, just to be sure that we treat coastal and interior states EXACTLY the same.
This sort of politics really infuriates me. Most likely every single member of Congress has advocated energy independence for the United States, but when the opportunity comes up to take a step towards that, they’re more interested in playing politics than they are in solving an actual problem.
In any event, here is the roll call vote for the proposal to allow coastal drilling for oil, and here is the vote for KEEPING the present prohibitions on natural gas drilling.
Feel free to use the information against the relevant members of Congress.